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Chapter 7: The Only Option

Chris was abruptly woken up by the loud crash of the wide doors at the front of the warehouse being kicked open. He quickly scrambled behind some stacked boxes, his heart pounding by the sudden shock. He swore angrily to himself as the makers of the crash came into view - two tall, black skinned demons. Wyatt obviously hadn't given up looking for him.

As quietly as he could, Chris made his way to the back entrance of the warehouse and slipped out, leaving the demons still unaware of his presence. It was barely dawn outside and this greyness, along with the neglected feel of the area, caused Chris to shiver. 'This might have been a nice area once' he thought bitterly, 'if Wyatt hadn't chased most people out of the city.'

Another noise from inside the warehouse reminded Chris of the demons. He rapidly made his way down the alley onto the almost deserted main street and stopped briefly in the shadow of a high wall, seeing if anyone was taking any notice of him. No-one was. No-one would in this city. They were all too scared to do anything but mind their own business.

Chris was about to set off again when he realised that he didn't know where to go. Apart from the resistance group there was only one other person he could trust in this city, Darryl, but no doubt Wyatt would expect Chris to go to him. But then again Chris didn't see he had any other choice. He wouldn't do much good fighting the demons alone. Not in the larger picture.

He made up his mind. Going to Darryl was his only viable option and if Wyatt found him again then he would have to stand and fight. For, despite Wyatt's fear, Chris was unaware of the prophecy made by the Oracle; the prophecy that said Chris had the power to vanquish Wyatt.

Chris had thought about vanquishing Wyatt before, but not seriously. Wyatt was his brother and regardless of Wyatt's actions, Chris still felt love for Wyatt. He could and would vanquish Wyatt's demons but Chris still believed that Wyatt could be saved. That if only Wyatt would listen he could get Wyatt to see that there was good and evil in this world. Maybe not as clearly defined as the elders had tried to claim, before they were killed or went into hiding, but still there, still part of nature.

In his penthouse, Wyatt could vaguely sense Chris's compassion and felt disgusted at the weakness he could see in it. Chris could be so strong if only Chris would find with him instead of against him.

There was a slightly hesitant knock on the door. "Enter" commanded Wyatt, striding over to behind his desk. The demon who had reported to Wyatt before came into the room and swallowed nervously before saying "We failed to find him, Sire."

Wyatt was not surprised but he had to keep his face in front of his followers. "Well, that's just not acceptable." He replied mockingly, which unnerved the demon more than anger would have. Then, suddenly, he conjured a fireball and threw it at the demon's feet, narrowly missing them. "Find him." Wyatt demanded, "Now!"

"Yes, sire." gabbled the demon, terrified, "We'll find him before long. There's nowhere for him to go."

But there was, Wyatt mused as he watched the demon leave hurriedly. Wyatt knew, as Chris knew that he would, that Darryl was the only person Chris had left to go to. But he wasn't going to tell his followers that. Wyatt would prefer to find Chris himself, to talk to Chris before his demons had poisoned Chris's mind against his regime. Wyatt smiled cruelly as his mind clarified. All he had to do was go to Darryl and wait for Chris to come to him. As the simplicity of this became clear to him he laughed maliciously. Why hadn't he thought of this before?

Wyatt cast out his senses to find Darryl and orbed out. "I wont let you get away from me this time, Chris" he promised.