Liberation of Slaves (Team Dragon Busters)

Abaddon lay there, an annoyed look upon her face as she listened to her heir apparent partner explain the current situation. She didn't all that much care, but knew her vessel cared, so would at least feign interest. "Good. I expect "he" will be happy everything went well." She said giving such a well faked smile, that most even those trained to spot such things would be left clueless. The whole time this had been going on her eyes had stayed trained upon the youth's left arm. The more she looked at it, the more a feeling of unease hit her and she wasn't happy to not know why it bothered her.

"Scarlet? Oh. You mean the little bitch I wish I could take home with me. She would make such a nice toy for me to play with...." she said in a tone that left no doubts that her words were sexual in intention. "She didn't do anything. If I did take over my vessel when Cain was done... "he" would have most likely died. The boy still isn't strong enough to use our powers properly." She said all this, from the view point of a distant observer, as if everything that had happened today had nothing to do with her.

Abaddon, without a moments notice, bolted to her feet, the constant swaying motion of the boat, knocking her back onto her ass. "Hey brat, those Knight's you talked about.... do they look anything like that?" she asked curiously, her left arm raised, index finger directed toward the railing a few feet away. Upon the railing now stood three figues wearing the usual garbs givn to Rune Knight's, but they were different, almost s if their garbs had a different purpose than clothing them.

The two male Knight's stood on the left and right side's of the female respectively. "Commander, shall we secure the prisoners while you verify "it"?" The man to the female's right hand side questioned sternly, as he stepped off the railing and onto the deck. The male to the female's left following suit. "Do as you please. I only came here to verify "it" anyways." The female said in a clearly dismissive tone as she step off the railing and onto the deck.

While the two males secured Scarlet and Carver, the female had approached Abaddon. The knight reaching into her cloak would remove an incredibly old looking book and hold it out in front of Abaddon. Abaddon, upon seeing the book, tried her best to move away from it. "G-Get that fucking thing away from me. I'm not going back in there. You can't make me." The demoness's words were filled with fear. The mark upon her right forearm lighting up and burning a sanguine hue, from under her skin a strange pattern burned through from her bones and she began to thrash about in agony. The book in the Knight's hand also releasing the same glow.

The female knight grinning as she watched the female thrash about and scream like a wounded animal. "Zev, give me your spare pair of cuffs. The one's meant to seal one's ethernano. We are taking her with us." This being said the female knight finally acknowledged the other legal mage. "Boy. Do you have any idea what kind of "monster" you've been allowing to roam free? You're lucky "it" didn't kill you." She said as she caught the cuffs thrown to her by one of her underlings. She then stashed the book and kicked Abaddon in the gut with enough force to knock her out. She then put the cuffs on her and the male now known as Zev lifted her from rhe deck and onto his shoulder. The female now addressing the legal mage once more. "Return to your guild, boy. We will send you your reward along with a message for your Master."

Shi, the female rune knight and leader of the three, watched as the brown-haired youth lashed out. Her eyes widening in surprise as Zev was easily sent backwards with a single punch. She sighed some as she watched Zev finally come to a halt and pull himself up off the ground. "Little shit. That freaking hurt." Zev grumbled as he rubbed his jaw a pissed off look upon his face. "Commander, should I teach this brat to show due respect?" Zev asked angrily, clearly in no mood to be denied the right to punch this kid in the face a few hundred times.

Shi rolled her eyes, peering over her shoulder she shot a glare in Zev's direction that made the man freeze in place. The look on his mug now being one of fear. "Just shut up and stay where you are. I swear, you brother's are worthless." She said as she removed her cloak and dropped it onto the deck of the ship. She grinned, licking her lips when she saw the expression upon the mages face. "We are with the Rune Knight's. You don't seem to understand the situation, boy. That "creature" over your shoulder... is nothing more than one of Zeref's "abominations". Now hand "it" over before I decide to take you in for obstructing our mission." She said all of this, in a cold lifeless tone. The look in her eyes made it clear she truly believed every insult she had just slung out to be the absolute truth. All the while she had steadily been closing the gap between herself and the legal mage getting in their way.

"She shrugged before reaching back and taking hold of the book. She did this under the assumption that the boy might be much more involved than they originally thought. She had originally thought this male to simply be an unwitting accomplice, but the way he was react caught her interest. She was now standing a mere foot away from the mage, the book being held up, she watched it waiting for it to react to the demon before her, but the reaction was different then what she had expected.

Shi's facial expression registered both shock and curiosity all at once, as the Book of Zeref marked by the word Sacrifar, began to glow a bright scarlet. She could tell something was wrong, but was too slow in reacting. A powerful blast of energy rippled off the book and blasted her backwards. She was caught by the apparent brother of Zev, who now stood shocked at what he was witnessing. He now understood why that punch had carried so much weight despite the size of the one dishing it out. The mage before them wasn't short by normal standards, but Zev and his brother were built like giants.

"Commander, are you alright?" asked Zed with what seemed like concern as he let her go from his clutches. "I'm fine you fool." She said with a somewhat shaken tone. She had expected a reaction, but the reaction she just witnessed and felt first hand, it could only be one thing. Shi sighed, rubbing her temples before gazing over at the gauntlet wielding mage. "I think I get it now."

"Zev, Zed, gather up our original targets. We are leaving." She barked at them before going to retrieve her cloak. She smirked while pulling the cloth over her shoulders. She now walked towards the mage and gave him an oddly cheerful smile given the circumstances. "Boy, I've decided to let the both of you go. You've shown me something interesting. I never would have imagined that one of "those" people still existed." She said with a much more civil tone than she had used up till now. She then tossed a key to the mage.

In the background, one could hear Zev complaining about being disappointed with the results of their mission. "What does it matter if that brat was chosen. If he can't even kill or recognize that abomination for what it is, what good is he?" Zed simply nodded at his brother's annoyed remarks before turning towards their superior. "Commander, we're ready to depart whenever you are ready." Shi simply raising her right arm and motioning for them to head out ahead of her. The female rune knight smiled as she tossed the boy the key to the shackles on his ally and simply left. Despite having it in here to kill the abomination, she just couldn't bring herself to tell the mage the real reason why they were standing down. She felt telling him that kind of information was just too cruel. She almost felt bad for the two, she doubted either of them what kind of fate awaited them.

Abaddon lay there, motionless as ever, within the confines of the mages mind a debate of sorts was being conducted. "What the hell do you mean I don't want it back yet?" Krow snapped at Abaddon's portion of their tri-fold conscious. "I kind of let my guard down and got shot.... a lot." The demoness retorted just as angrily. "I don't give a shit about that. Just give me my damn body back." Krow shot back. Both didn't find it odd Cain wasn't joining in. Cain only took part in these discussions when killing or bringing harm to others was involved. "Fine. You can have it back. Just be careful. Looks like your idiot father blew our cover." Krow cringed when Abaddon referred to Cain as his rightful father. "My only father is Aestuologia stupid." Krow snapped back before severing the connection between their joined conscious'.

Meanwhile, Abaddon's form was gradually shifting once more. What was once the body of a drop dead gorgeous demoness, returning to that of a rather unusual looking demonic proxy. Krow's eyes ripped open when the voice of his partner saying, "Oi, Krow, you're about to miss all the food.", registered in his hazy mind. He bolted up into a sitting position only to greeted by a tremendous surge of pain shooting through his right shoulder. He doubled over, from the pain, his head lifting from the ground only to slam back down on it. His left arm shifting in and up he would grab hold of his right shoulder and roll over onto his back, having doubled over onto his knees to try and physically beat the pain out through his head.

A few seconds more passing before he finally adjusted to the pain. "She wasn't joking around, was she?" He muttered more to himself than to his partner. His crimson optics now landing upon his teammate. He was now confused as could be. He had never seen his partner look worried like this. "The hell's eating you?" He asked as he pulled himself from the deck. The constant rocking motion hitting him now that he was fully adjusted. This left his staggering from side to side. His left clutched over his gullet as he stagger towards the edge of the ship. He would rather risk drowning then spend another second on this damned ship.