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This really isn't a special chapter, IMO, but I'll leave that up to the reviwers to decide. ^-^
Ecstasy. Imagine hardly having any food or drink, half starving, and having plain bread and butter the few times when you do get a chance to eat, then suddenly have the most exquisite feast laid out in front of you, tasting luxury after all that time...
Ecstasy...
Raziel closed his eyes, enjoying the feel of hot blood run down his throat. He felt the human in his last death throes, struggling. Exultant, Raziel restrained him until he went limp and died from the lack of much-needed blood. Satiated, Raziel dropped the corpse, the last of the human's blood trickling from his neck.
He stared at the drained corpse in front of him, disgusted at himself. For a few moments not only was he a vampire in body, but a vampire in mind, too. He then wanted to refuse the fact that he was now a vampire. But he had killed now. He had killed and eaten the helpless human before him. And he had loved it.
Then again, he had loved killing Janos...
And all those other vampires...
But he was quite sure humans were the better. Vampires were subhuman beasts that did nothing but prey on humans. Evil beings that bit and drank...
So that they could live.
Looking back at the dead man in front of him, Raziel noted that he now wasn't one to talk. But he decided that was Kain's fault that he was now a vampire.
All Kain's fault....
All Raziel now wanted at that moment was to find Kain and destroy him.
Raziel now felt a hatred that he had never known before. He hated Kain; he hated the vampire to a near impossible degree. He hated the blood that dripped slowly from his hands. He hated the vile things that Kain made him do and did to him, and his Sarafan brethren. He hated the demon with a passion he couldn't comprehend. Worst of all, he hated how incredibly thirsty he was becoming thinking about how much he hated Kain.
Kain circled Dumah, looking him up and down, considering. The arrogant vampire still kept his eyes averted, though whether it was still an act of defiance, or if Dumah was finally feeling at least some degree of regret, or possible fear, Kain didn't know or care. It was time he learnt to fear Kain in any case.
"So..." Kain stopped, eyeing Dumah. "You just jumped out of the air and attacked Raziel without giving him a chance to react..."
"I was sparring..."
"Perhaps." Kain narrowed his eyes. Obviously irritated, he picked Dumah up by the collar of his light armor. "But now thanks to you, Raziel has lost his mind..." Kain stated calmly, yet firmly.
"Well... er... So what? A good knock on the head will bring him back!"
Kain made a face and threw Dumah against the wall. "Is that what you are suggesting, Dumah? Just bash him about until he remembers? If that is what I'm to do, maybe I should try that tactic on you, first, seeing how YOU'RE responsible for this!"
Getting up, Dumah rubbed his shoulder, which was injured from the impact. "Then how are you going to fix him?"
Kain turned away from Dumah, keeping the corner of his eye fixed on his third lieutenant. "Let's just say, there's more than one way to skin a cat..."
His eyes turned away from Dumah in time to spot Raziel standing at the entrance to the pillars, fists clenched a look of smoldering anger and vengeance in his yellow eyes.
"YOOOOOUUUUUUU!" Raziel hissed. "You sick bastard!"
"Ah, Raziel! Feeling better, I presume?" Kain mused. "Satisfied, I hope?"
The look of anger in Raziel's eyes intensified, and the ex-Sarafan lunged at the uber vampire. Kain barely reacted, simply lifting up his foot for a kick, stopping Raziel in mid-lunge.
"Don't be a fool, Raziel." Kain stated calmly. "I doubt you have the ability to take me on."
"I don't care." Raziel snapped, getting up. "I'll defeat you if it's the last thing I do!"
"I really don't see what your problem is, Raziel. I figured a little snack would have at least..."
Raziel cut him off. "Of all the people you had to turn into a vampire! What better punishment for your enemies than to turn them into what they loathe most. You vile fiend!" Raziel swung his claws at Kain, who blocked the blow and kicked Raziel onto the ground.
"What's he talking about?" Dumah asked, puzzled.
"Ignore him!" Kain hissed,
"Dumah! You too?" Raziel saw Dumah for the first time.
"Me too what?"
"How many of us, did you turn, Kain? Wasn't I enough to satisfy your twisted sense of humor?"
"Dumah, leave, NOW!" Kain snarled.
"But...." Dumah protested.
"Dumah, you have irritated me enough today. If you do not leave, I'll make you wish you had." Kain warned.
Dumah knew when to make an exit. Kain watched him leave, making sure he was gone. He spotted the two Turelim just outside the sanctuary's gates.
"You two, come here!" Kain ordered.
Raziel was just preparing for another attack. Fortunately, this time the Turelim held him firmly by the arms, so Kain had no more need to attack Raziel. Raziel struggled in their grasp.
"Accursed vampire SCUM!" Raziel snarled. "I'll tear your filthy heart out for what you did, just like I did to that fiend, Janos!"
"Such violence." Kain shook his head, bemused. "And I thought the vampires where the bloodthirsty ones."
"I am a vampire, no thanks to you!"
"Well, at least now you don't need to hide behind that mask of righteousness you Sarafan have."
"The Sarafan ARE righteous!" Raziel yelled.
"I fear I cannot convince you otherwise." Kain feigned regret. To the turelim, he rapped out orders. "Take him back to his clan's sanctuary, back to his restroom. See that he is properly guarded this time. And neither of you is to so much as mention what has been said in here! And while you're at it, find out why his own clan didn't stop him from reaching here!"
The two Turelim nodded, and dragged the struggling, screaming vampire away from Kain, who held his forehead in his hand. He was sorely tempted to do what Dumah suggested, and whack Raziel repeatedly on the head till either his lieutenant came back became simply whacked out.
"You see, it's like this..." Bob the Razielhim stated. It was a typical cloudy day, which was typical now in Nosgoth. Both the Razielhim he was with and especially the Rahabim they where talking to were still wary of the few gaps in the cloud which would send deadly shafts of light down on them, through the few gaps in the ceiling, if they weren't careful. It was the best time they could meet; however, as daylight offered both factions a chance to sneak away from the rest of their clan while they slept during the better part of the day. The two had met near the water bordering the Razielhim and the Rahabim territory, a perfect place to meet and discuss affairs.
"We need this... substance, and the only place we can possibly get it is in the human citadel..." Bob continued.
"... Which is guarded by a moat, so only the Rahabim can get past it and into the citadel without getting dissolved like so much salt." Ryoga, a wary Rahabim, finished Bob's sentence. "But of all the times, why do it during daylight? It's quite risky."
"It's not THAT risky." Matt, another Razielhim, stated. "The cloud cover is usually quite good, and the human citadel doesn't get much sunlight at all."
"And you need to go during daylight, when everyone else is resting, otherwise you might get caught." Bob explained.
"Risk getting caught?" Ryoga repeated.
"Just what is this special substance that you are looking for?" Estrid, another Rahabim, asked suspiciously.
"It..... uh... human brandy." Bob said nervously.
"Brandy?" Ryoga gave a flat stare.
Estrid shook his head. "Fine, if you want it that much, we'll get it for you. But we'll want extra hazard pay for this!"
"Well, if there's anything that we can offer...." Matt smiled.
"YOU THERE! Why aren't you guarding your leader as you were commanded?" A voice shouted from across the hall. The small group turned and spotted a loyal Turelim.
"Well, be seeing you!" Estrid said, as the two Rahabim dived into the water before the Turelim could catch a glimpse of their faces. The Razielhim had no such escape, and could only turn to see what they had done wrong now.
"You were supposed to watch over Lord Raziel!" The Turelim rebuked the Razielhim. "Why did you let him escape?"
"But Sariss and Kat were guarding him. We only left for a moment." Matt said to Bob. They then ran over to the entrance to Raziel's restroom, another Turelim guarding the raging leader inside. Near the door, stood two carcasses. Katt had a stake running through her chest, which Matt, upset over her injury, pulled it out, reviving his kin. Sariss had apparently bled to death, her body sucked dry of it's lifeblood, no doubt by the changed Raziel. Matt helped Kat up.
"What happened?" Matt asked.
"He just opened the door and staked me before I could do anything!" Kat explained. "Sariss... She's gone now!"
"And your leader escaped and attacked our Lord Kain!" The Turelim criticized them. The Razielhim ignored him.
"We were only gone for a moment!" Bob frowned. Matt did likewise. "We are guarding someone that now wants us dead."
"Then we must guard it harder." Vosa stated simply. "So that we do not die."
"But why does he want to kill us so much?" Bob wondered aloud. "He apparently thinks he's human, but I've never seem them so vengeful in my life, or unlife."
"I think Marissa knows." Vosa said thoughtfully.
"Hey, where has she gone, anyway?" Kat asked.
Again, I hope I got Kain's character down right, particularly when Kain was disciplining Dumah. Anyhoo, another chapter done. How will Kain get Raziel back? What is Sarafan Raziel going to do now? Will The Razielhim get drunk? And what is Marissa up to? I had better get typing. Please Review, it helps to encourage me!
This really isn't a special chapter, IMO, but I'll leave that up to the reviwers to decide. ^-^
Ecstasy. Imagine hardly having any food or drink, half starving, and having plain bread and butter the few times when you do get a chance to eat, then suddenly have the most exquisite feast laid out in front of you, tasting luxury after all that time...
Ecstasy...
Raziel closed his eyes, enjoying the feel of hot blood run down his throat. He felt the human in his last death throes, struggling. Exultant, Raziel restrained him until he went limp and died from the lack of much-needed blood. Satiated, Raziel dropped the corpse, the last of the human's blood trickling from his neck.
He stared at the drained corpse in front of him, disgusted at himself. For a few moments not only was he a vampire in body, but a vampire in mind, too. He then wanted to refuse the fact that he was now a vampire. But he had killed now. He had killed and eaten the helpless human before him. And he had loved it.
Then again, he had loved killing Janos...
And all those other vampires...
But he was quite sure humans were the better. Vampires were subhuman beasts that did nothing but prey on humans. Evil beings that bit and drank...
So that they could live.
Looking back at the dead man in front of him, Raziel noted that he now wasn't one to talk. But he decided that was Kain's fault that he was now a vampire.
All Kain's fault....
All Raziel now wanted at that moment was to find Kain and destroy him.
Raziel now felt a hatred that he had never known before. He hated Kain; he hated the vampire to a near impossible degree. He hated the blood that dripped slowly from his hands. He hated the vile things that Kain made him do and did to him, and his Sarafan brethren. He hated the demon with a passion he couldn't comprehend. Worst of all, he hated how incredibly thirsty he was becoming thinking about how much he hated Kain.
Kain circled Dumah, looking him up and down, considering. The arrogant vampire still kept his eyes averted, though whether it was still an act of defiance, or if Dumah was finally feeling at least some degree of regret, or possible fear, Kain didn't know or care. It was time he learnt to fear Kain in any case.
"So..." Kain stopped, eyeing Dumah. "You just jumped out of the air and attacked Raziel without giving him a chance to react..."
"I was sparring..."
"Perhaps." Kain narrowed his eyes. Obviously irritated, he picked Dumah up by the collar of his light armor. "But now thanks to you, Raziel has lost his mind..." Kain stated calmly, yet firmly.
"Well... er... So what? A good knock on the head will bring him back!"
Kain made a face and threw Dumah against the wall. "Is that what you are suggesting, Dumah? Just bash him about until he remembers? If that is what I'm to do, maybe I should try that tactic on you, first, seeing how YOU'RE responsible for this!"
Getting up, Dumah rubbed his shoulder, which was injured from the impact. "Then how are you going to fix him?"
Kain turned away from Dumah, keeping the corner of his eye fixed on his third lieutenant. "Let's just say, there's more than one way to skin a cat..."
His eyes turned away from Dumah in time to spot Raziel standing at the entrance to the pillars, fists clenched a look of smoldering anger and vengeance in his yellow eyes.
"YOOOOOUUUUUUU!" Raziel hissed. "You sick bastard!"
"Ah, Raziel! Feeling better, I presume?" Kain mused. "Satisfied, I hope?"
The look of anger in Raziel's eyes intensified, and the ex-Sarafan lunged at the uber vampire. Kain barely reacted, simply lifting up his foot for a kick, stopping Raziel in mid-lunge.
"Don't be a fool, Raziel." Kain stated calmly. "I doubt you have the ability to take me on."
"I don't care." Raziel snapped, getting up. "I'll defeat you if it's the last thing I do!"
"I really don't see what your problem is, Raziel. I figured a little snack would have at least..."
Raziel cut him off. "Of all the people you had to turn into a vampire! What better punishment for your enemies than to turn them into what they loathe most. You vile fiend!" Raziel swung his claws at Kain, who blocked the blow and kicked Raziel onto the ground.
"What's he talking about?" Dumah asked, puzzled.
"Ignore him!" Kain hissed,
"Dumah! You too?" Raziel saw Dumah for the first time.
"Me too what?"
"How many of us, did you turn, Kain? Wasn't I enough to satisfy your twisted sense of humor?"
"Dumah, leave, NOW!" Kain snarled.
"But...." Dumah protested.
"Dumah, you have irritated me enough today. If you do not leave, I'll make you wish you had." Kain warned.
Dumah knew when to make an exit. Kain watched him leave, making sure he was gone. He spotted the two Turelim just outside the sanctuary's gates.
"You two, come here!" Kain ordered.
Raziel was just preparing for another attack. Fortunately, this time the Turelim held him firmly by the arms, so Kain had no more need to attack Raziel. Raziel struggled in their grasp.
"Accursed vampire SCUM!" Raziel snarled. "I'll tear your filthy heart out for what you did, just like I did to that fiend, Janos!"
"Such violence." Kain shook his head, bemused. "And I thought the vampires where the bloodthirsty ones."
"I am a vampire, no thanks to you!"
"Well, at least now you don't need to hide behind that mask of righteousness you Sarafan have."
"The Sarafan ARE righteous!" Raziel yelled.
"I fear I cannot convince you otherwise." Kain feigned regret. To the turelim, he rapped out orders. "Take him back to his clan's sanctuary, back to his restroom. See that he is properly guarded this time. And neither of you is to so much as mention what has been said in here! And while you're at it, find out why his own clan didn't stop him from reaching here!"
The two Turelim nodded, and dragged the struggling, screaming vampire away from Kain, who held his forehead in his hand. He was sorely tempted to do what Dumah suggested, and whack Raziel repeatedly on the head till either his lieutenant came back became simply whacked out.
"You see, it's like this..." Bob the Razielhim stated. It was a typical cloudy day, which was typical now in Nosgoth. Both the Razielhim he was with and especially the Rahabim they where talking to were still wary of the few gaps in the cloud which would send deadly shafts of light down on them, through the few gaps in the ceiling, if they weren't careful. It was the best time they could meet; however, as daylight offered both factions a chance to sneak away from the rest of their clan while they slept during the better part of the day. The two had met near the water bordering the Razielhim and the Rahabim territory, a perfect place to meet and discuss affairs.
"We need this... substance, and the only place we can possibly get it is in the human citadel..." Bob continued.
"... Which is guarded by a moat, so only the Rahabim can get past it and into the citadel without getting dissolved like so much salt." Ryoga, a wary Rahabim, finished Bob's sentence. "But of all the times, why do it during daylight? It's quite risky."
"It's not THAT risky." Matt, another Razielhim, stated. "The cloud cover is usually quite good, and the human citadel doesn't get much sunlight at all."
"And you need to go during daylight, when everyone else is resting, otherwise you might get caught." Bob explained.
"Risk getting caught?" Ryoga repeated.
"Just what is this special substance that you are looking for?" Estrid, another Rahabim, asked suspiciously.
"It..... uh... human brandy." Bob said nervously.
"Brandy?" Ryoga gave a flat stare.
Estrid shook his head. "Fine, if you want it that much, we'll get it for you. But we'll want extra hazard pay for this!"
"Well, if there's anything that we can offer...." Matt smiled.
"YOU THERE! Why aren't you guarding your leader as you were commanded?" A voice shouted from across the hall. The small group turned and spotted a loyal Turelim.
"Well, be seeing you!" Estrid said, as the two Rahabim dived into the water before the Turelim could catch a glimpse of their faces. The Razielhim had no such escape, and could only turn to see what they had done wrong now.
"You were supposed to watch over Lord Raziel!" The Turelim rebuked the Razielhim. "Why did you let him escape?"
"But Sariss and Kat were guarding him. We only left for a moment." Matt said to Bob. They then ran over to the entrance to Raziel's restroom, another Turelim guarding the raging leader inside. Near the door, stood two carcasses. Katt had a stake running through her chest, which Matt, upset over her injury, pulled it out, reviving his kin. Sariss had apparently bled to death, her body sucked dry of it's lifeblood, no doubt by the changed Raziel. Matt helped Kat up.
"What happened?" Matt asked.
"He just opened the door and staked me before I could do anything!" Kat explained. "Sariss... She's gone now!"
"And your leader escaped and attacked our Lord Kain!" The Turelim criticized them. The Razielhim ignored him.
"We were only gone for a moment!" Bob frowned. Matt did likewise. "We are guarding someone that now wants us dead."
"Then we must guard it harder." Vosa stated simply. "So that we do not die."
"But why does he want to kill us so much?" Bob wondered aloud. "He apparently thinks he's human, but I've never seem them so vengeful in my life, or unlife."
"I think Marissa knows." Vosa said thoughtfully.
"Hey, where has she gone, anyway?" Kat asked.
Again, I hope I got Kain's character down right, particularly when Kain was disciplining Dumah. Anyhoo, another chapter done. How will Kain get Raziel back? What is Sarafan Raziel going to do now? Will The Razielhim get drunk? And what is Marissa up to? I had better get typing. Please Review, it helps to encourage me!