Yet One of Them
"Why have you come to kill me, Raziel," Sophia's voice asked him.
She was there with him in the spectral realm. She stood before him, where he had let her go. Here glow was white now, in a way she looked a little like Ariel. But she still stood there in her shift.
"Raziel. Why did you come to kill me? I am not the one you are after", she told him.
Raziel was quite shocked. He jumped back to the window and crouched there. If she wanted to fight, he was ready for her. His eyes narrowed. "How did you come to lean my name," he questioned her.
Sophia sighed. Then walked over to her bed and sat on it. Raziel's eyes followed her. If nothing in the material realm moved in the spectral. How could she?
"When you attacked me, I defended myself. I have the ability to take the minds of who ever I want. It's more like a reflex than any thing else," Sophia told him. "When I took part of your mind, I only got your most resent thoughts. Your name and that you wanted to kill me to kill another. Are you the blue demon that kills vampires in the clan's lands?"
Blue demon, Raziel thought.
Yes, he had been killing off many of his brother's children. Is that the name he had been come to be known here. A blue demon, the vampire killer. A helper to the humans that had once so feared him.
Raziel relaxed a little, but he still was on guard. "Yes," he replied.
Sophia smiled, then turned to her door. Raziel looked at her, perplexed. He watched her follow nothing to the foot of her bed. And then suddenly she spoke, "I will soon I was just thinking about something."
There was a pause before she spoke again. This time she stood up and said angrily, "I don't care what you say. I'm a hunter as just as you are. There's more vampires out there then you can kill alone. I want to help you." Again a pause, as if some one was speaking to her. "You know I'll never find a husband here. They look down on me. You're the only on that doesn't."
At that moment her bed room door opened. Raziel still looked perplexed, from the door to Sophia, then back to the door. He soon realized that time did not stand still, but slowed in the spectral realm. Sophia was yelling at none other then her brother, Jeqon. It seemed to Raziel that he had stormed in to give her a talking to about her broken promise to their dying father. He knew that if spoke up and drew her attention, Jeqon would know that he and his sister were not alone. So instead Raziel crouched in the corner, contented to hear their bickering.
"I know you wouldn't take a wife till they are all killed off. And no man here will marry me. All our knowledge will disappear if we do not have children. My only hope is to find someone...... Anyone.... out there," Sophia looked away at where her brother must have been standing. A single tear ran down her cheek.
"If you don't allow me to go with you, I will leave on my own. This place holds nothing but memories and dreams that can't be fulfilled. You feel it too. We have become a dying race. The other have become too complacent with the walls here. They do not fear the vampires outside as long as they stay within. We must move on to where we are needed or we will become like the others, content to become food when we die."
A short time pasted before Sophia spoke again, this time with a slight smile, "Yes. I'll be up extra early tomorrow morning. Thank you, brother." She gave a sigh of relief.
"I assume all everything went well. That you are to be allowed to continue to fight on," said Raziel from his spot.
Sophia gasped and nearly jumped out of what little clothing she wore. "By the Pillars," she breathed holding her chest. "I forgot you were there. And, yes, Jeqon is letting to go out with him. Would you care to join us? You would be of great help to us. You too are out to kill off the vampire race, are you not?"
Raziel stood from where he crouched. "I travel alone. And I do not believe that Jeqon would care to work with me. No, I will not go with you," he told her. But he lost some of strong demeanor do to her door closing loudly by Jeqon leaving, startling him.
She smiled at him and shook her. "You lie, Raziel. Remember I saw into part of your mind."
"I care not to."
"You travel with another. I did not get his name nor why he "tags-along" with you. But you did send him away for protection. Is he what my brother and I hunt?"
Raziel glared at her. He was quite annoyed at how she knew so much about him and he know so very little of her. "Yes he is a vampire. Quite loyal, obedient, and willing to kill off others of his own kind. He serves me faithfully. If I tell him so, he will not harm you or your brother. Is your brother so willing not to kill him?"
"If you're mindful of your companion, I'll be mindful of my brother. In this land so accursed one needs all the help he or she can get. My brother and I will leave by the northern gate tomorrow, I shall see you there then?"
All Raziel could do was nod. His journey was turning out to be more like a carnival. Not only did he have to deal with Rehael, but now this woman hunter and her brother. He was starting to wish for the completion of death. Kain would pay dearly for what he was going to go though. Raziel began to fantasize about may ways to make Kain suffer. But he was quickly brought out of it by Sophia voice.
"Are you going to stand there and watch me take a bath," she questioned him.
He blinked a few times then looked her way. She still was in the shift, but now the shoulder straps were down and the only thing that held it up was her right arm. Raziel knew if she moved it the shift would fall to the floor. He was male and he had not the company of a woman in a good deal of time. He contemplated the thought before remember the way he looked. No, any lustful thoughts would only stay thoughts. His body, if one could call it that, would never obey such thoughts, no matter how much he would ever want it, ever again.
"Well?" Her blue eyes unwavering looked at him.
Raziel sighed then spoke, "Yes, I will meet you and your brother there." He then turned and left by the same way he came in. He climbed over the window and onto the roof. He crouched there, brooding over what was to come. Jeqon and Rehael fighting, both hunter and prey, depending on which side one was on. He rubbed his temple.
"Raziel," came Sophia's voice. "Raziel?"
"What is it," he said holding back anger.
"Since I know your name I should tell you mine. It's Sophia."
So the woman had not seen that he had stayed outside her window and listened in on the conversation she had with the serving woman. It was either that or it had slipped her mind during his conversation with her.
"Oh. Goodnight and sleep well."
Raziel gave a puzzled look. It had been so long since he had heard that said to him. He nearly forgot what to say. "You too," he muttered.
Raziel would get no sleep this night. He had too much to think of and worry over to rest.