Damion Strife

"I'n your soon to be paraplegic dreams," James laughed. He rushed at Joy and swung three times. 'Just wait Ethan, I'll get out of here with you as soon as I'm done,' he thought.

James blocked once again. Then shook his head. 'I can sense Ethan near by...I'll ask him to help me once I'm done here,' James thought. "Fine...I won't hurt any of you...I just want a chance to fight Joy," James said slowly. He then looked back towards Joy's leg and said, "If you can knock my keyblade from my hand. I'll tell you where you can get a new leg. Then I'm done. With all of you. The next time you see me...I'm your enemy, but nobody try to get between Joy and I or I'll have no problem taking down one or all of you." James could feel a rush as he pointed the One Winged Angel Keyblade at Joy. He'd finally be able to fight him alone...and maybe Mariah would....no. Forget her...

James jumped back from everyone and saw Joy standing there. "You...where's Alexis? I know you all have her...and I want her back. I'll give you ten seconds...then I'm going to help out whoever got ahold of you first...and take that other leg," James said with a growl.

Felix shook his head. "No I'll be fine I really just need a minute," he said quickly, "just don't get hurt!" Seichi had just ran through the door with Arina when he saw James fighting. He had to do something so he drew his keyblade and jumped at him slashing wildly. James blocked Seichi quickly, then slashed at him across the chest. Seichi took a tiny hit, but jumped back. Only his shirt had been damaged, but James wasn't done. Rebekah had just slashed at him, so he spun and kicked at her, then ran towards Felix, and prepared to decapatate him. Felix summoned up his chakrams and blocked, but the force sent him flying into a wall. As soon as he hit it, he busted into it, and was just kind of sitting in it. "Well...it aint no recliner...but it's a seat.." he said laughing to himself. "We'll start at the punching bags," he said walking to them, "Alright have you ever seen a UFC fight? Well they're boys can hit with the strength of 400lbs of force...while I with Marluxia's added strength can get..." Scott reared back, and punched the bag. The wall beside him glowed and 600 popped up. "Alright. Let's see what you've got," he said sternly, "Oh, and you'll need to be atleast 200 before your training with me is done."

James froze up, seeing all these faces again was bringing back memories, but he fought it off when he noticed Troy's attack. He blocked with the One Winged Angel Keyblade, and went in for a side kick. "I'm not calming down! I want answers damn it!! Where is she?!" he yelled. Seichi turned and went to follow the others. He was hoping that everything would be ok, and he hoped Joy could get the answers he needed. Felix stepped back. He was still winded...he'd only just gotten out of the hospital, and his muscles were starting to tense up again. He put away his chakrams for now, and fell to a knee. He'd have to wait...he just hoped Troy would be ok. Scott threw open the big brass doors of the combat room. Inside there were six to seven punching bags with sensors on them, nine balistic gell molds of human bodies, seven wooden kendo swords, and to top it off there were nine men dressed as ninjas standing in the back but they were wearing suits and had tags on that read 'IRS'. "Oh...don't mind them, they just came snooping around about some failed income tax reports. I told them I don't have a job, they didn't believe me, and so now they are your final test after we get through the course," Scott said with a dark smile.

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Scott looked up then smirked. "Like I said...it's only a partnership. But there are mutual benefits. For instance, we get to hurt James a bit more, he'll then turn on Ethan, and then there's the fact that all this money....will be yours too. I don't really care if you listen or not, just remember I haven't trained you yet, and then...we're back to the fact that it is a mutual partnership...an almost unbreakable one. So you're problems are my problems, and me? I have no problems...I kill my problems. Plus if anything out there bothers you...I'd make it vanish. Imagine...I'm the guy who wiped out the CIA remember? What have you got to lose?" he asked. He stood up as soon as he finished eating, then walked over to the cheese cake, and began eating as much of it as he could. Once he finished he walked into a hallway and said, "Come...let's go to the combat room while you think it over." James grew tired of waiting for an answer so he stormed up the stairs fast, he could faintly smell blood, and there infront of him was Felix and two others. "Felix...did you kidnap Alexis?" James asked. "Well I didn't kidnap her...I kinda captured her. She and someone named Scott killed everyone in here," Felix said with a shrug, "but wait...you know her??" "She's my girlfriend!! Look, give her up and I won't kill you. I know you're lying because Scott's been dead for almost ten hours!" James yelled. "Woah, woah, woah! Don't go throwing around the 'k' word like that. Listen I don't know what's going on, but Mariah and the others will be here soon. Maybe you should stick around. We're going to talk about everything I found out while I interrogated Alexis, and Keilani here got kidnapped by Scott again so we'll talk about that too!" Felix said quickly. "Listen. Scott is dead! Ethan fought him, and then Marluxia killed the both of them in a sucidal jump. That and Scott and Ethan never kidnapped anyone! They were just travelling along with Alexis!! I met them in a spa and then..." James trailed off. The conversation was going nowhere. If Felix didn't answer right this time...he'd have no choice but to fight him until he got his answers. "James...Scott and Ethan WERE Keilani's kidnappers, she'll attest to that, and I caught Scott and Alexis dancing over corpses in here!" Felix said, he left out Rebekah...just incase James went crazy. "You shut your damn mouth...Alexis would never EVER do anything against me!!" James yelled. He immediatly summoned up the One Winged AngelKeyblade, and jumped at Felix. Felix drew out his chakrams and blocked, then kicked off the blade to back away. "I'm telling you! They're together!!" Felix yelled. That did it...James went into a flurry of hacks and slashes at Felix who blocked and dodged a few, but ended up getting his arm cut open a little. Felix's anger took over...he was now ready to kill just as much as James was...

"Pssh...small fish in the oceans of my mind. You however are a great white...I need you in order for anything to work. I didn't think much of you at first...I thought you were just some...well that doesn't matter. Now I realize that in order for my plans to come to fruition...I need someone as cold and strong as me, and hopefully as smart. So...time to debrief...the man...who was interviewing you, his inhabiter was Axel. What do you think about him? The others too? You do realize that everyone you've seen thus far are your targets yes? The girl in the room was obviously his girlfriend, Keilani is Namine's host, and Felix...Axel. Those are your targets. What do you think it will take to kill them?" Scott asked. He cut his pork elagantly, and ate slowly. He felt at home in his house of finery...he was greatly appreciative of everything he had, and he loved flaunting it. If he were to rule the world this is the house he'd want to show off everyday as his subjects suffered, and who would show off the house? The girl across the table. "You can answer those questions later, but first I'd like to ask you something. If ever you were to look for...'the one' what would you want?" Scott asked. He took another huge bite of his pork. Then looked around the room and finished his thoughts out loud, "I'm only asking because I've come to the conclusion that I need a partner who won't fail me...and what's a life long companion if they aren't strong? All other women are weak...but there's you...a cold hearted, manipulative, self-centered woman who resembles me in every way. This is the only time I'll ask...why not me?"

"Good, because I had my cooks make some of the best food for us. Follow me," he said. He stood up and walked into a room that had a large chandelier, and a beautiful long dinner table covered with candles. "I know what you're thinking 'are you sure the Beast isn't your inhabiter?' yeah well, not all bad guys have to live in grime and dirt. I happen to prefer the finer things. Beautiful house, beautiful cars, beautiful weapons...and now," he said taking a pause. He grabbed up a wine glass, filled it up and pointed it at her then finished, "A very beautiful woman." Immediatly the table was covered with amazing foods. Three different kinds of cheesecake, a turkey, cranberry sauce, stuffing, four types of pasta, and then finally a whole barbaqued hog. "Dinner is served," he said with a smile.

Felix looked at his phone. He'd almost forgotten the bodies...then he gasped...Keilani...she'd seen them. Oh that would scar that poor girl for life!! He quickly began wrapping his coat around the bodies and dragging them to the men's room. Finally he'd gotten the bodies put away, and then he started washing the blood out with the water he would've drowned Alexis in. She was probably thinking of how she'd kill him...hopefully she didn't know how connected he was to Rebekah...he didn't want her to be used against him.... He then texted Rebekah. 'It's all picked up, see ya soon.' Seichi looked at Mariah and said, "He was flying down the road. He looked like he was in quite a hurry." Scott smiled and sat on one of the many leather couches in the room. "We train of course. I've got a lot of rooms here, there's a target room, a hand to hand combat room, and I took the liberty of turning my basement into a danger room...there are plenty of traps and things down there. I think first we should go with the target room. Are you hungry?" he asked. James landed. Right infront of the museum door. He walked inside and saw Jayson standing watch. "Where's Alexis?" he shouted.

"Alright...up the stairs...and to the left?" Seichi thought. He went up, and wound up beside Rebekah. "Hey guys! Guess who I just saw! It was James!!" he said smiling.

James launched himself into the air, he flew faster using Sephiroth's power, and finally found a familiar feeling right by a hospital. 'Hmm...Joy and Mariah are inside...no I'm done trying to win her over...I've got someone of my own now...don't I?' James asked himself 'Yes...she'll take care of you,' Sephiroth answered. James nodded and landed. "Alright, the people inside will help keep you protected. Just look for Joy," James said. He let go of the two of them, and flew down the road...fast towards the faint feel of Alexis. Seichi watched James fly away, he then looked at Arina. "Come on! Let's go find the others!" he said with a smile.

"Alright...grab my hands and we'll fly..." James said sternly. Seichi immediatly grabbed onto James and motioned for Arina to join him.

Seichi had finally reached where Kairi could be felt the strongest. Luckily, she was outside in the garden...alone. 'Dude, Seichi....it's a miracle!!' Sora thought. 'Or a trap...' Seichi replied. He summoned up his keyblade and jumped down. "Arina!! You need to come with me right now...we're getting out of here!!" Seichi whispered. James was flying above, his hate was strong, but not strong enough to keep Riku from feeling Sora and Kairi together nearby. 'Alright, listen...I'll let you two go on this dark crusade if you do one thing for me...help Sora and Kairi. They need to get away from that guy down there..' Riku thought. 'Fine...but just this time, and I'm only doing it because I feel that guy who fought us down in the prison,' James replied. He landed behind Seichi and said, "Hey you two. I can get you guys out of here quick fast and in a hurry. But don't make any noise...we'll be with our friends soon." Seichi spun around and said, "Hey! You're inhabited by Riku right? Well I've got something for you." He then handed the blade over to James, who scoffed, but took it anyway. He didn't have time for this kid, this blade, or this girl...they'd better hurry up and make a decision...otherwise he'd leave them high and dry.

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Going to see the Dark Knight Rises tomorrow!!!

"Yeah...but I didn't let her go...I was getting ready to off her, and then she was aided in escape.." Felix said looking down, "If we go after anyone. I think our top priority must be either Scott or Ethan. That girl wasn't much of a threat, but then again...I have my doubts on whether we could sucessfully take out Scott in single combat without losing someone...I mean, from what I hear his boss was pretty hard..."

(OOC: Hey guys. Azure Flame has given me permission to control James and Seichi for the time being. So don't let that weird any of ya'll out. I'm going to wait to post as Seichi, but I'm going to do my best to keep the feel of Azure's characters. If anything seems out of character just OOC and let me know. I'll immediatly try to correct myself. Thanks!!) Felix shook his head. "No...it's not just about tracking her down, and we can't really decide our teams just yet. We've got to vote, otherwise this system will seem all wrong," he said scratching his head. 'Jeeze...I wish Joy or somebody was here...it sucks not knowing what to do...' ,he thought. Ethan had just left, and James had been standing there looking at the text he'd just received. His eyes widened, Alexis was in danger. He couldn't just sit there, he'd already let one girl slip out of his hands, but now he had something...something good. He had to do something about it, but what could he do??? She was in Chicago, and now he was sitting in California...he'd be too late. No...never again. He'd never let her down, his heart filled with hate. Riku tried to talk him down, but his anger just kept swelling up...finally he snapped. 'Hello...James,' Sephiroth thought, 'need something?' 'You know what I want...this...will be the only time I require your help...just get me over there, and let me save her,' James replied. 'Oh, James...you know it won't be that simple. I'm here to stay...' Sephiroth hissed. 'I've taken control before...I can do it again..' James yelled. 'We'll see...' Sephiroth scoffed. Then Sephiroth took command, and flew hard towards Chicago. He was moving faster than ever, and his head was filled with evil intentions.

Soooo much humidity...the heat index here is like 110 because of it...

We've been getting some rain in AR, but man...it's just not enough!! The heat is crazy!

Man...the heat really needs to stop!!

"Alright, so that's one...now we just gotta wait on the others..." Felix said. He held up his hand for a high five.

"Well of course I have a plan. We're going to vote up four captains, each captain will have a lieutennant, and they will be in charge of protecting a small group of the others. I've already decided to put my name in the hat for second captain...I also want Joy to be a captain since he already has a heck of a lot of experiance, and then I was thinking Victoria could too.....the reason I didn't think of anyone younger is mostly because...well....I was thinking the captains would choose where their own group would go. The lieutenants would just be volunteers...they'd choose who'd they serve, and whoever wanted to go with who could just choose. Then all the lieutenants and captains could get eachother's numbers, and we'd split up in different vehicles. That way it'd be harder for our enemies to hunt us down...what do you guys think?" Felix asked.

Felix shook his head. "I'm afraid we can't leave....I've got the others headed this way. Rebekah and the rest of them should be arriving...let me just text her again..." he said pulling out his phone. 'Baby, everything went well. I got my info, but the hostage escaped. We need to get the others together quickly otherwise we'll lose valuable time.' he sent the message to Rebekah. "Oh, and as for Larxene...well let me just explain it fast before the others get here. She killed all these people, I interrogated her, and now we wait for the others to get here..." he said with a huff. Scott nodded and teleported the two of them to his mansion. "Good to be home. There's a big bathroom up the master stairway to the left. It's about as big an apartment, and the tub is like a pool...I'm sure you'll be able to clean up in there. I've also taken the liberty of getting you some new clothes, they're in the room waiting. When you're done, come downstairs, and meet me in the billiard room. Oh, and before you ask...this house cost my family $3.5 billion. That should give you an idea of how much money I have at my will. But that's the power of extortion my dear..." he said winking. He then wallked down the hall to the right and took a left. Ending him in the billiard room.

Felix nodded and helped her down. "I'm sorry little lady....I didn't mean to scare you. Alexis was the one who killed all of these people, I got everything she would give, and so I decided to take her out. She was dangerous, and wouldn't have thought twice about killing a kid like you. Come on, let's go wait for the others...and again...I'm really sorry. I'm thinking Scott knew I'd try to take Alexis out quickly...and he tried to make me do that to you. I promise you...next time I'll be more aware. You don't have to forgive me...I screwed up," Felix said glumly. Scott's emotions were screwed up. He didn't know how to proove to Alexis that he actually valued her existance...but then his body took over and he pulled her close. He kissed her, and used his right hand to claw gently down her back. When he realized what he'd done he just looked her in the eye and asked, "Satisfied? Can we go now?"