Note : I used some of the stuff from Angel of Darkness in this so Andrea Evans if you ever read this Im sorry but I was out of things to say And your version of Jedah's resurrection was so cool. Please don't be mad.
Chapter 26:The Doma battle Lost.
"Makai has prospered a long distrustful truce, and the land has thronged more and more. Soon, all the source of all magic, over taxed by the hatred and wars between realms, will soon run dry."Harder and harder, Jedah's wings beat together, as he traveled through the sky. At last he knew that he could no longer hide and deny the truth from his mind any longer. Makai was fading.
For all his ageless wisdom, the weight of this newly gained knowledge had nearly, broken him. And he flew to the furthest margins of the realm, and upon reaching this area, he found nothing that he was searching for. The Gate that awaited the release of unlimited and un unused magic of the human world. Might not even exist.
Jedah closed his eyes, and sat down, huddling under his wings, Jedah began to cry, silently to himself. Pulling his knees close to his chest, Jedah buried his face in his folded arms, they wrapped about his knees. For now, he held himself responsible, the peace that had lasted for so long, would soon break.
And as his blood tears hit the ground, a voice spoke to him, "Jedah." It said softly. Jedah knew this voice right away, folding his wings up, he arose. His back faced the puppet, he swallowed his pride, hid his tears, and lowered his head tilting it slightly, Jedah spoke, "Why are you here?" He asked curtly.
Marionette ignored him, and touched his shoulder, Jedah turned and faced her. "I had to see you, Queen Mab said that you would be here." Marionette said softly. And then she saw a blood tear trickle down his cheek. And she took sympathy. "Jedah, what is the matter?" She asked. Taking Jedah into an embrace. And Jedah wrapped his arms around her waist, and caressed the small of her back slowly.
And for the first time in his life, Jedah sobbed,"I am so afraid. "He muttered.
Marionette closed her eyes and stroked the back of his neck,"I know. If your sister kills me as she intends, then God will unleash death upon your world, and if you let the magic run dry, then everything in this beautiful world, will die." She whispered. She knew her purpose and what she was, when she was born. She held the crystal. And she knew it too. She knew Jedah was the one to save her from Kalabrax.
"I want to help, but there is no Gate." Jedah whispered.
"There is, but you were to stressed to see it.""Marionette responded softly. Jedah slowly eased from the embrace and held her head gently within his hands, he gazed into her eyes, and leaned down to kiss her, when Marionette moved her face from his kiss. And Jedah followed her gaze, turning, he suddenly saw it, the Gate, it did exist. Jedah smiled and wondered over to it. And touched the handle that would open the way. And he thrust it open, screaming out in pain. Jedah dropped to his knees, the life it took from him. His immortality, was gone.
Marionette screamed out loud, as Lucifer appeared with Kalabrax. Jedah's eyes widened as the blade of Lucifer's sword thrust right through Jedah's chest. And the pain was far too much. Lucifer laughed as Kalabrax restrained the struggling puppet girl."Jedah! No!"Marionette screamed.Tears building up in her blue eyes.
Jedah looked up at Lucifer, his red eyes widened in horror as he was kicked to his back, upon the ground. Blood slowly seeped from his slightly opened mouth. Jedah's hands firmly gripped the handle of the blade, as he tried to remove the sword from his body, Lucifer smirked as suddenly, Jedah's body became ingulfed within flames. Lucifer turned to Kalabrax,"I trust that you are satisfied?"
"Very."
"No!" Marionette screamed."You bitch! You bitch!" She screamed to Kalabrax as the woman let Marionette sink to the ground. Letting the puppet sob. Over Jedah's death. No, his murder. And as creatures had begun to gather, Marionette was sending out a signal to Tihocan and Quolobec, with the power of the Black Crystal
Laughing hard, Kalabrax walked into Atlantis, happy as ever."How is that you find the death of your own family so amusing?" Came an enraged voice.
Kalabrax stopped, Marionette, and two others stood right there in the throneroom. Kalabrax was terrified of the sight of her partners."Tihocan! Quolobec! You...you have returned!?" She exclaimed.Tihocan walked over to Kalabrax.
Slapping her hard across the face,"You whore! You do not know what you have done!?"
And soon, Kalabrax, had found that whatever she had done, had a punishment. For in an instint, she was tied between to large pillers.
"You can't do this!" Kalabrax shouted.
"We condemn you Kalabrax of Atlantis, for your crimes, for the flagrient mis use of your powers. And for robbing us of our's!" Quolobec began.
"You can't I..."Kalabrax started.
"For breaking the three bond of concent and for robbing Tihocan and myself of our armies, our warriors. Empty from our temple. So that you could use the temple, for your own mindless destruction!"
"Mindless? Ha! Look at you. Neither of you have one squirt of inventive juice in your heads! Wasters!"Had been Kalabrax's come back.
Looking to Tihocan, Quolobec nodded,"Lets just do it!"
"Tihocan!" Kalabrax screamed, seeing if perhaps Tihocan could back her up.
"You used the place, as a source of individual pleasure. As some freak factory!"Tihocan shouted.
"But they will survive a new generation!"
"A slaughter heep now, and you...we're going to lock you in Limbo, make your viens , heart, feet, and that diseased brain stick solid with frozen blood." And he gestured at a minion, who stood by a lever,"Greet your eternal unrest, Kalabrax!"
And as she was being intombed within ice, she shouted,"You won't rest either or your damn continent, Atlantis..." And a large circle engulfed the icy tomb.
Marionette, had watched this and turned to Quolobec," I had to inform you both of her actions. I had to take some revenge."She said.
Tihocan placed a hand on her shoulder," You had done the right thing. However, you have not yet gained revenge."
Marionette nodded,"Then she will not be held for long?"
"She will never rest, until everything is dead. And you may be the only one to stop it. Your Crystal is more powerful."He stated." I am sorry for the loss of Doma...
(one thousand years later...)Marionette told to Queen Mab, of all the war which had broken out. The three sided war between Demon, incubi, and vampire. A war that if Jedah returned to see, then all there would be in the future of Makai was Jedah's retribution.
Queen Mab sipped her tea and spoke with sympathy," You are hurt from Jedah's death?"
"I am."
"I can help you bring him back."Mab said.
Marionette's head darted to Mab, after a thousand years the words that would bring her hope, were spoken"But there will be a price."
Marionette nodded,"Name it."
"You must guarantee me,that you will slid this war to a complete stop."
"Done!" Marionette agreed.
"Good, go to his resting place, Lucifer shall await you there. He met with me, and he and I both agree that Jedah must return. And save this world."
Snow fell lightly, covering the ground, where Jedah had last been seen one thousand years ago. Marionette looked at Lucifer, and kneeled over the pit, where within lain Jedah's remains. The puppet closed her eyes, and handed Lucifer a dagger, Lucifer lifted her head back, and sliced deeply into her forehead. And tilting her head down, he let the blood drip slowly into Jedah's grave. And placing two fingers to the ground, and said,"It is time Jedah, the Abyss is not big enough for the both of us."
Blood began to ooze from the walls of the pit, trickling from the charred earth as if it were freshly severed flesh. As if the pit were the wound in the heart of a victim. Blood welled from the soil beneath the incinerated corpse, rising around the jagged outline of the broken bones, veiling the mangled thing. Slowly from sight, blood dripped from the underside of the cairn's vaulted stones, splashing like slow rain into the rising tide, until the pit was filled to it's brim with blood. It overflowed.
The blood was hot as it was vital as if it had leaped straight from the veins of the dying, it was liquid and so rich. No trace of coagulation or decay. Once it had filled the grave, it did not lay at rest. Beneath the stony vault, the surface of that crimson lake rippled and shifted.
Occationally tiny whirlpools gaped and closed and small warm waves lapped against the black soil. Beneath the surface, strange currents stirred, shaped themselves moving with precicion of hands, touching the pitable shards of bone and the rags of seared flesh. First the remains were lifted until they were floating in the blood, the bones drifted gently until they lay straight. And then slowly, their shattered edges began to grow together. Smoothing bit by bit. Until at last a long delicate skeleton lay, gleaming like an ivory carver's greatest masterpiece. As the back bones reformed, the droplets of dull metal that lay scattered over the bottom of the pit rose out of the dirt, shedding their tarish until they gleamed like bubbles of light amid the redness.
They flowed together under the silent guidence of the blood reforming into vast elegant arcs of silver. Supple and responsive flesh harder and deadlier, his wings had became one with the spine. New fibers of red appeared between the bones and began to stretch into long bundles of sinew, webbed with intricate traceries of veins. Cradled among the curving ribs, a heart swelled, glowing like a ruby. Before flesh grew over the chest, vieling it from view. Coaxed by the tenderly stroking fingers of currents in the blood all around.
And Marionette screamed, as a forming creature, vaulted itself up to the bloody snow, cyan flesh forming. And a young handsome face appeared once more, as the naked body rolled over one more time, before his soul became one with the body. And Lucifer exchanged glances with Marionette, nodded, then left. And the blood from the pit seeped into Jedah's mouth, bringing him back to life. Marionette removed her cloak, and slowly approached Jedah. Who was not fully conscious. She knelt down to Jedah, with her cloak and wrapped it around Jedah's naked body as the snow fell to the ground.
She stroked his forehead, she pressed her lips to his, exhaling breath into his mouth, and then Jedah's eyes snapped open, he cough up blood and took in much needed air. He shivered and saw but a blury figure to him. Blood still trickled from Marionette's face, and Jedah could smell the copper fluid. He paid no heed to her, and swept the blood onto his finger, where he licked the blood. Marionette did not care, she only smiled lightly and touched Jedah's face and then took his hand, and place it against her cheek, so that perhaps Jedah could recognize her by touch. She brought his hands to her lips, and lightly, she kissed each one of his fingertips.
And Jedah could only slightly nod, and slowly he slid his hand from Marionette's warm face. Marionette smiled and kissed Jedah's forehead, Jedah took her head in his hands and he pressed his forehead against the blood on Marionette's temple. Some of the blood rubbed off Marionette and onto Jedah's brow. But he did not care. He was too weak, to move and do nearly every thing. "It will be okay. I promise everything will be okay."Marionette whispered.