Disclaimer: I do not own the characters of the Trinity Blood…. They are the sole property of Sunao Yoshida, Kiyo Kyujyo, and Thores Shibamoto…. I am just borrowing them for my fan fiction…. The only thing related to Trinity Blood that I own is a few mangas and all the DVDs…. I do however own any original characters that I create and the storyline of my story…. Please do not steal this… I have really worked hard on it in order to share it with you all.

Author Notes:~~…~~ denotes flashbacks, dreams, and nightmares; **…** denotes scene changes; * denotes notes at the bottom of the chapter

Chapter 3

Daemon smiled down at Ariana when he heard her call him master. He could tell that he had complete control over her. He, too, had gotten to his feet at the same time as Ariana. He then looked over at Kevin with an evil glint in his eyes.

"Leave us, Kevin," he said to the other man. "There is something that I need to talk to my dear crusnik about."

Kevin nodded his head as he turned to leave both Daemon and Ariana alone in the cell. He closed the door behind him and then proceeded to walk down the hall. He could only wonder what Daemon was going to talk to Ariana about.

**back in the cell**

Ariana finally looked up at Daemon with glowing red eyes. She smiled evilly at her "master". "What is it that you would like to talk to me about, my master?" she asked as best as she could without sounding like she was growling.

Daemon smiled even more at his little puppet. He could tell that she was anxious to get out and start Armageddon on the world once more. He gently placed a hand on her shoulder and squeezed it slightly.

"I want you to go to the Empire and kill the Empress," he said to Ariana with a small smile. "And then I want you to go to the Vatican and kill Pope Alessandro and his aides."

Ariana nodded her head as she turned towards the door of her cell to leave. She started to walk towards the door when she stopped all of a sudden.

"Master, what am I to do if I come face to face with my brother?" she asked Daemon quietly.

Daemon smiled even more as he walked over to her by the cell door. He placed both his hands on her shoulders and looked deep into her glowing crimson eyes.

"Kill Abel and Cain will have your head, my dear," he said to her. "Just let Abel be for now."

Ariana nodded her head as she pulled out of Daemon's grip and opened the cell door. She walked out leaving Daemon standing in the open doorway watching her retreating back. Once Ariana was far enough away from her cell, she found the nearest window and jumped out of it landing on the ground with catlike reflexes.

"I can't kill Seth," she said to herself as she ran towards the Empire of the True Race.

**meanwhile**

Abel started to stir and wake up. When he opened his blue eyes, he found himself laying in his bed. He couldn't remember how he got there. The last thing that he remembered was that he was making his way back to his room when he fell to the floor as a strong pain wracked his body. He then passed out from the pain calling out his sister's name.

He then sat up in his bed and looked around the room. His eyes quickly fell on a figure standing near his window. He noticed that the man was wearing the same priest robes as he normally wears. He also noticed that the man had long wavy black hair.

"León?" Abel called out in a weak whisper. "What happened?"

The man called León turned and looked at Abel sitting up on the bed. He walked over to the bed and looked down at the man sitting on it.

"It's about time you woke up, Abel," he said in a strong and loud voice. "Father Havel and I found you passed out in the hall just a few feet from your door. We picked you up and brought you to your room. You were calling out the name 'Ariana' in your sleep. Who is this Ariana?"

Abel sighed and looked away from León. "Ariana is my twin sister," he whispered quietly. "She was thought to be killed a long time ago. But now I am starting to believe that she is still alive."

León couldn't believe what Abel had just told him. He would have never thought that the man sitting on the bed would have a twin sister. He then turned and looked towards the window as a small smile played across his face.

"Is your twin sister cute?" León asked with his back to Abel.

Abel looked up at León with a shocked look on his face. He couldn't believe what León had asked him. There was no way that he was going to let the likes of León anywhere near his sister if they ever found her.

"I am not about to tell you something like that, León," he said in a stronger voice. "Besides, I don't think you would be able to handle my sister."

León quickly turned around and looked at Abel with fire dancing in his eyes. "Now why would you say something like that?" he asked in a hurtful tone.

Just as Abel was about to answer León there was a soft knock at the door to his room. León walked over to the door and opened it only to come face to face with another priest.

"Professor," León said. "Come to see how Abel is doing?"

The priest called Professor just nodded his head. His shot black hair didn't move when he nodded his head to León. He then looked over at the bed and saw Abel sitting up on it. He closed his light blue eyes and smiled slightly. He then walked into the room and his priest robes flowed behind him as he tapped his cane on the tiled floor as he walked.

"How are you feeling, Abel?" Professor asked.

Abel looked over in the Professor's direction when he heard the man's words. He smiled a weak smile as he looked back down at the sheets that was covering his body and sighed slightly.

"I have been better, Professor," said Abel as he looked back up at the Professor. "Ariana is alive and I need to find her before she completely loses control and destroys this world once more."

The Professor looked at Abel with a more serious look on his face this time. He couldn't believe what he had just heard from Abel. Very few knew of what Ariana was capable of doing and how she was related to Abel.

"Are you sure about this, Abel?" he asked in a serious tone. "Have you told Caterina about this?"

Abel nodded his head as he threw back the blankets and sheets that were covering him. It was a good thing that he was wearing his pajamas. He quickly got out of bed and walked over to where his priest robes where laying on the back of the chair. He picked them up and walked into the adjoining bathroom to get changed. Once he was completely dressed, Abel walked out of the bathroom and stared at both León and Professor.

"I have to go and stop Ariana before it is too late," he said as he walked over to the door to his room. "Tell Caterina that I will come back when I have found my twin."

León walked over to Abel and placed a hand on the man's shoulder. "Do you know where to find her, Abel?" he asked with concern in his voice.

Abel turned around and looked at León with a worried but yet serious look on his face. "I have my ways of telling where Ariana is at," he said quietly. "Her and I are after all connected."

With that said, Abel turned back towards the door to his room and opened it. He then walked out of the room, leaving behind a confused León and a smiling Professor. The two men, still standing in the room, left the room once Abel was gone. They both headed towards Caterina's office so that they could tell her what has developed with Abel.

"Is it safe to let him go after Ariana by himself?" León asked as the two of them walked down the long hallway.

Professor just nodded his head as they both continued to walk down the hallway. He knew that it was best if Abel went after Ariana on his own. "Abel is the only one who can help Ariana if she has lost control," he said to León as they both came to a stop in front of Caterina's office door.

**with Ariana**

Ariana had made it to the outskirts of the Empire. She just stared up at the palace that sat up on the mountain in front of her. She grinned evilly to herself.

"Time to die, Augusta Vradica," she growled out in a dangerous tone.

Just as Ariana said that, her whole body started to glow bright green hue. She could feel the power of Armageddon starting to take over. She just let it all come forth as her whole body started to raise off the ground. At the same time that her body started to float above the ground, Ariana started to mumble something incoherent under her breath.

Ariana was just about to release the power of Armageddon when she saw someone in front of her. She smiled evilly to herself as she realized who it was. "Well, hello there, brother dear," she said to the person in front of her. "Come to stop me, Abel?"

Abel just stared at Ariana. He slowly approached his sister as she set back down on the ground in front of him. He could see the power of Armageddon pouring off her slim body. Once he was a few inches away from Ariana, he looked deep into her glowing red eyes.

"I can't let you use this power to destroy the earth once more, Ariana," he said to her in a calming tone.

Ariana growled slightly as she backed away from her brother. She then started to laugh in an evil tone. She knew that there was nothing that either her or Abel could do to stop her since her crusnik half was being prevented from coming out thanks to what Daemon had injected her with.

"There is nothing you can do, Abel," she said back to him. She then walked past Abel so that she could go and finish what she had started here in the Empire. "Now if you don't mind, brother dear, I have to kill the Empress," she called over her shoulder to Abel. Ariana then looked down at the ground and closed her eyes as she continued to walk away from the one person who could help her. 'Please stop me from killing Seth and the Pope,' she thought to herself as she suddenly stopped walking and fell to her knees.

Abel watched as Ariana walked away from him. He was able to see the confusion and pain in her eyes. He knew that she was fighting whatever was causing her to act like this. He bowed and shook his head as he turned and walked in the opposite direction that Ariana was taking. As he was walking, he heard Ariana's voice echo in his mind about stopping her. 'I will do my best, sister,' he thought to himself.