Kintsugi

[Nox]

There were some strange things that came back to Nox's mind while he sat honing and perfecting the stone ring. How losing the power had made him feel. First when Allan took the power from him, and then again at the club for a brief second. He'd wanted the serum for himself, but he wanted to test his theory more than to keep it for taking him down. But he'd leave the remainder at Kallisti for that job. Him -- or someone else might need it one day.

And he had the perfect place to test it. No one would get hurt.

Nox made his way into the caverns below the city, tent city was still empty and the girls didn't look like they'd skittered from their hole recently. That was nice, but also a little worrying. What would they see when they came back.

In the corner Nox errected solid perfectly unflawed pillars of rock from floor to ceiling so close that no human his size could escape. He looked at the camera he knew that would catch it all. He thought about turning it off, but that would alert Sage to his presense more than doing what he was doing.

Nox stepped on the other side and perfected the entrance as he'd done the other pillars. He'd be safe. He prayed he'd be safe.

Nox drew 10 ccs of the serum and his wallet and gear the otherside of the wall so he didn't damage it. He undid his arm and placed it all inside a box of air he tied off with the longest knot he could manage. He had no idea how long he'd be out of it. He'd lost track of the the days he'd been under before.

With a deep breath Nox injected the serum into his arm and stuck the need the other side of the earthen cage. He felt the effects immediately and slumpped to the ground. He felt the darkness rise and he didn't care. And he tried to stave it away, but it slipped through his grasp like the power in his veins. There was no control of the power or the horde. The rage boiled in his blood and Nox beat his hand against the stone bars. There was no thought except escape.