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Dezander could hear the birds in the surrounding terrace. Their chirps seemed to provide an overwhelming ruckus to the man's ears. He reached for the humvee's driver's door handle. He pulled at the object and listened as the outside world was simply blocked out by the door's metal. The man repositioned himself in the seat and closed his eyes once more. This time, he faded into a semi-sleep phase.

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The desert's sun sat as an overwhelming jewel on the horizon. Its light seemed to blanket the ground in a variety of different colors. Dezander sat in one of the base's security shacks. The flags seemed to be dancing in the chilly breeze. The man looked to the fan on the table next to him. Its blade spun in a hypnotizing pattern. He could see a car in the distance. The vehicle's dull headlights seemed to ruin the amazing picture-perfect scene that sat on the horizon. He moved to the shack's doorway and watched as the vehicle pulled up next to him. The car's dusty glass passenger window disappeared into the door's frame.
"Sir, this is restricted military property. I must see proper clearance," he hesitated.
The car's driver seemed to be hidden in a variety of shadows in the car's interior. The mysterious being's voice vibrated through the window, "I have clarance." The man held out a small piece of paper. Dezander scanned over it with caution.
"Sir, may I ask what your business in the base will be?"
"Just business..." the car's tires threw up dirt in a somewhat terrifying motion. Within seconds, the car was already in the base's premises.

The sound of sqwaking awakens Dezander.

The man wiped a stream of saliva from the corner of his mouth, looking around in a disoriented manner. The entire world had become pitch black except for a few blotches of light in the distance.
'Am I dead?' the man thought to himself in a stupefied state.
He felt around his surroundings and found the keys locked in the ignition. With a quick turn of his wrist, the man felt the car sputter to life. The headlights lit the park's grass in an eerie glow. The man put the vehicle into 'drive' and began following the trails onto the street.
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Nekko put on his harness with his arsenal. The sun sank below the horizon. Nekko let loose, a sharp pain ran through his body. The transformation began, the pain familiar. He felt sick to his stomach as every muscle in his body burnt as they slit and set, every bone ached as they shrank, grew, and changed shape. Nekko fell to his knees and grunted, fur sprouted on every inch of his body, his ears reformed, and his eyes color and shape resembled a tigers. His head slid into it's new form and his teeth large and razor sharp. The palms of his hands and feet became leathery, his retractable claws weighed his toes and finger tips.
Nekko got up, the transformation was complete. A smile ran across his face. "That always feels good." He said cooly, looking down at his paw-hands and released his sharp claws.
He headed out of his appartment, heading down the stairwell and out the back. "Thanks to the curfew, I don't have to worry about anyone seeing me. All I have to watch out for now are hundreds of armed soldiers in vehicles with big guns." He said sheepishly. He looked up at the moonless, starlit sky. "One of the perks of being a weretiger...the cover of darkness." he jumped out of the ally way and dashed across the street behind a humvee.
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Dezander watched as the city became a horror movie. Only a few homeless people passed him by, otherwise there was nobody. He flipped a switch on the humvee's dashboard and watched as the massive fog lights screamed to life. Every inch of the block became caressed in the powerful light. The man examined his ammo stocks in the back seat and sighed, noticing that he had put his rifle back there. He lifted a wired walkie-talkie to his mouth and began to speak.
"There is a curfew in effect! All citizens were required to be indoors by dusk. Failure to do so could result in a massive fine."
The man lowered the walkie-talkie and stopped to vehicle near what looked to be an abandoned humvee on the street.
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Nekko came to the other end of an ally. He stoped suddenly as foglights appeared out of nowhere. A voice boomed down the street, a familiar voice. He watched as a military humvee pulled over next to another vehicle that resembled another humvee. Nekko peaked around the corner and saw the ally he was going for. It was across the street and to his left, towards the vehicles. "Why not..." he said to himself and sprinted to the otherside, drifting to the left. He made it, but was he seen? He hung to the corner of the wall.
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The man examined over the surrounding terrain and turned the car's igniton to shut the engine off. The foglights faded into black as he opened the driver's door. Large scratches ripped through the paint on his humvee's side. The man reached into the back of the vehicle and felt for his rifle. He could feel the cold frame of the gun. It rested upon a pile of ammunition. A few moments later, he was out of the vehicle. He slammed the door behind him and began patrolling the street. It was far too quiet to let down his guard. He began whistling a tune to himself and moved in the direction of a darkened alleyway.
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Nekko could hear a door slam and foot steps comeing towards him. All he did was take a deep breath and put a smirk on his face. He was relaxed, even knowing that he could suprise the soldier and end up being shot. His hand moved into a half raised position and his claws extended, just incase.

((OOC: Man it feels weird to post something this short after posting paragraphs... :P ))
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Dezander scanned his vision over the signs that hung over the street. Their magnificent colors had become bleached in an eerie white steam from the vents in the street. He leaned against a nearby wall and placed his gun on the ground. There was nobody in sight. Only the faint sound of emergency sirens and traffic from the roadways filled the air. A small police vehicle passed by. Its frame disappeared into the haze above the roadway. Dezander began whistling once more. He pulled the desert eagle from his holster feeling an unwelcomed presence. He would have had a better chance of survival with his secondary firearm anyway. His hand started trembling with fear, showing his lack of experience in the battlefield. He removed a small flashlight from his belt and peeked around the alleyway's corner. There appeared to be nothing.
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Nekko could hear the rattling of some sort of sidearm. A click and a beam of light came around the corner. "Suprise." He said cooly, although his voice sounds rougher than normal, and knocked the flashlight out of the soldiers hand. Nekko fully exposed himself in the ally, leaned over and bared his fangs right next to his face. "Long time no see?" He could easily kill the frightend soldier. "You're lucky your still a live."
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Dezander looked at the creature with a horrified expression. He lifted his sidearm and pulled the trigger. He didn't remove the safety lock on the gun. There were a few clicks and the man began fleeing, terrified. He ran back to his vehicle got in and locked the doors, not knowing what to do.
"What was that?" he spoke to himself.
He picked the walkie-talkie up and began speaking.
"We have a code red...I repeat, we have a code red..."
There was silence on the other line. Nobody responded. The man examined the cords that led to the walkie-talkie's source. They were scattered all over the dashboard. Had he accidentally ripped them out of the panel? He released the safety lock on the gun and sunk down into the seat, trying to avoid the monster's attention.
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Nekko rolled his eyes. "If you want to play that way then fine." he said to himself. He checked the surrounding area for anyone that would spot him. It was clear. He took a few steps and jumped on top of the humvee with ease, thanks to his strong legs. "Listen, you don't need to freak out about this." He yelled to make sure Dezander could hear him, slowly walking on the humvee. "Don't you recognize me?" He joked and jumped down next to the drivers side door.
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The man turned the vehicle's ignition and listened as the engine sputtered to life once more.
"What's wrong with me?" he said. "I'm imagining that that thing is talking to me." He slammed on the gas pedal, feeling the vehicle fly forward. Then, there was an explosion of vibrations. The vehicle had come to a complete stop. Dezander examined over the area in front of him. He had hit something large. The man opened the door and crawled out of the driver's seat. Water was dripping onto his face. That was when he noticed the other humvee in front of his crashed vehicle. Apparently he had hit the car during his brief moment of terror. Water was shooting from the ground. The man turned around and faced the creature only a few yards behind him.
"What do you want from me? Get away!" He began limping down the narrow street, only to wipe out on the now wet asphalt. "You're one of those killer things, aren't you?"
The man hardly recognized who the werecreature was.
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The humvee screeched for a breif moment before hitting the other humvee. Nekko watched Dezander limped out of his wet wreckage and turned around to say, "What do you want from me? Get away!" and started to limp away in a hurry only to end up slipping on the asphalt. Nekko slowly walked forward. Dezander cried out, "You're one of those killer things, aren't you?" Nekko growled at the sound of those words.
He spoke up firmly. "Typical human," he shook his head, "for centuries my kind have been viewed as monsters." He knelt down next to Dezander. The water hit him like a heavy rain. "I'd look like a killer "thing" to anyone of you." He held out a paw with his claws retracked, offering to help Dezander up. "But we would only kill if we were trying to BE killed first." He paused, seeing the confused face. "Cookie?" He said with a big, fanged smile.
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The man shivered in terror as the creature held its paw out. He flinched as he heard it respond to his comment. There was something familiar about this creature, though.
"Cookie? What do you mean?" That was when his memory became clear. "Nekko, right? You're that guy, right, the one from before?"
The man stood up and looked at the creature with a strange expression. He was confused, yet somehow, he knew that the creature wouldn't hurt him.
"So, this is how you're involved?" He stuttered in a terrrified tone.
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Nekko chuckled as Dezander relized who he was. "Yes, it's me. And sorry, no more cookies." He stood up to meet, more like surpass Dezanders height by a foot or two. "And this is how I'm involvled. Although we didn't get involved in anything, it just happend." He said, looking around to see if anyone was looking. People always take a peak outside if something sounds like a car wreak.
"Can we go some place else? I'm kind of exposed out here." He asked, pushing Dezaners in the direction of a dark ally. "And if you have any real questions, now would be a good time to ask them." Nekko walked into the shadows, feeling comforted.
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Dezander halted a few moments later, only to remember his sidearm that he left in the passenger's seat of the totaled humvee. He sprinted over to the vehicle and leaned into its interior to grab the weapon. The seats now sat covered in a puddle of water. He felt the wet frame of the gun and pulled away, bringing the object with him. Droplets of water had settled on its exterior. He dried the gun and lowered it into the holster on his belt. A few moments later, he returned back to the alleyway.

There was nothing more than graffitti and steam lining the sides of the alley. It looked like the perfect place to get attacked. The man turned his attention towards Nekko. The creature looked to be massive compared to his height.
"I don't know much about what is going on, anymore. Even the citizens seem to be hiding something. I guess I don't exactly fit in here." The man let a weak chuckle vibrate from his throat. "What exactly are you, first off? I mean, you must be pretty important since that organization is after you."
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Nekko sat on some crates while Dezander dried of his gun and put it away. "Well, everybody is keeping secrets. Now more than ever since the government forced military patrols and control." He looked at the night sky again, for a city it was quiet and you could see the stars. "I'm not really important, none of us are. We're just like you or Mr. Miller of Miller's Cheese and Liquor (sp)." He sighed and stared back at the soldier. "But some people beg to differ. This organization, Skibur, has been around for centuries. But not as long as my kind. Anyway, they seem to think of us as abominations, mindless monsters and they want us gone. For no good reason, they just hate us." Nekko shook his head. "But enough of the history lesson. It'll take a while to explain everything."

Just as Nekko was begining to stand up, a shout came from the top of the fire escape. "Oy! I found the bugger. 'Es over here." An armed man gestured for others to come over. He quickly raised his gun, an AK-74u sub-machine gun, and pointed it at Nekko, completely ignoring Dezander.
"Crap on a cracker." Nekko gasped. "Not you again, Jones."
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Dezander listened as vehicles seemed to be approaching the nearby street. The sounds seemed to be far to loud to be of civilian or emergency service automobiles. He could hear shouting coming from the roadway and see flashes lighting up the beginning of the alley.
"I should've known," Dezander sighed. "They were bound to come looking for me."
He pulled his weapon from its holster and aimed it at the fire escape.
"Drop your weapon. This is under the control of the military. I am not afraid to fire my weapon."
The man began moving towards a group of doors in the nearby wall. Large locks sat on each of the handles. They wouldn't budge. Dezander was beginning to feel like doors hated him. He listened as a group of men began hustling down the alleyway.
"This area is about to get very ugly, Nekko. We need to find a way out of here, and fast," the man whispered.
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"Well Jones?" Nekko shouted up at Jones. He walked slowly over to the door with the lock on it. "You get those pair of balls yet?" And with one swipe, he knocked the lock clean off. "Last chance!"
Jones stood there, his trigger finger itching. "Stop! I'll shoot!" he finnally shouted.
Nekko shruged and opend the door. "Dezander, go I'll be right behind you." He said watching Jones. "Oh and welcome to the war."
Jones swore loudly and pulled the trigger completely missing the ground Nekko stood on. Nekko didn't even flinch. He glanced over at the opening of the ally, and shook his head. "Careful, you might hit the wall with those guns."
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Dezander moved through the door and examined his surroundings. It looked like he had entered some sort of storage room. Large fernaces and pipes lined the walls while buckets and other materials lined the floor. The man could see a door at the room's upper left corner. Large words of graffitti coated its wooden frame and its handle looked to be well outdated and rusted. The man turned back towards Nekko who stood outside, still.
"Hey, you know where this'll bring us?"
The man could hear something hovering above the building. It sounded like a helicopter.
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Nekko steped inside the old building. "Uh..." he looked around, "Not really." He shut the door and picked up two pipes, one in each hand. He shoved on in the door handle to keep it from opening easily. With the second one, he waited next to the door waiting. The door shook and Nekko thrusted the pole through. You could hear the screams of pain of two men. Blood slowly driped through the pole. "But, as long as it'll take us away from here it's good." He walked over to Dezander. He could see every detail well with his increased night vision. He noticed something different. "Where's your rifle? An M14 right?" he walked around looking for a way out. All the other doors were locked and had no handles. "Damn it. There has to be an exit."
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The man stopped upon hearing this question. He looked around as if trying to avoid any response.
"I think I left it back on the street..."
The man slammed his hand into the wall, noticing his stupidity. Gunfire started erupting outside. He recognized the sounds of the guns. Yet, something didn't seem quite right. The helicopter continued buzzing above the building.
"We never use helicopters inside the city's boundaries. Something isn't right about this."
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"Thats a shame. It's a nice rifle." Nekko said, "Is that one of the military's helicopter?" He said walking behind a shelf. His foot hit something hard on the floor. "OW!" He exclaimed. "Stupid boxes!" Nekko knocked the boxes aside. Under the boxes was a trap door. He lifted the handle, it was open. Gunfire burst through the door. With out saying anything to Dezander, Nekko droped down the trap door. It was about a 15 foot drop, dark, damp and smelt like dead rats. He coughed and covered his nose, the stench was three times as bad as normal thanks to Nekko's hightend senses. He looked around, it was a large room with three hallways.
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Dezander lifted his pistol and fired a couple of bullets before moving towards the trap door. He could smell the potent stench. He felt around for a ladder or some other object that he could use to decline downwards. He had lost any sight of Nekko. THe man leaned down and screamed into the hole.
"What's it look like down there?"
The man pulled his flashlight off the belt on his waist. He shined it into the hole and examined the area below.
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Nekko looked up through the entrance of the trap door, sheilding his eyes from the light. The gunfire from in side the building scared him, making him think they broke through. "Well, it's a room. A dark room filled with what I think is either wine or whisky." He replied, after hearing Dezander. "Yeah, there really isn't a ladder. You'll just have to jump." He looked around. "Don't worry, I'll catch you if you fall." He joked.
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Jarod carefully loosened his tie as he sat down on the couch to watch television for a short while. Supposedly some shoot-out or somesuch was happening the city. He ignored it and shut off the TV. It was the first bit of alone time he'd gotten in a few days. So far all he'd done for the week was drop the kids off at school, run to work, school, work, school, work...

He carefully laid his suit jacket across the table next to him and tossed his tie on the hat rack by the door on his left. Resting his head in his hands for a moment, a thought suddenly struck him, he had forgotten all about it, he had forgotten about the weekend. He had a huge business trip coming up for the weekend and he had nowhere to put the kids. Jarod slowly picked up the phone and dialed his sister Marie's number. He hated dumping the kids on her like this so often, but he had no choice.

The phone rang for a few moments and Marie's sing-song voice answered on the other end.

"Jarod?"

"Marie, how'd you know its me?"

"Caller ID, Jarod. You know that." Her voice was a bit deeper, it seemed a habit of hers when she was angry or annoyed.

He had forgotten, he had hoped that he could suprise her and receive a more pleasant greeting.

"Look, Marie, could I ask you a favor?"

"You want me to watch the kids again?"

"Yeah..."

He exhaled deeply.

"Why can't Chloe just watch them?"

"I...I wouldn't feel comfortable asking her."

"You're gonna have to sometime."

"I know. But its just the weekend."

She sighed.

"Fine, Jarod, but you owe me one."

"Fine, fine."

"Alright then, thanks, Marie. I'll talk to you later."

Jarod hastily hung up the phone, not wanting to talk a moment longer than he had to. He sat back on the sofa and closed his eyes, letting himself relax. He opened his eyes once more and picked up his rubik's cube off of the table next to him, carefully moving the blocks around. He wouldn't worry about it now, he'd tell the kids tomorrow.
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