The Shadow Maker

"Dude, I was born ready. I thought you knew that by now?" I smirked.

I smiled, back in a good mood. "Alright. Fly behind me and prepare for some turbulance; where going through a Storm."

I nodded and got behind him, ready to follow his lead. Man, it felt good to fly again.

OOC: That was a totally awesome saying Drey just said. btw, this is my last post for the night.


Thunderheads began forming around us, lightning striking everywhere. The wind picked up. Then we past the barrier, and the clouds formed an electric sparking funnel. It was a good thing Seth's element was electricity.
One spark caught me, and we bolted down the tunnel at the speed of light, Seth being dragged in my back-wind.

OOC: Alright, get well soon!

It felt good, but it was little faster than I expected. I never thought Drey could pull off the speed of light.

I did a barrel roll, thoroughly enjoying myself. "Waaaahoooo!"
We broke out of the tunnel, back to normal speed. I did a quick circle around, and laughed. "I love using that thing," i told Seth.

I laughed. "I knew you'd say that." I did a small elctric twist and came up beside Drey.

I quickly regained myself again and ducked below the clouds a moment. We were hovering right above New York City. Using my hawk-like vision, i looked for a safe place we could land and turn into humans. The park looked like a good place.
I went back above the clouds and swiped some of it into my claws. Before it could vanish, i compressed the cloud with my other, making a poomf! sound, and opened them. two little pill-like grey capsules lay in my hands. I handed one to Seth.
"Swallow this; it'll allow you to camoflage with the buildings until we land. Follow me swiftly after you do; they don't last long."
I swallowed mine and shot out of the clouds.

I took the pill and swallowe it, then followed Dreyden.

We made it to the park with no difficulties, scaring only a couple of squirrels and a few pigeons. I landed, blocked from outside veiw by the trees and immediately turned into a human.
"You'd better do the same," i told Seth. "I'm afraid in my world, animals don't get the respect they should, and this city is big on shunning animals.
We don't have the shapeshifter legend your world does."

"I kind of guessed." I said, as I transformed into a human.

I nodded, and started heading out of the woods and onto a sidewalk, all the while looking for something i left a while back. Ah, there it is. I grabbed the black umbrella and opened it just as it began pooring. "Come on, we'll take the subway."
We passed a few shops and apartments before coming to the stairway that leads underground. "Brace yourself," i told Seth and lead the way.

"Brace myself for what, a giant speeding train coming to run us over?" I said sarcastically.

I turned back a moment. "No, the condition of this place. If you can't smell the stench yet, then you'll see."
We stepped down into the busy subway, though right now it was reletively empty aside from a few waiting passengers and homeless people. Muck was pretty much everywhere, and graffiti littered the walls. A train went wizzing by, blowing whatever trash was on the ground in everyone's faces.

I coughed once. "Man, what's that smell?" I was trying hard not to plug my nose. It was so tempting.

"That would be...i don't know, and don't want to know." I checked the map on the wall to see what train would get us to Manhatten. The next one should be arriving about...
"This is our ride," i said as a train pulled into the platform.

"That was quick." I tried to ignore all of the curious stares. I wondered if they memorized the people that came and went? Humans could be so wierd...

"Just ignore them," i murmured and steered him onto the train. This may be slow, but it was the only way to go...without being found out.
The train finally arrived at our stop and we stepped out.
"Whatever you do, don't acknowlegde anyone. There's some pretty sick people around here, and we try to avoid fights at all cost. But if see someone in trouble, let me know. That's part of my job."

I nodded. "I've got it, Chief." I smirked.

I smiled, and continued down the streets.
Alright, we're here, i called to Falcon. Now where are you?
"Behind you, doofus."
I spun around, and grinned. "You could have told us."
Falcon stood tall and lean, his black hair aschew and a cigarrete in his smirking mouth. He had his arms crossed and laughter in his eyes. Basically, he looked like one of the sick people i was talking about. But i knew him better.

I whipped around the same time Drey did. "Could you give us a little warning next time?"

Falcon ignored him. "We found traces of Drake and Shadows in You-Know-What underground."
I nodded. "I figured. Where's Cloud?"
"Taking samples. The usual chem-stuff he does." He rolled his eyes at this. "That nerd has some serious OCD when it comes to this stuff."
We started for the entrance to the underground, nicely hidden in the midst of the worst part of Manhatten island.

A cold shiver ran down my spine. "I don't like this..."

"No one ever does," i said, grimacing. "Except the bad guys." I couldn't help remembering that i, however, used to love these kinds of places and things.
We stepped off the last step into musty darkness. I whisped a little word into my fingers and gave a snap, a little ball of electric light floating on the tip.
"How far in do we go?" i asked Falcon.
"Pretty deep. The trail goes all the way to the third level."
The third level. I shivered. I had been there before. Not exactly a place i wanted to return to.

I sniffed the air lightly. "Evil. I hate that smell." I tried not to growl at the stench.