[center]Maria[/center]

Her first response went to Vikki and the child, Grimm. She turned her head once again with a smile and looked over at Grimm. [color=goldenrod]"You can leave if you'd like. No one is stopping you. Actually, I'd quite like to see you take on Marcus' army all by your lonesome. It would prove to be most entertaining."[/color] She told him with a wicked grin on her face and a dark expression in her eyes. She then turned to the rest of the group.

[color=goldenrod]"I had honestly thought that a group such as yourself would have had more tact than to fight for weapons that they haven't even seen yet. Let me get one thing straight before I run off to find the others. This isn't a game. These weapons aren't yours to collect just to show off later on. This is a war. The weapons will go to the one most deserving of them. My say will be final. If you have a problem with that, you're more than welcome to [i]take it up with me.[/i]"[/color] She added, a certain bite to her last few words. She spun quickly and walked on, to be interrupted by Crash who wanted to know where Prometheus was. 

A warm smile crept onto her face as she lifted a hand to ruffle Crash's red hair and nodded. [color=goldenrod]"Certainly, dear."[/color] She spoke. With one hand, she made a large motion as a purple haze began to collect in the circle she created. Soon, an image appeared in the haze of the path to where Prometheus lived. [color=goldenrod]"That'll show you the way. But it'll only stay up for a few moments, so... look at it while you can."[/color] She told him, moving her hand away slowly as to not interrupt the haze. 

[color=goldenrod]"Well, then, ta-ta!"[/color] She called out to Crash as she moved on, sending the 'boy-turned-man' a wink. Her first stop, after all was Zivon who had refused to stay in the apartment complex with Lily and had even refused to stay in her own home which she had to admit, she was a little bitter about. What was so great about a run down shack anyway?

Regardless, she made her way over there, quickening her steps with magic and made it there within minutes. [color=goldenrod]"My dearest Zivoooon~"[/color] She called out in a sing-song voice. She stopped however, when she noticed Andromeda as well. [color=goldenrod]"Well, well. Too for the price of one, how lovely!"[/color] She exclaimed happily. [color=goldenrod]"Come, come, both of you. The boat will be leaving soon. Make way for the docks. I'll set up a portal for you. Vikki can explain more when you get there. [i]Hurry![/i]"[/color] She explained rather hastily, pushing the two towards the wall where she would create the portal. However, as she did so, Zivon seemed to poof. Literally... just... disappeared. Maria blinked and looked around.

[color=goldenrod]"W-What?"[/color] She stuttered, looking around at the room wide eyed. [color=goldenrod]"You...You saw that too, right An?"[/color] Maria asked the woman, turning to look at her. Maria let out a long sigh. This was going to mean a lot of jumping around from one place to the next today...

[color=goldenrod]"Go ahead, An. I'll look for him. It'll be faster if I do it anyway. The rest of the group is headed to Xuihcoatl to help and gain the help of the Dragon nation in our fight against Marcus. We've done enough hiding in the shadows. Vikki and the others can explain it more when you get there. Go."[/color] Maria explained. She lifted both arms and made wide circle motions to create a purple haze that sparked with electricity. An image began to form, much like with her trick with Crash. However, this one was different. Maria pushed her arm through the portal to show An it was okay and then pulled it out again and made a motion for An to go through. 

Her next stop was Ryuu's place. Well, the place he worked anyway. With magic, yet again, she made it to the shop in record time. Though, she was still rather sweaty at this point and very tired considering her mana pool was large but not unlimited. She could probably only spare one more portal and trip. Artav would just have to walk with her. 

[color=goldenrod]"Ryuu..."[/color] She called out, her voice shallow because of her fatigue. She blinked when she saw him, standing in front of a poster, staring at it. She coughed and called out again. [color=goldenrod]"Ahem... Ryuu."[/color] Her voice was sharper this time. Shaking her head, she walked up to him. Beside him, she created the portal and pushed him through. She didn't exactly have time for this. With that done, she swung her arm through her portal to cancel the magic and made way for Artav's home which was much, much farther away and in a dangerous spot. 

Maria's eyes hardened. There was a very real possibility that someone from Marcus' side was already there... Still, she made her way there regardless. They needed all the help they could get.

[center][url=http://static.zerochan.net/Kaburagi.T..Kotetsu.full.982031.jpg]Jonathan[/url][/center]

[b]"Don't be useless to be, brother. We all know what happens to the useless."[/b]

Jonathan rolled his eyes as he walked to the house of the one called Artav... It was a interesting name to be sure. One he would probably never forget. Regardless, he was slowly meandering his way to her house. He was prepared for this. He knew what failure now meant. At this point, he knew exactly what Marcus meant by his words and he was fully ready to accept them. 

But... then... why was he still headed for this girl's house? Maybe that meant that somewhere deep down, he didn't accept it at all... He let out a frustrated sigh and lifted a hand to scratch the back of his head. This was all getting much too complicated. All he wanted to do was run away but he knew that his brother would never let him go. Maybe he could join Maria. But then... She'd probably just use him to.

[b]"OH, thanks Jon! You'll be so much help to us!"[/b] Jonathan mocked his sister, sighing again afterwords. Yep. He was screwed. 

He arrived much quicker than he'd honestly expected and as he walked up to the door, he checked himself, making sure everything was in place. His hair was good, his watch was still there and best of all his clothes were still on. 

...

Yep. He was good. He lifted a hand to knock on the door, a somber expression on his warm and kind face. He really wasn't cut out for this. Not at all...

NOPE. He wasn't good. He wasn't good at all. He began to turn, ready to bolt back and just run for it. But he stopped... Mid motion, his body half turned to run. 

[color=sienna]"GAAAAAAAH! I'm not cut out for this Mom!"[/color] He shouted towards the heavens, a pained expression on his face.