A Soul's Search
Ch 11
"Leave him alone!" Carina yelled out at him, as she tried to stand again.
Auberon snarled as he stared at Michel, "You're nothing but a pathetic human, not even worth my time."
Michel narrowed his eyes at him, "Then why don't you just get on with it?! When you got what you wanted that was what you were going to do in the first place! To get rid of us!"
Auberon laughed, "My dear boy, the only reason that I kept you two alive this long was because you both have the one thing that I despised the most."
"Oh, and what's that?" Michel asked in an angry tone.
"Love, I hate that emotion! There's no real purpose for it!" Auberon growled, "Usually I kill my prey immediately, but for some reason. I find this more enjoyable. I want the two of you to watch each other suffer before you both die."
"You're wrong! Love does have a real purpose, but you were so disdained that you never had the chance to experience what it was to love. Your heart was too dark and vile to understand any of it!" Carina spat at him while she clutched her side.
Auberon whipped around and snarled at her. Carina's eyes went wide in horror, she recognized that wild look he portrayed. She and Robin saw that same look over and over again. Carina knew what was about to happen even without a premonition. Auberon yelled in extreme anger from the top of his lungs. High winds started to whirl around him like a twister. His eyes and body started to glow. Michel's eyes went wide, "What's he doing?!"
"Michel! Whatever you do, don't look directly at him! Close your eyes!" Carina warned him as she squeezed her eyes shut. Michel did what he was instructed. At that same time, Auberon's powers started to increase level by level. The winds tore Michel from the wall. Michel yelled in pain as he flew into Carina. They both tumbled back and continued to roll. Finally, they stopped as soon as they hit the other side.
Carina, you alright!?" Michel asked her loudly from the baying winds and Auberon's wailing.
"So far! Michel, please, whatever you do, keep your eyes shut!" Carina warned while the two held onto each other.
"What, why, what'll happen if I opened my eyes?" Michel yelled back.
"He'll take your soul, and incinerate your body until there's nothing left but ashes!" Carina shouted towards him.
"He'll do what!?" Michel yelped as he almost opened his eyes.
"Soon, I'll have the witch's idol, and then I'll finally be rid of the two of you!" Auberon laughed a deep throated laugh that quickly turned into an insane one.
"No, not that, please not that!" Carina pleaded as she clutched onto Michel.
"Carina?" Michel asked, suddenly, he felt the whole room temperature drop to what felt like very close to freezing. "What's going on?!"
"He's getting ready to unleash his demons!" Carina replied through her chatting teeth.
"Since the two of you refused to give into me! Then you both will perish into a tomb of black ice!" Auberon shouted insanely as his demons encircled the two. After chanting a few phrases, it was done.
Robin stopped dead in her tracks. Amon narrowed his eyes, "Robin?"
"Something's wrong, terribly wrong." Robin replied quietly with a very deep frown.
"What do you mean something's wrong?" Sakaki asked as he and the others finally made it to them.
"It's a bond that Carina and I shared while we were in Italy. I didn't think it was still active." Robin replied as she looked over towards him with concerned eyes.
Sakaki turned his attention towards Aidan, "What did he do to them!? You'd better answer me!"
"Someone tell this child to be quiet, unless of course all of you want the Factory people to come down on us?" Aidan asked in annoyance.
"Sakaki that's enough." Amon replied coldly as he glanced over towards the three witches.
Sakaki turned his attention towards Amon, "But..Amon…"
"Enough. We have to get the witch's idol if we're even going to stand a chance to see either of them again." Amon replied as he cut him off. Sakaki was going to go further with his argument, but he knew that it was no good to even try.
"Fine, let's just find this stupid thing and get out of here." Sakaki said in a defeated tone.
"Where do we even start looking?" Shamir asked as he looked around at the hunters. "It could be anywhere in here."
"There's only one place where they could be holding the witch's idol." Karasuma replied with narrowed eyes.
"Oh, and that would be?" Remus asked as he raised a brow at her.
"Where they keep the other artifacts that they collect from witches, the vault on the top floor." Amon replied coldly as he turned his back on them and started to walk away.
"What?! You mean to tell me that you had us sneak in at the bottom level. Just to tell us that what we're looking for is all the way at the top floor?!" Shamir exclaimed in disbelief. "Why didn't we just get a chopper or something and access it from the roof?!"
Amon glanced back with narrowed eyes, "Because, there's less security on the main floor. It increases the higher we go."
Remus looked extremely annoyed while he turned his attention towards the blind seer. "Aidan, why didn't you foresee this before?!"
Aidan smirked, "It was on a need to know basis, and you, didn't need to know until now."
"Why you…" Remus growled angrily.
"Remus, whoa, take it easy you can pound him later. Right now let's just get what we came for." Shamir said as he held Remus back.
Remus growled again, "You're lucky old man, but don't think that your luck will hold out for very long."
'Aidan, how is everything?' Auberon asked telepathically . 'Have you acquired the witch's idol?'
'No, I'm sorry to say that we haven't, but we soon will. There were a few, disagreements but I'm sure that they're resolved now.' Aidan replied.
'They had better be, you knew what happened to the last witch that crossed me?' Auberon asked with a smirk.
'Yes of course, we're already inside the Factory. We're about to go and retrieve the idol.' Aidan replied in a nervous tone.
'Fine, just make sure that you don't fail me.' Auberon told him cutting off the link. "Soon enough, the witch's idol will be mine. Then I'll have more than enough power to wipe out everyone and everything that I desired. Starting…." Auberon said as he started to laugh insanely, and his demons that he released circled the room before they flew out into the endless night…
"Leave him alone!" Carina yelled out at him, as she tried to stand again.
Auberon snarled as he stared at Michel, "You're nothing but a pathetic human, not even worth my time."
Michel narrowed his eyes at him, "Then why don't you just get on with it?! When you got what you wanted that was what you were going to do in the first place! To get rid of us!"
Auberon laughed, "My dear boy, the only reason that I kept you two alive this long was because you both have the one thing that I despised the most."
"Oh, and what's that?" Michel asked in an angry tone.
"Love, I hate that emotion! There's no real purpose for it!" Auberon growled, "Usually I kill my prey immediately, but for some reason. I find this more enjoyable. I want the two of you to watch each other suffer before you both die."
"You're wrong! Love does have a real purpose, but you were so disdained that you never had the chance to experience what it was to love. Your heart was too dark and vile to understand any of it!" Carina spat at him while she clutched her side.
Auberon whipped around and snarled at her. Carina's eyes went wide in horror, she recognized that wild look he portrayed. She and Robin saw that same look over and over again. Carina knew what was about to happen even without a premonition. Auberon yelled in extreme anger from the top of his lungs. High winds started to whirl around him like a twister. His eyes and body started to glow. Michel's eyes went wide, "What's he doing?!"
"Michel! Whatever you do, don't look directly at him! Close your eyes!" Carina warned him as she squeezed her eyes shut. Michel did what he was instructed. At that same time, Auberon's powers started to increase level by level. The winds tore Michel from the wall. Michel yelled in pain as he flew into Carina. They both tumbled back and continued to roll. Finally, they stopped as soon as they hit the other side.
Carina, you alright!?" Michel asked her loudly from the baying winds and Auberon's wailing.
"So far! Michel, please, whatever you do, keep your eyes shut!" Carina warned while the two held onto each other.
"What, why, what'll happen if I opened my eyes?" Michel yelled back.
"He'll take your soul, and incinerate your body until there's nothing left but ashes!" Carina shouted towards him.
"He'll do what!?" Michel yelped as he almost opened his eyes.
"Soon, I'll have the witch's idol, and then I'll finally be rid of the two of you!" Auberon laughed a deep throated laugh that quickly turned into an insane one.
"No, not that, please not that!" Carina pleaded as she clutched onto Michel.
"Carina?" Michel asked, suddenly, he felt the whole room temperature drop to what felt like very close to freezing. "What's going on?!"
"He's getting ready to unleash his demons!" Carina replied through her chatting teeth.
"Since the two of you refused to give into me! Then you both will perish into a tomb of black ice!" Auberon shouted insanely as his demons encircled the two. After chanting a few phrases, it was done.
Robin stopped dead in her tracks. Amon narrowed his eyes, "Robin?"
"Something's wrong, terribly wrong." Robin replied quietly with a very deep frown.
"What do you mean something's wrong?" Sakaki asked as he and the others finally made it to them.
"It's a bond that Carina and I shared while we were in Italy. I didn't think it was still active." Robin replied as she looked over towards him with concerned eyes.
Sakaki turned his attention towards Aidan, "What did he do to them!? You'd better answer me!"
"Someone tell this child to be quiet, unless of course all of you want the Factory people to come down on us?" Aidan asked in annoyance.
"Sakaki that's enough." Amon replied coldly as he glanced over towards the three witches.
Sakaki turned his attention towards Amon, "But..Amon…"
"Enough. We have to get the witch's idol if we're even going to stand a chance to see either of them again." Amon replied as he cut him off. Sakaki was going to go further with his argument, but he knew that it was no good to even try.
"Fine, let's just find this stupid thing and get out of here." Sakaki said in a defeated tone.
"Where do we even start looking?" Shamir asked as he looked around at the hunters. "It could be anywhere in here."
"There's only one place where they could be holding the witch's idol." Karasuma replied with narrowed eyes.
"Oh, and that would be?" Remus asked as he raised a brow at her.
"Where they keep the other artifacts that they collect from witches, the vault on the top floor." Amon replied coldly as he turned his back on them and started to walk away.
"What?! You mean to tell me that you had us sneak in at the bottom level. Just to tell us that what we're looking for is all the way at the top floor?!" Shamir exclaimed in disbelief. "Why didn't we just get a chopper or something and access it from the roof?!"
Amon glanced back with narrowed eyes, "Because, there's less security on the main floor. It increases the higher we go."
Remus looked extremely annoyed while he turned his attention towards the blind seer. "Aidan, why didn't you foresee this before?!"
Aidan smirked, "It was on a need to know basis, and you, didn't need to know until now."
"Why you…" Remus growled angrily.
"Remus, whoa, take it easy you can pound him later. Right now let's just get what we came for." Shamir said as he held Remus back.
Remus growled again, "You're lucky old man, but don't think that your luck will hold out for very long."
'Aidan, how is everything?' Auberon asked telepathically . 'Have you acquired the witch's idol?'
'No, I'm sorry to say that we haven't, but we soon will. There were a few, disagreements but I'm sure that they're resolved now.' Aidan replied.
'They had better be, you knew what happened to the last witch that crossed me?' Auberon asked with a smirk.
'Yes of course, we're already inside the Factory. We're about to go and retrieve the idol.' Aidan replied in a nervous tone.
'Fine, just make sure that you don't fail me.' Auberon told him cutting off the link. "Soon enough, the witch's idol will be mine. Then I'll have more than enough power to wipe out everyone and everything that I desired. Starting…." Auberon said as he started to laugh insanely, and his demons that he released circled the room before they flew out into the endless night…