Disclaimer: I own the drows (dark elves) Kenneth, Fernaco, the Red Sea Sapphire, and the Shadow Dagger of Azarath, I also own Melissa Granger and Malchior's look.
A/N: Hey there! Thought I forgot about you guys? Nope, here's the tenth chapter! Yay! I breeched the tenth chapter! Oh yeah! Behold the awsomeness of the tenth chapter! Well, enjoy this chapter and thanks for the reviews you guys are so nice, love ya!
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Who To Blame
"Kenneth?" Rorek looked to the human who put the plate down on the white book earning him an exasperated expression from the sorceress who moved the plate off and watched as he stood up. Walking across the parlor to the gargoyle Kenneth looked at the phone and glared.
"Dude, that's my freakin' phone, you've been going through my pants or something? Sicko," snatching his phone from Bryson who crossed his arms over his chest glaring black eyes down on Kenneth who flipped open the phone and raised a brow. Answering it without a moment of a second thought he growled, "What the hell do you want and why the hell should I fuckin' care?"
A pause, the person on the other line Malchior heard to be female … and shouting. Also by the look on Kenneth's face he just wasn't up for an argument, "Melissa … Melissa … MELISSA! Goddamn girl you shout too – calm down – alight jus - … nonononono I just ask for you to – NO! You got it all wrong! I was just telling you to calm down! … No I'm not freakin' being controlling you're just shouting in my damn ear is all girl … what? Melissa … Melissa …MELISSA! You're doing it again! Calm. The. Fuck. DOWN! Do not give me that shit! Just calmly, SLOWLY tell me what it is you … huh?"
From then on he was quiet his face going from confused, to realization, to shocked, then to mad … angry … and finally pissed off. Gritting his teeth and balling his hands into fists he unsuspectingly whirled around and kicked the ground. Malchior standing near by had to dodge and growled to warn the human of his temper. Raven got up from her spot on the bay window, walked across the parlor and handed the plate to Bryson. Bryson nodded and headed out seeing that his part was done.
Rorek tilted his head, "Kenneth?"
"Who's this?" he growled ignoring everyone in the room.
Malchior narrowed his eyes in suspicion as he heard the female on the other line switched to a male … a familiar tone to, "She's scared … very scared Kenneth."
Kenneth hissed, "Leave her alone, she didn't do anything,let her go you sick –"
"You know where she is at this time, Red X so unless you don't want her to be all over the channel 5 news. Then come here and hand over the Sapphire ASAP, you got one hour."
"Aw hell no, now you listen here –"
Click …
"Hello …? Hello … shit!" flipping the phone off and jamming it into his pocket Kenneth paced the parlor.
Malchior crossed his arms over his chest and scowled, "Shit, is right, that was the drow from earlier, he has Melissa … whoever she is."
Rorek shook his head, "Melissa, she was Kenneth's old girlfriend for a year … didn't work out."
"Yeah, didn't work out because she was still hung up over her ex," Kenneth growled, "crap! How the hell did they find out who I was?"
Raven rolled her eyes, "They're drows, meaning magic and other such things are something they're born into."
Kenneth spun on her and jabbed a finger up in her face, "No, that doesn't explain how they found me. They can track me through aura and stuff like that, but they can't find my whole life."
"They don't have to know everything about you," Raven pointed out.
"Dearest Raven has a point," Raven shot Malchior a death look and threw a dictionary his way, the dragon dodged without a hitch and continued pointedly, "just your collaboration with Rorek was enough to connect you with him."
"Maybe, but if they know I'm a friend of Rorek's they're going to suspect that he's in lead with me and guess what? The perfect picture of the perfect Prince will shatter before their precious queen's eyes! Bad press if you ask me for politics," Kenneth shot a glare at Rorek, "
Rorek's ice blue eyes were suddenly illuminated by the white around it, "Kenneth, hush your mouth."
"Or what?" Kenneth mocked, "What are you planning to do to me, in case you haven't noticed someone else's life is at stake because of your stupid jewel, well I'm getting sick of it. All of it wasn't worth this bullshit. I quit. You guys can go get the jewel on your own."
"Kenneth! Wait!" Rorek called out, "Melissa's still in trouble! We still have to sav –"
"Melissa can save her damn self!" Kenneth shot back, snagging his Red X belt and the back-pack that Raven now realized was leaning on the back of the couch, slugging it over his shoulder he shook his head and turned to the exit, "I'm not a fucking hero …"
Malchior grinned, "But you are a cowardice thief."
Kenneth stopped next to the dragon and in a flash spun around in a round house kick to the huminod's head, Malchior caught it with one hand, but Kenneth used it as leverage to send himself up and slamming his other foot into the back of his head. Spinning in the air and landing on his feet in front of Malchior's now aching head, Kenneth felt oh-so tempted to keep on kicking till the dragon never got up. However just settled for a sigh and a gulp.
"You don't have to be a hero to save a girl that doesn't have anything to do with this," she was in his head again, and calming his raging emotion, he didn't want her to calm him down he wanted to stay mad. It's been a while since he's been angry and he wanted to keep it that way so he'd feel more like a human. Yet she wasn't allowing for him to be mad or fearful, "just get us to her school and we'll take it from there."
To help or not to help …
That was the question …
His answer?
A repetitive, I'm not a hero … I'm not a hero … I'm not a hero … I'm not …
"Whatever." Kenneth shrugged, but stayed at the door next to Malchior who was growling and slowly getting up from his place on the floor. Glaring at Kenneth he was just about to jump the thief when a thought occurred to him.
"Hold on," Malchior shot up, "the drow demanded that we bring them the jewel … but we don't even have it! How are we going to save the girl?"
Rorek frowned crossing his arms over his chest and bringing a hand to his chin he thought a loud, "You are correct … though … this could be a big problem."
Kenneth rolled his eyes, "You guys are hopeless, have you already forgotten who I am? I'm Red X people! Leave it to me."
"I said for you to just take us to her school, not to help us out," Raven scoffed, with a sarcastic glint in her eye.
Kenneth snorted, "Face it. None of you can think like a crook, so let me handle it thank you very much."
"If you insist … so where's the school?"
"Murakami High, a privet school."
Raven gasped and her eyes went as wide as saucers, "Murakami High! Terra!"
Lost as always Kenneth raised a brow, "Who?"
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"A sixth freakin' Titan?" X shook his skull head and huffed wiping the mask to clear it from the rain as he jumped over a building and flipped dropping fast he teleported to the ground in a crouch and slinked in the shadows. It may have been a gloomy day, but it was still daylight and daylight wasn't this thing. Overhead he saw a giant shadow swoop over and then disappear, watching as a tiny dot dropped from the sky X knew it was Malchior and his dragon form.
He cringed he hated flying.
"Well believe it," X stilled when from the wall beside him Raven came phasing through the wall. It was creepy how liquidly, floaty, and glowy she became every time she used her powers. It was creepy did he already think that? Well he thought it again and shook his head again turning back to the school he saw Malchior dropped to the roof of, "Rorek's in the complex, and he says that Melissa's in her class. Though I wouldn't count on it, illusion spells can be powerful."
"Riiigghhttt," X stretched, "Like I care."
"You should, like how would you now I'm really me?"
X spun around and glared at the smirking Raven, "Don't give me that shit or I'll turn you into a live pin cushion alright? I don't play like that."
"Calm down I didn't mean –"
"Don't mean to interrupt," Malchior butted in and both Raven and Red X cringed when they were overwhelmed with too many connections, though Malchior seemed rather pleased with it, "but we have a problem."
"What's the deal?" Raven asked looking up she noticed Malchior's humanoid form backing up and coming close to falling over the roof's edge of the school.
"A very unpleasant surprise, what did you say the earth wielder looked like?"
Raven raised a brow, "Earth Wielder?"
"Sorry to intrude! But I got a problem!" this time it was Rorek, Red X growled.
"What the fuck man, one at a time!"
Raven looked down to the exit and entrance of the school to catch Rorek being thrown out by a large wave of enchantment, Red X blinked, "Whoa … that is a problem!"
"Bloody hell!" up on the roof Malchior dropped and fell to the hard concrete, Raven gasped and ran to check on the dragon while Red X chose to check on the groaning wizard.
"Malchior! What happened?" Raven knelt next to him, but the dragon shook his head and looked up at Raven, putting a hand on her shoulder, he looked beyond her to the sky and gaped. Grabbing the sorceress and rolling them to the side just in time to dodge a large chunk of the school being slammed down onto them, Raven found herself on the ground under Malchior. The dragon growled and turned to the roof to see his target coming down. Blonde and all, Raven bit down on her lower lip when she remembered who she was, "Terra …"
"Oh yes, the would-be-sixth-Titan," Malchior snarled his fangs lengthening and his claws digging into the ground just on Raven's side. The sorceress gasped when she felt the claws on her hips scrap at her bare skin. Just about to shove him off, Malchior got up himself and cracked his fingers. Terra floated down on top of a flat piece of rock, her eyes glowing a brilliant gold yellow with her palms the same color, Raven rolled onto her knees and watched Malchior smirk, "Terra be her name and a shred of flesh is going to be her occupation if she tries anything. Little Raven, I think you should sit this one out."
"Malchior! Do NOT harm her, do you understand?" Raven hissed in his head, Malchior cast her a quizzical glance, ready to retaliate to her command. He found that opening his mouth would be a problem to his concentration when Terra raised her hands and jumped off the slab of earth she was standing on. Fisting her palms together she screamed as she slammed down and cracked the ground Malchior stood on.
The dragon was forced to snag up Raven jump off to the side, yet found his foot coming into contact with the side of one building, he improvised and flipped even higher. Raven soon found herself airborne without Malchior's arm wrapped around her waist. A conclusion she reached when she found that she had to use her levitation ability if she were to stay alive. Malchior, sensing Raven was all right directed his attention back to the schoolgirl and pushed his wings through his flesh.
Hard beats and holding back pain, Malchior shot down to the earth wielder, "Raven may not want you dead, but that doesn't stop be from cutting you to ribbon."
Claws sharp, and glistening under the sun, the rains were hardly a damper on his parade as he charged the blonde student hard and fast. Going in for a literal kill, Malchior found himself jerking back when a wall of earth shot up before him, then around him and before he knew it they were closing in to smash him. Bracing for impact, Malchior roared when he felt his human body nearly crumble at the weight, velocity, and pressure that was put on him.
The girl, really was stronger then she looked, dropping to the ground, Malchior groaned and tried to get his bearings straight, his head spun and darkness was starting to seem rather tempting to retreat into, "Damn elemental controllers."
BOOM!
Rorek groaned as his skull was slammed to the limit, darkness and a blinding white light mixed together to create spots and dizziness was the only thing he was feeling. The crack on the wall that he had created was nothing compared to the pain that his body was wracked with, sliding off the wall and onto the ground. Down for now, Red X gritted his teeth and jumped back when his opponent shot another barrel of raining lasers at him, "Shit! How the hell is she getting all this power!"
"Nothing a simple controlling spell can't accomplish," X glanced up, but was a mistake on his part for his opponent that turned out to be non-other then the lovely Melissa rushed him. Shoulder digging into his gut, X was literally tackled with her blaster pointed down to his mask, putting pressure to make sure he didn't move. X growled and kicked her off grabbing the gun in the process he had made the ultimate mistake of remembering her finger was still on the trigger.
In a flash X screamed and was thrown back when his chest received full force of the hot laser, rolling on the ground till he stopped skidding on his stomach. Every hurt too much to even get up, "Damn …" I am seriously getting my ass kicked by a controlled schoolgirl … something's wrong with this fucked up picture … ow, shit! That really hurt!
The ground shook, and Raven levitated in the air, doing the best she could by lifting a dumpster and flinging it to Terra to throw her off from harming Malchior any further. The dragon ducked his head down when he felt the object come flying too close for comfort to his head. Growling he threw Raven a look, but immediately turned to watch as Terra lifted the concrete as a giant pillar, the dumpster didn't stand a chance as the pillar punched through and whipped itself down to Raven.
Raven stilled and closed hr eyes, trying oh so hard to gather her power without having to chant to get the world to work. She quickly tried to lift a slab of the Earth, but when she did it wasn't strong enough to counter and Raven was felt like a fret train had hit her! Knocked to the ground, and barely being consciousness, Malchior took advantage of Terra's distraction and jumped the dirty blonde. Arm wrapped around her waist and claw to her neck he got ready to slit her throat and watch her blood flow, but she sank!
Right out of his arms she dropped through the boulder!
This forced Malchior to jump off and take flight to loop around back to the Earth-Wielder. Another plan in his head, Malchior roared when a sudden pain pinched his side shot him out of the sky. Hitting the ground next to Raven, Malchior gritted his teeth and tried hard to concentrate on the battle, What the hell was that? It felt like an arrow … only … ah, this is not good, not good at all …
Slit metallic eyes looked up, Malchior gulped tasting blood forcing it's way up his throat, but he refused to show the blonde he was weak. Yet it was hard … especially when a hand to his side felt blood spilling to the ground. Blood … black blood … his blood … he was confused, Why aren't I healing?
"Terra Markov, Melissa Granger," Malchior tried to stay awake to see who that voice was … it was familiar … but his hearing was fuzzing out … hard to read, "you have served me well. Now … bring them to me."
Malchior gasped, the pain numb, but the dizziness setting in, yet strangely death was far from his mind. Yes … it was strange because … death was something he feared … but it wasn't his own death that frightened him. Raven …
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