The Path to New Babylon

[Demetri Malius]

"Here, this is the place."

Demetri could see the castle from here. It was intimidating, to say the least. Why was is that everywhere he went there seemed to be some sort of royal group of some sort. Of course, he didn't know of any in the Vasty Deep, but he was sure there was a king there as well.

Dax hopped off of the vehicle, quickly storming down the streets in search of his target. Demetri took a step, but looked back at the bike. He must secure some type of lock on it. Demetri took a few minutes to summon a device that locked the controls and power in place. It took a thief to know one.

Demetri then hurried down the streets of Nippur, using his senses to track the ottsel down to the castle. Guards stood at the front gate.

"Where is he!? He has to pay for what he did!" The small mammal was already shouting at the guards, while they smirked at belittled him.

"Look little buddy, your friend is doing some important business so go ahead and scurry on home before you get hurt." The defiant look on Dax's face intensified at the humility. Demetri could feel his fiery passion from around the corner.

Before approaching, Demetri attempted to stealth and sneak his way passed the gaurds. Perhaps from there he can-

BEEEEP!

The two guards became alerted as they held out their sword in a defensive stance.

"Hey! Whoever is there! Uncloak yourself immediate or suffer at the hand of the law!"

Demetri quickly faded back into view, his eyes focused on the devices above the gate that were aimed his direction.

"That's right, these tings can detect you even if you are invisible. Courtesy of His Majesty." Demetri gave a slight frown as the guards slowly lowered their weapon, but kept alert. "Don't try anything, Prime. if you make any sudden moves, we'll call for backup, and you'll have to deal with all the guards in the city. You two need to leave now."Demetri can tell he was being taken more seriousuly since he was obviously a prime.

His frown was covered by the cloth over his mouth and nose, but he wasn't defeated yet. Along the ride here he thought of a new trick he might be able to do. Perhaps he could try it out now.

"Now what do we do, I can't defend Jak from out here!" The ottsel pouted as he turned to Demetri, who was focused at the task at hand. "Any ideas?"

Demetri responded as he began focusing on his presence, this time not masking it, but instead forcing it to become separate from his body. "You might say I do, give me a few moments.'

Then, all at once, Demetri stepped back from his own essence, leaving behind his image while he moved about freely. As of the moment, he couldn't give his image any function, as it stood there motionless.

The guards started to become aggravated, raising their voices. "Hey are you deaf?! We said to get the hell out of-" The two guards were jerked back, Demetri having wrapped his chains around their necks, slowly depriving them of oxygen as the image before them vanished. Dax was just as surprised as the guards as they lost consciousness.

"Woah, that was awesome." The ottsel complimented the rogue as they both entered the castle.

"Listen just do whatever task you need to do, and we shall immediately flee from this area. The longer we remain, the lower our chances of survival." Demetri warned.

"Don't worry, I'll be quick, like what you did to those guards."The ottsel seemed confident in his abilities, but Demetri had his doubts.

Demetri took care as to avoid all guard posts and kept an eye out for the detection devices, until Demetri detected Primes. Three, to be exact. He quickly ushered Dax around as he silently took out the patrols guarding the throne room. This was it.

"I'll move on your attack, go ahead, and be careful, if Victor is in there, he is accompanied by two other primes. In and out, quick as can be."

The ottsel nodded his head. Demetri felt the rush of adrenaline as he waited for Dax to make his move.