implied sex, violence
Chapter12: A Star is Born and a Secret Revealed
*meanwhile* Jadeite felt a rush of adrenaline unlike anything he'd ever felt outside of being with Rei. As the red carpet of energy swept over him, he thought of her. He let out a deep throated "mmm" and smiled. "Almost like you're here." "I am," her demonic voice filled the air and she laughed wickedly. The red passed and Jadeite snapped his head back up and his eyes shot open. "Whoa," he said a little bit taken back. "Rei." He rushed to the moon gardens and ran through the maze of flowers to the pedestal of Mars. "Not there," he said coming upon it. "Where the hell is she?" His golden hair was ruffled and his facial features showed his confusion as he looked around and shoved his hands into the back pockets of his pants. A menacing voice laughed. "Who are you?" Jadeite asked commandingly. "Only one who has suffered and was healed. A debt has been repaid but apparently, not in full." "Ares," Jadeite growled. "The one and only," he said stepping out of the bushes. "How did you know she was gone?" "I felt it," Jadeite answered coldly. "Ah. You have a connection with her. Better than I thought." "What is?" "Well, when I brought Rei back from the land of the dead, she wasn't right," Ares confessed. "Wasn't right? How do you mean?" "I don't know. It wasn't her. Well, it was but it just wasn't." "I get what you are saying," Jadeite said, looking confusedly at the ground. "Only you can find her." "Great," Jadeite said. "And the hunt begins."
*Mina* My eyes widened. "A god? like how? what? huh?" He laughed. "I am a god. I have powers. I have an immortal life. I am what you read about in fairy tales," he whispered the last part in her ear. "So, my strange but beautiful lover is a god. I don't know what to think," I said very confused. "You don't have to think. I am permanently connected with you. I'll never leave you or betray you. It's impossible." "All because of a child?" I asked looking up into his eyes. "Yes, all because of a child." He lowered us to the ground and he looked down into my eyes. "A child is the most binding thing in the universe." Then, small foot beats could be heard and Andrew and I turned our heads to look. "Mama?" a little voice rang out.
*following Rei* she stalked through the hallways of the palace of earth, looking for her next kill. She came upon the royal bed chambers and began fingering the blade of her dagger. It was pitch black, a new moon. No light came except from under the doors. Her eyes glinted and she saw the dark figure of a man at the end. A bit of silvery light danced across her face, revealing an evil smirk as she slowly advanced upon the man. A shadow moved and the man silently fell to the floor, dead. Rei stopped. Confused, she cautiously advanced. As she came upon the body, she raised her dagger as if to kill, and was stunned when a strong arm grabbed her hand. She looked up to be greeted by stormy midnight blue eyes. She gasped. "Endymion," she hissed and tugged to get away from him. "So we meet again," he grinned evilly. She cocked her head to the side and looked fearfully into his eyes. "You're dead." "Was dead," he paused, "like you." "No," she said and swallowed hard. "Don't worry, princess, I won't bite," he said sarcastically. "But I will," she said, kicking him and freeing herself from his grasp. She began running down the hallway at break away speed and slammed on her brakes as he appeared in front of her. She threw her dagger at him and lodged it in his chest. He grunted, looked at it, and slowly pulled it out. He began laughing and she backed up. He advanced towards her and she fell on her bottom and continued backing up, pushing herself back with her feet. She backed up into a wall and he squatted in front of her. She started to kick at him. "Don't fight me," he commanded and she obeyed. "I can't. What are you doing to me?" she asked nervously. "Oh, securing you in place. Making sure that you don't, um, fight back," he said in a gruff voice leaning over her. She began to tremble. He could smell the fear on her a mile away. It was intoxicating. Drove him mad. His black hair hung down on his forehead and he brushed it out of his way. "Hmm," he breathed on her neck and brushed the hair away from her ear and neck. "I know what you are. I know what you did," he said into her ear and she closed her eyes. "Oh god," she whimpered almost inaudible as he kissed her neck lightly. Her heart began to pound and her breathing got shallow. "Give in to me," Endymion said seductively. "No," she weakly protested to deaf ears. He savagely kissed her lips and her head dropped back as he began kissing the front of her neck. She moaned and he held her up with one arm on the back of her neck and the other on her lower back. "Endy," she breathed, running her hands through his hair. "Join me," he demanded kissing her lips again. "Yes," she cried. He picked her up and kicked open the door to an empty bed chamber. "Alas princess, I have won you."
*the following day* "Mother," prince Darien called to the queen of earth. "Yes, my son?" "Look," he said pointing at the dead body of a servant outside the door to his room. "Oh!" the queen said, putting a hand up to her mouth. "What ever could have done this?" His dark and stormy eyes flashed and he said under his breath, "I know."
*Mina* My son walked into the hallway from my room dressed in soft blue full body pajamas holding his fluffy teddy bear under his arm. His light brownish-blonde hair stuck out in the back and he rubbed his bright blue eyes and then looked back at me. "Yes honey?" I asked him, breaking free from Andrew and picking him up. "Who's that?" "Oh," I said. "Him?" pointing to Andrew. "Uh huh," he said sleepily. "That's your daddy," I said. "My daddy?" he asked again. "Yep," I replied and Andrew came over to us. "Hi little guy," he said. "My name is Andrew." "Andwew?" he asked. "Nu uh. Your name is daddy." Andrew smiled. "So it is." I handed Andrew his child and he immediately laid his head on Andrew's shoulder. "And what's your name little one?" "Lucius. But mama calls me Lucky," he answered. "Lucius?" Andrew asked. "Light." "Yes. Why? do you not like it?" I asked. "No, no. It suits him. It's just that, that's my father's name," Andrew said thoughtfully, holding Lucius out and looking at him. "He grows fast too," I said standing beside Andrew. "Yes, he should for a while longer," Andrew answered still concentrating on something. "Come. Let's go to bed Lucky," I said and Andrew put him down. Lucius wrapped his small hand around my finger and we went into my room. I tucked him into his bed and came back out. "Lucius?" Andrew asked again, cocking an eyebrow at me. "Yes, is there a problem?" "Well, it's an earth name. Couldn't you have picked something else?" "No," I said. "Besides, you had to take off and almost wipe my every memory of you out of my mind so, you deserve this." He sighed. "I suppose I do," he said. "Give it up," I laughed. "You won't win." "Oh I won't will I?" "Not with me," I said spinning around. He stopped me with his front to my back and held his arms out even with mine. We began dancing out in the hallway and he spun me around and stopped me inches away from his face. "I'm in love with you angel," he said softly as he looked into my eyes. I smiled. "I know," I said. "And you expect to hear it back but, you have to earn it now." "I know. And I have every intention on doing just that," he said as he brought a hand up to brush my hair out of my face. "If you'll let me." "I will," I said, tilting my head temptingly up at him. He swallowed hard and looked off and I started laughing. "Can't handle it can you?" I asked laughing at him. He looked back down at me. "Oh, I can handle it." "Prove it big boy," I said. "I don't think you can resist." "Hmm," he said. "I think you are right." He dropped his head down a little bit and captured my lips on his. I began smiling. "Stop that," he commanded, smiling himself. "I can't kiss you if you are smiling." "Tough," I said leaning into his next kiss.
*with Endymion and Rei* "So, prince. What are we going to do?" she asked looking up at him, laying on him. "First, we must kill my brother and my family, then I shall be king and you shall be my queen." "Oh, I do love a good fight!" Rei laughed and rolled around in the bed. "Well, let it begin," he said as they got up and prepared themselves for battle.
*in the garden of the earth* Jadeite arrived and Darien greeted him. "We must make haste. They are moving upon us. I have assembled the royal guard and a small division of the army to wage a battle but, I don't know all that we are up against," Darien said. "Evil," Jadeite said. "Pure evil. They will kill and kill until you and your parents are dead."
*later* Rei silently slipped into the chamber of the king and queen and Endymion slipped in behind her. She raised her dagger up above her head and Endymion the same on different sides of the bed. Rei drove the knife as hard as she could down into the body of the king and blood began to spill everywhere in the bed. The queen woke up and saw her husband's dead body with a bloody-handed Rei and opened her mouth to scream. She was silenced by a blow from Endy. She turned her head slowly to see her assailant. "Endy," she whispered as he smiled evilly and sliced her throat open in one fell motion. "Now for Darien," Endy said as they exited the room.
* Darien and Jadeite* "Good to have you back, Jadeite," Darien said. Jadeite looked at him funny and looked back forward and said, "I'm not staying." "Not staying?" "I'm here for her." "For who?" "The Fire Starter," he said as Rei and Endymion came walking up to the small army. "Only them?" Darien asked. "They'll get themselves killed in minutes." "You underestimate them. They can kill and kill and kill and you can try all you want to kill them but you can't." "What are they?" Darien asked. "I don't know but I'm not going to leave her like that," Jadeite said.
The battle broke out and dust was flying through the air. Rei and Endy had killed half of the army and forced Darien to take sanctuary on the moon. In the heat of it, Rei's sword collided with Jadeite's. She spun around and smiled. "Fight me will you," she taunted. "No," he said and she took a swing at him which he blocked. "Fight me!" she demanded and swung again. He blocked. "No," she swung again and again. He made no advancements, only blocks. "Have it your way," she said and darted off into the middle of a crowd. He stood there for a moment and right as he was turning to go, he felt the cold of a steel blade slide across his stomach and in. As if in slow motion, his jaw dropped and he looked at who it was. Red. Blood red eyes stared in anger at him. She hated him. With a thrust from her hand, the sword freed itself from his body and blood began to come out of his mouth. He brought his hands to his stomach and pulled them back to look. Covered in blood. His face softened and he looked at her one last time before his vision blurred over and he dropped to his knees. His eyes glassed over when he looked up at her. He fell back and looked up blankly as she walked over him and glared. She said something but he was too far gone to hear it. His vision faded and all went black.
Chapter12: A Star is Born and a Secret Revealed
*meanwhile* Jadeite felt a rush of adrenaline unlike anything he'd ever felt outside of being with Rei. As the red carpet of energy swept over him, he thought of her. He let out a deep throated "mmm" and smiled. "Almost like you're here." "I am," her demonic voice filled the air and she laughed wickedly. The red passed and Jadeite snapped his head back up and his eyes shot open. "Whoa," he said a little bit taken back. "Rei." He rushed to the moon gardens and ran through the maze of flowers to the pedestal of Mars. "Not there," he said coming upon it. "Where the hell is she?" His golden hair was ruffled and his facial features showed his confusion as he looked around and shoved his hands into the back pockets of his pants. A menacing voice laughed. "Who are you?" Jadeite asked commandingly. "Only one who has suffered and was healed. A debt has been repaid but apparently, not in full." "Ares," Jadeite growled. "The one and only," he said stepping out of the bushes. "How did you know she was gone?" "I felt it," Jadeite answered coldly. "Ah. You have a connection with her. Better than I thought." "What is?" "Well, when I brought Rei back from the land of the dead, she wasn't right," Ares confessed. "Wasn't right? How do you mean?" "I don't know. It wasn't her. Well, it was but it just wasn't." "I get what you are saying," Jadeite said, looking confusedly at the ground. "Only you can find her." "Great," Jadeite said. "And the hunt begins."
*Mina* My eyes widened. "A god? like how? what? huh?" He laughed. "I am a god. I have powers. I have an immortal life. I am what you read about in fairy tales," he whispered the last part in her ear. "So, my strange but beautiful lover is a god. I don't know what to think," I said very confused. "You don't have to think. I am permanently connected with you. I'll never leave you or betray you. It's impossible." "All because of a child?" I asked looking up into his eyes. "Yes, all because of a child." He lowered us to the ground and he looked down into my eyes. "A child is the most binding thing in the universe." Then, small foot beats could be heard and Andrew and I turned our heads to look. "Mama?" a little voice rang out.
*following Rei* she stalked through the hallways of the palace of earth, looking for her next kill. She came upon the royal bed chambers and began fingering the blade of her dagger. It was pitch black, a new moon. No light came except from under the doors. Her eyes glinted and she saw the dark figure of a man at the end. A bit of silvery light danced across her face, revealing an evil smirk as she slowly advanced upon the man. A shadow moved and the man silently fell to the floor, dead. Rei stopped. Confused, she cautiously advanced. As she came upon the body, she raised her dagger as if to kill, and was stunned when a strong arm grabbed her hand. She looked up to be greeted by stormy midnight blue eyes. She gasped. "Endymion," she hissed and tugged to get away from him. "So we meet again," he grinned evilly. She cocked her head to the side and looked fearfully into his eyes. "You're dead." "Was dead," he paused, "like you." "No," she said and swallowed hard. "Don't worry, princess, I won't bite," he said sarcastically. "But I will," she said, kicking him and freeing herself from his grasp. She began running down the hallway at break away speed and slammed on her brakes as he appeared in front of her. She threw her dagger at him and lodged it in his chest. He grunted, looked at it, and slowly pulled it out. He began laughing and she backed up. He advanced towards her and she fell on her bottom and continued backing up, pushing herself back with her feet. She backed up into a wall and he squatted in front of her. She started to kick at him. "Don't fight me," he commanded and she obeyed. "I can't. What are you doing to me?" she asked nervously. "Oh, securing you in place. Making sure that you don't, um, fight back," he said in a gruff voice leaning over her. She began to tremble. He could smell the fear on her a mile away. It was intoxicating. Drove him mad. His black hair hung down on his forehead and he brushed it out of his way. "Hmm," he breathed on her neck and brushed the hair away from her ear and neck. "I know what you are. I know what you did," he said into her ear and she closed her eyes. "Oh god," she whimpered almost inaudible as he kissed her neck lightly. Her heart began to pound and her breathing got shallow. "Give in to me," Endymion said seductively. "No," she weakly protested to deaf ears. He savagely kissed her lips and her head dropped back as he began kissing the front of her neck. She moaned and he held her up with one arm on the back of her neck and the other on her lower back. "Endy," she breathed, running her hands through his hair. "Join me," he demanded kissing her lips again. "Yes," she cried. He picked her up and kicked open the door to an empty bed chamber. "Alas princess, I have won you."
*the following day* "Mother," prince Darien called to the queen of earth. "Yes, my son?" "Look," he said pointing at the dead body of a servant outside the door to his room. "Oh!" the queen said, putting a hand up to her mouth. "What ever could have done this?" His dark and stormy eyes flashed and he said under his breath, "I know."
*Mina* My son walked into the hallway from my room dressed in soft blue full body pajamas holding his fluffy teddy bear under his arm. His light brownish-blonde hair stuck out in the back and he rubbed his bright blue eyes and then looked back at me. "Yes honey?" I asked him, breaking free from Andrew and picking him up. "Who's that?" "Oh," I said. "Him?" pointing to Andrew. "Uh huh," he said sleepily. "That's your daddy," I said. "My daddy?" he asked again. "Yep," I replied and Andrew came over to us. "Hi little guy," he said. "My name is Andrew." "Andwew?" he asked. "Nu uh. Your name is daddy." Andrew smiled. "So it is." I handed Andrew his child and he immediately laid his head on Andrew's shoulder. "And what's your name little one?" "Lucius. But mama calls me Lucky," he answered. "Lucius?" Andrew asked. "Light." "Yes. Why? do you not like it?" I asked. "No, no. It suits him. It's just that, that's my father's name," Andrew said thoughtfully, holding Lucius out and looking at him. "He grows fast too," I said standing beside Andrew. "Yes, he should for a while longer," Andrew answered still concentrating on something. "Come. Let's go to bed Lucky," I said and Andrew put him down. Lucius wrapped his small hand around my finger and we went into my room. I tucked him into his bed and came back out. "Lucius?" Andrew asked again, cocking an eyebrow at me. "Yes, is there a problem?" "Well, it's an earth name. Couldn't you have picked something else?" "No," I said. "Besides, you had to take off and almost wipe my every memory of you out of my mind so, you deserve this." He sighed. "I suppose I do," he said. "Give it up," I laughed. "You won't win." "Oh I won't will I?" "Not with me," I said spinning around. He stopped me with his front to my back and held his arms out even with mine. We began dancing out in the hallway and he spun me around and stopped me inches away from his face. "I'm in love with you angel," he said softly as he looked into my eyes. I smiled. "I know," I said. "And you expect to hear it back but, you have to earn it now." "I know. And I have every intention on doing just that," he said as he brought a hand up to brush my hair out of my face. "If you'll let me." "I will," I said, tilting my head temptingly up at him. He swallowed hard and looked off and I started laughing. "Can't handle it can you?" I asked laughing at him. He looked back down at me. "Oh, I can handle it." "Prove it big boy," I said. "I don't think you can resist." "Hmm," he said. "I think you are right." He dropped his head down a little bit and captured my lips on his. I began smiling. "Stop that," he commanded, smiling himself. "I can't kiss you if you are smiling." "Tough," I said leaning into his next kiss.
*with Endymion and Rei* "So, prince. What are we going to do?" she asked looking up at him, laying on him. "First, we must kill my brother and my family, then I shall be king and you shall be my queen." "Oh, I do love a good fight!" Rei laughed and rolled around in the bed. "Well, let it begin," he said as they got up and prepared themselves for battle.
*in the garden of the earth* Jadeite arrived and Darien greeted him. "We must make haste. They are moving upon us. I have assembled the royal guard and a small division of the army to wage a battle but, I don't know all that we are up against," Darien said. "Evil," Jadeite said. "Pure evil. They will kill and kill until you and your parents are dead."
*later* Rei silently slipped into the chamber of the king and queen and Endymion slipped in behind her. She raised her dagger up above her head and Endymion the same on different sides of the bed. Rei drove the knife as hard as she could down into the body of the king and blood began to spill everywhere in the bed. The queen woke up and saw her husband's dead body with a bloody-handed Rei and opened her mouth to scream. She was silenced by a blow from Endy. She turned her head slowly to see her assailant. "Endy," she whispered as he smiled evilly and sliced her throat open in one fell motion. "Now for Darien," Endy said as they exited the room.
* Darien and Jadeite* "Good to have you back, Jadeite," Darien said. Jadeite looked at him funny and looked back forward and said, "I'm not staying." "Not staying?" "I'm here for her." "For who?" "The Fire Starter," he said as Rei and Endymion came walking up to the small army. "Only them?" Darien asked. "They'll get themselves killed in minutes." "You underestimate them. They can kill and kill and kill and you can try all you want to kill them but you can't." "What are they?" Darien asked. "I don't know but I'm not going to leave her like that," Jadeite said.
The battle broke out and dust was flying through the air. Rei and Endy had killed half of the army and forced Darien to take sanctuary on the moon. In the heat of it, Rei's sword collided with Jadeite's. She spun around and smiled. "Fight me will you," she taunted. "No," he said and she took a swing at him which he blocked. "Fight me!" she demanded and swung again. He blocked. "No," she swung again and again. He made no advancements, only blocks. "Have it your way," she said and darted off into the middle of a crowd. He stood there for a moment and right as he was turning to go, he felt the cold of a steel blade slide across his stomach and in. As if in slow motion, his jaw dropped and he looked at who it was. Red. Blood red eyes stared in anger at him. She hated him. With a thrust from her hand, the sword freed itself from his body and blood began to come out of his mouth. He brought his hands to his stomach and pulled them back to look. Covered in blood. His face softened and he looked at her one last time before his vision blurred over and he dropped to his knees. His eyes glassed over when he looked up at her. He fell back and looked up blankly as she walked over him and glared. She said something but he was too far gone to hear it. His vision faded and all went black.