A:N – WARNING – !This chapter will have strong elements of gore!
She'd been locked in her room for a while now, practising her ability away from prying eyes, from what she had been told about these 'Exorcists', she needed to learn quick so she would be the one with the upper hand instead of them. But she still didn't fully understand why she had to fight them, so for now, she was going the basis of attacking them before they attacked her.
So far, she managed to switch forms a lot quicker than before, like it were something she knew how to do all along, now came the issue of being apply to a fight or as an escape route, being able to do it quick was what she was aiming for, just like learning how to pickpocket, do it quickly and quietly.
It had taken a while, but she managed to dissolve into the mist form, seep her way through the small gaps in her bathroom door and manifest back into her solid form on the other side, but even she knew that it was too slow. Sighing, she walked to the other side of the room and leant against the wall, staring at the door, contemplating on what she was about to do, maybe if she ran at the door and changed, she could get through quicker… but she also ran the risk of running smack into the door.
"Even if I do hit the door, no one will see me… it's going to hurt though."
Puffing out her cheeks a little, she stood up straight and stared daggers at the door, trying to regain the feelings she felt against Devit when she went inside him, maybe feeling angry was what made it work? Biting her lip, she just went for it, running straight for the door and imagining that she was ramming herself into Devit again. But at the last second, she panicked, lost her concentration and kept her solid form and smacking right into the door with a loud 'BANG' and falling back onto the floor.
"Ow ow ow ow, God fucking dammit!"
She held onto on to her wrist and rolled onto her side, that really hurt! But nobody saw, so no one needed to know what happened… especially the twins; they'd never shuttup about it. Once the pain had passed, she sat up and stared at the door, she wanted to try again, but trying to make herself angry didn't seem to work, last time must have been a one off, so she started to think. She remembered being asked what her 'title' was; the Noah of Longing, 'an emotion regarded as a strong feeling of desire.'
Then it hit, her 'memory' is what must fuel her ability, maybe if she longed to get through the door, it would work… even if it did sound completely ridiculous, but everything that couldn't happen has happened, so she may as well go with it. Standing back up, she went back to the wall and concentrated again, focusing on that longing feel, trying to image that something she wanted to see was on the other side of the door. Once she felt she felt a little spark inside her, she ran at the door again, expecting to hit it again but she'd managed to get through to the other side with no harm done, she'd dissolved and returned to solid form within a couple of seconds at most. She really couldn't help but grin happily now, feeling extremely proud of what she had done, she'll master her ability in no time! But her little victory was short lived as a sharp pain coursed its way through her head, bringing her down to her knees and gripping her head. But almost as soon as it came, it faded. That was weird, she stayed still for a few moments, just in case the pain came back but it didn't, so she got back up on her feet.
"What was that about…? I've never had migraines before… Maybe 'cause I'm not used to doing this…" Shrugging, she straightened her dress a little and left her room, thinking she may as well go on this 'mission' whilst she was still feeling confident.As she left the room, she still kept an eye out for the twins; she hadn't seen either of them since the incident, so maybe they were bored of her now. She sort of felt like a toy in their eyes, she was fascinating for a few days then was just thrown back into the toy box with the others. But why did it bother her so much? Why should she care what they think of her? Shaking her head suddenly, she pushed those weird thoughts from her mind and carried on making her way to the room where the Earl was waiting for her.
Upon reaching the door, she lightly knocked, then entered as her name was called, she looked around at all the phones, and remembered how she felt when she first entered this room, those feelings almost completely gone, sure, she still felt nervous but this felt normal to her now.
"Ahh, there you are my dear, do excuse the mess, this week has been rather hectic."
Mess? It looked exactly the same as last time-
"Now then, the time has come for you to involve yourself in our fight against the Exorcists and that disgusting substance, Innocence. I will be sending you to France where a fairly new Exorcists has been spotted so she should be easy enough for you to 'take care of'~"
"Take care of… "
She looked back up at the Earl again, only to find him surrounded by half a dozen machine like things with doll faces on them and one in the middle that looked like a huge mechanical rat.
"Take these Akuma with you; they're under your control, so use them however you wish."
Then within a flash, the Akuma disappeared completely.
"They will meet you in France, your target is named 'Sophia Laroux' now off you go my dear, I look forward to hearing back from you."
Before she had a moment to think, a bright white light flashed in front her, she had to shield her eyes from its intensity. She kept her eyes covered, until she felt a breeze brush past her, opening her eyes, she was no longer on the Ark, but on the streets of France, she glanced around the area, realising it was fairly late in the evening, but people were still walking around. Bambi looked around the area, half expecting people to stare, but they never gave her a second glance, maybe the night helped to hide her skin tone. After a few minutes of standing around, she started to walk, looking at every person she passed by, though she was completely clueless as to what these Exorcists look like, the first image that popped into her head was someone wearing robes like a monk would, but even they were nowhere to be found. She was really starting to get annoyed now, all these humans walking around her was really getting on her nerves, so she collapsed on a bench and leant her head back, staring at the star riddled sky.
"Well this is going well… I don't even know what the Exorcists look like- Actually, where are those Akuma things? I thought they were supposed to help me!"
"We're right here, Mistress."
Her head snapped up immediately, expecting to see either huge rat or the smaller Akuma, but a woman was stood in front her, wearing a pale blue dress with white layers and brown hair spilling over her shoulders. But she after a moment of staring, she realised that this was the rat Akuma, did they have human forms? She needed to ask someone when she gets home.
"…Can you hear me?"
"Yes mistress, all the Noah's are able to communicate with us telepathically."
Okay, that was handy, but she started to wonder if they could hear everything she was thinking, but that was quickly dismissed and her mission was back on the agenda.
"I need you to help me find Sophia Laroux, find out where she is and come back to me."
The woman gave a little bow before replying, "Yes mistress, I'll report back when I have located the Exorcist." And with that, she left, blending into the crowd, the humans completely oblivious to what she really was.
"….I'm not waiting here." She thought to herself, so she got up and started to walk again, pickpocketing a few people as she went. She didn't need any money, but she didn't want to lose her edge, she'd been doing this years and she wasn't going to let herself forget it. Oddly enough, her new clothes seemed to help, people wouldn't suspect someone well dressed to steal.
Eventually, she reached the town centre and looked around, nobody seemed to catch her attention, she couldn't even see that Akuma who was supposed to be helping her. Then suddenly, an explosion rang through the air, drawing everyone's attention towards it origin but there was already panic and the crowds of people were running from the scene, Bambi however, felt drawn to it, so she ran towards the commotion. Upon reaching it, she spotted at least twenty Akuma destroying the area and being destroyed themselves, all by one girl in the middle of it. Getting a better look at the girl, she realised that this was her target, this was an Exorcist, dressed in black white and silver and swinging a chain like weapon with a spiked ball attached to the end of it.
She continued to stare at the girl, an unnerving hate building inside her, to put it bluntly, she wanted to rip her apart. The hate was burning that much, that she hadn't realised that the dark matter within her was taking a strange shape and worming its way around her right arm, though she wasn't looking at directly, one word formed in her head of what she thought it looked like.
Snake
Another explosion rang through the air and the ground shook as a building collapsed to the ground, creating a wall of dust between Bambi and the Exorcist, so she took this chance to attack whilst the others sight was hindered. She dashed through the dust screen and lashed out at the girl but she managed to dodge the oncoming attack and jumped back out of range. Bambi glared at the girl but that expression quickly changed to shock as the others- 'Sophia's' weapon came straight at her, landing a hit on her ribs and smashing her into an opposite building.
"Little shit."
She could the girl mocking her as she got back to her feet; it was like nails scraping down a chalk board.
"You Akuma are all the same! Always rushing in without thinking!"
Bambi's blood was boiling now, being referred to as an Akuma felt even worse than the girls' voice. Regaining her posture, she launched another attack, the dark matter solidifying into a glowing purple blade and swinging it at her menacingly, quite happy to slit her throat if she got close enough. But Sophia was surprisingly fast; maybe she could use that to her advance. She went in for another attempt to slice the girls throat but as expected, she dodged it, only to trip over a fallen piece of rubble and sending her tumbling towards the ground, Bambi took this chance to deliver a blow but the pain in her head from before came back, she gripped her head thinking that would help but it was even stronger than before, so much so, it forced her vocals to work and she let out an all mighty scream that echoed eerily through the area, along with it, a circular sound wave of dark matter erupted from her, shattering the windows of the surviving buildings. Sophia had to cover her ears to protect them from the intensity of the scream, now completely off guard but still aware an enemy was around.
Sophia looked up towards her enemy, but she was gone. Standing back up, she took hold of her weapon and scanned the area for any sign of her, she was nowhere to be seen, until she turned around and greeted with a terrifying sight. Bambi's eyes now bore no iris or pupil, they just shone a dark violet colour, her hair was swaying in the wind and to top it off, an eerie purple mist was surrounding her and the area. It continued to linger for a moment, but it soon formed a shape behind the Noah, taking the shape of menacing cobra that could swallow her whole. Sophia couldn't move; no matter how much she wanted to, she was about to scream but a hand seized her throat.
"I really hate your voice."
Bambi tightened her grip on the girls throat, putting painful pressure on her neck, crushing the wind pipe and blocking off any blood flowing to her head, the girl clawed at Bambi's wrist but it was in vain, the crushing grip didn't let up and in a swift moment, her throat was completely torn out, veins and arteries shredded with a sickening squelching sound and spewing blood all over the Noah's face, only then did she let go and watched the girl's body collapse to the floor, a few gurgles emitting from her before she fell silent, lying in a growing pool of her own blood, eye's wide open. Bambi continued to stare at the lifeless body, suddenly taking notice of the girls weapon shattering and leaving a glowing green object in its place, tilting her head slightly, she knelt down and picked it up, rotating it in her hand as she walked away from the scene, she thought it was pretty, but disgusting at the same time, not wanting to look at it anymore, she dropped it to the ground and stamped on it, the action causing it to shatter into a thousand pieces.
Smearing some of the blood off her face, she continued to walk, but as she began to return to her 'normal' self, an overwhelming dizziness swept over her. Her world spun and twisted until it became too much, she collapsed to ground and curled up into a ball, eventually letting the darkness consume her and take her to sleep.