Umbra Scriptum VS Tien Tri

Artic turned towards Aiden and glared at him. "So he was fighting you."

Aiden smirked. "Not surprised to see you here. I'm going to enjoy this fight." He took a deep breath and charged at the both of them.

Seth nodded and ran towards the direction in which the woman went. He made sure to not let go of Flame, either. "Just out of curiousity... Have you ever seen that woman before?"

"Nope!" Flame paused, pursing her lips in thought. "Never seen her before."

Ian quickly ducked, moving to knee him in the stomach.

"Uh huh," Seren said, disbelieving.

Noelle ignored her and brushed a hand through her hair.

Artic jumped into the air and took out her gun. "We need to end this before we alert the whole building!" She took aim and started shooting at him.

Aiden dodged the bullets and Ian's knee. "That's a good idea." He raised his sword and threw it past the both of them. Less than a second later, the whole building was ringing with the alarm.

Seth looked around as the alarm rang throughout the building. "That's not good. Come on, Flame! Looks like there's trouble."

Ian scowled. "Damn it."

Flame nodded and quickened her pace, running ahead of Seth to find out what was going on.

Seren suddenly stopped when she heard a low growl coming from the shadows. She frowned, unconsciously getting into a defensive stance as blood red eyes peered frm the darkness.

Noelle grinned, spotting the pair of eyes. "Here, kitty, kitty." She took a gun from her belt and twirled it on one finger.

Artic gritted her teeth and looked around. There's only one way to avoid capture. "We have to leave now!" She aimed her gun at the window and shot the glass. "Lets go!" She didn't spare another glance before jumping out.

Aiden watched her jump and turned back towards Ian. He got back into his stance. "Are you going to follow your partner and die from jumping out the window at the height or risk imprisonment and interrogation?"

"H-hey, Flame! Wait up!" Seth picked up his pace so he wouldn't have to catch up to Flame. "Do you know where the alarm came from?"

"See ya," came Ian's clipped reply as he followed after Artic.

Flame shook her head, letting her instincts take over before she finally reached the room Aiden was in.

Seren got into a defensive stance as a panther wearing a strange armor came out from the shadows, lips curled back into a snarl.

"Well...this is new," she remarked dryly.

"Definitely new," Noelle agreed, looking quite pleased with this development. "Never seen a real live leopard before. 'Kitty kitty' definitely applies."

Artic took a deep breath and created a tunnel of ice. She dropped into it and slid down the tunnel. "I can't believe we had to jump out a window! This is your fault, Ian!"

Aiden looked out the window. "So it really was her . . ." He sheathed his sword and turned around. He saw Flame at the entrance and shook his head lightly. "You're a bit late."

Seth stopped short behind Flame. He saw Aiden and looked over at him. "Did you take care of the intruders?" He looked around and saw the broken window. "They jumped out?"

"Sorry," Flame muttered, but her eyes wandered over to the window.

Ian sighed as he slid down the tunnel. "You can yell at me all you want later, Artic."

Seren snorted as the panther growled. "I doubt it liked that very much, Noelle."

"I thought leopards were striped," Noelle commented, ignoring Seren's reply to her earlier statement.

Artic continued to slid down the tunnel and finally saw the ground coming up. She jumped out of her tunnel and rolled across the ground. "I'm definitely doing that again." She snickered and looked around. "Ooh . . . hey guys." She smiled and waved over to Seren and Noelle.

"It doesn't matter now. I have to report this to the President. Who knows what they were doing here." Aiden looked over to Seth and Flame. "Training is cancelled for the rest of the day. I expect to see the two of you first thing in the morning tomorrow." With that said, he walked out and made his way to the President's office.

"Umm... alright." Seth watched Aiden leave. He looked back over to the window. "There's no way anyone can survive from this height." He walked over and looked out. "Whoa... Flame! You have to see this!"

Flame blinked and walked over to Seth, peering out of the window. Her eyes widened. "That's amazing."

Ian snorted at Artic before glancing over to the side when he heard a growl, noticing the panther.

Seren blinked in surprise, looking over at Artic and Ian, ignoring the growling feline at the moment. "...What are you two doing here?"

"Aw," Noelle let out a mumbled curse. "Not more idiots to deal with."