Never Was Free Chapter 2 –
The Creed part II
They all opened their eyes to see the corpse bride standing on the table but she was no longer a corpse and now she had large grey wings, she was still wearing her old torn up wedding dress. Emily slowly opened her eyes and saw three mutated people in front of her staring at her; two of them were men and one a woman. Except they weren't human, Emily noticed. One man was in all black clothing, long black hair, and blood red eyes; his eyes almost scared Emily. The other man didn't look human at all, he was pretty much a gargoyle in manly form (Just think of the show Gargoyles), he had humongous grey wings, he was wearing a long dark blue cape, and his eyes were a midnight black; there was no white in them at all. Then there was the woman or rather the cat woman, her fur was all black with just a little white under the neck, she was wearing a tunic and trousers and long black boots. Emily was shocked at their appearances; she didn't know what to do. It was silent until Ursula wentover to Emily...
"Hello I'm Ursula." Ursula said holding out her furry hand for Emily to take. Emily forgetting this woman was catlike bent down and took her hand and shook it.
"Oh hello I'm Emily." Emily said then she remembered that she didn't know where she was. "Wait! Where am I and who are you people?" Emily asked then Bryant walked over to her.
"You are in our castle and we are called the Creed. I am Bryant and this is our leader Dorian." Bryant said pointing to Emily but Emily still didn't understand. What was she doing here?
"I still don't understand though. Why am I here? I'm dead." Emily asked then Dorian walked over to her swiftly then held out his hand for her to take. Emily took his hand and Dorian helped her off the table.
"You are here Emily because we have chosen you to become a part of our organization." Dorian told Emily in his emotionless voice. Emily raised her eyebrows in confusion.
"But I'm dead." Emily said almost sounding disappointed. Dorian shook his head.
"Not anymore. I have brought you back to life. As for the organization if you do not wish to join then I will allow you to leave here as a free woman but if you choose to join then you shall become immortal." Dorian said and Emily was shocked. "I'm alive." Emily thought joyfully. "Now Victor and I can…" Emily started to think but then she remembered Victoria. "He does not love me." Emily thought sadly with a frown plastered on her delicate face.
"Why would you want me in your organization?" Emily asked with tears in her eyes. "I have no special qualities." Emily said tears threatening to spill out of her eyes. Dorian grabbed Emily's chin and tilted her head up so that now she was looking into his blood red eyes.
"You have many qualities Emily dear, just look in the mirror." Dorian said pointing to the mirror. When Emily got to the mirror, she was shocked at her reflection, she was no longer a corpse, she was alive, she was a woman; a beautiful woman. Her skin was no longer deathly blue, it was a normal pale white and her cheeks were now more full and rosy, her hair was still the same bluish purple color but was much cleaner and softer, she no longer had that disturbing hole in her face, her ribs, arm and leg were now covered with soft pale skin. She looked just the way she used to before she became a corpse, well minus the wings but Emily didn't notice them yet. Emily touched her face to see if this as all real and once she felt it was her tears finally released.
"I'm pretty again." Emily exclaimed happily and out of happiness her wings twitched, that's when she realized her wings and she screamed in shock. "I Have Wings!" Emily shouted out surprised.
"Yes that was part of the ritual to bring you back to life. When you are brought back to life something must happen to you and it seems the gods chose for you to have wings." Dorian said and Emily just nodded not knowing what to say. "Alright now Emily you must decide if you want to be apart of our organization or not." Dorian said. Emily thought about it for a moment.
"First I need to know what your organization is about." Emily said and Dorian sighed.
"Our organization is that we hunt terrorists such as vampires, werewolves, anything for that matter even human, anything that will terrorize a town, city or country or anywhere really. Now what is your choice?" Dorian explained to Emily sounding annoyed and she nodded her head understanding but she didn't really know if she wanted to be apart of this organization or not, she couldn't fight, she didn't even know if she could fly with these wings.
"I don't know. Do I have time to think about it?" Emily asked and Dorian sighed in aggravation.
"Yes, fine. You have until tomorrow night and that's all." Dorian said clearly annoyed that he couldn't get his answer tonight. "Bryant show Emily to her room." Dorian said then he walked out of the room with Ursula close behind him shaking her head at his rudeness. Emily stared at the door that Dorian just walked out of. "Why does he hate me?" Emily wondered and nearly screamed when Bryant put his hand on her shoulder.
"Do not fret; he's always like that with new comers." Bryant said and Emily once again nodded not knowing what else to do. "Now shall I show you to your room?" Bryant asked holding out his arm to Emily and she giggled then gratefully took his arm in hers...
to be continued...