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STEALTH
Chapter 4: Separation

Hell. The only way to know what that was like was to die with a mortal sin on your soul.
That was in the good old days. The good old days before I was born. But how did we
know we weren't already burning? For all we know, this isn't really earth. We just call it
that because we don't know better.

Hell for me would be living without Shade. As long as he was with me, I didn't mind
torture. I could care less about pain. it was all irrelevant, compared to the bond, the soul
we shared. Everything around us turned to dust, while our love sparkled in the sun with
the intensity of gold. Death was the only thing that could separate us, it seemed, and
neither of us planned on doing that.

But there was something else. A certain Human psychic of whom I had made my mortal
enemy.
Gorvani would die by my hand or I would die trying to kill him. I had sworn to that. And the
cyborg/human Korshire, who had nearly killed me once before. I also wanted to kill him.
And I had an advantage over them both. I was a Giazelion, and so I had better senses,
control of the element of water, and Telepathy skills that surpassed even the best of the
human psychics.

Shade and I worked together. We were both assassins, and probably the best assassins
there was. We made a knock out team. He helped me in my quest for revenge. And so,
when I finally decided to kill Gorvani, he was right by my side. We had finally figured the
perfect time to do it, and we knew we had to do it right then or another planet would be
destroyed, just like the home planet of the Gaizelions would be destroyed. I knew Gorvani
played a major role in the eradication of my people, but I just didn't know what role he
played, and I could find no evidence of him having any military contacts, and there were
no records of him ever influencing the Government.

We stalked him for a while. Waiting. Just waiting for the perfect time to pounce. He would
be an easy one, since I was sure he was not a cyborg or anything, and I was almost
positive his psychic skills were nothing compared to mine. But I was wrong about his
psychic skill. Another mistake. I should have realized that his mental barriers were still
strong, and I was so used to being out of range to break down the barrier that I didn't
bother to try. That would have been the first signal to me saying he was more than he
seemed.

Shade was suddenly thrown violently against the wall by a force I could not see. But how
could I have been so blind? The force I could not see was standing right in front of me,
that bastard Gorvani. Shade was out cold, and he was not responding to my mind calling.

::silly child:: he said through mind speech. ::You attacked me without knowing all the
details:: And before I knew what hit me, I was thrown against the wall, though not as
violently as Shade had been thrown. But she was pinned to the wall. ::I shouldn't be so
harsh on you...how could you have known what I truly am?:: He walked closer to me, and
touched my face with his hand. ::How could you have known that I, too, was a Gaizelion.::
And he smiled an evil smile. I screamed, but he stopped me by giving me a firm, slimy kiss.
I wanted to kill him. But I was unable to move.

::you really are a pretty one, you know.:: He said, after he had had his share of fun. ::A
pity that I have to kill your boyfriend.::

My heart stopped. And I knew he was serious when he took out a knife he had concealed
all this time and walked over to my Shade, who was still unconscious. ::You know,:: he
began again. ::I really hate killing people with blades, it's so messy.:: He put his blade
away. ::Maybe I'll torture him.::

::Pain means nothing to us:: I managed to get out.
::What about the pain of knowing that your soulmate is dead?:: And he smiled again. In
his eyes was the flame of the devil, and I knew at that moment it was over. I blacked out.
That bastard.

I didn't die. I lived to tell the tale. But it wasn't pleasant, what I woke up to. Chains are
very unpleasant, especially when they keep you from moving. I didn't know if Gorvani had
killed Shade. I prayed that he did not. But I didn't know, and he uncertainty slowly ate
away at my soul. And as I lay there, I knew that's what Gorvani wanted. He wanted me to
suffer.