[center][color=f26522][h1][color=f9ad81]Grim Reaper,[/color] [color=6ecff6]Cryophoenix,[/color] [color=39b54a]Muerte[/color] & [color=39b54a]Cadence[/color][/h1] 
Collaboration between [@Klumsykrow357] [@Perse] [@The Man Emperor] and I.
[color=6ecff6]"In any case,"[/color] Cryophoenix called out to Ruyn, turning another batch of aliens into a bunch of frozen popsicles ready for consumption. [color=6ecff6]"We should go after Icon. He can't beat them all alone-"[/color]

Rather annoyingly, a group of alien flyers began shooting, blasting a hole through Cryophoenix's tail. The icy being cursed as he latched onto a nearby signal tower, letting out a breath of frost to avenge the damnable insult that these aliens had given to him, freezing the engines of a pair of flyers and causing them to crash unto a skyscraper. Shards of alien metal and a rather well-preserved corpse fell into the streets below, but another pair of the flyers came in hot. 

[color=6ecff6]"Damn you,"[/color] Cryo shook his cold head as he launched himself into the air, flinging a barrage of sharp darkened ice that would stab both of the flyers right at their cockpits, killing their pilots and causing them to careen out of control, smashing them against a rather expensive marble statue. 

At the same time, Nathan nodded as Muerte asked if he was coming along. 

[color=6ecff6]"Why, yes. I was about to say that,"[/color] he gave the man a little wink as he walked towards their ride... though any telepath or empath could tell that he was a little nervous. Why? Who knows. Maybe it was because it was the first time he'll be riding a big cat.

Cadence offered out her hand and gripping onto his forearm she pulled him upwards and helped him to end up sitting right behind her on the large beast. Looking down at Muerte, she smiled brightly and called out, [color=8dc73f]"See you in battle."[/color] She really didn't want to be annoyed at him, and if she could even admit it to herself she also really didn't want to see him get hurt.

Turning her large cat mount back in the direction towards the square, she said,[color=8dc73f] "Hold on tight,"[/color] towards Nathfred before she urged the beast forward. The six-legged panther creature went bounding down the littered road back the way it came, and towards Sherman Square. They were in the thick of it now, Louisa gritted her teeth and wielded the foreign wand as she joined the utter chaos that lay in front of them.

Muerte raised an eyebrow at Nathan's wink, unsure if he was simply being friendly or facetious. As he turned back to his bike he noticed Cadence looking at him and he got the sense that he had upset her, which he was oddly bothered by. Muerte was used to annoying most people but it normally didn't annoy him back. 

[color=39b54a][i]Well whatever it is, it will have to wait.[/i][/color] He pushed all the thoughts to the back of his mind, packing them away into the box of 'conversations for later' then got back onto his motorcycle. He revved it into motion and headed off after the 'space panther'.

His eyes flicked up and he noticed that Cryo had been shot and was in the process of fending off further attack. He was doing a good job of it too, but Muerte still raised his rifle to provide some cover from the ground. Before he could get any shots off though he saw the two craft careening towards the ground. 

[color=39b54a]"Sh*t!"[/color] he quickly shifted to avoid the falling craft and shouted out to Cadence, [color=39b54a]"Cadence! Look up!"[/color]

Hearing her nickname, Louisa turned to look at the falling alien craft and without a second thought, she urged her mount to go faster. Leaning into the beast, she commanded the creature to charge through the destruction and chaos as the ship was catching onto their tail. She thought she and the cat could easily make it, but with Nathan's extra weight on its back, she suddenly wasn't so sure. This creature seemed to only really meant for one rider in battle situations and Cadence involuntarily squeezed her eyes shut as she felt the wave of sound and destruction hit a few meters behind them.

Opening her eyes, she looked back at the fallen airship and a grin of relief grew on her face. She looked down at Muerte and gratefully smiled back at him before, she let the beast mount slow down to a more sustainable speed.

Muerte found himself holding his breath as he watched them charge ahead. It would be close. And it was. They made it with meters to its spare. He let out his pent up breath and returned her smile with a nod. He again focused on searching for Icon. Through the mental link, he called up to Cryo and Ruyn.

[color=39b54a][i]Ruyn, Cryo, do either of you see anything yet?[/i][/color]

[i][color=6ecff6]"Nothing that we haven't seen yet,"[/color][/i] Cryo answered. The Cryophoenix was still latched onto a signal tower, recovering from getting shot by an alien fighter craft. [i][color=6ecff6]"The Guardians have yet to converge anywhere near us, and we're quickly cleaning this place up. I advise that we get a hold on Icon, though."[/color][/i]

[i][color=f9ad81]”Even with my exceptional sight and hearing, I haven’t been able to spot any other metas,”[/color][/i] Ruyn admitted telepathically, hoping either Muerte or  Cryo heard him. [i][color=f9ad81]“I almost wish aliens invaded more often. Aliens make great punching bags for all of your emotional stress and PTSD,”[/color][/i] he added, a hint of malicious glee in his mental tone.

He circled high in the sky, shredding alien ships with his serrated claws, the occasional piece of burning metal falling to the ground with an alien limb attached. The loud, earsplitting shrieking of metal being torn filled the air as Ruyn landed on top of an airship and punched his foreclaws through, using his hind ones to kick and shred the hulking piece of metal, and then tore another hole in it to reach in with his head. His head pushed through the hole, then pulled out to reveal an alien in his serrated teeth, the creature screaming bloody murder as he was tossed to the ground below like a useless doll.

[i][color=f9ad81]”Have a nice trip,”[/color][/i] he commented, pulling yet another alien out of the inner chaos of the airship and yeeting that one overboard as well. [i][color=f9ad81]“See you next fall.”[/color][/i]

Then Ruyn tilted his head and paused in his gutting of the airship, his hearing picking something up amidst all of the chaos. He turned his massive horned head in the direction of the noise, serrated teeth dripping alien blood as his scythe-like tail-tip slashed at anything that came near him. 

[i][color=f9ad81]”Muerte, I can hear someone or something heading this way. It…. it sounds like screaming. You think it might be a friend or foe?”[/color][/i]

Muerte looked up at Ruyn then tried hard to listen for what the demon dragon spoke of. It was difficult with all of the battle around him but after a few seconds, he thought he could hear it too. Immediately though he almost wished he hadn’t. The screaming seemed to be coming from more than just alien voices.

[color=39b54a][i]Whatever it is, it doesn’t sound good. We should check it out, but carefully. Not everyone out here is necessarily on our side just because they’re killing aliens. I mean, someone blew up a bridge in the middle of all of this for reasons unknown.[/i][/color]

Muerte sighed, thinking fast. He didn’t like the idea of splitting the party but if they all went chasing after this new event they might miss meeting up with Icon. However, there was no guarantee that he’d show up at all and this seemed a more pressing matter. He looked at Cryo’s tail and then to Cadence who looked like she was running on fumes as it was.

[color=39b54a][i]Go check it out, both of you. We will stay here and try to secure the area. If you must engage with it, let me know and we will catch up to you. Just be careful, ok?[/i][/color]
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