Soo... The Christmas/New Years Special will be posted after these next two chapters mainly because... Book Two: Blade is almost done! :3 Unfortunately the flu made HUGE delays with everything I I swear I'll make it up to you guys -_-()
Episode 9: While We were apart..
ENJOY!
Blade slowly opened his eyes, staring at the metal roof above him. He sat up,partically, rubbing his neck. He didn't expect Rika to drain him so much but he knew she couldn't help it. "Ahh... Rika really got me that time..." he chuckled to himself and then looked down to see his sleeping queen sleeping soundly next to him. He smiled and leaned over and kissed her on the head before he got up and walked outside the crate.
Just as he walked out he stopped in his tracks just as a metal beam crashed into the ground infront of him. He looked around and found the kid from earlier that he had released from the cell also. "Who are you?" Blade growled. "That's... What I would like to know.." - said and jumped down to the bottom floor,"and what your relationship with the girl in there is."
"Why would I tell you? You just flung a beam at me! You... Your not human apparently... Are you one of Adverine's chevaliers?" Blade asked. "Hahaha, Really now? Your asking me that question? HA! That's the question I should be asking you... From what I hear.. your nothing but a traitor.. Is that right?" - asked.
"WHAT?" "Haha.. Care to prove me wrong?" - asked Blade. "Grrrrr..." Blade charged at - and threw a punch at him which he easily dodged and punched Blade in the stomach which flung him into the air. - jumped up to land another attack but Blade was quick enough to straighten himself out in the air and morphed his leg into it's chiropteran form and kicked -into one of the factory walls and then landed perfectly on his feet.
"You really are strong you asshole..." - laughed as he stood up. "What beef do you have with me, jackass, anyway?" Blade asked him. "Beef? HA! Plently of it... But enough talk.." he said, disappearing. Blade looked around frantically, "Where did you go? Augghhh! Come out you son of a-AHH" he was slammed into the ground from behind, "Your really going to leave your back to me? Ha Very foolish of you.." - smirked.
Meanwhile...
Rika was sleeping ever so peacefully until she kept hearing the noise from outside the crate. Slightly irritated she got up, a little stiff from sleeping on the ground and made her way to the opening of the crate and gasped at the sight of Blade and - fighting.
"STOP!"
- and Blade stopped what they were doing and looked at Rika. Blade quickly appeared infront of Rika, "Rika... Stay back.. This guy seems like trouble.." he said, glaring at -. - rolled his eyes and Rika blinked, "Trouble?" she asked and then she remembered the fact that Blade never met him before.
"Blade.. Haha he's not a threat! Calm down!" she smiled. "H-Huh?" Blade said looking between the two confused. "Idiot.." - muttered and Blade glared at him before asking Rika, "So..If he's no threat.. Who is he?" he asked.
Rika sighed, "Blade... This is Elchai... Elchai well.. He's... Uh..." Rika looked down to the ground. She never really planned how she was going to explain to Blade about Elchai being her chevalier. "I'm Rika's chevalier..." Elchai said blantly and Blade froze. "Elchai!" Rika growled. "Sorry but you wanted him to know anyway, right?" he asked.
Rika bit her lip, "Still... Blade... Are... You okay?" she asked. Blade didn't respond to her. "Blade... Please... I'm sorry..." Rika apoligized. Blade shook his head, he really didn't have much to say. Now knowing the asshole he was fighting with earlier was actually Rika's newest chevalier and how Elchai thought of him sucked but on top of that, it wasn't Rika and him anymore.
It kind of stirred something from his previous life in his mind but he quickly shot the thought down trying not to remember as best he could. "I'm... going to step outside for a moment.." he said and disappeared before Rika could object.
"I love you!" Rika laughed.
That smile, that laugh...That cheerfullness... The bright and lovely personality of the object of his affection. He came back and risked so much to rescue her and to his dismay, she didn't need him anymore. Now what?
He was now sitting on the roof of the abandon toy factory to clear his head. The wind was swirlling around from a previous storm that had passed and Blade thought he smelled a hint of smoke in the wind but it was probably his imagination.
"Blade..." Rika called as she and Elchai stepped onto the roof. Blade still didn't respond and Rika walked over to him. "Blade..." she said, placing a hand on him that made him twitch. "Sigh... Looks like I have to tell you what happen when you were taken away.." Rika said and sat down next to him, "I'll just start from when I last saw you...
"BLADE! NOOO!" Rika cried out as Adverine's chevaliers were taking Blade away in a stretcher. Adverine slammed the cell door shut and banged on it, "Quite girl.. Quit interferring!" she shouted and then followed her chevaliers out. "Blade! Blade..." Rika began to sob.
For the next serveral months or so, she couldn't really tell, she spent her time staring at the ceiling. Where had Blade gone? What did they do to him? Was he still alive? No... He HAD to be alive.. He probably was alve and would come to her rescue if she waited. Sure it had been months but by now he should have at least an idea on how their going to escape.
One guard guarded her now and was boredly texting on a cellphone. This chevalier of Adverine's aparently been made recently to even bother texting anyone. Why did Adverine have so many chevaliers anyway? She could think of one reason, an army. But then... Why?
Her train of thought was cut off by another guard booming into the room and dragging someone behind him by their shirt collar. "Hey... Felix... Catch this out... I went out to go hunting and before I even walk out the door.. Look what I found!" the new guard beamed, holding up the human as if it were a fish he was finally able to catch.
"What?" the guard said, putting his phone away and standing up to get a better look at the human. "Haha.. Stupid human... We'll have you for lunch!" he grinned, flashing his long fangs at the human who coward before him.
"Pl-please! Don't kill me! I-I wandered in here by mistake! I swear!" the boy said, trying to control the fear in his voice. "Sure.. Sure... Ahhh.. Shoot.. Adverine's calling..." the guard with the phone pulled out a ring of keys. "Ahhh... Umm... Crap! I can't find the-ah! Here! I'll just shove him in here.. Can't find the other one.." The texting guard picked a key and shoved it into Rika's cell's lock to open it. The other guard threw the boy into the cell and after both guards made sure the cell door was locked, they disappeared up the stairs.
"Hmmm.. Wonder if she'll kept all of them in a meeting for awhile.." Rika wondered out loud and nearly scared the boy half to death. "There's another person in here? Oh.. Oh my god you startled me... We.. We need to get out of here! They're going to kill us!" the boy scanned the room for a window and spotted the extremely small one near the ceiling.
"It's no use... That window is too small for a person... And this castle is well built..It wont crumble easily.." Rika pointed out. "At least I'm trying! You should too! their going to kill you! I mean.. Did you catch a look at their fangs? They're monsters!"
"... They wont kill me..." Rika said. "They wont kill you? Your pretty gutsy.. though I'm sure they'll kill you even if you are a girl, no offense." the boy said. "They... wont kill me... after all.." Rika's fangs came out, "I'm just another monster like them anyway.." the boy stepped back, "No.. way.." and then swallowed, "But... Your.. not like them... right?" he asked.
"Why would you care?" she asked.
The boy sighed, "Never mind... I can tell.. Your not like them... Why did they trap you down here? And.. How long did they trap you down here?" he asked. Rika looked away, "I wish I knew.. Me and Blade..we're just trying to find my sister when we were ambushed and brought here.. Now that he's been taken away.. I really don't care what happens to me.. Though I don't know if they'll do anything to me if I've been down here for months!" she said.
"Months? That's insane!" the boy commented just as he heard the dungeon door slam open. "We're back~" one other guard teased as both appeared infront of Rika's cell. "Aww... Look.. she lives! Hope you didn't touch our meal sweetie.. I rather mine still human..."
Both of them moved into the cell and surrounded the boy and Rika. "Please," Rika pleaded, "Don't harm him... I mean... Isn't...Uhhh...Human blood better with age?" "What?" the human said, staring at Rika in confusion, "Are you Crazy?" Rika just stared back at him and then returned her gaze to the guards, "Sure blood from small child is nice and fresh but past that... At least newly turned adults have that more divine taste..." she smirked.
"Hmm... True... You do have a point... But we'e not leaving him here for you, missy!" Rika shrugged, "Fine by me..." she said, silently thanking for how stupid these two were.
"If your going to wait around for a stupid human to turn at least eighteen... you might as well go out hunting for one..." A voice said from behind them and both guards turned, "Ahh! Lucious! This... Ah..." one of the guards tried to explain. "Get out of here you idiots..." he said and both chevaliers disappeared within seconds.
Lucious turned to Rika who was now frozen in her tracks, "Hmmm... So I finally meet the little Queen I've heard so much about... You must be the 'Rika' Blade was calling out for..." he smirked. She gasped, "Wha.. What have you done to Blade?"
"Nothing you need to concern yourself about... Now.." He turned to the human, "Really... I do agree with Rika's preferances on human blood... Ahh... But I do truely hate wasting food... Hmmm.." He smirked, "Then again.. I don't know what I'm worrying about... I'm not keeping a human around here.."
Lucious' arm morphed into a giant mutant claw and slashed the human in his stomach, sending him sparralling to the ground. "Ahhh!" He cried out in pain. "Gasp! Why did you-?" Lucious smirked and walked out of the cell mumbling something under his breath as he locked the cell door and diappeared.
Rika returned her attention to the human, "Oh... Oh my god.. Are you..? Are you okay?" she asked, trying to hold herself together as she watch his blood ooze out of his body and intoxicating her. She clasped her hand over her mouth to resist the urge to bite him.
The human looked up at her and noticed her struggling and her eyes flashing red. "W..hat...are y..ou?" he croaked. "Shhh Try... Not to speak.." Rika took her hand away from her mouth and tried to rip off a piece of cloth from her shirt so she could use it like a bandage but the human stopped her, "Don't... Bother... Even... If you... do that...Ahhh... I'll... die any..way.." he said, whincing in pain, "Pl..please just... kill me now.." he requested.
"Wh...What? No way!" Rika said, shaking her head. "Pl...Please... I wont live.. through this anyway... My life...is over... It serves no.. purpose...now so-" Rika looked away, "I.. can make it have meaning again.." she said. "Oh?" the human said, "Well... if your going to do something do it-Ahh!" Rika sunk her teeth into his flesh, not giving him any warning at all.
It sicken her to do so but instead of draining his blood, she pierced one of his main veins near his neck and pulled away as more blood poured out of his body. In a matter of minutes, he was dead.
Rika looked around and found a piece of glass on the ground. She then slit her wrist and hovered her bleeding wrist over the now dead human's mouth.
The boy was no longer human when he awoke again. He was now part chiropteran. He was now her chevalier.
He looked at her with curious eyes much like a child and then at himself.
"Um..." the boy looked over to her, "I... know your probably wondering what you are now and uh.. I guess what happen but.. first... What is your name?" she asked sheepishly. The boy looked downed, "I... Never really had a name... So I couldn't tell you.." he said.
Rika blinked, "No name? Well I have to call you something... Ah! How about... Elchai? I saw it somewhere and it seems like an interesting name." she smiled. Elchai smiled back, "It's a wonderful name... Thank you... Hime* (*princess)"
Rika took a deep breath, "Well that's how Elchai came into the picture.. We really did do too much in the cell so that's pretty much the whole story.."
Blade just nodded. He was glad the story was over but it still didn't change a thing. Elchai is now her second chevalier and he could already tell that this was going to be disasterous. He sighed and put on a fake smile, "I got it, love... Just another member for the crew, eh? Ahh well... Might as well get used to each other now since we'll be spending the rest of forever togeter.. right?" he joked.
"Thank you for understanding, Blade!" Rika smiled and hugged him. Elchai just rolled his eyes, clearing seeing through his lying. "Ah... Well..." Blade looked around as Rika let go of him. It was now the late afternoon. The story had taken pretty much the entire day. "Well... Looks like we're camping out again... Though we could try to make it to an Inn before nightfall.." Blade said.
"Ohh... Let's try an Inn.. I haven't slept in a bed in like... Years!" Rika laughed. "Yes ma'am!" Blade turned to Elchai, "Well? My vote's with Rika but... You.. have a vote..I guess.." Elchai glared at him, "My vote will always be what Rika wants... Yours should always be too... That being said.. The sun is setting and we have a limited time if you wish to find an Inn to stay at.."
Blade blinked, "Ah... Your... Right? Okay... Rika jump on my back.. We'll make up the time by flying..." Rika nodded and got on his back as black wings appeared on his back. He turned to Elchai who just stood there, "Well? Are you coming or not?" he asked.
"I..." Elchai blinked, "I don't know if I..." Blade rolled his eyes, "This is going to kill me.." he muttered and placed Rika on the ground before transforming into his full chiropteran form. He knew Rika hated this form but if he had to carry two people he might as well turn into something that could handle two people.
"We don't have time for me to show you.. Just get on..." Blade said in his chiropteran voice. Elchai grabbed Rika and jumpped on his back. "Hold on..." he warned before taking off.
They flew over a vacant landscape until the reached a town.
Blade landed under a tree near the town and as soon as Rika and Elchai were off of him he reverted back to his human form, "Sigh.. Well.. There should be an Inn this way..." he told them as he lead them into the town.
After negoiating a deal with the Inn-keeper, Blade was handed the keys to their room and handed them to Rika. Rika lead the two into the hotel room and unlocked the door to find two queen size mattresses mini suite.
"Whhaaa!" Rika said in awe and ran over and collasped on a bed, "Bed.. Bed... Ahh it's soo comfortable! Haha!" she sighed, snuggling up to a pillow.
"How did you pay for this?" Elchai asked, glaring at him. Blade grinned, "Let's just thank 'Uncle Lucious' for forgetting that I still know his banking info..."
"Lucious?" Elchai and Rika said in alarm.
"Ye..ah... Lucious..." It then hit him that he hadn't told Rika or well Elchai what he had been up to all those years. "Uhh Well... since we have time... While all that was happening to you and Elchai latte over there... I was being forced to help out Adverine and her chevaliers.. Lucious was one of the main ones that followed me everywhere and I just had to buy alot of things for Adverine so Lucious gave me his info so I could buy the things.." Blade half lied. He didn't want to tell Rika of all his horridous deeds.
Elchai rolled his eyes, he knew Blade was lying about something.
"Well, Thankfully I was able to get away and find your sister... and even better... Your father, your mother, your mother's adopted brother, your aunt's children... It was like finding a little Rika clone village! Haha." Blade joked.
"What? Really? You've met all of those people? Wow... I really do have a family! We will see them tomorrow... Right?" Rika asked. "Yup!" Blade grinned. Rika yawned, "Then I'm going to catch some shut eye after I take a shower... Hmm... Blade you think you could use Lucious' info to get me something to wear?" she asked.
"Sure... I'll leave it by the door when you get out..." Blade said and as soon as Rika went into the shower he disappeared to the market to try and buy her something to wear.
"Wow.. these clothes are nice.." Rika said when she came out the bathroom dressed in a chinese style shirt and jeans with her long midnight hair wrapped in a towel. "Really? Good!" Blade grinned, "I'm glad you like them."
Rika smiled again and then turned on the room's hair dryer and dried her long hair. When she was done, Rika slipped into her choosen bed, "Well.. Good night you two.. Try not to kill each other please!" she joked before covering her head with the blanket.
"Night.." Both chevaliers said and then stared at the empty bed.
"Ahh... I'll keep watch..." Blade said finally and sat by the window. Elchai glared at Blade and then laided down in the bed, pretending to fall asleep just in case Blade tried anything.
Tomorrow Rika will finally meet her sister and family. It was going to be a good day, hopefully, but then again.. Something felt ominous to Blade. As he stared through the curtains and out the window, he caught sight of a piece of ash floating in the wind.
Woooohhhoooo! One more chapter left! Aren't you excited? :D
What shall happen? Will Elchai ever trust Blade? What will happen to Fay?
Episode 10: Ashes of No More