Chapter 12 – Resurrection.
"My beautiful daughter…I will be with you soon enough."
These words muttered from the shadows. A man peered through a small hole into a large room. There he could see Sarah. She sat, brushing her long dark hair. The man smiled, backing off from the hole.
"Beautiful…isn't she?"
Another voice was heard. The man turned around to face the shadow beside him. He kneeled down a man, gazing up.
"Yes master, Lorenzo…she has grown so much."
This man was Alonzo. The father of Sarah. The man she thought was dead. Yet he was far from dead. And he had saved his master from death also…just in time.
It all started when he approached Belli Castle. He knew he would find his daughter here. It was fate. As he walked in, he could smell strong burning. Approaching the burning smell he seen a large man, burning a corpse by the furnace. To his surprise he seen the dead body of his master, Lorenzo. He did not waste a second, running to his side.
"What have you done to my master? You freak!"
It was Debilitas who was burning the corpse. It was the corpse of Sarah's uncle he was burning and Lorenzo was next.
With Alonzo's knowledge he had learned from his master, he had no time to waste. He took a small blade from his pocket, cutting into his wrist. The blood trickled down his arm as he lowered it above Lorenzo.
"Drink master. My blood with pure azoth shall bring you back…"
The blood trickled down into Lorenzo's dry lips. Coughing and spluttering suddenly came from the lifeless body. The large gash in his head was serious.
"Alonzo…? Is that you?"
Alonzo nodded, holding his frail master in his arms. He knew the hole in his head would kill him yet again if he didn't do something fast. Then he noticed Debilitas, still watching them in a confused state.
"Now…Don't run. You shall become part of my master! No doubt Riccardo did this? He shall be punished…"
Alonzo approached Debilitas who was rather frightened. He lunged for him, stabbing the blade towards his heart. Debilitas screamed in pain, slumping onto the floor. The blade was sharp and piercing. Debilitas would bleed to death. Alonzo laughed, helping his master up.
"Take his azoth, master…You shall be complete. I promise."
Lorenzo weakly lowered himself over the poor defenceless Debilitas. He began to make loud disturbing choking sounds, lowering his mouth over Debilitas. He slowly sucked out the life-force of the poor creature. He could do nothing to save himself.
Alonzo watched with a smile. He had always cared for his master. But meeting his wife changed him. Yet he could not face to live with them. He was not human. He was a clone. He could never forgive himself for being what he was.
The deed was done. Debilitas was dead. Lorenzo now had enough azoth in him to walk. Alonzo helped his master inside…
Now months had passed. They hid in secret, hoping they would not be found. Each day Alonzo gazed through at his daughter, longing to touch her. How he missed her and how she had grown. Yet Lorenzo had told him to wait. Wait till the child is born…
"Soon…Alonzo. Soon you shall see your daughter."
Lorenzo was middle aged now thanks to Debilitas' azoth. Yet he knew he would have more unknown to his loyal clone, Alonzo.