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((Sorry Xanny. Things were kinda at a standstill.))

The woman practical jumped out of her chair when she heard Chet's name and pelted him with questions, "You've met my baby? How is he? What does he look like?... What is he like?...." She stopped, seeming to think about something. "No... don't tell me. I wouldn't want to put my dear child at risk." She scrawled a few numbers on a piece of paper and handed it to Element. "I'm sorry I couldn't have been more help but if you need anything, contact me and I'll do my best. Perhaps I'll remember something of importance..." She didn't seem to confident but there was some hope in her voice. "Now go. I hope I can see you again sometime... and maybe even my child to... someday."

((The reason why I accept one-linners in my little RP here smile )

The woman nodded and returned him embrace. "You should have much to do. You should get going."

(( xd Chet has gotten a few insults lately...))

Back at the woman's house, King says his goodbyes to her and returns to the orphanage, barking orders into his cellphone. The woman picks up one of the many photos, staring saddly into the eyes on the man in the photo, and says aloud to herself, "I wounder how long it'll be before they find out."

Chet picked up Element's "delivery" and checked it contents. Satisfied, he turned to Element and complained with a sarcastic smile on his face, "Now look what you've done. You've gone and made us look bad." He looked at Element's stance and couldn't help adjusted him a little, thanks to his ability.

Chet watched Element's little show, a confident smile crossing his lips. Once he landed Chet leaned against the pillar that was now there, his arms folded across his chest. "Now you're just making yourself look bad."

In a sudden determination to show off, Chet charged at the two remaining jackals. He jumped up and twisted around in the air to land on one of the jackals' backs. He grabbed firmly to a chunk of its hair and held tight as the jackal rolled around and pounded itself against the pillar to knock him off, battering himself in the process. Unfortunatly for Chet, the jackal's attempts to get him off worked and even broke is ankle. He wouldn't be walking on that for a while.

((That would be ssssoooooo perfect! xp Ritz, you better get in here! xd
Goo'night. I'm heading off too.))

Xander was returning to the group, having completed his intended goal, when he heard a sharp crack. Dashing around the myriad boulders he saw a strange person sitting on top of a rock ahead and the others surrounded by a pack of large doglike creatures. "Hell's friggin' bells. . ." he muttered to himself, seeing Element doing what looked like an uncontrolled backflip through the air above a pillar of stone. Taking a deep breath and picking up a piece of deadwood he charged in ready to attack. As he neared the first macrojackal he felt a sudden blast of wind hit him from the side throwing him off balance and lifting the macrojackal into the air.

"Son of a. . !" he exclaimed before landing on his side in the sand. The air blasted from his lungs from the strength of the impact he shook his head and inhaled quickly as another macrojackal bore down on him. "s**t!" Rising to a sitting position he started scooting backward and raised a hand. "Back off!" he shouted at the beast as the air before him suddenly sparked and glittered as oxygen was rapidly devoured in a sheet. The macrojackal, moving too fast to stop itself, skidded through the sheet of flame and collided with its prey. A smoking ball of fists and fur rolled a dozen feet across the ground before coming to a fitful rest.

Xander found himself pinned beneath the macrojackal. The stench of burnt fur and flesh assaulted his nostrils and the macrojackal seemed to have been driven mad from the pain. Lashing out it clamped its jaws onto Xander's left bicep and began to shake. Screaming in pain he grabbed the macrojackal's head with both hands and shouted some sort of gibberish at it. The macrojackal suddenly stiffened and went limp as its eyes exploded and any remaining fur on its head turned to ash. Xander, arm still caught in the monster's jaws, kept screaming nonsensical words at it. His tirade was interspersed with a bit of foul language but that was nothing compared to the appearance of the jackal's head melting between his hands. After only a few seconds the head had been scorched clean of skin and muscle.

Breathing deeply, once he realized it was dead, Xander let go with his hands and lay back. The head of the macrojackal popped free of the body without any resistance and as soon as the main part of the skull impacted with the ground it powdered into ash. Snarling Xander pulled the jaws with their two-inch long canines from his arm and threw them at one of the rolling macrojackals. "Chet?" he called. "How you guys holding up?"