Finally, he reached the rooftop terrace where the Hunter told him the Queen of the Vilebloods hid. The cold air whipped his Executioner cape into a frenzy, the snow ricocheting off of his golden helm sounding like bullets hitting his skull.
Finally, he would avenge his dear Martyr Logarius like so many Executioners had tried before him. He would be the one to bring his order back to glory, to strike down the heart of the Vileblood's power and be remembered as the savior of the Healing Church. The name Alfred would be remembered for the ages!
Slowly, his steps crunching the ice beneath his feet, he entered the stone cold chamber that housed the so-called abomination of a Queen. His helm covering his face, her mask covering her own. Hearing him enter, she looked up, though he could not see her face.
He stood before her, mockingly bowing to her, the irony obvious to both.
"Ah," her voice was oddly sweet, he noticed, tinged with a darker note beneath, "An Executioner. Come to kill me at last."
He did not respond, but drew the Logarius Wheel – the symbol of all that stood Holy to him – from his back, synching it with the power of the arcane. She had nowhere to run, no longer able to hide behind the solitary fortress Logarius had left for her.
When he did not respond, she stood tall and proud before him, spine straight and hands clasped before her.
"Very well," she almost whispered, the words echoing throughout the sparsely furnitured chamber. He did not expect the Queen of most foul beings to sound so weak and act so frail. He did not waver, her act not working to sway him.
"I shall go with dignity, you know," she giggled. Giggled? It did not seem right for an immortal being to sound so young and vibrant, like some of the young initiatives of his own Healing Church.
Slowly, she lifted the adorned helm off of her head, revealing to him a woman no younger than a year to his age. Flowing locks of golden silk framed a face with bright eyes that held the wisdom of millennia, yet glowed like ice.
And for a moment, he was stunned.
A/N: Don't know where I'm going with this yet, or if I'm going anywhere :P let me know what you think?