Welcome to Gaia! ::

((*waves her hand in front of face* Jeez, you two, stop making things so steamy! You've got students around!))

Edward decided to detour from the girls and walk the grounds himself. He stuffed his hands in his pockets and started down a path in the woods. He was whistling "Dixie" when he noticed something. The forest had gotten cooler. He pulled his jacket sleeves down and walked deeper into the trees, curiosity getting the better of him.

Xavier started to ask around to see what was going on. No body knew anything Xavier was starting to get steamed since he was the only apprentice in the Hall with the Normal. "Stuck on babysitting duty" he said he looked out the window to see something black was coming to the university. "What...the hell" he said as he looked out being confused.

(I agree AWE!!)

Cassandra got tired of sitting around. So she stood to find Xavier in the crowd. Finding him near a window, she looked outside. "X-xavier? W-what's happening?"


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Atta turned to see if the two were finished talking and blushed seeing what they were doing. She turned her eyes away quickly. She should have known. As she often told her apprentice and the not so often Novice's, Opposites attract... When Aizith showed up and plopped onto the ground, Atta tried to push the blush away to look more professional. "Aizith... The wall, I need the permission and help of the other masters, and you as well.I feel as though you are ready to help... What I am planning requires that all four elements... Combine their powers to create a wall around the school. We need to have the four elements, on each side of the school, but also something that is tougher to get through... In case something really does happen and the Earth is only holding it's breath from some other reason..." They were hopefully going to give whatever was coming, if it came, the run for their money, because of the wall she was talking about. Going from inside to out the toughest to the easiest. But none of the elements would be... Easy, to get through.

As Jake approached the area he knew Atta would be he couldn't help but notice how much colder it got. He also realized how calm the wind was. He noticed the strange calmness all day, the kind of calm you get before a storm, but he just blew it off as a possible thunderstorm that would come upon the school. But now he noticed just how intense it was. Something big is going to happen. And it's going to happen soon. He thought to himself as he approached behind where Atta was standing. He was surprisingly softfooted and made hardly any noise as his feet landed on the ground beneath, but he had no doubt in his mind that Atta felt the vibrations he made in the earth and that he arrived. He also spotted Maverick and Amaya further ahead. "They make a good couple don't they?" He asked Atta as he leaned against a tree.

"Good to have the extra hand." Jake said with a small smile. "Makes me wish I had brought Xavier. He's my top student. However, I felt it better to leave him back at the school with all of the novices, this way should someone, by some mystical reason make it past us, they would still have him to contend with." He explained more for his own benifit than for anything else. He still felt guilty leaving Xavier to watch over all of the novices. He also knew that, chances are, Xavier is hating his current assignment and is probably already thinking of it as "babysitting". He let out a soft chuckle at that last thought just picturing Xavier's impatience. "So, what exactly did you have in mind here Atta? Or is this gunna be a hush hush top secret type stuff until the two lovebirds decide to finally seperate and give us the time of day?"

Smirking as Maverick stuttered, Amaya couldn't help but feel a sense of pride to see him so flustered. Looking over to the other masters now, she put her hands on her hips, seeming slightly less amused by them, giving them a look. It was only after snapping out of her romantic moment that Amaya had noticed the sun was gone, and she felt rather cold and vulnerable. It was dark and cold out, so she agreed with Maverick, nodding her head and smiling lightly as he kissed her forehead before walking over to the other two masters and Aizith, her hands still on her hips. "Enjoy the show?" She asked, raising her eyebrows in a rather cocky manner, as if daring them to mention it. "What's wrong?" She asked, crossing her arms over her chest as she looked back up at the sky, frowning knowing the sun had suddenly disappeared.

The forest always calmed him and time seemed to flow by faster. Still, his mind drifted back to the mission. The attack wouldn't work that much he knew. The had one of their own who just got planted inside. The plan was to simply test their strength and to try and help their agent gain the trust of the masters. In all honesty, it was not a hard mission and he wasn't needed but he had plans of his own. All his preparations were for his own plan. Rhonin was more than capable of assessing the enemy's strength but at the same time, knowing Rhonin, he would cause as much collateral damage as possible. This didn't sit well with Zane but it would have to be something he let go this time. The masters at the school were not weak ether so they should be able to keep him from doing too much damage. Rhonin was also no fool. As much as he loved to cause and see others suffer, he would never intentionally do anything that would put himself in great danger. He was too ambitious and power hungry to allow himself to suffer any significant damage. Zane hopped that Rhonin would hold back. He would want to show his full strength to the enemy yet right?