There was suddenly a loud crash. Pestilence and Famine turned to see what was happening and was surprised to see War lying on the ground among the debris of a shattered table. They went to help but immediately stepped back when Death walked into the room.
"You stole my vessel." War shouted angrily. She began to stand and found herself floating backwards for a moment before she was slammed into a wall. Death marveled at her new power since claiming her true vessel. The azure gargoyle fit me perfectly. She grinned to herself and reached up to grasp War's face in her hand.
"I took what was rightfully mine. If you continue these improper actions then I will destroy you." War looked to Pestilence and Famine for help but they were slowly backing away.
Cowards War thought bitterly. Death looked at her expectantly for a moment and War nodded slowly. Death released her and smirked as War hit the ground.
"My other vessel was destroyed. I had to make this one work if I was to survive. I'm certain you can wait a little while longer for your prize." Death motioned for Pestilence and Famine to step forward. "Speaking of prizes, please tell me that you found our prize in this dreadful wasteland. They were searching through an ancient forgotten graveyard in the middle of the Mojave Desert."
A month has passed since Wyvern Castle was destroyed and Adela was possessed by the Horseman of Death. Since that night they had been searching all the leads they could find for the remaining seals. Death was growing more impatient with each day that passed while they searched for the second seal.
"I sincerely hope that you have not led us down yet another dead-end." Death threw one of the caskets against the wall in frustration. The casket cracked open and an ancient corpse fell to the ground. Death's eyes widened in surprise when she noticed a gold medallion that was hanging from the corpse's neck while she set down the pieces of the casket. She reached down and ripped the medallion off of the corpse and admired it for a moment before she snapped it in half.
"I told you we would find something here." War stated triumphantly. She accepted the two halves of the broken seal from Death and placed them in the pouch she wore on the side of her belt. War walked up and kissed Death suddenly. "It's so different to kiss you in that form." War winked at her and they all headed out of the room to begin their search for the third seal.
"You may need to get used to it. I'm really loving this form and I think for now I would prefer it if you all called me Demona." The other three horsemen looked at each other and slowly nodded. "The next one should be somewhere to the South of here in a pyramid shaped ruin." They all leapt into the air and began to fly south towards their destination.
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"We must find them." Brooklyn announced during the council meeting that Goliath had called to announce that it was finally time to hunt the horsemen down.
"We don't have a clue where to even start looking for them." Angela pointed out. "We also don't know what we will be able to do once we do find them."
"We will kill each one of them as slowly and painfully as possible." Goliath walked to the table and tossed down a small stack of papers. When the assembled group saw what was on them they realized that it was the beginning of a journal that detailed where the seals should be located. "I'm certain that the individuals that they are possessing will be thankful to finally be free of them."
"You can't do that. Elisa and Jason are…" Angela began.
"I can and I will do what I must." Goliath's tone became cold. "If you don't have the courage to do what is necessary, than perhaps I chose the wrong second." Angela's eyes went wide in surprise and then flared red. She snarled and slowly rose to her feet. Everyone at the table edged back thinking she was about to attack.
"You've changed. Ever since mother died you have been distant and cold. We all have waited patiently for you to mourn her loss." Angela sighed and walked up and put her hands on his shoulders and looked him in the eyes. He looked up at her from where he was sitting as she spoke. "We cannot just slaughter them. Our friends are still inside. Broadway died because of them as well, yet I have forced myself to think rationally and you should as well."
"You never lov…" Before Goliath could finish his sentence Angela slapped him hard across the face.
"Choose another second." Angela stormed off angrily followed quickly by Katana.
"This is getting us nowhere." Arthur stood up to address the group. "We will capture these horsemen. Killing will be a last resort that we will take, not the first one." He looked over at Goliath and motioned towards the door. "Walk with me. You and I have much that we need to discuss."
"Poor Goliath, without his mate he will slowly lose his sanity as the madness takes over." The blonde fate giggled while the fates watched the scene unfold.
"He's becoming what we need him to be. With his soul melded to Demona's he will slowly go insane with the loss of his mate." The black haired fate had a satisfied grin.
"Fate will be served. This beast will make sure of it for us." The white haired pointed out. They vanished from the room and travelled back to Avalon to continue watching the horsemen.
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"Do you like it?" Mary was showing off her new dress to Luoch. She did a quick spin so he could see how it looked from all sides. "Your mother is taking me out to celebrate our engagement." Mary's eyes lit up with excitement as she spoke. Gruoch came downstairs and Macbeth was impressed with the dress she chose. It was the same style as Gruoch's dress. They both came down to mid-thigh and were strapless. The only difference between the two was that Gruoch's dress was blue and Mary's was green.
"With all that is…" Luoch was about to ask if it was a good idea to celebrate anything with what was happening in their lives. Macbeth quickly gripped his shoulder and squeezed tight. Luoch looked up at him in confusion but remained silent.
"We need to have one of our heart to heart talks." Macbeth stated.
"Right now, why?" Luoch was confused about why his father would want to talk at that moment.
"Now" Macbeth said sternly before turning back to the girls. "You ladies look gorgeous this evening. I think you startled the boy and made him speechless." Mary began to glow with pride. Gruoch and Mary left for the evening and Macbeth went into the other room to speak to his son.
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Xanatos and Fox had spent the last month in his lab trying to find a way to not only cure the zombie problem but to also track down the horsemen.
"Have there been any sightings by the steel clan?" Fox handed him a glass of wine. He accepted it gratefully and drank it down in one gulp.
"Don't you think I would have told you if there were?" David asked irritably. He put his head in his hands and tried to think.
"Okay, no need to bite my head off." She replied sarcastically and took a drink from her glass.
"I know and I'm sorry. I'm just so damned frustrated. Whenever I think they are getting close it turns out to be just another zombie attack." He stated bitterly.
"Don't worry dear, we'll find them." Fox stated in a matter of fact tone. She came over to sit next to him and put her arm around him. "I love you. You know that don't you?" David nodded slowly. "Good, because otherwise I would have kicked your ass for talking to me that way but love only gets you so many chances." She grinned wickedly and drained the rest of her glass. They cuddled close together and watched for any sign that would show them where the horsemen had gone.
"I don't care what percentage Ziggy says it has to succeed. I am not doing that so you need to go and not come back unless you have a better option." One of the scientist's David hired was off to the side of the lab where he was working by himself.
"Uh, Doctor are you feeling okay?" David asked curiously.
"Oh, yes…yeah I'm okay." The doctor replied. He turned his back to where Xanatos was sitting. "No Al…Because I said no that's why." He stated in a fierce whisper.
David grinned and turned towards Fox. "Well at least he's supposed to be brilliant." She chuckled before she leaned down to kiss him again.
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"You're coming along nicely aren't you my pet." Demona walked up to Broadway and looked him over. Broadway had woken up chained to a wall in a bunker that the horsemen were now using has a base.
"A…Adela, what are you…" Demona shook her head and stepped closer to him.
"You idiots really should have listened to Brooklyn. Did you really think I had fallen in love with that moron? It has been so much fun watching you these past few years, but now I'm bored so I searched for something better and I found it." She grinned wickedly and turned to leave.
"But why…why did you do this to us?" Broadway shouted. He was shocked by the change in her.
Demona stopped at the door and turned to look at him. "Because it was fun" Demona slammed the door and left Broadway alone. It was then that he heard the guttural sounds the zombies make just before they jumped on him and he began to feel them sinking their teeth into his flesh.
"NOOO! Demona I will kill you." The gargoyle clones that were guarding the door heard Broadway scream over and over until the room suddenly became eerily silent.