The five of us were all sitting in the living room of a condemned apartment staring out of the windows overlooking the street. Grimm-Guard and Alpa'nagia were stationed in alleys on either side of the street waiting to strike and capture unsuspecting prey as they passed. Though most of Grimm-Guards body was hidden underground.
[Boss!] Bone-lasher alerted me. My senses blurred as we shared senses, and I saw a steed carriage entering his field of vision. Inside the carriage were four people, two women and two men. Judging by the extravagance of the carriage, they were rich, and I saw farm crystals on both men and women.
Everyone's eyes focused on the road leading past the apartment. The carriage came into view a few moments after I alerted everyone. It was moving at a brisk pace but not too fast that we couldn't catch it in our trap.
The carriage passed by the alley that Grimm-guard was hiding in and was quickly approaching the alley that Alpa'nagia was hiding in.
[Now!] I exclaimed.
Alpa'Nagia lunged out of the alley and spat a large wad of venom into the face of the Steed. It hissed loudly and tried to buck and run away, but the venom worked fast. After a few steps, the steed suddenly collapsed on the ground. The driver of the carriage screamed and tried to jump off and run down the street only to be cut off by Grimm-Guard, who spat some of his venom in the man's face and paralyzed him as well.
They both hurried after Sin downstairs and joined him as he approached the carriage. Bo and I watched from the window as Sin knocked on the door of the carriage with a blood axe drawn and 'nicely' asked the owners and his guests to exit the carriage. They were reluctant, to say the least, but after a few well placed threats and a hungry glare from Alpa'nagia they finally agreed. Sin ordered them to head to the sidewalk and then strip. At first, the women looked terrified and looked to Nate and Sin, but after Jade explained that they just wanted their clothes, the women's terror turned to indignity. They tried to get mouthy with Jade and say that she didn't have enough class to pull off their clothes. Sin shut them up with a threat to cut off all their hair and butcher their faces. Once the four of them were stripped down to their underwear, Sin tied their hands behind their backs, gagged them, and blindfolded them, then led them up into the apartment. Nate walked over and grabbed the driver, and dragged him inside as well. Nate groaned. He started casting a utility spell sigil. Sin held his arm out at the woman, and a green beam shot from his hand and struck the woman. She was engulfed by a green light as her features slowly became more masculine and taller. Within a few seconds, she looked like a carbon copy of Sin. Sin, on the other hand, started to look more feminine and shrank down until he looked like a carbon copy of the woman. It was an odd thing seeing the giant of a man, closer in looks to a gorilla, suddenly turn in a blonde hair, blue-eyed bombshell. Sin had to hold up his pants as they now were about eight sizes too big. "Holy shit!" I exclaimed out loud, then clapped a hand over my mouth. Everyone turned and glared at me. When I was done, I channeled mana into my arm and started casting a axiom spell sigil. A green orb formed in my hand then floated in front of me and shot me with a green beam of light. The orb then shot another beam of light at one of the men in the group, the oldest out of everyone. He looked to be in his late forties but was in great shape for his age and, oddly enough, looked strangely familiar. We were similar builds, so there wasn't much of a change in the fit of my clothes when our appearances swapped. The spell wasn't finished. However, the orb shot another beam at Nate and then at the second man in the group and swapped their appearances. After that, he shot a beam at Jade and the last woman and swapped their appearances. Sin stared at me blankly as the spells effect resolved. Jade, being one to roll with the punches, gave him a nod of acknowledgement, then looked herself over. Nate just shrugs at Sin, then reaches down and pokes the gut that he is now sporting thanks to swapping appearances. The man he swapped with was about the same age as he was just nowhere near as in shape as he was. Sin muttered. He grabbed the clothes that the woman he swapped appearances with and went into the other room. <…let's hurry up and change. So we can get this show on the road.> Everyone grabbed their swappers' clothes and went into another room to change. Only Bo stayed behind and watched the captives. When everyone came back, they were dressed in their new clothes. Bo was sitting on the window sill in the living room with his arms crossed and his face set in a pout. Bo continued to pout but didn't seem as annoyed as he looked away from his dad. Nate looked to me and smiled softly, a silent thanks. "Okay, listen up…" I said, then frowned when I noticed that the voice I was using was not my own but the guy's face I was wearing. With a shrug, I rolled with it. "…we'll be borrowing your faces and your steed carriage. You won't be harmed as long as you do what we say." "Please don't hurt us!" The girl who had Sin's face said. "For fucks sake I just said we wouldn't hurt you! Look just stay Herr and count ti five thousand then you can take your blind folds off and leave. Just make sure to go back the way you came or you'll get jumped by the local gang." I said. Thankfully none of the other captives spoke. I looked over to Jade and the drove to see Jade helping him up. Grimm-Guard's venom paralyzed them but didn't effect his hearing so he had to of heard what I told the others. The driver looked at Jade and I then, a momentary look of confusion on his face. "This way…" I said motioning to the door. The driver nodded then hesitantly walked outside. Jade and I followed after him. When the three of us got downstairs Grimm-Guard and Bo were nowhere to be seen but I knew they were already above the clouds. Sin and Nate had the carriage righted and the steed healed and connected to the carriage. It didn't look like Alpa'nagia's venom would gave any lasting effects either. "Where do you want me to take you?" The driver asked as he approached the carriage. "The same place you were originally going to take your employer." I answered. "Those evo fights? Why would you need to hijacks carriage to go to the fights?" He asked. "That's none of your business." Sin said in a sharp then then got in the driver's face. "Don't ask anymore questions unless you want to end up missing." Despite the fact the threat was coming out the mouth of a pompous and posh looking woman, the malice in his tone and the crazed determination in his eye really sold the look. The driver gulped audibly then quickly turned and took hos position in the driver section of the carriage. Sin smirked and looked over at me with a cocky grin. Sin, Nate, Jade and I all climbed into the back of the with Nate and Jade sitting next to each other and sin and I taking the seats across from them while Alpa'nagia returned to my crystal. The driver set off without another word and headed down the street. We were still a good deal away from the location of the evo fights. Which was why Sin had suggested that street for the ambush. Sin added. Jade took the ring and nodded at me with conviction in her eyes then looked at Nate. Nate shared a similar look to Jade. The driver opened the partition between the driving section and the passenger section and looked back at us. "Ummm…We're nearly there." The driver said in a soft weary tone. "Good, just act normal and nothing will happen to you." Sin said in a oddly menacing voice. The driver gulped audibly. "Yes ma'am." He said. Sin looked visibly annoyed at being called ma'am but considering he had took the appearance of a woman and was also wearing her clothes what else could he was assume Sin was. "From here on out refer to all of us like you would your employers." I said. The driver nodded. "Yes Mr. Caldifax." The driver said. "Caldifax…as in Simon Caldifax? As in the CEO of Caldifax security in Britain?" I asked. "Y-yes sir." The driver responded. It suddenly hit me why that guy looked so familiar. I had tried to put the day that I left America out of my mind, it was bittersweet. To be finally rid of my father and mother after two years of being forced to pretend to be a happy family after Grandma Lulu's death felt oddly satisfying, however leaving my Grandfather felt soul wrenching almost. Like I was losing a part of myself and my grandmother. I only ever caught a glimpse of Caldifax as I flew away on the Terraback heading to Australia. The carriage slowed down to a crawl suddenly and the others and I looked out the window to see A large warehouse building stretched out before us. There were a few carriages parked out front in the entrance and a large line of people waiting to get inside. The place looked more like a club than a illegal evo fighting ring. The building was much more done up than the rest of area, it actually looked ritzy enough to pass for a building in the gold city instead of one in the bronze city slums. "We're here, sir." The driver said as the carriage came to a stop.