Chapter 6
The sun rises slowly over the mountains declaring a new day...The sky blood red as if in anger at D's deeds. It looms over him accusingly until final it softens turning into a more peaceful yellow, as the sky becomes a clear blue.
"FINALY!" the parasite sighs in relief.
"Have you returned to the world to the sane? Last night was pretty freaky...D?"
Silence replies; That typical 'D' silence indicating that D was indeed back to his old self.
"The entrance is clear..." D says out loud, dismounting the shaky cyber-horse and walking smoothly to the mountain side. Running his left hand along a strange unnatural line along the rock, D asks his hand to reopen the sealed entrance.
"OK, but its going to take a few seconds to swallow this spell... its quiet strong."
Nodding D steps back and raises his left hand and the twisted face of the parasite opens his mouth. Its grows larger and a strange creaking is heard from the rock in front of them. Soon Lefty begins to suck up the spell, a gushing sound coming from its lips and the creaking becomes louder and LOUDER!
Then all is quiet...
"He's here!" hisses Ven, flicking his head up towards the room's entrance.
"Here? Already?" the deep voice of Flen rumbles in disapproval and he rushes past his petite brother and heads up a passageway towards the entrance. Without turning his head he bellows back instruction to Ven.
"I'll keep that damn Hybrid busy, you take care of our Mistress!"
Without answering, Ven leaps away towards his Mistress's room.
The parasite on D's left hand breathes in extortion.
"PHEW! Never want to do THAT again...That was some spell!"
"So it is opened?" D asks flatly, staring at the strange vertical line on the rocky wall.
"Yes, yes...well..." Lefty pauses. "Well it SHOULD open..."
D moves his hand to his swords hilt and steps closer to the wall, his eyes locked, his ears keen...
Softly, he touches the line and a small vibration is felt...
"Something is coming..."
As soon as those words leave his lips he jumps back as the entrance swings open, the large bulk of Flen charging through.
"DAMN YOU D! WE SHOULD HAVE RIPPED YOUR ENTRAILS OUT AND STRANGLED YOU WITH THEM!"
D's expression doesn't change and he simply dodges the charge with usual grace, dancing around the muscular grunt as if floating on air.
Flen roars, baring large extending fangs, swinging his elbow with such speed, it manages to clip D in the temple.
"So clumsy...so weak..." He says with a sneering chuckle as D falls to the floor.
Flen stands over the fallen Dhampir showing off his fangs and flashing yellow eyes.
" And to think...you should be at full strength now that you have drank mortal blood!"
"WWWHHHAAAAATTT??!!!"
Snapping, D's eyes turn crimson with rage and his body lifts off the ground as if he is thrown in Flen's direction. With one swift movement, his hand reaches his sword's hilt, unsheathes it and slices upwards.
"GGGAAAAARRRR!"
"HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
Silence.
D lands slightly behind the massive creature, breathing deeply to calm himself. He places his sword back in its sheath before moving calmly into the cavern below.
Flen remains deathly still, only his left eye twitches madly. With a sickening gurgle his body falls in two.
Ven clutches his chest with an inward agony.
"F-Flen is dead!"
The Mistress closes her eyes tightly in sorrow and follows her child out of the room.
"D! That was something! Its nice to have the old you back!" giggle's left-hand.
D clenches his hand tightly to quieten the parasite and moves down the candle-lit tunnel. He guessed that this tunnel system had been carved out centuries ago as his eyes clasp on ancient faded paintings on the walls around him.
Soon he comes to a huge door to the left of him, slightly agar. He opens it slowly and moves inside quickly.
"No one here...but they were." His hand tells him helpfully.
D nods and moves in deeper into the room, spotting another door at the far side of the well decorated room. Grabbing the handle, the door refuses to open and sneering hiss booms from the other side.
"LEAVE US ALONE!"
Ignoring the angry order, D begins to kick down the door, a muffled cry indicating that the voice was trying to hold the door from the other side.
Soon there is a crack and a cry and splinters fly as the door is kicked wide open.
Ven staggers in front of the Mistress, blocking her from view.
"Dammit! What harm has she done?! LEAVE US!"
D stares the pathetic vampire down before speaking.
"She has killed many, enslaved a village and ruled them like puppets...she will die."
"D..." a feminine, motherly voice speaks behind the protective Ven.
"You speak through eyes clouded by hate...will you not listen to my side before passing judgement?"
Ven moves at the sound of the woman's voice...and what D saw shook him to the core.
"Mo-...no, this cant be."
The Mistress looked like his Mother.
She sees his confusion and clears his mind.
"I know what you are thinking and no...I am not your mother. But strange is it not that we meet on this day?"
She stands up slowly and her long ebony hair falls to the floor.
"Please understand D, that like you, I do not like the curse that I have to endure. I despise being the creature of the night as much as you do..."
D shakes his head clear and his eyes flicker with anger.
"You feed on the living..."
"I feed on murderers and rapists...people who do not deserve to live...it is the only way I can cope with my immortal life..." She whispers softly, looking sadly on at the confused man.
D grits his teeth.
"You have enslaved a village..."
"And who told you that?" The Mistress asks D.
" Before I was turned...I bore two children. Two that I loved very much even when I became a Vampire. I looked after them, and their children... and their children's children until my great and vast Mortal family built a village...you understand D?"
D couldn't compute what was being told to him...that whole village...all those villagers were her family?!
The Mistress moves closer to D until she was right in front of him.
"Poor deluded child...you must understand that I DESPISE the drinking of blood...and so I drink the blood of people who set to harm my children, I have looked after my village for centuries..." She then begins to stroke D's hair.
D backs away, the anger in his eyes growing into two pools of confusion.
"D...you are the one who should be punished...you killed an innocent mortal."
D once again snaps.
"I HAVE BEEN PAYED TO SLAY YOU, WOMAN! AND I ALWAYS GET THE JOB DONE!"
Fangs bared, D leaps at her, his sword drawn once again.
"MOTHER!!"
D slashes into cold immortal flesh.
The Mistress screams...
Ven's body falls to the floor.
"OH! Ven my darling child!"
The Mistress falls to her knees and begins to cradle the lifeless vampire in her arms.
"Go ahead..."She sobs.
"Kill me...I see now that there is no escape from you..."
Emotionless, D raises his sword.
"I don't think so."
D spins round to see another woman at the chamber entrance, the Mistress's manservant at her side.
"RINA?!"
The sun rises slowly over the mountains declaring a new day...The sky blood red as if in anger at D's deeds. It looms over him accusingly until final it softens turning into a more peaceful yellow, as the sky becomes a clear blue.
"FINALY!" the parasite sighs in relief.
"Have you returned to the world to the sane? Last night was pretty freaky...D?"
Silence replies; That typical 'D' silence indicating that D was indeed back to his old self.
"The entrance is clear..." D says out loud, dismounting the shaky cyber-horse and walking smoothly to the mountain side. Running his left hand along a strange unnatural line along the rock, D asks his hand to reopen the sealed entrance.
"OK, but its going to take a few seconds to swallow this spell... its quiet strong."
Nodding D steps back and raises his left hand and the twisted face of the parasite opens his mouth. Its grows larger and a strange creaking is heard from the rock in front of them. Soon Lefty begins to suck up the spell, a gushing sound coming from its lips and the creaking becomes louder and LOUDER!
Then all is quiet...
"He's here!" hisses Ven, flicking his head up towards the room's entrance.
"Here? Already?" the deep voice of Flen rumbles in disapproval and he rushes past his petite brother and heads up a passageway towards the entrance. Without turning his head he bellows back instruction to Ven.
"I'll keep that damn Hybrid busy, you take care of our Mistress!"
Without answering, Ven leaps away towards his Mistress's room.
The parasite on D's left hand breathes in extortion.
"PHEW! Never want to do THAT again...That was some spell!"
"So it is opened?" D asks flatly, staring at the strange vertical line on the rocky wall.
"Yes, yes...well..." Lefty pauses. "Well it SHOULD open..."
D moves his hand to his swords hilt and steps closer to the wall, his eyes locked, his ears keen...
Softly, he touches the line and a small vibration is felt...
"Something is coming..."
As soon as those words leave his lips he jumps back as the entrance swings open, the large bulk of Flen charging through.
"DAMN YOU D! WE SHOULD HAVE RIPPED YOUR ENTRAILS OUT AND STRANGLED YOU WITH THEM!"
D's expression doesn't change and he simply dodges the charge with usual grace, dancing around the muscular grunt as if floating on air.
Flen roars, baring large extending fangs, swinging his elbow with such speed, it manages to clip D in the temple.
"So clumsy...so weak..." He says with a sneering chuckle as D falls to the floor.
Flen stands over the fallen Dhampir showing off his fangs and flashing yellow eyes.
" And to think...you should be at full strength now that you have drank mortal blood!"
"WWWHHHAAAAATTT??!!!"
Snapping, D's eyes turn crimson with rage and his body lifts off the ground as if he is thrown in Flen's direction. With one swift movement, his hand reaches his sword's hilt, unsheathes it and slices upwards.
"GGGAAAAARRRR!"
"HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
Silence.
D lands slightly behind the massive creature, breathing deeply to calm himself. He places his sword back in its sheath before moving calmly into the cavern below.
Flen remains deathly still, only his left eye twitches madly. With a sickening gurgle his body falls in two.
Ven clutches his chest with an inward agony.
"F-Flen is dead!"
The Mistress closes her eyes tightly in sorrow and follows her child out of the room.
"D! That was something! Its nice to have the old you back!" giggle's left-hand.
D clenches his hand tightly to quieten the parasite and moves down the candle-lit tunnel. He guessed that this tunnel system had been carved out centuries ago as his eyes clasp on ancient faded paintings on the walls around him.
Soon he comes to a huge door to the left of him, slightly agar. He opens it slowly and moves inside quickly.
"No one here...but they were." His hand tells him helpfully.
D nods and moves in deeper into the room, spotting another door at the far side of the well decorated room. Grabbing the handle, the door refuses to open and sneering hiss booms from the other side.
"LEAVE US ALONE!"
Ignoring the angry order, D begins to kick down the door, a muffled cry indicating that the voice was trying to hold the door from the other side.
Soon there is a crack and a cry and splinters fly as the door is kicked wide open.
Ven staggers in front of the Mistress, blocking her from view.
"Dammit! What harm has she done?! LEAVE US!"
D stares the pathetic vampire down before speaking.
"She has killed many, enslaved a village and ruled them like puppets...she will die."
"D..." a feminine, motherly voice speaks behind the protective Ven.
"You speak through eyes clouded by hate...will you not listen to my side before passing judgement?"
Ven moves at the sound of the woman's voice...and what D saw shook him to the core.
"Mo-...no, this cant be."
The Mistress looked like his Mother.
She sees his confusion and clears his mind.
"I know what you are thinking and no...I am not your mother. But strange is it not that we meet on this day?"
She stands up slowly and her long ebony hair falls to the floor.
"Please understand D, that like you, I do not like the curse that I have to endure. I despise being the creature of the night as much as you do..."
D shakes his head clear and his eyes flicker with anger.
"You feed on the living..."
"I feed on murderers and rapists...people who do not deserve to live...it is the only way I can cope with my immortal life..." She whispers softly, looking sadly on at the confused man.
D grits his teeth.
"You have enslaved a village..."
"And who told you that?" The Mistress asks D.
" Before I was turned...I bore two children. Two that I loved very much even when I became a Vampire. I looked after them, and their children... and their children's children until my great and vast Mortal family built a village...you understand D?"
D couldn't compute what was being told to him...that whole village...all those villagers were her family?!
The Mistress moves closer to D until she was right in front of him.
"Poor deluded child...you must understand that I DESPISE the drinking of blood...and so I drink the blood of people who set to harm my children, I have looked after my village for centuries..." She then begins to stroke D's hair.
D backs away, the anger in his eyes growing into two pools of confusion.
"D...you are the one who should be punished...you killed an innocent mortal."
D once again snaps.
"I HAVE BEEN PAYED TO SLAY YOU, WOMAN! AND I ALWAYS GET THE JOB DONE!"
Fangs bared, D leaps at her, his sword drawn once again.
"MOTHER!!"
D slashes into cold immortal flesh.
The Mistress screams...
Ven's body falls to the floor.
"OH! Ven my darling child!"
The Mistress falls to her knees and begins to cradle the lifeless vampire in her arms.
"Go ahead..."She sobs.
"Kill me...I see now that there is no escape from you..."
Emotionless, D raises his sword.
"I don't think so."
D spins round to see another woman at the chamber entrance, the Mistress's manservant at her side.
"RINA?!"