Ok i was listening to totally weird songs when i wrote this, graduation songs, rap, country, even classical. so im sorry if its kinda confusing. i am extremely excited about this chapter. i think its totally aweome and give it to all my lovely readers. anyway ENJOY!!!! please review.
The ropes burned her hands. She grimaced in pain. Damn enchanted ropes. She tried to stay close to the regulator pulling her so they wouldn't rub as much, but she couldn't stand the smell.
They walked in the mansions outer courtyard. Palms and other plants were planted in elaborate pots and situated against enormous ancient Greek stone pillars. The place looked more like a temple then a mansion and home to the evilest monster ever.
Servi stared at her openly and she wondered who dared gave them the authority to actually raise their eyes to her. Her guards marched her to a waiting platoon of dead men, nothing better to guard you then people who had already died. They escorted her inside and down a long dark hallway. The hallway had paintings of tormented souls withering in pain, hanging on the wall. They probley gave lots of comfort to the Atrox's guests.
At the end of the hallway the march ended in a large throne room. She refused to look up until they had stopped. She examined the floor. Tile, dark tile. What fascinated her were the black shadows moving under it. Interesting.
They finally stopped and Jo slowly raised her eyes and met the black holes of the monster in front of her. He looked the same as always. He stared at her as if reading her soul. She knew he wasn't though, she knew what it felt like to have your soul read. It didn't feel good.
They stared at each other for a long time. Finally Jo could have killed herself for looking away first. The monster cleared his throat.
"I would love to know the reason why I have honor of your presence, my dear"
Jo cringed inside to hear his voice. She had gotten stronger over the years, but she didn't think she had gotten that strong to keep him out of her head. Why was he speaking to her? She couldn't stand his voice. It gave her the image of worm crawling and squirming inside her brain. It screeched on her nerves.
"I am very honored of being in your company and having you talk to me face to face. Though may I ask why?"
"I thought it would be rude to keep my other guests out of our conversation" he smirked.
She flinched as she made the mistake to look up. He has so much control over me; I can't even plan an escape. I wonder why he is being courteous to others and letting them hear our conversation.
"Are you going to ask who is here with me?"
Jo stared at him, trying to look like she didn't care in the least.
The Atrox laughed as she heard a door open and someone walk in. She risked a glance and her heart dropped.
"Are you not going to greet your brother, Jolina?"
Stanton had walked in. He wore a cape with the insignia of the Prince of Night on it. It hooded his eyes, casting an evil aura over him. He took his place at the right hand of his lord.
"A family reunion, how quaint." He sneered.
She was filled with fear. What was the monster planning? She flexed her muscles and flinched as her wrists were burned. She was in pain. Not just was her wrist burning, but also her heart. What had she done?
Stanton looked up. His eyes were icy and hard. If she didn't know better then she would have thought he was as cruel as his master.
She wondered what he was up to.
"Stanton has told me of your plan to defile my wishes. He told me that you told him that you had become friends of those witches you were given the honor and ORDER TO KILL" His voice rose, he was yelling at her. "HE SAID THAT YOU WERE GOING TO COME HERE AND BETRAY HIM AND TELL ME HORRIBLE LIES ABOUT THE PRINCE OF NIGHT. WERE YOU AWARE THAT YOU WERE GOING TO COMMIT TREASON? SPEAK." Commanding, his voice was high, but low at the same time.
Jo looked at Stanton. His eyes were ice. How could he have done this to her? She swallowed back tears. She wanted to die.
"My lord, I am guilty."
"WHO OR WHAT GAVE YOU THE IDEA THAT YOU HAD THE AUTHORITY TO THINK FOR A MOMENT THAT YOU COULD DEFILE ME?"
She was scared. So many thoughts were running through her head. Never had she been this close to death. She could feel it. Her lungs were compressing. She suddenly understood that the Atrox's anger was causing her to feel this way.
"My lord" she cried throwing herself at his feet, ignoring the sizzling of her skin as her wrist burned from the ropes. "Please forgive me. I had no right. Please. I... I... didn't think……"
"DIDN'T THINK YOU'D GET CAUGHT. GUARDS," they snapped to attention. She could tell that the regulators had been scared by their master's anger. "Take her to the dungeons while Stanton and I discuss her fate."
She was dragged up and she fought for a moment to get a last look at her brother, whom she realized she stilled loved, even though he was probley going to kill her. Everything she had done, she had done for him, for his life so they could be together again.
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She was crying, softly, as her guards walked her to the dungeons. She wasn't paying attention to where they were going. There was no hope left in her. She was an empty shell; she will welcome death when it comes. She had nothing to live for. Stanton had destroyed everything she had lived for, since she had only lived for him.
The guards suddenly stopped. She drew in a breath, preparing herself for the worst. There was a glow that suddenly erupted in front of them. It burned her eyes because she had been in the dark for so long. The regulators screamed in pain and discomfort. She squinted and could make out a dark figure holding a flaming sword. He charged and the regulators scattered. Jo fell down and screamed in pain as the rope was pulled tight against her skin and burned. She was scared suddenly of her hands falling off. The figure dashed forward and cut the rope. It glowed from the magic of the sword. The glow reached the end that was tied to her hands and she felt her wrist heal.
The glow went out and she was plunged in darkness as she realized that the swords light had gone out also. She jumped up, her hope gushing back into her as she saw that she had the chance to escape now. All of a sudden she realized that there was a figure next to her. She couldn't see very well in the dark, but she presumed it was a boy or possibly a girl with very short hair.
He was standing quietly at her side and she could feel his breath on her face as she turned her head to look at her. She could tell in a moment it was not Stanton or anyone else she knew for that matter.
"Are you okay?"
His voice was ruff and she could detect that he was in pain. She nodded and then remembered that he couldn't see in the dark.
"Yes" her voice came out in a gasp. Even though her wrists were healed she could still feel how sore they were.
"Come on. We must hurry."
He grabbed her hand and pulled her after him. They raced down the damp tunnel and he suddenly stopped in front of a blank wall. She couldn't tell what he was doing, but the wall opened in front of them.
"Hurry" urgency in his voice and she could now clearly hear the thudding of footsteps coming down the narrow passage way.
They stumbled down the small passage and the wall behind them grinded shut. Sometimes they ran, sometimes they half walked, half ran, but through it all Jo's strange companion kept a hold of her hand.
Finally they reached and end when Jo could feel a soft breeze blowing against her skin, but it was still dark ahead. They were running now, eager to get out of the desolate tunnel. They burst through the opening on the side of cliff and Jo could see that it was now night time, around midnight. The Atrox's fake moon illuminated her companion and she couldn't stop staring at him.
He was gorgeous, from what she could tell in the moon light. His hair was long and dark, dark enough to be black. She couldn't tell what color his eyes were. He was muscular with not one ounce of fat on his body. He was wearing a black muscle shirt, skin tight and jeans. Wow!!
He pulled her along, still holding her hand, and they ran on a ledge by the side of the cliff. They could see the city down below and it looked like it was on fire. Shadows were flying around all over the place like they were dancing. They stayed as close as they could to the side to stay hidden. They ran around and Jo wondered how far they were going. Finally Jo's friend dragged her off the cliff onto a sandy desert path. They ran along it and reached the end where Jo couldn't see what went beyond it.
All of a sudden the guy dragged her off the cliff as he jumped. Jo bit her tongue from trying not to scream. They flew through the air and then were suspended in a sticky substance as they flew through worlds. Jo let out the breath she was holding when they landed outside of a Chinese restaurant. Her mysterious companion landed on his feet and almost yanked Jo's arm out of the socket when she almost fell.
"Sorry"
They finally slowed to a walk. Still holding his hand, Jo asked her friend his name.
"Damien"
"Thank you for rescuing me"
"No problem, I had nothing better to do."
"I'm hoping you did not just say that." Jo was surprised. Did he just wonder around looking for damsels in distress to rescue?
"What did I say?"
"Was I just something to do because you were bored!?"
She yanked her hand from his. He looked surprised from her sudden mood swing.
"Jo calm down." He took a breath. "I admit I was bored and then I saw you and decided to rescue you. I don't go around rescuing people all the time. Don't worry you're the first."
"How do you know my name?"
He didn't answer, only shrugged.
Jo couldn't stay mad at him. His voice made her melt. His accent was irresistible.
"Where are we going?"
"I don't know. I try to avoid this world as much as possible. I only come here to return beautiful women to there own lives."
He smiled down at her and she smiled back. He had dark green eyes.
"I have an apartment. You can stay with me."
"Okay"
Suddenly Jo remembered he had a sword, but it was no where to be seen.
"Where's your sword?"
"A hidden place. I can't reveal all my secrets to you." He was teasing her.
Jo rolled her eyes and they walked the five blocks to Jo's apartment. She mused over the enigma she was bringing home. He had many secrets. She could see that very clearly. Why was he down in the tunnels in the first place? Where was his sword? How did he know her name? How did he know about the tunnel in the Atrox's tunnel? Her head was turning.
"Are you okay?"
She looked up at him and gave him a reassuring smile. There was concern in his eyes. He's so gorgeous. I can't wait to tell Serena, Catty, Jimena, and Vanessa about him. She gasped, realizing that she had just thought of the Daughters as her friends. I was going to kill them. I wonder what Serena will do once she finds out that Stanton betrayed me and left me to die. I need to go see her.
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They finally arrived at her apartment. Jo threw opened the door, and became shy as he walked in behind her. Even though she didn't have many belongings she was still worried at what he would think.
She stood stiffly at the end of the couch and looked at him as his eyes roamed around the small room. He glanced down at her when he noticed that she had become still. He smiled at her and Jo tentivaly smiled back.
"Make yourself at home. I'm going to head out for a while. I'll be back in a couple of hours. Okay?"
"Where are you going?" He smiled at her curiously.
"To see a friend." She smiled back suspiciously.
"O, what friend?"
"None of your business." She was getting angry now.
"Maybe I should go with you. The Atrox will figure out sooner or later that you are not in Nefandus. He will send Regulators after you."
Jo took a deep breath. She didn't know what to do. She couldn't see any way to keep him from staying behind. She decided to relent.
"Fine, come with me."
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They headed out to Serena's house. Damien grabbed her and as they walked out of the apartment.
"Do you think that we can get something to eat on the way back? I haven't eaten in a couple of days and I'm famished."
She laughed. "Sure."
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They arrived at Serena's house when Damien pulled on her hand to stop. Jo, thinking that maybe Stanton was near, immediately stopped.
"What is it?" She whispered her heart pounding as she tried to sense the danger around her.
"Who lives here?" Damien demanded.
"Serena" She answered puzzled. "What's wrong?"
"Ah, Stanton's girlfriend. Why are we here?"
"How do you know that Serena is Stanton's girlfriend?"
He shrugged, "Are we going in or not?"
Jo looked at him for a minute as his eyes swept the surrounding shadows, and then led the way to the door. She stood on the threshold trying to decide if she should knock or just walk in when Damien reached around her and opened the door for her. She shrugged and walked in.
Having never been in Serena's house before, she studied her surroundings while Damien did the same. They both looked at the stairs at the same time as music came drifting down the stairs. Jo hesitated before turning to Damien.
"I think you should stay here. I don't think my brother would appreciate it if you were in his girlfriend's room."
He looked at her with concern. "Hurry"
She nodded and began the ascent up the stairs.
On the landing she turned left and headed to the open door where the music was wandering from. She looked in the room and saw Serena and Jimena sitting on the bed. Serena turned and looked at her, showing no surprise that she was in room.
"Come in Jo." Jimena's voice was welcoming and Jo was relived that they did not know yet what had happened.
"Why are you here?" Serena was the one who asked.
"I know who you are." Serena cocked her head at her and Jimena looked at her, interested. "You are the Daughters of the Moon. Why didn't you tell me?"
There was a pause. "When you didn't know that Stanton was Prince of Night then I knew you didn't know who we were. I knew you weren't a follower because I knew that Stanton would of never had let me walk by myself with you. You then said that you hated the Daughters and I knew I shouldn't tell you until I knew the reason what we had done to you. Why are you here?"
"I don't know if I should tell you everything about me, but I had to warn you about Stanton. I'm his sister. Please don't ask any questions until I'm finished." She said this last bit as both Serena and Jimena started to interrupt. "When Stanton was taken by the Atrox, I too was taken that same day, though he hadn't known and thought I had died like the rest of our family. I was rescued by my mentor and was made immortal by the Atrox at the age of 17, and given the task of destroying the Daughters of the Moon in 300 years." Jimena and Serena stiffened as she said that and kept their eyes on her. "So I came here and I met you, didn't know who you were. And then I met my brother." Jo took a deep breath as she began to talk about her brother. "I told him who I was and then he told me who you were. I was mad that he was going to protect you and not live in peace with me. So I went to the Atrox. Stanton was there." She was getting angry now as she remembered how her brother had betrayed her. "He betrayed me. Serena he betrayed his own sister to die. I escaped, and this is the reason why I cannot stay here. I wanted to warn you that your boyfriend is pretending to be a good guy. He is not. Do not say I didn't warn you."
Fire had sprouted in her eyes. She was fuming. Turning on her heels she left the room, leaving the two girls behind her, still as if turned to stone.
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