By SinClaire

Chapter 2: Further Down into the Abyss.

Numbness. That's all the body feels at the moment. The lifeblood slowly fading away. However, there is a sense of pleasure in this. The pain piercing my neck gives way to a whole new experience. More so than a caress of a mother gives to her child or the way a man makes love to a woman. Its….euphoric.

As my body slips into nothingness, I see the blinding white light. The light that people speak of when they see the gates of Heaven. I do not believe that I am worthy of such a place. A place where the righteousness and those would absolutely believe in the One Above. I do not believe in such a place or in the One Above, for what creator would allow his creation to be overcome with corruption, murder, disease, famine, and poverty?

I slowly arrive up to the gates of Heaven, I see a womanly figure on the other side. The closer I get, the more features of the woman I see. The woman on the other side is none other than my mother who I lost when I was young. She smiles upon me attempting to reach out through the gates for my hand. Before I reach out towards her, the gatekeeper asks me my name to see if I am in the Book of Life.

"Shinji Ikari" I spoke hesitantly

As I spoke my name to the gatekeeper, the bitter taste in my mouth over came my senses. The taste of metallic and copper. Unable to remove the taste from my mouth, I pressed on. Unfortunately, my legs could not move. The warm feeling I was getting from this place seemed to grow colder and the bright colors of the gates dimmed to a dull grey. As I looked up to the gates where my mother was, I saw her crying and whispering goodbye as my soul was drugged back into the Abyss. Fearing for my life, I screamed.

When I was awakened from the nightmare, my insides were on fire. An overwhelming sickness came over me, unable to control my bowels, I vomited on the cold concrete floor. Black sludge splattered on the ground as a felt my lungs decaying from with in. Black bile mixed with red decorated the slab I first awoken from. Unspeakable pain. I felt my heart grow weaker and weaker until it finally spotted beating. At this point, I screamed, but no air came out. My body became heavy as marble but chiseled finely. My eyes became clearer as I begin to see things I would have never dreamed of seeing before. I could see into the night as clear as day. My other sense were shaper as well. I could hear every heartbeat from a block away. However, despite all this wonder now powers, I discovered something building inside of me. Churning and coiling inside my chest as well inside my mind. It was then someone entered the room.

A tall man in military BDUs entered the room with a young girl who was handcuffed, obviously beaten a number of times. Clothes shredded but enough to keep her dignity. The young woman was crying, pleading for the man to let her go, but was completely ignored.

"It's feeding time fledging. Try not to play with your food." said the man with a cackle.

The man violently pushed the girl towards me but the girl's legs buckled just as she reached my feet. Looking up to me, she pleaded for me not to hurt her.

Looking down upon the girl, all instincts took over. No girl remained, only a body full of blood. Her veins called out to me. Tempting me. Ordering me to take what is mine.

Perching down to her eye level I said the only comforting thing I could say at a time like this.

"I'm sorry."

The Beast within me, won this round.

After the feeding, another group came into the room. Two of them quickly ran over to the body of the girl to quickly dispose of it. The priest enter the room with a small framed woman.

"I am Katharina Yamaguchi, Archbishop of Tokyo-3. Your sire, Father Augustus tells me that you could be a great asset to the Sabbat."

"Mirror." I said shaking.

"I beg your pardon childe?"

"MIRROR!" I yelled as the Beast roared within.

"I do not believe that you will be needing that." state the Archbishop

"Why?"

"Show him."

One of the men of gather the body of the girl out of the room quickly grab a piece of a mirror shard from the ground and gave it to me.

"Is this a trick? I can not see my reflection." I stated while turning the shard in different angles.

"Its no trick childe, it's a flaw our clan has." Father Augustus finally spoke out.

"What do you mean?" I said puzzled

"You are a Cainite. Grandchilde of our father Caine and our founder Lasombra."

TBC