The Tear Drop Pendant
16:33 Jan 04 2011
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Chapter 3
Antonius looked up at the stained glass windows of the church, he growled softly as he flicked his hands making the glass all around the church shatter and explode outwards, he saw a figure moving inside and smirked, running a long fingernail down the side of his face as he headed inside and saw a choir boy running towards him angrily as he shouted “What in Our Holy Father’s….” before he could finish Antonius had wrapped his cold hand around the boys throat and broke his neck throwing him into one of the church walls making the boys body crumple to the floor. A loud shrill cry caught Antonius’ gaze as he studied the oncoming vicar and smirked as she shouted “What in the name of the Lord are you doing you vile evil being?” Antonius studied the young woman’s face, she couldn’t have been more then 30, as he spoke in a hypnotic voice “What is your name my dear?” the young vicar replied in a dreamy trancelike voice “My name is Julia, Julia Davis…..and I am devoted to my Lord” she sank slowly to her knees as Antonius released her from his grip and chuckled softly.
The young Vicar brought up her cross and shoved it out towards Antonius who let out a deep evil laugh as he grabbed the cross and snapped it in half before grabbing the vicar by the throat and throwing her through the air making her land by the font her head making a terrible cracking noise as it smacked the side of it. Antonius picked up the pews and smashed them setting them ablaze as Julia whimpered in pain, Antonius let his gaze wander towards her as he flitted over to her and pressed his foot onto her throat choking her before looking up and seeing the cross letting an evil smile creep across his face.
He ripped the cross from the wall and threw it out of the church and grabbed the vicar by the hair and dragged her outside, the vicar struggled weakly and limply against the strength of this unnatural being as she whispered softly “What…..what are you going to do to me?” Antonius looked down at her and kicked her in the stomach making blood spurt from her mouth as she rolled onto her side spitting blood to the floor as Antonius grabbed her hands and slammed her hands onto the cross. He made nails appear in his hands before he drove them into the vicars hands making her scream out in pain as Antonius then grabbed some thick barbed wire and wrapped it around her feet making it dig in painfully into her ankles making her scream in pain as she passed out.
Antonius turned away from her as he looked at the church and lifted himself up high into the air, he saw the flames licking eagerly as he flicked his hands out and tore the church bell off making it crash down through the roof, he then turned to the Vicar and spoke in a powerful and a voice tinged with slight madness “I was here before your God….and before his Son was born….I was the one that killed your Jesus….not that foolish Judas…..he was merely the fall boy….the retard…..the asinine that tried to take the credit….I SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN THE MONEY….but no….he stole it from me” he let out a dark laugh before carrying on “But….he paid the price for crossing me….I ended his life….and burned him….just like I will burn your foul place of worship for this foolish God….I will soon take my place as God among Mortals, Vampires….and every other form of Otherkin to walk this planet….and all the others” Antonius struck the Vicar across her face making her head fall limply as blood poured from her hands.
He turned back towards the church and brought his hands together sending a shockwave through it making the walls crumble as he then raised his hand upwards sending the church hurtling up into the air he growled with anger, fire flicking in his eyes as he spun the church around and sent fire into it making it explode with a violent fury as he brought it crashing down to the ground making the earth shake as the church burned and flames licked the air as though laughing happily and as dementedly as Antonius was feeling.
Antonius made his way around the church as it continued to crumble and fall chuckling evilly as he brought his hands together making the church finally explode in a blaze of red as he turned to the vicar and smiled muttering “If your God was real….do you not think he would stop me by now” He growled softly and grabbed the vicars neck and twisted it a loud snap reverberating through the quiet night as he walked away from the destroyed church and the impaled body of the vicar.
He flitted back towards the palace where he saw his army waiting for him, he let out a soft slow chuckle as he turned to Yulla who bowed low to him before saying in a soft obedient tone “My Lord, your army awaits your orders” Antonius walked towards her and stroked the side of her face before turning to his army saying in a deep powerful voice “We will soon take over this whole planet, but we will do it one continent at a time….until it is time to take our prize….and destroy Donya and her band of ‘Heroes’, they will be defeated and they will be our playthings” the crowd all let out a cheer as Antonius waved his hand and opened up a swirling crimson red portal as he stepped inside it followed by the army.
Meanwhile, sitting alone in her prison cell, a young woman by the name of Angel McDonald, slept alone on a hard bed, she tossed and turned fitfully sleeping as she heard whispers in her mind, her long ash blonde hair covered her face as she saw images, and flashes of a dangerous uprising, she smiled in her sleep knowing she should be part of it. She awoke suddenly as alarms began to blare in the prison compound, she leapt from her bed and looked out of the window to see the towers surrounding the prison aflame.
She whooped with joy as she felt something tingle in her fingers, she sent a bolt of flame towards the prison bars as they melted, she grabbed her red jacket and slid it on as she hurried down the steps of the prison block, several guards blocked her path, she smirked at them as they came at her, she hadn’t trained in several forms of unarmed combat to be beaten by plump overweight guards, she spun and leapt aiming her strikes expertly as they hit their targets sending the guards sprawling onto the floor winded as she ran out of the cell wing and made her way towards the entrance and to freedom.
Lycan’s streamed into the prison as Yulla stood next to Antonius, Yulla said softly to Antonius “My Lord, what purpose do you have for attacking this prison?” Antonius let out a snort as though she was dense before replying “Well…..if they make it out of their alive, then whoever becomes freed from the shackles of their society will pledge their allegiance to me” Yulla nodded her head slowly understanding as suddenly from the main entrance of the Prison ran out a young girl with ash blonde hair as she threw fireballs at two guards who caught on fire and collapsed to the dirt ridden ground howling in pain as they tried to extinguish themselves.
Antonius looked towards the girl looking impressed as he made his way towards her, flinging guards out of his way with the merest flick of his hands as Angel spun around aiming a strike at the person coming up behind her but Antonius grabbed her hand easily and squeezed it gently saying “I wouldn’t do that if I were you girl, I am here to help. I am the one that freed you from this hellish existence, you can either join my cause….or you can die right here right now” Angel pulled her hand out of Antonius’ replying “Well it doesn’t look like I have much of a choice do I? I’ll join you and your cause….whatever the hell that is” Antonius spun around and walked away from her leaving Angel to consider what she had just gotten herself into as she followed him.
Several other inmates escaped from the prison, they ranged from pyromaniacs to serial killers, Antonius looked at each of them nodding his approval as one of the inmates licked some blood off of his knife before he flicked it closed and slid it into his back pocket, Antonius then levitated and boomed out “Let all those who stand in my path….know that I will not be stopped…..by anyone…let alone mere humans…..you will all fall and bow at my feet before the year has ended” He smirked softly as a bolt of lightning came down towards the prison making it explode in a shower of fire and debris.
Antonius turned around and walked away from the prison followed by his new recruits as he turned to Yulla saying “Get Suri on the phone and see what progress she is making” Yulla bowed her head submissively as she pulled out her cell phone and began dialling Suri’s number. Suri and Sam were wandering down a forest path, they had heard rumours of a wise woman who had knowledge of the future….and also the location of the Tear Drop Pendant, they knew that they must get it before Donya did, otherwise their hopes of winning this second war would end before it even had a chance to get off the ground.
They came upon a small hut, sitting alone in the middle of the forest, Suri looked at Sam as he nodded resting his hand on the hilt of his dagger as they moved near to the hut, the curtain covering the door blew open as an old wizened woman stood in the frame with a bony finger pointed at them and a crooked smile upon her toothless mouth. She said in a croaky voice “Well….welcome children, I know what you seek, but you will not find it here…..or anywhere, for you are not the true owners of it” Sam growled and drew his dagger and held it to the woman’s throat and growled, Suri stepped closer to the woman and muttered “You will tell us….or my lover will slit your throat where you stand” the old woman let out a raspy laugh before replying “You will not kill me, otherwise how would you find the pendant?” Sam growled and threw her down onto the floor muttering obscenities.
The stale stench of the old woman’s breath made Sam retch as he turned away from her, Suri studied the old woman and shrugged her shoulders as she said to Sam “She obviously doesn’t know shit, she’s not much of a wise woman if she cant answer one simple question” the old woman cackled as she fixed her gaze on Suri raising a crooked finger riddled with arthritis “You should respect your elders child, who knows when you might need them one day, the Pendant is lost, it has been for millennia, although one girl has found it, it has turned her insane, for that is what happens when someone who is not worthy of the pendant touches it” Sam locked his gaze onto the old crone as the woman carried on “The pendant is hidden deep in a series of caves….I only know that they are in the Uralia Mountains….from there….you will have to locate the girl….and the Pendant yourself” Suri let out a nod and with that Sam growled and slit the old woman’s throat with his dagger as he burned her hut.
Suri flicked her phone open dialling Antonius’ number, he picked up saying “What do you have for me little sister?” Suri replied quickly “The old crone said that the Pendant was found by a girl, she has been corrupted by it, it is located in the Uralia mountains, she said we’d have to find our own way from there” there was static on the line for a while as Antonius breathed softly growing excited before replying “OK you and Sam head there then….our Army is growing” Suri closed her phone as a portal opened up and they stepped through it heading to the Uralia mountain range, freshly fallen snow capped the tops as the smell of fresh pine wafted through the air.
Suri wrinkled her nose as Sam chuckled softly saying teasingly “Not a country girl huh?” Suri punched him in the arm and stormed off from him heading towards the pass that led into the mountains throwing obscenities back at him as he trudged after her. Suri stopped and looked around at all the various caves that were built into the mountains as she turned to Sam saying hotly “So where the fuck are we meant to be going then?” Sam shrugged before replying “Well, we could try a cave and see where it leads us?” Suri sighed stalking off towards the nearest cave.
Sam drew a lighter from his pocket and flicked it so a soft yellow glow filtered through the cave as they headed inside it as Suri whispered to Sam “I’ll go down the left branch…..you take the right, if I find anything I’ll call you alright” Sam nodded his head heading down the right branch of the cave softly letting the glow of the lighter bring light to the dark, lichen filled cave. As Suri made her way down her branch of the cave, with the soft dripping of the moisture falling from the ceiling, she sighed softly rubbing her eyes saying softly to herself “I don’t think anyone’s here….I think we were conned, the old crone knew it and sent us on a wild goose chase and we killed her” she kicked at a rock in anger as it skittered down along the ground, suddenly she heard a low growl coming from further into her branch of the cave as suddenly a pair of yellow savage eyes appeared.
She let out aloud scream which echoes throughout the cave as she bolted away from the beast, it snarled angrily as though being denied a meal it launched after her it’s lithe body pumping as the sinews in it’s legs worked to catch up with the young stupid prey that had dared wander into it’s domain. A scent of death and decay emanated from the beast, as drool dripped from it’s fangs, it let out a bone shattering roar as it picked up speed clipping at the back of Suri’s heels, she kicked out her leg catching the beast in the snout making it stumble slightly and run the side of the cave, Sam ran towards her grabbing her hand seeing the beast as they launched themselves out of the cave as the beast leapt out snarling savagely.
The beast, was enormous, it flexed it’s large almost membrane like wings and snorted angrily as blood dripped from it’s nose, Sam spun around to face it shielding Suri behind him as she shouted “This is ALL YOUR FAULT, if you hadn’t killed the old woman then we wouldn’t be in this mess, she obviously lied to us” Sam grunted without any sense of conviction as he drew his sword and spun it around as he faced the beast. The beast roared launching itself up onto it’s hind legs exposing it’s deadly razor sharp claws, as it snapped it’s falcon like beak at Sam making him jump back as he swung his sword bringing it down at the beast.
The beast roared and Sam realised that both he and Suri were almost surely going to die, he muttered angrily as he took Suri’s hand and fled with her away from the beast as it launched itself into the air making the ground shake almost as though it was an earthquake, Sam threw his hand up and a blazing red portal opened which they both jumped into and it slammed shut just as the beast was about to strike and get his meal, the sound of it roaring shook tree’s and made birds flutter up high into the air calling in alarm as the beast had been denied it’s quarry.
Sam and Suri tumbled out of the portal and landed in a heap on a sandy beach, the sun was just setting and the waves were gently lapping at the shore as Suri stood up crossly and swept sand off of her before turning to Sam and fixing him with an icy stare “What the hell are we meant to tell Antonius? ‘Oh Sorry, we were misinformed…..we really have no BLOODY clue where the pendant is’ shit Sam your such an idiot” She stormed away from him heading along the beach sand being thrown up behind her.
Sam grunted with annoyance muttering something about women, as he did, he found himself being thrown off of his feet and thrown into the sea as Suri turned around as he came up for air spluttering and let out a girlish wink at him laughing wickedly as she carried on walking along the beach. Sam dragged himself out of the water, his clothes were dripping wet as he trudged after Suri knowing he was in the dog house.
Suri shoved her hands into the pockets of her jeans and sighed softly looking around not having a clue where they now were as she turned her icy gaze on Sam saying “So….do you know where we are or did you just bring us to some random obscure place?” Sam growled biting back an angry retort as he breathed in deeply before replying “No I don’t know where we are, I just brought us to anywhere so we could get away from that bloody beast whatever the hell it was” Suri stared at him for a few minutes before sighing and throwing her hands up in exasperation as she sat down on the sand running a hand through her hair.
Sam took a few steps towards her warily not sure if she was going to somehow kick his ass again, but when she made no move to he sat down beside her and took one of her hands and interlocked his fingers with hers, she turned her head towards him before saying softly “I’m sorry for going off at you Sam, I just….I didn’t mean to” Sam stroked the side of her face gently as he kissed her nose replying “I know you didn’t sweetheart it’s fine….we’ll find out where we are and then get the hell out of here and find this damned Pendant for your brother” Suri nuzzled her head into the crook of Sam’s neck as they watched the moon crossing the sky as the stars twinkled overhead.
Meanwhile Antonius stood pacing the length of the yard of the prison lost deep in thought as snow began to fall softly from the sky, Antonius growled softly as he turned to Yulla and said sharply “Get inside….make sure all the guards are dead…..take Angel and….” he points to the manic inmate who had licked his blade motioning for him to join Yulla, he nodded eagerly the odour emanating from him made Antonius turn slightly away as he smelt of piss and other wretched things.
The young man nodded eagerly as he followed Angel and Yulla into the prison as Antonius tapped his foot sighing in annoyance running a hand through his hair, meanwhile inside the prison the insane inmate cackled as he ran through the halls and whenever he found a prison guard still breathing he leapt on top of and broke their necks as Yulla and Angel looked at him with slight disgust etched onto their faces. The inmate looked up at them curiously before saying “Well if old funny features out there wants me on the team, I s’pose I should tell you ma name……it’s Quinn…pleasure to meet you ladies” he said with a long drawl as he stood up and threw his knife as it spun through the air impaling a guard in the forehead who was reaching for an alarm which would have alerted people on the outside to the prison’s dire need.
Quinn walked towards the guard and rested his foot on the mans chest before pulling out his knife licking the blood from the blade as he slid it into his back pocket, as Angel and Yulla walked past him stepping over the body. Quinn followed closely behind them as Angel and Yulla already seemed to be working as a team breaking necks and killing the last surviving guards as they finished in the prison and walked back out of it towards Antonius who stood there looking almost regal as the snow seemed to be falling around him but not actually on him.
Yulla walked slowly towards Antonius before kneeling before him and looking up towards him her hazel brown eyes looking up adoringly at him fluttering her lashes as she spoke softly “Sire, all the guards have been destroyed. The prisoners are all free, what is thy will my Master?” Antonius looked down at her and kissed her forehead in what could almost be called affection as the icy touch of his lips touched Yulla’s skin she seemed to almost shiver in anticipation. Antonius muttered softly almost in a whisper “Now my dear Yulla, we enjoy some fireworks” he growled softly as flames flickered in the palms of his hands he then threw two fireballs towards the prison making it explode as all the prisoners whooped and cheered seeing the place of their incarceration being burnt to the ground.
Antonius then clicked his fingers as Yulla immediately stood up taking her place next to him as Antonius motioned for Quinn and Angel to join him, he then looked at the various other prisoners and snorted with derision as he created a portal dropping himself and his allies down into it making them reappear back in the Palace. Quinn let out a low whistle as Angel staggered slightly a bit wobbly on her feet, Yulla rested a steadying hand on her shoulder smiling kindly at her before saying “It gets easier the more you do it” Angel nodded her head slowly not sure if that was true or not.
Meanwhile Suri and Sam were hurrying through a forest, they had made their way from the beach after an explosion seemed to rip through the air from the north, their foreheads were slick with sweat as Sam held a hand up, this would have normally irked Suri but she wasn’t going to argue right now as Sam knelt down on the ground brushing a branch out of the way as he saw a deep crater several metres from where they were hiding, he turned to Suri saying “I want you to wait here, if I’m not back in 10 minutes then get out of here” Suri nodded her head softly as Sam disappeared sliding down the slope of the crater.
Sam looked around, and knelt on the ground looking at some footprints that seemed to be embedded into the ground, he noticed them leading away from the crater he let out a sigh of relief as he called out “Suri, it’s OK you can come down nothing’s here anymore…..whatever it was has vanished for the meantime” Suri popped her head out between the leaves and nodded her head going to join him. Suri slid down beside him the dust billowing up around them making them both cough as Suri said “So….what could have made this thing?” Sam shook his head not being able to answer as he took her hand and helped her up the other side of the crater to see if they could see anything disappearing, all they saw were pale wisps of smoke rising from the ground, Sam then turned to her kissing her forehead softly as a portal opened.
As they appeared in the throne room Antonius was pacing expectantly like a new father as he glanced up at the two of them saying aggressively “So do you have it? Do you have the Pendant?” Sam looked at Suri who walked forwards slowly keeping her eyes down as she replied “No brother….we don’t….it seems the old wise woman who told us where it was…..lied to us” Antonius let out a deep roar which made everyone shrink back as he grabbed Sam by the throat and threw him into a wall making his head land on it with a thunderous crack as he screamed “How could this have happened? Why do I leave the simplest tasks to simpletons” his eyes burned a dark fiery red as Suri ran towards Sam but Antonius stopped her throwing up a force field between the two lovers.
Sam stood up shakily on his feet and turned to Antonius “I am sorry sire, but we tried out best and we followed a lead that we had, it obviously didn’t work out….but we did find a creature that may be of use to you, it seemed to be very powerful and with the right person to control it, it may well be an asset” Antonius’ eyes cooled slightly as he paced slowly musing as Suri said softly resting a hand on her brothers shoulder “Sam’s right….the creature was terrifying….I am sure you could control it” Antonius nodded dropping the force field as Suri ran over to Sam cradling his head in her arms.
Antonius studied everyone in the room before snorting in disgust as he span around and left the throne room heading towards his study where he sat down in his red leather chair and flicked through some files deciding what his next move was going to be. He drummed his pen on the desk as Abbey popped her head around the door wearing a sultry smile as Antonius glanced up at her and beckoned her to come in, she made her way into the room and went up behind Antonius rubbing his shoulders as she nipped at his left ear murmuring “You are tense my Lord…you should take some time to relax…..even if it’s just for 10 minutes” Antonius let out a soft slow breath of air as he took Abbey’s hands and spun her round onto his lap.
A few hours later, Abbey staggered out of the study, her legs weak and almost buckling from the rough sex that Antonius had given her, she wasn’t fooling herself, she knew she would never make it up as high as Yulla or even Suri, but she was glad to just have a purpose even if it was a small one, she headed back to her small room and sat down on her bed as she felt the blood caking her neck from where she had been bitten and fed from, she shook her head letting her hair fall down around her like a protective curtain as she laid down and closed her eyes drifting off into a disturbed sleep.
Meanwhile deep up in his office, sat Tristan Zodiak, his eyes were darkened from lack of sleep, he had been calling various people to authorise the transfer of money to various accounts of Underground groups such as the Mafia and the Triads….they were all demon worshippers and had heard of Antonius being brought back they knew this was their chance to finally gain control of the planet, Tristan drank heavily from the whiskey bottle that sat on his desk as he talked on the phone to Gracela saying softly and almost in defeat “Alright, I’ve done everything you’ve asked….I’m finished I cant be involved any longer….I want out” Gracela’s chuckle echoed through the phone as she replied “Oh no my boy….you are far from done….Your going to come and meet me in Paris….where I will give you further orders” Tristan sighed closing his phone as he threw the bottle of whiskey against the wall in a rage his eyes glowing a silver colour.
His secretary hurried into the room and went over to him resting a hand on his shoulder saying with concern in his voice “Sir….are you alright?” Tristan shook his head slowly before replying with a slight quiver in his voice “No…..I’m not….I’ve gotten myself into something and I….I don’t know how to get out of it…I’m going to Paris…..call my Aunt…..tell her what I’ve done….Tell her I need her help and I didn’t have any choice but to betray everything that she and my Mother stood for” he scribbled down a number onto a piece of paper as he fled through a portal.
As Tristan appeared in Paris he found himself surrounded by what could have been at least 20 guards all armed with machine guns across their chest as they glanced at him warily, snow fell onto his shoulders and down by his feet as he saw Gracela and winced as she beckoned him towards her, he dropped his head down digging his hands into his coat pockets as he walked towards her, she looked radiant as her long blonde hair blew out behind her the snow seemed to almost fall around her and not onto her.
She led Tristan into a massive complex, many people were working inside it, building weapons guns as well as swords as far as the eye could see, Tristan was impressed not that he was going to give Gracela the satisfaction of knowing that, Gracela didn’t stop as she started speaking “This is the dawn of a new age, many people have been waiting thousands of years for this. Antonius Blackheart has returned to lead us to a age where war and death is just a part of life…..your mother….although she probably has good intentions in trying to destroy Antonius….is nothing but a fool, for he has a huge army at his disposal. Your Mother has nothing…just a loyal band of a few followers….as well as the descendents of those that fought with her during the first great war” Tristan just glared at the back of her head as Gracela turned down a corridor and stopped outside a room.
Tristan stood beside her and looked into the room she was looking into and saw several people inside dressed in hazard suits as they looked towards Gracela and nodded at her as she turned to Tristan saying “In there…..new soldiers are being bred…we found some DNA from the last great battle…..and we have been perfecting the cloning process ever since and soon we shall be ready….we have had many setbacks…..but thanks to you and your resources we are now racing along” Tristan stood there looking amazed as he saw a skeletal thin hand raising upwards as though reaching out for something, one of the suited scientists raced towards the creature, suddenly the scientist was thrown back as the creature stood up slowly and growled before it suddenly exploded into a shower of green slime as it spattered the window that Tristan and Gracela were looking into.
Gracela cleared her throat and beckoned for Tristan to follow as she strode back down a long white corridor, he heard various alarms blaring in the distance, Gracela turned around and made a tutting noise before saying with a slight edge to her voice “Come on now no dawdling…..hurry up” Tristan saluted her muttering under his breath “Right away mein fraulein” Gracela shot a cold icy look at him before carrying on down the hall her heels echoing down it.
Tristan cleared his throat before speaking up saying in a careful tone “So what exactly did you bring me here for? To gloat about being able to bring back warriors from the past” Gracela let out a soft chuckle as she said in a soft lilting voice “Oh Master Zodiak….such a silly little boy you are” she then entered into a room as Tristan followed her inside. Gracela sat down behind a desk as she motioned for Tristan to sit down, he sunk down into a chair as Gracela drew a cigarette from a packet on the desk, setting it alight as it glowed a fiery orange she blew out a puff of smoke she studied Tristan for a while making Tristan squirm nervously in his seat as Gracela then said “I bought you here…because you are a traitor….you betrayed your family…so we have decided to keep you here and keep an eye on you” Tristan let a soft growl out as he stood up in a fury saying angrily “I’m not going to stay here in this freak factory…and you cant force me to either” Gracela let out a long slow chuckle as she replied blowing smoke into his face “Oh I think you’ll find I can Mr Zodiak” with that Gracela pressed a button on her desk and thick binds encompassed him, she then crossed over to her drawing a long hypodermic needle as she slid it into his neck emptying the drug into him making Tristan’s eyes swim as his head drooped forward and he fell into a deep slumber.
An ill wind blew around a mountain top, higher then anyone would ever dare to climb, as inside, the Pendant thrummed around the throat of Stephanie as her slit like eyes focused into the fire, seeing both Antonius and Donya, she muttered something to herself, she stood up slowly her tattered rags hanging loosely around her almost falling from her now skeletal frame as she shuffled into further into the caves, she sank down onto a filthy mattress and dug out a book, she then rocked back and forth as her eyes glazed over and she sunk into a trance like state. Her eyes flickered open slowly, the pendant for the first time relinquishing it’s hold on her as she looked around shaking her head in a daze as she sniffed her nose detecting her own scent which made her gag.
Stephanie looked down at the Pendant removing it from her neck as she threw it onto the floor, it’s glow illuminating the room she was in, she sank down onto her bed as she began to sob gently, the Pendant seemed to almost thrum with a vibrant power as though it was trying to talk to her, suddenly a figure appeared out of the Pendant and looked at the poor lost girl, it sat down beside her and said softly “My apologies for trapping you for so long within my thrall, but I needed someone with a good heart….and after I had been lost by my true owner, I was lost for many months….moved from place to place, nobody really touched me….until you appeared….we have much further to go….but rather then take you over completely….I hope we can come to some sort of arrangement….maybe…..two minds in one body” Stephanie looked at the figure and sniffed softly taking in it’s features as she ran a hand across his face, she then nodded slowly as the figure smiled kindly at her replying softly “Thank you Stephanie….you will not regret this” the figure then disappeared back into the Pendant as Stephanie stood up and looked down at the pendant before clipping it back round her neck.
Stephanie blinked her eyes a few times as she felt the presence of another mind brushing past her consciousness, she then softly said “So…why decide to release me after all this time?” the voice chuckled sadly replying “Because, we need each other….or rather I need you…a great war is coming…the pendant your wearing….is the key to either stopping it…..or causing the destruction of the world as we know it and bringing darkness and evil to the world” Stephanie mulled this over for a while and nodded her head.
Stephanie made her way through the cave network, heading out into the fresh air for the first time in what seemed to her to be many years, she listened to the sounds of the birds singing as the voice appeared inside her head again saying softly to her “Come on we need to get moving, we need to find a portal entrance which will guide us to the main base of the Resistance movement, who then in turn should lead us to Donya” Stephanie picked up on the quiver of emotion in the voice as he spoke about Donya she said softly “Was she important to you…..this Donya?” the voice was silent for a few moments before replying “Aye she was….she still is, she and I were involved….but my brother…..killed me for loving her…and somehow I ended up being trapped in this pendant…..my name is Andricus” Stephanie made her way carefully down the side of the rock face, her foot connected with a loose bit of rock and she almost fell as she groped around and snatched her hand onto a rock making it cut into her hand a rivulet of blood streak from it as she cursed softly to herself.
She rested on a ledge breathing softly as she looked out at the view, Andricus spoke up saying softly “Tis a might impressive view…I’ll be sad to leave here….but in the end it is for the best we need to carry on moving until we find what we are searching for, we should also get some food into you….and washed and clothed” Stephanie snorted softly replying “I think that’s the least of our problems at the moment, first I need to get us down from on top of this ridiculously high mountain you decided to leave me on for all these years” Andricus was silent as Stephanie sighed softly carrying on down the side of the mountain.
What seemed a few hours later she reached the bottom of the mountain with sweat dripping from her body as she panted heavily and looked around, Andricus directed her down a path they chatted for a while as they reached a small village, Stephanie looked around it letting out a soft whistle as she headed towards a small little inn to get some food and a drink.
Meanwhile, Antonius was pacing in his study, knowing that he was no closer to finding the Pendant, he picked up a dagger from the desk and threw it into the wall, Yulla opened the door a crack and said softly “Sire….are you alright?” Antonius growled softly before replying “Aye….I’m fine….just frustrated…come in…and tell me what’s on your mind” Yulla slid slowly into the room, the long crimson red dress she was wearing sweeping along the floor as she smiled softly at him slowly sitting in a chair. She fixed him with a steady gaze as she reached a hand under the desk and stroked his leg softly smiling teasingly at him, she then said softly “Well sire, your army is amassing….and Gracela has contacted me and has told me that the clones are also coming along swimmingly….she also has your nephew in her custody and is keeping him secure so that he cannot go and be with Donya” Antonius nodded his head slowly as he leant back in his chair mulling things over in his mind.
Yulla stood up slowly and bowed to her Master as she headed out of the room her heels clattering against the floor as she let a soft smile creep across her lips, one of the Lycan’s smiled at her, she smiled back thinking how attractive this young werewolf was, she walked slowly swaying her hips as she ran a hand across his chest and said softly and alluringly “So what’s your name then big boy?” The werewolf took a step back and said in a dreamy voice “It’s Orion Mi’lady…..tis a pleasure to serve Antonius and your cause” Yulla laughed softly and took Orion’s hand leading him into a bedchamber where their moans could be heard by anyone who walked past.
Tristan came around several hours later, the first thing he realised was that he was bound to a chair, he struggled against the bonds, a voice came over the intercom laughing softly….it was Gracela’s “Come now Master Zodiak…..you cant escape….your our insurance policy, the clones will be up and working soon….and then Antonius will lead his army to defeat your pathetic whore of a mother” Tristan let out a savage roar his eyes blazing a dark red as he shouted “My mother is not a whore…..and she is not pathetic” Gracela’s voice was patronising as she spoke again “So where has she been all these years……she’s not come to see you now has she….she has left you to fend for yourself….all alone like the poor little boy you are” Tristan hung his head, and Gracela knew she had broken him, she chuckled softly and turned away from the intercom making her way out of the room.
Gracela walked along the sterile white corridor and stopped outside a door, she took a deep breath before heading inside, standing by a window, was a tall man, with long snow white hair, and a goatee, he turned to Gracela and said in an authoritative voice “So…..how are the plans proceeding?” Gracela bowed to the man before replying “Everything is proceeding as well as can be expected Sir, the clones are all coming to fruition, although there are a few more kinks to work out but hopefully this newest batch will be ready to take the programming” he nodded his head as his cell phone rang and he motioned for Gracela to leave him.
Gracela stood outside the door and leant back on it letting out a deep breath, she had finally remembered to breath…..she never liked being in his presence, he was the kind of man that if he wanted would just click his fingers and you would find yourself in a body bag in ten minutes, she shook her head and shivered thinking of all the dead bodies she had seen since she had started to work here, she was all for extorting people, but she wasn’t to keen on the blood shed side of it, she sometimes wondered how she had managed to get caught up in everything, she straightened her hair
Tristan shook his head clearing it from the fuzziness that seemed to be drifting around his consciousness, he then looked around his surroundings to see if there was any possible way of escape, he may not have had much training but it seemed to be inbuilt into him, it must have come from either his mother or his father, he then tried to loosen the ties around his hands, but had no luck. He grunted with annoyance and wondered how he could have been so stupid to of gotten himself in this kind of position.
Tristan managed to free one of his hands and got to working on the other tie as he freed both of his hands, his victory was short lived however as several guards came rushing into the room, one of the guards looked at him with an evil smirk on his face as he took the straps off of Tristan’s feet and threw him onto the ground beating him severely and kicking him several times in the chest breaking several of his ribs, Tristan laid there dazed with blood dripping from his nose and mouth as he winced trying to get up to his feet. He saw the guard who had beaten him laughing with his companions and vowed to get revenge, he then keeled over and gave into the blackness at the edges of his vision.
He found himself being shaken up as a hushed voice said softly to him “Zodiak…..Zodiak are you alright? Come on speak to me” he opened his eyes and gasped in pain his breathing shallow and forced as he tried to get air out from his lungs, his vision was blurred as he tried to focus on the speaker, he looked up to see that it was Gracela, he groaned softly before saying softly “Oh great….I know I must be in Hell now….I have to put up with her” he ran a hand through his hair and coughed, blood forming at the corners of his lips.
Gracela groaned softly and cursed saying angrily “Come on Zodiak….this is no time for you to be lying down on the job, I’m going to get you out of here….I should never have agreed to work for…” her voice trailed off as she was thrown back against a wall by Leopold, his hands crackled with electricity as he chuckled softly as he walked towards her and stroked the side of her face, he then growled with rage and kicked her in the stomach winding her before grabbing her by the hair and smashing her face into the side of the wall making her give out a howl of pain as she sank to the floor.
Tristan slowly opened his eyes again seeing Gracela getting beaten, he groaned softly as he used his hands to push himself up from the floor, he didn’t exactly like Gracela, but he had to good of a heart to let her be killed, he shrugged off the dizziness that was threatening to throw him back onto the ground he launched himself at Leopold who spun around with a cat like grace and aimed a swift kick into Tristan’s ribs sending him collapsing back to the ground holding his chest as he coughed loudly, Leopold snarled at him “Little boys should know when to keep out of the way” Tristan looked up at him before replying coldly “Well…then you should just step aside and let me out of here before I give you a beating” Leopold roared with laughter as he threw tendrils of black towards Tristan, Tristan winced in pain as they seemed to dig into his wrists and ankles feeding from his life force, he kept his eyes open and locked on Leopold saying “Is that the best you have? Your pathetic” Leopold chuckled softly replying “If you think you can goad me…..then you are very, very wrong” he then pulled on the tendrils sending Tristan rocketing towards him bringing a muscular arm down onto his back making his spine crack as Tristan let out a thunderous roar of pain and agony collapsing to the floor.
Leopold stood over him chuckling as he looked down at the beaten young man saying with a hiss “You will never escape….and now your little bitch friend here will be spending time with you as well….not that either of you will have very long” with that he spun around walking out of the room letting the door hiss shut as Gracela got slowly to her feet and ran over to Tristan kneeling beside him. Tristan turned his head towards her and let out a smile wincing slightly before saying in a soft voice “Well hello there…so I guess you had a change of heart huh?” Gracela stroked his hair before saying softly “Shush….don’t try to speak….conserve your strength” Tristan nodded slowly closing his eyes as he feel into a deep sleep his body already mending itself…whether thanks to his Angelic blood or his Vampiric blood it was yet to be seen.
Meanwhile…..back in the Palace, Yulla backed out of the bedchambers that she had been in with Orion, her arms were covered in scratch marks from where he had clawed her, he also bore wounds from their passionate encounter, she licked her fangs taking the last remnants of his blood as she went to her private bedchambers and took a long shower, it’s not that she didn’t like Orion, but he wasn’t Antonius. She had always longed for the touch of him, back in the old days they had made wild love, once they had made love in the stables of the castle, they had almost been caught by a stable boy. She sighed softly running her hands down her body letting the water run down her as she leant her head against the cold tiles cooling her head as well as her body.
She got out of the shower and picked up a towel and dried herself off heading towards her cupboard where her clothes were kept as her cell phone rang, she sighed in annoyance as she answered it saying sharply “Yes what is it?” the voice on the other end was cold and aggressive as it said “You talk to me like that again girl and I’ll rip your head off…..tell Antonius that we have had several successes with the soldiers….but we need more time to get them up to speed….Tristan is due for execution in 5 hours, as well as Gracela, she has betrayed us, she tried to help the little son of a bitch escape” Yulla replied “Of course sir….I’ll let him know right away….thank you for letting me know” she then hung up sinking down onto her bed running a hand through her still slightly damp hair. She then slid on a pair of red pants, a purple strappy top and a pair of knee length black biker boots as she left her room to locate Antonius and tell him the news.
Antonius was sitting in the throne room, surrounded by Suri, Sam and Abbey, he looked up at Yulla as she entered and said in a soft but commanding voice “What news do you have for me Yulla?” Yulla bowed to him before replying “Sire, your army is almost ready, but Leopold wants more time to make them perfect and create some more….also your nephew is due to be executed along with the traitor Gracela Sanfordis, it seems she tried to help him escape from the compound” Antonius let out a deep roar of laughter and slapped his knee saying in between bursts of laughter “She….really…..thought…..she….could free him” Suri laughed as well, her laugh was like the wind rustling through the tree’s compared to her brothers booming thunder like laugh.
He stood up slowly from the throne and walked down the steps as he headed out of a door onto the balcony, looking out across the cityscape he ran a hand through his shaggy hair grunting softly thinking about his brother…he hadn’t thought about him for a long time, he played back the memory of when he’d found out that his own brother was fucking the leader of the resistance…and then plunging his sword deep into his brother’s chest killing him swiftly and instantly. He knew that soon, every country and every land would bow down to him and accept him as their new Lord and Master, he heard the sound of heavy boots approaching from behind him as Suri stood beside him saying softly “So…here we are…..on the verge of a new era for you and I. You will soon be able to crush Donya once we find her…and then the goodness and light that swims around in this pathetic excuse for a world will be forever extinguished to be replaced by darkness and evil” Antonius chuckled and turned to face his sister replying “Aye, true enough my sister, and we shall wipe the foul memory of our brother from this accursed earth” they turned to look out as they saw Big Ben topple from decay a large plume of dust billowing into the air.
Meanwhile, Tristan opened his eyes and looked about him to find himself in the same sterile white room, he looked over towards the corner to see Gracela, he stood up slowly flexing his arms and legs walking towards her as he knelt down beside her saying in a kind soft voice “Hey, it’s alright…we’ll find a way out of here….I promise” Gracela jumped a little in surprise as she faced him, her mascara running down her face from where she had been crying as she replied “But….but how….they are all to powerful? I mean you almost died…..you SHOULD have died, you were beaten almost to death” Tristan stood up slowly pulling her to her feet as he looked around the room replying “Well there’s one thing you should know….many people have tried to kill me….but they’ve all failed….I don’t know whether it’s the Vampiric blood in me or the Angelic blood….but I always keep getting up” Gracela opened her mouth to speak but didn’t quite know what to say so she sat back on the floor watching Tristan.
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