The Bitterness of the Rain
By:Danni Lynn
Chapter 2:Blood and Confusion
~+!Kai's Pov!+~
I stared in dismay as the girl I just met fell to the ground with her own blood streaming out of her body repulsively. She slowly moved her head in my direction and muttered something before she went limp. I felt a hand on my shoulder and looked back to see David limping as he clutched onto his stomach. Strands of hair fell out of place and made his hair which is usually slicked back look rumpled and bed ridden.
"Get her into the car. She'll be fine."
David ordered to a couple of Red Shield members. I gazed at the ground feeling terrible. This wasn't what I wanted but yet it feels like Riku's death was avenged. I thought as my mind whirled with thoughts of anger and confusion. I shook my head. She is getting what she deserved. Her kind shouldn't be aloud to live. I decided but Saya's words rung in my head. I turned towards David. His blue eyes locked with my own.
"You never told me she had a sister."
I accused but David didn't even look the slightest bit of apologetic.
"You should read Joel's dairy. It'll explain everything. But are you willing to commit to being a Red Shield agent?"
David shot back and I flinched at his words. He walked away leaving me outside my father's pub. As the black Red Shield van drove away I stared after it before turning on my heel and trudging back through Omoro's front door. My father, George sat at one of the pub's tables as he mumbled to himself. I pulled a chair up next to him and sat down. My father kept staring at the top of the table as he flipped a gun in his hand over and over again.
"Dad, are you okay?"
I asked as I slowly reached for the gun. My father pulled away and placed the gun down before he bothered to meet my eyes.
"Yes. I'm fine. I just can't understand why she was looking so-"
My father stopped and fumbled for the words I already knew.
"Scared? Or confused?"
I finished the sentence.
"Both. Wouldn't she have known that we would be lurking around every corner. Something isn't right. I can't wrap my mind around it but something is terribly wrong here."
George grumbled but he stood up and picked up the pistol. He placed it in a holster on his belt.
"Kai, I need you to go to the Red Shield base and find out what their planning on doing with the girl Saya. You don't have to do it."
My father instructed.
"Your so strange. First you called them here to capture her and now you want me to investigate. Your an odd father. But I'll do it. I can't believe I actually gave her away like that. I thought she would be evil like the Red Shield members act like her kind is. I caught a queen and now I regret it. What is this world coming to. We should just make up our minds."
I mentally argued with myself as I nodded to my father in agreement to the assignment. He gave me an awkward smile.
"Thanks. Now all you have to do is-"
My father explained to me how to get in the Head quarters and find out how to get to Saya.
~+!Saya's Pov!+~
Walls. White walls. So many people. Where am I? Pain. So much pain. My mind reeled with hazy thoughts as my vision came blurry. Lights. Blinding Lights. Voices. Murmurs of distant people. I tried to think but my memories seemed to turn up blank. My head pounded horribly like as if someone was taking a brick to my head. I tried to move but I just couldn't. My eyelids felt droopy and heavy. I tried my best to stay awake but I soon fell unconscious.
~+!Solomon's Pov!+~
I closed my eyes and remembered the time when I became a chevalier. But my mind was only filled with thoughts of the missing Saya. I had heard Diva's pleas of agony when she was talking to me on the phone. I even detected fear in Nathan's voice. The helicopter I was in was loud and hurt my ears but I didn't dare show my pain. Then I remembered the conversation I had with Diva only just a little while ago. I had tried to reassure her by telling her Saya was going to be OK and that she has protected us all over the last hundred years. I had remembered a time when I hated the world and everyone seemed against me. I felt so alone and just wanted to die. I had stumbled across my uncle Anshel and was drunk. He had smirked at me and called me a pathetic creature. I was still a human at the time and was completely oblivious to why he had called me pathetic.
Anshel had tried to kill me that night. He told me I would make a nice sacrifice for studying. To this very day I still do not know what studies he had but I know that everything will be revealed soon. As Anshel lunged for me with a knife for an arm I had been completely scared still. My legs would simply not carry me away. But when I closed my eyes and felt blood stain my clothes I felt no pain. I opened my eyes to see a beautiful young girl take the hit for me. She gave me a sad smile as she looked back over me. As her wound started to heal she tried to attack Anshel with so much hatred that a mere human like me when I was one was able to feel the suffocating sorrow that had bred so much rage that it had made me fall to the ground and weep with misery that was not my own. Anshel was gone and had severally hurt the girl but she only spat out the blood in her mouth and gave me a hand. She helped me stand on shaking legs. She then told me her name was Saya. She gave me a friendly smile but her eyes deceived the feelings she showed on her face. Her brown eyes held no other emotion but deep pain.
I didn't understand why she looked that way. She appeared younger than me when I was human. And I had thought at the time too absorbed in my thoughts as peered into her eyes that she was gone that why she looked so hurt what could she have gone through at such a young age. I had thought but nothing came to mind.
"Solomon. Are you OK?"
I was wrenched from my memories by Karl. I glanced at him and smiled.
"Fine, Karl. How about you?"
I asked and I saw a flash of pain cross Karl's face but he shook his head as if to shake away the thoughts.
"Just worried about our queens and brother, nothing more."
Karl half admitted but I had saw what he was more worried about. And I could tell that James was thinking the same as Karl and I. But I stayed silent.
~+!Diva's Pov!+~
I blinked and sighed as I rubbed sleep from my eyes. I licked my teeth only to feel the long canine fangs over my tongue. I felt Nathan drape his arm around me as I sat up. He looked at me with concern but I was use to it.
"Good morning sleepy head. Did you have a nice dream?"
Nathan tried to make conversation with me but I wasn't in the mood for it. I shrugged and leaned against his lean body. Everything was hot and I missed the cold up in Russia but those days were long behind me. I felt my dreary mood return and thoughts of my sister consumed me. Then a thought hit me while I was thinking about what had happened before the plan crash.
"Nathan how come you protected me instead of both me and Saya?"
I asked and saw a glimmer of regret in his eyes. I knew he would have been able to protect both me and Saya but why he hadn't was beyond me.
"I don't know. I guess it was instinct that led me to you instead of Saya because I am your chevalier. But to tell the truth I'm not really sure."
Nathan explained as he scratched his head wondering why. I nodded too lazy to presser him anymore. I looked up at the sky to see the sun beginning to set. I had no interest in the world around me just my sister. I remember when Saya and I were little and were locked away in the tower. I remember how the little boy Hagi found us in the tower and taunted us as if we were animals. Saya was always shouting at him to go away but Hagi just kept coming back. He always had something mean to say and he scared me.
Anshel was no better. I hated him. I almost killed him but that almost costed me Saya's life in exchange for his freedom he would give me back Saya. I had noticed that every time Anshel had captured Saya and took her away she always came back differently. I took notice of the sadness in her eyes that she always had. As much as I had tried to get rid of it, it just wouldn't leave.
I stopped thinking and let Nathan hum me back to sleep.
~+!Saya's Pov!+~
I watched as the glass of the vile embedded itself in my skin. I tried to get away but when I put weight on my feet they started to bleed and caused pain to bolt up and down my spine. I screamed in agony wishing someone would help me. Anshel turned to look at me and grinned. He set the man down that he called Hagi and walked over to me. My feet started to heal and I calmed down. Every step Anshel took towards me was another step I took backwards. But then out of nowhere he disappeared and was behind me. I saw him just before he picked me up and slung me over his shoulder.
"Let me go! Let me go!"
I shouted at him but it got me nowhere. I saw Hagi stand up and smile at me. I stopped and stared at him with fear. He strode over to me and grabbed me by the collar. Anshel let me go only to get sent into Hagi's hands. I was forced to look into his dark cold eyes.
"So pretty. Yet so horrible."
Hagi stated. I scowled at him and spat on his face. He smirked and slammed me to the floor as he brought his boot down on my ribs. He kept crushing them till they were nothing but shattered like the pieces of glass. I couldn't even breath and never the less my strength was fading but my rage was rapidly consuming me.
I glared up at Hagi and grinned through blood and pain. Hagi stared at me surprised. He glanced up at Anshel.
"Her eyes are red."
He stuttered like a confused child. Anshel walked over to me and looked at me.
"Yes they are. Then we should start the experiments earlier than expected. Get her to the basement."
Anshel ordered. Hagi smiled and picked up my healing body by the hair.
I woke up with a start as my dream scared me. I sat up straight and tried to figure out what was going on. My vision was a bit bleak but other then that I felt fine. The drowsiness had disappeared and the pain had ceased. I looked around the the room through bleary eyes. The room was nothing but white with annoyingly bright lights. There was a window on the left side of the bed I was on. I quickly recognized the people standing on the other side of the mirror well a few of them anyway. There was David and his cold, eyes that frightfully reminded me of Hagi's. There was also a blonde female wearing a lab coat with glasses that hid here brilliant eyes. I noticed an IV attached to my arm and ripped the needle out.
"Saya, I'm coming in to check up on you. My name is Julia. Please, remain calm. I'm not going to hurt you."
The blonde female told me on an in-com. I scowled at her through the mirror.
"Sure, you are. All you humans are the same. Your afraid of my kind so you capture us and lock us away for years to do experiments on us and kill us off in the end!"
I snarled at her. The female named Julia said nothing as part of the white wall opened and she stepped in with a chart in her hands. She glanced at me sideways as she slowly approached me. I knew what was to be expected. You tend to learn things when your locked away in a tower for decades.
"Saya, how are you feeling?"
Julia asked me as she scribbled away on the chart. I didn't replie as I listened to her heartbeats as they went faster and faster. My throat burned and I felt my hunger stir as I kept listening to the heartbeats. Julia gave me a weak smile.
"Tell me if you need anything."
Julia announced as she backed out of the room and fled down the hall away from the room as if she were a wet mutt running away with its tail between its legs. I snorted with anger and grabbed the blood packet from its holster and ripped it open. As I gulped down its contents I was aware of David observing me like a poison lab animal. I licked my lips dissatisfied.
"No where near as tasty as warm blood."
I grumbled to myself and tossed the empty packet to the floor. I saw David lean close towards the mirror.
"That's the only one you'll be getting for the rest of the day."
David coldly stated over the in-com. I rolled my eyes and walked over to the mirror.
"Why did your organization join up with Anshel and Hagi?"
I questioned him already knowing the answer.
"To kill all chirpotereans."
David answered with no emotion. I smirked at his ignorance.
"You don't know do you? That Hagi and Anshel are chevaliers. I doubt it you'll believe me."
I challenged him. David stayed silent and got up and walked away. I sighed and leaned against the wall.
"Diva. I miss you."
I murmured as I pulled my knees up to my chest and lied my head on my knees. I missed my family. I had protected them for years and wound up being the one needed for protection.
"Hey Saya!"
A gruff voice yelled my name. I snapped my head up and glared at a group of men that stood behind the mirror. They smirked at me as the swung their guns around trying to irritated me.
"I thought I'd come by to tell you goodbye before my squad here went off to capture your sister and kill your chevaliers."
The man laughed at me as he joked around with his buddies. My blood started to boil and anger flared through me.
"Your sister, Diva. Is going to get a nice surprise when we shoot her chevaliers with these bullets filled with your blood. My squad is the only ones who have them for now anyway."
The man teased me. I got up and pounded my fists against the glass. At first the men back away and pointed their guns at me but then laughed even harder when the glass didn't break.
"Did we upset you? I'm sorry. Will you forgive us?"
The man mocked me with a childish voice while acting afraid. I couldn't take it any more. I slammed my fists continuously against the glass. When it started to crack the men stopped laughing and pointed their guns at me. My fists started to bleed and drenched the mirror in my blood. But the glass only cracked it didn't break. I roared with fusteration and smashed my head against the glass till it broke and sent shards of it towards the men. They screamed in pain as glass embedded in their face and chest. I spat out some blood in my mouth and climbed out of the room. The men scrambled around for their guns that they had dropped when the glass broke.
I picked up a gun and shot them right in the head without wasting a bullet. My hunger made my throat burn like fire and I wanted to so badly drink from the men but I shook my head.
"They won't due. They clearly are full of themselves and out of shape. They're blood would be worse than that blood packet."
I explained to myself and left the bodies of the men. I still held the gun in my hand and shot everyone I came across right in the head. I didn't care who it was. There was something inside of me urging me on to keep killing. I had felt this urge in Vietnam but it was a lot stronger then. I wanted to hear cries of fear as I slaughtered whatever was in my way. I wanted to feel their blood soak my skin. I wanted to smell the stench of iron being unmercifully spilled. And most of all I wanted to sink my teeth in their flesh and drink every last drop.
Sirens roared through the entire boat and I felt the boat moving. I ran faster to the top. My surroundings seemed like nothing but a blur as I dashed past guards and officers. I came across a door and saw the light flutter through the window. I swung it open and looked around. I was right next to the exit where you get off the boat. I noticed that the boat was moving as fast it could away from the dock but it it wasn't getting very far. The distance was a jump able length and counting. I could easily jump it but a roar made me stop. I stared at a group of chirotereans across the way and smirked.
"An escort how nice. But I prefer to go alone."
I laughed hysterically as the feeling to kill seemed to overwhelm me. I jumped the distance with ease and faced my escorts. The chiroptereans never attacked me and Diva. Sometimes our chevaliers but only if its a stray. They roared as if they were victorious but I chuckled as my nails grew to claws and I slashed out to them. They didn't crystallized but they seemed confused and started to attack eat other. I grinned and strolled away enjoying the cries of bloodshed. As I hummed a tune my sister would often sing something made me stop when a ring of metal hit my feet. I stared down and saw a jagged piece of glass. Big enough to be used as a knife. It seemed perfect for slaughtering so I picked it up and swung the air with it. I grinned as I caught movement at the corner of my eye. As I headed towards the movement I had saw it was none the less a human and my mind seemed nothing but think about killing and blood. And everything seemed to tune out. Anything I saw moving I killed and nothing could stop me.
~+!Diva's Pov!+~
"Diva get up!"
Nathan's gentle voice rung through my mind and taring me from my dreams. I opened my eyes to see Nathan carrying me bridal-style. I sighed and breathed in his scent. It smelled like roses. Then I finally noticed the screeching sound that was hurting my ears. I looked up at Nathan with a questioning look. He smiled at me and pointed behind me. At first I thought it was Saya but when I looked, it was helicopter. The door came open and Solomon stepped out. He gave me a small smile and gestured Nathan to get in the helicopter. Nathan nodded and walked in with me in his arms. He set down on a seat and sat down next to me. Solomon sat across me with his legs crossed. I noticed Karl and James in the front seat.
"For Karl and James to be here. It must be worse than we thought."
Nathan stated quietly and a chill ran up my spine. Solomon moved uncomfortably in his seat and didn't make eye contact with Nathan.
"So how will we find Saya?"
I asked Solomon and he gave me smile. He pulled out a device from his pocket that kept beeping.
"We planted a chip in you and Saya so that we could locate you where ever you are. We had them placed in you just to make sure we know where you and Saya are if you get lost or captured."
Solomon explained to me. I looked at the device with interest and reached over to grab it. Solomon handed it to me.
"How does it work?"
I wondered as I stared at the screen that had a flashing dot in the middle of it.
"The dot represents the chip. Then you-"
Solomon showed me how it worked but I lost interest in the first sentence. I sighed and looked out the window. Solomon noticed I wasn't paying attention and put the device back in his pocket. Karl turned around in his seat to look at me and smiled.
"We're here. Saya is in this general facility. James lower the helicopter."
Karl ordered. James nodded and pulled the helicopter to the ground. Solomon glanced at Karl and shook his head.
"James just to let you know we are in a city. You just can't lower the helicopter right in the middle of some street."
Solomon told James but he shrugged.
"Sorry about that brother. We're already on the ground."
James reasoned with little care. He got up and stepped out of the helicopter. I giggled and Solomon gave me a disapproval shrug and helped me out of the helicopter. But as I jumped out onto the street there were no people. I glanced back at Nathan and gave him a questioning stare but he gave me no replie. Suddenly my instincts kicked in and my throat started to burn. The air seemed to be full one single distinct smell, the smell of...blood. Everyone was silent. Nobody said a thing but I could tell we could all sense someone. Our kind. Hope in my belly stirred that it was my sister but our kind always seem to be lurking around every corner now a days. Solomon moved in front of me while Nathan gripped my shoulders. Then out of nowhere movement flickered. Karl and James took my sides as the chevaliers made a circle around me. They only did this if danger was nearby. But before I could think anymore of it a roar slashed through my thoughts and brought me back to reality.
As my eyes scanned the barren surroundings it came to rest upon a dark figure from far down the street that even my chiropterean eye-sight, as inhansed as it is, could not make out the face of the figure. But from the curves of the body it was easy to guess it was female. Solomon blocked my view as his arm became a blade. It glinted in the late afternoon sun that I had to shield my eyes from the light. Then a battle cry seemed to shake the earth to its core as the metallic ring of clashing blades rung in my ears. Solomon had disappeared from view and Nathan took his place as the chevaliers took a protective triangle around me. But then the ring of blades ceased and suddenly Nathan came crashing into me. I was slammed to the ground as I smacked my head against the concrete. My vision veered as colors were replaced by darkness but luckily for a split second. That didn't stop the pain though. Never before had pain like this seer through me like as if my veins were aflame.
As my vision came back it was covered in splotches of red as I tasted the tang of iron on my tongue. Nathan's weight was heavy but with enough effort I was able to wiggle free from his body. I glanced up as the sun's blaring rays disappeared to see the face of my sister, Saya. I smiled emiditly and got up to hug her.
"Saya! I missed you so much. You had us all-"
Before I could ramble farther into the one-sided conversation, pain washed over me like a shock of lightening. I felt a strange tingling sensation as my flesh was ripped by a metal rod that my sister had plunged into my shoulder. Blood came streaming down by the pint and the pain was practicality unbearable that I stumbled to my knees in utter weakness. I glanced up at Saya to see tears running down her cheeks as they came welling out of her velvet eyes. I opened my mouth to speak but my voice was caught in my thought due to the pain. Though tears flooded down her face, she seemed to scowl with undetermined hatred that I never knew she had. Her slacks and T-shirt were dripping in blood but she made no motion to indicate that she would remove them. As my voice finally came back, my sight was getting a bit bleak but my mind was none the less as groggy though I could still hold my own for the time being.
"Sa...ya...its...m...e...Diva..."
I rasped as I choked on every breath I dared to make. Saya's cold face did not waver. I knew I would collapsed from pain if I did not remove the rod from my shoulder so the wound could heal. But as I slowly gripped the rod it came sliding from my gasp and out of the other side of my shoulder. I cried out with relief and looked back to see who had pulled the pole out. It was James. His face held no emotion but he helped me up to my feet. I leaned against him as I turned back to Saya. I didn't understand why she just stood there dripping in blood that was making my hunger spike but it was hope that she would come back to us. Well, mentally anyway. I had seen her worse than this before. It was when we were just children living in the tower. When Anshel brought her back to me she was so distant and cold to the point I thought she would never change. Even when she was in Vietnam helping us flee from Hagi's clutches she had not been in such a rage as she was in now. I cleared my throat ready to speak.
"Sister, its OK now. Anshel and Hagi aren't going to hurt us. Look at me. I'm fine am I not? Please I beg of you to come back to us."
I pleaded as I reached out for her hand she wrenched it away and took a step back. Her bright velvet eyes were beginning to dull. I knew I had to push her a bit more. But Solomon came out of nowhere and gripped her by the shoulders.
"Saya! Snap out of it! You must calm down! You have to stop this! You just hurt your sister!"
Solomon yelled at her. In some twisted way Saya grinned as though what Solomon said was funny.
"Why? Its fun to kill those humans. They deserve it for what they did."
Saya stated in cold laughter. I shivered as if Saya had been possessed by some heartless being. Solomon's back grew rigid and I could tell he was beginning to panic.
"It is fine to kill when your hungry not for pleasure."
Solomon tried to reason but then Saya's twisted grin faded into a frown.
"I do not understand."
Saya squeaked as all rage drained from her face to be replaced with panic. Solomon shook Saya as if she was asleep.
"Saya! Come on Saya!"
Solomon whined. Saya's face churned in pain as she shoved Solomon away and clutched her head.
"Stop! Stop! Stop!"
Saya screamed. Solomon and James watched stunned but I knew Saya far better than them that if she were to stay like this any longer she would get hurt and bad. I ran to her and hugged her. If you were to watch this entire thing happen across the street you would think that the way I embraced my sister was a bit strange. I held her tight and rocked her like she does for me when I'm scared or upset. Her wails of anguish soon became quiet sobs. I slowly hummed the song that I would often sing to calm down my elder sister. As she calmed down her body became heavy and she seemed to pull to the ground. I looked at her to see she had become unconscious. I sighed and waved Solomon over. He sulked up to me and nodded as he picked her up bridal-style into his arms.
"Diva, how did you do that? Where did you learn that?"
Solomon praised me with astonishment.
"Talk to the person your cradling in your arms. Everything I know I learned from her."
I pointed to Saya's solemn figure that looked more fragile than glass. She looked young and healthy but mentally she was unstable and deeply scarred any fool could see that if you get to know her. It seemed that by each passing day Saya was getting worse and it looked like to me that she had some disease that I couldn't figured out. Sometimes I worried so much that I would pull my own hair out literally but Saya never noticed because it grew back to original length in matter of seconds.
Solomon faintly smiled at me and carried Saya to the helicopter. James huddled me along. I noticed Karl and Nathan walking behind us deep in conversation. I didn't say a word as we boarded on to helicopter and went off to who knows where? I was just glad I got my sister back and that I could rest knowing we would live another day free.
Sorry about the wait. I've just had bad writer's block but its mostly passed now and exams were of no help either. I hope you like the chapter. I am sorry about spelling and grammar mistakes. Please feel obliged to make comments just no flames if you could. I plan to get this story up and running during the summer. Any lack of up-dating is due to other stories or just the vocation. Well until next chapter. Audio!
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Danni a.k.a. falling into the darkness ^.- teehee!