The Bitterness of the Rain

By:Danni Lynn

Chapter 10:Hiding in the Dark

~+!Kai's Pov!+~

A metallic ringing echoed around the barred room, as the sound of laughing became more clear. It was close, I could just instinctively tell, but it sounded so far away. My body felt so light, my joints no longer ached and my reaction timing was by far the greatest it has ever been.

Marred faces became clearer in my vision, as my translate state faded from my dazed mind, leaving me fully aware of the world around me. I peered into the face of Anshel and grinned. Enjoying the strength that rippled through me, leaving behind the sense of dominating power.

Yet, as my body felt like it could take on an army or two, I had this urge to protect something. What, I did not know. Without that certain knowledge, it felt like there was piece of me missing. An important piece.

Anshel raised an eyebrow as my smiling face disappeared and became hindered with my pressing thoughts. "Boy, tell me. What is it that troubles you?" He bellowed demanding my complete attention. My eyes flickered from the floor to lock gaze with hazel eyes. His brown hues held a certain authority, I had not noticed before, and caused me to shrink into my skin like a scared kitten.

Hagi, who stood next to the empowering figure, smirked in amusement as he caught sight of my feared-filled face. Anshel turned to look at him over his shoulder, and didn't say a word, but, Hagi's smirk instantly faded. "Tell me, what you are thinking, Child. I cannot help, without the knowledge at what is burdening you." Anshel commanded. I refused to flinch, so I answered him, much like a servant would to their master.

"I have a feeling, more like an urge, to protect something, but I don't know what I'm suppose to protect." Something, flickered in Hagi and Anshel's eyes that appeared a lot like recognition , but was instantly gone in a matter of moments. Had it not been for the fact, that my senses were much more keen to awareness that they originally were, I would not have seen such a revel of emotion to pass between the men's eyes.

Anshel seemed to be seething with rage behind the façade of calmness that bored through his eyes. "That feeling, is an instinct to protect yourself. Now that you know this, how do you feel?" Hagi inquired. I let the information sink in for a couple of moments, and felt a little bit better, but sensed that wasn't what it was about. "Better." I replied, deciding to keep the strange feeling to myself.

As if satisfied with my answer, Hagi and Anshel led me out of the room, but, before I pass through the door, I glanced over my shoulder and felt my jaw drop in surprise. I turned on my heels in a flash, as I face the massacre before me. "What is it now, you incoherent boy?" Hagi's voice was filled with nothing but malice and threat, that caused my anger to spike. I refused to let him coax a reaction out of me, as my sight lingered on the blood bathe before me.

"What happened?" My voice betrayed me, and trembled like a frighten child, as the sight before me was filled with nothing but maddening horror. Anshel glanced at me and sighed. "It was of your doing. It was a test, to see if you could pass it or not" Hagi explained letting the annoyed Anshel, to not have to explain.

"A test?" I asked. Confused, what the test was about, and how I had passed. "Yes, you twerp, a test. It was made to see how far improved your strength has gone once we had injected the blood into your system. You are our little test subject, and you will do as you are told. You refuse, and we shall kill you." Hagi finished. The way he had thrown out that threat so nonchalantly, sent shivers up my spine. I knew, that if these people were to ever get angry, they would see fit to dispose of the problem as quickly and thoroughly as they could.

I nodded, leaving the past for the present and turned my back from the gruesome scene. The door closed behind us, as I let Anshel and Hagi escort me from the room and down a hall. That led to another and another, and so forth.

At one point in time, I was sure that we were lost, but by then, Hagi was already opening a door. We filed in and I stared in awe as lavender furniture lavished the room. Its walls were painted a dark crimson as the carpeted floor was dyed in a black attire. I plopped down on one of the silk covered couches and leaned back as I crossed my legs and rested my feet on the coffee table. Hagi raised a disapproving eyebrow at me as my posture screamed out the naiveté of my age. Anshel sat down in a wooden chair that was covered in wool with two small pillows that made the chair all the more comfortable. Hagi just made his way to the closes wall and just leaned against it for support.

Anshel leaned forward as he clasped his hands together as he propped his elbows on his knees. He rested his head into the crook of his tangled fingers and stared at me.

For moments we were quite as the silent hum of the clock ticked away, revolving around the room making it seem like as if it was coming from all directions. I blinked a couple of times as I gazed absent-mindedly at the artwork that decorated the walls. As my sights fell on a particular picture, it reminded me of the coast along Okinawa in the summer time, except in this masterpiece, waves rolled onto the shore. As footsteps were imprinted the snow-white sand as they bordered the water, palm trees made up the forest of the island. A storm was viewed of in the distant causing the positive picture to look warped in some ways.

"Your ready, Son." Anshel's voice broke through my inner fantasies. My head snapped into his direction and listened to what he had to say. "I'm ready?" I repeated, echoing his words like a parrot.

"Your ready to fight. Are you truly that oblivious?" Hagi interjected when Anshel was about to say something. Once more Anshel glanced at Hagi, and Hagi instantly became quite and observed the current situation.

"Kai," Anshel started, using my name for the first time instead of calling me something geared toward a child. Which made me more interested into what he had to tell me. " You have been reborn into the ultimate being. An immortal being." Anshel paused, letting me wrap my head around such an explanation An immortal being? Surely, such a thing cannot exist on the physical world? Ultimate being? Is there such a thing for humans to obtain?

As theses thoughts flashed through my mind, Anshel saw fit to continue. "You are now like Hagi and I. Chevaliers. A being, such so powerful that time itself can no longer touch us. The blood that now flows through you, is the blood of the chiroptereans. A race far superior to that of the humans." Anshel leaned back in his chair and studied me like a caged animal. I thought about it, and yet the entire subject seemed so far-fetched, I had a hard time understanding.

Hagi, seeing my confused face snorted in annoyance. "You still don't understand do you?" He retorted with malice. I stared at him blankly. "Understand what?" I asked hoping they would give me answers for everything soon.

"You are immortal with unlimited strength and power. The age you are know is what you will appear for now and forever. You won't eat. You won't sleep. You won't age! We made you. You will fight and kill at our beck and call! Now do you get it!" Hagi flew into a torrent of rage as he threw hands in the air in aspiration. As he got closer to me, I couldn't swore he was going to kill me right then and there, had it not bee for Anshel. He grabbed Hagi by the collar in a matter of seconds and whispered threats to Hagi's ear as his eyes widen in fear.

I sighed in relief as Hagi calmed down and once more went back to his position against the wall. Anshel glanced over his shoulder with a piercing glare. "They're here." My body went rigid as Hagi and Anshel's faces went stern. Hagi handed me two veils as we shuffled out of the room. I read them. One said Saya another said Diva. Red liquid was filled to the brim and I glanced him confused. As I looked at the liquid in the veils I realized they were filled with blood. As I glanced at the veil that read Saya. I stopped and stared. Was it really filled with that girl Saya's blood? What was so special about the blood anyway? Anshel fell into step with me as we hurried down the hall, towards the sound where a roar had emitted from not to long ago. "Kai, take this." Anshel pulled a dagger from his coat and handed it to me. I stared at him dumbfounded. "Those veils are filled with special blood. Never get them confused. Two people have broke into the lab. Their names are Karl and James. Karl is Asain. Use the bottle that reads Saya and pour it on the dagger and stab him with it. Make sure that blood is placed into his body by wound. Splashing it on him will not do. James is black. Use the veil that reads Diva on him. Do the same. Inject the blood into his body by cause him a wound. Understand?" Anshel finished explaining.

I nodded in consent and clutched the dagger close to my chest as I made sure the veils weren't dropped. I looked at Anshel as he shoved forward into another hallway. He stopped with Hagi by his side. "Keep going forward, and you'll find them. Kill them like how I told you." Anshel instructed. I nodded feeling scared. Oddly, I wasn't much bothered by the thought of killing someone.

"Hey," I said as I watched Anshel. "Yes?" He replied. "How did you know all that stuff?" I asked him. Curious of his answer. Anshel gave a sly grin. "I have my connections." Was his answer, then he and Hagi disappeared like ghosts.

"Freaky…" I muttered as I made my way down the hall. Running at a brisk pace. Feeling light as air, I ran even faster till the world me was blurred. A crash to my left, caused me to stop. I glanced to my left and noticed a hole and which a black African American man stood in between.

I took out the dagger and ran towards the man. Surprising him in the process at my speed, but as I took a swing at his eyes, he dodged. A kick to my abdomen sent me flying. "Chevalier, huh?" He growled as his body became much like the monsters I had fought in the barred room earlier that same day.

The wind behind whooshed, as my instincts told me to drop down and land. I twisted in the air like a cat and flipped onto my feet as an Asian man went flying past me and went crashing into the monster that once was the black African American known as James. Karl, the Asian, glanced over at me and lifted his hands towards me. Arrow like thing, came shooting out at me. One was lodged into my chest and another into my knee. Pain bolted through me and I screamed as pain collided in me like frozen water.

I glanced up and came face to face with Karl, who grinned like a Chestier cat. Without wasting a second, my hand, which held the dagger came and scratched into both eyes. My hand flew to the veils and I popped open the one that read Saya and splashed it onto the open wound. Karl cried out in agony as his body suddenly crystallized like cooling rocks.

James stared in shock, as his comrade went down so easily. Then he saw the veil and narrowed his eyes at me, as he went back to his human form. "Where did you get that blood from, Boy?" He demanded. I tossed the empty veil at him and he caught it but it shattered once he closed his hand. "Damn…" He muttered as he looked back up at me and was instantly gone.

But, my instincts told me where he was and I ran after. Soon, I was right behind me. When he glanced over his shoulder at me, he yelled a string of curses and sped faster. Knowing he was much faster than me, I took out the dagger and poured all the blood from the veil that read Diva onto the dagger. Dripping blood, I lifted my hand up and threw the dagger straight at James' back. It veered off course and only glazed his arm. A string of blood seeped through his ripped clothes and I smirked in satisfaction as I watched his arm slowly crystallize. Once he was gone and out of sight, I stopped and went back to the lab. Knowing I had won the battle.

Once I returned, Anshel and Hagi were waiting in the room we were previously in. I sat back down on the couch and grinned at them. "Mission accomplished." I laughed. Anshel chuckled at my childish report. Hagi snorted though I took it as a complement. "Alright, Kai. Now the real mission begins…."Anshel started as he began to tell all sorts of things. Things had changed. I knew. I had changed. I knew. But how much. I was not sure. It was only a matter of time before all that I knew of would crash around me. Like towers that came tumbling down.

~+!Saya's Pov!+~

Echoing footsteps shook me awake from my deep slumber, and I glanced up tiredly, feeling the darkness press down on me like as if I was in a tight cage. Though my current situation was not much better. Being chained to a wall in a basement of the mansion, was more or less the same as being caged. I hadn't fed in a while and could feel my energy depilating. As every time they visited me, I would snap and yell at them and pull against the chains in which bind me.

A figure stood before me and I stared at them, feeling exhausted as can be, and was only able to let out a low growl as a warning. "Now, Saya, be good. This experiment, might hurt, but you already know don't you seeing as Hagi wasn't right. Its my turn. Let's see if your fertile or not, shall we?" Anshel's voice chuckled coldly as I instantly began to back against the wall hoping he would leave. Having Hagi do what he did was worse enough. Now Anshel? That's like suicide!

Suddenly, hands were everywhere. Touching, feeling, rubbing all that was once innocent into what now felt like rubbish. My exposed body was made for easier violation as a hard erection was thrusted into me. Tears ran down my cheeks as he entered me again and again. Grunting was heard over my own sobs that were muffled as Anshel placed a hand over my mouth. I arched my back, thrusted my body towards him as he came in harder.

He growled in surprise and placed both hands on my waist as he pounded into me. Over and over again. Each thrust was like another chip off my soul. Tears still streamed down my face, but I was determined to win and gain back whatever dignity. Anshel groaned in pleasure as he came inside. I wrapped my arms around his neck as let my nails dig into his skin, causing blood to drip down his back.

Anshel instantly smashed me against the wall, and slapped me across the face to let go. His deep scratches began to heal, and he rubbed his sore shoulders as he zipped up his pants. He spat at me, as his usually slicked back hair, fell astray and ran down his forehead. I stared up at him, silently challenging him to hit me again. At seeing the challenge, he took it and raised his hand. I watched him, as the back of his hand came and smacked the side of my face.

My head snapped in the opposite direction and I saw dots in my vision. Anshel's hand rose once more, but this time I didn't wait. As his hand went flying down, I got up and clamped my teeth down on his arm. He muttered a string of curses at me, as he tried to jerk me off his arm. Suddenly, pain bolted through my back, Anshel slammed my body against the wall.

I refused to let go, so he smashed me against the wall several times till blood was streaming down my forehead and running down into my eyes. Every moment that passed the more unease I felt rack into my body as Anshel let go of my body, leaving me to drop down onto my rear.

Blood seeped into the cracks of the ground as it dribbled down the wall and pooled around my body as my head dripped the fluid liquid. I watched dazed, as Anshel tried to fix his disheveled state he turned abruptly, leavin me at once to attend to more important matters than of my well-being.

I felt a silent dread, knowing what he had done and knowing what he had started would end just as bad as it had begun. The pain would be immense, I would have to survive for my sister. Diva.

I need to get to my sister. I tried to move but then I remembered where I was, and I was left to sit alone in the dark, unable to do a thing. All alone, just like it had always been. Will my life always be like this?

I didn't know how to answer that. I had not known anything other than the isolated confined life, and was frightened to see anything otherwise, but staying in the same life that I was captured in seemed even more devastating.

Just stuck in some void, never able to escape to take at least one step in freedom…

Though I had gained consciousness I refused to open my eyes and peer into the awaiting faces that stare at me, uncertainly. Fear hung heavily in the atmosphere, giving me a reason not to acknowledge the people that stood before.

Blood, smelled strongly in the room causing my heart to cringe in fright. The people near whispered in urgent voices and I strained to hear them, trying hard not to give away my conscious state.

"Are you sure, Karl is dead, Nathan? Jumping to conclusions is what you always do, brother."

"I'm certain. He would have come back if otherwise. What are we to do with Saya?"

"I don't know."

"It's clear, that something is wrong with her, Solomon. Nathan, when Saya wakes up, bring her to her room and keep her away from me. She has made it obvious that she wants nothing to do with me, as seeing she tried to kill me."

The hurt and malice in my younger sister's voice froze me in my tracks. I had tried to kill her? I recall no such acts.

"If that is what you wish, Diva, but are you sure that she was not simply in shock of James' death?"

"You think I do not know my own sister! She has seen chevaliers die, and has never acted in such a way. She wanted to kill me Nathan! Or did you not catch that?"

"Stop it you two! Fighting will get you no where. I will take Saya back to her room when she wakes up and explain her current situation. In the mean while, Diva, why don't you think about how Saya has acted today and before in the past, so we can understand why she lost control."

"Well, aren't you the knight in shining armor?"

"Well, aren't you the snotty little sister?"

"Queen you mean?"

"So you would think, but clearly your actions speak of something else."

"Why you little heathen! Do you know that I am older and stronger than you?"

"Yeah, you old hag, but you fail to understand, I am the stronger of us two."

Quickly disinterested in Solomon and Diva's bickering, I rolled over onto my side and brought the blanket to over my shoulders in attempt to ignore their rising voices.

"Enough! Solomon! Saya is awake, take her to her room, at once. Diva, stop acting like a child and grow some sense into that thick head of yours!"

Everyone froze and switched their gaze to my back as they watched me with their judging stare. I sat up and turned to them and gave them a small smile hoping the ice in their eyes would melt.

Diva held my eyes for a couple of seconds before she took her eyes off me in anger. Her fists clenched and her jaw was locked tight.

My eyes narrowed as I looked at Solomon, who, did nothing but walk toward me expressionless. I stood up from the bed and walked over to Diva, ignoring Nathan and Solomon's disapproving stare.

I placed a hand on her shoulder to get her attention, but she made no motion to acknowledge my existence. I sighed and grabbed her by the forearm and led her to onto the bed.

She reluctantly followed and sat down gruffly, still refusing to communicate with me. I took her hand, and looked at the chevaliers that remained by my side.

"I have something to tell you."

Ok. I lied. Not the greatest of chapters, but the next one WILL reveal all of it. All of Saya's secrets, her distrust, her conflicting emotions, EVERYTHING! The ending is coming near! Dun-dun-dun!

Hopefully your favorite author,

Danni a.k.a. falling into the darkness ^.- teehee!