Awkward Encounter (Cbega/Open)

[Ceraphine Davis]

K[/size]evala was back at school. She was tired, and it made no sense to her. She slept through the night lately. Sure, she had some pretty messed up dreams about Sasha and shit but she supposed it was just memories that escaped during her sleep from when Sasha was in control....

Either way, she was doing okay to hide it from Mischa...knowing the girl did not need the stress right now..and not about to give it to her....Sighing softly, with her black hair falling partially into her face, her icy hues were hidden behind dark shades, concealing the tired and dull look of her normally vibrant icy hues....Dressed in a white tank top and a pair of jeans, she looked as stunning as ever....Even if she did not feel it....

Shrugging her bag up onto her shoulder as she made her way from her car onto the school grounds, she kept her eyes down. Not really caring what was going on or who was about. She did not really like this place....mostly because all the people she knew were not here...She was alone and it sucked! Mischa was all she had left and though she loved the girl, it still got very lonely.....

Not to mention that Kev was struggling, and keeping it secret was hard...though she did her best.....She supposed that she was lucky that nobody who knew the truth and could see through her self imposed lies was here to blow her cover.....

Either way, she shook her head, pushing the thoughts out of her mind and continuing on, her boots making soft thuds against the walkway as she trudged onward....

Only to collide with somebody halfway up to the school. It was hard enough to send her back and onto her ass as she growled....She knew the fault was her own and she was mad at herself for it...Not bothering to look up she sighed and shook her head...

"I am sorry....."

Not bothering to get up just yet...too tired.....besides she figured she would let whoever it was bitch at her first....at least if she was down here the urge to hit them would be less....heh...

[Cbega]

Spike watched the passings of people as he walked to the front of the school that morning, looking at where he was, investigating the surrouding areas, looking at what would soon all be his kingdom to bring power to his family again. His stare was solid, and had an odd lack of emotion to it. He descided about then he had seen enough and figured it was time to leave for now. He hadn't enrolled yet, so this would be easy. As he turned around though.

THUD

Spike took a step back, instincts keeping him on his feet. That was hard enough to knock whoever ran into him down though. The jacket he wore had a 259 logo on the right shoulder, showing it was the Student Bod President of 259's jacket. Over that was red armor, on his right arm from neck to finger tips, and on his chest and stomach. On his belt was two bells on the left side, and on the right was the handle to a bokken. On his back was the power pole in its 2 foot retracted size. He wore his usual black cargo pants though. And he was a year older in his Junior year now and 17. He wore Leon's Iron Side Boots on his feet.

Seeing who it was, his face made no signal of recognition, his eyes stayed solid and without light. He reached his right hand down, the armor making metalic noises as he opened the hand.

"It's alright."

He spoke in a monotone, as if it didn't matter, as if nothing mattered. He would stay in that position until she took his hand, where he could help her up. He had nothing else to say. He knew Kev had moved on with her life, and besides Spike had a mission, and protecting her wasn't in the mission anymore, she doesnt need protecting anymore.

[Ceraphine Davis]

She heard the tone of the voice from the guy she ran into....And it registered instantly despite its lack of feeling and emotion....Nothing but a dull sense of duty coming off of him as she lifted her eyes up to look at him...

Yup...Spike....

Just like she had thought.....Her hand reaching out to take his, as a manner of shock still rumbled through her....she allowed him to help her up.....And then, the shock wore off, as she looked toward his face....His expressionless, emotionless face.....Her eyes narrowing a bit behind her sunglasses as she felt her small hands ball into fists....

Yeah, did it upset her that they had ended the way they did? To no end...She had loved him......had thought they would be together...thought that he would stay with her.......But he kept things from her...he made up lies about where he was going and why he was gone for so long......

He had hurt her, and she had hurt him.....she knew that...but what had he thought she would do......

Yet she knew something was off......And in that she steadied herself as she let out a soft sigh......She knew what it was, even though her mind did not wish to wrap around that fact.....

"Your Father?"

It was more of a question as to if the death of the man was Spike's reason for being this way.......Not if he was okay...She had known what was coming and she had wanted to be there for Spike, but he had never come back before she left 259.......so how could she have.......

[Cbega]

Spike still showed nothing he was still, though when she mentioned Leon his eye brow would twitch. His eyes would shift down momentarily before looking at her again. In that same tone and lack of emotion he would say it.

"Dead."

Spike's injuries where severe after the raid he had lost some of his abilities, and no longer held the use of his Qi. But he had become far more skilled and ruthless in combat. He no longer cared about having fun like he used to. Destroy or be destroyed. His life belonged to the Sudeki as the Vanguard, with the loss of both Leon AND Void, the younger Sudeki children have had to step up now. Even the younger ones like Void's son, had to inhance his training. Spike has been on the move for some time trying to find a new place for the Temple, and to gain control of an area so it can be safe for the clan to move there.

Every moment that went by was a moment of possible attack on the rest of his family, timing, planning, and accomplishing his goal. Thats all there is to it.

[Ceraphine Davis]

As he spoke she nodded. Yeah she had figured as much given the lack of emotion in him....Noting the twitch of his eyebrow she just sighed and shook her head.....Her tongue brushing over her lower lip as she reached up and pushed her hair back from her face.....

"Why are you here then?"

She tried to be understanding, to be caring and everything that she once had been..But did he even realize or care what he had done to her...or the twins? Aiden still asked where his daddy was, and she knew he did not mean Katsuri.....They were very intelligent kids...both a blessing and a curse she supposed...

And it tore her up to have to tell them he was not coming home anymore.....Gah! She just wanted to hit him sooo bad for not even fucking caring.....Grrr! Men!

Forgetting that she had the bracelet on, her emotions started to pour out of her....the hurt and anger and longing filling the air about her as the wind started to shift about her small form, blowing her hair just slightly.

Her small hands clenched tightly at her sides...Yes, calm...stay calm....Yet this was Kevala, and yeah, she did have the ability to get a little overly emotional about stuff....Which anyone who knew her knew......So yeah.......

[Cbega]

"The temple was destroyed. I'm looking for fitting locations. And this city is abundent for getting power."

Spike's words hinted at his mission. The complete and utter control over this entire city. Spike wasn't going to play with this town, he was noticing something about it already. The longer you waited the more chance it had of fighting back, yet if you did it too early, you wouldn't have the right amount of power to begin with.

Thats about when it hit him. His brow furrowed a little when he felt the emotions that where not his. Brushing them aside with the emotional training he put himself through the past year, but it still picked at him, just like all the other supressed emotions. Though the anger didn't really effect him, since it was his focus emotion.

[Ceraphine Davis]

She raised her brow and cross her arms over her chest as she listened to his words...She was not stupid, far from it..Though she could not help but wonder what he had in mind.....

"Gathering forces I take it?"

Yeah, she was somebody who had been close to him, did he not know she would pick up on some things?

"Or are you going to continue to lie to me about what being the Vanguard really means?"

She tried not to be snippy...She tried to be nice and sweet and everything else....But as the anger gave way to more hurt and the air about her continued to shift, she could not help but get defensive.

[Cbega]

"The Vanguard are the suicide soldiers of our clan. We are meant to fight and die, by either completing our mission or becoming a martyr to inspire one of our brethren to accomplish what we couldn't. I am going to make my family as powerful as it was if not more so than before it was almost whiped out."

Spike spoke still monotoned, but with a spice of conviction in it. He knew letting her know wouldn't matter now, before he had such a feeling of protection towards her. But it was all but gone now. Then he realized that it was her emotions she was transmitting.

"I will gather who and what I can for my mission to be accomplished or fall in the process, doesn't matter to me."

Spike would turn around and begin to walk away. He had stayed in one place for too long. It was time to move, stagnation was bad for the planning process, and this encounter was badly timed.

[Ceraphine Davis]

He told her, and though she found the truth somewhat refreshing it also sent a jolt of fear into the air around her....She would have to lie to say that part of her did not care about him, but she couldnt.....He would just hurt her again...

But then he continued speaking...as though nothing mattered to him...and she narrowed her eyes even more so now...THEN he turned and started away from her..Like she was nothing..Like she had never been anything......

Normally it would have been anger which fueled her to actually hit somebody these days, but this time, nothing but extreme pain escaped from her body as she grabbed his shoulder and jerked him back...her fist connecting with the side of his head...Or at least trying to....

He had always been stronger than her, and faster, and just better all around..but she was hurt and she was tired of feeling like nothing...EVERYONE did that to her!

Gah!

"Fuck you Spike! Coming here and acting all big and bad! Like you don't give a shit about anyone!"

Her knee coming up to slam into his ribs....

"Don't you dare walk away from me as though I was nothing! Like I meant absolutely nothing!"

The air around her which was disturbed by her emotions fueling her attack...though her emotional output was so great that the bracelet started to cause her arm a great deal of pain......Yet she ignored it...For now...

[Cbega]

Spike felt the pull, as it turned his upper body and brought his legs around, he didn't fight back, nor try to dogde, as the fist slamed his cheek, turning his head, his black hair flailing to the side a bit. He let her scream, get it out of her system, the knee came next slamming into the point just below the ribs, but most of the force was taken up by the armor under his jacket. Yet that didn't keep him from being hunched by the attack. His feet slid back a bit and Spike's hair fell over his face as he remained the way he was.

"You where everything to me."

Spike spoke from his hunched over position. Beginning to rise now he would speak again.

"I was completely commited to just you. For that I was punished."

Finally in a standing position. He would look at her with that stone like face supressing the feelings she was throwing around.

"I wont lose anymore people close to me."

Spike would turn around again, those where her only free shots.

"And no one else will get close to me."

[Ceraphine Davis]

She drew in several heavy breath as she felt her hands trembling at her side....Those eyes following him as he spoke....his words only increasing the pain she let forth......

"So, I guess that is what I can tell the boy who asks me where Daddy went?"

She growled softly, tears welling in her eyes as she kept them upon him even as he started away....She wanted to be angry, she wanted to feel that emotion instead of the pain which ripped through her....

She then felt the sting of her nails biting into her flesh, felt the warmth of her blood filling her palm....Yet she kept her eyes on him.....

"You have nothing left in your heart but this cold emptiness, nothing but this feel of regret and revenge...Of duty....But remember this Spike Sudeki....I loved you....and to this day...."

She turned her head, not wanting to admit it to herself....let alone to him.......

"I still do......"

She doubted he would even care to know that...but yeah...she had to get it out....it was all she could do to keep it locked up anymore....

[Cbega]

Spike stopped and turned his head so one eye could look back at her. His face was still solid, but his eyes looked down for a moment.

"The Spike you knew and the Spike that would of been Aiden's dad, died. Tell him that."

Spike's eyes would raise again as he would walk away. A tear hidden with the way his head had been turned away, though internally there was no more sadness, no more happiness, but his body seemed to be effected somehow. He needed more training.

[Ceraphine Davis]

She did not expect any form of response from him, nor did she get one. Just another emotionless glance and a few harsh words...Harsh to her at least....

"Do not let this feeling of duty and revenge consume you Spike....Leon would have wanted more for you than this...."

She then turned around gathered up her things, she could not handle this today, nor could she go home...She would just have to figure out something to do with the rest of her day.....Just right now, being in the same school as him would be too painful.....And going home to Mischa right now would be just as bad.......Funny....all these people around her, and yet, Kevala felt utterly and completely alone.....

As she made her way to her car, she unlocked the door, throwing her bag into the back seat and then crossed her arms over the steering wheel as she laid her head against them...

Only then did the tears she had been fighting back begin to slide slowly down her face........