Chapter 20

A Nightmare Born

Like hell she was going to let her friends get killed by him, like hell she was. With her trusty scythe in one hand and her container strapped to her back she seemed well prepared as they began to engage in battle. Just from standing across from him though she could feel his magic pressure, it wasn't anything to sniff at but if they were going to finish the job she needed to stop him from leaving even if she had to execute him herself.

"Emilina was it? Oh such a pretty name but tell me will your power be enough to stop me..."

She didn't waste any time attacking as she threw her scythe once more only to cut his cheek slightly as he escaped. With his magic of the wind he was fast but there was still one major flaw. Once she felt that breeze behind her she turned around as her hand inflated and with as much force she could put behind it she knocked him to the ground before her hand returned to its normal size.

"You're still an amateur. You should have known that wind wouldn't be down here. Now come quietly or I'll have to use deadly force." he said as he held her weapon towards him.

"Heh really? You might want to use your ears more my love."

He was right once he stopped speaking she heard a silent hiss coming from below her. He hadn't meant to attack her he just wanted to keep her off guard, but even so she was still too fast. With one jump up she avoided the explosion that came close to hitting the others but she wasn't done yet. Before she could hit the ground Kiron's staff began shifting until it was a total black blade. With each thrust and swipe she defended with her blade of her own weapon before she spun around and grabbed him with the blade of her scythe and threw him back down.

With the large cut across his back his blood began spilling as she landed across from him completely unharmed. Those eyes, they didn't contain any sympathy for him. She didn't care whether he lived or died as long as he was stopped before he could cause anymore harm. With everyone else around forced to bow only she could stop him.

"You really think humans are weak compared to us? They may lack the strength and durability of our kind but under it all they are still the same. My love and friend vowed to protect the humans from scum like you and I will as well." he said as he brought up her weapon for the finishing blow.

Too late, with a flick of his hand he send her flying back into a wall before he grabbed his blade. Those yellow eyes weren't the eyes of a magnam but instead the eyes of a demon. Those of one who only sought destruction and control.

"Indeed they may be similar like us on the inside but even you must admit that if we were to ever be discovered that they wouldn't look at us as equals." he said as he raised his hand up.

With one blast of fire he completely engulfed her as her two friends watched in horror. There were no screams just a faint black figure that laid inside the blazing inferno.

"Damn it girl..." Vlad grunted.

Was she really gone? No she was stronger than that and they both knew it. As he turned his back the flames began to disappear to reveal something very unusual. Instead of his foe there was a ball of some sorts on the floor.

"What is this...some sort of trick?"

Then from out of nowhere needles began rising from the ball before the very same flames he used to try and kill her were fired back but instead in neat little orbs. It fired around ten at him before the orb broke up into some kind of black goop.

"You shouldn't underestimate the power of black matter." he heard as the liquid began rotating around her body.

"Emilina!" Rorik cheered happily as he saw his own wife finally use her powers.

"Silence!" shouted Kiron as he forced his pet back down to the ground.

As she walked towards him he began shooting off even more attacks whether they were wind, earth, fire, water, or shadows but attack after attack she simply absorbed them with her black matter before she began using it to form her own attack.

"This is your punishment for trying to escape your fate. Kiron, you will spend eternity in Hell for your sins!"

With one fist she punched him straight up into the air before she took aim and fired. Using all the attacks he had used on her she used the power of the black matter to fuse their attacks together into one massive one. As soon as it finished melding the goop retreated as a ball composed of all the elements blasted him to kingdom come.

"Alright barbecued Kiron! We're eating good tonight right buddy?" yelled Vlad.

As the smoke began to clear Rorik began to feel that something wasn't right. If he had truly died his spell over them should have been lifted. That's when things took a turn for the worst.

"Emilina behind you!"

Just as she turned around she was forced forward onto her stomach as her own weapon slid across the floor. Just from looking at her he could tell she was out, but if that was the case then... No he couldn't let that happen! Not after having a child together. Not after having helped her collect those artifacts. His body was weak but he could feel Kiron's grasp on him getting weaker. Using his hands alone he began pulling himself across the floor towards his wife.

"Damn it..." he grunted as his arms began to give out.

No he couldn't stop, even if the muscles in his arms were torn to pieces he would reach her before him. Using all of the power he could muster be began using his legs to push himself along as Kiron's voice echoed inside his mind.

"Awe isn't this sweet? Two lovers that are about to die together. It almost brings a tear to my eye."

As he closed in on her he felt something warm hit his face. He couldn't see it but when he reached up and wiped it off he saw it wasn't saliva but instead blood. As he looked up his eyes widened as he saw Kiron holding his wife's scythe as he impaled her through the heart.

"Such a shame. If she had surrender I might have kept her alive to be my love pet. Oh well, see you around almighty Rorik." he said as he left the building with nothing but a sinister laugh.

Her eyes as already begun to fade as he reached over to caress her face.

"Rorik...please." she begged.

From the look on her face she just wanted one kiss before she left, but before their lips could even tough her body collapsed into dust.

"No...no come back..please come back." he whimpered as he made it to his knees with her clothes.

"Emilina...damn it Kiron I'll tear you to pieces!" yelled Vlad as the spell broke.

Back outside though Kiron began making his way back to the exit where he could be free once more. Those fool really thought they could stop him? Using the shadows that lined the city he began to close in on the elevator when he felt someone push him out and back into the real world before another kicked him across the ground.

"Who in the living hell..." he groaned as he got to his knees.

Suddenly wood from the builds around him began to separate and ensnare him as a seal appeared on each peace. With this all of his spells were useless to him. Once his body had been covered from head to toe in wood four single planks surrounded the wood as symbols began to glow upon them.

"You think you can do whatever you want just because you have powers?" he heard as he saw his old friend jump from the shadows.

"Rorik, let me out of here right now!" he growled as he began to struggle within his confinements.

"Like hell we are dude. You just royally pissed off my friend here and now you're going bye bye."

Inside Rorik's eyes he could only see vengeance as he approached him with his hand open.

"You killed several humans and now you kill me wife. Today I will end it!" he hissed at him as he grabbed his skull.

"W-What are you going to do with me?" asked Kiron in fear.

"I'm sending you to a realm where nowhere is safe. The Nightmare realm." he said as the symbols began to glow even brighter.

"You can't do this! Only the counsel can...!"

"Screw the counsel! For what you did to her and all the others you will spend your eternity rotting in this realm!"

From within the wood he could feel his body beginning to dissolve as the lights got brighter and brighter. The last thing she saw was his head crumble before the memory faded away. As soon as her room came back into view the mechanical sphere closed shut as the glowing orb vanished.

"Don't you see why I did this now sweetie? When I saw your mother die before my eyes I couldn't even think about how I would feel if you were suffer the same fate. I wanted to protect you so I gave you this form and walled you off from the world of monsters."

"It's OK dad, I understand. Maybe I should look at this in a new light." she replied as she looked towards the closet.

"Hm, but I still want you to be careful OK? Even if that Alucard is protecting you he's probably just as bonkers as his father is."

"You don't hate him do you?"

"No, but he can be a bit...cocky? Is that the right word?"

"Heh heh yeah that's about it."

Just when they thought they were finished talking though they heard a loud grumble come from the closet.

"Oh what are you hiding in here now?" he asked as he nudged his fingers at the closet doors.

"Dad wait..."

The doors didn't stop though as they opened up to reveal Al as he sat on the with his hands over his stomach.

"Heh hey there Rorik. How's it hanging?" he asks as he stood up.

"...Maybe I should ask you the same thing. What are you doing in my daughters room...?"

The truth was he had no answer? He was just there as a kind of surprise present but that hadn't worked out too well.

"Well you see I...yoink!"

With one jump from the closet he flew over both of them and out the window until he skidded down the house next to them and landed safety on the ground.

"Hey see you tomorrow alright Juls?!" he yelled as he began running away before he got his ass burned, quite literally.

As she saw him run away the words that he had told her ran through her head. Perhaps being a monsters wouldn't be so bad.

"Yep just like his father." said Rorik as he closed the window.

Perhaps being his partner wouldn't be so bad once she began training right?