Moriko couldn't help but feel weary about this, but Amaya seemed a bit more relaxed. It wasn't that she believed that Kai was going to somehow show her that she was one half of a whole goddess, but it was more that she believed Kai was using this as a front to poison and kill herself and her sister. Behind her she felt Tora tense as well, probably thinking the same thing.
"Come on." Kai urged her again, attempting a friendly smile but only coming out with an awkward smirk.
Moriko groaned before sitting in the middle of the pentagram with Kai and Amaya.
"We need candles." Kai said, glancing back at the candles around the room, igniting them with his mind. "And so we begin. Now, I'm going to say the chant. When I'm done with the chant, you're going to drink from the cup. After that we connect hands and say the chant together twice. It's easy, ok?"
Moriko and Amaya nodded wearily.
Kai closed his eyes, placing his hands on his crossed knees and concentrating his mind. Moriko and Amaya did the same.
"In the depths of dark despair, show your face to all here. From far within please here our plea, Macha, we invoke thee."
The candles flickered for a moment as Moriko picked up the cup in which Kai had mixed the herbs and the blood. She looked at it hesitantly before taking a small gulp. Amaya watched her sister for any signs of danger before taking a drink herself. She placed the empty cup between them and reached for her sisters hand, as well as Kai's.
"In the depths of dark despair," they began, "show your face to all here. From far within please hear our plea, Macha, we invoke thee."
Now the flickering lights were the least of their problems. A violent wind had caught in the room, the sky outside was rustling with a storm. Lightning struck so close that the thunder roared in their ears, but they dared not to stop in the middle of such a strong spell.
"In the depths of dark despair, show your face to all here. From far within please hear our plea, Macha, we invoke thee. We invoke thee. We invoke thee."
On the last word a bolt of lightning hit the tower, and with it came a flash of light. Tora and Saga were poised at the wall, ready to intervene if they were needed, but soon the wind came to a screeching halt, the sky began to clear outside and all was calm.
At least, at first sight that's what one would think.
Kai opened his eyes to see the four most violent blazing red eyes he'd ever seen staring back at him. He would've screamed had he not been so shocked. Moriko and Amaya sat perfectly still, their expressions exactly the same and reflecting that of a godly rage.
Together their voices rang out, sending chills through the boys bodies.
"You dare invoke me!" They screamed, only they formed one singular voice. "Do you have a death wish you puny little vampire?"
"My lady." Kai twisted around to his knees, bowing before the two before him. "I only seek answers to help my fellow vampires."
"Such bravery you have, invoking the goddess of war and rage, I will give you that." Macha's deep voice warned, the expression of the two vampire princesses lightening only slightly. "I see you've figured out my human form. Took you long enough. Very well. You have questions and I always have answers. Just depends on whether or not I want to give them to you."
Kai nodded, lifting his head but not his body. "I simply wish to know how to destroy the amulet. The Blood Amulet that was made my Lord Dagda himself."
"And why would you need to know that?" Macha asked mockingly.
"Here on earth the Black King-"
"Don't speak to me as if I'm an idiot." Macha snapped, making Kai's head snap back down. "I know who the Black King is. What I don't know is what he has to do with the amulet."
"He wants it, my lady. He wants its power." Kai explained. "To destroy humankind as well as all the vampires that get in his way."
"You don't say…" Macha smirked. "Sounds like a nice guy."
"Please, Lady Macha." Kai whispered. "If you won't tell me, please tell Moriko and Amaya. Their intentions always have and always will be pure, just like yours. We simply want to destroy the amulet, that is all."
"That's all?" Macha asked with a sigh. "Typical. Very well, I shall tell the sisters the way to destroy the amulet. But mark my words, if any of you feel the urge to harness the amulets power for yourself, I will kill all the people you love, then I will kill you. Do you understand?"
"Yes, my lady!" Kai exclaimed.
"Then that is all?" Macha laughed, the sound darkening the spirits of all in the room. "Very well. Moriko and Amaya will be in a deep sleep for only a few minutes. There in their subconscious I shall tell them the secrets of the amulet. Now, if you invoke me again please understand that I do not enjoy being awakened so abruptly. Ask first."
The last words were a hiss before the wind started back up. The candles were blown completely out and the room flashed with light before going completely dark.
When Kai was able to light the candles again he saw Moriko and Amaya on the ground, unconscious. He sighed, looking up to Tora and Saga with wide and frightened eyes.
"Well." Saga said. "She was lovely."
"What do you expect?" Kai muttered. "She's neither good nor evil. Let's just hope she's on our side with this."
"You got that right." Tora said.
Meanwhile in the back of the very active minds of Amaya and Moriko, they were standing in the same field. It was grassy, hilly and green. Very, very green.
"Welcome to Ireland."
Amaya and Moriko looked at each other before they turned to find the voice standing just beyond the forest line. They watched as a beautiful, dark figure stepped out of the shadows.
She had black hair, pale skin and the scariest pair of red eyes either of them had ever seen. She wore a long black dress with bell sleeves that blew in the wind. It reminded the both of them of what they wore back in the old days when they were princesses of a kingdom of vampires.
"Who are you?" Moriko asked quietly, frightened of her aura of danger that sent chills down her spine.
"Me?" Her ruby red lips formed a beautiful fanged smile before she continued. "Why, I'm the goddess inhabiting your bodies, of course."
"Macha…" Amaya whispered, reaching for her sisters arm. "You're slightly more frightening than I thought you would be."
"Well, I am the Goddess of Life and Death as well as a few other dark things." Macha shrugged, still smiling at them. "But that's beside the point, obviously. I've been asked by this Kai person how you can destroy the Blood Amulet. Are you prepared for the answer?"
"I…" Moriko looked over at her sister and sighed. "I guess…"
Macha smirked, suddenly appearing directly in front of the two of them. They stood their ground, no matter how frightened they were and Macha smiled with pride at her two humans.
"Fearless, huh?" She laughed. "I'm liking it. Well… there's only one way to destroy an amulet as powerful as the Blood Amulet. And that way lies in the place it was created, as well as the bow and sword I'm sure your friend already has his hands on.
"Take the amulet to the spring, throw it in and watch it burn." Macha said with an evil smile. "There's just one minor little setback…" Macha said as she paced between the girls. "For the Blood Amulet to be destroyed, you have to spill the blood of a god or goddess over the spring. And it has to be spilled by the weapons aforementioned."
"Well… Can't we use our blood?" Moriko asked. "I mean, since you're in us."
Macha laughed. "No, no, my dear. You see, it has to be an actual deity in their true form. That isn't something you see every day."
"Well where do we find one of those?" Amaya asked desperately. "There has to be a way! To conjure one up or something!"
Macha laughed. "You're beginning to sound ridiculous, dear. Gods and Goddesses, they do what they want when they want. But… there might be a way."
"What? What is it?" Moriko begged.
"Well, if you think you have enough power then you can cry calling on the Goddesses of your weapons." Macha said. "But I have to warn you, Morrigan and Arrianrhod are not as kind as I am in any way. Most likely bringing them into it will get you killed. But all you need is a little blood of one goddess."
"Can we just call on one then?" Amaya asked.
Macha shook her head, her dark hair misting around her shoulders. "I'm afraid not. The weapons are linked together by the spring and using so much power can only bring the both of them upon you. It's inevitable. Unavoidable at best."
Amaya and Moriko sighed. Amaya scratched the back of her head and nodded.
"We understand." She finally said.
"Good." Macha said, and the world around them started fading.
"Wait!" Moriko called out, reaching for the goddess but their skin not making contact. "I've still got questions!"
"Too late." Macha whispered, and then she was gone.
And they were left in darkness.