Chapter Two
They entered the mansion. Donovan looked around slowly. The place was a mess, tables and chairs were turned over onto their sides, windows were broken, and everything else that would have been taken had this been a robery was still there.
Donovan went into another room, a scream sounding from the said room just moments later. Both of his parents lay in the floor, blood surrounding them. He ran to his mother's side, shaking her as if trying to wake her from the eturnal sleep that the person whom had done this had made her fall into.
Drake pulled Donovan away from the body, turning so that he could no longer see either of his parents. Donovan slowly began to travel back into his mind, following the voices of his parents. He heard another one, it was calling him back. He truned around and followed the voice of Drake.
Merrick clenched his firsts together, knowing who had done this. It was his brother, and he had done it in the same way in which he had slain their parents.
Drake hugged Donovan tightly as he woke up from his momentary trance.
"Donovan, I'm sorry, I'll buy you all new things." He then stood slowly, pulling Donovan up with him. He walked towards the door, and Merrick followed.
Drake stopped just short of the exit. He could scense something coming towards him, something that was almost as evil and dark as his most perverted thoughts.
"C'mon out Angelus! You don't need to hide! Come out here so I can beat you and torture you until you know what you've made these innocent people go through!" Merrick stepped forward in time to see his brother step out of the shadows. He was no longer his flaimboiant and loving self, but now completly evil, as if some demon had possessed his body.
"Angelus...Why are you doing these things?" Merrick's voice was shakey. Angelus grinend as he looked at his younger brother.
"You have always belittled me and thought that you were better than me! Your next!" Angelus moved towards Merrick, the glint of light in his now narrowed blue eyes almost looking like the flames of hell itself.
"Ironic isn't it? I killed his parents in the same way that I killed ours, and now you will die the same way, only slower."
Drake set the now once more sleeping Donovan down against a wall, and took a necklace, placing it around his neck. He turned to Angelus.
"You can't touch him now..." He yelled. "Come and get me flame boy!"
Angleus simply motioned and a monster, having come up from the floors around them while he had been speaking with Merrick attacked Dreak, large amounts of fire errupting from within its throat. Merrick jumped in front of his, arms crossed over his face as he blocked the fire, sending it swirling around himself and Drake in large gusts of red, yellow, and orange.
Angelus growled, motioning to another monster as it appeared behind Merrick, roots shooting up from the ground around him, their rugh and spiney tenderals wrapping tightly around his torso, others moving to hold his arms out to his sides. Merrick moved aggressively between the roots but winced as the root around his torso tightened dramatically.
Donovan opened his eyes slowly, his vision clearing as he looked around. The frist thing he saw was Merrick, hsi body slowly being pulled and crushed by the roots around it. He watched for a moment as Drake fought off a monster whom had been trying to approach him, and then ran to Merrick's side, pulling hard on the roots, only to see them tighten once more.
Drake fired a blast at the monster that was attacking him and smiled as it discintigrated. He then took a look around, as was his custom after a fight, his eyes coming to rest on Donovan and Merrick, whom at the moment seemed to be having troubles of their own. He then moved over to them, standing in front of the two as Angelus approached.
Merrick winced once more as the roots tightened around him.
"This isn't working! The only way to get these damned roots off is to get Angelus to take them off!" He winced once more, and this time let of a soft cry as the roots once more tightened. Angelus smiled.
"I wouldn't say anything Merrick, the roots will only tighten themselves if you do."
Drake glared.
"Your still the same as always, your own brother." Angelus truned to Donovan, ignoring Drake's words.
"You can't touch him..." Drake stated simply. "That crystal around his neck will prevent anything evil from coming close to him." Angelus growled and then lunged for Donovan, his hands stopping just inches away from his throat. Donovan looked up at Angelus and then without knowing why, he took hold of his hands, a warm arua froming around the both of them, and soon enough spreading through Angelus.
Sakura walked through the doors of Donovan's mansion. He could scense Angelus' arua fading here. As he entered the room where he felt the arua strongest, he saw Angelus and three other people. A boy with long, multi-colored hair, another boy wrapped in roots, whom, he guessed was Angelus' brother, and Drake. The boy with the multi-colored hair, had his Angelus. His chest was glowing brightly with a white light.
Donovan's arua disappeared slowly, healing Angelus. He fell back, and Drake caught him. Drake picked Donovan up, and backed away from Angelus slowly, noting mentally as Sakura entered the room. Angelus took a few moments to recover from what had just happened, and then looked up, first at Merrick, and then over to Sakura who moved over to help him stand. He leaned against him and then looked once more to his brother as he heard the roots groan as they tightened, and the soft popping and snapping of frail, human bones. He then motioned for the monster to release Merrick, and it did so, Merrick landing lightly on his feet only a few feet away from it. He glared at the monster and then placed his fingers together lightly, as he softly began to whisper a prayer, smiling as the monster screamed, flames engulfing him.
Merrick winced as he turned and walked back to Angelus, his ribs, as well as his back and insides acting and burning wildly.
Sakura helped Angelus stand, letting his lover place his entire weight against his small, woman-like frame. He then looked over at the younger boy coming towards him and Angelus. Merrick stood as straight as he possibly could, and walked past Sakura and his brother, moving up behind Drake, who now held Donovan in his arms. Donovan was asleep, and finally seemed as though he would not wake up again, atleast for tonight. He wished that he could be in Drake's place, but didn't say anythingfor the sake of not getting killed. Drake turned away, not liking the older boy looking down over his shoulder on Donovan.
Drake shook his head lightly, popping his neck before asking the others to follow him, and walked out of the house to his appartment, which from here was only a few blocks away. He set Donovan down on the bed and let him sleep.
Merrick watched Drake, feeling tired suddenly as he noted mentally how comfortible the bed was, and rather than laying down himself, he moved over to a near by corner and seated himself. He curled up and pulled his kimono tightly around himself, and fell asleep. Drake turned and looked over at Merrick who had fallen asleep in the corner, his head of shaggy yet short blonde hair leaned comfortibly against the wall. He sighed, feeling for one somewhat sorry.
"Poor kid.." He walked over and picked up the sleeping form, suprized at just how light Merrick really was. He brought him over to the bed, and laid him down next to Donovan. Donovan slowly opened his eyes and looked up at Drake.
"Hmm?" He looksed up triedly.
"I'm going to get something out of the bathroom to clean him up...You take care of him until I come back." Donovan nodded softly and then lay back down, rolling onto his side before slowly once more falling to sleep. Merrick woke up to some to Drake opening his kimono.
"Huh? What the..." Drake quieted him down and then motioned to Donovan, on the other side of the bed. Merrick nodded and then was silent, laying back down, a nervious look plastering itself onto his face.
"I'm not gunna hurt you, I'm just gunna clean you up some." Merrick's worried looks lowly disappeared, he looked over at Donovan with a concerned look.
"What happened? Is he ok?" his voice was shakey, and hushed.
"He'll be fine." Drake pulled Merrick's kimono off, his eyes slowly moving over his perfectly curved body. The pale flesh was marred with cuts and bruises, most of the cuts having been inflicted by the spines of the roots, although thankfully they were not deep.
"Where did my brother and that kid goto?" Drake didn't know how to answer him, he had asked Sakura and Angelus to follow him, but they refused.
"Sakura and Angelus went somewhere else, I'm not sure where." Merrick gave him another concerned look, and Drake ended the conversation by carefully beginning to clean at a cut on Merrick's mid-section. Merrick winced at the feel of the cleaning solution slowly running from the cotton, into his cut, and then down his side. Drake finished cleaning the cuts which were very few, and then gently pressed on Merrick's sides, checking for broken and cracked ribs, finding nothing more than some severe bruising a few minor cracks. He then proceeded to wrap the small one's chest in gause.
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Ok, this chapter was somewhat better, atleast I THINK it was.
They entered the mansion. Donovan looked around slowly. The place was a mess, tables and chairs were turned over onto their sides, windows were broken, and everything else that would have been taken had this been a robery was still there.
Donovan went into another room, a scream sounding from the said room just moments later. Both of his parents lay in the floor, blood surrounding them. He ran to his mother's side, shaking her as if trying to wake her from the eturnal sleep that the person whom had done this had made her fall into.
Drake pulled Donovan away from the body, turning so that he could no longer see either of his parents. Donovan slowly began to travel back into his mind, following the voices of his parents. He heard another one, it was calling him back. He truned around and followed the voice of Drake.
Merrick clenched his firsts together, knowing who had done this. It was his brother, and he had done it in the same way in which he had slain their parents.
Drake hugged Donovan tightly as he woke up from his momentary trance.
"Donovan, I'm sorry, I'll buy you all new things." He then stood slowly, pulling Donovan up with him. He walked towards the door, and Merrick followed.
Drake stopped just short of the exit. He could scense something coming towards him, something that was almost as evil and dark as his most perverted thoughts.
"C'mon out Angelus! You don't need to hide! Come out here so I can beat you and torture you until you know what you've made these innocent people go through!" Merrick stepped forward in time to see his brother step out of the shadows. He was no longer his flaimboiant and loving self, but now completly evil, as if some demon had possessed his body.
"Angelus...Why are you doing these things?" Merrick's voice was shakey. Angelus grinend as he looked at his younger brother.
"You have always belittled me and thought that you were better than me! Your next!" Angelus moved towards Merrick, the glint of light in his now narrowed blue eyes almost looking like the flames of hell itself.
"Ironic isn't it? I killed his parents in the same way that I killed ours, and now you will die the same way, only slower."
Drake set the now once more sleeping Donovan down against a wall, and took a necklace, placing it around his neck. He turned to Angelus.
"You can't touch him now..." He yelled. "Come and get me flame boy!"
Angleus simply motioned and a monster, having come up from the floors around them while he had been speaking with Merrick attacked Dreak, large amounts of fire errupting from within its throat. Merrick jumped in front of his, arms crossed over his face as he blocked the fire, sending it swirling around himself and Drake in large gusts of red, yellow, and orange.
Angelus growled, motioning to another monster as it appeared behind Merrick, roots shooting up from the ground around him, their rugh and spiney tenderals wrapping tightly around his torso, others moving to hold his arms out to his sides. Merrick moved aggressively between the roots but winced as the root around his torso tightened dramatically.
Donovan opened his eyes slowly, his vision clearing as he looked around. The frist thing he saw was Merrick, hsi body slowly being pulled and crushed by the roots around it. He watched for a moment as Drake fought off a monster whom had been trying to approach him, and then ran to Merrick's side, pulling hard on the roots, only to see them tighten once more.
Drake fired a blast at the monster that was attacking him and smiled as it discintigrated. He then took a look around, as was his custom after a fight, his eyes coming to rest on Donovan and Merrick, whom at the moment seemed to be having troubles of their own. He then moved over to them, standing in front of the two as Angelus approached.
Merrick winced once more as the roots tightened around him.
"This isn't working! The only way to get these damned roots off is to get Angelus to take them off!" He winced once more, and this time let of a soft cry as the roots once more tightened. Angelus smiled.
"I wouldn't say anything Merrick, the roots will only tighten themselves if you do."
Drake glared.
"Your still the same as always, your own brother." Angelus truned to Donovan, ignoring Drake's words.
"You can't touch him..." Drake stated simply. "That crystal around his neck will prevent anything evil from coming close to him." Angelus growled and then lunged for Donovan, his hands stopping just inches away from his throat. Donovan looked up at Angelus and then without knowing why, he took hold of his hands, a warm arua froming around the both of them, and soon enough spreading through Angelus.
Sakura walked through the doors of Donovan's mansion. He could scense Angelus' arua fading here. As he entered the room where he felt the arua strongest, he saw Angelus and three other people. A boy with long, multi-colored hair, another boy wrapped in roots, whom, he guessed was Angelus' brother, and Drake. The boy with the multi-colored hair, had his Angelus. His chest was glowing brightly with a white light.
Donovan's arua disappeared slowly, healing Angelus. He fell back, and Drake caught him. Drake picked Donovan up, and backed away from Angelus slowly, noting mentally as Sakura entered the room. Angelus took a few moments to recover from what had just happened, and then looked up, first at Merrick, and then over to Sakura who moved over to help him stand. He leaned against him and then looked once more to his brother as he heard the roots groan as they tightened, and the soft popping and snapping of frail, human bones. He then motioned for the monster to release Merrick, and it did so, Merrick landing lightly on his feet only a few feet away from it. He glared at the monster and then placed his fingers together lightly, as he softly began to whisper a prayer, smiling as the monster screamed, flames engulfing him.
Merrick winced as he turned and walked back to Angelus, his ribs, as well as his back and insides acting and burning wildly.
Sakura helped Angelus stand, letting his lover place his entire weight against his small, woman-like frame. He then looked over at the younger boy coming towards him and Angelus. Merrick stood as straight as he possibly could, and walked past Sakura and his brother, moving up behind Drake, who now held Donovan in his arms. Donovan was asleep, and finally seemed as though he would not wake up again, atleast for tonight. He wished that he could be in Drake's place, but didn't say anythingfor the sake of not getting killed. Drake turned away, not liking the older boy looking down over his shoulder on Donovan.
Drake shook his head lightly, popping his neck before asking the others to follow him, and walked out of the house to his appartment, which from here was only a few blocks away. He set Donovan down on the bed and let him sleep.
Merrick watched Drake, feeling tired suddenly as he noted mentally how comfortible the bed was, and rather than laying down himself, he moved over to a near by corner and seated himself. He curled up and pulled his kimono tightly around himself, and fell asleep. Drake turned and looked over at Merrick who had fallen asleep in the corner, his head of shaggy yet short blonde hair leaned comfortibly against the wall. He sighed, feeling for one somewhat sorry.
"Poor kid.." He walked over and picked up the sleeping form, suprized at just how light Merrick really was. He brought him over to the bed, and laid him down next to Donovan. Donovan slowly opened his eyes and looked up at Drake.
"Hmm?" He looksed up triedly.
"I'm going to get something out of the bathroom to clean him up...You take care of him until I come back." Donovan nodded softly and then lay back down, rolling onto his side before slowly once more falling to sleep. Merrick woke up to some to Drake opening his kimono.
"Huh? What the..." Drake quieted him down and then motioned to Donovan, on the other side of the bed. Merrick nodded and then was silent, laying back down, a nervious look plastering itself onto his face.
"I'm not gunna hurt you, I'm just gunna clean you up some." Merrick's worried looks lowly disappeared, he looked over at Donovan with a concerned look.
"What happened? Is he ok?" his voice was shakey, and hushed.
"He'll be fine." Drake pulled Merrick's kimono off, his eyes slowly moving over his perfectly curved body. The pale flesh was marred with cuts and bruises, most of the cuts having been inflicted by the spines of the roots, although thankfully they were not deep.
"Where did my brother and that kid goto?" Drake didn't know how to answer him, he had asked Sakura and Angelus to follow him, but they refused.
"Sakura and Angelus went somewhere else, I'm not sure where." Merrick gave him another concerned look, and Drake ended the conversation by carefully beginning to clean at a cut on Merrick's mid-section. Merrick winced at the feel of the cleaning solution slowly running from the cotton, into his cut, and then down his side. Drake finished cleaning the cuts which were very few, and then gently pressed on Merrick's sides, checking for broken and cracked ribs, finding nothing more than some severe bruising a few minor cracks. He then proceeded to wrap the small one's chest in gause.
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Ok, this chapter was somewhat better, atleast I THINK it was.