Silence and Shadows (Open)

[Ryou Jackson]

" There he is!" a voice shouted out. " Shit..." Ryou cursed, as he ran down the alleyway, pausing only to hoist himself up and over the fence. He landed on the ground and continued running. Who would've thought that the guys he had happen to pass by were students from Paragon? Well, they were harrassing a girl, and it was already past the end of school. And honestly, they looked like they'd wouldn't understand if Ryou came and took the girl away from them, which he did, right in front of them. As he watched the girl disappear around the corner, he looked back, and saw all of them scratching their heads in puzzlement. To Ryou's utter amazement, one figured out what had happened, infuriated by his loss of prey, began chasing after Ryou angrily. Naturally, the others followed after him like a stampede and Ryou found himself running for his life.

Normally, Ryou would take out the whole lot of them, but this time, there were more than Ryou could handle, try six of them. Ryou continued running down the alley, and heard the rattling of the fence behind him. Taking a quick glance, he saw to his utter dread, all six had scaled the fence and were in hot pursuit of him. " Don't let the punk escape!" one shouted, " We'll make him pay for that!" " He's dead when we get him!" " Shit shit shit shit SHIT!" he cursed under his breath, taking a sharp turn into another side alley. He then continued taking turns here and there, all in the effort to lose all six of them. After taking too many turns to count, Ryou stopped running, breathing hard.

He moved into a nearby side street, hoping that he managed to lose all six of the knuckleheads, or they all split up in an effort to trap Ryou. If they did split up, one on one would be a lot easier than six on one. Ryou leaned agianst the brick wall, breathing hard, hidden in the shadows. As he stood there, he heard a voice. " Haven't seen him yet. He gave us the slip, but we'll find him. Punk can't have gone far. When I find him I'm going to..." The idiot never managed to finish his sentence, as a fist came flying out of nowhere and clobbered him right in the face, sending him stumbling and falling backwards, the fall knocking him out cold, as his head connected with cold concrete. " Paul? You there? Hey Paul! Answer me!" a voice blasted out of the cellphone still in the guy's hand.

Ryou bent down and took the cellphone. " I'm sorry, Paul isn't available right now, care to leave a message?" Ryou said, speaking into the cell. " What the...? Who the hell is this? Where's Paul!?" " Didn't you hear what I said, Paul isn't around, so leave a message." Ryou repeated again, as the guy on the other line began ranting. " I'll get you, whoever you are!" " I'm sure you will." Ryou said before he ended the call, and dropped the phone back on the unconscious guy's chest. He then straightened up and proceeded to walk away, if it were not for another guest who appeared. " ? " was Ryou's reaction, a confused expression forming on his face. " Can I help you?"

OOC: Anyone can join, Hircine student, Paragon student, Graduate, whoever, I don't care.

[Aden Allett]

(I’m assuming its night, unless I missed something.)

Aden walked down the street, the cold air blowing on his face as the light blue sky was now dark. The day had been long and grueling. Paragon wasn’t a bad school, but constantly fighting tired you out after a while. Aden, not one to particularly deny a fight, could feel the ache in his knuckles. The constant clash with the body of other students left them red most days. Paragon was a violent school and it was hard to go around without a fight, but that was what made it fun.

Hitting the corner of the street, Aden’s path was blocked as one student, most likely Hircine, found him being pursued by at least six other students, seeming to be from Paragon. Aden, watching this, stuck out his leg, the last man in the pack catching on and falling flat on his face. The man pushed him up, an aggressive rage ready to be let out on the man who had threw him to the floor. Keeping a cool demeanor for the moment, Aden merely inquired to what was happening. The Paragon student mentioned the chase of another person for meddling with issues regarding a particular woman. It wasn’t hard to understand what the six had been up to.

The Paragon student wasn’t ready to let Aden’s actions go unscathed however. With his teeth clenched and a small stream of blood flowing from his forehead the man swung his right fist for the side of Aden’s head. Prepared for such an event, Aden shifted his body, his right arm facing the man and his left throwing the mans attack off course, causing him to stumble. Aden threw a hard jab from his right elbow into the gut of the man, knocking him to his knees, his hand son the ground as he grasped for air. Aden’s own knee made contact with the face of the man, potentially breaking the nose of the man as blood spurted form his face, hitting Aden’s.

Aden grabbed the man by the hair, not giving him any rest and proceeded to drag the man down to the side street where the student had most likely ran. It was obvious now that the rest of the group had split up, in search for the student. As he made his way to the side street, another Paragon student was seen as he fell to the ground. The man on the run had more fight in him than Aden would have though.

“Honestly, they give us bad names.”

Aden threw the bloody man onto the other, as the man finished whatever he was up to with the Paragon student’s phone. Facing the pile of students, Aden’s eyes shifted to the man beside him now, the blood on his face leaving a bit of a sadistic look. ”Can I help you?”

“It’s more like I helped you.”

Aden spoke in a harsh tone. Such disrespect for someone who had helped out a stranger. He would have expected much kinder words, but Hircine wasn’t what it used to be. Going back to a calmer tone, Aden turned to the man. “I assume you’re the one these boys are chasing?”

[Ryou Jackson]

Ryou watched as a guy, most like a student from Paragon due to what he said, “Honestly, they give us bad names.” dragged one of the idiots who had chased after Ryou by his hair, and threw him on top of the other guy that Ryou had knocked unconscious moments ago. Ryou heard a dull crunch as the guy's cellphone that he had tossed on top of the guy's chest was crushed. When he woke up, he would have to go look for a new cellphone. Ryou then shifted his attention back to the guy who had just come, the blood on his face giving him a sadistic look, but Ryou ignored it. In response to his rather abbrupt question, due to the fact that Ryou was not expecting guests, the guy replied in a harsh tone, “It’s more like I helped you.”

Yeah, that much was true. Two down, four to go, give or take. Ryou nodded to acknowledge he was grateful for the guy's help, " Yeah, thanks for the help, though my opinion of Paragon hasn't changed much because of these idiots. After all, some of the students there were from Hircine after all." Ryou replied, a bit wary of the guy. Though he looked very familiar to Ryou, he couldn't quite figure out where or when. No matter. If he helped Ryou out, a stranger, then he couldn't be all that bad. Ryou couldn't help but wonder if any of the other four idiots would wander here. After all, on of their friends, Paul, had been knocked out mid-conversation. The guy's voice snapped Ryou out of his thoughts. “I assume you’re the one these boys are chasing?”

" You assume correctly. Though they all looked so idiotic, I didn't think they would figure out what I did until much much later. Seems I assumed wrongly." Ryou replied, folding his arms. " Though why are you here? I'm assuming you're from Paragon." Ryou couldn't quite figure out why the guy helped him, but he had a feeling he'd find out soon. That would have to wait though, as he heard a gruff voice shoot out. " Yeah, I'm sure Paul came this way, we were running together till we split up. Yeah, I'll make sure to find him, that punk, and whoever it was that knocked Paul out." The guy turned the corner and came face to face with Ryou and the guy that helped out.

" You!" he shouted, aftering seeing Paul and his friend knocked out, especially his friend, who was bleeding like mad. " You..what...you..." the guy stuttered out, looking like he was about to go on a rampage. " I what?" Ryou answered calmly, looking like this was something normal. " You..You die!" he shouted, running right at him like a mad bull. " Well, looks like we have another guest. Care to show him around?" he asked the guy, before stepping out of the way, the guy running right past him in his rage. Hit and miss. Ole!

[Aden Allett]

The showed his gratitude towards Aden’s help. Truly, two bodies to fight against a crowd were better than one, and even though they were from opposing schools, there was no reason to dislike the one. But punks like the men on the floor now; they gave a bad name to the Paragon kids. Yes, they were a relatively violent, but even Aden held some moral values. Pulling stunts like harassing women was not something he believed to be acceptable, so it seemed right to help out the man in front of him.

The man inquired as to why Aden had showed up. It wasn’t really planned, but more spur of the moment. “Ah, well one of those idiots dragged me into it.” He left out the part of one of the men being tripped my Aden himself. “Threw a punch at the wrong guy.” Smirking as he spoke, he continued to listen to the mans questions. “It’s not like a planned on helping you out. It just kind of happened.” This was relatively true. Aden now held a personal grudge against the group after being attacked himself, even if he didn’t end up the victim. The man on the ground had brought him into this, so why not finish it. Teach the students of Paragon that Aden was part of the higher food chain.

Voices soon came from the distance and the two men were then met with the rest of the pack. The leader of the group stuttered looking at the mess the men had caused, surprised to see the target they had been chasing now had an ally. Ryou addressed Aden before the man charged at him, missing as Ryou had shifted his body. The other three men were close. One ran for Ryou to help out his ‘leader’ leaving Aden with the other two punks. The first thrashed towards him, blood lust in his eyes. A knee was sent for Aden’s gut as the man leaped in the air trying to make contact. Aden grabbed the knee, while shifting his body around as to throw the man, using the momentum so that he flew into the side of a large garbage can.

The other man wasn’t far off, sending a quick jab for Aden’s head. Aden, not fully prepared, attempted to dodge, but took a portion of the hit, leaving him to stagger slightly. The man, still on the offence threw a kick towards Aden’s head. However, he wasn’t out yet. As the foot flew to his head, Aden took hold with both hands to stop impact. He then freed one arm, sending an elbow bellowing down onto the mans leg, breaking it upon impact. Aden didn’t let the man go however, as he thrashed so violently in pain. No, Aden twisted his leg around, listening to the bones scrape against each other. The pain had caused the man to go unconscious, allowing Aden to simply let go as he fell to the ground.

The other man, a little dazed from the crash, attempted to stand up, wobbling slightly. Aden merely grabbed the mans head, showing no mercy and thrashing it into the metal bars guarding a window. A small ‘ting’ was heard along with screams of pain as his head continually found itself with the metal bars. ‘Ting, ting, ting, ting, crunch.’ The mans nose broke and he yelled much louder, his eyes bulging as blood ran down his face. Putting him out of his misery, Aden knocked the man out with a sharp hit to the head, leaving Ryou to finish up or to help if he needed it.