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Chapter 3
The sirens in the spirit palace continued to blare loudly into the air, harassing the ears of all who heard it. The air was filled with confusion and slight turbulence, as if everyone in the palace knew something was about to happen, something that had long been forgotten about. Something that should have never been allowed to reoccur.
Guards were running about trying to figure out if one of the vaults had been broken into, never finding the answer they hoped for. No signs of intruders had been found anywhere either, leaving many to be confused, but worried. And worried they should be, for in the deepest parts of the palace a forgotten nightmare had awakened, one that was soon to be reminded to the world.
It was within this chamber that Eclipse was slowly picking herself up. Millennia's of hibernation had numbed her body and it was taking time for her mind to register every part of it once again.
Her arms shook from the weight she was adding with each passing second. They were strong, yet they felt frail because of the lack of use. It was a strange phenomenon. Usually the lack of use would have deteriorated the muscle, but the side effects of all the chemicals put in the tank somehow allowed her to keep the strength she once had, all her mind needed to do was remember it.
Clamping her jaw tightly she forced her arms to get used to all the weight upon them. The situation she was in was not pleasant in the least and her hair sticking to her skin as if it had been covered in glue did not help anything either. The fact she wore no clothing did not seem to bother her however, at least not at the moment. A situation such as the one she was in did not call for modesty. It called for haste, something her body seemingly needed to be reminded the definition of.
Her crystal blue eyes, bordered by soft lashes, glared at her arms in a way that would have pierced the souls of those it fell upon. Lips that had once been a soft pink were faded and almost dull looking. Even her skin was fairer than normal. Perhaps it was due to the millennia's locked away in the bowels of the Rekai, or perhaps it was due to all the chemicals her body was forced to endure over the years. Either way there was a chance they would return to what they had once been if she befriended the light once again.
A movement from far to her left, caused by a scientist beginning to rouse from his unconscious state, caught her attention. The man groaned and shook his head back and forth as he came to be on all fours. He seemed disoriented and looked around in an attempt to regain his bearings. Upon sighting the shattered tank and the woman picking herself up within it a shocked expression crossed his wet face, revealing he knew exactly where he was.
Crystal blue eyes met dark brown ones for a long moment. Eclipse pondered what the scientist would do and how she would counter it in her current state. It too seemed that the scientist was trying to figure out how to deal with the problem now before him. He doubted he alone could capture the demon and place her back in hibernation, even if she was as weak as she was now.
Exhaling sharply as if exasperated she pulled her knees under her so she could sit upon them. The movement took much more effort that it should have, but her body was slowly remembering how everything functioned and it could not be helped.
Water dripped from her fingers as she brought them up to her face to inspect. Despite being in liquid for countless years her skin was unaffected and looked just as it has before she had be imprisoned, if only paler.
Crunching glass brought her gaze to yet another scientist who had regained his senses. This one had gotten to his feet and was cautiously making his way to his friend, who still sat staring at Eclipse in shock and fear.
This fact did not seem to bother the female demon either as she brought her gaze to her knees with a frown. There were more important things than weak scientists to deal with now. Placing her hands on the ground once again she pushed herself up enough to get one knee under her chest.
"You alright Zan?" the scientist who had moved asked the other quietly.
The man shook himself from his trance like state. "I suppose," he looked to the other man, "what are we going to do?"
"I haven't the slightest clue," was the reply that followed.
Eclipse clenched her jaw as she forced her weight upon her one leg and slowly rose. The task was painful and very tiresome, but she was not about to give in to either emotion. Such a thing, after all, would show weakness, something she would not tolerate from herself.
"However we have to do something," the man next to Zan said with a frown.
"What can we do against someone like her?" Zan asked anxiously, eyeing the woman as she slowly climbed to her feet.
"Something, anything," was the reply.
The demon they were talking about paid no heed to them, she was far to concerned with getting herself standing to bother. Her hands came to rest oh her thighs as she took in a deep breath. She was almost completely standing now. All she had left to do was straiten her knees and back.
Looking to each other the two scientists nodded and stood. If they were to do anything it would have to be now.
Pushing her body and straining her muscles Eclipse came to stand at her full height, an act which revealed her body in its entirety. Standing roughly six feet tall with brown hair that fell past her knees and pale skin, she seemed like something out of a mythical tale.
Yusuke found heat rising to his cheeks as he watched the scene play out on the screen. The demon, regardless of how old she was, looked to be in her lower twenties. Her body was still well toned despite the years of hibernation she had endured. It was no wonder that the spirit detective found himself staring at her sleek figure and wondering if she was really as bad as Koenma made her seem.
His heart stopped however when her gaze came upon the camera. Her eyes held a chilling feel far worse than his ice master friend could have ever hoped to accomplish. Yet something else seemed to play within them, something the spirit detective could not decipher.
Horror was the next feeling to pass through the teen. Eclipse had turned her gaze from the camera to the scientists coming at her. Her next movement seemed to come without thought as she brought her hand to her chest and waved it out at a moderate speed. The movement would have seemed like nothing out of the ordinary if the after effects were not witnessed - the two scientists were flung backwards as if they were nothing more than leaves caught in the wind, only to smash into the wall some ways behind them. For a moment it appeared they had been embedded into it, but they eventually fell to the ground, where they lay unmoving, blood leaking from between their lips.
That was the last thing to be witnessed from the room, as Eclipse's next movement destroyed the camera.
"Koenma," Yusuke said in horror and anxiety as he turned to the spirit prince. "What the hell can we do to stop her?" Any thought he had had of her not being as bad as the spirit prince declared were gone from his mind now.
"We can't do anything," Koenma grumbled and rubbed his soar forehead. "It would take me at least an hour to get there through all the traps down there, and that's if I were alone and going at a running pace the entire time."
"But-"
"If you haven't notice Yusuke, with each passing moment her reflexes are returning to her, not to mention all her spirit energy is reawakening. By the time we got down there she would have most, if not all, of it back," he paused a moment, "and that's if she's still in that dratted room."
At that moment the room rattled and shook like a house in the middle of an earthquake for a several second. Objects fell from Koenma's desk, some smashing when they hit the ground. With an agitated groan the prince once again smacked his forehead on the desk, "which she isn't any more," his voice muffled by the desk.
"Huh?" Yusuke did not understand how the prince knew that without seeing it on the screen.
"She just blew open the door!" He cried as he lifted his head, "Something that would be extremely difficult for even the demon lords of today, which means her power is awakening faster than her body is remembering itself."
"Can't we try and stop her anyway?" Yusuke asked, not liking the idea as the current predicament became ever clearer to him.
"If you wish to commit suicide," Koenma answered with a groan. "I would need all of my father's forces to be able to even stand a chance against her now." Yusuke was about to interject with something, but the prince answered his question before it was even uttered, "most of them are out in the Makai doing my father's bidding and would take months to collect."
Yusuke gave off a soft 'oh' before turning his gaze back to the static filled screen. He did not like this predicament one bit, but what could he do? If King Yemma's forces were needed to even have a hope of capturing the girl, what could he alone do?
"Damn it," Yusuke growled and clenched his fists. "Damn it!"
Eclipse was making her way towards the surface, clothed in only a bloody lab coat she had taken from one of the scientists, and there was nothing he could do to stop her. Her long hair, still heavy and wet, soaked the back of the coat and left a watery trail behind her, starting from within the destroyed lab. Bodies lay strewn about within the room now behind her, some still bleeding. Machines were broken and in pieces, glass shards only complemented the mess.
If this was the beginnings of what she was to do in the world then the world had something to be terrified about.
Eclipse if making her way to the surface O.o
Bad Yusuke, staring at naked people on the TV isn't a good thing XD
What's going to happen now? Will Koenma stop acting like coward and find some way to stop her before she gets out of the palace?
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