Chapter 10

Briar screamed as the rubber man grabbed her and threw her across the room onto the bed. She rolled off the other side of the bed to get away from him as he attempted to tackle her. "WHO ARE YOU?," she screamed backing up against the wall in terror. The dark figure jumped back off the and slowly walked towards her. "TATE!" she screamed calling for her love. The rubber man was closing in. Briar closed her eyes and breathed deeply as a light blue sphere of energy formed around her. The dark figure stopped inches from the sphere and tilted its head looking at the barrier between it and its prey. The figure raised a hand and attempted to reach towards her through the sphere. The atmosphere between his hand and the sphere began to crackle as if about to shock. Slowly the figure pulled back and reached up to unzip the back of the mask. A moment later, Briar heard a familiar voice calling her name. She opened her eyes and saw Tate standing on the other side of the sphere staring at her. She did not even hesitate before instantly dispelling the sphere and throwing herself into his arms. "oh thank goodness you're here. That man was back and he….." Briar suddenly stopped as she realized he hadn't wrapped his arms around her. Then she noticed, something else. His clothing felt strange against her skin, almost like rubber. Slowly Briar pulled back looking down at his body which was covered in a dark black rubber suit. Then she took a step backwards pulling away from him as her gaze wandered up to meet his. He looked strange, not like himself. He looked pale, and his eyes looked black, almost lifeless. He looked at her with a steely gaze, almost as if he was a doll. "Tate,?" she asked backing father away from him until she felt the wall hit her back.

Suddenly Briar heard the sound of someone clapping. "Bravo, Bravo Tate," Hayden said stepping out of the shadows. "Who are you?" Briar asked looking over Tate's shoulder at the strange woman. "Awe, didn't Tate tell you about me?" she asked coming up to stand slightly behind Tate. Briar looked down and quickly thought through the spirits of the house that Tate had told her about. "Hayden?" she asked bringing her eyes back up to the woman. "Good job!" Hayden said smiling ," Now Tate you know what you need to do." she said leaning in to whisper in Tate's ear. Briar now focused on Tate, "Do what?" she asked. "Oh, what he needs to do if he truly wants to be with you, and you with him?" she smiled gleefully. Briar thought for a moment trying to understand. Then her eyes widened in realization. "You-You can't! Tate please!" she cried looking up at Tate with pleading eyes. "Oh but he can, he must if he wants to keep you, and if you truly loved him, as you say you do it." Hayden said wrapping an arm around Tate's shoulder. Briar continued to look at Tate with tears well up into her eyes. "Tate, you know, You know why I can't. I have a destiny, I came here for you…I love you I want to be with you but my father.." "But nothing, if you truly love Tate as we do you would be willing to sacrifice anything to be with him. We gave Tate the power to be with you, even after death. WE LOVE HIM. You say you love him but you are wanting to take that away from him, some love that is." Hayden sneered. Briar leaned helplessly against the wall, "Please," she begged looking up into Tate's empty eyes, "Please" Tate finally looked at her as if he were actually seeing her and said in a dead pan voice, "I won't loose you." Hayden was becoming impatient. "It's time Tate, but she is too powerful, you have to give her to the house, or she won't become one of us." she said looking at Tate. Briar looked from Hayden to Tate. " You…You promised…to protect me.." she whispered weakly cutting her eyes up to him. Tate took a step forward until he was inches from her and leaned in to whisper in her ear. "You promised to love me forever, I will not lose you. I am doing this because I love you," he whispered. Briar closed her eyes and let a small sob escape her lips. "Come on Tate, you're wasting time, her aunt may be back any second." Hayden sneered. Briar sucked in a breath and opened her eyes to stare up at him, "Yes, Tate, do what you have to do." she said her cold words stinging him. Tate hesitated for a moment before leaning in to gently kiss her lips. Briar suddenly gasped as she felt her lips begin to tingle. The tingling sensation began to spread out through her body. Her breath began to leave her. Slowly, she began to get dizzy and started to sink to the ground. "How ironic," she thought to herself as everything went black. Like her father before her, she was betrayed by someone she loved….with a kiss.

Tate caught Briar's limp body before she hit the ground and lifted her into his arms to carry her to bed. He gently laid her down, and looked at her before becoming overwhelmed with emotion and collapsing over her sobbing. Suddenly he reared back and screamed, "BRIAR!" before crawling onto the bed and wrapping her into his arms. Hayden became annoyed, "Oh, will you stop that already! Your giving me a migraine with your bleeding heart. Soon you will have your true love forever" she said walking around to the other side of the bed. Then she got an idea and cut her eyes back towards him. "Wanna fool around a bit before she becomes one of us? It could be hot, fucking over her body." she asked crawling onto the bed towards him. Tate looked up at her with a murderous glare. Then an evil smile appeared on his face as he laid Briar down and stood up walking around the bed towards Hayden. She smiled spreading her body out for him. "I knew you would come around sooner or later. You are a bad boy Tate, and a bad boy needs a bad girl, not some good goody little bitch." she said as he leaned in over her. Suddenly he grabbed her and lifted her up above his head. Hayden screamed and struggled to get out of his vice grip. Spinning around he suddenly threw her across the room and against the giant wardrobe. Her back snapped against the edge and she fell to the ground motionless. Tate glared at her for several minutes until she suddenly coughed and sat up, "WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU!" she demanded furiously getting to her feet. "Get the fuck out of here." he growled with a furious voice, "I never want to see you again. You stay the hell away from her and you stay the hell away from Briar or so help me I'll," "You'll do what! What will you do? I'm dead idiot!" Hayden roared. "And soon you're little girlfriend will be too." Tate continued to glare at her, "She is my wife, and unlike those other assholes, I don't cheat on my wife with whores like you." he sneered. Hayden roared in anger before stomping to the door. Then she stopped and turned around to look at him with an evil smile on her face, "Well, you might want to get used to it. In case you didn't realize, you just betrayed her by handing her over to us. I wouldn't be surprised if she comes back hating you for the rest of your stay here, and wouldn't that just be awful. You sacrifice the woman you love to keep her, and she comes back despising you for the rest of eternity. That is so sad I could just cry." Hayden then made fake sobbing noises that quickly turned into laughter as she walked out of the room. Tate felt her words beat him like a truck, as he turned around to look at his love on the bed. "Oh God, what have I done," he whispered

Briar opened her eyes to find herself in darkness. Everywhere she looked there was black. But the smell, was familiar. It smelled like the basement of the house, musty. Suddenly a light came from some unknown source. It dimly lite her surroundings so she could see where she was. The walls were made of the same wood and brick as the basement. But the room was different. The ceiling was high, so high she could not see the top, and there were no doors around her. There was nothing on the walls but spiders and cob webs. Briar climbed to her feet. She looked down as she noticed her clothing felt heavier than before. Suddenly she noticed she was no longer wearing her light pink night gown. She was not in her human form. Instead she was in her true form, and not just in her true form. She saw that she wore her battle armor. A heavy white adorned breast plate stretched across her chest. It's intricate designs glowing yellow. She now wore, golden metal shoulder plates, and arm plates and bracers that glowed in the darkness. The golden leg plates that stretched down her legs and into her white boots were covered by a shimmering white cloth that wrapped around her hips like a loincloth flowing to the ground in the front and back and held together by a golden belt. At her side hung her glowing silver sword given to her by the father himself. She felt her large white glowing wings stretch out behind her. It felt so good to feel them again. Then her eyes shot up to look around. It had been a long time since she had worn this armor. The last time she had worn it was during the battle with Lucifer himself. She knew this armor would only appear in the presence of evil itself. "Who is there?" she asked, straining to see into the darkness. "Welcome, Archeia Charity. It is such a pleasure to have you in my home." a spine chilling voice came the darkness. The voice sounded like many evil voices within one. The sound echoed off the walls multiplying the voices around her. "I never thought to find the Archeia of love and adoration in my humble abode. I can understand why Tate fell in love with you. I can feel your power. You are such a magnificent creature!" the voice exclaimed. Briar felt shivers run down her spine. She spun around looking into the darkness. "Show yourself," she demanded. "Very well," the voice chimed in a sickly sweet voice, "How could I refuse such a beautiful creature." Briar saw something move out of the corner of her eye. She spun again to face whatever was in the darkness. Suddenly her eyes widened as a figure stepped from the darkness. Briar suddenly found herself staring at her human form. She gasped looking at herself as her human form had been altered. Where her hair was almost solid white, the figure she stared at now, had solid black hair. In her natural form her eyes glowed an unearthly blue and had no whites in their eyes. In her human form she had one green eye and one blue eye. But the creature before her, had solid black eyes. They looked like shark eyes completely filled with black ink showing no whites. Briar was taken aback for a moment, "Who are you?" she asked the creature. It smiled showing two lines of pointed jagged teeth, "Why, don't you recognize me, Archeia?" the voice asked. Briar glared at it, "State your name." she demanded. The creature continued to smile at her, "Join me Charity, I can give you anything. I can give you Tate, if you will only serve me, let me use your power, I will not kill you I will make you a Goddess on this world." Briar just continued to stare at the creature with a dead pan look, "Tell me, your name." The creature continued, " Do you not love Tate? Don't you want to be with him?" Briar's eyes twitched at the mention of his name. This did not go unseen by the creature who's smile became even bigger. "Ahh, I see, he betrayed you didn't he. The man you love, betrayed you, handed you over to us as a sacrificial lamb. He deserves to be punished." Briar's gaze lowered to the floor as she remembered the look on Tate's face, and his words. The creature disappeared from in front of her. "I can punish him for you." Tears began to run down her face, as her anger grew. "Yes, that's it, give into your anger. You deserve to be angry. You gave him your heart and he threw it away." the creature cooed coming out of the darkness only inches behind her so that it whispered into her ear. Briar closed her eyes and covered her hands with her face, as a small sob escaped her mouth. The creature smiled, reaching out to feed off of her power. It felt like mother's milk to the creature, it had never felt so powerful feeding off of anyone's sorrow and hatred than the archeia in front of it. 'Let's see what we can do with a taste of her power.' it thought with a smile sinking back into the darkness.

Tate laid on the bed holding Briar's limp hand. He had never felt so miserable in his entire life. He had always felt alone as if he were teetering on the edge of darkness. But all of that changed when she came into his life. Now he had betrayed her, she would hate him forever. She had forgiven him once. But how could she forgive him now, he thought miserably. He would suffer for the rest of eternity now. She would come back as a spirit and despise him. "Tate?" Briar's voice whispered gently from the other side of the room. Tate instantly sat up looking in the direction the voice had come from. Slowly, he stood up and walked towards the window. "Briar?" he called. No voice came in return. It must be done now, he thought. "Briar please forgive me. I only did it because I love you." he begged looking around the room before returning his gaze to the window. Suddenly, he felt a hand on his shoulder. Smiling, he turned around, but his smile instantly vanished. Standing before him was Briar, smiling at him, and wearing a black rubber suit.

Author's note

WOW INTENSITY! Any who few notes about this chapter

1) Can anyone tell I hate Hayden? lol

2) In case anyone doesn't know an Archeia is a female archangel ^.^

I hope everyone is enjoying the story so far things are about to get INTENSE! please review You all are fabulous!