Master of the Darkness

Chapter: 1

Something's Should be Left Alone

Here's a new idea I got for the Slayers after watching a couple of vampire movies. This is an AU fic in the way that the Slayers are in a different world that is similar to ours but not ours. And, I believe this is one of the most long winded chapters I have ever written...I hope you all still enjoy

Lina looked out from the top of the old ruin that her team had found almost a year ago. She was the lead archeologist in a dig that had unearth a lot more than they had expected. It was originally thought to be a long lost city in the desert but they had also found a huge temple. The temple dated back a long time and was a place of worship for the lost people of the desert village. Lina sighed and started going down into the main levels of the large temple while thinking, 'This is great and all but we still haven't found any reason why this temple was built. What deity did these people worship?'

As Lina got down to the main floor she was approached by her assistant Gourry. "Lina we've found something and need you to translate."

"Sure," Lina replied as she followed Gourry into the main chamber of the temple.

They had just been able to breach the main chamber and now it seems they might have found a clue to what was worshiped within the temple's walls. Gourry stopped in front of three statues that formed a triangle. The statues were all of the same figure. That of a young man with short winged hair. The statues portrayed three stages of the young man's life. One, that was to the left, was him dress in normal clothing with a sword in his hand; ready to defend himself from some danger. The one in the middle depicted the young man in the armor of a knight kneeled before someone with his sword held in front of him. The last was on the right and showed the same man dressed in the clothes of a high born noble. The only problem was this statue seemed to give off the feeling of dread and evil when you looked at it. The man's smile seemed sinister and his eyes looked as if he was stalking prey. Lina was taken aback by the statues and yelled, "What a find! This is great now maybe we can figure out why this temple is here for such a small village," before she began to translate the writing on each statue.

Lina looked at the first one and wrote as she spoke in her mind. 'He was once one of us. A man among men and nothing else. It was he that would prove to be both our savior and our curse.'

Lina quirked an eye at the meaning but moved on to the statue in the middle. 'He had risen to that of a protector of our lands. The great warrior that kept the invaders out and showered the common folk with wealth. His happiness in finding a bride was shared throughout the whole village. We had no way of imagining that this one woman would cause our downfall.'

Lina hummed as she wrote and said out loud, "Interesting indeed. If I'm reading this correctly then it seems this village did well as long as this figure was happy."

Gourry shrugged and replied, "I guess but luck and good times aren't just tied to one man."

Lina nodded at Gourry's reply and moved onto the last statue. The odd thing was that this statue seemed to have been written by the figure himself. 'I was a great man once...when I had her. But, those times are gone, I cannot allow the traitors to live. I will find them and anyone who gets in my way will join them. The blood is life and my life has ended. -sdrowyerG sidagleZ'

Lina blinked at the signature that was left. She was translating right but the name seemed to come out jumbled. As she was trying to make out what it was she heard, "Ah, Professor Inverse, it's nice to see that we are finally making progress."

Lina turned to see her benefactor walk into the temple. He was a somewhat tall man with amethyst hair and eyes. He was dressed in a business suit and carried a gold cane with the head of a cobra on the top. His name was Xellos Metallium and he was the CEO of Metallium Inc. which was a worldwide manufacturer that suddenly decided to pay for an archeology expedition to this site. He smiled as he approached and said, "Have you found anything else or just these statues?"

Lina glared at him as he came closer to her. She always felt uneasy around Xellos and didn't like the idea of him being the one to call the shots. "Just this for right now. We might find some more in a few days."

"I really wish you would move faster. This is getting to be more than I thought. If you can't do this soon then I'll get another team for the glory," Xellos threatened as he kicked some sand out of the way.

Lina was about to verbally assault Xellos when she noticed something. The spot Xellos had just cleared had writing on the floor. She knocked Xellos out the way and read out loud, "When in doubt always look down."

Lina jumped up and grabbed a huge sledgehammer and with all her might slammed it into the stone floor. After a moment of echoing noise a few stones fell to reveal a hidden basement level. Lina turned to Gourry and said, "Get me a rope and a light I'm going down."

Gourry did as he was told and lowered Lina down into the basement. When she hit bottom she turned on her flashlight to reveal a long hall. She walked down the hall as quickly as possible without going to fast to not see any traps. After about ten minutes she came to a large door in the hall. Lina leaned all her weight into it and pushed the door open. She looked in to see it was a burial chamber that hadn't been disturbed at all. Lina felt almost giddy as she found and lit the torches around the room with her lighter. After she had enough light she approached the sarcophagus and read the inscription out loud. "You have found I must warn, a monster we wish to intern. Do not open turn back now, for this should not be of your concern. Beware the bite for it is death, though unlife can come to form. Turn back be warned, for to release him is to unleash heaven's scorn," Lina finished and then notice something written under the poem, "The blood is life, the blood is life."

As Lina was moving to open the sarcophagus she heard clapping behind her. She spun to see Xellos and two of his goons standing just inside the doorway. "Good job my dear. You've finally found what I've been searching for."

"What are you talking about," Lina almost hissed as she backed away from Xellos.

"Why the lord Drakon here. He was supposedly an immortal that ruled over this world ages ago. They say he is asleep in this very coffin and if that is true I want the gift he possess," Xellos replied as he motioned for his goons to enter.

The first goon quickly grabbed Lina and held her still while the other opened the sarcophagus. The lid was lifted and all that greeted the audience was a coffin full of sand. Lina laughed and said, "Well, looks like your out of luck. Seems there is nothing here but sand."

It was about then that Xellos flipped over the lid to reveal more ancient text. He smiled as he read, "This is the spell to awaken Drakon and bring him under my power."

Lina began to struggle as hard as she could as Xellos began the incantation. "Walker of the night, fiend in the shadow I summon you forth. Come forth and unleash your darkness upon the world once again with me, Xellos Metallium as your master. Arise Drakon king of the night," Xellos finished as he pulled out a dagger and cut his palm.

The blood dripped off his hand and made contact with the sand. The ground began to rumble as the sand began to spread and a form could be seen rising. It was about that time that Lina escaped her captor and ducked into a corner. As the sand finished clear an armored hand shot out of the sand followed by another. A helmet appeared next as the arms worked to pull the rest of the body out. Soon the image of the middle statue came out of the sand and the eyes opened. The figure looked around and then within a blink of an eye jumped on one of the goons and bit into his neck. The goon flailed around but could not pull the figure off of him. As they continued to struggle the goon became weaker and weaker as he lost more blood. The armored figure dropped his first meal and leaped at the next goon. No one could follow the fast movements of the figure as he seemed to disappear and then kneed the lively goon as he reappeared. Xellos stepped forward as the figure bit into the other goons neck and said, "I command you to stop this. Obey your new master."

The figure stopped and released the goon but then snapped his neck. He then turned towards Xellos and said, "You do not command me. Only those you know my true name can complete the proper spell."

Xellos, feeling he was next turned and began to run. The figure gave chase but was stopped when Xellos hit him with a vial of holy water. The man hissed and roared like a large cat as the water burned his skin. When he recovered Xellos was already long gone. The figure turned back into the room and then noticed Lina in the corner. He removed his helmet to reveal the young man from the statues before he smirked and said, "My it seems I have a worth while dessert for my first meal in ages."

Lina stood as the figure slowly stalked towards her. She was about to try the spell herself but then remembered that Drakon was not his true name. 'What's the name. What's his name come on Lina.'

At that moment she remember the random letter and finished correcting them in her mind. "Walker of the night, fiend in the shadow I summon you forth. Come forth and unleash your darkness upon the world once again with me, Lina Inverse as your master. Arise Zelgadis Greywords king of the night," Lina noticed the twitch the man gave at the speaking of the name.

She also noticed she needed to offer blood for the spell to work. She looked around as she moved away from the man. She came next to one of the dead goons and quickly found a pocket knife. She quickly cut the palm of her hand and let the blood ooze onto her hand. She walked forward and said, "I offer my blood in exchange."

The man stopped right in front of her and just looked at her for a moment. Lina was becoming nervous and almost jumped when he finally took her hand and licked up the blood. After he had finished Lina's wound had healed fully and the man kneeled before her. He looked up to her and said, "You have figured out my true name and thus offered your blood. I am your servant until I am released by your will or by your death."

Disclaimer: Any characters or ideas from The Slayers do not belong to me. I am not selling this material, just writing for the heck of it as I go.

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