IT'S HERE! THE SEQUEL TO VIOLET SHADOWS HAS FINALLY ARRIVED. WELL, TECHNICALLY IT'S BEEN IN A WORD DOCUMENT SINCE SEPTEMBER OF 2015, AND I'VE ONLY GOTTEN TO CHAPTER 19, BUT HEY. I'M USING MY STUDY HALLS FOR THIS INSTEAD OF MY CRAPPY MATH HOMEWORK SO WHAT'RE YOU GONNA DO ;P HOPE EVERYONE ENJOYS THE SEQUEL TO MY DEAR BABY CHILD OF A STORY!

~Unknown's POV~

"Did you really think that marching in here with a sword and some poetry would defeat me? At least have the actions to back up your harmless words?"

The pathetic weakling of a man winces when I wretch his blood red rapier away, tossing it across the dark, moist cave I dwell in. Before he can even try to fight back, I take my own blade and pierce it into the hard ground through his shoulder.

"Hero. Ha! Even the thought of people considering you one amuses me. Humans are so misguided by their own kind."

"Even… if the marrow is barren of promises," he forces, glaring up at me through his thick eyelashes. "Nothing shall forestall…"

"Enough of that ridiculous piece of garbage," I cut him off. "No one cares about your return. It will never come. Now, where's that slave of yours? I highly doubt you came here on your own."

"He's… not here."

"Obviously. So what signal did you set up for him?"

He shuts his mouth right then and there. I smirk down at him, taunting him with the fact that he can't outsmart me. Hm, I think. No materia, no exceptionally loud objects, and no explosives. At least he's good at keeping his secrets. That'll be pretty useful. Too bad I already have him…

"Are you a fool, Genesis?" He doesn't reply, directing his blue eyed glare elsewhere. "I certainly don't think so. I know Weiss has to be somewhere nearby unless you planned on shouting for him. I don't need an exact location, just your plan for backup."

"I thought you wanted…"

"I couldn't care less about your ridiculous hiding places. I want to know how you strategize, how your mind works."

"…. You have him, don't you?"

"Of course!" I grin at him menacingly. "It was all too easy." I lean forward on the hilt of the sword, coaxing a grunt of pain from the ex-SOLDIER. "You didn't know what you were getting into, Genesis, waltzing into my home- my Hell- like you already owned it. You severely underestimated me."

That was how all this business started. Taking over the Lifestream. Ha! All I want is my revenge on mankind. Those other two blubbering idiots can take what they want afterward. Why someone would willingly come to Jammaha just to take over the Lifestream is mind boggling to me. Of course, Genesis' method is the most useful, if not the most dangerous.

He's proposed taking over the Lifestream first. Power over the afterlife equals power over life, and that eventually leads to control over the entire planet, leaving more room for slower, more torturous deaths. It really is a brilliant idea, except for one thing. If I go through with his plan, he would have the ability to destroy me, and he has no reason not to go through with that.

No, I'd rather stick with slow and steady. As their ruler, I get what I want when I want it first, and then… No, that's not right. I'm an overlord. A ruler cares for his people; I care for me, myself, and I. Those two idiots I've gained control of are tools, no, slaves. They will do as I command whether they like it or not. It doesn't matter if they know the person I've targeted, they will kill. And my main goal, my motivation for all of this?

The destruction of Violet Crescent.