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The dagger was pressed against the girls throat. She looked so much like Seth that Abel found himself holding his breath. Could he really end the life of someone who looked exactly like his sister? She had short black hair and emerald green eyes. She wasn't even trying to struggle against his hold, almost as if she knew he wouldn't could kill her. Behind Abel, he could hear Cain walking up to him. A hand was on his shoulder a second later.
"Good job Abel," Cain said, Abel glanced at him. "The UN has been cloning Lilith and Seth for the past few decades. I'm sure that she's one of them." Abel squeezed his hand holding the dagger harder. "Kill her," Cain whispered into his ears. Abel tensed and stared into the girls eyes. She had understanding and love in them, no hate.
"I- I can't," Abel's voice shook, but he made no move to get off of her. He could feel the girl's muscles relax, and she let out a low sigh of relief. Cain squeezed his shoulder tighter, and shook him..
"She's part of the UN," he hissed. The grip tightened and Abel flinched. Cain was using enough force to break his shoulder if he had been human.
"I won't," Abel said, stronger this time. His throat felt hoarse.
"I'll do it then," Cain snapped. The grip on his shoulder vanished. Cain snatched the dagger out of Abel's hand. Abel could hear someone gasp, whether it was him or someone else he didn't know. All that mattered was the girl was about to die. He watched in slow motion as the dagger was brought closer to her throat. Why wasn't she trying to get away! Abel could hear the question being yelled in his head.
"Get away from the empress!" Astharoshe snarled and bulled herself into Cain. The dagger clattered on the ground, as he was forced to the ground, much like how Abel forced the girl to the ground.
Cain needed help. Abel looked back at the girl that he still held down, then back at Cain as he struggled to get up. His brother coughed up blood. He was still weak. Without a second thought Abel released the girl and grabbed the dagger. He threw it at Astharoshe, forcing her to release Cain. He only managed to take a few steps toward his brother, when he felt someone hit him in the gut. He looked down, and followed the arm to it's owner. It was the girl that looked like Seth. The girl jumped back and hit him in the back of his neck. The world swam before his eyes. He could feel himself hit the cold roof. The world became dark.
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Abel groaned as he slowly blinked open his eyes. His ears were ringing and his head was pounding. The light that filtered through the crack in the door was bright, causing Abel to blink. He rolled off his bed and slowly stood up. Goodness, did he feel horrible. Abel rubbed the back of his neck and stretched.
Where was he again? Oh yeah, that's right, that girl knocked him out. Great, was he back with the UN? Abel hoped that Cain was okay, he thought about how Cain had coughed up blood before he knocked out. Abel shivered, hopefully he was able to get away. His attention was drawn to several voices coming from behind the door.
"I'm going to talk to him," the first voice said. It sounded like Seth.
"Wouldn't it be better if someone came with you?" Astharoshe's voice asked. "He could be suffering from amnesia again, and he did attack you," she half grumbled half snarled.
The girl that looked like Seth laughed. "Don't worry, I'm sure he won't attack me. Besides I don't think that's Abel Nightroad."
"What do you mean?"
"Hey! Are you guys going to visit Four- eyes?" a gruff voice asked. Abel could hear the person approaching the door.
"I was, but I wanted-"
The door opened. A man with brownish black hair, had his hand on the door knob. His hair was messy just like a lion's and he wore priest robes. He had a silver ring on each wrist.
The man with lion like hair marched his way up to Abel. He looked mad, but a smile grew on his face. "It's nice to see you're finally tall again! It was so boring without you Four-eyes. When you were little I couldn't make fun of you at all," he gave Abel a wolfish smile and swung his arm toward Abel. "I finally got my good-old buddy back."
Abel stopped the hand from touching him, by ducking down and taking a few steps back. He eyed the man suspiciously. What the hell was his problem? Abel didn't even know him.
"I haven't seen you in ages and you don't even want to say hello? Or is this because you feel sorry for pulling those pranks on me. Huh, Four- eyes?" the gruff man frowned. "Well I forgive you, but that doesn't mean I won't get back at you later."
The girl sighed. "Well it's good to see that you're up, Abel," she shook her head. "That's Father Garcia, but you can just call him Leon," she pointed to the man that tried touching him. Abel glared at him. "And this is Asthe," she pointed to Astharoshe.
"You really don't think he has amnesia?" Astharoshe, or Asthe asked. Abel was unsure of what to call her. "Because he's giving us strange looks as if he doesn't know us."
Abel looked at Astharoshe, what was she talking about? Why where all these people acting like they knew him? What was this about getting his body back, and amnesia? And who was this Four- eyes person Father Garcia kept mentioning?
"Nope," the girl answered. "He doesn't have amnesia. Unless he hit his head on the way here," she smiled at him. It was the same smile his sister had. Abel found himself clenching his fists.
"So why are you acting this way?" Father Garcia asked as he swung his arm around Abel's shoulder. At the touch of the other man, Abel grabbed his hand, spun around and flipped the man over his shoulder. The Father grunted, and looked up at Abel, dazed. He blinked a few times.
"That seemed oddly familiar," Astharoshe commented. "He did the same thing when he shrunk and just woke up," she explained to the girl.
"Oh?" the girl smirked at Abel. "By the way, we aren't with the UN, so you shouldn't be doing that to people, and just incase you didn't know, I'm Seth, not some clone," she frowned.
Abel stared at the girl. According to Cain, they were creating clones just like Seth, and his sister was dead. How could she be Seth? Did his brother lie to him? No, that was impossible. There was no reason for Cain to lie to him. Besides Cain said that he was tying to save Abel from the UN. Maybe Cain just made a mistake and thought these people where the UN. But then again, this girl did say she was Seth? Was it just a coincidence that she looked like his sister and was named the same thing.
"Cain lied to you about everything. The UN are gone. I'm not sure what else he told you but they were most likely all lies," Seth said. She sighed, "when you grow up, make sure to always listen to your sister," she waved a finger at him. She almost sounded like Lilith did, when she tried being motherly. "You always get yourself in trouble, and you wouldn't be here right now if it weren't for- some other idiot who didn't listen to his sister." The way she said it made Abel think she was talking about him.
"What are you talking about?" Abel shook his head "Never mind, just tell me where Cain is," Abel asked, not sure if he really wanted to know. He didn't believe what this Seth said at all.
"I don't know, he got away with his butler." Abel felt disappointment yet joy at this news. Cain was safe, but at the same time he left Abel.
Abel tilted his head just as Father Garcia tried punching him. He grabbed his hand and twisted it a little. "I was having a conversation," Abel spoke calmly. He released the hand and took a couple steps away from Leon. "Aren't priests supposed to be nice?"
"Even though you say he doesn't have amnesia, it sure seems like it," Asthe commented as she looked at Abel. He looked back at her. "Please don't tell me that we're going to have to win his trust all over again. It was hard enough the first time, as it was."
"I can guarantee he doesn't have amnesia. You see-" Seth looked at Abel as if she were trying to find the right words. "he's not the Abel you know. He has the same first name and might look like Abel but he's not Abel Nightroad," she tried explaining.
"Who's this Nightroad person you keep talking about?" Abel finally asked. It was starting to bug him, and he hated being left out in the dark.
"That'd be you, idiot!" Father Garcia yelled at him, and gave him looks as if he were crazy.
"Stop yelling, I can hear you perfectly fine without you doing so," Abel shot back. "And I'm not an idiot, you are."
"Why you!" the Father growled at him. Abel was rather unimpressed by his show of strength. Father Garcia glared at him, and threw another punch. Abel dodged it and using his momentum, he tripped Leon so he was on the ground.
"My surname isn't Nightroad, it's Nightlord. Despite the obvious similarities there is a difference, so you must have me confused with someone else," Abel said simply. Where the people from this time all this irritating? Astharoshe opened her mouth and stared at him with big eyes. Abel sighed, these people where very strange.
A/N: Please comment for me everyone. I always read it even if I don't write back.
Kite00: That was a weird conversation you had with your mom. Usually my mom just tells me to get lotion and if I don't then she laughs at me when I get a sun burn, she also mentions skin cancer. Next time I'm going to use that going to heaven excuse. I wonder what my mom will say to that... anyway thanks for the review. XD
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