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by Neava13 on Thu Dec 24, 2009 3:36 am
Jo could feel the power form in him surge and shift him, she had seen the void do the same to herself, as well as to her sire, before her. Rhoan was far more advanced with this though, it had taken herself 60 years of life to change like Rhoan was shifting before her. Though he wasn't complete, he was only partially shifted, it was still enough to make Jo and the horse at her side back up several paces. Her eyes kept darting to the glowing form he held by the wrist as she backed away and then slide the pistol into her belt line flipping the safety as she watched Rhoan. Her own eyes mirrored his, the deep crimson red, and her fangs lengthened as the stirring clouds above them shifted the air furiously. Jo's red hair tumbled about her shoulders as she stood there watching him her eyes devouring every movement he made, taking in and drinking every flux of power that rolled over his form.
He was beautiful, glorious, and powerful, though at the same time fear touched her, if he was as this now, what would he be in 100 years? If he was full of such darkness now? How long before all shred of kindness was erased by the void that coiled about his heart.
"This is what Nyx wants! My POWER! You want this, Nyx?! COME GET ME!!"
She watched him as he twisted Tirza and then flung her across the clearing for Jo, though it was something Jo didn't seem to even notice as she stepped to the side at the last minute avoiding the girl being tossed.
"Come get me, Nyx!!!!!!!"
Every part of her was feeding off the energy rolling off of him, the chaos he was building and the endless torrent of change that he fed into her darkened soul. The metal blades slipped from between her knuckles and her hands curled into fists; she watched him blood coiling down the blades and dripping to the ground.
She grasped and was pulled from his leg only to stagger to her feet her wrist cracking uncomfortably under his fingers as her bones compressed to keep from breaking under his iron grip. Her eyes remained closed as she was man handled by him, though no cries escaped her slightly glowing lips. Her hair tumbled about her shoulders the outline glowing ever so slightly, the silver scars over her face, neck, and hands glimmering in the light as if they were made of moon dust. Then when he twisted and flung her at Jo her wrist shattered with a sickening crunch just from the momentum of the throw. She curled in a ball as she was flung through the air landing at the feet of the horse that was already several paces back from the gathering void. Tirza crouched hugging her arm against her, her eyes opened as black strands of hair crossed her face glowing all the brighter. Her eyes were no more than golden orbs, her body still crouched several hundred feet from the two vampires that stood close to one another. More bones broke from the impact but the Fate did not care she didnāt really even pay the pain any attention.
The white horse next to Tirza stood watching its ears perked seeming lost in the almost unearthly scene before them. The Fate sent her threads out to both of the vampires before her; threads twisting tightly about their minds, their memories, and their very lives. Fate could not cut the strands like she once could, but she could give Nyx what she had wanted, she could join the two halves of Nyx's power and bring about the darkness. All it would take was the right nudge, and both the chosen of Chaos, and the chosen of Shadow would collide to bring the universe into the void. Fate created a bridge between Josephina and Rhoan, a bridge of mind and memory, she would push them to fight, she would push them to agony, and she would push them to their full potential. All that was needed was for their powers to meet, and they would both send the world into the void. Then all that would be needed was the gateway to open, the final part of the trinity would be unleashed, and all life would die before the three parts of the same puzzle.
"As you wish Rhoan." The Fate of Death whispered from Tirzaās lips as she finished the bridge.
Rhoan's eyes were filled with the red haired woman before him then she disappeared, the field disappeared, and his own memories disappeared, instead he was a 17 year old Irish woman in New York, the year was 1905. She had been coming home from work, everything seemed to be going well, her husband was a blacksmith a rather good one in fact. She was pregnant with their first child, and she was going to tell him tonight. Allen was supposed to meet her at the diner, but he hadnāt, she had felt like someone was following her home the entire way so she was already unnerved but pleased to finally find her way home. When Jo pushed open the door to her apartment she was met with only darkness, no smiling husband, no warm fire, just cold darkness and a deep thick sickening sweet smell. She made her way to the back of the small apartment her hand trailing down the wall so she wouldn't trip. Her heart raced in her chest as she saw light slipping around the edges of the closed bedroom door.
āAllen?ā She called, āAllen me love Iām home!ā Then she opened the door to the bedroom, and was almost blinded by the hundreds of candles lighting the room. Then as her eyes focused she saw the body on the bed, the entire bed was soaked in a pool of blood with the body face down. It was Allen, her husband and her breath caught as she ran towards him.
āOh lord! Please leād āem be ok.. ALLEN!ā She grabbed the body and turned it over only to have her husband's head flop back reveling a nearly severed head and a set of empty eye sockets looking up at her. She dropped the body and screamed as she backed into the hallway; every part of her shaking as she felt her stomach knot. She had to be dreaming it.. it had to be a dream. Then arms slipped about her small frame and pulled her into the darkness. A hand slid against' her stomach roughly as another clawed hand held her husbandās eyes in front of her face. She screamed at the top of her lungs before her voice was silenced by a deep fearful pang at in the back of her mind, as if the creature gripping her could control her with his will. Cold lips touched her ear as he whispered.
"A wedding gift to you.. my Katerzina..." The voice purred against her though she was confused. She was not Katerzina, she was Josephina Moira McGregor, and fear gripped her farther realizing the man behind her thought she was someone else. Then a snarl sounded at her ear from the man as the clawed hand dug into the flesh of her stomach, "The filthy creature infected you!.. ā a cool tongue traced down her neck as she started to fight his hold wanting to scream but couldnāt draw in enough breath to manage it. She was terrified, angry, and full of hate as he held her hurting her. She was able to move she was able to fight and it made him hesitate for a moment in surprise. Humansā shouldnāt be able to resist his hold, humans shouldnāt have been able to do anything but swoon to his desires, but Josephina was able to fight against him. He gripped her so tightly that blood rolled from the claws digging deeper into the muscles of her stomach as he dropped Allenās eyes to the floor. He gripped Josephinaās hair and wrenched her head to the side and whispered,
āThough that is something I can remedy right now.ā the voice purred against her throat, then pain shot through her, before mind numbing pleasure as the man sank his fangs into her neck. Darkness clouded Rhoan's mind.
Images slammed into his consciousness, memories of things that would have made even an undead weep. The pain of being hung on meat hooks and sliced slowly into pieces then left there to be sown back together the next day. Images of being ordered to rape and kill whole families at her masters call, to make the humans do horrible things to one another telling them they would live if they did, then to watch, and finally torture and kill them all anyway. The memories seemed to become more and more broken as it continued. Rhoan was only able to get small sections of memories as if the link between the two of them was degrading.
Images of creating other vampires, only to kill them later for her masters whims and desires. Then the insanity of being locked away in a metal box for 5 years without blood, or anyone else to speak to. The feeling of her mind splitting in half to where she was two instead of one. Josephina and Katerzina... these memories continued, the death of her second husband, the lust for blood, the enjoyment of the kill and the fight between morality and the monster within. The elation of drinking her sireās blood the elations of killing him and being freed from his control once and for all. The fight between Katerzina and Josephina for power; for dominance. Then the visions of hell.. being eaten alive and torn apart only to have it replay again and again. Thousands of times over and over, then a white haired man pulled her body from the demon's clutches and embraced her.
The man.. who in the darkness was truly a singed skeletal form held her close to him, loved her.. or so she thought.. then the birth of a child.. a young boy filled his mind.. a boy who's power sent fear into the heart of any who knew what he truly could become. He was the child of a King of Hell.. and a chosen of Nyx.
"NOOOOOOOO!!!!" Tirza's voice rang out through the darkness. The bridge then ended suddenly as Tirza pushed back Fate and screamed out in agony. Before Rhoan, Jo stood red eyed and lost to the influence of the blade in Rhoan's hand, as well as lost to the madness caused by what she had seen of Rhoan's life.
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