(Past)
Abel slipped through the narrow passages of the tunnel, making darn well sure no one was following him. An all to familiar scent got stronger, the deeper he traveled into the tunnels. Abel quickened his pace. His mind racing, as thoughts, one after another clouded his mind. All of them on his hate for Cain… Or was it the crusnik, he had been fused with? Abel wasn't sure all he knew was his whole being, screamed hatred, and revenge. Crusnik 02 only added to this, urging him on.
It was probably a stupid move on his part. After all what kind of idiot would willingly want to meet a psycho? Abel slowed his long strides, and reached for his still broken gun. It was more out of habit then anything else. Rounding the corner, Abel was met by Cain.
His brother sat on the red floor, giving him an insane smile, with his eyes closed, and head cocked to the side. Abel pointed his gun at Cain's head, the cold barrel resting on his forehead. It was just to bad it was broken.
"How'd you find me?" Cain pouted, and stuck his lip out as he looked up at Abel. His eyes narrowed in on the gun, and he shouted in shock, scooting away. "You could have shot me! That wouldn't have been nice. No it wouldn't!" Cain stood up, eyeing the gun as he slowly dusted himself off. "You're scaring me."
Should he activate the crusnik? Abel lowered his gun. Questions zoomed through his mind. Thousands of possibilities popped up. Among them where his own thoughts, yet on the other hand the Crusnik was putting in it's own thoughts, all of them were so different from his own, and yet at the same time, similar. It was to the point where he couldn't even sort out his own thoughts. Abel groaned, and massaged his temple, he could feel a headache coming on.
Cain frowned, then smiled suddenly. "Aw! You're so cute, when you're small! I'll forgive you just this once, okay? Okay, okay?" Somehow Cain got behind Abel, and wrapped his arms around his neck, giving Abel a bear hug.
Abel gasped and froze, unsure of how to react. Reflexed kicked in, and before he even knew what he was doing, Abel grabbed hold of Cain's arm and swung him over his shoulder and into the wall. The cave wall shook slightly as red dirt slowly fell to the ground.
"You big meany!" Cain whined and got up, only to trip over his own feet. "You sour puss, all I did was ask how you found me. Or are you mad because I hugged you?" He paused for a second, while Abel thought on what to do. "It is, isn't it? But I thought we were brothers! Shouldn't I be able to hug my own brother? Brother? Hello? Brother, are you listening to me? Brother, brother, brooooother, brother? Abel? Abel, Abel! Brother Abel? Little, brother Abel! Hey are you listening to me-"
"Shut up, you dim-wit!" Abel ordered. He stomped over to Cain, and grabbed the collar of his shirt. Cain gasped for air, and put a hand on Abel's arm. "Tell me the truth: why the hell are you here?" Abel growled the question, even though he already knew the answer.
Cain didn't answer, as he was focused on prying Abel's hand open to release his collar. Abel growled in annoyance, and chucked Cain into another wall. His brother gasped as he hit the wall. More dirt sprinkled around him
"Geez, you're so mean!" Cain complained, as he rubbed his head.
"Were you the one that, set up that 'little game?' Answer the questions Cain!" Abel's patients were wearing thin. He glared down at his look alike. One hand rested on the wall behind Cain, preventing him from standing up. "Well?"
"So what if I was?" Cain's voice still sounded as though it was still full of laughter but Abel could hear a hint of venom in it.
A hand shot out and punched Abel, sending him into the opposite wall. Red dirt began to loosen, and rained down around them. At this point Cain's once white shirt, had become a red-ish color thanks to the dirt. His usually neat hair, was messy and sticking up in all different areas. Abel could have laughed if none of this ever happened.
Picking himself up, Abel was caught off guard when the ground began shaking violently, sending him back to the ground. The tunnel began rumbling loudly, sending waves of thunderous roaring to Abel's ears. A few moments later the sound stopped suddenly, but it was soon replaced by a yelp.
Abel's attention shot back to where Cain stood. The ground beneath his brother looked like it was caving in. Without warning, the ground jolted slightly and a small crevice grew larger, creating a labyrinth of cracks that traced against the walls and ground. Abel jumped back, not trusting to stand on the cracked floor.
"Cain watch out!" Abel shouted.
Just as he shouted those words, the ground beneath Cain gave way. His brother began to disappear into the dark space Abel couldn't see. Memories began to resurface, in Abel. Time seemed to stop, as he remembered the day he and Seth dropped Cain from the vampires moon, spacing him.
Damn it all! Damn his stupid conscience to hell! Abel raced to where his brother was falling. Time seemed to stop around Cain, allowing Abel to reach him, just before he fell into the depths of the large fissure.
Taking hold of Cain's hand, Abel flung him away from the fissure. Damn, if he couldn't even kill this Cain, how did he expect to kill the Cain in his time? Abel growled under his breath, as he made his way to Cain's side. Gah! He even went and saved this Cain! Abel glared at Cain, grinding his teeth.
'I just wasn't thinking,' Abel tried convincing himself silently. What's done is done, he couldn't do anything about it, except move on in life.
Once the tunnels stopped shaking, and the floor stopped caving in, Abel approached the edge of the cliff. Looking down he saw what could only be described as a UFO. The large ship was shaped like a tear drop, and very flat. Abel kicked a rock, it hit the ship with a clang. From the sound, it must have been made up of tungsten, but he doubted that.
Tungsten was a strong metal, even stronger then titanium, but it was heavy. Being made up of tungsten would cause the ship to go at a slower pace, if the ship could even be moved at all.
"Wow! Look, look, look!" Cain pointed at the ship, 'amazed' written all over his face. "It's a-a, UFO! Do you think little green alien's will come out of it? Maybe I could keep one!" Cain began shaking Abel.
"I don't know, Cain," Abel said, trying to keep his voice in check. Every molecule wanted to yell at Cain, for being an idiot. "Why don't you go and find out? I'll wait up here."
"Really? Is that really okay?"
"No, it's not!" Abel yelled. Why the hell was Cain acting so childish? He was bound to drive any man insane. "The drop is a good, thousand feet! You'll die if you jump down there, besides what if there's another cave in?"
Abel rolled his eye's at the look of Cain's hurt face. He grabbed his brother's wrist and dragged him along.
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"Where are we going?" Cain asked, for what seemed like the hundredth time.
"Hospital,"Abel growled.
"Why?"
"I need to check on the girls, and tell Tabitha about the ship," Abel answered. After trying to get Cain to shut up, Abel had given up, and found it easier to just answer him. "And you're coming with me because, I still have some questions to answer." Cain opened his mouth to ask another question but Abel beat him to it, "I'm not asking the questions right now because, I'm trying to focus on where I'm stepping! If you haven't noticed I'm not wearing shoes! And I'm mad because, I've had a very, very, very long day!"
"But-"
"We're here already, so save your questions for later."
Abel stomped his way into Lilith's office. She was sitting at her desk, studying a chemical, by the looks of it. Kayson and Tabitha, were all seated around the room. The two of them where chattering while Lilith had her back turned, as she studied some chemical. Abel frowned, where was Seth? Certainly she would be here as well.
"Sir?" Tabitha asked, at the same time Lilith said, "Abel, where have you been?"
"What?" Abel shook his head, surprised by their reaction. "Where's Seth?"
"Seth's in the capital working on some paper work," Lilith answered. "But where have you been all this time? We were worried about you! Tabitha was even going to send out a search party, if you didn't come back soon."
"What are you talking about? I've only been gone for two hours," Abel said, now highly confused.
"It's been more then 48 hours sir," Tabitha said. Her voice sounded so serious, it almost sounded fake. She was looking at him as if he were crazy. Her eyes darted to Cain, as if she wanted to question him, but then they landed back on Abel. He saw her shake her head slightly as if saying, 'there's no way Cain would know anything.'
"It's possible that there could be a rip in the time stream," Kayson suggested, with a shrug. "You are from the past- the past right?"
"Well, what ever the reason- reason, is; I have completed the antidote to your condition- your condition." Lilith tossed him two vials, filled with a clear liquid and two syringes. "I know how much you hate needles, but it needs to enter your blood stream, otherwise it won't work- won't work. It'll probably be painful, and feel as if all your muscles are stretching, so the one with the black cap is a pain killer. I suggest- pain killer. I suggest you take them one hour apart. The two chemical could contraindicate, if injected- injected at the same time."
"Thank you, Lilith, you have no clue how much I appreciate this. By the way are you guys repeating your words, or am I having a bad case of Deja vu?" Abel asked, as he pocketed the items. "In any case," he shook his head, "Cain and I found a space craft in one of the tunnels. Tabitha, I think you should send a team of at least 7 down there to check it out. But we should deal with the-"
"Abel, how did you- you're small!" Lilith, pointed at him in shock. The other's in the room were also looking at him as if he had just sprouted wings or something.
"What are you-" Abel cut off, as his vision blurred, he tried blinking to get his vision to focus. He could see the blurred forms of everyone in the room, it seemed as if they didn't even know he was there. He felt his knees give out from under him. Well, if Kayson was right, then he would be back in his own time in just a few seconds. Abel felt his lips curl up in a sad smile, as he closed his eyes. 'Goodbye Lilith'
(Present)
The room Abel Nightlord was in, was completely empty. The only thing currently in it, was the belt, Seth, and himself. Abel positioned himself besides Seth. The plan was to jump into the rip caused by the belt, and switch places with the other Abel. It wouldn't be that hard, since two Abel's couldn't exist in the same time. All he needed to do was get to his time.
Seth studied the belt once more, making sure all the settings were correct. She nodded to Abel, who in turn nodded back. She pressed a button. The room turned pitch black.
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Abel Nightroad's vision slowly came into focus. Shaking his head, slightly, he began to stand up. Beside him he could also hear the ruffling of clothes as two more people also picked themselves off the ground.
"Did you press the wrong button?"
What? Abel hadn't even said anything! That voice sounded just like his… okay, well not the voice he had right now, in this shrunken body, but the voice he had before all this started. Abel's eyes followed the sound of the voice. His eyes widened, this just couldn't be right!
A/N: Sorry for the long wait everyone. After not writing for over a month, I found this challenging... I don't know why... Oh, well it's nice being back home, nothing beats home right? Anyway hope you guys liked this chapter.
I feel like I'm forgetting to say something about this chapter, but I can't remember what... If I remember I'll post it up in my next chapter. Sorry for the inconvenience.