Angry Kiss [Invite/Spoilers]

[Justice Asuka]

Justice coughed, spit and took a deep, hoarse breath before almost vomiting. Her palms against the cold army floor, sucking the heat from her body and spent joints. She tried to breath again, but gagged on her own air. She rested her forehead against the floor, oblivious to sick perversion taking place just out of her limited view. Her fingers spread flat against the concrete and held her weight. Heat. Heat in her face that not even the concrete could steal away in January.

It built, tears burned her eyes and her own drool stained her mouth. Blood flashed through the skin of her face... she didn't even know what she was doing until it was half way finished. Violence happens so fast in fractured frames. Lilith turning, speaking, and mouth open. Justice's finger ripped Lilith's hair from the man's grasp, blood strands still wrapped in his fingers as she jerked Lilith's head from demented, passionate confusion to Justice's knee cap. If Justice had been in control she could have knocked Lilith completely out, but she wasn't and could only repeated the blow again, again. Each losing steam but dropping Lilith to one knee. She wanted to throw it all away, far away because it didn't make sense. Frustration, jet lag, childhood, a mother, a father. History.

"Haaaaa!!!!!"

She heaved against Lilith's hair with all her might and released. Throwing it all away, they tumbled in separate directions. Justice felt the cold, army floor against her again. She could barely see for the sweat and tears, her own version of a mental breakdown, but scrambled to get her feet under her. Slipping. Stumbling. She finally got the balance and traction and ran to emptiest space with the green glow of an exit door.

CRACK!!!!!

The door flew hard, and sprung back. Throwing it all away. Locking it all away. Justice ran until she couldn't anymore. Tired, angry, cold, afraid and confused. Her breath came out in plumes against the frigid air.

[Lilith]

..... Haaaa...

Lilith had eventually dropped down to both knees. She was breathing heavily as her line of sight followed as Asuka managed to make her get away. Lilith's right eye began to twitch in rage. Little bitch.. She reaches up, grasping the side of her head and letting her hair flow against her hands, she raises it up and notices some frayed ends of where Asuka had gone to town. Little girl had more umph in her than you'd be able to tell. She spits out to the ground beneath her. No legitimate signs of blood, just the faintest hue of pink. Not yet bleeding, but not undamaged. Impressive... Lilith slowly pushes herself up from her knelled state. Taking in a long heavy sigh before shrugging her shoulders in defeat.

... If she was a 'First Date' kind of gal she could have just told me...

She mocks the situation itself before slowly holding her jaw and chin, then the side of her neck. For a beginner... well wait. Lilith didn't know that for certain. All she knew concretely was that Asuka was a newcomer here. She wasn't entirely sure how much time she'd spent doing this over in Japan. Lilith was not a large fan of Japanese Wrestling. She enjoyed violence true enough, but theirs was... to stiff. Too much of a... it was just to pointed. It was hard to explain. But Lilith preferred a certain level of elegance to her madness. The 'method' if you would. And the Japanese Wrestlers seemed to lack it. She did not like this. Not one bit. She chuckles to herself softly while rolling her tongue around the inside of her cheek. However, this situation was not the -only- one she had to contend with. Slowly but surely, her gaze shifts itself to Seven. She licks the bottom edge of her lips before sighing out heavily once more.

... You're going to have to explain somethings to me Seven... I hate to admit it, but I'm a little bit on the lost side right now..

She huffs out harshly, folding her arms across her chest. She stares at the cracked open exit that Asuka had made her great escape through. Impressive, impressive... if only -this- situation had such a cut and dry explanation. Her focus shifts back to Seven. She hadn't seen him looking like that before. She'd always seen the similarity, the hunter -- The Predatory eyes. But they'd always been... smaller, somehow. No not smaller... Less, emphatic. Less... just, less. But now? Now they seemed to be larger. Bigger. More... pronounced. At the forefront. Had her teasing really tipped Adrian over his breaking point? She had to consider it a possibility. She -HAS- driven individuals into a frenzy of mixed Lust and Passion before. She just...
-- Never thought Seven would be one of them.

.. Now.... explain.

[Tha Nightmare 187]

"What's there to explain?"

...said the darker half of this one entity. The luxury he had being the one in the driver seat is that he could drown out all the outside noise. A certain skill that he keeps all to himself. He doesn't have to listening to Adrian quivering and confusion. He just simply does. He does what he wants. He does it just how he wants. And he doesn't give a flying fuck if people didn't like it. He simply was who he was. Of course, he couldn't tell Lilith who he was. Not for real, anyways. That could make things... complicated. He couldn't have much fun sitting inside of a padded room. Well, he could. He would just have to get a little... creative. However, he enjoyed his freedom very much and the open world made for a great playground for him to have all the fun he could have. This being one of those joys he would surely miss if he didn't have the use of his arms, wearing one of those dressed straight jackets. Ugh... He just stood there before Lilith. An eyebrow being raised. That grin remaining on his face. He continued to say...

"You asked a question. I answered the question that you so... rudely... got distracted from. Shame, shame. I had to make sure you were paying attention, though."

He winked at Lilith. He could see that things must've been complicated for her to understand. The reaction she had just before the little Justice Asuka had managed to blindside her and make her escape. He could see she was still trying to make sense of what he did. And what did he do? He kissed Lilith. Not just kissed her. He drove his tongue in her mouth. Sort of mouth-fucked her with his tongue, if you want to have that mental image in your head. He made Lilith bend to his will. He showed her that he was in control. She was able to feel the power he could hold over her. It might not be something she was used to. It was true. Adrian Taylor did have a reputation for doing some rather daring and crazy stuff. But for the more sinister work...? You can look no further than the puppet master standing before Lilith who pulled the strings. He stayed quiet for awhile, but there wasn't nothing quite like first hand experience. Nothing. He raised a hand up and began to shake his pointer finger at Lilith...

"Now, that I got your attention... You can't tell me you didn't... like it. Maybe even a little... curious. I mean... You can chase the Diamonds of XWA for only so long... Before you need a little... Oh, I don't know... Dominance? You long for competition. You long for someone who can put you in your place... Or at least someone who's on the same wave length as you... And who wouldathunkit... that you would find such a being... that you're so... FAMILIAr with...? Am I getting colder? Warmer...? Or so hot the fire could burn us both, Lil'? "

How the puppet master loved to play with his toys. Pulling at Lilith's heart strings. Dance my little porcelain Goddess. Dance for me. He stood there, awaiting the answer from The One and Only Lilith Creighton. Almost positive that he did more than just 'hit the nail right on the head.' He looked at her. Deep in her eyes. Peering down deep into the pit of her soul. He knew there was a connection there, even if she didn't want to admit it. There was something. Some little flickering flame in all that darkness and madness.

[Lilith]

.. What did you just say...

Lilith's head hangs down low for a moment. Her arms were shaking in unidentifiable fury. Dominance? DOMINANCE?! The mere thought... 'who was in charge'?! The notion he was even... She couldn't... Too, angry... thoughts.... frozen.
Lilith balls up her fists tightly. But decides against striking Seven. She wasn't quite sure what was going on here. Was this just how he actually got once pushed past a certain point? Was this because he'd just taken a few too many shots to the skull in his match? Perhaps Lilith really -DID- snap the man's psyche. She shakes away the thoughts as useless and dull information. She didn't know what, why, or how. But it seemed like Seven had gotten enough confidence in himself to pull a 180-7 as it were. She was glad he was showing more spirit...
.. But, oh no he didn't.

... 'Dominance'?... You think, you know about... Dominance...
With your street thug brawls, and your trifling little feud with some back-ass-wards Asian who thinks he's Black. You speak about travesty this and tragedy that, yet you dare to make the biggest tragic mistake of all -- In assuming you can match ME in Dominance?!.....
... You have no idea, Seven.... the depths I've had to stoop..

Lilith clenches her jaw tightly. Her jaw almost shaking. Her eyes squeeze shut like a vice as her fingers dig themselves against her palms. Her head shaking back and forth, to and fro.

.... A 'hard knock life' is meaningless.... you think -you've- been alone? You think -YOU'VE- lost family?... You think seeing a child die because of some stupid over ego inflated gang syndrome is hard?...
... Did you hold the kid in your arms, Seven? Did she look up at you and ask 'why' Seven? Did you know the only answer you could give her with unbridled honesty was 'Because I'm not God', Seven?!...

DOMINANCE?! FUCK YOUR -DOMINANCE- SEVEN!

Lilith bursts out in rage. Her head snaps up and she pulls her arm back, cocking it.... but she stops... her right fist trembles in the air as she suspends it. Her knees had begun to give way. Before she collapses entirely, Lilith forces herself to turn around. She wasn't sure what the firing pin was. If she had to guess, it was the term 'Dominance' that set her off in a round of P.T.S.D. She slowly covers her face with her palms, wiping away...
....

Just, wiping away the hardened desert air that had been damaging her skin. She tosses her hair back before turning sharply and glaring at Seven. She spits out words like venom in a hasted rage.

... You will answer for this in New York, Adrian....
And you will give me an explanation.... or I'll finish what Agent Smith started tonight.
.... Please don't make me finish off the last of the 'Family'.

Lilith turns her back. She was in emotional distress. The kiss caught her off guard. The loss before it had weakened her enough. The altercation with Asuka was a black spot as well. Lilith had been dragged around in circles by her own emotions for years... and years.. and years. But it seemed they were finally catching her. She lashed out at Seven. And even though she was positive she had the right too.... even she knew not all of why she snapped, or what she snapped about -- Had -anything- to do with him. She slides her hands in her pockets and makes her way out the exit. She needed to leave this place. This useless Base. These pathetic 'Troops'. Lilith doesn't look back as she strides off. Doing her absolute best... to not let the memories resurface.
.. Lily.

[Tha Nightmare 187]

"Ouch. Think I struck a nerve?"

...The darker mirror image of Adrian had said. It was funny to him. She actually thought she was still talking to a sane person. She actually believed she knew the true depths of his pain and suffering. He couldn't blame her though. She knew him. Well, scratch that. She knew a portion of him. She knew the portion that he had allowed her to know. The portion he had allowed the other pathetic souls on this planet know. She was mad. Was it something he said? Probably. She had been known to fly off the handle when questioned about her strength and that word. What was it again? Dominance? Ah, yes. Dominance. This would be a perfect time to give that blonde boy a call so he can talk about Fate and flip those cards of his to tell what the true meaning of all this was. Some of the things did hit home. He did hold his little brother in his arms while watching the life in him flee. He had already expired before he could say anything or give any explanation. He'd grown numb to these feelings of sorrow and sympathy. He wasn't Adrian. He could feel the same as Adrian felt, but he was just numb to most of the depressing thoughts that swirled like a tornado in this skull. Fuck it. He just shrugged his shoulders...

"C'est la vie."

She was mad. She lost her match. She got dropped by that cute little Justice Asuka. She got kissed in the mouth and... Dare he say... dominated her? He could understand her anger and rage. But they were 'family' and 'family' couldn't possibly stay mad at each other for long. Maybe it was because he was right? She was scared. She was afraid to let her walls down. She had to put up this tough facade. Perhaps she was afraid to let someone get close to her. Maybe she had been hurt before. The truth of the matter was... He cared for her. He cared for her because Adrian cared for her. Because they were one in the same, the feelings were mutual. She must be curious. She probably had to sit alone and think over her feelings. He was going to have to make up with her later. Right now... He had bigger fish to fry. Or should he say Dragons?

"Sorry Adrian. I've got to right two wrongs tonight."

Now, he knew that Kenji Katana was around here somewhere. Where was he? He turned away from Lilith who was walking away from him. But the smell of blood was in his nostrils and when you get the scent of blood in the nose of a predator... Things can get messy. Sure. Lilith told him that he should just wait and be patient about getting his revenege on his enemy, but there's just something so appealing about breaking that little son of a bitch right this very second that he couldn't possibly ignore his more primal urges. He began to whistle a little tune while he was back on the hunt. Be very, very quiet.... He's hunting Dragons.

The End (For Now)