AN: Events are in motion, what will become of our heroines?
Varewulf: You are a wonder! I adore you teary eyes Thank you for your support!
Deebuggie: yeah my Spanish accent needs work. yes oracles and people of that ilk are very annoying, but the Seer in BO2 was just freaky.
Lunatic Pandora1: eh-heh-heh...Yeah, but I made it a parallel universe of an alternate reality in which the Legacy is a series of actual events so I can mix and match!
Disclaimer: If I owned it Vorador would have more speaking parts in Blood Omen 2.
I always saw Sanctuary as a rather dark and dank place . . . Probably because my TV was a piece of crap. I never thought it would be well lit, and amazingly dry, though what else I would expect from a species that dissolves in water I have no clue. Torches were evenly spaced around the large cavern, giving enough light to see by, if not enough to illuminate the entire chamber.
"I see Esmeralda has sent us a new convert." I knew that voice, guide, leader, and snappy dresser . . .
"Ah, Vorador, I'm pleased to finally make your acquaintance." He raised an eyebrow, and there was silence . . . LOTS of silence. I looked around, observing the torches, the bare walls, and the minimalistic, not to mention STONE, furniture, and decided to quote Kain at him.
"It has not the splendor of your former castle, but I suppose it will have to do." His cat-like eyes narrowed and I realized I was surrounded by Vampires.
"That probably wasn't the smartest thing for me to say huh?" The green vampire snorted.
"You speak Kain's words, yet have none of his arrogance. Who are you?" I decided to take a page from Kale's book and swept him the most elegant bow that I could.
"I am Raine, recently abducted from Kain's stronghold." There was a gasp, more felt then heard. Vorador took a step forward.
"By whom were you abducted?" I looked around and met golden eyes, staring from every direction.
"Maybe now isn't the best time-" I then made the mistake of looking into his eyes, they had me pinned, and I couldn't look away. I sighed, and gave in.
"Umah. She's working with Moebius." My breathing began to sound loud. Then I realized it was because every other noise had stopped.
"Um...guys?" Suddenly Vorador waved a hand and the vampires that had previously crowded us dispersed.
"So it is true then. I had hoped it was merely a slanderous rumor." I shook my head.
"She's in it up to her neck." He sighed and my heart went out to him. The poor guy had so much manure to deal with as the "Father" of the revolution, and now, his second in command had betrayed him. He shook himself, in a very human way, as if coming back from zoning out.
"How long have you been up?" I had to stop and think about that.
"Um. . . Sunset." He looked at me eyebrows riding high.
"And you aren't tired?" I actually hadn't been until he mentioned it, then my adrenaline presented it's over large bill. I glared at him stifling a yawn.
"Well I WASN'T." He snorted.
"You humans are amazing creatures. For so long we have been fighting over this land, and yet you still maintain your ability to carry on with life as usual." I shrugged; I didn't have the heart to tell him I wasn't from here, besides I'd have to explain the alternate of a parallel reality, which I thought was only a little less confusing then Time travel. He led me deeper into the labyrinth of cavernous chambers.
"It's so big . . . How far underground ARE we?" He grins, which is a slightly unnerving sight, seeing such a large expanse of glistening white in such a very green face.
"I don't think I should tell you, even though you were a guest of Kain, I'm not sure your intellect would be able to process it." I frowned. Where the heck had that COME from? One minute he was perfectly civil the next minute he was calling me stupid!
"I beg your pardon-"
"As you should." I decided to ignore that.
"But I think I'm rather bright."
"And what does that say for the rest of your species?" I bit the inside of my cheek. HARD.
"I don't know about that, but I do know that YOU are being excessively rude." He didn't even deign to respond to that, opening a door to a much smaller room.
"You will stay here." I crossed my arms.
"Says who?" Our glares met and I could feel my body heating up, whether from rage or embarrassment, I couldn't tell.
"You will stay here because I SAY you will." I snorted and braced my legs shoulder width apart.
"And when did we decide I'd be obeying your orders?" His eyes narrowed and his lip curled in a very unattractive sneer.
"You can either stay in here, or go sleep on the street above." I clenched my teeth and turned on my heel, striding back the way we'd come. A hand like a vice clamped down on my wrist.
"Where do you think you're going?" I tugged trying fruitlessly to reclaim my arm.
"Back up to the street. Duh." His grip tightened and I tried not to wince as it became painful.
"You are not going anywhere." I put on a brave face and glared at him.
"You gave me a choice, and I picked one!" He growled and those disconcerting teeth flashed yet again.
"Lord Vorador! Lord Vorador!" A generic looking Vampire ran up.
"Kain has arrived!" My head shot up.
"When? With how many? Was there a girl?" I noticed his eyes dart to Vorador.
"You will know, when we know." I stomped my foot. The poor little vampire looked about ready to wet himself. Vorador nodded benevolently.
"We will be there shortly." The vampire bowed and dashed off. Vorador turned to me and glared.
"You will be silent while I speak with him. Whether or not you were his guest you will show him the proper respect." I ground my teeth; it was obvious we weren't going to go anywhere until I agreed.
"FINE! Can we GO now?!" He led the way, his stride slow and even. I was practically vibrating by the time we reached the main chamber. There they were, looking ragged and worn, but out of them, there were only two faces I wanted to see, though I quietly denied the fact that I found the second important.
"KALE!" I rushed forward ignoring Vorador's angry growl. We met in the middle and hugged eachother fiercely. I looked into her face and saw that her eyes were misty behind the primitive glasses, and had to blink to keep my own tears at bay. We pulled apart and stood looking at eachother for a moment before I asked the question foremost on my mind.
"What HAPPENED?" She closed her eyes and took a deep breath.
"I'm going to have to summarize." I nodded.
"Well, there was the fire right? And I was like Crap! And then these people were like, follow us. So then I went to the Dumahim stronghold and it was like WOAH! And I fell and it was like Ahhh! And then there was Zephon who was all like Grrr! Then we broke out and it was like Yikes! And then Kain and Raz showed up with Dumah and we were like YAY! And then Dumah turned traitor and we were all like DUDE! And then we won and Dumah died. We got back to the stronghold and we were like Shit! Cause of the Sarafan right? But there were also Turelim which was waaaaay bad ya know? So we ran away and came here." She stopped and took another deep breath.
"Wow, and I thought my night was bad." I looked around. Kain was blinking, Raziel had a blitzed look. Rahab and Zephon exchanged shrugs, and Melchiah looked to be unconscious. I turned to catch a glimpse of the Reformed Sado- Hedonist of the Dark Wood, to find him silently mouthing her explanation trying to make sense of it all. I looked back at her as she cocked her head to the side, ponytail swaying slightly.
"Tell me." I smiled.
"I'll summarize as well if you don't mind." She nodded graciously, smirking slightly. An unsettling habit probably picked up from Kain.
"After the fire we were all like crap! So we went back to the stronghold and Kain was all like "I'LL find her" And he left and I was like GRR! Then Rahab and Melchiah went off all like don't' worry, right? So then I was like "go on Zephon gloat!" but it wasn't him! And I was like Sheeeeeeeet. Ya know? And then I followed the fake and he disappeared! Then Umah was all like "Meddling Kid" ya know? And I was like Ahhh! And she took to Moebius who was TOTALLY gross! And then he kidnapped me! So I end up in this tower right? And the EG is like "I'll help you if you turn against Kain" And I was like "Hell NO!" So I got out and it was like PE all over again! Then Esmeralda saved me and sent me here." Kale blinked.
"Wow." I didn't even bother looking around, my eyes went straight to Raziel's. I felt my face turning red as Kale followed my gaze and grinned knowingly.
"I believe we have not yet been introduced." The chill in that voice was worse than a bucket of Ice water, and I turned around to meet Vorador's diamond hard gaze.