And here is the final part in the Sixth Chapter: Darkness. Here is Part Three: Dark Matters. I know it took me quite a while to update, but that was mainly because I caught a bad case of Writer's Block. Not fun. :( The next chapter will be the Seventh Chapter. The title is a total mystery to me so..yeah. Here is Dark Matters:
The Lord of the Fire
Chapter Six:
Darkness
Part Three: Dark Matters
Section Ten: Prophecy (Shpmuirt)
Akira, Eclipse Aaron and I were knelt in front of Lord Vulcan who sat graciously and pompously on his throne. As you may remember, I mentioned before that the twins were both boys, it turns out that the girl twin was dressed as a boy for cover. We found this out after I had escorted them halfway to their base. Once halfway, I "left" and they were on their own. When Powers went to pick them up, Eclipse rebelled, as planned, and showed his true colors as an Assassin. I then went to help him along with my Melting Candles and Flaming Pens. We fought for a while until only two of the fifteen Powers, Jason, and Echo Evan (the girl twin) managed to escape. Eclipse and I came back to base and claimed victory.
"Rise." he commanded. We rose obediently to our feet and waited for our master to continue speaking. "Now that Eclipse here along with dear Jason," he paused and nodded his head as if in approval, "told us a very important detail, we know where the Powers established their not-so-secret-anymore headquarters. And because of this, we can begin planning our surprise assault on Kulsar. This my friends, will put an end to their wanna-be-tyrannical reign. And after, we will Awaken the other three Elementalists and ascend to our noble positions as rulers of the planet Earth." That was how his dramatic piece finished! He dismissed us and as we were nearing the door, Akira turned back and spoke, "Sir, I was wondering if..."
"What?"
"...well at Homecoming...you see...there was this boy..."
"Yes?" he asked obviously irritated.
"...his name was Divad...and I was wondering if..."
"Damn it, Akira! Spit it out already, woman!" he snapped.
"...he could join us?"
An awkward moment of silence feel upon us like thick dark cloud of fog in which a wicked smile danced stealthily onto Vulcan's face. He turned to face us.
"Is he a Power?" he asked.
"No. He isn't." I said for her.
"I think we may find some use for him." said Vulcan.
"So does that mean he can-" asked Akira (Franchy) cheerfully before I cut her off.
"You can't possibly be serious!" I shouted so loud that everyone turned to me.
"I am." said Vulcan.
"He will distract her from her objectives. You cannot approve this. This is insane! Master, please heed my advice, there will be consequences to pay if-"
"That is enough, Jaiden!" he bellowed. "Akira, you may bring your friend Divad here to the Firezone once you tell him who and what you are. If he agrees, then you may bring him here. Understood?"
Akira nodded.
"Good. You may take a squad of Flaming Pens."
"Thank you, master." she said bowing and happily exiting the throne room. I, along with Eclipse Aaron, remained.
"That was unwise." I said solidly as I strode up the stairs. "Why did you approve it?"
"I believe Lady Fatum told you of the Elemental Prophecy?" he asked.
"Yes, but she just gave a brief summary."
"What did she reveal to you?"
"She said that five people will rise up and fight the Lord of the Fire. If these five were to fail, then the Lord of the Fire will return aided by three other Elementalists. If the five were to succeed, then they would have to fight the other three Elementalists either way and prevent them from rising to power."
Lord Vulcan sat silently taking all this I had just told him in. He smiled. "She told you only a fifth of the Elemental Prophecy."
"You are avoiding my question, master." I sneered. "What does all this have to do with Divad?"
"He is to play an important role in what is to come." he said simply and then dismissed me and Eclipse.
Section Eleven: Arrival (Nacluv)
I trudged off haughtily with Eclipse on my heels.
"Well that was illuminating," Eclipse commented.
"What was?"
"The fact that he told you that there are four more parts to the prophecy and that Divad is supposed to play an important part in what is to come. It sounds all suspenseful, don't you think, master?"
"No."
"Well if you count-"
"Will you shut up!"
Eclipse finally shut up and followed me before I dismissed him. He left hesitantly. Finally! Apprentices are good to talk to and lecture but is isn't so hot when they are the ones blabbing away on how interesting meaningless things are.
Akira arrived the next day skipping happily with Divad in hand. He looked pretty confused and surprised at the same time. It looked as if Akira (Franchy, Yolanda) might not have told him about her. This was my chance. I followed Akira and Divad stealthily, never taking my eyes off them waiting for the moment when Akira would leave Divad alone.
The time finally came.
Akira led Divad to the throne room and told him to wait outside while she disappeared inside. This was my chance. I stepped out of the shadows and I might have scared Divad without meaning to. He jumped but then recognized me and said, "Aidan? What are you doing here?" I grabbed him by the collar and slammed him into the wall.
"You listen here, Divad! I live here along with Akira, my apprentice and my master. And if you are going to be a part of us you better listen to what I have to tell you."
"What are you talking about?"
"Do you know why Akira brought you here?"
"Akira? Do you mean Yolanda?"
"She obviously hasn't." I loosened my grip on him. "First of all, her real name is Akira not Yolanda, she was working undercover at that time. Second, my name isn't Aidan it is Jaiden. Now, as you probably don't know, Akira is a Vampiress meaning she is a vampire. She has died before and she is now immortal and drinks every full and new moon. I am an Assassin meaning that I am a third shape-shifter, a third vampire, and a third lord. We are not normal."
"Our master is an Elementalist. This means that he has control over one of the four elements, in this case, it is fire. My apprentice's name is Eclipse and he is also an Assassin, though he isn't a third anything, but he does have the power of resuscitating the dead. As you can tell, there is a lot to know about our world and I don't think you can handle it. And Vulcan actually believes that you will play an important part in all this. He is wrong."
I let him go and walked away leaving him to his thoughts. A few seconds later, Akira came back and led Divad by the hand into the throne room, no doubt Vulcan wanted to talk to him.
Section Twelve: Conference
Some time passed before Vulcan summoned me and Eclipse to the Assemblage Room. Eclipse seemed pretty excited at the thought of his first real mission but I was in a contradictory mood. I had no interest in this meeting whatsoever.
Once there, we found that he had also summoned Akira, Divad and some other person whom we didn't know. They were seated around a circle table with Vulcan at the head and two empty chairs waiting for me and Eclipse. Vulcan spoke as soon as we sat down.
"Akira, Divad, Eclipse, and Jaiden this," he said pointing to the strange teen, "is Nova. She has the power of Vampirism, she is a vampire just like Akira. She will be aiding you in the assault on Kulsar. As the more of you already know, Divad has now joined our side. He has no power but it has been decided that he will be apprenticed to Jaiden to become a full Assassin."
"Now just wait a minute! I have to approve the apprenticeship and I do not! I will not take Divad under my wing! I refuse it! He has no right to be here anyway. He is not capable of aiding us. He is a normal human!"
"Are you finished, Jaiden?" I remained quiet, he continued. "It is true that he has no particular talent or power, but as I told you before, he will play an enormous part in what is to come as will you."
"What aren't you telling us? What aren't you telling me?" I asked.
"There are many things that I have kept from you that I do not intend to tell you until the time is right." he said simply. "Continuing with our agenda, we will strike Kulsar today. I have already planned out this attack. I will be the commanding general and my second commanding general will be Jaiden," he bowed his head in my direction, I stayed silent. "Akira and Nova will be leading the Melting Candles whilst Eclipse and Divad, under the command of Jaiden, will lead the Flaming Pens. I will bring about as much fire as I can and create a new deadly creature."
"And when will this assault begin?" asked the girl named Nova who wore black tight pants and shirt. She had black gloves covering her hands and her hair was short and layered. She had coal black eyes like Eclipse and pitch black eye-liner. I was surprised she didn't wear black lipstick.
"As of now." he replied.
Section Thirteen: Engagement
I stood outside Kulsar, a big building with an overlarge sign that read:
Power Headquarters at Kulsar
I could not understand how we couldn't have seen it before if the headquarters was basically yelling out, "I am here! Attack me!" Maybe it was like one of those Harry Potter things where you had to get the information from like the Secret Keeper or something, except in this case, the Secret Keeper was everyone in the organization.
I stood at the front with Eclipse and Divad flanking me on both my left and right sides only a small distance behind me. Flaming Pens stood eagerly and anxiously behind them, waiting like obedient dogs ready to spring into action at the sound of, "Sic' em boys!"
So we stood there, watching the building in awe. I eventually snapped out of it and walked forward, Divad following me closely and Eclipse taking his position at the end of the endless line of Flaming Pens. I walked right up to the door and, one minute I was outside and the next, I was inside a huge lobby. People were running around carrying papers and in short words, it was chaotic! I unlocked the door and Divad followed me in. We looked at each other and then happened to glance up at the balcony above the center of the lobby. On the balcony stood Va Nessa, arms outstreched and holding onto the rail.
"Well, well, Jaiden, that took you longer than expected." she said as she moved across the balcony, her long black dress brushing the floor occasionally. She stopped, jumped up and landed on both her feet and one hand. She stood up and the form of Queen Nora appeared beside her along with Kristin.
"Hello, Hiram." said Kristin smiling.
"My name is not Hiram, Kristin-" I said through clenched teeth.
"Va." she said.
"What?" I asked.
"It's Va now. I am Va Kristin. She is Va Nora. And Vanessa is now Queen Nessa."
At this time, Jason Ai appeared with his daughter Echo Evan by his side.
"What happened to the rest of you guys?" asked Jason.
"We're here." said a voice on the balcony. Up on the balcony stood Akira astride Lord Vulcan and Nova.
"Vulcan." scoffed Nora. "Who's the new slut?"
A shuriken flew from the balcony and narrowly missed Nora who didn't seemed pertubed by it, she pulled it out of the wall.
"You seemed to have dropped something," said Nora to Nova as she launched it back to Nova who caught it in midair.
"Next time I won't miss!" said Nova as she jumped off the balcony, took two samurai swords of nowhere and sliced off half of Nora's hair.
"Bring it bitch." said Nora angirly at Nova. They began fighting, swords clashing and clanking as they met in the air. The rest of us seemed to take this as the time to act. Akira flew down and met Kristin with a volley of arrows, all dodged by Kristin reducing them to dust Nessa surged up back to the balcony and engaged Lord Vulcan in a sword fight. Divad's eyes and Jason's eyes locked for a split second before they found each other fighting with spears and swords and arrows.
Perfect. Every one of their commanding generals was busy in battle. I found myself on the roof where the Melting Candles were patiently waiting just like the Flaming Pens but there was an addition to the clan of Melting Candles. Some human-like creatures also stood on the roof. They had bright red eyes, coal black hair, and a pale face, they wore torn clothes and were hunched. They looked downright scary but disgusting. I figured they were the new species that Vulcan had said he would create.
"And what are you guys called?" I asked the one that seemed to be their leader.
"We are the Demons of Ashes." he replied in a coarse voice, as if something was stuck down his throat. I said nothing but looked to where the Flaming Pens were waiting and under Eclipse's command. This seemed all too easy. Where were their Cannibalistic Pencils and who would be leading them? Just then, my question was answered. Marching from behind the Flaming Pens came Cannibalistic Pencils surging forward like a giant tsunami wave.
"Eclipse!" I yelled pointing behind him. He turned and directed half of the Flaming Pens to meet the wave of pencils. They met with a ferociuos roar and the sound of ripping and razors.
"Hello Hiram." said a familiar voice behind me just as fireballs began to rain from the sky as it blackened.
I turned around, curious to see to whom that vioce belonged to. As I turned, I saw the person that I thought I would no longer see ever again, an old friend.
Section Fourteen: Intervention
Well my dear Emma, that is what happened so far. I just thought an intervention in the middle of the story would keep the suspense as to who that voice belonged to. I know it is inappropiate, but I would like to do my closing right now and write the rest in another letter. I am almost finished in telling this first chapter of my life as an Assassin and working for the Elementalists. Take care dear Emma and I'll write to you later.
Your Pen Pal,
Jaiden13
Ha! That was fun! I cut it off at a very suspenseful moment (I think). Oh well, now you all will have to wait for the Seventh Chapter to find out! Mwahahahah! BIG thanks to Blot-of-Blood and TortugaTourGuide for their continued reviews as well as to everyone who has sent me PMs saying that the story ROCKED! Also thanks to CasparTheFriendlyGhosts for reviewing as well. Yay!