Another rainy, dark day in The World That Never Was. The constant hiss of rain falling is the only sound as the drops of rain hurl themselves down from the heavens. Raindrops, seen as merely flickers barely seen in the neon lights that light up small patches, are all that move.
For now.
A faint sound, the scuff of a foot on the gritty ground of an alleyway, and a pair of glowing yellow eyes appear, peering warily around. There is a sharp, sudden whistling sound, and it explodes into black wisps.
Leaping down from the top of one of the neon signs is a black-cloaked, hooded figure, nondescript but armed with clawed gauntlets glowing red in the fitful light of the sign. A quick motion doffs the hood, and he pulls out waist-length black-tipped, blue-green hair, patting it down. Drops of rain hit him, and cat-slitted blue eyes glare upwards. Abruptly, the rain starts sheering away from him as he starts emitting a high-pitched wave of sound that gradually climbs the register to beyond human hearing.
"Finally! You really need to make ya'self easier to find, mate, or I'd have to actually try to find you."
At the sound of the voice, the long-haired man whirls around, gauntlets flashing. "Who the hell are you? And what makes you think I want to be found?" he snarls, glowering at the new person who just materialized out of a dark portal. "Go away. I don't want to be bothered." with a sudden leap into the air, he bounces off the side of a building, using that as a springboard to gain the roof of an opposite building. Landing catlike in a crouch, he slowly stands up, turning to face the stranger who had somehow gotten there first. "I told you, leave me alone!"
"Well, if you want me to leave you alone, I wouldn't be able to tell you about our little Order. My name's Rextanse, but Rex is good if you want." the stranger tells him with a serious expression. Then, he abruptly grins broadly. "Your name can be Zaverxi. I've known about you for a while and I've been keeping an eye out to see if I can catch you by any chance. Well, not catch. But, meet you, I guess." he continues to smile, and Zaverxi narrows his eyes.
"I don't want to join your little knitting circle. I'll tell you one last time. Leave. Me. ALONE."
As he says the last word, he amplifies it, causing all the buildings around him to shudder from the sheer sound. The building beneath them sways back and forth, with rather alarming cracking sounds from far below.
"Shaky. Well, if you put it that way, then how about a deal? You know? A fair one. Let's see. If you beat me in a battle, then I'll let you have your way and I'll leave you alone. But, if I beat yo-"
Zaverxi interrupts his words, attacking as soon as the word 'alone' is said. He slashes forward with his gauntlets, causing razor-sharp needles of sound to attack Rextanse, who blocks with his hand.
"Tsk tsk tsk. That's rude, you know! I wasn't finished ta-"
Rextanse has to dodge this next attack, since Zaverxi dives after him with his clawed gauntlets aiming for the other's face. Undeterred, Zaverxi slashes at him again, emitting a loud shriek of sound intended to rupture ear drums. A third shrieking slash is aimed specifically at Rextanse's chest, which of course misses since he doesn't have a heart to explode.
"I guess you accept this little deal, mate. All right, have it your way." Zaverxi lunges for Rextanse again, who dodges the swipe. Spinning around, he ends up on Zaverxi's right then grabs his head and slams the back of it into the ground, knocking Zaverxi out cold. "Well, that's that!" he says cheerfully to the unconscious Zaverxi, then picks him up and hauls him through a portal.