Eyes on Me: The One Winged Angel

Chapter 3: Venerable Fate

The sound of glass shattering was the only thing that could be heard throughout the large, yet very empty castle in an alter dimension. Shards of broken glass and crystal lay scattered about the marble floor. A woman stood there, her face flushed with anger. Long dark brown hair was pushed back out of her hair by a silver head ornament, much like a Valkyrie headdress, with two wings extending from it at her ears. Eyes of the deepest sapphire were burning with intense anger. She wore a flowing dark purple dress. Arms crossed across her chest as she began to pace back and forth. "Where is my Knight.... Djevik you better have an answer for this! And I want it NOW!"

A large black creature materialized from the shadows, the beast showing it was a feline of some sort. A circular symbol traced it's way on the beast's right thigh and down the leg. Piercing crimson eyes looked to the woman and he shook his head at her. "Rindou my dear calm thyself. Your Knight is being chosen now... please be patient... Ultemicia was more.... "

" I DON'T GIVE A HOOT ABOUT ULTEMICIA! She was a washed up old hag anyway." Rindou huffed and glared at a picture of Ultemicia hanging on the wall near her. In fact, there were pictures of all the former sorceress' there, those who lost their lives, were imprisoned or relinquished their powers. Some of them included Adel, Edea, and Rinoa. Pulling Ultemicia's picture off the wall violently, Rindou tossed it at Djevik, watching him jump in surprise and growl. "That's what you get for angering me Djevik K'Shar Ba'azelvuv, The Dying Grounds of the Devil."

He hissed, sitting upon muscular hind legs and licking his paw gently. "Don't use my full name Rindou unless you want to evoke the Prince of Darkness himself."

"Like I care Djevik... I'm the most powerful thing around... even Cloud and his group of insolent fools can't stop me. And neither can Squall and his little army of untrained SeeD Cadets. I'd just looooove for the Prince of Darkness to test his strength against mine." Rindou laughed haughtily, all Djevik could do was be silent. "And who did you send to retrieve my little knight for me my precious one?"

"N'var and K'yor are retrieving him. K'yor is going to seduce your little knight so he'll be easy to capture, and N'var will make sure he doesn't get away."

"K'yor is the right one for the seducing job. She's superior at it. I applauded you on that one Djevik. As for N'var, he's going to damage my little knight before I can even get to him. That's a bad move on your part... but I don't blame you for picking him... N'var is just... oh never mind." She turned around quickly, walking to a picture of her little knight. "My precious knight... come to me now..."

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"N'var we can't do this now..." K'yor pleaded between passionate kisses. They were on their way to retrieve Rindou's knight... but got a little side tracked. "We can do this after we complete our mission."

N'var grumbled and moved away from K'yor. She shoved his hands into the pockets of his leather jacket and muttered to himself. "Guess I'm not good enough for you am I K'yor?" He ran his hand through his short, spiky brown hair before shoving his hand back into his pocket.

"No no no no! N'var it's not like that... but you know how Rindou gets if we're sidetracked from what we're supposed to do.... you know?" K'yor looked sad and hurt in a way but that didn't last for long. "C'mon N'var!" She ran towards A small town with N'var slowly following her.

K'yor…. N'var… screw up and you will never be forgiven.

Seifer sat upon a stool in a local bar, his silver jacket laying next to him. he yawned slightly, stretching his arms out. He was bored, now more than ever since he wasn't a part of SeeD, even after all these years. He did however have a change in attitude since all those years ago. He knew not to trust anyone… ever. Unless it was Squall or someone from Garden. "Hey chickenwuss… you want another drink?"

An exuberant young blonde with a strange tattoo on his face balled his fists up when Seifer said something but calmed down. "Another drink sounds good Seifer."

The two ordered a couple of more drinks when K'yor and N'var entered. K'yor gasped and N'var covered her mouth. "Shhhhh don't blow our cover…" K'yor nodded and was silent. N'var pointed to Zell, as in saying he's the one Rindou wants and K'yor nodded in recognition. She moved over to the two sitting at the bar and put her arms around Zell. "Hey handsome… now what's your name?"

Zell looked at Seifer and then to the one hanging on his shoulders. "I could ask you the same thing… Lady."

K'yor growled a bit and just motioned for N'var to take over. He walked up to Zell and grabbed him. "You're coming with us, whether you like it or not."

"Get off me you stupid son of a…" Zell couldn't finish his sentence because he was knocked unconscious.

Seifer stood and picked up his Hyperion gun blade but he was too late. The two were gone. "Dammit…"

"Hahaha… The sorceress has her new Knight… and you can't do anything about it." K'yor's voice rang out throughout the bar and Seifer cursed under his breath.

"Dammit… not this shit again. I've got to warn Squall." Seifer paid for the bill, picked up his jacket and gun blade and slowly waked out, making his way to Balamb Garden. A new evil was being born right amongst them and they had no way of knowing about it… or how to stop it. Could they even stop it? Only time would tell.