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Chapter Eight



As Grimmau strode through the forest he came upon a lake, he knelt down beside it as Sarah stood beside him saying softly “This water has been purified by the ancient spirits, this is why we must protect the innocent” Grimmau nodded his head as he splashed some of the water onto his face before standing up slowly.



He then turned to Sarah saying softly “So what’s the next move Sarah?” Sarah smiled at him appreciatively before saying “We must gather all of the supernatural beings together….that’s where you come in….your more of a leader, and perhaps you will be able to bring everyone together united under one banner” Grimmau looked at her with a thoughtful look in his eyes before his brows furrowed together he then replied slowly “Sure…it’s the least I can do….you took me in and stopped me from doing something stupid and ending up dead as well” Sarah led Grimmau down a pathway as they walked back towards the village.



Meanwhile in another part of the land, waves crashed high up against the cliffs as Adriel stood atop of it with Alexi standing by his side, Adriel growled softly as he snarled savagely “Alexi, you must find the damned supernatural creatures and quickly, they are all integral to our plans….so hunt down vampires and Lycans…and just destroy every damned foul creature you can find…I want them all dead do you understand?” Alexi nodded fearing his Masters tone as he bowed and hurried away.



Adriel kicked some pebbles over the side of the cliff before spinning around and heading back to the building as he saw Alexi jump onto a horse and speed off, Adriel nodded with grim satisfaction knowing that once he had served his usefulness….the boy would die at his hands and then he would go and find Alexi’s sister and rape her before he sent her down to the underworld.



Alexi’s forehead was beaded with sweat, he had never seen Adriel so worked up before, he would have asked what was wrong but he had done that before and he still had the bruise which was now purple….on his chest, he shook his head spurring the chestnut bay on faster not really knowing where he was to find a vampire or a Lycan.



He wouldn’t have to look very far, even though the villagers had destroyed the vampiress it hadn’t been enough for Adriel, he needed more for his plans he assumed the other vampiress wasn’t pure enough although how a vampire could ever be pure he didn’t know, he shook his head slowing down as he reached a small village, looking around as he saw the villagers looking suspiciously at him as he slid down from his horse smoothing his clothes out as he said in a loud voice “My friends, I come before you meaning no harm, I come forth with a proclamation that there are demons that walk among us…witches and vampires and werewolves, the priest wants you to gather up anyone you suspect and build a gallows and a fire so we can burn them all” the villagers seemed to be hypnotised by his voice as he nodded his head noticing a few of them look around with a scared look in their eyes.



Meanwhile, deep in a series of interlocking caves, there was a shrouded figure, a white mask covering all of his face, he stared into a pool of water and sighed softly, the mask covered the burns that scarred his face, he had once been a sight to behold, but that was before the dragons had risen up to try and destroy the world, but a group of vampires, witches and many of the other supernatural creatures had banished the fire breathers to sleep, and for now they still slumbered…but the figure knew that soon the world would be taken over by the dragons again he just was unsure of when.



The figure stood up slowly moving his fingers slowly getting the feeling back into them as he muttered softly “The dragons are restless, I can feel it in my bones, they wish to come back” he shook his head and growled softly….some would say he was mad and he probably was, he shuffled his way down one of the tunnels as he collapsed against a wall, his breath wheezing as he coughed loudly blood splattering down onto the ground, he was dying and he knew it he just hoped that when the dragons rose back up, that the world would be ready.



Grimmau stood underneath a waterfall letting the freezing cold water refresh him, he sighed softly as he pulled away from it swimming towards the bank where Sarah had put a towel so he could dry himself, he then slid on his trousers and his shirt, heading back into the village where he was greeted by every Fae he met, he smiled at them and said hello slipping inside Sarah’s hut to collapse on the ground as a wave of grief threatened to overthrow him as his thoughts turned to Cordelia.



Sarah poked her head around the cloth as she started at Grimmau saying gently “Are you alright Grim?” Grimmau looked up at Sarah rubbing the tears that had formed at the corner of his eyes as he nodded clearing his throat saying “Yes thank you Sarah I’m fine” he then grabbed his boots and began to lace them up as he followed Sarah out of the hut knowing that his quest must start today.



Sigdren noticed Sarah coming towards him with the Lycan, he stopped talking to one of his guards as he opened his arms for his daughter who hugged him tightly as he said to Grimmau “So…your quest starts today young Grimmau, we know that it will be fraught with danger and peril but we are sure that you can handle it” Grimmau bowed to Sigdren replying “Aye sire, I will do my best to stop this evil that threatens our land” Sigdren smiled at him nodding his head as Grimmau suddenly felt a wave of vertigo overthrow him as he was teleported from the Fae village and found himself on a dusty path, he looked around trying to figure out where he was as he heard screams.



He raced towards the sound of the screams, his body morphing into his wolf form, his fur was coarse and a deep rusty red, his eyes were a jade green as he saw several people being herded together, he let out a savage snarl as someone turned around and screamed in fear. Grimmau’s hackles raised up as he snapped at one of the villagers as he sensed someone behind him he spun away from the villager as a piece of metal clanged against the ground.



Grimmau let out a deep low howl as he ran towards the rope that seemed to be holding what he could only imagine were supernatural’s, he brought his claws down as he began to slowly morph back into his human form turning to face the villagers, he said in a slow steady voice “You will not harm anyone else, we have a right to an existence same as any of you” but before he could breath he felt a heavy club strike him in the back of the head and as he tumbled to the ground the last thing he saw was a vision of Cordelia as he sank into blackness.



Alexi felt some sort of remorse for hitting the Lycan in the back of the head…but it was over quite quickly, he growled at the villagers saying “Quickly, get these mutations tied up again before they escape” the villagers looked from one to the other as suddenly overhead a bolt of lightning lit up the sky, the villagers then grabbed the rope again and tied up the witches as Alexi smiled before saying “You there, Christopher, help me drag the wolf into a cage” the burly man nodded heading towards Alexi and placing one arm under Grimmau’s arm pit heaved him up as they dragged him into a cage and threw him inside locking it.



As Alexi smiled at himself about a job well done, he could hear the thundering of horses hooves as his master Adriel appeared from the gloom of the forest, his black cloak billowing out behind him as he slowed his horse down trotting towards Alexi, Adriel slid down from his horse and looked at the gathered creatures placing a hand on his servants shoulder saying “You have done well Alexi, our Master will be pleased” he then turned towards the villagers and began his sermon.



Grimmau came around when the sun gleamed in his face, he growled softly as he found himself confined to a cage, he then saw the wooden platform as well as several pits of fire waiting for the witches to be burnt, he tried to move but found his arms trapped against the bars of the cage, a young girl of about twelve saw that he was awake and warily walked over to him, she had blonde hair, freckles all over her face and hazel eyes she then said in a slightly Irish sounding voice “What are ye’ Sir?” Grimmau chuckled softly and replied “I am a Lycanthrope, a werewolf if you will….I was born like this…I can’t help being what I am anymore then a sheep or a cow can…My name is Grimmau and what’s yours?” the girl let out a soft giggle as she replied “My name is Tara, I came here from Ireland with my parents….but they died during a plague….so I was left to fend for meself do ye’ understand?” Grimmau nodded “Aye, I do the plague was a terrible thing” Tara studied Grimmau quizzically before twitching her nose and he suddenly felt the binds of his hands loosen as she skipped away, he saw that the door to the cage was open slightly something twigged inside him as he pulled his hands out of the binds and crept towards the cage door opening it slightly smelling the air making sure no-one was around as he slipped from the cage.



He saw some villagers, two men in their late 30’s, he snarled as he ran at them and grabbed them by their throats slamming them down onto the ground, he then snapped their necks as he ran towards the witches and broke the chain to their cage as he motioned for them to be quiet as he whispered softly “I’m here to help, go run” they all looked warily at him before nodding and running away from the village as Grimmau saw Alexi and Adriel run out of the church.



Adriel let out a loud roar of anger as he threw fire balls at Grimmau who dodged them before running towards Adriel but before he could reach him Alexi stood in his way drawing a sword and slicing it across Grimmau’s chest making him howl as he staggered backwards, Adriel chuckled softly saying “You stupid Lycan….your end will be painful that I promise you….you will not live to see another moon” Grimmau grunted as his eyes blazed red replying “We’ll see about that you gutless arrogant bastard” his claws extended as he ran at Alexi slashing his face making him howl as he staggered backwards, Adriel growled and grabbed Alexi tossing him to the side as he faced Grimmau cracking his knuckles as he said in a soft voice “Now sir….is this anyway to treat a friend? I’m on your side you know” Grimmau let out a deep rumbling laugh replying “Yeah sure you are Princess” Adriel cursed as he rubbed his hands together before throwing a lightning bolt Grimmau dodged as he ran and jumped from a piece of rubble smashing his elbow into Adriel’s nose hearing a satisfying crack as it broke.



Grimmau stood over Adriel as he laid sprawled on the floor saying “Your time will come…but just not yet….you will pay for the crimes that you have committed I will personally see to it” Grimmau then spun around and walked away leaving Alexi and Adriel to nurse their wounds. Grimmau felt satisfied with his work as he saw the young girl who had freed him and walked towards her slowly saying kindly “Thank you for your help Tara” Tara smiled at him and said in her Irish lilt “Ahh it wasn’t a problem….who knows Grimmau perhaps we shall meet again in the future” Grimmau raised an eyebrow quizzically as Tara giggled as only a young girl can before disappearing in the blink of an eye.



Adriel got to his feet slowly dusting off his trousers as he roared “Alexi GET THE HELL UP YOU FUCKING IDIOT” Alexi struggled to his feet the claw marks still fresh on his face but the blood clotted as Adriel stormed towards him and struck him in the stomach making him fall to his knees as Adriel lifted up his head painfully and snarled “What the HELL happened? How could you let that werewolf spoil our plans?” Alexi coughed as he looked up at his master replying “I’m sorry Sire, I….I don’t know what happened” Adriel growled as he said in a hoarse whisper “Your pathetic….maybe I should go and rape that slut of a sister and make you watch” Alexi blinked slowly as he replied “No Sire, I promise I can make this still work….we can just find nests of Vampires and Lycans and whatever else we need and burn them to the ground” Adriel snorted as he turned away from Alexi opening a portal and heading back to the castle.



Alexi stood up slowly and wiped the trickle of blood from the corner of his mouth as he saw a villager running towards him, he growled before grabbing the villager and breaking his neck mounting his horse and spurring it onwards, Grimmau was running faster then any human could have as he leapt over a fallen tree trunk, he wanted to get as much distance between him and the “preacher” as he could otherwise he would have stormed back there and punched Adriel until he was nothing but a bloody pulp, he snarled softly to himself as he saw shapes moving above him, he stopped as a plume of dust billowed around his feet, several figures landed around him, their black cloaks billowing around them as what Grimmau assumed was the leader said in a hissing voice “What do we have here brothers and sisters some stupid human has wandered into our path?” Grimmau chuckled softly as he muttered “You have no idea who your dealing with…I am no human….my name is Grimmau I am a Lycan” the leader hissed angrily saying “A Lycan dares wander into Vampyre territory, then you truly are foolish” Grimmau sighed and ran a hand through his hair as he replied in a calm tone “Our two factions have been warring for centuries and where has it got us….I had a wife once, she was called Cordelia she was one of you…a vampire…..if you will rally behind me there is a dangerous being called Adriel who is wandering this land, he means to call up dangerous creatures who plan to destroy the world” the Vampyre’s hissed as they all looked at one another.



The lead Vampyre growled softly as he ran a long sharp fingernail across his wrist sucking the blood from it slowly before saying in his hissing tone “Do you promise that there will be blood shed?” Grimmau chuckled and nodded “Aye there will be, whoever falls whether it be us or them you will feed very well, call all your brothers and sisters and join us in the fight” the leader stroked his chin and then nodded as he motioned for his brethren to depart and go and find the other members of their race as Grimmau said softly “Adriel is mine though….that is my only bargain, he killed my wife and I will have my revenge upon the slimy bastard” the Vampyre nodded before springing back up into the trees disappearing from Grimmau’s sight.



Meanwhile in the Fae village Sarah was pacing slowly as Sigdren came towards her and rested a hand on her shoulder saying “The tree’s have spoken to me child, your friend Grimmau is doing well, he has the vampires on side as well as the witches, soon it will be time for us to move against Adriel and stop the rise of the Frili, they will not rise whilst I walk this Earth” Sarah nodded her head and hugged her father before entering her hut and sliding down onto her stool to comb her hair.



She gazed into her mirror and gasped as it suddenly changed to a vision of what she could only imagine was the future, the Earth had become scorched, humans were chained and being whipped by evil looking creatures, some with scythes for heads, some with long sharp cruel tails like a scorpions, and then she looked up, she began to quiver in fear as 30ft high behemoths sat in pillars made of hundreds upon millions of skulls, she tried to tear herself away from the mirror but saw the Minotaur turn it’s head as though looking directly at her, it’s horns were sharp and seemed to almost glint in what sunlight there was remaining in the sky, it then said in a deeply evil voice “You, will all die and fall before our feet, this world that you knew will crumble and die!” then minotaur then cackled loudly as Sarah seemed to almost be thrown back from her mirror as she slid along the floor gasping for breath.



Sigdren rushed into his daughters hut as he cradled her head in his lap, seeing her eyes full of fear and tears welling up as he said softly “Shush child….what is it what happened?” Sarah gulped in air deeply as she replied in a small terrified tone “I saw the end of human existence as we know it, I saw the Frili overtaking the world….the Minotaur spoke to me….it….it was terrible…I felt like I was going to fall right there and then” she then burst into tears as Sigdren held her close to him comforting her.



Meanwhile, lost in the deep pit that was known to most humans as Purgatory….the Frili slumbered, waiting for their time to rise up and enslave the Earth, their leader…the Minotaur was called Nero, his second in command who also happened to be his wife was called Nasia and she was the hippogriff, the Chimera was called Nova and finally the Sphinx was called Sibyl. They were all talking to each other as Nero slammed his long thick wooden staff down onto the ground as he bellowed “Enough, we have already lost far too many of our brothers and sisters because of this wretched quarrelling, we will soon rise up again and claim our birth rights just as our forefathers did after the meteor wiped out the dinosaurs, we came to prominence and ruled this world with an iron fist….and then we got ousted by those damned dragons….and we were exiled, we have tried to rise many times but we have always failed” the rest of them nodded their heads as Nasia said softly “My love, have no fear we shall rise up and crush all hope” Nero nodded his head slowly as he smiled at his allies.



Grimmau was on his haunches as he smelled the air, he then saw several shadows moving towards him as he held up his hands saying “Be at peace brothers, I am like you….all the supernatural creatures must join together to destroy the vile villain known at Adriel who is killing our kind as well as the Vampyres and Fae and anything else he can lay his hands on…if he succeeds in his plan then the Frili will rise up once more and who knows what will happen then” the Lycans turned to look at one another as a young girl of about nineteen stepped out from the crowd saying in a husky tone “Why would we follow you? You left our kind to go and marry a vampyre where is she now?” Grimmau growled softly as he looked at the girl, his eyes meeting hers before replying “She was killed….killed by the very bastard I aim to stop….and I wont rest until he’s dead….you can either be with me or against me I couldn’t really give a damn” the girl growled softly as she snapped “You dare talk to me like that….I am Sita of the pack Leoriena…my mother is Alpha, she decided she didn’t want to come and hear you speak now I know why your pathetic if you think we will all come together, the humans have had their time….maybe it is time for a change” Grimmau let out a deep rumbling chuckle which seemed to reverberate through the ground.



Sita took a sudden step back as Grimmau spoke softly “As I said, if you and the Lycan’s don’t wanna fight then that’s fine….I never figured you all for a bunch of cowards but I guess I was wrong” he then spun around on his heels and stormed away from them. Sita looked at her comrades as they all stood their in shock, Sita threw up her hands in exasperation as she muttered to herself before storming after Grimmau shouting out “Fine, fine we’ll do it your fucking way….we’ll join you and the others and help you destroy this moron who seems to have rubbed you up the wrong way” Grimmau nodded his head replying “Thank you Sita, you shall not regret it” Sita cocked an eyebrow and let out a disbelieving laugh as she motioned for the Lycan’s to follow her.



Grimmau stood where he was for a few brief moments taking in the cold morning, he suddenly felt his vision swirling around as he blinked his eyes he found himself in Sigdren’s tent and standing in front of him was Sigdren dressed all in black leather with twin swords in a scabbard upon his back, beside him stood Sarah who looked ghostly pale as Sigdren said in his soft but firm voice “Welcome back Grimmau, you have done well….and now is the time for us all to put an end to Adriel and Alexi, they cannot be allowed to perpetrate any more crimes” Grimmau nodded replying “I thoroughly agree with you Sire” he then looked with concern at Sarah as he said “Are you alright Sarah?” she nodded her head slowly before saying softly “I….I had a vision….that the Frili would one day rise up and other throw us all….I saw their leader….the Minotaur he was sitting on a throne of millions of human skulls” Grimmau shook his head as Sarah began to sob again.



Suddenly a bolt of lightning lit up the sky, the Fae started screaming as Sigdren, Sarah and Grimmau ran from the tent to see Adriel and Alexi standing in the Fae encampment, Adriel snarled savagely as he ran towards one of the young Fae children and snatched him up snapping his neck as he said up towards the sky “My Lord’s you are free to re-” before he could finish Grimmau had leapt upon him knocking him to the floor as Alexi drew his dagger and threw it at Sigdren as Sarah cried out leaping in front of her father as the blade slid deep inside her stomach making her slump to the ground in a pool of blood.



Grimmau turned around seeing Sarah on the floor he cried out in anguish Alexi chuckled but before he knew what was happening he had been thrown up into the air as the earth seemed to explode from under him, Sigdren’s eyes were jet black as he spoke in a dark almost evil voice “You will pay for your crimes against all the creatures you have harmed and especially for killing my daughter” Alexi scrambled to his feet as he raised his arms just as Sigdren brought down a heavy claymore, meanwhile Grimmau was circling Adriel who let out a soft barking laugh as he said “Stupid imbeciles, you cannot stop the rise of my Masters, they will never just go down without a fight” Grimmau snarled as he replied “Well I’ll make damned fucking sure you wont be around to see it” he then grabbed Adriel’s neck and used all his strength to snap it making him drop to the floor.



Alexi saw his master fall as he let out a slow gulp, he saw Sigdren’s look of malice as he whispered “I’m sorry Lelene, I let you down” he then looked up at the sky as he felt the swoosh of air as Sigdren’s claymore decapitated him. Sigdren stepped away from Alexi and kicked his body to the floor as he hurried over to Sarah and lifted her head up gently saying “It’s over darling, the Frili wont be coming today” Sarah’s eyes fluttered open as she said in a raspy voice “But they will do soon father, you should be” she coughed as blood flew from her mouth “ready to move against them” and with a final breath Sarah’s eyes fluttered shut for one last time the last gasp of breath leaving her body.



Grimmau stepped over Adriel’s body to make his way towards Sarah when he found himself trapped, he turned around to see Adriel standing back up, he then lunged at Grimmau and struck him in the stomach before driving an uppercut into his chin sending him flying backwards as Adriel roared “YOU WILL NOT STOP ME FOOLS” as he said this, all the clans of the supernatural’s appeared to form a circle around Adriel as Grimmau rubbed his jaw came into the circle and said “You and what army” he then let out a deep low chuckle as everyone began to chant, Adriel began to smoke before exploding in a shower of sparks and entrails, blood covering everyone as they all looked from one to the other letting relief flood over their faces.



Grimmau walked slowly towards Sarah and knelt down by her body kissing her forehead softly as he knew that once again the chance of happiness had been taken from him again and he swore to himself that he would never let anyone else suffer not if he could help it. He stood up and turned around to see Sigdren looking at him, Grimmau walked towards him saying “I am sorry for the loss of Sarah…If there is anything that I can do” Sigdren sighed and ran a hand over his face replying “No there is nothing….it will take many aeons for the pain to lessen and the wounds to heal, she was the last piece of her mother that I had to remember her by” he sadly shook his head and wandered off as Grimmau turned into his wolf form and raced away to a new future.



Meanwhile, the Frili were in a conference, Nero snorted with derision, steam billowing from his nostrils as he said “We failed this time, but there is always time to retry” everyone nodded their heads as Alexi fell onto the hard stone table, he struggled and looked around seeing the strange creatures as he let out a small yelp of fear.



Sibyl let out a soft chuckle as she said “Calm down child….we are keeping you here for your own good, we may well have need of you in the future so you shall be kept in Purgatory until we decide what to do with you” Alexi blinked as he felt his eyes close and he slipped into darkness.