Human After All
Lex woke up in Kanato's bed and could barely recall the events of last night. She looked around for him, but didn't see him, anywhere. For some reason she felt a knot in the back of her throat and she swallowed hard, looking around frantically, "Kanato!?" The vampire was no where to be seen and she felt a little uneasy, "Um..."
Her legs carried her over to the door and she opened it, coming face to face with none other than Ayato. She looked into his emerald green eyes and mumbled shyly, "Um... hello?"
"Hello Pancake, have you seen Kanato anywhere?" She shook her head no and he gave her a curious look, "Hm...Ore-sama doesn't quite believe that."
Lex continued to stand there, as he walked closer to her and pulled her out of the room. She let out a small yelp, "H-Hey! What are you doing?"
"I only asked because he's been missing all day and even Yui hasn't seen him."
Her eyes went to the floor, "Oh..."
Ayato nodded and Laito walked over, "Does Bitch-chan know where Kanato is!?"
The two looked at each other and the one who called Lex by the name of 'pancake', spoke up, "No. Even she hasn't seen him."
Laito pouted, "Pity... What will Bitch-chan do without her boyfriend, hm?"
Her eyes shot up to look Laito in the eye -how could he possibly know about their endeavors? "Huh?"
Laito smirked at her, "Don't act surprised, I saw you two playing catch the candy in the kitchen!~" His hand went to his lips, thoughtfully and blushed with a slight daydream, "You're so cute, together!~ I could just lock you two in a room together until you do unspeakable things to each other!~"
Lex's eyes widened, "Uh- What?"
Ayato glared at his brother, "You're lucky Kanato isn't here to hear you say that. Ore-sama is positive he'd kick you out the window all the way to Hell, if he did."
"Hm...~"
Lex snuck past them and left the mansion to relax in the outside garden. She sighed, closing her eyes, "I just want to go home..." Her legs carried her to the forest and something purple caught her eye for a split second. She blinked a few times and the object -whatever it was- faded away. Fear crept into her mind, "I hate this place..."
The forest morphed and swallowed her whole, making her feel small and helpless. A woman stood in front of her and grabbed her by her temples, "Hello, Karlheinz' experiment!~" Lex screamed and Cordelia pulled her into a tight embrace, "Just let Kanato embrace you...~ Or the plan won't work..."
"P-Plan?"
Cordelia's lips curled into a smirk, "Have you ever wondered why you look so similar to my son? Why you live so close to us?"
"W-Well, um."
Cordelia led Lex to an open field and stood in the center, as vines and roots grabbed onto Lex's ankles and arms, pulling her down into the mud. She gasped for air and reached out for Cordelia, but to know avail. The girl who was all too similar to Kanato was dragged down to the underworld, where she was face to face with a teenager
He looked at her, putting his phone down on the armrest of the throne he was sitting on, "Greetings." He walked towards her, as Lex opened her mouth to speak, "No need to greet me. Just listen and do as your told."
She nodded and his hand morphed into her chest, as his hands wrapped around her heart. The purple haired girl screamed loudly as Kino ripped it out, roughly. He frowned at it, clearly unhappy, "Tch! Vampire heart... Kanato transformed you, already!?" Lex looked at her heart in terror and he put it on a pedestal, nearby. Kino sighed, trying to remain calm, "Oh well... It can be fixed."
"It can?"
Kino nodded and picked up a vial of something that was glowing purple and had sparkling blue dust particles floating throughout it. He walked towards her and forced her head back, "Drink!"
She fought against him as he poured the liquid that burned like rubbing alcohol or gasoline, down her throat. Her voice let out a noise like a screeching tire, rubbing cross the asphalt, ready to crash.
He smirked and bit her arm, sucking something purple and bloody out of her system. "Don't worry, we're almost done."
Her hands gripped his shoulders and he spit whatever it was into a cup, that had water in it. The water looked like it had gone stagnant, as the purple liquid swirled into it and dyed the water a misty purple. "W-what is that"
"Kanato's venom. It was really deep within your bloodstream, but thanks to a potion used in one of Karlheinz' early drafts of this experiment, it's completely out. Congratulations. You're a weak human, again."
Her eyes scanned the room and studied it's features. There was a red carpet and a throne at the far end of the room. The only other pieces of furniture was a pedestal with her heart on it and a giant sword that had a very large,wide blade, by the throne. Nothing about this place seemed familiar, "Why am I here,"
He took out his phone and pressed a button on it as if it was a remote control, then the room's walls opened up to reveal dark red caverns with purple, red, green, yellow, and pink stalagmites hanging off them. He laughed at the stupidity and utter obvious statement, "Welcome to Hell!"
"Huh?"
Kino smirked at her and leaned towards her, "This is the place where your were created, born... manufactured."
"Why are you acting like I wasn't born naturally?"
"...because you weren't. Karlheinz spliced Cordelia's DNA with Kanato's and created -you guessed it. You."
Her eyes widened and she backed away in fear, "No. Y-your wrong!"
"I thought you'd say that." He pressed another button on his phone and thick, foggy steam flooded the room. "See for yourself."
The setting morphed into an earlier version of the room -the stalagmites weren't there and a crystal vat with glittering sparkles was at the side of the room. Karlheinz dragged Cordelia over to it and ripped Kanato from her arms, as she protested, "Hey! Give him back! What are you doing with my child!?"
He ripped out a lock of Cordelia's hair and poked a syringe into Kanato's skin, then poked the baby in the eye, getting more DNA. Karlheinz put Kanato on the throne and he babbled away. The white haired man morphed his hand through the crystal glass and the sparkles wrapped around the DNA fragments.
Cordelia watched in horror as the DNA began to put itself together into a human infant. The baby floated up the crystal vat and Karlheinz watched. He wasn't expecting a girl and his original intention was to simply clone Kanato, in case something tragic happened to him and he died suddenly. Nothing happened and she just floated there, but Cordelia felt something tug at her nerves.
She screamed as the crystal cracked open and the baby girl's eyes opened -they were a pastel purple that looked mostly normal, besides the fact that they glowed with purple fire. Karlheinz cursed and caught her as the crystal's anti-gravity broke and she almost fell to the floor. He stuck her with a needle, given his plan of cloning Kanato and creating another male vampire, failed. He sucked the part of her blood that made her a vampire. He shaved down her fangs and stuck another needle into them, freezing the venom in them and making it nearly impossible for them to grow back in as believable vampire fangs.
He set her down next to Kanato on the throne next to Kanato who smiled at her, babbling something no one could understand even if they tried. The little baby boy grabbed her wrist and refused to let go of it. He held it near his chest and breathed out in his baby he tongue, falling over against the baby girl.n
Karlheinz walked over and picked her up, releasing Kanato's hold on her. He picked her up and Kanato began to cry loudly. The baby vampire felt a strong connection to her and wanted to stay close to her. Karlheinz teleported away and wrapped her loosely in a soft blanket.
He carried her over to a young couple who looked like they were unable to have children, as the woman sighed unhappily. Karlheinz walked up to them, "I don't mean to intrude, but I found this child abandoned on the side of the road. Would you mind taking care of her for me?"
The woman's eyes lit up and joy and looked at her boyfriend who looked a little antsy by the sudden request. He disregarded his emotions and spoke up, since he wanted to do everything in his power to keep his girlfriend happy, "Sure."
Karlheinz smiled, "Of course... there will be a price."
The woman looked at him curiously, "What's that?"
"You have to listen to everything I say and live by my rules and my Manor."
The man looked at him, angrily, "No deal!"
Karlheinz frowned, "...then what-ever will I do with her?"
The woman looked at her husband, worried for the baby girl, "Victor just say yes. She's helpless and all alone..."
He frowned at her, "Alright... fine." Victor looked at Karlheinz. "We'll do your bidding and play by your rules, but if at anytime things go south, I'm backing out!"
Karlheinz smiled at them deviously, "Oh, I think you'll find that I'm a very reasonable man..."
They took him up on his offer and lived in the forest in a little cottage Karlheinz had custom-built for them and their new daughter, which they decided to name Lex.
The background switched back to the underworld and the steam cleared. Lex ran up to Kino and attempted to slap him, but he grabbed her hand, as she protested and leaned towards him, "No!"
"I know it's a lot to take in, but its all true."
Tears stung her eyes and she fought against him, trying to cause any form of harm to Kino. "You're lying! I'm not a man-made organism!"
"...but you are. You're a simple clone of Cordelia and Kanato -just a girl..." He led Lex over to the throne and sat her down in it, "You can't run from who you are..."
Lex stared at the floor, "W-Where's Kanato?"
He sat in front of her, "He's around..."
"Where?" He helped her stand and brought her over to a cell, that reminded of a jail cell. Kanato was unconscious inside and didn't move a muscle or wake up when they walked over. Lex grabbed the bars and looked inside, "What's wrong with him?"
"He's getting ready for the plan..."
"What plan!?
Kino smirked at her and walked back over to the room that had the throne and pedestal with her heart on it, "You'll see once Cordelia and Karlheinz arrive."
She stood there in disbelief at the situation and just wanted Kanato to be near her and call her doll and princess and kiss her and tell her everything will be fine. She sighed and crossed her arms, pretending they were Kanato's and he was hugging her like he sometimes did. A tear stung her eye and she began to cry softly -she just wanted everyone and everything to stop. She wanted off this planet, so she could run to the depths of the universe, where plans and people like Karlheinz didn't matter or even exist.
