Chapter Four: Shocking Revelations

Matti was back in Planet Bang. Jimena and the others were still gone. They didn't find a way out. Matti left Planet Bang. When she got outside she was approached by Tymmie and his friends.

"Follow us Mathilde. It is time for you to take up your rightful place in the balance of light and darkness. Now is the perfect time for you to join the darkness."

"Where are the others? You know where they are. Tell me where they are."

When Matti said that the streetlamps started to blow out around her. She wasn't totally shocked because growing up she had been able to do different things. She could leave where she was and end up somewhere else, she could go back and forth in time, she could go into people's minds, move things without touching them, she could blend with the shadows and she could attack without touching. It was these reasons that the leader of her gang once loved her more than anything else. She was not easy to take down. She saw things before they happened and would prevent them.

"You are darkness. It is time you returned to your master."

"I have no master."

At that, Matti dissolved into the shadows. She was maybe six blocks away when she started feeling confined. She had to leave the shadows. She felt threatened.

"Show yourself. I know someone's here. You're not gonna scare me that easily. It takes a lot more than shadows to scare me."

Just then, a man stepped forward. He looked perfect in every way. Matti could not find one single thing wrong with him, from his complexion to his clothes.

"Come with me Mathilde. The Atrox wishes to bring you back to it. It does not like losing its Lectas to the light. You must return with me."

Matti felt very scared. She didn't know why the thought of this Atrox would scare her or even what this man meant when he called her a Lecta, but it frightened her. Matti eased into his mind. He must not have realized it, because he didn't try to trap her or force her out the way others do. His mind was a scary place. He had killed many before this night. All who did not do as he wished.

"The Cincti are awaiting your arrival. You will be brought before the Prince of the Night to have judgement passed on behalf of the Atrox."

Matti knew she had no choice but decided to question him about Jimena and the others before she went with him.

"I will go with you, but first tell me what happened to my friends. Why did Lucas grab them? Are they alright?"

"The Daughters of the Moon have met their downfall in the one Daughter of Pandora who is Lecta. They will never see their precious moon again."

He started to laugh but it was a purely malevolent laugh. It chilled Matti right to the bone. He summoned her to him and told him that she is to walk with him. They walked right thru the dimension barrier and were then in front of what seemed to be a court. On the way down there Matti saw Mickey, her lover killed by gangs back in New York. She felt her chest tighten. This was not a good place and it hurt her to see him here.

"Mathilde, you have betrayed the Atrox. Between befriending the Daughters of the Moon and your purity, you have committed an unforgivable crime. We have found you guilty of treason and now you will pass thru these gates to the Prince of the Night for your sentence."

Matti was led to another area where someone wearing robes with a Phoenix on it was waiting alone. When she entered the room, he told the Followers to leave him alone with her.

"Mathilde, why did you not just stay away from all of these Followers? They are bad for you to be around."

"Your voice sounds familiar to me. Who are you?"

He took off the hood.

"Stanton?"

"Yes."

"You're the Prince of the Night?"

"Yes. Why didn't you listen to me?"

"Why are you so concerned about me and what does everyone mean when they say that I am a Lecta who betrayed the Atrox? Why did that man who brought me here call me a Daughter of Pandora? Who was he? What's going on Stanton?"

"You are a Lecta, Mathilde. You are an Immortal. Your father is a Follower of the Atrox and your mother is a fallen goddess, now a Follower as well. You have many gifts because of your lineage. You are a Lecta because you were chosen by the Atrox for Immortality. The Daughters of Pandora were sent to stop the Daughters of the Moon from taking down the Atrox. You are one of them... the same as the Daughters of the Moon, but dark. The man who brought you here is a Regulator. They hunt the Followers who disobey the Atrox. You betrayed the Atrox because you will not hurt or turn people to the Atrox. Now because of it you have to face me and I wish it weren't so."

"Where did you find out my full first name?"

"I know your father."

"Who is my father? I would like to know, seeing as how I've never met him."

"It is not important right now."

"I have to go Stanton. I have things that I need to take care of right now. Why don't you come see me later? Something tells me that you know where to find me."

Before Stanton could argue, Matti left. She went to Hollywood Blvd. and was just walking around. After awhile she came into the presence of a woman who looked elderly, but not really. Matti had seen her with Jimena before. Now she was wondering if she could help her.