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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Calinon" data-source="post: 1600605" data-attributes="member: 13737">Lancheng, ChinaRaisa, X12, Kevin"I don't want to control him, Directive 12.  I'm not Thunder," he says to X12 as he casually flicks a hand at the oncoming Raisa.  Shadows leech up from the floor around her, forming into man-like creatures that clutch and grab at her arms, neck and waist, holding her fast.  Their touch is like ice, further sapping her strength, and their skin is rough like sandpaper causing painful abrasions and small cuts as you struggle. "You know, I am going to accomplish in a matter of moments what Wen has been trying to do in his little academy," the man says to Raisa, floating up a bit and placing a hand on the silent Michael's forehead.  "All he could hope for was to drive Jackal down, and hope to control him.  He could never free the boy of the Jackal.  I can.  And I will.  It won't even kill him.  You should be grateful," he says, cocking his head to the side slightly.  "Isn't that what you want, Miss da Cruz."   The four shadow creatures holding Raisa echo him with sibilant voices.  "Isn't that what you want, Miss da Cruz," and give quiet laughs. He looks at the wolf-boy in front of him.  "Isn't that what you want?" There's a long pause by Michael before he whispers, "Yes." "You see, Kevin.  I'm doing what he wants.  I'm going to free him from his alter ego.  EPIC just seeks to control him.  Now step back, both of you," he says.  A burst of shadow dislodges from the wall behind X12, striking him in the back and yanking him back some twenty feet to land on his back, though he's not held.  Kevin is surrounded by shadow briefly and lifted up, placed on his feet beside Raisa and the four shadow men, nearly thirty feet away. He then turns Michael so you all have a side view of he and the entrapped boy.  "I would free you for this, but it will be very painful," he says with no concern whatsoever.  His arm starts elongating into a dual edged sword.</blockquote>

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