He didn't like this clamping in his chest. He had been dissed by only one woman before...No. He shook his head vigorously to empty it of the images coming in.
He refused to think of her. The shaking didn't help and he clutched his heart as it begin to beat again. The pain was excruciating. It felt as though a thousand fires had been lit inside him.
His eyes turned fully black as his human disguise wavered. He gulped in harsh mouthfuls of the rotten human air, and allowed himself to think of her sweet face, if only to soothe the pain.
He let out the air he breathed in in a whoosh as his heart stilled and went dead again. His pain died with the beat.
" Chest pains?"
Mark whirled faster than the speed of light to face an amused looking Jack. Marks features darkened and he snarled. Somewhere outside lightning cracked.
" Calm yourself Marakuluss, I meant no harm."
Mark relaxed slightly and pulled back in his claws.
" Master. Don't sneak up on me like that."
He said 'master' as though it were a name. Jack didn't seem to mind. He was across the room faster than you could blink.
" Tell me what's wrong."
It came out sounding like something a concerned friend would say, but Mark knew it was an order.
" That Kathy girl defied my powers of compulsion. I think she knows our real identities. But you already knew that, didn't you? You wouldn't have leapt in front of that car for just a couple of virgins to snack on."
He stated the last two sentences with certainty.
" Indeed. I was wondering when you were going to ask the real reason behind our trip."
He sighed.
" The truth is, I've been getting older. I'm sure your aware of this by the way our country is fareing at the moment. Even Nabu age Marakuluss. If this goes on, I'm afraid our entire world will crumble, Wiping our kind off the face of the world, and leaving no place for the evil to go when they die."
Mark looked down. He had known this for a while, ever since whole species started dissapearing. He had just hoped it wasn't true. He lifted his head.
" So what does all this have to do with a bunch of mortal girls?"
" I need life force. Enough to get me and our kind back on our feet."
" I repeat, What does it have to do with a bunch of immature girls who can't even hold a boyfriend for over a month?"
Jack moved to the window and gazed out. Rain had soaked the glass, making it impossible for humans to gaze through the darkness. He had his back to Mark as his tone rose in excitment at his next proclamation.
" She's here Marakuluss. I can feel it. I'm surprised. I thought you would have sensed it also, but it seems you have your mind on other..things."
He said the last part with disgust, and Mark knew he was referring to Kathy. But he ignored that for the moment.
" What do you mean, she's here? What didn't I sense?"
Jack smiled, a crooked leer. His eyes were filled with such hunger he was glad Mark couldn't see his face.
" These girls are not ordinary. They're THE maidens. HER hand maidens. I recognize them from three thousand years ago."
Mark blinked. He hadn't been expecting a bombshell like that.
" W-what?"
Why hadn't he realized earlier? The one whom he had loved Three thousand years ago.. he had remembered her being the protecter of that tiny gauzy figure Master seemed to love so much.
He had never fully seen the misty being as he couldn't look through the light that surrounded it. He had always been so distracted by his love that he never really paid attention to the other women.
He felt guilty as he realized that he had also been unaware of the betrayal that had come shortly after.
He quickly looked back to Master who still had his back to him and had lowered his head.
" If they're the maidens...that would mean they know where She is!"
" Yes. And I'll get it out of them if I have to tear the skin off their bones myself."
Master clenched his fist and looked uncharistically violent.
" Or we could just ask them. I mean, they probably think of Her as just an ordinary friend. Not That She is, of course."
He added quickly as Master turned to him with a murderous look in his eyes.
" I guess you're right." Master muttered in defeat, turning to face the window again.
" But if we ask them, they might give her the heads up and she'd run again. We'll go with them to their hometown. If one of us can get within a mile, we will call in as many creatures as it takes to get her back in her rightful place. Understand?"
Mark nodded. He hadn't seen Master this aggressive since She first left him.
Master had vanished from the room as quickly as he had come.
Mark shuddered and flopped on the bed. He would hate to be Her when Master got ahold of her.