swearing, violence, torture
Chapter 4: The Sunshine After the Storm
*Rei*
"so tell me, how did you know about the challenge? I mean, I did ask you to stay outside of the town walls altogether." I said.
"Well, I snuck in."
"That's highly believable since my people can tell the difference between a Martian and an Earthling. Ever since my brother's rule, earthlings have been fiercely hated."
"I don't know. No one said anything."
"Oh ok" I said.
"Rei, dear, come to bed. You're tired." He said as he lay down in the bed.
"Oh, I uh, be there in a minute," I replied. I went over to the bed and got in. Immediately, he started getting all snugly. We began kissing and he moved under me. As I sat up on his stomach, I drew out my dagger. "Well, Endymion, it all ends here." I said as I cut his throat. The thrashed a little and made choking noises as his mask of another person faded to show his true self and he choked on his own blood. I watched him die and when he was finally dead, I got up, washed my dagger, and looked at him.
"What a pity. Damn bastard. You could have had Serenity but you had to fuck with me. Now, your dear brother, Darien, will lay claim to your crown and your princess, which is how it should be. Good luck in whatever hell the fates send you to." I finished with a smile and a laugh of satisfaction. It's not one of the things I am most proud of, you know, killing someone but I had good reasons. Endymion was the one my brother originally sold me to. Why didn't I kill my brother? He repented. Endymion wouldn't have. He's too proud. What a way to die. It's just a damn shame but he deserved it, and now, I had to go find my love, wherever it was Endymion hid him at. I was going to find him.
*Mina*
the wedding was the following week and it was gorgeous. There was gold everywhere. I always said that when I got married, I'd refuse to wear white. My dress happened to be a pale gold color made especially for me. All of the bridesmaids wore bright yellow dresses and there were flowers of every color all over the place. I'd always wanted that, too. Flowers everywhere. It was so perfect. I'm not going to go into details about the wedding. That would just be too much. Plus, I'd rather keep it to myself. I can recall that not long after our honeymoon, Mars broke into war with Saturn. I don't know why but soon after that, Saturn declared was on Venus. My beautiful planet would remain a virgin to any battle fought. It all occurred on Saturn. Soon I found myself on mars, fighting along side it. It was an odd thing, but, that's how I met Rei.
*Rei*
I finally found him: on Saturn. Their king refused to hand him back over so, me being my belligerent self, declared war on them. After fighting for a month, they decided to declare war on Venus. It beats the hell out of me why but who knows. The one person who did, I killed, so I guess I'll never know. The war raged on for two months before Venusian armies came to Mars. When they did, we welcomed them and the Venusian queen and I signed an alliance treaty to keep us from war. She was a very nice person. Mina. Golden hair. A real Aphrodite. She didn't seem like the type of person that fights but she sure proved me wrong when we were in our first battle together against Saturn's king. Man, I sure wasn't going to ever get in a fight against her. One night we sat down before we were to battle with the actual king, and had a heart to heart, get to know each other talk.
"So Mina," I asked, "how did you end up in your place of power. I mean, I know your mother had more than just you." She looked at me and gave a satisfactory smile.
"Ah. My brothers and my sister. Heh. Well, I guess you can say that I eliminated the competition." I just looked at her. "Ahem, well, Rei, in other words, I killed them all." I sat astonished that such a queen could have such un-washable blood on her hands. "I know. It doesn't seem like me. I was different then. Very violent. I only fight for my life and the lives of my people and the people close to me. How did you get to power? I thought mars only had one heir." I shifted uneasily in my seat.
"Well, my brother was very scared and jealous of me so he sold me to Endymion and then to a whore house on Uranus."
"Oh." Mina said. "That's awful. You've been through hell." I laughed.
"No. Not really. I got my revenge though. So, I feel better about it. I have no regrets." "That's good. You must be a very strong person."
"Yes, I am" I stated.
"Well, I have heard that the king is very strong and so I believe that it will take both of us to defeat him." Mina stated.
"Yes, we should get ourselves ready." And she thought I had a hellish life? At least I didn't have to kill my siblings before they killed me. Man, my brother is brutal and cruel but not that brutal and cruel.
*Mina*
and she thought I had a hellish life? She had it hard and she kept fighting. She never gave up. That's a very good strong characteristic of a war lord. And that's what mars is famous for: war. You know, Aries: god of war. That was Rei's brother. She gave him his god-like powers. She's very smart too. She just fights with blind rage. That's her only weakness. Well, we had to prepare to go into battle with the actual king of Saturn. I didn't think I was ready to at the time. I had heard stories about the king and his strength and power. To tell you the truth, I was scared. But Rei seemed so sure and so confident in me that I had no choice but to go on. We finally reached the castle. That was one of Rei's favorite things to do: storm the castle. So there we were climbing the wall of this enormous castle. We got over it and jumped onto a balcony that led to the throne room.
"I want to introduce us," Rei said. I agreed gladly. She jumped out into the room and walked up before the king, cloaked, of course, in her red cloak. With a bowed head and a disguised voice, she confronted him.
*Rei*
hehe. I loved this. It was great. I loved making appearances and stuff. So there I was, in my cloak with my head bowed.
In a scratchy voice as I dragged myself up to the throne, I said, "king Cassius, do pardon me for my interruption, but I have a message from mars." I said, and then returning my voice to it's normal sound, I said "mars and Venus have declared a victory," as I raised my head.
"Is that so?" the king asked proudly.
"Yes." Mina said, coming out of the shadows.
"Two of you. And let me guess. You are Rei and Mina?"
"Oh you are so good." Mina said sarcastically.
"Hmm.... how to deal with you..... oh I know.... I'll just kill you myself."
"That's what I was counting on," I said under my breath as I drew my Martian sword. It was a damn pretty thing. Crimson red. Flames engraved up the blade. The hilt and handle of it were something else. On the end was a beautiful red orb about a little bigger than a golf ball and the handle was twisted. The hilt came out and then curved out toward the blade and then back out a little bit. Indestructible. The king's silence glaive was no match for my sword or Mina's. Mina had a solid gold sword, highly lacquered. It was brilliant in the light. It looked like your normal everyday sword only, it could change shape if she willed it to. Needless to say, we fought the king for about ten minutes and I had the tip of my blade at his throat and she had her's at his balls.
"Where is he." I demanded.
"I'll never tell you, you whore." I looked at Mina and she began twisting her sword into his crotch. He squealed.
"Want more?" I asked. He shook his head and Mina let off. "Let's try this again. Where is he?"
"I spit at you. No matter what you do, I'll never tell you." I looked at Mina again and again, she began twisting her sword into his crotch.
"Now, while you are in excruciating amounts of pain, we'll try it again. Now are you ready?" I asked. He nodded his head, busting a sweat. "Let's not be difficult. Now, where, is, he?" I asked.
"He is in the dungeon in the third level, probably undergoing some type of beating or torture."
"Thank you" I said getting off of him and Mina the same.
"You little bitch. For that I am gonna kill you!" he said getting to his feet as best as he could. I drew my dagger out and as I turned to face him, I threw it where it lodged it's self in his chest, killing him instantly.
" hmm. Looks like this war is over." I said to Mina.
"Oh yeah!" she said as we gave each other a high five and I retrieved my dagger.
*Mina*
after killing Cassius, we went to the main entrance fo the castle.
"Well, I guess this is where we part." Rei said.
"Yes, for now. I have to go tell the others that the war is over. Hey do you mind if Malachite and I stay on mars for a while?" I asked.
"Of course. I don't mind at all. Spend all of the time you want there. But I, for now, am going to go find him."
"Oh ok. I guess, then, I'll see you on mars!" I said as I skipped off. She never said his name. Ever. I don't know why but she only spoke it to him and him only. Why? I don't know. I'll probably never know. I guess it was just something between them. He did the same about her name too. So who knows? Maybe it's just some psycho Martian thing. But they were the only ones who did it. And he was an earthling. And earthling and a Martian. I bet the people hated that. Martians, as a people, absolutely hated earthlings. Only tolerated them. But to fall in love. That was just weird. Especially from what I had heard from Rei about crucifying or giving a cruel and unusual death to any earthling on the planet that was caught. A very bloody people. That's why the land is red. It is stained with blood.
*Rei*
we separated and I watched Mina leave. I then decided to head toward the dungeon, using my telepathy. I finally found it and went down, drawing my sword. One may never know what to expect when traveling through a dungeon. Damn creepy place though. The first level was full of dead, rotten, decaying people. Pretty gross. Nothing like what we did to our executed though. The second level had innocent, starving people who I produced food for and teleported to another planet. And then I was on the third level. Hell. That's what it looked like. It was a complete torture chamber with the strongest of the captives chained up against the walls. I looked around, taking in what I was seeing and then I saw him. In a cage, locked up, slumped over, looking completely helpless. It nearly broke my heart. He had deep wounds on him and lacerations from being whipped. He had burns and callouses and was still bleeding from one infected wound. Dying. I thought he was dying. I finally breathed the breath I had been holding. I barely could and he heard me. He looked up from where he was sitting and straight into my eyes. I choked right then.
Chapter 4: The Sunshine After the Storm
*Rei*
"so tell me, how did you know about the challenge? I mean, I did ask you to stay outside of the town walls altogether." I said.
"Well, I snuck in."
"That's highly believable since my people can tell the difference between a Martian and an Earthling. Ever since my brother's rule, earthlings have been fiercely hated."
"I don't know. No one said anything."
"Oh ok" I said.
"Rei, dear, come to bed. You're tired." He said as he lay down in the bed.
"Oh, I uh, be there in a minute," I replied. I went over to the bed and got in. Immediately, he started getting all snugly. We began kissing and he moved under me. As I sat up on his stomach, I drew out my dagger. "Well, Endymion, it all ends here." I said as I cut his throat. The thrashed a little and made choking noises as his mask of another person faded to show his true self and he choked on his own blood. I watched him die and when he was finally dead, I got up, washed my dagger, and looked at him.
"What a pity. Damn bastard. You could have had Serenity but you had to fuck with me. Now, your dear brother, Darien, will lay claim to your crown and your princess, which is how it should be. Good luck in whatever hell the fates send you to." I finished with a smile and a laugh of satisfaction. It's not one of the things I am most proud of, you know, killing someone but I had good reasons. Endymion was the one my brother originally sold me to. Why didn't I kill my brother? He repented. Endymion wouldn't have. He's too proud. What a way to die. It's just a damn shame but he deserved it, and now, I had to go find my love, wherever it was Endymion hid him at. I was going to find him.
*Mina*
the wedding was the following week and it was gorgeous. There was gold everywhere. I always said that when I got married, I'd refuse to wear white. My dress happened to be a pale gold color made especially for me. All of the bridesmaids wore bright yellow dresses and there were flowers of every color all over the place. I'd always wanted that, too. Flowers everywhere. It was so perfect. I'm not going to go into details about the wedding. That would just be too much. Plus, I'd rather keep it to myself. I can recall that not long after our honeymoon, Mars broke into war with Saturn. I don't know why but soon after that, Saturn declared was on Venus. My beautiful planet would remain a virgin to any battle fought. It all occurred on Saturn. Soon I found myself on mars, fighting along side it. It was an odd thing, but, that's how I met Rei.
*Rei*
I finally found him: on Saturn. Their king refused to hand him back over so, me being my belligerent self, declared war on them. After fighting for a month, they decided to declare war on Venus. It beats the hell out of me why but who knows. The one person who did, I killed, so I guess I'll never know. The war raged on for two months before Venusian armies came to Mars. When they did, we welcomed them and the Venusian queen and I signed an alliance treaty to keep us from war. She was a very nice person. Mina. Golden hair. A real Aphrodite. She didn't seem like the type of person that fights but she sure proved me wrong when we were in our first battle together against Saturn's king. Man, I sure wasn't going to ever get in a fight against her. One night we sat down before we were to battle with the actual king, and had a heart to heart, get to know each other talk.
"So Mina," I asked, "how did you end up in your place of power. I mean, I know your mother had more than just you." She looked at me and gave a satisfactory smile.
"Ah. My brothers and my sister. Heh. Well, I guess you can say that I eliminated the competition." I just looked at her. "Ahem, well, Rei, in other words, I killed them all." I sat astonished that such a queen could have such un-washable blood on her hands. "I know. It doesn't seem like me. I was different then. Very violent. I only fight for my life and the lives of my people and the people close to me. How did you get to power? I thought mars only had one heir." I shifted uneasily in my seat.
"Well, my brother was very scared and jealous of me so he sold me to Endymion and then to a whore house on Uranus."
"Oh." Mina said. "That's awful. You've been through hell." I laughed.
"No. Not really. I got my revenge though. So, I feel better about it. I have no regrets." "That's good. You must be a very strong person."
"Yes, I am" I stated.
"Well, I have heard that the king is very strong and so I believe that it will take both of us to defeat him." Mina stated.
"Yes, we should get ourselves ready." And she thought I had a hellish life? At least I didn't have to kill my siblings before they killed me. Man, my brother is brutal and cruel but not that brutal and cruel.
*Mina*
and she thought I had a hellish life? She had it hard and she kept fighting. She never gave up. That's a very good strong characteristic of a war lord. And that's what mars is famous for: war. You know, Aries: god of war. That was Rei's brother. She gave him his god-like powers. She's very smart too. She just fights with blind rage. That's her only weakness. Well, we had to prepare to go into battle with the actual king of Saturn. I didn't think I was ready to at the time. I had heard stories about the king and his strength and power. To tell you the truth, I was scared. But Rei seemed so sure and so confident in me that I had no choice but to go on. We finally reached the castle. That was one of Rei's favorite things to do: storm the castle. So there we were climbing the wall of this enormous castle. We got over it and jumped onto a balcony that led to the throne room.
"I want to introduce us," Rei said. I agreed gladly. She jumped out into the room and walked up before the king, cloaked, of course, in her red cloak. With a bowed head and a disguised voice, she confronted him.
*Rei*
hehe. I loved this. It was great. I loved making appearances and stuff. So there I was, in my cloak with my head bowed.
In a scratchy voice as I dragged myself up to the throne, I said, "king Cassius, do pardon me for my interruption, but I have a message from mars." I said, and then returning my voice to it's normal sound, I said "mars and Venus have declared a victory," as I raised my head.
"Is that so?" the king asked proudly.
"Yes." Mina said, coming out of the shadows.
"Two of you. And let me guess. You are Rei and Mina?"
"Oh you are so good." Mina said sarcastically.
"Hmm.... how to deal with you..... oh I know.... I'll just kill you myself."
"That's what I was counting on," I said under my breath as I drew my Martian sword. It was a damn pretty thing. Crimson red. Flames engraved up the blade. The hilt and handle of it were something else. On the end was a beautiful red orb about a little bigger than a golf ball and the handle was twisted. The hilt came out and then curved out toward the blade and then back out a little bit. Indestructible. The king's silence glaive was no match for my sword or Mina's. Mina had a solid gold sword, highly lacquered. It was brilliant in the light. It looked like your normal everyday sword only, it could change shape if she willed it to. Needless to say, we fought the king for about ten minutes and I had the tip of my blade at his throat and she had her's at his balls.
"Where is he." I demanded.
"I'll never tell you, you whore." I looked at Mina and she began twisting her sword into his crotch. He squealed.
"Want more?" I asked. He shook his head and Mina let off. "Let's try this again. Where is he?"
"I spit at you. No matter what you do, I'll never tell you." I looked at Mina again and again, she began twisting her sword into his crotch.
"Now, while you are in excruciating amounts of pain, we'll try it again. Now are you ready?" I asked. He nodded his head, busting a sweat. "Let's not be difficult. Now, where, is, he?" I asked.
"He is in the dungeon in the third level, probably undergoing some type of beating or torture."
"Thank you" I said getting off of him and Mina the same.
"You little bitch. For that I am gonna kill you!" he said getting to his feet as best as he could. I drew my dagger out and as I turned to face him, I threw it where it lodged it's self in his chest, killing him instantly.
" hmm. Looks like this war is over." I said to Mina.
"Oh yeah!" she said as we gave each other a high five and I retrieved my dagger.
*Mina*
after killing Cassius, we went to the main entrance fo the castle.
"Well, I guess this is where we part." Rei said.
"Yes, for now. I have to go tell the others that the war is over. Hey do you mind if Malachite and I stay on mars for a while?" I asked.
"Of course. I don't mind at all. Spend all of the time you want there. But I, for now, am going to go find him."
"Oh ok. I guess, then, I'll see you on mars!" I said as I skipped off. She never said his name. Ever. I don't know why but she only spoke it to him and him only. Why? I don't know. I'll probably never know. I guess it was just something between them. He did the same about her name too. So who knows? Maybe it's just some psycho Martian thing. But they were the only ones who did it. And he was an earthling. And earthling and a Martian. I bet the people hated that. Martians, as a people, absolutely hated earthlings. Only tolerated them. But to fall in love. That was just weird. Especially from what I had heard from Rei about crucifying or giving a cruel and unusual death to any earthling on the planet that was caught. A very bloody people. That's why the land is red. It is stained with blood.
*Rei*
we separated and I watched Mina leave. I then decided to head toward the dungeon, using my telepathy. I finally found it and went down, drawing my sword. One may never know what to expect when traveling through a dungeon. Damn creepy place though. The first level was full of dead, rotten, decaying people. Pretty gross. Nothing like what we did to our executed though. The second level had innocent, starving people who I produced food for and teleported to another planet. And then I was on the third level. Hell. That's what it looked like. It was a complete torture chamber with the strongest of the captives chained up against the walls. I looked around, taking in what I was seeing and then I saw him. In a cage, locked up, slumped over, looking completely helpless. It nearly broke my heart. He had deep wounds on him and lacerations from being whipped. He had burns and callouses and was still bleeding from one infected wound. Dying. I thought he was dying. I finally breathed the breath I had been holding. I barely could and he heard me. He looked up from where he was sitting and straight into my eyes. I choked right then.