"I am very disappointed in you, Xenon. Why would you mate with a human?"
Xenon stared through the flames, with no valid expression readable on his face. He didn't know how to respond to that without making his master angry. Instead, he just replied with, "I don't know why, my lord." But even this might anger his master.
"I expect more out of you, Xenon. You're my most loyal servant. And I even consider you as a good friend. But there must always be consequences for your actions."
Xenon nodded and sighed. "I understand, master. And I do apologize. I know I broke a rule, and I feel only the deepest regret for disobeying the rules you have set into place."
There was a pause of silence. Only the crackling of the fire around them could be heard.
"Since you seem to like mortals so well, maybe you should live with them for a while."
"But master, I-"
"SILENCE. You must live among the mortals for two centuries. You will finish this punishment, then return to me. Now leave."
Xenon almost gaped at his master for a moment, but nodded and disappeared as the bright orange flames engulfed him.
When he appeared again, he was standing in the middle of a dark alley, which smelled pretty bad, by the way. His eyes wandered around, trying to search for a hint as to where he was. He walked out to the end of the alley, looking up and down the street.
He certainly recognized it, but couldn't name exactly where he had appeared. His rage had been so great, he didn't even pay attention to where he was going when he left the Underworld. Oh well.
He stepped out and began to walk down the street, his heavy black boots grounding into the sidewalk with each step. He now decided to look for a structure he could claim as his own. He paused for a second and forced his skin to change to his normal pale, his dark brown hair to grow out of his skull, and his black eyes to now look like a human's, with a vibrant green that almost seemed to glow.
He smiled, stretched a little, and continued walking. His eyes scanned over the scenery, watching as he passed by each house, until he turned into another neighborhood, and finally, he found it. A house he'd actually tolerate living in.
For now, anyway.
He walked up to the house, waved a hand in front of it, and the door opened. He strode inside all casual-like, and grinned as he looked around. It was already occupied. No matter, he'd fix that. The house is now for sale.
Xenon made his way down the hall and opened the first door.
A bathroom.
Right, moving on. He opened the next door, and this time, he found a sleeping form atop a small bed. After looking around the room, he came to the conclusion the room was inhabited by a young boy. He grinned wider than he had been, and went inside the room. His fingertips extended into sharp claws, and he raised them slightly. He then stabbed them into the boy, and covered his mouth to muffle his cry.
Xenon watched the boy stared up at him in terror, trying to rid of the discomfort of the sharp object breaking his skin, and possibly even a few vital organs. His eyes closed and tears leaked out of the side, sliding to land on his pillow. It wasn't long before he stopped breathing, and clearly was, dead.
Xenon pulled his claws out and wiped the blood on his black pants. This was fun.
The woman sat on the hospital bed, her face pale and her hands shaking. She looked over at the small almost container-like thing that held her newborn baby. It looked so peaceful, sleeping, with its hand curled into a small fist beside its head. Its head covered in brown fuzz, not quite hair yet. She looked up at the doctor, who placed the name tag into it, 'KIA LINDSEY REED'.
The woman smiled, knowing everything would be as it should. She closed her eyes, and slowly slipped out of consciousness.
If only the baby knew her mother. For her mother died that night, in her sleep.
(A/N): Awww. So sad. D= Poor Kia. And Xenon…he committed a sin, strangely, but he's being punished for it. XP Ironic, huh? Oh yeah, and did you know that Xenon is the name of an element on the Periodic Table? Yeah. XD I didn't realize that until I was taking the science test and I was looking over the Periodic Table to find something in order to answer a question. Anyway, review and comment! Thank you! ^^ (Also, the ladeh was pregnant for a while, it just took a long time for the whole mess to be found out.)