Raised in the Shadows
Disclaimer:…..AUGH. We still don't own Oblivion.
A/N: Well I'm not feeling any different from yesterday buuut…I FOUND GAARAXOCFAN! (holds up Gaaraxocfan by ear)
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Almost one month later, one day before the full moon…
Rain worked carefully on an extra strength shielding potion. She and William had everything in place. When he transformed he would be locked in the basement behind a reinforced door with several protection spells and potions. Vicente or Lucien would be at the house in case anything went wrong.
"Hey Rain, do we have any mutton left over?" William asked from the kitchen. He had recently begun to crave any kind of meat. Rain sighed.
"No I don't think so. Why don't you go buy some more?" She yelled. William limped into the room. Despite how serious the bite had been it had healed very quickly due to his new werewolf cells.
"I don't feel like going out and being around people right now." He said. The werewolf venom had also changed his mood a bit. He was still usually in a light-hearted, laid back mood but sometimes he was more anti-social or dark.
"Well I guess I'll buy some tomorrow before we wake you up." Rain said. William nodded. Someone knocked at the door and he went to answer it. Kira and Lucien walked in. They walked straight to Rain's alchemy room.
"Hey guys. Lucien are you gonna be the one who stays here tomorrow night?" Rain asked.
"Yes. Vicente is away for a week on a contract all the way in Vvardenfell." Lucien said.
"And I'll be here too because someone is too paranoid to let me stay at our hideout." Kira said, looking accusingly at Lucien.
"I told you, the Black Hand is suspicious of everyone. I don't want to risk someone like Arquen finding the hideout or just seeing you around and going after you." Lucien said seriously.
"Why is the Black Hand suspicious of everyone?" Rain asked, finishing her potion.
"We've discovered there's a traitor among the Dark Brotherhood members. It could be anyone." Kira said.
"And of course I'm one of the top suspects because I'm the youngest person to ever be apart of the Black Hand. They think I told Phillida about what we were planning the night Christine and Azaka were killed." Lucien said angrily.
"What? That's so unfair. You'd never do anything to harm someone in the Dark Brotherhood unless they broke one of the tenets." Rain said.
"Hey, it's a massive group of assassins. You've gotta expect that when something comes up that everyone will be paranoid." Kira pointed out. Together the three walked into the living room and sat down. William was reading a book sitting in a chair.
"Hey what are you guys talking about?" He asked.
"Dark Brotherhood stuff." Rain said simply.
"Well then I'm out of here." William quickly left the room.
"What's the plan for tomorrow night?" Lucien asked.
"The basement has already been cleared out and all the doors are reinforced. We just send William down there, lock the doors and then wait and hope everything goes fine. If it doesn't you need to do something knock him out, Lucien. Please don't kill him." Rain said fearfully.
"I'll do my best." Lucien said.
"Just relax Rain. Everything will go just fine." Kira said. Rain nodded.
"I'm just nervous. So much could go wrong tomorrow." Rain said. Lucien sighed.
"Don't worry. If you worry that something will go wrong, something bad will happen. If you're confident that everything will be fine while still being careful nothing will happen." He said. Rain nodded but she still felt nervous about what would happen the next night.
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The next night…
"Alright William, I'll see you in the morning." Rain said. They were down in her basement. The sun was setting outside.
"Don't worry Rain. Everything will be fine." William smiled and kissed her. Rain tried her best to look confident.
"Alright Rain, you should get back upstairs." Lucien said. Rain pulled herself away from her husband and walked slowly upstairs with Kira.
"So what will you be doing?" William asked Lucien.
"I'll set up all of the spells and lock the doors to this room and wait in the other room. If you manage to break out I'll knock you out and keep you down here." Lucien said.
"You're not worried at all?"
"I've spent my whole life doing dangerous things. I can handle this." Lucien said confidently. He nodded at William and walked into the other room, locking the door behind him. He set up all of the spells and other protections and then sat down in a chair and began to sharpen a dagger lazily.
Kira and Rain walked upstairs and sat down. They sat in awkward silence for a while. Kira threw a dagger up and down several times and Rain attempted to read a book. Finally she spoke up.
"Would you stop throwing that dagger around? You're gonna kill someone!" She said. Kira sighed and put the dagger away.
"Don't be so tense Rain. Everything'll be fine." Kira said.
"I know. But it's just so hard for me." Rain replied.
"Why don't we just talk about something to keep your mind off William?" Kira said. Rain nodded.
"Uh…how is the pregnancy going?" She asked. Kira placed her hand on her slightly rounded stomach.
"Good, but some stuff is hard."
"Like what?" Rain asked.
"I can't stand not being able to drink alcohol!" Kira said desperately. Rain laughed.
"I'm thinking it's probably alcohol that got you into this situation." She said. Kira gave her a look.
"Personally I blame Lucien for the whole situation." Kira said darkly before laughing a bit.
"What are you thinking of naming the baby?" Rain asked.
"If it's a boy I want to name it Erik. If it's a girl I was thinking Asana after our mother." Kira said.
"Does Lucien get a say in the name at all?" Rain asked.
"I might let him have a say in the middle name but that's it. It's his fault I'm in this situation." Kira and Rain laughed. They both relaxed a bit and continued to talk about simple things.
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A few hours later…
"I'm so bored." Lucien sighed. Sure he had spent a lot of time doing boring things especially before he was allowed to take contracts. And of course he had spent time in jail where he had nothing to do. But this…this was torture. There was really nothing to do.
Lucien wasn't the kind of guy who liked to sit around and read a book. During the rare occasions that he actually had no duties to fulfill if he was bored he could go and run through the woods, looking for monsters to kill. Down in Rain's basement there was nothing interesting to look at or kill.
All Lucien could do was listening to William as a werewolf run around growling. Occasionally the wolf would come close to the door, sniff out Lucien and try to break the door down. This would soon be followed by a loud crash as one of the spells sent him flying. Lucien's more reckless side almost wanted to let William out and fight with him, he was so bored.
"Give it up, dog. You're not getting past that door." Lucien yelled at William. The werewolf snarled at him and continued to scratch and bark at the door. Lucien sighed. Stupid dog. He thought.
Soon there was a loud crash and William whimpered a bit before growling more. The spells had once again sent him flying across the room. Lucien felt like growling himself. Now he knew how Vicente felt when he was in one of his moods. Finally Lucien stared blankly up at the ceiling. His stomach growled.
"Hey Kira!" He yelled upstairs.
"WHAT?!" Kira yelled back angrily.
"Oh, mood swing. Not good." Lucien said to himself. He heard the basement door open and Kira walked down the stairs. She definitely looked angry. Why does this only happen to me? Lucien thought sadly.
"What could possibly be so important that you have to yell and make me come all the way down here?! You could've woken up Rain when she just fell asleep!" Kira almost yelled.
"Well…it's just I was hungry…and I didn't want to risk leaving William down here…" Lucien began slowly and carefully. He didn't want to make Kira even angrier. Kira just rolled her eyes.
"I told you; you should've eaten more food earlier." She said. Lucien sighed. He had discovered that at this point it was usually best just to agree with her. Lucien stood up and walked over to stand behind Kira. He wrapped his arms around her.
"You're right. I should've listened to you. I'm sorry I'm such an idiot." Lucien said, kissing Kira's neck and shoulder. She leaned back against him.
"I'm sorry you're such an idiot too." She said. Together they sat down on the couch with Kira leaning back against Lucien, who was still hungry and bored. Kira heard William sniff and growl at the door.
"Doesn't sound like he's having fun." She said.
"Oh trust me; he's probably in a lot of pain by now. He's been thrown across the room so many times in the last few hours." Lucien said.
"I feel bad for him." Kira said. Of course. She feels bad for the werewolf that won't remember this instead of me who's suffering. Lucien thought.
"I'm sure he'll be fine. Don't worry." Lucien said.
"I hope so." Kira said. She yawned and leaned her head against Lucien.
"You should go to sleep, Kira. There's nothing exciting going on." Lucien said. Kira nodded and fell asleep in his arms. Lucien sighed again. Now he was bored, hungry and stuck there. This was not his night.
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The next day…
Rain yawned and walked nervously downstairs. She had just woken up and discovered it was already the middle of the day. No one had come to wake her up or anything. When she reached the basement she shook her head.
On her couch was a sleeping Kira and a very bored looking Lucien. He actually looked as if he was going to die of boredom. He looked up when he heard her walk in the room.
"Hello Rain." He sounded exhausted.
"Hey Lucien. Have you checked on William yet?" Rain asked.
"I haven't been able to get up in over seven hours." Lucien said. Rain smiled a bit.
"Well I doubt Kira will mind if you get up to help me check on William." She said.
"I am not getting up until she wakes up. If I wake her up she'll be completely mad and yell at me. She always gets mood swings around the time she wakes up." Lucien said fearfully. Rain rolled her eyes and approached the door slowly. She reached for the doorknob. The door opened before she reached it. Rain gasped.
"Ok, that was definitely not fun." William said tiredly. His clothes had by now been reduced to mere rags. There were several bruises on his chest and arms and a scrape on his left cheek.
"Oh William, I'm sorry." Rain hugged him close. He smiled and kissed her.
"Ew, get a room you two! There is a child present." Lucien said.
"But…Kira won't even have the kid until like 5 or 6 months from now." Rain said.
"So, you're still disgusting me. Take your little love fest back upstairs….and bring me some food Rain. I'm dying." Lucien said while his stomach growled. Rain laughed.
"Alright fine. William, you should go upstairs and rest. Lucien I guess I'll bring you some food." Rain led William upstairs, leaving Lucien still stuck on the couch and afraid to move.
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One more month later, a day before the next full moon…
"Alright Rain, are we ready for tomorrow night?" William asked while they were eating. Rain nodded. She was feeling more confident about it this time.
"Yes, we're all set. I'm sure it'll be fine." Rain said.
"I am not looking forward to this. It's so weird to suddenly feel yourself transform and next thing you know it's the next morning and you're on the ground wearing rags." William shivered.
"I'm sorry William." Rain said, placing her hand on his. They heard someone knock at the front door and let themselves in.
"Hey Rain, William." Kira said, walking in the room with Lucien.
"Hey Lucien are you staying here tomorrow again?" Rain asked.
"No. I actually wish I was though. I have to go see another Speaker. His name is Bellamont." Lucien said with disgust.
"I take it you and Bellamont aren't best friends." William said.
"He's a freak. He's always looking at me in such a weird and intense way. It's like he studies my every move." Lucien shuddered.
"He's pretty messed up." Kira said.
"So then will you and Vicente be here tomorrow, Kira?" Rain asked.
"It'll just be Vicente. I'm going to stay at the Sanctuary and help Ocheeva out with some stuff." Kira said. Rain nodded.
"Vicente said he'll be here just as soon as it starts to get dark. He doesn't want to spend a lot of time in the sun." Lucien said.
"Alright then." William said. Kira and Lucien excused themselves and left for the Sanctuary. Rain and William finished dinner and went up to bed.
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The next night…
Rain quickly talked to William, telling him goodnight and all that. Then she closed the door and started to set up all of the charms. She heard Vicente open the door and she ran upstairs.
"Hey Vicente." She said.
"Hello Rain. Did you already take care of everything with William downstairs?" Vicente asked.
"Yeah…it's all taken care of." Rain said, trying to run through a check list in her head.
"Would you rather I stayed downstairs near William or up here?" Vicente asked.
"Actually why don't we both stay down there. I'm sure it'll be better that way." Rain said. Vicente nodded and they walked downstairs.
They both sat down on opposite ends of the couch down there and worked on their own individual projects. Rain worked on an alchemy potion she was trying to improve. Vicente was working on some contracts for the other family members to do. Occasionally they would hear William growl or get thrown back across the room. Rain would always look worriedly at the door. Vicente was just trying to hold back his instincts. He stood up suddenly.
"I should go feed. I'll return shortly." He said and left. Rain shrugged and continued to work on her potion. Suddenly she heard a loud thump against the door. Then another and another….the door opened. The werewolf charged through growling and snarling. Rain gasped and stood up.
William growled at her and slowly advanced. Rain didn't know what to do. She ran upstairs. The werewolf followed.
Rain ran as fast as she could. She hurried upstairs with William right behind her. She was terrified. She continued to run. When she made it upstairs she pushed chairs and tables over to slow down William. He just ripped right through them. Rain ran up to the next floor and into her bedroom. She quickly locked the door and started to block it with her furniture.
She huddled in the corner as she heard the loud thumps of William trying to break in. She could hear him growl and snarl. I hope Vicente gets back soon. Rain thought. Suddenly the door was knocked open but William wasn't there. Vicente stood in the doorway.
He had run into the house as soon as he picked up the sound of William and Rain running around. He had attacked the werewolf just as it broke down the door. Vicente growled angrily at William. He couldn't think straight. His instincts were taking over completely and for once he didn't mind.
The werewolf slowly got to his feet and snarled at Vicente. He charged at Vicente and tackled him. Together they fell down the stairs and landed in a heap of sharp claws and teeth.
Vicente was growling just as much as William. His vision had taken on a reddish glow. William's teeth ripped into Vicente's left arm, biting into the still healing scars. Vicente grunted and kicked the werewolf off him.
"Vicente, William stop!!" Rain yelled helplessly. Vicente barely registered her yelling. The werewolf didn't even pause for a second. Vicente threw William to the other side of the living room and stood up. Vicente slowly advanced on William who was trying to get to his feet.
William jumped up at Vicente. Vicente stopped thinking completely. He gripped his hands around the wolf's head. There was a loud crack as he twisted…and William's neck broke. The werewolf fell limply to the floor. Vicente's awareness sank in. He stumbled backwards and sat down.
"Oh my god…William…" Rain sobbed. She fell to her knees next to William. She looked up at Vicente. She wanted to scream and yell at him. She wanted to hit him. She didn't know what to do.
"Rain, I'm so sorry." Vicente said, panting. Rain fell back against him and sobbed into his chest. Vicente wrapped his arms around her.
"I'm so…so sorry." He said.
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One week later…
"What, Rain are you serious?" Kira asked. They were sitting in Kira's old room at the Sanctuary. Rain nodded through her tears.
"I'm pregnant." She said. Kira put one arm around her shoulders.
"Shh, we'll get through this." She said soothingly.
"No. I'm going to leave Kira. I'm gonna go to Skingrad. I'll raise our child there. But I can't stay here right now." Rain cried. Kira looked at her.
"Rain, are you sure that's right?" She asked worriedly.
"I am. I've got to go. I'm leaving in just a little bit." Rain said sadly.
"Alright Rain…please just be careful and stay in touch. If anything happens please come back here." Kira said. Rain nodded and stood up.
"I'm going to talk to Vicente. Is he here?" She asked.
"He is. But he's not doing well. He's angry at himself. I've never seen him like this." Kira said. Rain nodded and walked to Vicente's room. She knocked but there was no reply. She let herself in.
Vicente was laying on the stone slab he called a bed, fast asleep. All of his cuts were bandaged up. He had no shirt on. He looked like he had just returned from war. Rain walked past bits of broken chair to him.
"Vicente, wake up." She said, shaking him lightly. He grumbled a bit and tried to push her away, not fully awake.
"Vicente." Rain said again. He opened his eyes and quickly sat up. He still seemed to be in a daze though and stared blankly at Rain for a moment. When he came to his senses he looked away quickly, feeling ashamed.
"What are you doing here, Rain?" He asked.
"I came to say goodbye. I'm going to Skingrad for a while." Rain said. Vicente nodded.
"I'm sorry Rain." He said.
"Vicente, please stop. It's not your fault. You were trying to save me. I love William. I'll always miss him but please don't destroy yourself over this." Rain said desperately. Vicente looked at Rain.
They looked at each other for a moment. Slowly they leaned in closer to each other. Rain pulled back suddenly. Vicente shook his head as if he was coming out of a daze.
"I'll come back. I promise you. Goodbye Vicente." And then Rain left.
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Wow that took forever.
And guess what?
Next chapter the time skips start again!
WOOH YEAH! (does a little dance)
Yes it was sad and…well….I'm not sure at this point when it does get happier again…but eh…just be patient.