Shadowess Posted September 20 Author Posted September 20 shadowess - December 11, 2021 Even Jessica was taken aback by X's willingness to listen to her. For a moment after X had vanished, she stood in stunned silence while looking awkwardly at Elimar and Racheal. They heard X's voice boom through the castle, causing the rest of its inhabitants to stir. Niko swallowed nervously, not daring to look up at Elimar and Racheal. He shivered, knowing that his return wouldn't be a welcome one. "We should go... We shouldn't keep them waiting..." he said shakily. "Right." Jessica nodded, still looking at Elimar. "We'll teleport ahead and see you there," she said seriously as she took Niko and Ben's hand then teleported to X's side in the hall. They watched from the end of the room as curious (some even angry) vampires filed into the room. "It'll be alright," she said to Niko quietly. "You've changed. We just need to get them to see that." --- Alex frowned. He knew what Gary meant. He'd seen Gary almost die enough times that he was petrified of losing him. He couldn't even begin to imagine what it would do to him if he ever saw Gary die. Caressing his cheek lovingly, Alex looked into his eyes. "It's alright. I don't want you to have to go through that... If there's no other way though, then maybe you don't have to see me 'die'? Like, I could just 'go for a walk' one day and then come back as a Devil. That way it'd be no different than me going out to get a new haircut or a tattoo or something." he suggested, hoping it would make the idea a little easier to handle. "If you think about it...I already had to die once to become human. This would be no different." --- Kodi walked back to Harris and Autumn to take their hands. A second later they stood in the break room of the precinct again. Kodi sniffed the air but any scent that was around was long gone by now. He looked around and spotted something on the floor. Picking it up, he looked it over. "Autumn, stay here where it's safe. Harris..." he turned to look at him. "Hope you're not afraid of clowns. Because we're going to the circus." he held out his hand for him to take. --- Patches the cannibal clown teleported back to his home and his master. Donnie had paid Tricky handsomely to hire his 'muscle' for a job that was unsuccessful. While Phineas was forced to perform, Patches approached Tricky behind the curtain with a guilty look while fiddling with his hands nervously. With no lips, he couldn't speak. So he communicated through grunts and other such noises. He made a quiet, sad sound as he hung his head and averted his eyes from his boss. An apology for not delivering the child as promised. He then made another saddened sound and rubbed his belly to signal that he hadn't been able to eat the fathers either and was therefore still hungry. --- Hannes looked at his crystal curiously. Before he could really think on it further, they heard X's voice echo from the main hall. Hannes froze, staring at the door. "Niko is here?" he gasped. He looked back at Jean. His eyes had a small glimmer of hope but at the same time, he seemed hesitant. "Do you think he could really have changed?" he asked then held out a hand for him. "Come. We must go and see." --- The doctor's patient smile wavered at Gabriel's outburst. His eyes hardened but the smile remained. Quietly, he stood and stared at both Gabriel and Leo for a moment. "Of course. I do not have the authority to disobey an Arch Angel. However, for the sake of my patient, I must ask you to consider Patience's health. Do you really think barging in and demanding that she talk to someone when she is barely able to help herself is right? Or even fair? Think it over. But if you really must insist, then I will lead you to her room." he said firmly before turning and leaving the room. Patience was sitting in what looked like an ordinary hospital room. She wore the typical hospital gown while she sat in the bed. A nurse finished drawing some of her blood into a small syringe and placed it onto a metal tray. "We'll know the results soon. You should think about what you want to do... Just in case." the nurse said to her quietly. Patience nodded but stared down at her hands with a faraway look in her eyes. --- Biting his lip a little, Theo moaned and caught his breath before pushing Greg down onto the bed. He looked at him with lustful eyes. "You're making me want to go wild on you," he said as he climbed onto the bed, poising himself over him. "Prepare yourself." he began unbuckling Greg's belt with one hand. "I don't believe in showing mercy," he smirked. --- 'Fireworks it is.' Donnie thought to him as he tilted his body in the air, turning to fly towards the village. As he approached, the souls ran out of their tents to look up at him in horror. Immediately, they began running. Abandoning their village and darting across the open fields. Donnie opened his jaws and spewed liquid fire at them. Setting the fields and the souls on fire. They screamed, dropping to the ground and writhed in pure agony as they burned until their bodies simply dropped. As they 'died', their bodies vanished one by one as the souls would awaken elsewhere in Hell. Likely separated from each other in random parts of this world. Donnie encircled the area for a few minutes until it was cleared of souls before landing on the still smouldering ground. The powerful gusts from his wings put out the flames but the ground was still very hot to the touch. To Donnie in his current form, this was a comfortable heat. He landed close enough to the village to allow Insanity to climb down where it was safe from the flames. 'Shall we claim this remote land for our own?' he suggested. He then tilted his head and looked away for a moment, honing in on Alex and Gary's conversation. He chuckled to himself in a sinister way. 'My love, I do believe there might be a way for me to become a Devil after all.' --- River hugged Will back, unable to contain his smile. "It's good to be back," he said then glanced to one side and noticed a red-haired stranger nearby who was watching them. "Who's that?" --- Rickster nodded. Then realised Ricky couldn't see him nod. "A-alright. Alright. We're going now. Ricky, tell Atma and Viktor. Look out for each other until I get back. I don't know what species he is or if he has powers but we can't rule anything out. I love you." he said hurriedly before ending the call and looking at Vincent. "We gotta go. C'mon, I'll take you straight to Gary and Alex." Denix Vames - December 11, 2021 X took a step forward to the crowd which Hannes and Jean was a part of now. "I know this is strange but hear what Niko has to say. He has understand the wrongs that he has done. In doing so, he has done many rights. Please listen to him." He placed a hand on Niko's shoulder. "You have the floor." --- "I guess that could work. Just promise me that you'll be back? I don't know where that Donnie guy is. And anything could happen." ,said Gary who cupped his cheeks. Looking into his eyes. --- Harris was about to take his hand when Autumn shouted, "No!" They looked at her. She ran over. "I can't leave him! He's my friend! All of you are! We don't leave friends behind!" Harris bit his lip. "She might be helpful. She was able to calm him when he was about to attack us." --- Tricky glared. "What kind of killer are you? Can't even take down a couple of nobodies." He rolled his eyes. "I'll take care of this hunger problem. Give me a minute." He headed to the crowd where he peeked in and convinced a couple to go to the back of the circus. They followed him where he shoved them towards Patches. "And don't worry. The crowd won't hear them scream so enjoy your meal before I discipline you." Phineas was balancing on a tightrope as he was holding the iron rod. Focused on not falling. But with the spells around here, he would be fine. Still, he didn't like doing this. He frowned but suddenly smiled when one of the performers told him to smile by moving their hands. --- Gabriel grit his teeth and grabbed the angelic knife from Leo. He appeared in front of the doctor. "Here." He placed the knife in his hand. "Give this to her. Let her know that David was holding on to it. And let her know that all of her friends are here for." He glared. "But I swear if you disobey me again, I will have your head." He cut his cheek with his spear before disappearing. Leo assumed he could leave so he disappeared too. Wondering what was going on with Gabriel. --- Greg smiled. "At this point, I don't want you to! Give me everything that you've got!" (private time) --- Insanity looked around. "I think this will fit us nicely." He raised a brow. "Oh? Does that mean I'll get a chance to become one too?" --- "Oh. That's Parker. My boyfriend. You two have met before under different circumstances. Parker, this is River. My now twin brother." ,said Will who had stood back to let them look at each other. --- Ricky sighed when he heard him hung up. He would tell Viktor and Atma news about this. Vincent held Elliot in his arms as he walked over. Letting Rickster teleport them. Shadowess - December 11, 2021 Niko nodded at X then stepped forward. He looked around anxiously at all the scornful faces. He swallowed, trying to keep himself together. Knowing that the majority of the room spoke mainly German, he decided to speak in his native tongue so that everyone could understand him. Unfortunately, this would mean that Racheal, Jean and Jessica wouldn't be able to understand what he was saying. He wasn't sure about Ben but he guessed that with his telepathy, he'd be able to understand his intention regardless. "Decades ago, your people found four boys who had gotten lost in the woods. Helpless humans." he looked over at Hannes. "Brothers and best friends who went on an 'adventure' but lost their way. By the time you found them, they had been lost for days. Their families had given up hope of finding them. They were starved. Thirsty. Cold..." he paused and continued to look around the room. "You could have left them out there. It would have been safer for you. After all, humans only ever brought you pain and fear. Why should you help them? But you did... You took them in and raised them alongside your own children. They wouldn't remember what their lives were before the forest but that didn't matter to them. Because they were happy, healthy...loved." Niko swallowed and wiped away a couple of tears that fell. "When they came of age you offered to make them truly a part of your family and they accepted without hesitation. Because this was their home and they would have it no other way..." Niko's lower lip shook a little as he lowered his head for a moment and had to regather his strength to keep going. "I let you down. You took me in. You taught me your laws. You gave me shelter, safety and love and I threw it all away. All because I let my anger and my grief get the better of me." he lifted his head and looked at them all tearfully. "I don't deny what I did. But I regret it. I'm sorry. I know I can never take it back. While I've been gone, I've done everything that I could to make amends for my actions here but I know that it will never erase what I did to Racheal!" He looked at her and now he began speaking in English. Tears streaming down his cheeks. "Racheal, I can't take away what I did to you. But I know it was wrong. I know that I hurt you. I did awful things to you because I was angry at the hunters. It wasn't right and I will never be able to make up for it. I should have been better. I should never have hurt you. I'm so sorry, Racheal. I'm sorry. I'm sorry." He broke down and began sobbing into his hands. Jessica ran over and wrapped her arms around him, turning him around to help him walk back to where they'd previously been standing so that they could let the votes get started. Racheal had been watching in tearful, stunned silence. She shook in Elimar's arms and her heart was racing. She didn't know how to think or feel anymore. She wanted to forgive him but a small, scarred part of her still thought that this was all some elaborate trick. Hannes was also shaking a little as he held Jean's hand. Waiting in tense anticipation for the votes to begin. Being one of the boys from Niko's story, Hannes wanted desperately for him to be forgiven. After all, they had been childhood best friends. --- "I promise." Alex smiled. "You saw my dad. I don't think this Donnie guy would be much of a match against him." he grinned. "And once I'm a Devil, I might even be able to take him on." Just as Alex said this, Rickster, Vincent and Elliot appeared in the middle of the dance floor with them. Rickster looked around with red cheeks. "Oh... I didn't know you were at a thing..." he said in embarrassment. "Sorry, we wouldn't have barged in if it wasn't an emergency," he said while also still looking around nervously. In a past life, Rickster had sort of made a name for himself in the United Kingdom and was currently wanted for trafficking narcotics in and out of the country... as well as the odd human. --- Despite being a good foot or so taller than Tricky, Patches still cowered and whimpered as Tricky scolded him and threatened discipline. When Tricky said he'd solve his hunger problem, Patches clapped his hands while jumping up and down excitedly. Patches always thought of himself as a predator, and of humans as prey. He'd always been fascinated by animal documentaries when he'd been growing up and had compared himself to large cats when they hunted. For example, most big cats bite into their prey's necks to kill them before feasting on their remains. So, when Tricky threw the surprised humans to him and he caught them with his large, strong hands. He wasted no time and yanked each one to himself, wrapping his mouth around their necks and biting down as hard as he could. Crushing their windpipes and severing their arteries. He held onto the other tightly as they screamed and struggled to get out of his grip. Yet he wouldn't release his jaw until his first victim fell limp and he could drop them without fear of them making noise or running away. He would then do the same to the second one. Once that was done, he knelt by their bodies and began his feast. Eating from them greedily as he cut open their bellies to eat their organs. He never bothered with fat and muscle. That was too much work for not nearly enough nutrients. Just the vital organs were enough for him. --- Kodi wanted to argue but he knew that if they wasted time on this then their chances of saving Phineas would be slim. He was visibly torn but he relented as he offered Autumn his other hand. "Fine. But at the first sign of trouble, I want you to run, hide somewhere and wait for one of us to come and find you. Got it?" He teleported them to the circus, behind the audience where they'd blend in with the rest of the patrons. Looking up to where everyone else was looking, Kodi spotted Phineas. "This place reaks of magic..." he muttered to the other two. "We should be careful...I should have brought back up..." he looked around the place, making a headcount of how many other performers there were. "We need to help these people... but we also gotta bear in mind that not all of them might be here against their will... Thoughts?" --- The doctor had gasped when the spear cut his cheek. One of the nurses had run over once Gabriel had vanished but the doctor held up a hand to stop them. He dabbed a couple of his fingers against his fresh cut, looked at the blood on them then sighed. He headed over to Patience's room and peered at her through the window in the door. By now, the nurse who had taken her blood had already wheeled the metal trolley away to the testing room. Leaving Patience alone in her room. The doctor watched her as she lifted her knees up on the bed and sobbed into them silently. He frowned and stepped away from the door to look at the knife that Gabriel had put into his hands. Right now she was vulnerable and knowing that the man she had just left was in possession of such a weapon would only make things worse for her. He hesitated, wanting to walk away but also not wanting to risk the wrath of Gabriel. After all, he had a bit of a reputation. Steeling himself, he took a deep breath and entered the room. "Good evening Patience." he greeted her in a quiet but warm tone. Patience had gasped and sat up, hurriedly wiping away her tears. He paused when she saw the knife in the doctor's hands. "Doctor?" "There's something that I need to tell you... I know you're not having an easy time right now, and I'm sorry for this but I have no choice..." he said as he took a seat in the chair next to her bed. He then proceeded to tell her Gabriel's message. Back in Gabriel's home, Robert had been making himself busy by polishing Gabriel's ornaments and possessions. Wondering what the story behind each item was as he went along. This just happened to be one of those days where Gabriel didn't need him with him while out on his duties, so he could focus on simply keeping the house clean. --- Donnie shifted back into his human form and walked over to Insanity. Holding his arms, he looked at him with pure excitement. "Yes, my love!" he beamed. "It won't be easy, but I think I know just how we can do it! Do you recall that shape-shifting Demon? Desi? His power became benign when he split into two. But there is a way for me to take it from him. You see, he might not be able to use it himself, but he can still bestow it on others." he explained as he let go of Insanity's arms to begin pacing. A mad look in his eyes. "We take something from him. Something he cares about. We force him to give us his gift as a ransom. But the ransom will be a trick. We then trap him and hide him here so he can't tell anyone what we've done. You take his form and pretend to be him so that no one misses him and comes looking for him. I'll then kidnap Alex and hide him here too. I'll take his form and trick his father into changing me into a Devil." he chuckles. "It's too perfect! Once I am a Devil, I'll destroy Damien then fetch you. I'll change you into a Devil as well then we'll destroy Hell's King and Queen so that we can take this world for our own!" --- "I know who Parker is..." River said as he took his eyes off the stranger in the nearby yard, glancing into Will's house at a puzzled looking Parker who looked right back at them. He then turned his head again to look at the other red-headed male who, apart from having longer hair, looked almost identical to Parker. "That's not Parker." Then male smiled and took out a pack of cigarettes in a calm way. He didn't seem to be in any kind of rush or alarm as he brought one of the sticks up to his lips and lit it with the end of his thumb. "No, I am not," he said with a chuckle. "But you don't need to worry. Sorry if I startled you...I was just considering how best to approach the house when you showed up." he explained while approaching them cautiously. He peered over Will's shoulder curiously to look at Parker and gasped softly. "You really do look like me," he said quietly. "Who the fuck are you?" Parker demanded. After all he and his friends had gone through, he was quick to become defensive. The male didn't answer immediately. Instead, he averted his gaze while taking a drag on the cigarette. Exhaling the smoke away from them out of courtesy, he looked back at him with a serious expression. "My name is Damien Sedley," he answered. "I'm your dad." Both Parker's and River's eyes widened. --- At this time of night, Atma would be asleep in her bed. Meanwhile, Viktor was just getting home after yet another night out with Bryce. He was smirking to himself as he walked through the door and closed it quietly behind him, trying not to wake anyone up. He headed towards the kitchen while humming to himself. Daydreaming as he opened the fridge to look for a light snack. He damn near had a heart attack when Oscar and David appeared in the kitchen and David's hiccup make him jump out of his skin. Viktor then wrinkled his nose at the smell coming from the two and quickly noticed the vomit covering Oscar's clothes. "Disgusting! I don't believe I'm hungry anymore..." he said moodily while slamming the fridge door shut. "Ugh...please don't mention food..." David slurred, looking a little green in the face again. "Oh, you're not going to puke again, are you?? There's a toilet right down the hall. If you're going to do it anywhere, do it there!" Oscar said as he helped David onto one of the stools at the island counter. "I don't think that is a good idea...He barely looks like he's able to stand. Never mind balance on a stool..." Viktor pointed out. "Make yourself useful and put on some coffee for him, would you?" Oscar snapped. Viktor rolled his eyes and tutted but he turned around to head towards the coffee maker. "No...tea..." David complained drunkenly. "No. Coffee," Oscar said firmly. "It'll sober you up better than tea can." "I don't think it really matters," Viktor commented. "Whatever. Tea, coffee, water... just give him something to help him sober up would you?" "Wait, where are you going?" Viktor asked, turning around to see Oscar leaving the kitchen while taking his shirt off. "Where do you think? I need a shower and a change of clothes. I'll be back in five minutes. Just make sure he doesn't fall over." Oscar called back as he headed towards the stairs. He nodded at Ricky on his way past. "Evening..."
Shadowess Posted September 20 Author Posted September 20 Denix Vames - December 12, 2021 X said, "Now, if you would all-" "Liar!" Jean ran over. Standing in the middle. "You're nothing but a monster!" X's eyes widened at the sight of the red eye. "Jean? Where did you-?" "How can you believe him?! He only hurts people!" His red eye glowed. --- "I think we'll have to leave the party early. We should go home now." ,said Gary. Once everyone held hands, they would appear in Gary and Alex's home. "Make yourselves comfortable. You can put Elliot on the couch." Vincent did. --- Once Patches finished, Tricky snapped his fingers. Making the bodies vanish into thin air. He whipped the clown. "Next time get the job done right!" Autumn glared at the sight of Phineas being forced to perform. "Phineas!" Harris grabbed her arm. "Hold on a minute. There's a spell here that's keeping all the performers trapped. No one can release it unless they are the one who cast the spell. And I have very good idea on who it is. We need to find the boss of this place." Phineas soon went on the other side. He got down by ladder and began to balance on a large ball as he waved to the crowd. --- Gabriel appeared back home. "That lowlife! Thinking that he can tell me what to do!" He smashed a vase with his weapon. "I'll show him!" --- "No offense but that all sounds complicated. Why don't we use Phineas? You see, I've been sensing something about him. That maybe he's no ordinary spirit. We could use him as a weapon." ,said Insanity. --- Will glared. He grabbed Damien by his shirt. "Don't play this fucking game! You're here to try and kill us! Aren't you?" --- Leo appeared near Oscar. He covered his nose. "Oh god! I was gonna update you but I think I'll do that a bit later." Ricky headed downstairs. He was surprised to find David drunk. He walked over to him. "David? What's going on?" shadowess - December 12, 2021 "Jean!" Hannes called after him when he ran into the centre of the room. Niko turned to look at Jean with a horrified expression. His worry increased as it seemed like most of the other vampires in the room nodded in agreement with Jean. "N-nein!" he gasped while shaking his head a little, feeling his desperation growing. "I haven't lied! I swear!" Jessica turned and glared. She stood in front of Niko defensively and stared Jean down. Her own eyes began to shine red. "He's telling the truth," she said stubbornly. "He knows what he did was wrong and believe me, he's paid for it! He suffered through horrific things. Despite that, he put all of his trauma aside to try and be a good person. But he can't heal. Not properly, until he has a chance to come home and prove that he's changed!" Murmurs spread around the room. Mostly about how they were all only just realising that both Jessica and Ben were Blood Gods too. "How has he atoned?" Gunnar asked, speaking over the other vampires. "You say he suffered and that he has tried to do good but you haven't told us how. You expect us to just trust you blindly?" The other vampires hushed their whispers to look at Jessica expectantly. There was tension in the air. Gunnar, much like Jean, had just spoken up in blatant defiance of a Blood God. But he had asked a question that was burning in all of their minds. How were they supposed to trust Niko after the crimes he had committed? Jessica faltered. Her eyes rapidly returned to normal. Not wanting to announce to everyone here how Niko had suffered. "I- uh-..." she glanced back at Niko nervously. Seeing his down heartened expression, she regathered herself and looked back at the crowd. She had to try something. She didn't want to let him down. "He tried to protect me," she said and immediately, Gunnar looked at her sceptically. "Protect you how? You're a Blood God. He's just a vampire. Surely you are much more capable of defending yourself?" he questioned and once again, Jessica flustered. "He-... he's the one that turned me." That one sentence caused an uproar in the hall. How a Blood God is created had always been a mystery to these vampires but now they were supposed to believe that any ordinary vampire could just make one? Doubt, accusations and scepticism spread around the room like wildfire until Gunnar raised his voice. "QUIET." he barked in a commanding tone then looked at Jessica in ridicule. "Even if Niko had the ability to create a God, that would then make your opinion on this matter biased! You're as brainwashed as poor Racheal was when she first arrived in the castle! But, let's say for argument's sake that he did have the power to create you. You haven't explained how that happened or how Niko suffered." "I-I-! Why does that matter?!" Jessica snapped, her cheeks turning red. "He's apologised and he's trying to change! Why can't any of you see that?!" "Because you're not telling the truth! You're actively concealing it!" Gunnar argued. "How are we supposed to trust any of you if you won't tell us what happened?!" "I was raped!" Niko shouted, finally finding his courage. Almost immediately he came close to breaking down again but he stood firm and stared at Gunnar with a determined look. "I was kidnapped. Tortured by Demons then raped by them both. They starved me until I lost my senses then locked Jessica in the room with me. I fed on her." his voice quivered with a hint of guilt to his tone. "When I came to my senses, I realised what I'd done and tried to save her. I didn't know she'd become a Blood God. I didn't even know I had the ability to do that. I just wanted to save her. To do the right thing and right my wrongs. I vowed to protect her because I thought this could be my second chance to do for her what I never did for Racheal. But she's too strong...she doesn't need me... and no matter what I do out there, it will never make up for what I did to Racheal. It's her that I need to seek forgiveness from. It's her that I need to prove myself to. That's why I came back. I can change. I HAVE changed. I swear it. And I'll do anything you ask of me if it means that I can earn my place back in this castle. Please. PLEASE! I want to come home! I've learned! I'll do better! Please don't exile me. This is my family. This is my home." The room was quiet. Vampires exchanged uncertain looks with each other. None of them had expected the story that Niko had come out with. Gunnar was stroking his beard thoughtfully. "I believe we would need to deliberate on this." He said carefully while looking around the room. Judging by the nods he was getting from the other vampires, it seemed like they wanted to talk about this amongst themselves before casting a vote. He snapped his fingers and two of his trained warriors stepped forward. One of them was Egon. "These two will escort you three to an empty room," he said, pointing to Jessica, Niko and Ben. "You can understand why we don't trust you to go off on your own unmonitored within our home. Until we've talked about this, we must ask that you wait in that room." "So, that's it?" Jessica asked, lifting her arms by her sides briefly. "You're sending us away so you can judge him behind his back?!" "We have a right to be careful and to talk it through. What you have told us calls our very faith into question. If you really want us to consider Niko's requests then you will respect our processes." Jessica's shoulders slumped as she looked around the room at the other vampires who all stared back at her with stony expressions. She gave one last glare to Jean, blaming him for their doubt, before conceding and walking with Niko and Ben to the empty room. --- Alex watched Vincent and Elliot. He recognised what was happening to Elliot immediately. "How are you both doing?" he asked Vincent gently. Meanwhile, Rickster moved over to the windows to shut the curtains quickly before anyone could catch a glance at him through the glass. He peered out from the side of the curtains to make sure no one outside saw him. "Had to be London..." he muttered to himself. --- Although Patches had some magical abilities, they were only minor. So he was always amazed whenever Tricky used his powers. He was still licking the blood off his fingers when the bodies vanished and he bounced on his knees excitedly at the sight. Until the first whipping struck him and he jumped, screamed and scrambled across the floor to the corner of the room where he cowered away from Tricky. He groaned and screamed with each lashing. When he managed to look up guiltily at Tricky, his tears had left clean lines through his pale makeup. "He's right," Kodi said quietly to them. "We're well hidden here. If we're patient and hold out until Phineas's act is over then we'll see who this ring leader is when they announce the next performer. Then we can sneak into the back and ambush him. What do you think?" --- Hearing Gabriel's shouting, Robert paused mid-polish and looked up. Carefully, he placed the golden ornament down on the mantle then turned to walk into the next room. He jumped and froze when he heard the vase smashing in the next room, followed by Gabriel shouting some more. Immediately, Robb became nervous. Gabriel was a beautiful Angel. Beyond beautiful. But when he was angry, he was absolutely terrifying. Swallowing his nerves, he cautiously made his way to the doorway and looked in on him. "G-Gabri- M-master Gabriel?" he quickly corrected himself. "I-is everything alright?" --- Donnie was a little annoyed that Insanity didn't agree to his plan but he smirked playfully as an idea crossed his mind. "I have another idea." he chuckled. "Let's make this a game. Whoever becomes a Devil first, wins. You do your plan and I'll do mine." he shrugged. "Then, whoever wins changes the other one too and we celebrate by slaughtering those bastards for locking us up and always getting in the way! What do you think?" --- Damien didn't flinch nor react when Will grabbed him. Merely stared at Will with mild amusement. "A Leviathan, huh?" he asked calmly then looked at Parker and chuckled. "Attaboy." Parker was too stunned by the news to react. River too, for that matter. Damien, meanwhile, looked back at Will calmly. "Listen, I'm not here to cause trouble. All I want is the opportunity to explain myself. Then, if Parker decides he doesn't want anything to do with me, I'll respect his decision. Cool?" --- Oscar rose an eyebrow at Leo as he took his soiled clothes off and threw them into the laundry basket. "Hey, I'm the one who got puked on." he chuckled. "Plus, my Demon form is a Dragon...my sense of smell is way more sensitive than yours and it also happens to be in my tongue, so how do you think I feel?" he asked as he walked into the en suite bathroom, leaving the door open so that Leo could continue talking to him as he climbed into the shower. "So, how did it go? Did you see Patience? How did she look? Also, what's Heaven like?" Viktor had just finished pouring David a mug of coffee and placed it on the table in front of him. He shrugged at Ricky when he came into the room to show he had no idea what was going on either. At Ricky's question, David sniffled, on the verge of tears again. "Patience broke up with me," he said in a broken voice. His words still slurring heavily. He leant on the table with his head in his hands. "I failed again." Denix Vames - December 12, 2021 X's eyes glowed as he glared at everyone. His wings sprouted. He flew up into the air. Just as Jean was about to attack Jessica, X shouted, "STOP! Niko is telling the truth! I will have no more childish banter in my home!" --- Vincent frowned. He got to his knees where he placed his head over Elliot's chest. "I wish none of this happened. I can't stand it. Seeing him this way...." Gary walked over. "It's not all that bad. I'm doing alright myself." Vincent sighed. "I suppose you are." --- "It's worth a shot." ,said Harris. Autumn nodded. Phineas had left the stage. Having gone to the back of it where he was forced to go into a cage. He sobbed in it. The next performer was already up on stage. --- "That damn doctor disobey me! He wouldn't listen to me! I told him that we needed to see Patience and he kept saying no!" ,said Gabriel. His eyes gleamed. "I've got it! I'll chop his head off! You can watch." --- Insanity smiled. "I do like games." He caressed his cheek before kissing him. "But I'll need the ability to teleport. I'm not quite certain if you gave that to me already or not. And I'll need a tool that can keep a soul chained to my command." --- Will growled before letting him go. "Fine." He stepped into the house where he stood nearby. Ready to attack if needed. --- Leo leaned against the wall. "That's the thing. We couldn't see her. The doctor said that she needed some time alone. All of a sudden Gabriel got pissed off. He threatened to chop the guy's head off if he disagreed with him next time. Then he gave him the angelic knife and told him to tell her that we were all here for her." He shrugged. "And Heaven's like....Heaven." Ricky's eyes widened. "What?! Why?" He sat next to him. "David, you have to explain everything. Please. Maybe I can fix this." shadowess - December 13, 2021 Niko had seen the danger and had jumped between Jean and Jessica defensively just as X had started flying. Everyone in the room had jumped when X's voice had boomed throughout the hall. Immediately, all the other vampires in the room fell to their knees and bowed to X. Fearful that they'd made him angry. Jessica and Niko remained on their feet. Niko didn't dare to take his eyes off Jean as he watched him warily. Jessica had looked at Jean in surprise when she realised he'd been about to attack her. She then watched the way the other vampires reacted to X and she realised that what she and Ben were didn't really matter here. They might be respected for being Blood God, but X was undeniably the King here. Jessica took note of this. She would need to be a little more careful about how she conducted herself while they were here. After all, they weren't quite the authority she'd first assumed. More like 'honoured guests'. But that 'honour' could potentially be subjective, depending on their actions. If X ever decided to turn against them, he had what was effectively an entire army here to back him up. --- "I know that what you're going through isn't easy," Alex said gently. "If I'm being honest, I didn't know what to expect when Gary changed. I was nervous. But honestly, once you get that first moon out of the way, the rest is easy. He's in full control of himself now and it's almost like nothing really changed. He's still the man that I fell in love with at the end of the day." --- "What the hell? Where's the ring leader?!" Kodi muttered to them. Noticing that the next act hadn't actually been announced. "Fuck. Alright, plan B. Let's sneak into the back and get a look at what we're up against. Careful you're not seen!" --- Robert's face turned pale. "N-!" he was about to say no but seeing how angry Gabriel already was after being told 'no' by someone else, he didn't dare. Instead, he shook his head a little and gave him an imploring look. "Please. I-I know you're angry but please don't hurt anyone. I-It won't solve anything. Maybe w-we could try talking to him again? When you've calmed down a bit. I-I could make you some tea. Would that help?" he tried desperately then almost forgot himself and added. "Master?" --- "I suppose it would make for a fairer bet. I have just the abilities." Donnie smiled, kissing him again. "I have the ability to 'possess' others. If you focus on your target and mutter a specific spell, they will behave exactly as you want without you needing to give orders verbally. The words are..." he leant in to whisper the spell in the demonic tongue to Insanity with a smirk. "The best part about this spell? The target doesn't need to hear it for it to work." he winked. "Now, to give you this ability. You know the drill, this will hurt," he said as he brought his hands up to either side of Insanity's head and pushed his abilities into him. "Now then. First things first. We need to fortify our lair. Then I can resurrect you so you can teleport to Earth at will. THEN our bet can truly begin. But before all of that..." Donnie's hand slid into the front of Insanity's pants and he grinned at him lustfully. --- Damien grinned at Will's readiness to fight him. At least he knew Parker was well protected. "Nice place." He said, looking around as he stepped into the house. River followed, watching Damien carefully with a dumbstruck expression. Technically speaking, Damien was River's father too. "You're mother would've been proud. Nice house, protective lover...you've really done well for yourse-" Parker's fist struck Damien's jaw but with how strong he was, Damien barely moved and merely looked at Parker in surprise as he watched his son stumble back, groaning while cradling his hand in apparent pain. "Huh...you really ARE my son!" Damien grinned, earning a scowl from Parker. "Fuck you!" Parker snapped. He looked down at his hand and winced. It had already turned red and started to swell. "Fuck...I think I broke it. The fuck are you made out of?!" "Calm down. Stick your hand in a bowl of ice, I'm sure it'll be fine." Damien said calmly. "Fuck you!" Parker snapped again. "Who the hell do you think you are?? S-saying that you're my dad? My dad is dead! And good riddance! That lying, cheating bastard didn't give a shit about my mom!" For a second, Damien seemed hurt but he quickly hid it and sighed while looking away from Parker. "I had to leave. I didn't have a choice. And I meant what I said, if you don't want anything to do with me then I'll respect that. The only thing that I'm asking of you, is that you just give me the chance to explain my side of things." "Why should I?!" Parker demanded, glaring at his father angrily. "Why now?! Why come back now, huh?! Why not when I was a kid?! Why not when I was kidnapped by a psychotic vampire?! All those times I needed you, you weren't there! Well now I don't need you, and I don't need to hear your fucking sob story!" "Maybe I wana hear it!" River snapped back, looking at Parker desperately. "I have just as much right!" Parker paused and Damien turned to look at River in confusion. "Uh...ok?" "M-my name is River." River began, now turning to look at Damien. "I was born when Parker became a Blood God for a while. I didn't have a body of my own, so I was stuck in his head." he pointed at Parker. "Wait, I'm confused." Damien shook his head and stared at River. "I already met Alex." "Yeah...Alex was the second soul that was stuck in Parker but I was a manifestation of the Blood God energy that was created when Parker changed. Except...I developed a mind of my own too." "So...you look like this guy because...?" Damien asked, still clearly confused. "Because Will made a body for me out of his own body." River answered. "It's a long story. I started off crazy. Then a Leviathan called Hades kicked the shit out of me and trapped me into a fake eye. That fake eye was put into Will then when I gained my sanity, Will put me into this body." "...Makes sense..." Damien commented but still looked a little lost. "So, wait...that would make you-?" "Technically your son, too. In much the same way that Alex is." Damien blinked and looked between them all for a moment. "Oh, this family tree is way more complicated than I first thought..." "Who the fuck cares?!" Parker shouted. "Are you serious right now?!" he yelled at River. "If this guy really is who he says he is then I don't want shit to do with him!" "So that means that I can't have anything to do with him either?!" River shouted back. "How is that fair?!" "Fair?! FAIR?! You wana talk about fair?! HE LEFT OUR MOTHER! HE LEFT US IN POVERTY WITH OUR GRANDMA WHO DIDN'T EVEN LIVE LONG ENOUGH TO SEE US GRADUATE!" "WE SHOULD HEAR HIM OUT!" "HE SHOULD LEAVE!!" --- Oscar looked at Leo while rubbing soap onto his body. "I've never been to Heaven. The war had already started before I was even born. Apparently, before that, Demons and Angels had free reign and could visit either world whenever they wanted." he seemed thoughtful for a minute as he stood in the stream of the hot shower to wash off the soap. "David said it was because Donnie hurt her. I don't know. Something like this isn't an easy fix. If we try pushing too hard to see her, we might end up doing more damage and push her further away. I guess the main thing is that she knows we're here for her when she's ready. Sometimes, that's the best help we can give." he said gently. He turned off the shower and stepped out. Steam still rising off his skin as he picked up a towel and wrapped it around his waist. "We'll keep trying," he assured Leo with a nod. "Not by trying to force her to see us. Maybe you could visit the hospital once per day, just to show her that she's not alone? Maybe that'll help her? Or...I duno, is there anyone else she knows that she trusts like she trusted David? Maybe she'll talk to them?" David sobbed into his hands. "D-Donnie... that bastard! He wanted to punish me for betraying him years ago... he kidnapped her... he hurt her... I didn't even know she was missing until it was too late! I was too busy helping everyone else! I wasn't even the one who saved her in the end! and now she can't look at me without seeing him! She tried... she tried to make things work but she couldn't stop reliving what he did to her... she wouldn't let me hold her... she stopped sleeping... she stopped eating... she said she needed help and that she was going to give herself over to the mental hospital in Heaven... but that she had to let me go too... She told me this was goodbye then just left... I tried to see her but the doctors kept turning me away. She doesn't want to see anyone." he told Ricky between sobs.
Shadowess Posted September 20 Author Posted September 20 Denix Vames - December 13, 2021 (whoops. totally forgot about Tricky needed to present. I'll change it real quick so that you can reply to it D X flew to them. Looking at Jessica. He landed on his feet. "It is true. I could easily call everyone hear to attack you but I won't. I realize now that I have made a few mistakes. But I can assure you that Niko can live here again if my people wish for that to be. And if they grant it then he will have to be by my side so that I may keep an eye on him. In return, I will make him into my pupil." Jean gasped when he realized what he was about to do. Tears ran down his cheeks. He shook his head as he backed up. "I'm sorry....! I'm so sorry!" The crystal from his pocket suddenly floated up into the air. Glowing as Jean glowed too. It brought him floating. His eyes closed. Red wings sprouted from his back as his other eye glowed red. His clothes were gone but he was wrapped in red silk ribbons that covered his butt, crotch, and chest. Most of it clung to his arms and legs. His hair had grown longer and more vibrant. Even X was surprised by this. Jean had lowered to the floor until he laid there. Unconscious from the transformation. "He's alright but I'm not sure what that crystal has done. It seems like it grant him powers but for what? What purpose?" ,asked X. --- Vincent smiled at Elliot. He caressed his cheek. "You're probably right. Only I think I'm going to his human habits. Like cooking." "Oh I cook too. Sort of. I'm really bad at not burning food." ,said Gary. --- Tricky came out from the curtains. "I present to you all the acrobatic delights of....!" He had said the name of the twins who could swing from one place to another in the air with those swings. "What is he? How did he get Phineas?" ,said Autumn. --- Gabriel shouted, "Stop calling me master!" The room suddenly shook. He read Rob's face and realized what he had done. He sighed. Dropping the weapon. "You're right. I shouldn't be mad. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to scare you." He turned away. "There's no way you can stay with me. Not when I act like this. I don't care what that damn angel says. I'm going to free you." --- Insanity had flinched at the pain but once he got the ability, he licked his lips. Knowing that Donnie wanted him. He got to his knees and unbuckled his belt. "How about you relax? Or do you want to show me no mercy?" --- Balconi appeared just as Will was about to intervene. "ENOUGH!" Balconi stood between them. He glared. "Arguing like this isn't going to get any of you guys anywhere! Just give Damien a chance and listen to his story." He turned to River. "I thought I taught you better than this." Will walked over. "Sorry to say this Parker but maybe Balconi has a point." --- "I-I don't know. Who does she trusts?" Leo rubbed his eyes of their tears as he started to wonder. "Oh god! I don't know anything about her." "What?! That's some fucking bullshit!" ,said Ricky. He ran to the middle of the area. Yelling out, "Hey Donnie! Come and get me you bitch! You don't deserve mercy! What you did to Patience and David is unforgivable! I'll kill you for this!" --- Insanity sighed and rolled his eyes. "Sounds like someone's mad at you. Would you care to shut them up for me?" shadowess - December 15, 2021 (lol No worries) Niko blinked at X when he'd said he'd make him his pupil. "Me?" he asked in surprise. Thinking that he didn't deserve such an honour. They all watched as Jean changed. When he landed on the ground and it seemed safe enough to do so, Hannes ran forward to lift him into his arms. "Jean?" his voice shook as he looked at him worriedly. Jessica looked at X. "That crystal. Where did he get it?" she asked curiously. She could smell blood on it and its smell matched X's scent. "Maybe it changed him into what we are?" she suggested. --- Alex chuckled. "Raw meat will definitely be on his menu more but that doesn't mean to say he'd forget how to cook or stop doing it altogether." He held Gary's hand and looked at him adoringly. "And honestly, I've never felt safer," he said in a soft voice and smiled. --- Just as they were about to move, Tricky had come out and Kodi froze to watch him. "I can't put my finger on his scent... It's like... Trickster but... something else." he whispered to them. It was possible that the sheer amount of different scents in the room was throwing him off, but he couldn't be sure. "C'mon. Let's ambush the bastard. We'll sneak into the back that way." he nodded to a gap in the stage curtain on the far right side of the room. What they weren't aware of was the cannibal clown moping around back there. Crying silently as his whip marks across his back and arms still stung. He paced in front of Phineas's cage-like an obedient guard dog, ready to attack anyone who attempted to set the new prisoner free. --- Rob jumped and backed up a bit until his back was pressed against the doorframe. He stared at Gabriel with a frightened expression. Though he was shaking, he relaxed a little when Gabriel apologised and dropped his weapon. But his last few words caused him to pause and look down at the bracelet around his wrist. The only thing binding him to Gabriel. He cradled his wrist while looking at the bracelet sadly. "I-I don't want to go," he said nervously. His eyes watered. "When I serve you... I feel like I'm a part of something bigger and better than myself," he said quietly. "You can take the bracelet. Free my wings. But I don't want to leave you." he looked up at Gabriel. "Please. Don't make me leave." --- The second that Balconi appeared, Damien's eyes shone red. This wasn't out of malicious intent, but sheer PTSD. Before his death, whenever an Angel appeared near him abruptly it had always been to try and kill him. After all, back then they had been at war and Damien had been Lucifer's apprentice. So, it would only make sense that after being a target for so long and being attacked in this way almost constantly, Damien would react negatively to an Angel randomly appearing next to him unannounced. Reacting entirely out of a combination of habit and fear, Damien had charged at Balconi only to be knocked off his feet and sent flying across the room by River who had seen the sudden shift in Damien's expression just in time to react. Damien hit the wall on the other side of the room and looked up at River in surprise. River looked back at him with a mixture of confusion and hurt. "Why?!" he demanded. "Pfft! Knew it..." Parker scoffed and shook his head at Damien. Looking at each of them, Damien realised what had just happened. His heart was already racing and he'd begun shivering. He looked between them all with a shameful expression. He knew he should apologise, but the training instilled in him to never do so was difficult to overcome, especially while he already felt so vulnerable. He opened his mouth in an attempt but quickly closed it as he found himself simply unable to bring himself to do it. He then vanished, too ashamed to continue to face them. --- Oscar had to think for a minute. Trying to recall all the times they'd been around when Patience was involved with the group. He pulled Leo into his arms to hug him. Trying to comfort him. He thought back. Way back. To when they first met Patience. Then Oscar remembered something. "Sebastian," he said, looking down at Leo. "She made Sebastian, didn't she? I'm sure I heard at least one of them say they'd been close back then. Maybe she'd talk to him?" David sniffled. He was touched by Ricky's reaction but knew it was not the right way to face the situation. "He's in Hells Cell...he can't hurt anyone anymore...Besides, it's not the right thing to do," he said in a broken voice. "Here, you should drink some of this," Viktor said gently, pushing the coffee mug into David's hands. David grimaced at the black liquid but reluctantly took a sip. He cringe and gagged. He then took a deep breath, pinched his nose and took another sip. "What on earth is with all the shouting?" Atma asked in an irritated tone as she walked into the kitchen in her nightgown. She squinted at them, apparently having just been woken up by the commotion. "What's happened?" she asked as she realised exactly what she was seeing. --- "I want to fuck you every way that I can, in every part of this village." Donnie grinned as he watched Insanity get onto his knees. When Insanity seemed to pause, however, he glanced off to one side to see who he was referring to. Seeing Ricky's anger and hearing the pain in David's voice only made Donnie's pants grow a little tighter. He chuckled evilly. "That would be foolish, my love. Then they would know too soon that we've escaped. Not to mention we don't have the proper spells in place yet to protect us, should they decide to come looking. But don't you see? This is wonderful. Listen to the pure agony in David's voice. It's like music to my ears! It means I've almost completely broken him." he reached down to stroke Insanity's cheek then re-buckled his belt. "But they are getting restless, and that worries me. We should put these spells up before we rest and have any fun. Or they might ruin everything before our bet even begins." Moving to the outskirts of the village, Donnie began collecting stones which he then placed around the entire village in the form of one big seal. Once they were all in place, he began chanting his spells, making it so that no one could teleport to them or even enter their village. At least, not without them bringing them in personally. It was essentially the same spells that he'd put in place back in the mansions they'd previously hid in. As he chanted, the stones melted into the earth then solidified, creating a permanent seal around them. When he was done, he looked back at Insanity with a smirk. "There. Safe and sound. Now, where were we?" Denix Vames - December 15, 2021 "I gave it to him as a sign of his bravery. But I never thought it would do this." ,said X. He shook his head. "He's not like one of us. I can tell. He's something else but I don't know what." Jean slowly opened his eyes. He smiled at Hannes as a sudden wave of positive energy spread around everyone. "Hannes...." He cupped his cheek and kissed him. --- Gary smiled at Alex. Vincent smiled. "Maybe you're both right." Elliot opened his eyes. "Hey there. How do you feel?" He looked at him. "Like a million bucks. Damn thing was painful." "I can't imagine what it must have been like but we're safe now. And I'll always be here for you." He grabbed Vincent by his shirt and kissed him passionately. --- Tricky went to the back. Seeing that Phineas was still there. He smiled. "Good to see that I've still got my star." A red aura surrounded Phineas as he was filled with hate and sorrow. "What the-?!" Tricky was suddenly pinned to the ground. "Get them Patches! Don't let them win!" Autumn had sneaked by while they were fighting. She used the iron rod in order to break the lock off. She opened the cage. "C'mon Phineas. We can still-" Phineas's eyes were covered in a glowing red. His nails were sharp as his teeth were jagged. He grabbed the iron rod from her hands and slapped her. Making her fall back. With all the trauma he had gone through, he had become a poltergeist. He suddenly laughed maniacally. Tricky stood. "Now, you listen to me! You belong to me!" Phineas pierced the iron rod into his chest. Tricky's eyes widened as blood dripped from his mouth and wound. He collapsed. Having his heart destroyed, the spell was broken. All spirits were free. Phineas threw his body at the audience who screamed and ran out of the circus. He chuckled at their reactions. --- Gabriel walked over. He took the bracelet off before he hugged him. "I love you...And I'll never yell at you again." --- Will frowned. He hugged Parker. "I'm sorry the conversation didn't go so well. Maybe I should have said something before?" --- Balconi appeared in front Damien. "You should go back there and talk to them. I'm sure they'll understand why you did that. After all, I do. But things have changed for the better. You and I can be friends." --- Leo nodded. "That sounds about right. We should tell him about this. I'm sure him talking to her will make her feel better." Ricky slammed his fists against the floor. "Not right my ass! He deserves everything that's coming to him!" The mansion suddenly shook as his eyes glowed red just like Phineas's. Surprised by the shaking, his anger had stopped. Making the mansion still and his eyes normal again. --- Insanity passionately kissed him as he stroke his crotch. Shadowess - December 15, 2021 Jessica looked at Jean curiously. Then the aura hit everyone and suddenly, there didn't seem to be any sense in being suspicious of one another or for grudges to be held anymore. Hannes grinned at Jean and continued to smile into his kiss. "Meine Geliebte," he said softly before kissing him again, feeling consumed in bliss. Jessica looked at Ben, also feeling overwhelmed in positive emotion. She smiled at him and wrapped her arms around his shoulders. Niko's worries seemed to lift and he looked around at the other vampires who all rose to their feet while looking around at each other, trying to fathom why they all suddenly feel very different. His eyes then landed on Racheal who was looking back at him with a softened expression. He watched her nervously as she approached him and stood a short distance away. "You've really changed?" She asked him in a soft voice. Holding his breath, Niko nodded. Racheal seemed thoughtful for a moment before nodding at him in turn. "I forgive you." Niko gasped and silently cried a little as he felt a weight lifting from his soul. "Thank you," he whispered between breaths. "Just don't let me down or make me regret it," Racheal added and Niko nodded at her with a small smile. "I swear," he said to her. Content with the outcome, Racheal turned away from Niko and walked back to Elimar. She wrapped her arms around his shoulders and rested her head against his. "I think I'm ready to let go of the past and focus more on my future with you," she whispered to him. Niko watched them for a moment. Simply glad she'd found someone who would cherish her the way he never did. He wiped away his tears then jumped as Gunnar's wide hand patted him on the back. "Maybe I shouldn't have been so critical of you, lad. You messed up but you paid for it tenfold," he said in a clear, loud voice for all the vampires in the room to hear. "Facing your faults takes some courage. More so to make amends." Gunnar looked around at the other vampires. "All in favour of allowing Niko to return home and be one of us again?" Almost the entire room lifted their hands. Niko stared at them all in shock. Absolutely overwhelmed with emotion. He sobbed openly, though he couldn't help the smile spreading across his face. "Well, there you have it. Welcome home Niko Bernbaum." Gunnar announced with a smile. --- Alex grinned at the happy couple. Rickster looked a little awkward as he took his eyes off the window to see what was going on. "Ah, um... I guess you guys are alright then. I'll just- um, I'll just head back and leave you to it. Give me a shout if you need help again." he said before vanishing. Once Rickster was gone, Alex chuckled and looked back at Gary. "Maybe we should let them get settled?" he suggested. --- Patches had run to try and help his master but froze on the spot with his hands in the air when Kodi pulled out a gun and aimed it at him. "Don't move!" Kodi had ordered while Harris and Autumn took care of Tricky and Phineas. Then a lot of things happened at once. All of it started when Phineas was freed from the cage. Hearing the slap and Autumn's cry, Kodi took his eyes off the clown to see what was happening. As he did, Patches ran at him and grabbed his arm. He forced his arm upwards just as Kodi pulled the trigger and tried to bite at his neck. Trying to avoid the clown's teeth, Kodi fell backwards with Patches falling on top of him. Kodi used his free hand to push at the clown's neck in a bid to keep his teeth away from him. While they wrestled, Patches paused and looked up when he heard his master trying to bark orders at Phineas. He looked up just in time to watch Tricky being killed and he let out an agonised, grief-stricken scream. Using the distraction to his advantage, Kodi punched the clown across the face. Knocking him off him. He then scrambled away from him and looked at Phineas in shock. "Phineas! Stop!" He shouted. Patches used this opportunity to run away from the scene, crying as he went. --- As soon as the bracelet was removed, Rob gasped as his wings burst through the back of his shirt. He then sighed in relief, feeling the magic that had been restraining him lifted. He relaxed into Gabriel's embrace and felt his heart flutter in his chest as Gabriel told him he loved him. "I love you too," he said softly, his voice still trembling a little from when Gabriel yelled. He stayed in his arms and moved to look at him in awe while caressing his cheek. "You're so beautiful," he whispered. --- Parker sighed and shook his head. "Forget it. He hasn't been around for my entire life. It's not like it's going to make a difference if he's not in it now. Maybe it's better if he's not...he seems a bit unstable." Meanwhile, River was taking this situation a little harder than Parker. Having gotten his hopes up of finally getting some answers and maybe even a chance to finally have a father. He hugged himself, staring off at the window as he tried to fathom whether he wanted to feel angry or sad about this. He fell quiet, withdrawn as he stared off into space. Replaying what just happened over and over in his mind. --- When Balconi appeared again, Damien looked at him suddenly with wild eyes before relaxing a bit as he realised he wasn't a threat. He'd been pacing one of his old homes situated in Poland. He hadn't yet noticed the thick layer of dust that covered all of his old possessions. "How?" he asked Balconi after listening to what he had to say. "Not the peace thing. I know my sister accomplished that. I mean, how do I explain this to them? Where do I even begin trying to explain why I just attacked someone that they know for no apparent reason?" He couldn't shake the image from his mind of the way his sons had looked at him in sheer disgust. "I got cocky... Meeting Alex and Jessica went so well that I thought this would be the same... But then I learn I basically have ANOTHER son and now they BOTH hate me." He said while pacing again. "Fuck! I knew coming back into their lives was a bad idea. They're better off without me..." --- David, Viktor and Atma looked around in alarm. Even Oscar looked around at the walls warily as the building shook. "What now?" He sighed heavily. David looked at Ricky with a pained expression. "Please...just stop..." he said quietly, in the same broken voice. "I don't want to think about Donnie anymore... I just... I just..." he put the coffee cup down and rubbed his eyes. "Want to sleep..." He almost fell off the stool but was caught by Viktor who looked between Atma and Ricky with a sad expression. "I'll put him in one of the spare rooms so he can get some sleep..." he said as David began to sob quietly again. He lifted him into his arms, surprising himself with how easy he found it, then left the kitchen to carry David up the stairs. Atma watched them go then looked at Ricky with the same worried expression. "Are you alright?" she asked him in a gentle tone. Just as she did, Rickster appeared in the room and immediately wrinkled his nose. "What smells like puke and booze?" he looked around quickly. "Did I miss a party?" --- Moaning, Donnie slipped his tongue into Insanity's mouth to deepen the kiss. His hands slid under Insanity's shirt and he ran his nails over his skin. Scratching him lightly.
Shadowess Posted September 20 Author Posted September 20 Denix Vames - December 15, 2021 Jean stood with the help of Hannes. He looked at himself. "Oh! This feels really weird. Am I actually naked in front of all these people?" He blushed. X walked over to Jean. "I don't know what you are now but I do know that you have brought such great joy to us. We have you to thank for stopping this fight." He placed a hand on his shoulder. "I realize now that my leadership isn't what it use to be. Which is why I am honoring you as King of this castle." Jean's eyes widened. "What?! But I don't know the first thing about being a king!" "That's alright. You have family and friends who can help guide you. Besides, I need to look after my men in the facility. They need me more than these people do." He cupped his chin. Looking at him. "I know you'll do just fine." Tears dripped from Jean's eyes. "Thank you....Uh..." "Xenos. My name is Xenos." "Xenos, thank you for everything." X disappeared. Jean looked at everyone. "If I'm going to be a leader here then I want you all to know that every opinion of yours matter! That I cherish you all!" Elimar kissed her head. "Then I'm ready to forgive too." He walked to Niko. "I'm sorry about what happened between us. Hope you can forgive me for that fight we had." He held out a hand for him to shake. --- Gary chuckled. "Yeah, we probably should. Let's head upstairs." He walked up the stairs where he got to their room. He practically collapsed on the bed. "Whew! It's been a day, hasn't it?" --- Phineas turned around. Glaring at Kodi. "I am tired of everyone thinking that they can control me! That they can tell me what to do!" He slammed the end of the iron rod against the ground. Making the ground crack. "Well no more! I get to be in charge!" Autumn ran to him. "Phineas! This isn't you! Please think about what you're doing!" "Shut up!" She gasped as the crack grew wider. She nearly fell in but clung to the edge. Her body was dangling as she kept her grip. Afraid to die. Harris ran to her. Helping her out of the crack. He took her out of the circus. --- Gabriel smiled with tears in his eyes. "As are you." He kissed him. --- Will walked to River. "I'm sorry that you didn't get your answers. Would it help if I teleported you to him?" --- "No, they're not!" Balconi sighed. "Look, when I came back into Will's life, it was insane. He nearly killed himself after all the guilt and pain that was in his heart. I had to convince Parker that he was a good man for him. That Will only did what he did because he couldn't think straight. And then there was River who thought he was a burden to Will after all the fights they had. The truth is family can be chaotic. But there's also love and forgiveness too." He laid a hand on his shoulder. "I know it's hard after how long it's been but you haven't given yourself the chance to try." --- Ricky shook his head. "Patience's left David. I got so mad about it." He looked at his hands. "And suddenly I felt different." --- Insanity took off his own shirt. Letting Donnie explore his chest. He bit his neck. Nibbling there as he kissed it. Shadowess - December 25, 2021 Hannes and the other vampires watched the exchange in silence. All were in shock when Xenos revealed his name and passed on his leadership to Jean. When he'd vanished and Jean had addressed them, the vampires around him bowed their heads as a show of acceptance and respect. Hannes was looking at Jean in awe, still taking in what had happened as he stepped towards him and caressed his cheek. "Jean...Meine Geliebte, my love...and my King?" he gasped in a soft whisper to him as he ran his fingers through his now long hair with a loving expression. He kissed him very lightly and looked at him again in utter amazement. "I'm so proud of you," he whispered to him. Niko looked at Elimar nervously when he approached as well. Racheal followed, staying close behind Elimar. Taken aback, he looked at Elimar's hand. Slowly and with a trembling hand, he clasped Elimars and looked at him humbly. "Forgive you? There is nothing to forgive. I was at fault. If not for you breaking into my room, I wouldn't have changed. I owe you." he replied, trying a small smile. --- "It sure has." Alex chuckled while taking off his jacket and carefully folding it over the arm of the chair by the vanity table. He ran a hand through his hair and turned to look at Gary. He smirked. "So how about that show you were going to put on for me?" he asked playfully. --- Kodi had ended up on the opposite side of the crack, unable to reach Autumn. So he was grateful when Harris ran to her and helped her escape. He turned his attention back to Phineas. "Enough! Look at what you're doing!" He shouted at him, marching over then stopping a short distance from him. "We're trying to help you, dammit! We're your friends, remember?" --- New happiness washed over Robb as Gabriel kissed him. This was the first kiss that they would share as equals. Not as Gabriel's servant, but as his lover. It was as if a new chapter of his life was truly beginning at this moment and he couldn't wait to see what kind of future the two of them would have together. --- River frowned. He heard Will and seemed to consider his words for a moment before shrugging. "No... I don't know...Maybe Parker's right..." he mumbled miserably. "Excuse me..." he then walked off towards one of the bathrooms, not wanting to be seen while he felt so vulnerable. "Wow..." Parker said with a little surprise to his tone as he'd watched River walk away. "Wouldn't think he used to be an insane, angry Blood God...He really has changed. I feel bad for him." he folded his arms and glanced off with a faraway look. --- Damien looked at Balconi's hand on his shoulder for a moment before looking at him. He bit his own lip nervously and seemed to want to say something but struggled to bring himself to do so. Finally, he sighed and glanced away while shaking his head a little. "How do I tell them?" he asked in a quiet voice. "That-...there are some things that I just...-can't- say..." he looked back at Balconi, referring to his years of conditioning under Lucifer's training. "and that there are some things that I-I..." he glanced off again. "I can't help...?" --- "The whole house shook," Atma added, looking at Rickster. Her expression hadn't changed. "David was drunk. Viktor's taken him to one of the spare rooms so he can sleep." Rickster looked between them for a moment before walking over to Ricky and kneeling beside him. He pulled him into his arms. "Today has been a hell of a day. We don't have to figure this all out right this minute. Let's try to get some rest. Sleep on it. We're no good to anyone if we're too tired to think straight." he said to Ricky in a gentle voice. "C'mon. We'll talk about it in our room. You tell me about what happened here and I'll tell you how my day went." --- Biting his lip, Donnie couldn't contain himself anymore. He playfully tackled Insanity to the ground, pulling his clothes off him forcefully. "I've missed this." he grinned. (Private Time) Denix Vames - December 25, 2021 Jean smiled. He raised a brow at everyone though. "I'm not sure what to do now." "You could start by welcoming someone back." ,said Ben. Jean looked at where Niko was. Elimar smiled. "I'm glad we can move on from this." Jean appeared in front of Niko and hugged him. "Welcome home!" Elimar chuckled. "Someone's more excited than me." --- Gary blushed. "I did mention that, didn't I?" He slipped his tie off before letting his coat slip to the floor. He placed his belt around his neck. He winked at him. "Woof." --- "Help me?! I see it now! Everyone just wants to control me!" Phineas appeared in front of him and swung at him. --- Gabriel passionately kissed him. Running a hand through his hair. --- Will glared at Parker. He walked to him. "How could you? This was River's opportunity to find out something important. Not just yours. He needed this and you took that away from him." --- "They will understand. Trust me. They have been through their own struggles. No one could understand as much as they do." ,said Balconi. --- Ricky shook his head. "It's not fair. What happened to David. I wanted to kill Donnie for this. I felt so much anger. That's when a strange feeling showed up. Like I had all the power in the world. That's also when the house shook. What's happening to me?" shadowess - December 26, 2021 Seeing Elimar's smile, Niko relaxed a little. His own smile grew. Then his eyes widened and he'd jumped as Jean appeared in front of him. He had a look of utter surprise on his face as Jean hugged him. Instead of recoiling out of fear or trauma, the aura Jean was emitting made him feel more relaxed. Hesitantly, Niko hugged Jean back and looked around at the others with pink cheeks out of mild embarrassment. His eyes finally landed on Hannes who looked back at him with a tearful smile. Tears rapidly filled his own eyes and he grinned. "It's good to be home!" he said happily. "I'm so sorry. For everything I did. Thank you for this second chance!" "Guess you won't be needing that training after all, eh lad?" Gunnar laughed, looking at Jean. Egon cautiously approached Jean and half bowed. He was smiling. "Sire, the human prisoner. What should we do with him? If you don't mind me saying so, he doesn't seem to be a threat at all. In fact, he's been co-operative since his arrival." --- Alex grinned, looking at Gary excitedly. He sat in the armchair to enjoy Gary's show. "Good boy," he said coyly before blowing him a kiss. --- Kodi caught the iron bar to stop it from striking him. His hand stung from the impact but he maintained a firm grip on it as he stared Phineas down. "We don't want to control you, Phineas! We're your friends!" he shouted, giving the iron a yank to try and take it from his grip. "We care about you! This isn't you! You're better than this!" --- Lost in the moment, Robb relaxed into Gabriel's kiss. He ran his hands over the armour on Gabriel's chest until he reached his shoulders and he pressed his body against his. His newly released wings fluttered a little from Robb's excitement before slowly moving around them to envelop them as their kiss became passionate. --- Parker blinked at Will then gave him an offended look. "Are you kidding me? You saw what he did! The guy is a psycho! We're both better off without him in our lives!" he marched away from Will, refusing to look at him as fresh tears stung his eyes. He walked over to the window and stared out with his arms crossed over his chest. "It's not like he's the only one upset by this, you know?! How the fuck do you think I feel?!" his voice wavered. --- Damien closed his eyes. "Struggles I wasn't there for..." he muttered while clenching his fists. He swallowed hard then took a deep breath before looking back at Balconi and nodding. "Alright." he sighed. "I'll try again... Could you come with me? You might be able to explain to them things that I otherwise wouldn't be able to say." --- Rickster frowned as he listened to Ricky's explanation. "I don't know..." he admitted with a small shrug. "We'll figure it out though. We always do. And Donnie is an ass, sure. After the whole..." he shuddered. "clown...thing...I was about ready to put Donnie six feet under too. I mean...who does that to a little girl? I wasn't the best to Neva but even in my bad days, I'd never do THAT! But I won't go looking for revenge... because that's not what David would do." Rickster sat on the floor with Ricky and kept his arms around him. "I mean David when he was sober and when we could all turn to him... I haven't known him for long but I can already imagine what that David would be saying in this situation. 'Everyone can be saved. We are better than petty revenge and violence'... We just need to work together on this...put our heads together and think of a way to help Donnie realise that he's not too lost to be saved." Denix Vames - December 26, 2021 "I still have a lot to learn. Don't think that I won't need your help." ,said Jean. He looked at Egon. "Bring him here. I want to talk to him. And can we set up a party for what happened? This could Niko's return party." --- Gary unbuttoned his own shirt and took his pants off. He rubbed his hands over his chest before throwing his shirt aside. He placed his hands on Alex's knees. Letting his hot breath hit his lips as he was close to kissing him. But he didn't. It was another tease. He got to his knees and kissed his thighs. --- Phineas lost his grip on the iron rod. He jumped far back. "Phineas!" ,shouted Autumn who reached out. Harris kept her from trying to go inside. "Autumn?" Tricky appeared as his spirit self. He looked around. Wondering why he hadn't moved on. His eyes widened at the sight of Phineas whose eyes were flickering from red to blue. Phineas grabbed him from behind when he appeared. Both men appeared above the large crack of ground. Floating. "I'm tired of being everyone's prisoner! You're my prisoner now!" Tricky shouted, "Help! Someone help!" "Let's stay in this miserable world together!" They fell into the dark abyss. The ground soon closed up afterwards. "NO!" Autumn ran over. She fell to her knees. Punching the ground with her fists. Tears streamed down her cheeks. Harris frowned. He disappeared. Feeling like he was to blame for all this. --- Gabriel snapped his fingers. His armor laid on the floor. He kissed his neck. Biting their before carrying him to the bed. --- Will walked over. "You're missing the big picture here! We aren't exactly goody two shoes! We've done some fucked up things to people. Can't you see that he's trying to make up for what he's done? We give everyone else a second chance but all of a sudden he's different? You know that's not right!" --- "Of course. I'll be right by your side." ,said Balconi. --- "Are you fucking serious?!" ,said Ricky as he stood. "Did you forget about what he's done?!" The mansion shook again. A red aura surrounded him as his eyes became red too. "He's a monster!"
Shadowess Posted September 20 Author Posted September 20 shadowess - December 27, 2021 (Just a heads up, I have a plan for Donnie's final downfall. I don't want to spoil it 😛 It's a little drawn out but once it's played out it'll make sense ) Gunnar grinned, happy with Jean's answer. "As you wish, sire," he said with a short bow. Niko stood in shock. He'd wanted to be welcomed home but hadn't expected a party. He didn't even believe that he deserved one. He wanted to object but didn't dare. Besides, quite a number of vampires cheered at the idea of another big party so he didn't want to ruin their fun. Seeing the conflict in Niko's eyes, Hannes smirked and looked around at a couple of vampires nearest the pantry. "Fetch us some bottles of venomed blood. I think Niko is in need of a drink." he chuckled. As they ran off, Jessica rose a brow. "Venomed blood?" she asked and Niko shrugged at her. "Our version of alcohol," he explained. Within minutes, the hall was partially decorated and Egon had returned with the prisoner. The Steinheil's hands were bound in front of him and Egon had guided him out by his arm. The male looked around curiously at the preparations then brought his eyes to Jean. "Du bist derjenige, der mein Leben gerettet hat. Du siehst anders aus." he said calmly with a small smile. "He recognises you as the one who saved his life." Hannes translated for Jean. "He says you look different." he smiled. Seeing his white-blonde hair and his brown eyes, Racheal realised immediately that they were related. Likely a very distant relation, but still related. "He's a Steinheil!" she'd gasped, having been at the docks with Elimar when he'd been captured. They'd missed his trial completely so had no idea that he'd been held prisoner or that the reason for his arrest was that he'd been stalking them. "Ja, Fräulein." The prisoner nodded, looking over at her sadly then continued. "Es tut mir leid..." "He says he's sorry," Hannes said, looking at Racheal and Elimar. "What for?" Racheal looked at him, puzzled. "He was captured by our previous King outside the castle." Hannes shrugged. Truthfully, none of them had been told exactly what he'd been doing to get himself caught. "I can only guess he was up to something that would have resulted in one or more of us being harmed." Hannes turned to look at the prisoner and asked him in German. "What were you doing when you were captured?" The prisoner hesitated then moved his hands to his pockets which he couldn't reach. "Mein Handy!" Hannes rose a brow then nodded at Egon who nodded back before reaching into the prisoner's pocket. He pulled out a mobile phone and looked at it curiously. "What is it?" "It's a phone!" Jessica said, walking over and taking it out of Egon's hands. She brought it up to the prisoner's reach. "Ask him to unlock it." "Können Sie Ihr Gerät entsperren?" Egon asked the prisoner who nodded and brought his hands up to type in his pin. Once it was unlocked, Jessica routed through the phone and found pictures of Racheal and Elimar at the pier. "Oh...I can see why he's sorry..." she said, looking back at them. "He'd been watching you two..." she did some more searching. "And he sent your photos to more Steinheils. I can't read these messages though...It's all in German." "Let me see?" Hannes asked, holding out his hand. Jessica handed over the phone and he started reading through the messages with a serious expression. Quite a few messages were recent and seemed to be in a group discussion. When the prisoner hadn't replied to their messages for a couple of days, they'd all assumed the worst and had pushed their plans forward for revenge. Hannes ran a hand through his hair. "They think he's dead. He hasn't been able to message them while he's been here. He tried to warn us, the day X...I mean, Xenos, brought him here but his warnings were dismissed. They're planning an attack but they haven't included any details nor dates and times here but they've been communicating for the past hour...to make sure they're all 'in position'." he looked up at them all worriedly. "The sun has already risen. If they attack now..." "We'll be trapped." Gunnar nodded. The prisoner looked at them all curiously. He couldn't understand what was being said as Hannes and Gunnar had spoken in English. Racheal hugged Elimar tightly, frightened. Party preparations suddenly stopped and the vampires in the room became fearful. Seeing this, the prisoner's heart began beating a little harder. He could guess by their reactions that something bad was about to happen. "Let me go!" he said hurriedly in German while holding up his bound hands to them. "Let me contact them! Let me try to stop them!" Just as he finished saying this, a loud explosion outside followed by gunfire caused them all to jump. Some of the vampires screamed in fear. "Something tells me it's too late for that," Hannes replied to the prisoner in German. "All civilian vampires retreat to the castle cellars! Round up the sleeping vampires and the children from their homes and evacuate them to the cellars now!" Gunnar called out commandingly. "All warriors, watchers and scouts, take up arms and defend the castle! Take your positions at all the castle doors and weak points! We've defended this castle for thousands of years, this is no different! Move!" Hannes turned to Jean and kissed him on the cheek. "I love you Meine Geliebte. I need to do my duty now and protect our people." he said hurriedly. He pressed his head against his, nervous to leave him. "Stay safe, my love," he said before running off to arm himself and join the other warriors who were taking up positions around the castle. Jessica looked at Niko hurriedly. "Help them get to safety," she told him. "Nein Liebchen-!" Niko started but was cut off by Jessica. "You said it yourself. I'm too strong for you to protect. Besides, Ben and I are immune to the sunlight. We'll have a better chance at protecting the castle out there. But there are people in here who need protecting. They're the ones who need your help!" She said stubbornly and Niko couldn't help but smile at her proudly. "How far you've come, Liebchen," he said with a nod before turning and running with the others to help gather up the children of the castle and take them to the safety of the cellars. Jessica turned to Ben and Jean. "I can only guess that you're something close to what we are," she said to Jean. "These people are trapped and vulnerable. They need our protection now more than ever." Another explosion could be heard from outside. "Do you know if you're immune to sunlight too?" Outside, two of the patrol vehicles that had belonged to the German authorities were engulfed in flames. The few surviving officers were returning fire on the Steinheil hunters who were firing at them from the cover of the forest. Another rocket shot out from the trees and struck the third vehicle, sending agents who had been stood close to it, flying across the field. The ones who survived the impact were left gripping their burns and groaning in pain. Standing by a tree and unseen to all, a male dressed in all black was smoking and watching the battle passively. Today was going to be a busy day for this reaper. --- Alex had leant forward a little, ready and wanting to kiss him when Gary had teased him. He smirked and bit his lip while watching him. "Naughty." he purred as he watched Gary getting onto his knees. When he kissed his thighs, Alex gasped softly, feeling the electric thrill shoot up his spine. "You're so fucking sexy," he whispered to him. His voice trembling out of excitement. --- Kodi had stumbled and lost his footing when the crack in the ground had fused back together. He fell back and watched as Autumn became hysterical and Harris vanished. He felt lost. This wasn't exactly a usual assignment and nothing like this had ever happened to him before. He stood and ran a hand through his hair. He needed help from someone who knew how to handle spirits. Preferably from another spirit. He called out mentally for help from anyone who might listen as he made his way over to Autumn and placed a hand around her shoulders. "Hey, it'll be ok. We'll figure this out," he said uncertainly to try to comfort her. "We'll find a way...I don't know how yet but we'll find a way to help him." --- Robb gasped and tilted his head back as Gabriel kissed and bit his neck. Once in his bedroom, he looked at Gabriel adoringly while feeling his chest. His wings fluttered a little again out of excitement. "I never want this feeling to end," he whispered as he brought his lips to Gabriel's collar bone, kissing from there to his shoulders and to his chest. --- "Thank you." Damien nodded, taking another deep breath before teleporting back to Will's house. They'd arrived just as Parker had turned to argue with Will. Seeing Damien and Balconi standing behind Will though had thrown Parker off and he'd quickly forgotten what he'd been about to say as he stood glaring at his father. There was tension in the air and the silence in the room was deafening. "I... what happened...that wasn't..." Damien stammered, trying to find the right words. "What?" Parker snapped, his arms still crossed. "It wasn't intentional..." Damien admitted, scratching his own arm out of nerves. "My training was harsh. It's hard to... there are certain things that I just can't...help..." "Like attacking our friends? Oh, how about abandoning your kids? Could you help that?" Parker asked sourly. For a moment, Damien looked hurt and averted his eyes from Parker's. "I had no choice," he said, looking at the ground. "Of course, you didn't..." Parker said sarcastically turned around again, looking out of the window. Damien sighed and looked between them for a moment. Noting that there was one person missing. "Where's the other one? River?" he asked. "Here..." River's broken voice came from the stairs as he cautiously and slowly descended them. His eyes were a little red from crying. "Why did you freak out like that?" "I couldn't help it..." Damien answered gently. Hearing Parker scoff, he closed his eyes briefly then took another deep breath. "Before I died... Heaven and Hell were at war. I was Lucifer's apprentice so that automatically put a price on my head. So, when an Angel would randomly appear near me back then, it was usually to try and kill me. I lost count of how many times I had to fight for my life because an Angel just popped up out of nowhere. So, when you're friend appeared next to me...it was like I was back to fighting for my life..." he explained. There was a quiet pause. Then Parker slowly turned around to look at Damien with a far less angry expression. "You died?" he asked quietly and Damien nodded. "Reason one of many that I wasn't around..." he replied. He then gestured to the couches. "I can explain everything if you'll let me." Parker hesitated. He felt like an ass for being so hard on Damien but was still cautious about letting Damien into his life in case he or River got hurt. He looked at River who was looking back at him with a pleading expression. He sighed and nodded, walking over to the couch. "Fine…" Damien nodded. A sense of relief washed over him as he'd finally managed to get Parker to listen to him. Though he wasn't naive enough to think he'd win him over just like that. He sat down as well. River sat in a nearby armchair. Without wasting any more time, Damien began telling them the same story that he'd told Alex and Jessica. --- "We were monsters once too." Rickster pointed out calmly though he'd been a little startled by Ricky's anger and the effects that it had. "Especially me. Yet here I am doing everything I can to make up for my past... why should he be any different?" Rickster got to his feet and looked at Ricky. "Please, we just need to try." Atma had stumbled back and hugged the doorframe while looking at Ricky nervously. Whatever had happened to Ricky just now, it hadn't been the man that had taken her off the streets to give her a home and a job. In fact, this angry Ricky made her feel almost afraid to be near him. Denix Vames - December 27, 2021 (cant wait to see what it is) Jean said, "We don't have to fight." He appeared in the battlefield. Floating above. His aura blanketed everyone. "Please Steinhells! Think about what you're doing. This is nothing but violence. Vampires and humans are not so different." He placed his hands over his heart. "Love is the only answer. Please look at what you've done. Children live here. Families live here. Don't take their home away." Ben had appeared to fight but stopped when he saw Jean. "So, who should catch him when this whole peaceful plan thing doesn't work?" --- Gary smiled. He got on his lap. "You're not so bad yourself." He rubbed his crotch against his. Moaning. --- Jasper appeared. "Alright. Ya'll needed me. What's going on?" Once Kodi would explain the situation, he said, "Phineas? As in that Phineas? Heard about him on the papers. And you said he's down there? Not sure how I'm supposed to fix this. Sounds like a tall order." "Take me to him! Let me talk to him! Please!" ,said Autumn. Jasper read her face. "Alright. Ya'll take my hand." He held their hands before appearing in the darkness. They were all floating. Phineas was chained by his wrists as he was on his knees. He was on a glossy part of the darkness. Some kind of platform. "Phineas!" ,said Autumn. Phineas's eyes widened at the sight of them. He grit his teeth. Pulling against the chains. "No! I'm not letting you out!" It was Tricky who was trying to be free. --- "Me either." ,said Gabriel. His wings vibrated as he moaned. --- Will wasn't sure what to say. Balconi stepped in. "Do you see now? He's just like all of you. He's like me too. Nobody's different from anyone else. We all deal with our own struggles. In the end, we're all we've got." --- "You don't understand! He's worse than any of us! He hurt our friends! He hurt David!" His eyes became red. He clutched his head as his teeth were now jagged. His nails were sharp. He screamed as blood-made wings sprouted from his back. The more he rejected the idea of Donnie ever being good, the more of a monster he became. Shadowess - December 27, 2021 Jessica teleported outside with Ben and looked around at the carnage and at Jean. Although Jean's aura and his words affected all the agents as well as most of the Steinheil fighters, he would soon learn that some people are so consumed by hatred and evil that not even his aura would stop them. "We should tend to the wounded and pull them out of the firing line," Jessica commented to Ben as Jean spoke. During the distraction, one of the Steinheil fighters glared through the trees at Jean, Jessica and Ben. "They have vampires who can go out in the sun?!" he hissed in German, then marched over to one of his comrades who had been affected by Jean's aura. He shoved him down and snatched the rocket launcher from his grasp. "Nein! We need to listen!" the fighter tried as the angry male kicked him back. "Listen to yourself, idiot! He has you under a spell!" the angry soldier said as he took aim at Jean. "and I'm going to break it!" he fired. "Shit! Jean!" Jessica shouted. Her own wings sprouted, surprising her but she had no time to look at them as she sprinted forward and took off to tackle Jean out of the rocket's path. Then chaos. The rocket had struck the castle, leaving a large opening in the front. Surprised vampires who'd been standing guard by the doors recoiled and screamed as daylight hit them. Some lost their footing and fell out of the castle, out into the open where they flailed and burned. The rest retreated into the castle's shade, some burned and all of them terrified. All held shields and medieval weaponry, ready to fight. Gunfire started again. The Steinheil fighters snapped out the euphoria and began charging towards the castle. Jessica had tackled Jean out of the way but she looked back at the chaos and carnage near them. "Peace is a nice thought but right now we need to fight," she said to Jean as she got to her feet. "Your people need us to defend them!" she turned to face the Steinheil's, her eyes turned red and her fangs lengthened as she watched Steinheils breach the castle walls and begin fighting the vampires inside who had formed a wall to try to stop the hunters getting any further into the castle. Among them was Hannes, Egon and Gunnar. A couple of hunters got lucky hits on some vampire warriors with their weapons who immediately fell and began convulsing. Their skin turned yellow and red foam frothed from their mouths. "Their weapons are laced with venom!" Gunnar shouted as he knocked a hunter back with his shield. Jessica ran at the hunters and began grabbing them and throwing them back like rag dolls, away from the castle. Seeing her interference, one of the hunters began swinging a knife at her wildly and she ducked and dodged backwards to try to avoid the blade. She gasped and squealed when it sliced into her arm. Taking a step back, she gripped the wound and looked at it, then at herself, expecting to start convulsing like the other vampires. When she didn't, she looked up to see that even the hunter was confused that she hadn't immediately died. His confusion then quickly turned to terror while she began grinning when they both realised that she was immune to venom as well as sunlight. Desperately, he tried swinging the knife at her again. "Seriously?" she said while catching his wrist and snapping it with little force, making him scream. She then growled and gripped the male's shirt to drag him to her before biting into his neck. She'd never felt anything so exhilarating. So, thrilling. She could feel the Steinheil struggling in her grip. Even his generations built immunity to vampire venom couldn't protect him from a Blood God's bite. All of his struggles were in vain though as she easily overpowered him and started drinking deeply. She could hear his heartbeat so loudly in her ears that the other noises around her were drowned out. --- Alex rested his head against the back of the chair and let out a moan of his own as Gary moved on him. His hands wandered to Gary's hips while he moved his own in time to Gary's rhythm. "Oh, fuck! you really know how to turn me on!" --- Kodi had no idea who Jasper was but he was thankful for any help he could offer. He was a little alarmed when Jasper teleported them to a different plain but then, Spirits had always had their own mysterious powers that Demons and Angels seldom understood. Kodi looked at the scene below them and something in the pit of his stomach told him that something about this just wasn't right. "Something about this feels off!" he commented nervously, feeling a bit out of his depth here. "I don't think we should get any closer." --- Robb moaned as well while running his lips across Gabriel's chest. He kissed up his neck and across his jawline. Moving slowly and sensually, his hands wandered down to Gabriel's hips, tracing his fingers across his lower abdomen. His lips reached Gabriel's and he kissed him lightly before gently pulling on his lower lip with his teeth. "Make me yours, my love. Truly yours," he whispered shakily. "I would do anything for you. Anything." he then slipped his tongue into Gabriel's mouth and let his passion take over him as his own wings vibrated. --- Damien looked between them. He felt anxious but his body language and expression didn't give that away. Parker was sitting back on the couch with his arms folded. He was silent. Contemplative as he stared at the ground. River was staring at Damien, taking in the story they'd just heard. "You really loved our mother?" he asked finally. "With all my heart." Damien nodded, looking at him. River was quiet again for a moment before speaking once more. "So, now that you're not the King of Hell anymore... will you stick around?" Damien blinked. He glanced at Parker who'd lifted his eyes from the ground to look at him expectantly. "Uh, sure. If that's what you want. Of course, I'd understand if you wouldn't want me to." he answered. Parker lowered his eyes again. He was still not certain whether or not he wanted Damien to be in his life. River, on the other hand, immediately lit up at the idea. "I think I'd like to get to know you." he smiled. Damien smiled back and nodded. "Alright. Then I'll be around if you need me." he looked at Parker. "For the both of you." Parker stood suddenly and gave Damien a serious look. "Just to be clear," he said sternly. "You can be a part of my life if you want but that doesn't mean that I trust you yet. That you'll have to earn." Damien's smile slipped but he nodded. "I understand." Parker looked away from him. "Now, if you'll excuse us. I'm tired." he walked away and headed straight for the bedroom. Damien sighed and stood from the couch. "I think that was a hint for me to leave..." he said as he looked at the others. River gave him a sympathetic look. "He'll come around. He's been through a lot. Just give him some time." Damien smiled and nodded. "I'll let you get some rest. Call for me when you want me to come to visit or if you ever need my help." he then turned to Balconi and Will. "Thank you for understanding...and giving me a chance to have my say. You have no idea how much I appreciate that." he then vanished. --- Frightened by the transformation that was taking over Ricky, Atma cowered and backed away from them. "Stop it!" she cried, fear in her voice. She then ran up the stairs to get away from them. "Ricky, you need to stop! Look at yourself! This isn't what we were taught! Compassion and forgiveness are what David taught us, remember?" Rickster tried desperately. He ran to Ricky and held his face in his hands. "Please stop. Please. For me?" he begged him while looking into his eyes.
Shadowess Posted September 20 Author Posted September 20 Denix Vames - December 27, 2021 Jean looked at the chaos around him. Seeing his own people getting killed. He clutched his head before letting out a scream that shook the ground. Tears ran down his cheeks. His aura suddenly entered the Steinhells. Burning inside their bodies as a light shot out of their eyes. Leaving them dead. However, he never killed the Steinhell who had once been a prisoner. He found himself staring at a survivor of the burning. Someone who had not been burned at all. He walked towards them with a cold stare. Grabbing him by his neck and lifting him off the ground. "You and all your family will be executed the moment they dare do this again! Send the message to them! Let them know! The evidence you see is proof enough of my promise!" He let him fall. Walking away before he sobbed at the pile of ashes who were once vampires. --- Gary chuckled. "I always do." (private time) --- Phineas shouted, "No! Stop!" He pulled into the black liquid. Out popped Tricky who gasped for air. He glared at them. "You! You all did this!" He reached out before he was suddenly dragged back into the pit. Phineas jumped out. There were bruises on his face and hands. His clothes were somewhat torn. "I can't let him ever hurt you guys again!" "Then let us help you! Please!" ,said Autumn. Phineas shook his head. "You'll only get hurt!" --- Gabriel became lost in the kisses. Keeping Rob closed while they laid in bed together. Tonight, he was showing him true love. (private time) --- "Looks like I'll be leaving too. Take care Will." said Balconi before disappearing. Will followed Parker to the bedroom. "Hey...Are you doing alright? Look I'm sorry about what I said. I care about giving people second chances but I should have thought about how you felt. I'm supposed to love and support you. I only made you feel terrible." --- Tears suddenly left Ricky as he transformed back as his normal self. He broke down into sobs as he got to his knees. Shadowess - December 27, 2021 Sharp pain in her abdomen caused Cindy to jolt awake with a groan. For a moment, she was dazed as she woke up. Her eyes tried to adjust to the darkness of the bedroom. Another sharp pain made her cry out and she realised she felt wet. Quickly, she sat up and turned on the lamp by the bed. Flinging the covers from herself, she stared in disbelief at the sheer amount of blood soaking her nightgown and the sheets. "KITE!!" she screamed, starting to panic then cried out again as another sharp pain shot through her stomach. "Kite, I need to get to the hospital! Now!" --- Hannes had been fighting one of the Steinheil's when Jean had screamed. He watched the hunter tense up as if being electrocuted then flinched as the hunter's body suddenly fell forward. He stared at the dead body for a fraction of a second before he felt the sudden burning sensation in his hand. He looked down at it and saw the skin around the fresh wound beginning to turn yellow. Panicking, he gripped his wrist in a vain attempt to stop the venom from spreading. The hunter's weapon must've caught him when he'd fallen. He looked up, trying to see through the other fighters. Trying to see Jean. But a male dressed in black with black wings stood in his way, giving him a sorrowful look. Time seemed to stand still for a minute as Hannes realised with horror that he'd seen this male before. "Yes. You saw me when you burned. You should have died then. Once a name is written in the book of death it cannot be stricken from it. This was only a matter of time and is no one's fault. I am sincerely sorry for your loss." the Angel of Death said in such a gentle and sympathetic voice. "J-Je-!!" Hannes struggled to breathe. He felt his veins burning and his lungs filling with his own blood which frothed from his mouth. He fell back with wide eyes. Gunnar saw Hannes fall, his heart sinking. "HANNES!" he screamed, running to his side. No one else but Hannes could see the Angel who now knelt by his side, trying to offer Hannes some words of comfort in his last few minutes. "Don't be afraid." the Angel told him softly while stroking Hannes's hair. "The pain will subside. It will be over soon. You've repented your sins so when you cross over, I will guide you to Heaven." "JEAN! SOMEONE GET JEAN!!" Gunnar screamed at the others. Jessica had let go of the male she'd been drinking from when his blood had suddenly turned rancid. She looked at the body and realised that the male had been killed while she'd been drinking from him. Gagging, she stumbled away from the hunter's body then looked towards the castle as if coming out of a daze while she wiped her mouth. She saw Egon running as close to the hole in the castle wall as he could get without getting burned. Half of his face had already been burned from when the rocket had hit the wall. He was covered in dust and blood. His eyes were wild and full of pain. "JEAN! IT'S HANNES!" He screamed at them. Jessica's eyes widened. She looked at Ben then at Jean with a horrible sinking feeling in her stomach. --- Kodi was enraged by what he was seeing. Was this Phineas's way of punishing Tricky for what he'd done? "This is not how we handle this!" he shouted at him. "Enough is enough! Fighting evil with evil doesn't get us anywhere! We can help you! We can help you both! Let us rehabilitate him! We can change him for the better! There's a programme for that! Let me show you! Let me show both of you! It works! You just have to give it a chance!" --- Parker had taken his shirt off, about to change into pyjamas when Will walked in and started talking. As soon as he apologised, Parker immediately burst into sobs as he dropped his shirt on the floor, turned around and walked to Will. He hugged him and buried his face in his chest while shaking his head. "No..." he groaned between sobs. "You were right... I should've listened... instead, I treated him like shit. The first time I ever get to talk to my dad and I acted like a complete dick to him! What's wrong with me?!" He cried, venting his emotions that had built up over the course of the night. The reason he'd been so quiet and reserved after Damien had told them his story was because he felt guilty and ashamed about the way he'd acted towards him earlier in the evening. Meanwhile, River had found a spare bedroom to stay in and was eagerly thinking of ways he could spend time with his father. He couldn't help wondering if Damien was the kind of dad to play catch with his kids. He immediately chuckled at the idea. --- Rickster knelt with him and held Ricky close to him, rubbing his back to try to comfort him. "Shhh, it's ok. It's going to be ok," he said softly, rocking with him as he hugged him and kissed the side of his head. "It's ok," he repeated. "It's ok to be mad. It's ok to get upset. But let's try to get some rest. We'll be in a far better position to help David once we've had time to clear our heads, hm?" Denix Vames - December 27, 2021 Jean appeared in front of Hannes. He fell to his knees. Holding him close. "NO! Don't leave me!" After Hannes would say his goodbyes, Jean's aura went rom sending off happiness to sending off sadness. He cried out at the sky which became dark from his blue aura. His wings were bleeding before their feathers fell off. His hair became spiky as his eyes turned dark blue. His teeth were all razor sharp. A dark robe/armor suddenly appeared on his body. Making the ribbon disappear. He stomped his boots against the ground. Making everything shake. "Darkness will reign on those who choose to kill my kind!" He flew up. "I will kill all humans for their injustice!" Ben shouted, "Jean! Hannes wouldn't want this!" "Silence!" Jean sent out a ray of dark blue light. Making him fly back some feet before hitting the ground. Ben struggled to get up by such a power that he had never come across. --- Autumn floated over to Phineas who wasn't about to decline Kodi's idea. She cupped his cheeks. Looking into his eyes. "It's going to be ok. I promise." Phineas shut his eyes. The ground opened again. Everyone was taken back to the surface. Phineas was holding on to Autumn while this was happening. Tricky found himself being sent to Hell through a portal. Phineas, exhausted, breathed heavily. He laid on the ground where everything became blurry. "Looks like you used too much of that power. All ya need is some rest now. Don't worry about a thing. The fighting's over." ,said Jasper who smiled. --- "There's nothing wrong with you. I would have reacted the same if I was in your shoes. None of us are perfect. Just remember that." Will kissed his forehead. --- Ricky nodded. "Y-Yeah..." He followed him to the bedroom where he collapsed on the bed. He was exhausted from his transformation. "I've never done that before. Now, I'm tired? I wish David could tell me what's happening. I'm so scared." shadowess - December 27, 2021 (Cindy? lol) shadowess - December 27, 2021 "Let him go!" Jessica shouted at Jean as she took off flying after him. Once in the air, she dove at him to knock him back a bit. This was more of a way of trying to snap him out of his madness than trying to start a fight. She beat her wings to hover close to him. "Listen to me. Hatred is what started this fight in the first place! You're supposed to be better than this! You're people need you! They're going to need help patching up their home. There are wounded that need tending to. Look at them! You're not the only one who lost someone today! There are losses on BOTH sides!" She sighed, her shoulders slumping. She was fighting so hard to not let Jean's aura affect her but it was difficult. Particularly given her past and history of depression. "Hasn't there been enough suffering?" she questioned, struggling now to stay strong. "I know you're hurting and I'm sorry about what happened to Hannes but that doesn't mean it's the end for him..." her wings began beating slower. She was breathing a little heavier and her cheeks became flushed from the effort. She was becoming exhausted and before long she wouldn't even be able to hold herself in the air. She'd fall. "Jean... H-he can come back... H-he can..." she let out an exhausted sigh, her wings seized up and her eyes rolled. She hung in the air for a moment then began to fall. --- Kodi looked at Phineas and Autumn, relieved to see them both calmer now. He turned to Jasper and held out a hand for him to shake. "Thank you. I don't know how I can ever repay you," he said then glanced around. "I don't suppose I could ask one last favour? There was a Demon in my care. Harris. He vanished right after everything got crazy. I'm worried he got freaked out by it all. Would you mind keeping an eye on these two while I try to find him?" --- Parker nodded and stepped away, wiping away his tears. Now that he'd had a chance to properly vent and knew that Will wasn't angry with him, he felt a lot better. Like a weight had been lifted. He sniffled as he walked over to the bed and sat on the end of it. "So... I don't know... where do we even go from here? Am I supposed to just, I don't know, invite him over for coffee or something at some point? This is new to me. I've practically been an orphan since college..." --- Rickster took off his shirt and pants then joined Ricky on the bed. He sighed and wrapped an arm around him. "I know. We'll ask him in the morning when he's sober. Maybe he knows why you're changing like that?" he said optimistically. "Hey, I don't suppose anyone in your family ever had any powers or odd traits or anything like that? I know some magic is genetic like being a Trickster... and without proper training, it can be really unpredictable," he suggested. Denix Vames - December 27, 2021 (wait what?) "Jessica!" ,said Ben. Jean dove towards her. Catching her before she could fall. His aura suddenly became bright. The sky was clear. His happiness spread around the castle and its people. He landed on the ground. His form had been turned back into the love that he represented. He placed her on the ground. "I'm so sorry." He placed a hand over his heart. "I never meant to do this. Please. Don't be filled with sorrow." His love began to heal those who were injured. Slowly but surely. --- "Sure thing." Jasper shook hands with him. He stayed by them. Harris was crying in the library of Hell. "This is all my fault. I should have never used him!" --- Will placed a hand on his shoulder. "It's all up to you. We can take this one step at a time. Together." --- "As far as I'm concerned, my family and I are human. Sorry. Wish I had the answers." Ricky rested his head against his chest. Shadowess - December 27, 2021 (lol No worries, I'll re-post it in my next post.) shadowess - December 27, 2021 Sharp pain in her abdomen caused Cindy to jolt awake with a groan. For a moment, she was dazed as she woke up. Her eyes tried to adjust to the darkness of the bedroom. Another sharp pain made her cry out and she realised she felt wet. Quickly, she sat up and turned on the lamp by the bed. Flinging the covers from herself, she stared in disbelief at the sheer amount of blood soaking her nightgown and the sheets. "KITE!!" she screamed, starting to panic then cried out again as another sharp pain shot through her stomach. "Kite, I need to get to the hospital! Now!" --- Once on the ground, Jessica blinked and looked up at Jean. Seeing him changed back into the better version of himself. She smiled weakly. "As long as you promise you won't be either." she breathed. She turned her head towards the castle, looking at the group of vampires who could do nothing but look on from the safety of the shade. "We should...we should go and help..." she tried to get up but was so exhausted from exerting herself that she could barely sit up. She then remembered something that would help the vampires not only heal a little faster but also grant them immunity to sunlight so that they could start rebuilding. "Jean, could you take me to the other vampires? I could give them some of my blood. It might help." --- "Although I agree that you shouldn't have used Phineas in the first place, the whole crazy ringleader kidnapping him wasn't your fault," Kodi commented. He'd teleported into the library just in time to hear Harris's cries and was leaning against the doorframe with his arms crossed. "Harris, you can't blame yourself for everything that happens to one person just because you have a history with them. Besides, you've already made amends with Phineas and you've already proven that you're capable of changing for the better." Kodi walked into the room and knelt by Harris, giving him a gentle smile. "It's over now. Phineas has calmed down. Autumn is safe and the ringleader is somewhere in Hell...I'm sure David will round him up for the programme soon." he shrugged. "But my main priority is you. Come back with me. Let's start again. What do you say?" he held out a hand for him. --- Parker smiled and turned his head to kiss Will's hand. "Thanks," he said softly. --- Rickster kissed Ricky's head and lightly ran his thumb back and forth over his arm. "It's ok. We'll figure this out. Let's just try to get some rest for now, ok?" he said in a soothing tone. Denix Vames - December 28, 2021 Kite got out of bed. He called for an ambulance. Afterwards, he carried her outside. Taking her into the ambulance once it was there. He hopped in too. Sitting right by her while he held her hand. "It's going to be ok. I'm right here." --- "Rebuild....I want to rebuild my home." Jean raised his hands at the castle. The broken pieces began to morph back to the castle it was once a part of. Now, it was whole again. He caught his breath as he felt such power tire him. He picked Jessica up and teleported her inside. "We need to keep some of your blood just in case this happens again. Please someone. Help her with this." Elimar suddenly slapped Jean. "You let them all die! And for what? Because you wanted to talk about peace?! These Steinhells will never know peace! Very few have accepted us! Our friends are dead! And you only did something when they didn't agree with you! You need to learn to fight when it's time for fighting!" Jean glared. "Elimar....If you hit me again, I'll burn you too." Elimar's eyes widened at the threat. Jean had disappeared into his bedroom. Leaving Jessica where she was. He sobbed in bed as he recalled Hannes's death. --- Harris looked at his hand before taking it. Once they appeared at the circus, Autumn turned to them. "He's sleeping. We need to go back to Kodi's place." "I'm on it." Harris placed a hand on Phineas's shoulder. Letting everyone touch him too so that they could appear in together. Jasper nodded. "See ya'll. Call me anytime." He disappeared. At Kodi's place, Harris carried Phineas into the bedroom where he placed him on the bed. "Phineas....We have to show him that he's no monster to anyone. What's on the internet is now the truth." --- Will smiled. "No problem. So, what do you wanna do now?" His eyes widened. "Oh my god! I haven't been at work in a while! I need to let them know that I'm alright!" --- Ricky sighed. "Alright. Good night." He closed his eyes.
Shadowess Posted September 20 Author Posted September 20 Shadowess - December 28, 2021 Cindy held her stomach as the ambulance sped towards the hospital. She held Kite's hand tightly, groaning from the pain. Being a Demon, she'd never prayed before, but right now she was doing so openly. "Please God, let them be ok. Please. Please. Let them be alright." she whispered frantically with tears rolling down her cheeks. She could feel them both moving still and was praying that this was nothing. That maybe it just seemed like there was more blood than there really was. Bleeding like that can happen in pregnancy, right? Right? But then there was the pain. What was that? It's too early to be labour. She was only a few months in! They finally arrived at the hospital, after what seemed like forever. The paramedics helped her into a wheelchair and hurriedly wheeled her into the emergency part of the hospital while she gripped her stomach and looked around to make sure Kite was still nearby for support. Once inside, she was helped into a bed. A couple of nurses ran into the room with a machine. They uncovered her belly and told her to lay back and relax while they try to find out what was going on inside her womb. She lay back and anxiously watched them work while holding on to Kite's hand just as tightly as before. A nurse rubbed some cold gel onto her stomach and rolled a device over it gently. The machine beside the bed sprung to life and within moments they could hear two rapid sets of heartbeats. But the image onscreen didn't look right. Those weren't the usual humanoid shapes they were expecting to see. The nurse's eyes widened and she looked back at Cindy and Kite for a moment before looking carefully at the images again. "Um... by any chance are either or both of you werewolves?" she asked, looking back at them. Cindy was taken aback by the question. Not expecting anyone at this hospital to know about the supernatural world. "Y-yes, Kite is. Why?" The nurse turned off the machine with a small smile then turned to the other nurse and whispered something. Within minutes, the blinds in the room had been snapped shut and the other nurse made sure that the door was definitely closed. The other nurse then got to work, pulling out gloves and other tools they might need. The nurse who had been working the machine looked at them patiently and rested a hand gently on Cindy's belly. "Your children will both be wolves too. Due to their genetics and a long history of being hunted, wolves evolved so that they don't need as much time to grow in the womb as a human does. In fact, they only take about half the time. How far along are you?" she asked. Cindy was flabbergasted by this news. "Um...f-four...almost five months," she answered, squeezing Kite's hand nervously. "Then you're actually overdue. You're going into active labour. But you're lucky. It's not nearly as bad for wolf mother's because right before labour starts, the babies shift into their wolf forms. Making them smaller and therefore easier and faster to bring into the world." the nurse put on a pair of gloves and stood at the end of the bed. "I'm going to need you to bring your knees up so that I can take a look to see how far into labour you are, ok?" Cindy nodded, shaking. She let the nurse remove her panties then brought her knees up. Her stained nightdress is the only thing keeping her covered. The nurse was quiet for a minute as she looked under her nightdress. Cindy looked at Kite tearfully with a nervous smile. "I'm having our babies. It almost feels like a dream!" she chuckled, resting her head against his then groaned again at the pain. "Ok, you're not quite there yet but a few more minutes and you will be. You just need to hold off until I say, ok? Take some deep breaths. You're doing well." The nurse looked back up at her with a small smile, resting her hands on Cindy's knees. --- "That wasn't necessary." Jessica scolded Elimar from where she lay on the ground. "He's lost enough to have learned that lesson the hard way." she tried again to sit up and groaned from the effort. "Ben?" Jessica called out, looking at the group of vampires and searching their faces for his. Behind her, some of the civilian vampires had come out of hiding. Including Racheal who stared at Elimar, having heard him shout at Jean. She opened her mouth to say something then shook her head. Tears stung her eyes as she marched out of the hall towards their home. Gunnar placed a hand on Elimar's shoulder. "Pro-tip, lad? When the woman you love has a family full of assholes, maybe don't shout about how you'd rather kill them than talk to them in front of her?" he patted Elimar's shoulder before walking away in the direction of Jean's home. "If I were you, I'd see if there are any trinkets or perfumes available in storage that she might like. It might help you get out of that dog house you're in!" he chuckled as he called back. When he reached Jean's door he hesitated before knocking on it lightly. "Lad? It's Gunnar," he called through in a gentle voice. "I know the pain you're feeling and I know that it's tempting to lock yourself away but it won't help anyone. Especially not you." He leant against the wall by the door. "Hannes was a good man. Knew him since he was a boy. I could tell you some stories if it'll help ease the pain a bit? Maybe over a couple of bottles of venomed blood? Some company can help in hard times like these." he waited to see if Jean would answer him. --- Once back at home, Kodi nodded at Harris's suggestion with a smile. "You're right." he moved over to the computer and began printing pages from documentaries that told the real story of Phineas's life. "Maybe he'll appreciate seeing it on paper," he said as he bundled the pages together and brought them to the room Phineas was sleeping in. He handed them to Autumn. "Here. He seems to respond better when you talk to him," he said then placed a hand on Harris's shoulder. "I know it's been hard but you've done well today," he said kindly. "You've displayed both courage and selflessness. Traits like those go a long way to changing a person for the better. Now, I know it's late but I'm craving a hot chocolate. Does anyone else want one?" he smiled at them. --- Parker rose a brow then chuckled as he glanced at the clock. "At 5 am? I think they'll survive a couple more hours if you wanted to get some sleep first. If you're really worried, you could just give them a call for now? Let them know you'll be in later. I'm sure they've got things handled." --- "Good night," Rickster whispered as he closed his eyes as well. He drifted off into a somewhat disturbed and restless sleep. --- Hannes blinked and looked around him at the tall columns in a hall of white marble. When they arrived in Heaven, he'd half expected to be dressed in some sort of white robe. But he wasn't. He was wearing the same clothes he'd died in, albeit cleaner and newer looking than they had been on Earth. He looked at the Angel who'd brought him here as they walked further in until he came to a stop in the centre. "This is where I drop you off. A guide will be along shortly to help you settle in." The Angel told him before turning to leave. "Wait, settle in?" Hannes asked, causing the Angel to pause. "Yes. You died Hannes." the Angel replied patiently. "I know it hasn't quite sunken in yet but this is real. Your body is on Earth. I expect they'll be prepping it for your funeral as we speak. But you don't have to worry about all that anymore. This is your home now. You'll have everything you can ever want or need here." "No..." Hannes glanced away from him in disbelief then looked back at him angrily. "No! Everything I ever wanted or needed was back there! I need to go back! I need to go home!" "That's not possible." The Angel sighed, turning back to face him again. "Like I said. This is your home now-" Hannes gripped the Angel's shirt and pushed him against one of the columns, glaring at him. Baring his fangs angrily. "I only have one home! He has blue eyes, blond hair and the biggest heart of anyone I've ever known and his name is Jean! My home will only ever be by his side! Now take me back to him! Take me back!" The Angel was quiet. This wasn't the first soul in denial he'd had to deal with. He merely stared back with silver eyes at Hannes while patiently waiting for him to get his frustrations out of his system. Seeing the Angel unbothered by his rage, Hannes wavered. His grip on the Angel's shirt loosened as tears filled his eyes. "Please?" He cried desperately. "I'm not ready. I can't leave him. I made an oath..." The Angel took hold of Hannes's hands and gently pried them from his shirt. "I am aware of your oaths," he said calmly. "To defend the ones you make with your life, for a minimum of one hundred years. The thing is...that oath, technically has been fulfilled. You gave your life to defend him." "But he needs me..." Hannes pleaded. "You need him." The Angel pointed out. "We need each other then!" Hannes grew frustrated again then sobbed as he stepped away from the Angel and ran a hand through his hair. "I was going to marry him..." "I know..." The Angel admitted sadly. "Is there nothing I can do?" Hannes asked, looking back at the Angel tearfully. The Angel sighed heavily and straightened out his clothes again. "You know, after centuries of doing this job, you'd think I'd be used to all these sob stories by now..." the Angel said as he glanced around the hall. "It's not easy and in some cases, it can take decades..." "What is it? I'll do anything!" Hope filled Hannes's eyes as he took a step towards the Angel again, listening to him carefully. "Apply to become an Angel." The Angel told him with a serious expression. "They don't let just anyone in though and the training is difficult." the Angel bit his lip, debating whether or not he should say the next part before relenting and saying; "There's an Angel here that might be able to get you in quicker. Talk to Gabriel. Tell him Azrael sent you. He owes me a favour after-" Azreal paused. His cheeks turned red. "You know what? It doesn't matter. Just tell him I sent you." he turned and began walking away again. "Thank you!" Hannes called after him in relief as he wiped his tears away and waited for his guide to help him settle in. --- In the mental hospital in Heaven, Patience sat on her bed. For obvious reasons, she hadn't been allowed to keep hold of the knife that the doctor had shown her at Gabriel's request. But after he'd told her his message and left her to think it over, she'd had some time to think a few things through. Hesitantly, she got up from the bed and walked over to the padded door. "Excuse me?" she called through and an orderly on the other side slid the little hatch over so they could see each other. "How are you feeling today, Patience?" he asked her in a gentle tone. "Better." Patience answered then paused. "Is there something I can get for you? Food? Water?" "N-no, that's alright. I was just thinking. Maybe I'm ready for visitors." "That's good to hear! Who would you like to see? We can send out a request for you right away." Patience paused then said in a more confident tone; "Gabriel. Please." The orderly blinked and became visibly nervous but nodded. "Right away, miss," he replied before closing the hatch. Patience heard his footsteps as he walked away from the door. She turned and looked at the bare room, walking over to the bed to sit on the edge while she waited and thought through what she wanted to say to Gabriel when he'd arrive. Denix Vames - December 28, 2021 Kite smiled. "This is really happening!" He covered his mouth at the scents. "Oh god! I forgot that I can smell all this." --- Elimar ran after her. "Rachael! Wait! Please let me explain. It's just...You saw what happened! Don't you understand?" Jean was paler than usual. He laid in the bed. Feeling ill. "Gunnar....I can't get up. I feel so sick." After seeing Hannes's die, his heart began to weaken. --- Autumn looked at the papers in her hand. "Why does he only like me?" "Well, I wouldn't say that. It's more like you showed him love when no one else would." ,said Harris. He smiled at Kodi. "Hot chocolate would be nice." She headed upstairs where she sat in a corner near the bed that Phineas was sleeping in. Waiting for him to wake. --- "But I really should be there! What if there's a situation? And what about my paperwork? Or what if something happens that involves a kidnapped officer?" Will suddenly clutched his head. He flinched at the pain. "I-I'm fine." --- Gabriel appeared. "So, I hear you want to become an Angel! Well, I'm your man! I'll get your wings in a jiffy. Just follow me. I do have to make a quick visit to a friend. Hope you don't mind." He grabbed his arm. They appeared at the mental hospital. His cheeks became red when he saw the same doctor that he had threatened earlier. "Uh hey....Look sorry about before. I think I let my title get the best of me." Denix Vames - December 28, 2021 (forgot to reply to this) Ben held Jessica in his arms. "C'mon. Let's go see the injured." He would take her to those wounded. Others would help in giving her blood to them so that they could heal. Shadowess - December 28, 2021 Cindy couldn't help laughing at Kite through the pain. "I would say sorry, but this is kinda your fault!" she joked then groaned and tilted her head back while gritting her teeth. "Alright, you're just about ready. This'll be over in no time. You'll only need one good push per pup. Are you ready? Deep breath." Cindy prepared herself by taking several quick breaths before groaning and squeezing Kite's hand harder. The nurse caught a furry bundle and quickly handed it over to the other nurse who started wiping its fur with a clean towel. She placed it into a little plastic cot and within seconds of taking its first few breaths, it rapidly shifted into a screaming, full-term baby. Hearing those cries brought joyful tears to Cindy's eyes as she couldn't stop staring at the baby while the other nurse continued to clear its airways and wrap it up in blankets for warmth. "Congratulations. Your firstborn is a boy." The nurse said to them. "But we're not out of the woods yet. One more to go. Ready?" Once more, Cindy readied herself and once more they watched as the nurse caught another furry bundle and hurriedly place it into a second plastic cot to allow it to shift into a baby before cleaning it up and wrapping it in blankets. "And a little girl." The nurse said as she lifted one of the bundles into her arms and carried them over to her. One nurse handed the son to Kite and the other nurse handed the daughter to Cindy. "Oh my God..." Cindy cried softly. Looking between their children and Kite with a smile. "We're parents! Look at them, they're beautiful!" --- Racheal stopped in the hallway and turned to look at Elimar tearfully. "You know before Niko kidnapped me and made me what I am...I was like that..." she gestured to the Steinheil bodies that the vampires were now dragging away to burn in the furnaces below the castle. "I was a hunter too. I hurt people. I hurt vampires. Right before Niko caught me I had gotten injured doing something similar to what they were doing!" She took a couple of steps towards Elimar, glaring at him. "Not out of hate though. Out of fear. Because that's all they know. Just blind fear of something they barely understand. Fueled by years of having to fight to survive. Years of losing family to that very same fight. That's all they really think they're doing. Surviving." Racheal shook her head and wiped away some of her tears. "When I first came here I thought it was just my family that had it all wrong about vampires...turns out both sides are wrong about the other..." she turned and continued to march back to their home. Gunnar heard Jean and became alarmed by how frail his voice sounded. He listened carefully and heard how weakly his heart was beating. "Jean?!" He stood away from the wall and looked at the door. "I'm coming in!" he announced so as not to startle Jean when he kicked the heavy door open. He raced into Jean's bedroom and lifted Jean into his arms. "Hold on, lad," he said gently. "Look at me. You're going to be alright. Don't forget, these people need you. You were chosen for this. You can't give up on them now. I know it hurts. I know you're suffering but please stay strong." --- Kodi nodded and headed into the kitchen. He hummed a soothing tune while heating up the milk in a small pan and added the hot chocolate to it. It was a slightly longer way of making it but it tasted infinitely better than just using water and powder. Once done, he ladled the hot chocolate into two mugs and took one to Harris. He tapped on the door to Phineas's room lightly to get Autumn's attention. "There's plenty left in the pan if you want one too?" he offered, keeping his tone soft so as not to wake Phineas abruptly. --- Parker frowned. "No, you're getting yourself worked up again." he pointed out. "A couple of hours isn't going to make a difference. Come get some sleep. Try to relax. Then you can surprise them all with a box of doughnuts or something when you go in in the morning." he suggested then tilted his head to give Will an innocent look. "Please?" --- Hannes jumped and spun around when he heard the stranger's voice then gasped when Gabriel teleported them to what appeared to be a hospital. "A-are you Gabriel?" he asked curiously. He then watched the way the blonde Angel apologised to what appeared to be a doctor. The doctor gave Gabriel the same patient, yet passive look that he'd given him earlier. "That's alright, Arch Angel. Water under the bridge. You've been requested by her..." The doctor gave Hannes a questioning look then looked back at Gabriel. Not wanting to risk getting on Gabriel's nerves again, he decided it wasn't worth the trouble of bringing it up and just turned to lead them both to Patience's room. Once outside her door, he unlocked it and stood aside. "We'll be out here if you need us," he said, gesturing to the door. Shadowess - December 28, 2021 (lol It's cool. Just saw it. ) Denix Vames - December 28, 2021 Kite smiled at the baby in his arms. Tears ran down his cheeks. "They're here! They're actually here!" He kissed his son's head. --- Elimar didn;t know what to say. He only felt shame for what he had said. Instead, he walked away. "If only Hannes was here...." Tears left him. Jean was shivering. --- Autumn opened the door. "Can you make one for Phineas too? I want him to feel like he's welcomed." She lowered her head. "It's hard to see him suffer." --- Will read his face and nodded. "Alright. I'll stay until later." He chuckled. "But you do realize that doughnuts aren't our only diet, right?" --- "Please wait here, Hannes. This is personal." ,said Gabriel. He stepped into Patience's room. "Hey, you wanted to see me?"
Shadowess Posted September 20 Author Posted September 20 shadowess - December 28, 2021 Cindy smiled at Kite as she watched him with their son. She grinned and looked down at the daughter, bringing her up to smell the top of her head. "There really is a newborn smell! And it's just as good as I've heard it is!" she said excitedly. The nurses smiled at the couple and their newborns. The nurse at the end of Cindy's bed looked at Kite. "I'm guessing that you don't have a pack to teach you about, well...things like this." she gestured to the children. "From here on out, everything is almost the same as taking care of a human baby. Once per month though, they will change on the full moon just like any other wolf. I know that idea sounds frightening but you'd be surprised by how resilient wolf children can be. For them, it will be absolutely normal. They won't have venom until they reach the age of five and even then, it will be too weak to change anyone. It's still harmful to vampires but it'd be more like an allergic reaction than anything. That being said, more than one bite could lead to a lethal dose, so be careful if you have any vampiric friends." The nurse clasped her hands in front of her and gave the pair a reluctant expression. "Now for the elephant in the room. I realise that after going through labour, you might not be quick to uh...'have any fun' just yet. But I do need to stress the importance of protection. Especially so soon after having children as this is the time when you may be at your most fertile." She stood and began putting away all the equipment in the room. "Now, then. I'll leave you four to rest for a little while. Your children are both healthy and I'm happy for you all to go home when you feel ready to. Though I will say, if you have any questions at all in regards to wolves, feel free to reach out. I'd be happy to explain anything as best I can for you." --- Unable to help to overhear the conversation from where they'd been, Jessica looked up when Elimar walked by them. "Are you alright?" she called out to him. "Everyone's scared. Tensions are high. People say things they don't mean when they're under extreme stress. I'm sure she'll understand once she's calmed down a bit." she tried, hoping to help in some way. "We could use some help tending to the wounded if you want something else to focus on for a while. She sat back against the wall, feeling a bit dizzy from both exhaustion and now blood loss. "Ben, you might have to take over giving some blood for a little bit. Just until I recover." she breathed. "I know lad, I know," Gunnar said gently, wiping away his tears. "I wish he was here too, believe me, I do." Gunnar thought for a moment. "The red-headed lass. One of those new Blood Gods. What did she say to you to stop your rage?" he asked curiously. None of them on the ground had been able to hear what she'd told him. --- Kodi smiled at Autumn then nodded. "Of course. I'll go make some fresh mugs. Here, have this one. I just made it." he gave Autumn the one he'd been planning to have for himself that he hadn't touched yet. After all, he was going to make more anyway. Why not give her the one that was ready to save her waiting? "I'll be back in a minute with one for Phineas," he said then made his way back to the kitchen, humming the same tune he'd hummed a couple of minutes ago. --- "Speak for yourself!" Parker grinned, taking off his pants and slipping under the covers before looking at Will cheekily. "I used to eat them all the time when I was a rookie! It's a wonder I didn't put on any weight!" he laughed. --- Hannes nodded then smiled at the doctor awkwardly as Gabriel stepped into the room. With the door closed, Patience looked up and smiled at Gabriel. "Um, yes." she nodded. "I uh...thank you, for asking the Doctor to tell me what he did... I didn't realise you were friends with David." Patience half laughed. "Though, given the peace treaties, maybe I should've known that you two knew each other... anyway, I um-... Well, I just wanted to say thanks and to tell you that when I was training to be a Warrior Angel, I always... sort of... looked up to you." she smiled at him. "Like, you were the kind of Angel that I wanted to be. Sorry...I don't mean to act like a-...what do they call it now...? a fan-girl?" Patience tucked some hair behind her ear, feeling a little awkward. "I want to leave but I'm nervous to... I was hoping you could help me? That maybe taking me somewhere to distract me from what happened might help me to feel more comfortable out there again? Then maybe I can bring myself to face David." she fidgeted with a loose bit of fabric in her hospital gown nervously. "Do you... do you think you could take me to the old Angelic Weapon exhibit? When I was training, I had always had a fascination with the old weapons and how they were used. I'd be especially interested to hear how some of those weapons relate to your own stories? If that's ok?" Denix Vames - December 28, 2021 "What do you think, Cindy? Should we leave now? You could rest for a bit here. I'll have to look into buying a house later so that our kids can have plenty of space." ,said Kite. --- "Sure thing." ,said Ben who went to those who needed his blood. Elimar sank to the ground as he sat next to her. He covered his face. "I've always hated them. I never had the courage to tell Rachael about I felt because of her relations to them. I believe the Steinhells are the ones who killed my parents. I'm not sure whatever happened to them but I was found near the castle. Raised by others." Jean shut his eyes. "She mentioned Hannes's name. Said something about him coming back. But will that truly happen?" His lids opened. Revealing dark blue eyes. He sobbed. "I hate this! Why did Xenos have to place me as the king? He was wrong to do this!" --- Autumn accepted the drink. She was about to take a sip when Phineas started screaming. She set the cup on the drawer nearby. Running to him. He clutched his head as he kept screaming. She sat at the edge of the bed. "Hey, it's ok." She held his hands. "It's alright." Phineas embraced her gentle hug. Crying over her shoulder. Having dreamt about what he went through before and after his death. --- Will took off his clothes. He rolled his eyes but smiled before getting into bed. "And this is why I stick to healthy foods." He kissed him. "So I can spend some real quality time with you." --- "Oh! Um..." Gabriel blushed. "Sure. I didn't know you felt that way. You don't mind if I bring someone along, do you? I have to help him out. Don't want him left in the dust." shadowess - December 29, 2021 Cindy smiled at Kite while gently rocking the child in her arms. "One thing at a time." she chuckled. "We should give these two names first. Then we can all go home together to rest up there. I still have that money left over from selling my apartment. So, we could use that for a deposit on a house." she said while sitting back against the pillow and uncovering herself to feed their daughter. As soon as their daughter began drinking, their son immediately caught the smell of milk and began crying. Cindy looked over, feeling helpless. "I think we're going to have to buy a breast pump too...so we can feed them both at the same time." --- Jessica was quiet for a moment. Resting against the wall while Ben helped the wounded. She looked over at Elimar with a sympathetic expression. "You seem like you care about her a lot. If you want your relationship to work, you need to be able to open up to each other about how you feel. Otherwise, you just bottle it up and it'll end up exploding in your face...like it just did. Then you both end up getting hurt." She glanced around the castle. "I don't want to give you any false hope here... but if you don't know what happened to your parents then how can you be so sure they're dead? Have you tried going out and looking for them?" She shrugged. "I don't know, maybe you could go travelling? See the world? There's a lot to see outside of these walls. Who knows, maybe you'll find some clues about who you really are along the way?" she suggested. "After all, if you get homesick, you could always just come back. What have you got to lose?" Gunnar listened to Jean patiently then gave him a gentle smile when he expressed his self-doubts. "Personally, I think he made a very wise choice," he admitted. "Too many people are easily corrupted by power. They forget where they came from and treat their subjects poorly. I think, when he chose you, he saw the potential in you to be a truly great leader. Someone who would be able to make judgements based on fairness. Such a leader is so very rare to come by. So If Xenos believes you have what it takes, then I believe in you too, lad." he pulled out a handkerchief and offered it to Jean. "As for Hannes...well, we've all seen stranger things here. Especially recently! Up until Xenos arrived, we were all beginning to think Blood Gods were a bit of a myth! It had been that long since we'd seen one! Hell! Even Niko has come back from the dead! So, if that Blood God lass out there thinks that Hannes will return too, then I say, who are we to doubt her?" he glanced around the room. "Now with that in mind, why don't we go on as if we're expecting him to come home at any time? By doing everything we can to make him proud!" --- Kodi heard the screams and frowned as he poured the hot chocolate into another two mugs. He could hear Autumn trying to calm him down, so decided that running in there might not help to keep him calm. Instead, he picked up one of the mugs and carefully carried it to the room they were in. He knocked on the door lightly and offered them both a kind smile. "Hey, is everything alright?" he asked gently, walking in. "Here, I made you a hot chocolate," he said while carefully placing it on the bedside table. "Let me know if I can get you anything else. I don't mind." --- Parker smiled, running his fingers over Will's arm, to his shoulder. "I appreciate it." he grinned then kissed Will again. --- Patience blinked and hesitated but then smiled with a short nod. "Sure, that's no problem." She stood. "I'll need to get changed into my normal clothes..." She gestured to the door as a hint. "And you might want to let the doctor know that I'm ready to leave. Thank you, Gabriel. This means a lot to me." her smile grew a little. Denix Vames - December 30, 2021 Kite looked at his son. "Carter....I was thinking of naming him after Carter. Is that alright with you?" --- "It would be difficult. I wouldn't know where to start. But I do know what to do now." Elimar zoomed to his home. He knocked on the door. "Rachael? It's me. Elimar. I wanted to apologize and explain everything. Could you please open the door?" Jean's aura suddenly radiated as Gunnar said this. He jumped up. "Oh yes! We need to make sure everyone's alright! And then we have to make peace with the Steinhells somehow." He hugged the handkerchief. "Although, I don't think they're going to listen after what I did to their people. How can I show them that we aren't monsters?" --- "Are you kidding me?! After everything that I did, you still care about me?" ,said Phineas. "It's what we do." ,said Autumn. He shook his head. "I don't deserve your kindness. I should be punished for what I did. Maybe they were all right. Maybe I am crazy." She gave him a pile of papers. "What's this?" "It's all about you." Phineas read them over until the information sunk in. His eyes widened at what he found. "I-I can't believe this. I helped those doctors? And I helped anyone who had brain issues." "There's also drawings of you." Autumn displayed her phone which showed fanart of him smiling. Phineas suddenly laughed as he cried. "I can't believe it! I'm a hero to these people!" A white light suddenly appeared above him. "Huh?" It was Heaven calling out to him. Letting him know that it was time to pass on. "What's that?" --- "I'm glad you do." Will kissed him slowly. --- Gabriel nodded. He stepped out of the room. Telling the doctor what Patience told him. "Alright Hannes. Looks like we're taking a little field trip to an exhibit. Hope you don't mind." shadowess - December 31, 2021 Cindy looked at their son and smiled with her eyes full of love. "I think that's a great idea," she said warmly as she brought her eyes up to meet Kite's. Her smile grew a little then she looked down at their daughter. "What about Emily?" she suggested. Carefully, Cindy pried their daughter from her breast before getting up and gently setting her down in the plastic crib. The child made a brief cry in complaint and Cindy chuckled. "Hush, it's your brother's turn now," she said softly before walking over to Kite. She gently lifted their son from Kite's arms. She grinned and kissed Kite while she was stood close to him. Smelling the milk so close now, their son cried impatiently and hungrily, making their kiss short-lived. Sitting on the edge of the bed, she started feeding their son and watched him with soft eyes for a moment. "I can't believe I'm a mom now...it feels like a dream... a kind of sore dream!" She chuckled while shifting a little uncomfortably. "But still a dream come true." she finished, looking up at Kite. --- Racheal stood when she heard Elimar's voice and she looked at the door while wiping tears from her face. She hesitated but walked over to the door. She was angry but she still cared about Elimar. Slowly, she unlocked the door and opened it. She stood back with her arms folded to let Elimar walk into the room, not looking at him and remaining quiet until the door closed behind him. Gunnar thought for a moment. He watched Jean and once again he couldn't help but be reminded of the son he'd lost. His kind heart and his big dreams. Gunnar bit back tears as he stood and walked around Jean to face him. He placed a hand on his shoulder and looked him in the eyes. "I used to warn my boy that his dreams were just dreams... but maybe I was wrong? Maybe he was on to something all those years ago? And we were just too blind and afraid to see it." he began. "Jean, don't let those bodies be burned up in our furnaces. Not this time. We can't bring them back but we can at least return the dead to their families. It will show them that we will defend ourselves if necessary but that we also have sympathy for their losses. Then...maybe we can do something that will make my boy's old wish come true? This castle and its people have been isolated for far too long. It's time we opened up our doors to those who would visit. Not just vampires. What do you say?" --- Kodi watched patiently as Autumn showed Phineas that he was a hero, rather than the monster he'd been lead to believe he was. When the light appeared, Kodi smiled. This was a rare sight, even for Angels and Demons. So, to see a soul finally find peace and ascend was a truly special thing. "You're being called." A new voice made Kodi jump and whirl around. His jaw then dropped at the sight of black wings, a crown of black curls and silver eyes. This Angel was the equivalent of a celebrity among the dead. Alongside other famous Angels like Gabriel or Michael. The Angel of death smirked at the recognition but his focus was on Phineas. He had pleasant facial features and kind eyes. "Don't be afraid. My name is Azreal. I have come to guide you to your new home." he held out a hand for Phineas. "It is time to finally have some peace, my friend." --- Cherishing those sweet, slow kisses. Parker kissed Will back just as slowly. He hung on to his lips for as long as he could then slipped his tongue into his mouth. The kiss remained slow and sensual as he caressed his tongue with his own while his hand ran through his hair. It was a sweet moment, charged entirely with love. --- When told that Patience wanted to leave, the doctor looked back at the door to Patience's room with a concerned expression. Considering she was mentally shattered just a few hours ago, he was worried that she might be trying to go back to normality too quickly. But he didn't speak up. It seemed that she had not only made up her mind but that she'd gotten Gabriel on board with the idea as well. He knew too well that nothing he could say at this point would change anything. So he sighed and nodded. "We'll get her signed off. But please, let her know that she can always come back if she needs to," he said to Gabriel before turning and walking away. Hannes was a bit confused by everything that was happening. "Will this help me to become an Angel?" he asked. "It sure helped me when I first got here." Patience answered as she stepped out of the room wearing more normal clothes. She took a deep breath and looked at Gabriel excitedly. "Alright, I'm ready." she then looked at Hannes and gave him a nod in greeting. "You must be the soul Gabriel is helping. I'm Patience. Nice to see another vampire wanting to be an Angel. There aren't many." "Hannes. It's nice to meet you." Hannes greeted her then held out a hand to shake. He then hesitated when she flinched and recoiled. He quickly withdrew his hand and looked at her in confusion, worried that he'd frightened her. "Sorry." Patience said. "I'm still recovering from a...a bad experience..." "I didn't realise. Forgive me." "It's ok. You couldn't have known." Patience sighed and looked at Gabriel, feeling a little awkward. "Shall we?" Denix Vames - December 31, 2021 "Emily sounds like a great name." Kite walked to his daughter. "Maybe you can feed them both at the same time?" He kissed Cindy's head. "It's hard to believe but I'm glad this happened to us." --- When Elimar was inside, he merely stood across from her. "I told you how I never knew my parents. That I assumed they were killed. I always blamed it on the Steinhells because of what they've done to us. The truth is I don't know if they actually did anything to my parents. For all I know, my parents could be alive. Living somewhere else." He shook his head. "I should have never said the things that I said to Jean. We've all been terrible at some point. I'm no better than anyone else." Jean nodded. "Yes! You're right, Gunnar!" He hugged him. "Thank you!" He appeared at where his people were going to burn the Steinhells bodies. "Please don't! We need to return them to their family. We have to let them know that we understand what it's like to feel loss." --- Phineas was about to reach out but then a red aura surrounded him. He clutched his head. "No! I don't deserve it! Not after what I've done!" He fell into a red portal. Entering Hell. "Phineas!" Autumn jumped in before the portal closed. Phineas had caught Autumn but left her. Wandering the depths of Hell. --- Will got on top of him. His wings sprouted. He kissed his neck. Brushing his lips there. He caressed his thigh. --- Gabriel smiled. "Of course." They appeared at the exhibit before stepping inside. Shadowess - December 31, 2021 "Me too," Cindy said softly as she sat on the bed with her back against the pillows again. She looked at Emily uncertainly. "I don't know... Maybe I could give it a try? Could you help me to get her in position?" she asked Kite, looking up at him. She was worried that she'd struggle to hold them both at once. --- Racheal listened to Elimar in silence. When he was finished speaking, she lowered her eyes to the ground and sniffled, wiping at her eyes. "Why didn't you tell me?" she asked in a trembling voice. "I would've understood Elimar... I know my family have done some awful things. I did awful things when I was human. When I was one of them. I regret it all now... now that I know the truth." She lifted her hands to the sides of her head, gripping her hair as she cried. "I feel like no matter what I do to try and move on and be a better person, I'll always be judged and treated like I'm still a hunter who's blinded by fear!" The vampires in the cellars froze when they heard Jean's voice and they looked at him in alarm as they held the bodies, having been about to throw the first one into the furnace. "S-sire?" one of the vampires asked nervously. "They blew a hole in our castle. They killed some of our friends...our family..." the vampire said, confused and concerned about whether this was a good idea. Most of the vampires in this room were still shaken by the attack. --- "What?!" Kodi stood in shock, staring at the spot where Phineas and Autumn had been. Meanwhile, Azreal scowled at the point in the ground where the red aura had emerged. "This isn't right," he said darkly. "What the hell just happened?!" Kodi asked, his voice tinged with panic. "Go get your Demon friend. There is an innocent, living human wandering your plain. She needs to be rescued immediately." Azreal instructed him. "I must investigate this discrepancy with Phineas. Something about this feels...wrong." Azreal vanished, in search of Phineas. Meanwhile, Kodi ran out of the room to wherever Harris was. "Harris! Harris, we gotta go! Autumn needs our help!" --- Parker let out a shaky breath and tilted his head back as Will kissed his neck. He ran his hands over Wills chest and sides, down to his hips. "Oh, Will..." he breathed excitedly. Meanwhile, in the spare bedroom, River had drawn a rough sketch of a woman. When he finished, surprised at how easy he'd found it to draw something like this so well, he admired the image for a little while. "I'll figure it out..." he muttered to the picture. "If I can have a life of my own then there must be a way for you to have one too... I'll figure it out... I haven't forgotten you..." he smirked. "Carol..." with a dreamy look in his eyes, he wandered over to the bed and lay on top of the covers. Closing his eyes and drifting off to sleep. --- Patience and Hannes followed Gabriel into the exhibit. While Patience looked around with a look of familiarity, Hannes stared around at each weapon with immense fascination. These were nothing like the weapons he'd ever seen on Earth. Some of them even glowed! "You were famous among the Angels for your skills on the battlefield." Patience commented as they walked around. "You were an inspiration to souls like me when we applied for our wings. Do you have any stories about any of these weapons? Which were your favourites?"
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