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A helmeted person gazed quickly into the room before there was a quick knock and a soft snick as someone entered the passkey. Mara in armor, followed by 4 more like her in different colors waited outside as she entered. " Well then" she said, her voice slightly amplified from within the helmet as she scanned the room before resting her gaze on Ashral and Leukos. "This lockup looks as bleak as I last it. Ugh ..." She looked carefully at Leukros before turning her full attention on Ashral."wrists" she motioned, she will lock the chains on the restraints and lead them out toward the room.She focused only on this part of the job while everyone else behind her was nervous under the helmet.

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Tri glanced up at the knock, taking a breath to let her know she could come in when she just did. He gave her a slight nod as he closed his eyes again, leaning against his wings and the wall as he sipped a cup of coffee silently. "Mara will be coming back with the other two. Melody, if you want to get anything to eat you can" he said quietly, opening his eyes slowly to look at her carefully."I am Trisuri..or Tri by the way. (Title) between the the human and the other metas. Sorry for not introducing myself earlier"


Ree looked up quietly from where he rested his head on a table near the window. He looked ashen, barely glowing blue eyes peering at her from under a fall of white hair."Hi.." He muttered softly, keeping far from Tri.

Tri shook his head. " I am ...and thank you for the help then " he paused for a moment as he considered that. "You're not in trouble. We decided to remedy a problem that might have lead to Kage defecting with Andy." a problem that he should have remedied the day each of them appeared. " A lack of answers due to lack of time. Mara is gather the last few metas so we can finally all talk" he said quietly, glancing toward the door before it was opened. (electric sense)

Mara said nothing as she locked the chains "Lets go" she said turning and leading the way toward the meeting room, the rest of her team forming just behind ashal and Leukos while one of them joined her up front. She dind't want to think about Hexxis..or Ashal in this case. If it wasn't for the lack of eye patch and Leukos's concern and obvious lack of sleep ..Ashal could have easily fooled them into thinking Hexxis was back. She didn't like that...neither the possibility of risking her people...risking Tri...and much less having to trust LUCIEN'S son. But trusting him was the lesser of all the evils currently on her plate and one where people were less likely to get injured...except for himself.

Reaching the room she opened the door and motioned for both kids to go inside, glancing up as the rest of her team move to either side of the door. They wouldn't be added into this meeting ...they will be once she could figure out how to get the meta's working together....and who was leaving due to being unable to handle the realization of what they were actually fighting. It wasn't as if none of them haven't trained with Tri or Ree.. but she was starting to wonder if they weren't all holding back a little to much. The renegades unfortunately made them realize how badly prepared they were to fight them... made fun of them by turning half the base into children as if they weren't a threat. And they weren't not like that ... things had to change and this was a start.


"Melody? ..." she looked faintly relieved under her helmet as she spotted the muse hybrid. Good, she was here before them. "A friend of yours I think" she moved out of the way and motioned to Leukros while keeping an eye on Ashral and attempting not to glare at Tri for being on his feet.

Both Shadows were still recovering which is why she went to get Ashral....and to prevent a third attempt on Tri which might end up with a more fatal outcome.

Ree smiled faintly back at Melody but it faded the moment she looked away, staring blankly as Mara opened the door in full armor. His wings furled in around his shoulders tightly as he saw Hexxis and Leukros but made no effort to comment on them at all.

Mara quietly closed the door during their reunion, smirking faintly under her helmet as she watched Melody tackle Leukos. She felt guilty for not bringing them together sooner, but it has only been a few days and a whole mound of work and papers and talks. Their back-up from the general has been ordered to stay at least for the rest of the month, "helping out" and improving their security holes as best as they could.

She reached for her gun, fingers lightly touching the base as Ashral moved, wedged herself between Melody and Leukos. Possessive...jealous? That was intresting. Was being affected by the power only the start? She was actually starting to consider the cambion a friend..someone who could be taken away from her? She wish she had a better idea since a lot of her planning now was to have those three train together...be a group like Tri and Ree were. The Malice was the only wild card there, would she go stabbity stab obsessive as she does with Tri?

Watching the reactions she relaxed little by little pulling her hand back. "Sit...you two might want some coffee " she said to both Ashral and Leukros and motioned to the table as she went further to the room to poke Ree awake before turning. "I want you to know who everyone else is. And who you can talk to if you have problems. I'm Colonel Mara Gold, currently in charge of SIU..a military research group that is hosting an experimental and voluntar side program with metas. The program's goal is to integrate metas into working with humans and non-humans to stop some of the more over powered threats we have , provide security, and help with emergency situations such as being one of the first responders to heavily hit areas of storms and earthquakes. With a positive show of force for metas we hope that it will allow opening for future talks of gaining more rights for all of you. " she said quietly, it sounded so pretty and easy when she laid it out like that ...if it wasn't all the fighting that has to be done in the background.

"This is Trisuri Luz, he is my adopted son but he will be the leader of this little group and the go between all of you..me and the rest of our agency. That is the reason he wears his collar, as part of a deal, he will be able to talk for all of you and speak and receive top secret information. "She looked at all of them and tried not to sigh, children.....just children. "and he will be training you after our meeting in two weeks. So have fun while you can" she sigh and motioned to Ree. "Ree Luz.. " she tried not to glare as the other archangel watched them tiredly. telling them if they wanted something killed accidently or not that he was the best bet. "He will be showing you the city and the areas around eventually. "Doubting she would be able to keep him near them for long, especially if he had to babysit them. "Someone else will be dealing with your general education. Right.."

She turned to look at Ashral and motioned to her. "Ashral. Hexxis Luz's malice as she currently sleeps. Pain in the back, pain in the a** and general pain all around, but a fighter and seems to have some sense of mess up honor" she said dryly. "Activated at the sight of blood, likes to stab things. You might want to run when she is activated....I think that information is only new for you Melody..and that is without Leukos near by.....who is allowing us this little slice of peace to actually talk to her. " she said glancing between Melody and Leukros and finally Ashral. "My own team will be introduced later, but we are outfitted to fight metas without being able to die so easily. Now its your turn, introduce yourself and anything you might want to add " she motioned to Melody, Leukos and finally added Ashral in the gesture.

Tri nodded faintly as he was introduced, his gazed was fixed on Ashral as he also noted the almost protective...possessive? Stance Ashral took. He only tensed when Mara poked verbally at the Malice, waiting to move between them if needed. Even if she looked like Hexxis...she wasn't and he had to remember that.

Ree pulled his wings in and closed his eyes when Hexxis and the others entered the room. Feeling Mara's armored finger jap into his shoulder he open his eyes again tiredly but looked at anyone else other than guilt eating at the edges of his conscious, his own fault....the malice wouldn't be out if he had only remembered....she wouldn't have been dead and maybe not coming back....

Tri tensed slightly as he heard Ashral repeat Ree's name, even Mara lifted her head up slightly as she realized her misstep. The only one of the three who didn't look up was Ree himself as he rested his head back in his arms, exhausted from continuous healing in the past few days of both of their wounds.


Mara turned back to listened to Melody, a faceless plate just watching the muse as she clenched her teeth. Stupid, it didn't even pass her mind that Ash didn't know about Ree. Ree didn't look to much like Tri but the eyes, the head feathers, the meta type even the wing coloration was enough of a hint for her to assume that Ash knew they were related somehow. Darn it!

She repressed a sigh as Melody moved on to tell them about her item and powers and almost did literally sigh when she mentioned Spectrum and her species. Stupid Sanctuary using their items as an ice breaker... And Spectrum was another problem all together, one she wasn't going to look forward to if they called asking to have Melody back as Ree hinted they might. Then her species, she almost corrected her....but she was right she was a muse .and only one muse had tried to claim her...but she had no proof!

She jerked her head up out of her thoughts and even Tri looked away from Ash when Leukos introduced himself. Kae....how large was her family tree? A third gen going from the mixture? Which would put him nearly with Ree maybe in terms of age and a fire cracker? Great they were lucky he didn't set everything on fire when they stormed in...was he also able to call up spirits? Ghosts?

"Telepathy..it mi- " Tri started to say and looked sharply toward Ash. He stared silently at her, barely shifting as he hid the discomfort he felt at those words. He did react though, jerking very slightly back as she moved her hands down as if she was trying to touch his face even from across the room, Ree was holding still too but his wings were lowered to half his back and fluffed up.

Mara shifted her hand closer to the handle of her gun as she watched Ash, calculating already how to seperate her from the other two if she fought past Leukos's control. Barely relaxing as she moved on to talk about Hexxis.

Tri caught Leukos questioning glance out of a corner of his eye but kept his gaze locked on Ashral. "Ree and I are both archangel/shadow hybrids. " he explained, leaning back in the chair carefully. Watching for a few more seconds before looking at the other, a flicker of surprise as he looked at Melody then glance quickly back to Hexxis and back. Can't be....Spectrum?

Ree was looking up again and smiled at Hexxis with no hint of humor. "Which makes you my cute little... niece? That I would likely be happy to lose in some forest somewhere " he yawned covering his mouth. Not caring if someone else told Ash he was Tri's son,a son who wasn't even sure who or what his second parent is,...consider they pretty much look to be about the same age ...being Tri's brother would be more logical. He also didn't want Ash's attention ..nor Hexxis...not after what happened. At the same time he didn't want to be another knife that could be used to hurt Tri....it angered him really that he would allow himself to be hurt so by her....it made no sense.

"Fine, a few rules then. Unlike the Sanctuary we don't want you to tell other people your true items or powers..except in this group. We'll talk about items and powers another time when there isn't a stab-happy manipulative little s**t in the room. " she said with a Look toward Ashrel, taking note to add True Bas-Shadow to the Malice's profile later. "Now Leukos you said you wanted to join us, is that still what you want to do? You will be fighting against the Renegades ..you parents... All of your parents " she said with a slight frown, how did she end up with their children? "There is also the possibility you can die. Also running back to them and giving up here will put you in trouble too...we don't accept traitors. Any questions? "

Mara raised her hand to run her fingers through her hair and hit an armored hand against the helmet. Making a soft frustrated noise she lowered it and looked toward Melody instead. "No....it isn't your fault. It is just something we noticed happens a lot around Sanctuary. With what we are doing, it might not be something you want people you could be fighting to know. " she took a breath and glanced at Tri before looking back. " Think about having a glass cup as your item.. Oh hey thicken glass might be armor but intense heat can still melt it. So we'll bring along a fire user just encase we see you and it is a weakness " she waved her hand to that side. "That is why we are asking you to be careful who you tell. Pick another item you like and use that as your fake one when ever someone asks. As for you two ....most people already know your item and skills... I guess it would just be for new people " she lightened her voice.

She glanced between them both as they talked, taking note of how they acted and reacted. Leukos obviously has the most answer ..and Melody ...she reminded her of a lost puppy when she was helping her regain her memory. It was second nature to just distrust people but she couldn't really see any reason that they might be faking. "Okay. Welcome to the SIU. "She said with barely any fanfare. "For now...you keep trying to stay awake..unless you think Hexxis will keep that heart beating " she said with a look toward Ashra for the last part of the question. "Melody ...you get to follow my second in command for a few days. Spy on him, even tell him I told you. The next week I want you to help ...my sister set up her lab. By then we should all be ready to go with a meeting with a few of the Renegade members. None of you are fighting...you are just going to be there because I don't want them trying to sneak back in here and attempting to kidnap you. " she glanced at Ashral and hoped Hexxis would take control by them.. or what ever happened to happen...the whole situation made her very nervous. "Unless any of you have other questions ... That should be all "


Tri kept his eyes on Ashral, feeling disturbed when she glanced toward Ree but said nothing. He listen with half an ear toward the conversation, saying nothing, when it seemed that just his presence in the room had intrested Ashral into attempting to taunt him...speaking could make it much worse for Leukos.

Ree leaned his head back on his arms and looked toward Mara, pointedly avoiding Ashral's gaze even as the other two were introduced as new members to their group.

"It depends on you of course. Leukros has to sleep ....if he does and you cause trouble...you will also have to sleep" her voice was soft but her faceplate never looked away from the Malice as she said it, trying to impress upon her the underlying meaning of those words without having to say it out right to the other two. "Tri will not be allowed to see you until Hexxis wakes up " remembering her conversation with Kae earlier, wonders if that would affect anything,

Turning her attention to Leukos she nodded. "If he did that would be stupid since Zaku will be there too and that would endanger him as well as any possibility of meta gaining any type of foothold. " she said while tapping the side of her leg. "Since Zaku wasn't to intrested in the nitpicking details of where we are meeting or security outside, you three along with my team will be sent to guard the second level, you will be our backup if things go south. A few other units will be around guarding but you seven will be there. We will arriving early than schedule to avoid accidental meet ups anyways" she said looking between all of them. "I would have normally just sent you off to our main base in norcrest and leave it at that but ..let time we transferred something the cargo was stolen half way. Until we find the leak..you will be with me "

Tri looked away from Hexxis for a moment and toward Melody as Mara talked. He gave the muse a slight nod and turned his attention back to Hexxis, it was doubtful he was even aware of the rest if the conversation at this point.

Hah, so she wanted to do it that way. Smiling darkly under her helmet Mara turned to respond. "I do-

"She is a horrible motivational speaker on the fly. She is also charming when she wants to be, but at the same time takes out her frustration out on anyone who tries to pick up a fight with her.She had her good and bad qualities just like anyone else " Ree said suddenly as he got up, tired of all the tip-toeing around.

"Right now she has a lot to be frustrated about, even if that does not excuse her from trying to take it out on you. I can't say that you haven't given us some pretty good reasons either" he said angrily narrowing his eyes at Ashral, tired of all of this ..even tired that Tri and Mara had moved automatically back to the speaker and bodyguard roles when Tri should be the one taking control of the conversation.

Mara growled and turned sharply to Ree taking a step forward then shook her head, crossing her arms as she let Ree run with it, watching Ashral and the other two metas carefully. This was not something she would have said at all right now to them but in a way they did need to know.

"All of this is a learning experience for you and for us. Powerful meta group....." He shook his head tiredly " Truth? that is currently two to three metas, and two children. We are learning how to set this up and there will be things that fail or work. We are far -far- away from being ready to deal with the Renegades head on...and the only reason we even picked a fight with them yet was that Andy and Melody were perfectly placed. " he waved a hand out before moving toward the table and grasping the back of one of the chairs. They were only woefully realizing now how badly prepared they were, and this was with the Renegades not even trying to kill anyone. SIU wasn't a serious threat to them as a group yet, but they still had backing...they had some metas and always more humans.

"This...meeting should have been done the moment Kage, Andy and Melody joined. Except Tri kept being injured to the point of death by -you-. " he said looking toward Ashral, the anger draining until he was staring at her coldly.

"You want him to take your power and die at a later time ..willingly by your hand or die now at the point of your blade? Tell me why. " he strightened and stared at her as the glow in his eyes brighten a little as it reacted to his emotions.

" Is this to prove something to yourself? How you are powerful but also how weak and greedy others are that they deserve what you deal to them? " he leaned forward just a bit then shook his head. "You may have been a powerful True Shadow in your past, and we may be in need of more experienced people...but not for that price. Never for that price. Even in the most logical of views we are getting... a few months of your service in exchange for the death of one of our more powerful and experienced metas? " he said moving to stand until he was between Ashral and Tri. "Think of something else if you want or just drop it. "

Tri was standing now near Mara, her shadow. His wings were slightly raised as he narrowed his eyes at Ree's back as the other arch tried to confront the Malice and instead told her what he was most afraid of. As touching as it was, he didn't need the defense he would just continue to refuse it. What bothered him was that Ree just hadn't stayed quiet and maybe even brought down what small moral Mara had raised in the kids. Telling them the bleak truth was not helping any of them...in the worst case senerios they would have to back out for a year or two ..and get off the Renegade's radar until they were ready. Assuming Parley went as everyone thought it would...into the garbage.