Alright, people, here's chapter 20. First time typing it in sch and I don't know if I can type it finish on time.
Madnun: Hey girl! Thought you aint coming back anymore.. :D *incredulous* what was so funny about… "My soulmate killed my brother?" =D Gosh. I laughed when I see you writing that. Haha! Well… Haha.. Keep reading and reviewing!
Jiaz: So close!! Jasper is coming.. So close!!!
Anyone else who's reading, yay! *claps*
The machine was destroyed, but thankfully, not totally. Nathaniel swore that if he had not kept his cool, he would have tore Kyle's throat out. He should have known better than to have trusted the vampire to roam around in Blood Iris's headquarters. It would take lots of resources to replace the destroyed parts, especially since the bomb was attached to where most of the wires were at.
And it would take more time. Blood Iris could not wait.
Nathaniel stared at the damn Daybreaker. "Kyle Caldwin," he hissed. With a mental blow, he sent the vampire flying across the room. Anger burnt in his heart – for his dead niece, for Blood Iris, and most of all, for the fool that he had been.
Kyle tried to get up, but he was held down on the ground by Mervyn. Nathaniel channeled all his hatred for the Daybreaker through his glare. "You almost thwarted our plan." He said, clenching his fist to control himself.
Kyle lifted his head and stared back defiantly at Nathaniel, "Almost? Damn, I could have done better."
"I think we should just kill him." Mervyn suggested. Nathaniel glanced at the witch, "No, I have a better plan." As if on cue, Angus came into the room. As he walked past Kyle, he gave the vampire a vicious kick in the chest. "Serves you right." Angus whispered to Kyle, and then he walked over to Nathaniel and handed over a syringe to him.
"Watch, Angus Shezer. Don't ever forget that if you are to betray us in the future you will be treated the same way as him." Nathaniel told Angus. The blond witch nodded, eager to please his new boss.
Mervyn tired to get Kyle's arm out for Nathaniel, but Kyle resisted him. Mervyn got fed up and stabbed Kyle once in his shoulder with a stake. The wood burned his muscles and Kyle felt his traitorous body defying his orders.
Nathaniel knelt in font of Kyle and yanked at his arm. He found a blood vessel and plunged the syringe in. Kyle watched as the Blood Iris leader emptied the contents of the syringe. "What are you doing?" he asked, pulling his arm away. But the white-haired vampire's grasp was strong.
When he was done, he flung Kyle's arm aside. If it had been a human's arm, that would have severed it. "A serum – treat for traitors like you." Nathaniel returned the syringe to Angus before continuing, "A serum that will leave you dead soon. It will weaken you, and soon, you'll die writhing in pain."
"Clio would be so ashamed of you." Kyle said.
"Don't you dare mention her name!" Nathaniel bellowed. "I should have seen through it, Caldwin. You had me fooled."
"Only because you were blinded by greed and power. You're indeed a fool." Kyle taunted.
Nathaniel's amber eyes blazed as he jerked Kyle's head up. "You-" he stopped himself, deciding not to give the Daybreaker the pleasure of seeing him furious. "It's okay, say all you want now. Soon you won't even be able to speak." He got up and told Angus, "Take him to the cell."
Angus looked delighted, "May I?" Without a word, Nathaniel waved him away, allowing Kyle to be at the mercy of Angus.
Angus hauled Kyle up to his feet and bound his hands with a magical chain. "Move it," he snarled. Kyle knew that there was no point in fighting, for there was no way he was going to get past the three. He shuffled his feet forward unwillingly, all the while thinking of the possible ways to escape.
He was led to a cell, similar to the one where Jasper was kept the other time. At least Jasper made it out, but who would come to save Kyle? Angus shoved him to the ground and laughed, "Look at yourself. From hero to zero." He walked slowly to examine the flickering candle, "Won't Jade be so hurt to hear what had happened to you? No, she won't be. She'll still be thinking that you had murdered her brother."
Kyle leaned against the wall. Whatever it was that Nathaniel had injected into him had started to take effect. He felt slightly dizzy and his limbs felt weak. "I was wrong to trust you." He said.
"Oh, and that's supposed to be my fault?" Angus asked, mockery in his voice. "It doesn't matter now, does it? Jade will think that you're a cold-blooded murderer, forever. And once you're dead," the witch sniggered, "she will be mine."
"Dream on." Kyle snorted. He felt thousands of needles piercing him as Angus chanted a spell. The witch grabbed Kyle's chin and pushed it up, so that their eyes met. "Caldwin," he snarled, "you never learn, do you? You have no idea what it was that Nathaniel injected into you. There's no cure. It will destroy your system, one by one, and soon," he laughed, "you will be left defenseless, very much like a baby." Nodding to himself in satisfaction, Angus continued, "And yes, ultimately you will die, and Jade? Mine and mine alone!"
Kyle fought down a wave of nausea. There was no way Jade would live with Angus. He glared at the witch, not saying anything. Somehow, it made Angus felt even angrier. "I'll dig your eyes out first. Oh, I'm so sick and tired of hearing people talking about your black eyes." He gave a high-pitched laughter and it struck Kyle that Angus, in his obsession with Jade, had gone out of his mind. He shut his eyes and twisted his head away as Angus tried to get his fingers into his eye-sockets. "Dig 'em out! Dig 'em out!" The witch muttered to himself while wrestling with Kyle's face.
Kyle gave Angus a strong kick in his stomach, and the latter rolled away in agony. His hands were still bound by the magical chain, so they were practically useless, as he had no power to break it. Just that kick alone had cost him some energy and he could only sit and wait as Angus slowly recovered. If this was just the beginning of the effects of the serum, then he could not imagine how it would be like later.
Something shimmered in the center of the cell and Nathaniel appeared. Kyle wondered briefly how the vampire had gotten the power of orbing, and then he decided that the Blood Iris leader must have used dark magic.
When the words came out of Nathaniel's mouth, Kyle could hardly believe his ears. "Let him go." Angus opened his mouth to protest, but Nathaniel silenced him. "I said, let him go. I have more important task for you to attend to. He'll die on his own out there."
"Damn it!" Angus bellowed and took his frustration out on the candle that he was looking at earlier on. The chain came off Kyle's hands and he put a hand on the wall to steady himself as he got up. Nathaniel gave a smirk and the guards sent out Kyle.
Kyle let his legs bring him to whenever they wanted to. He was not surprised when he found himself standing in front of Daybreak Center. The previous visit back had not been good, and he wondered how the Daybreakers would react, now that he was back. Then he saw her, a petite blond girl coming out of Daybreak Center.
Jade.
Their eyes met and he saw, to his surprise, love in the pair of jade green eyes. Then, a huge wave of fatigue washed over him and he gave in to the darkness.
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Kyle's back!! Kyle's back!! *dances around* Well well well, (ignores jia's impatient look). Now that he's back , what will happen? How will he die?? *evil look* Love it, loathe it, tell me all and I'll like to hear it! And don't forget this poll:
Poor Kyle?
1) Yes… he's a poor thing. I wish you would just stop making his life so difficult.
2) Nope. He's an irritating pest. Let him burn in hell!
Thanks! =D
