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Love And Hate Pt.2

"She's not here either" thought Amelda feeling himself grow more and more frustrated as he emerged from an alley "Where is she?"

Although Amelda had seen exactly what alley Tea had run into, it had been of no use. After riding down and reaching the end of the same alley, he felt as if though he had entered a labyrinth. In front of Amelda lay one large central alley with at least two dozen smaller ones running adjacent to it. It was obvious that Tea had run into one of these alleys... but which one? Amelda was determined to find her, so he began to ride up and down every single alley. Unfortunately the falling snow, soon made the asphalt nearly impossible to drive on...

"Dammit.." growled Amelda as his motorcycle skid right out of an alley, and finally came to a stop in the middle of a street "What next?"

"This night just keeps getting more unusual" though Raphael as he drove his car while wondering why it had suddenly begun to snow "And not in a good way"

So far Raphael and Varon's search for Amelda hadn't been an easy one. Although they planned to search every alley if necessary, this wasn't going to be possible. After all they kept running into police blockades as the search for Odysseus continued. Now they had no choice but to stick to the main roads, making their search even more difficult.

"So..." asked Raphael as he turned onto another one of the main streets that he was still being allowed to travel along "Any sign of him yet?"

"Not yet mate" said Varon as he attentively stared out the window for any sign of his missing friend "But I have a feeling that he's close"

Although Raphael and Varon expected to run into many people, that wasn't the case tonight. Downtown Domino was eerily empty, with the exception of the patrol cars and the police helicopters overhead. Either way nothing else mattered to them, except finding Amelda and getting him home. They would spend the entire night search for him, it it came down to that. Suddenly a single light about a block away, caught Varon's eye and he asked Raphael to stop. Only then did they make out the familiar red motorcycle and the person who was riding it...

"Amelda" said Raphael who felt an immense sense of relief upon having found the stubborn redhead "Thank God"

"We found him mate!" exclaimed Varon happily as he quickly rolled down the window and stuck his head out to shout "Amelda!"

"AMELDA!"

"What?" exclaimed Amelda as he spun around and his eyes opened wide in surprise when he realized who had called him "Varon?"

"AMELDA!" shouted Varon at the top of his lungs as Raphael began to drive once again in order to get closer "What's the idea of runnin' off like that mate?"

"No I can't let anyone stop me right now!" though Amelda as he felt a strange mixture of fear and determination at that moment "Even if they are my friends.."

Without giving it second thought, Amelda immediately sped down the street as quickly as he could. When he reached the end of the street, despite the slickness of the road, he made a sharp turn and vanished from sight. Although he knew his friends meant well, he had come too far to just go home. Besides if he did give up, then he'd be leaving Tea to fend for herself against the unknown. Raphael and Varon wasted no time, and immediately sped after Amelda once again. When they reached the end of the street, they found the red motorcycle. Unfortunately it's owner had already vanished from sight...

"Amelda!" shouted Varon as he jumped out of the passenger side of the car and ran over to the motorcycle "Don't think we won't find you and drag you back home!"

"I've always known that he's stubborn" said Raphael when he realized just how determined Amelda was to keep from getting caught "But never like this"

"It's weird isn't it Raph?" said Varon as his sky blue eyes held a slightly confused yet frustrated look in them "He was fine at first...but then he suddenly snapped"

"I think I know what may be causing this" thought Raphael as he momentarily gazed up and stared at the falling snow "But for now it's just a speculation"

After being attacked earlier that day, Amelda probably wasn't feeling fine to begin with. So when Varon suddenly ran in and told him about Tea being attacked, Raphael noticed how agitated he got. Perhaps hearing about the attack, caused Amelda to remember what had happened to him. Then again maybe he was shocked at the fact that someone would attack a girl as harmless as Tea. While this did make sense to Raphael, there was one thing that made no sense at all: Odysseus' pictures. Why did Amelda suddenly become so irrational after seeing them? It's as if though he saw something in them that nobody else could...

"Pathetic fools..." said The Viper as she stood at a window and looked down at the police helicopters flying over the city "You won't find Odysseus unless I want you to!"

"Hiss..." said Quetzalcoatl the winged serpent who was now tightly wrapped around The Viper's forearm "Hiss..."

The Viper then went over to her desk, opened a drawer, and pulled out a familiar manila envelope. She then removed the piece of paper that contained Odysseus' employee profile. As she looked at picture on the profile, she couldn't help but laugh. After all it was amusing to know that this handsome young man, was now the wretched corpse-like puppet currently under her control.

"You thought you were so smart when you destroyed that serum didn't you Odysseus?" said The Viper as she wiped a tear from the laughter away from her eyes "You just never thought I'd use it to poison those five idiots"

"Hiss..." said Quetzalcoatl in an almost amused way as it began to flap it's shimmery wings excitedly

"But still I curse you to Hell!" shouted The Viper as her eyes filled with anger and she slammed her fists down onto the desk "After all I haven't been able to replicate that wretched serum to this day!"

"HISS!" said Quetzalcoatl as is suddenly raised it head and menacingly bared it's long white fangs "HISS!"

"This probably wouldn't be the case if Victoria were still here" said The Viper as she brought her free hand up and stroked the serpent's feathery wings "But I've found alternatives for now..."

Even though The Viper's top chemists created various mind control serums, she still wasn't satisfied. While the serums helped keep "The Flowers" under control, they all suffered from a common flaw. The flaw being that if the serums weren't readministered every thirty days, The Viper would lose control over top minions . This was something she simply couldn't afford after Angel and Victoria's abandonment. The neural serum that Odysseus created, was entirely different story though. In small doses it was a very beneficial neural medication. In large doses though, it became a mind control serum so powerful that it only had to be administered once. All other serums pale in comparison to Odysseus' creation...

"You've had sixteen years to tell me how it's made" hissed The Viper as she clenched her fist so hard that the veins in her arms bulged "But you still continue to refuse!"

"Hiss!" said Quetzalcoatl as it closed it's glowing green eyes and bared it's fangs in pure anger once again

"So now that you're under my control" said The Viper as she suddenly pulled the winged serpent off of her arm and tightened her hold on it "I'll see to it that you pay the ultimate price!"

The Viper immediately rolled back the sleeve of her blazer, and exposed the veins on her wrist. Without further thinking, She then took Quetzalcoatl and placed it close to the pulsating veins. The winged serpent immediately sank it's teeth into her arm, causing her to clench her teeth from the pain. Suddenly Quetzalcoatl vanished, and The Viper was left standing there with two bleeding puncture wounds on her wrist. This pain is nothing compared to what you'll feel shortly Angel...

"Now arise Quetzalcoatl..." hissed The Viper as her green eyes glowed like pure fire and a look of pure rage came across her face "ARISE!"

Suddenly a hissing sound so loud was heard, that it caused all of the windows in the office to shake. The Viper immediately ran to one of the windows and as soon as she did, she smiled with glee. Hovering directly outside was none other than Quetzalcoatl, but with a few improvements. The once tiny serpent was now a massive cobra covered in thick black armorlike scales. Clutched tightly in it's mouth behind it's two massive fangs, was what appeared to be a rag doll. The "rag doll" was in reality an unconscious man: Odysseus. Both The Viper and Quetzalcoatl's green eyes began to glow in an eerie and almost hypnotic way. Suddenly the serpent dove down, and headed towards the city below. Now to kill two birds with one stone...

"Oh God it's freezing out here..." thought Tea as she shivered while cautiously peering out from the alley she was hiding in "But I think I finally managed to lose him"

Although the first half of Tea's day went extremely well, she couldn't say the same for the latter. It seemed that the moment Tea left for work at "Von Schroeder's", everything went straight to Hell. Thanks to the fact that she was late, she foolishly took a shortcut that led her straight to a madman. Luckily he didn't do too much damage since Raphael and Varon showed up just in time. Then when she was on her way home, she was surprised to run into Amelda. While at first she had been happy to see him, she now wanted nothing to do with him. In fact she had just spent the past twenty-five minutes running through alleys, in order to avoid him. Luckily several minutes had passed since she had last heard his motorcycle. I think the coast is finally clear...

"There's just so much going on in my head right now" thought Tea as she sighed and tilted her head up to see the snowflakes falling gracefully from the sky "I mean why was Odysseus the chemist in the same picture as my mom?"

Although two of the pictures Amelda had shown her were real, she wasn't so sure about the wedding picture. Then again there were other things that slowly made her realize that it might be real. The first thing was her mother's unusual behavior throughout the years. Although Amneris didn't speak very much, she had told Tea about her father. She could never forgot how her mother described him as a wonderful caring man who loved his family very much. Amneris always seemed to end by the conversation by stating that the day her husband was taken from her, was the worst day of her life. If she loved him so much though, why didn't she have a single picture of him out? Maybe it would be too painful to do so...or could it actually be for another reason? Could it be possible that she had purposely been trying to conceal the identity of Tea's father? Could it be that Odysseus really is my father and that's why I kept dreaming about him?

"But if Odysseus really is my father and those dreams were true..." said Tea as the snowflakes swirled all around her as they continued their gentle descent to the ground "Then he was sent to prison for a crime he didn't commit!"

Immediately an image of poor Odysseus, came into Tea's mind. His blue eyes were filled with a look of sadness and desperation as he sat all alone in a dark cell. Suddenly a woman's laugh was heard, which prompted him to immediately look up. Standing there looking down at him, was the green eyed woman dressed in black. The woman laughed mockingly, before her red lips curled into a sadistic grin. Odysseus growled and tried to attack the woman, but she vanished into thin air. Finally with a defeated look in his eyes, he simply lowered his head. He had been torn away from his beloved family, and he would never see them again. The more Tea thought about the blue eyed man, the more her heart began to realize the truth. A truth which had been hidden for the past sixteen years...

"O-Odysseus is my father and he really is alive" said Tea as she felt a single tear roll down her cheek as she was felt a strange mixture of joy and sadness "But I don't believe that stupid lie about him being the man who attacked me"

Suddenly a gust of wind so strong blew through the alley, that Tea was nearly knocked flat on her back. Luckily she managed to grab on to to a nearby dumpster, and was able to stay on her feet. As Tea let go of the dumpster, she looked up and was in for a surprise. Falling gently from the sky along with the snowflakes, were some small shimmery particles. Tea extended her hand to catch one, and was surprised to discover that it was actually a small feather. The feather was very soft and possibly the most beautiful thing she had ever seen in her life. With a slight smile Tea decided that it was time to go home, but then she felt someone grab her arm. Why doesn't he get the message?

"Look if you're here to make up more stories" shouted Tea as she immediately spun around and noticed the tall slender man whose face was hidden in the shadows "Then do me a favor and get lost!"

"My my aren't we an insolent one?" said the man in a strange raspy voice that sounded vaguely familiar to Tea "That's no way for you to address me"

Tea frowned in complete disgust since the only thing she wanted to do was go home at that point. She didn't want to deal with idiots who had developed a sudden knight in shining armor complex. Especially when said idiots made up lies and decided that it would be funny to do bizarre voices on top of that. After all it's not like Tea didn't know that Amelda was capable of such a thing. When the he lost his soul to Kaiba, Mokuba happened to mention that the redhead impersonated Pegasus almost perfectly. How did I ever fall for such a weirdo?

"I don't know what you're trying to pull" shouted Tea as she immediately pulled her arm free from his grasp and backed away "But go away and leave me alone!"

"You're just as bold as your mother aren't you?" chuckled the man in an eerie way as he finally stepped out of the shadows and revealed who he truly was "But you're a fool just like your father!"

"Oh my God..." gasped Tea in complete and utter horror when she realized that the man in the shadows hadn't been Amelda at all "You!"

"Not so brave now are we?" said Odysseus as he reached out and roughly grasped Tea by the arm once again "I guess you're not as foolish as I thought you were"

Although Odysseus' appearance was normally disturbing, the moonlight made him look absolutely ghastly. His unusual greyish hued skin now looked as white as the snow on the ground. His long dirty brown hair hung down limply like tentacles and concealed his eyes. Overall coupled with the fact that Odysseus was very tall and skeletal, he looked exactly like a zombie.

"You look almost exactly like your mother did at your age" said Odysseus as he suddenly tightened his grip on Tea's arm to the point of causing her pain "But you're nothing compared to what she was"

"Who are you?" cried Tea as she desperately tried to pull away from Odysseus but his grip was like iron despite the fact that he was practically a walking skeleton "Why are you doing this to me?"

"Why don't you recognize me my dear Tea?" said Odysseus as he continued holding on Tea who was still struggling to get away from him "Surely your dear mother has told you all about me"

"What?" said Tea as she momentarily ceased in her attempts to escape since this man was beginning to confuse her "What does my mother have to do in this?"

"It seems she hasn't told you at all" said Odysseus as he suddenly raised his hand and pulled back his hair in order to reveal his eyes "But perhaps this might help you realize who I am"

Although Tea had already seen Odysseus' eyes earlier that day, it was only now that she noticed something. Aside from the fact that his eyes looked dead, this man had dark blue eyes. The only time Tea had seen this eye color, was when she happened to gaze into a mirror. Never in her entire life had she encountered another person with the exact same shade of blue eyes. Also now that Tea was seeing this man up close, did she realize he had the same facial structure as Odysseus...

"Y-You're my father?" gasped Tea as she felt a big lump forming in her throat as the cold cruel reality began to sink in "NO! YOU CAN'T BE HIM!"

"SILENCE!" shouted Odysseus as he suddenly raised his free hand and slapped Tea across the face as hard as he could "That's no way for you address me my dear Tea"

"B-But if you are..." cried Tea as she brought her hand up to her stinging cheek and felt tears beginning to stream down her face "Why would you hurt me?"

"Because I can" said Odysseus sarcastically as he backhand slapped Tea so hard, that he managed to knock her down "Or do I need another reason?"

Tea ended up hitting the ground with so much force, that her purse flew several few feet away. She made no attempt to get up though, and instead lay there completely motionless. Although she initially felt a mixed sort of joy when she realized her father was live, the joy quickly turned to pain. Now Tea had to face the cold harsh reality that Odysseus was not the loving father she had always imagined. He was completely insane, and judging from his tattered uniform, he was an inmate at Domino Maximum Security Penitentiary.

"Amelda wasn't lying to me" thought Tea as she sobbed and slowly pulled herself up from the freezing ground "The man who attacked me really is my father..."

"My dear Tea..." said Odysseus in a calm tone of voice as he looked up at the sky and casually put his hands in his pockets "Did you know that your mother used to call herself Angel?"

"Now I wish Amelda would find me!" thought Tea as she took advantage of the fact that Odysseus was momentarily distracted, and began to back away from him "I just want to go home!"

"Since your mother is Angel" said Odysseus as he noticed what Tea was doing and quickly caught her by the sleeve of her blazer "Then that would make you little Angel"

"Oh God he's completely out of his mind!" thought Tea as she desperately clawed at Odysseus' arm in hopes of making him let go "I don't want to be here!"

"And compared to her you truly are an angel" said Odysseus who didn't seem aware of the fact that Tea had scratched him so hard that she drew blood "You're much too good to be the child of such a wretched woman"

"Stop it!" cried Tea who was so upset at that moment that all she could do was continue to claw at his arm "My mother is a good woman!"

"An angel like yourself shouldn't live with the damned" said Odysseus as he slowly turned his head towards Tea and gave a sadistic grin "So now I'm going to do you a favor"

"W-What are you going to do?" cried Tea as her eyes widened in terror as Odysseus casually put his hand behind his back "What are you-"

It all happened so quickly that at first Tea wasn't even sure of what had happened. Odysseus pulled his arm forward with lightning speed, and pulled it back equally as fast. He then looked right at Tea and gave an unusual smile that looked almost as if though he felt extreme satisfaction. Suddenly she felt a sharp cramp in her stomach, so she looked down. It was only then that she realized that she had the wooden handle of a knife sticking out of her stomach. Tea's eyes immediately widened, and she let out a scream so loud that it echoed throughout the alley. Odysseus then laughed and yanked the knife out, before kicking her in the stomach. She immediately fell to ground, while the wound began to bleed profusely.

"Why?" sobbed Tea as she looked up at the man standing there there grinning as her blood dripped off of the knife in his hand "Why?"

"You should be happy now Tea" said Odysseus as he looked down at her with a look and then at the bloody knife in his hand "Now you'll go to Heaven like the angel you are"

"It wasn't supposed to be like this" thought Tea as she continued to sob while clutching the bleeding wound on her stomach "Not like this..."

"So while you go to Heaven" said Odysseus as his eyes filled with fiendish glee and he raised the knife above his head "I'll be headed straight for the fiery pits of Hell!"

Suddenly Odysseus brought the knife down and plunged it right into his own stomach as hard as he could. He cried out in pain, took a few steps back, and collapsed onto the ground, where blood immediately began to pool around him. At this point Tea was also surrounded by a pool of blood, feeling her body weaker and weaker. As she lay there feeling her life slowly ending, Tea began to see different things. She saw Joey, Tristan, Yugi, Serenity, and smiling happily as they always did. She weakly reached out to them, but they vanished. Now in their place stood Raphael, Varon, and Alex for some reason. The three of them wore worried expressions on their face, but soon they too vanished. Now two people stood in front of Tea, but she only recognized one of them. Sweet little Miruko and an unknown redhead woman stood there, with a look of worry on their faces. Suddenly they also vanished, and in their place stood a lone person with a look of sadness on his face.

"Amelda.." said Tea as she immediately recognized the lone figure wearing a black trenchcoat "Please forgive me..."

Although she felt her life slowly ending, Tea sincerely regretted her earlier actions. Although Amelda had told her the truth and tried to warn her, she didn't believe him and went as far as kicking him. The only reason the redhead had done it was because he genuinely did want to protect her, but she didn't let him. Now as she lay there dying in the middle of an alley, she knew that she would never see him again. What hurt her the most though, was that she would never get the chance to tell him how she truly felt...

"I-I-I" whispered Tea as whose body had become as cold as ice and her heartbeat very slow "I-I love you..."

As soon as she uttered these last words, Tea's dark blue eyes closed and she was consumed by total darkness...

"That was Tea's scream!" thought Amelda as he ran down one of the dark alleys as quickly as his legs could carry him "And it wasn't that far from here!"

After leaving his motorcycle behind, Amelda decided to continue his search on foot. A few minutes into his search though, he witnessed something that shocked him. As Amelda was running down an alley, there was a sudden gust of wind so strong that it knocked him down. As he lay there flat on his back, he suddenly saw what appeared to be a giant black cobra with wings. Suddenly his mother's words echoed in Amelda's memory and he realized exactly what this winged serpent meant. The Viper will rise and the angel will fall...

"The scream came from somewhere up here" thought Amelda as he reached the end of the alley and noticed one directly ahead "I'm not leaving until I find her!"

The first thing Amelda noticed upon entering the pitch black alley, was a very unusual smell. While every other alley he had been in smelled like garbage, in this alley the smell was eclipsed by a metallic odor. As Amelda walked further and further, the smell got so strong that he realized that it was fresh blood. He quickly reached into his pocket and retrieved a small flashlight he kept on his keychain. He quickly turned it on and that's when he saw where the smell was coming from. There at his feet lay a man in a pool of blood with a knife buried in his stomach. It was only until Amelda shone the light on his face, that he realized who it was. It's Odysseus...

"The Viper must have done this to him" said Amelda as he knelt down beside the man and stared at the knife handle sticking out of his stomach "Or...could he have done it himself?"

As Amelda looked at Odysseus, he knew that either scenario was possible. After all now that the man had escaped from prison, it was the perfect chance for The Viper to finish him off. Then again given Odysseus' state of mind, he was perfectly capable of inflicting harm on himself.

"But then why did I see that winged cobra?" thought Amelda as he lifted his gaze up towards the sky for a moment "And why did I hear Tea scream?"

The more he thought about everything, the more Amelda realized that something wasn't right. It felt almost as if though a large piece of the puzzle were missing. Amelda immediately stood up and began to illuminate everything ahead of him. So far the only thing he could see was a graffiti covered dumpster, a few trashcans, and a black cat purring as it rubbed up against something in the snow. At first Amelda thought it was another black cat, until he realized the object wasn't moving. He quickly moved forward and illuminated the object, scaring the cat off in the process. Amelda immediately realized that the object was actually a black purse. A black purse with a Kuriboh keychain attached to the zipper...

"This is her purse..." thought Amelda as he picked up the purse and realized that it was indeed the same Tea had been carrying earlier "But where is she?"

Amelda continued shining the flashlight around in search of any clues of Tea's whereabouts. He soon noticed two sets of footprints in the snow, one of them made by high heels. These were definitely Tea's since she had been wearing that kind of shoe. Amelda began to follow her footprints and realized that they were heading right to where he entered the alley. The footprints seemed to be leading him back to where Odysseus was, but then he noticed something. Approximately six feet to Odysseus left, there appeared to be something completely black. Amelda's heartbeat increased as he walked up right next to the object and illuminated it. The moment he did, his eyes widened and he dropped his flashlight. Nothing could have prepared Amelda for the sight of Tea lying in a pool of her own blood, with a stab wound in her stomach...

"No..."

"NO!" shouted Amelda as he immediately threw himself down onto the ground and pulled her into his arms "TEA!"

Despite the fact that had been warned ahead of time, he had still managed to fail. The Viper had indeed risen, and she had taken two innocent lives in the process. If only he had just gotten earlier, then maybe none of this would have happened. While at first he tried to convince himself that perhaps it was all just a dream, the lifeless body in his arms made him realize that it wasn't a dream. Tea was gone and the only thing he could do was cry out in anguish.

"Why?" cried Amelda as he clutched Tea's cold limp body in his arms and felt the tears begin to escape from his eyes "WHY?"

As Amelda knelt there crying, he failed to notice that a police helicopter was shining light down on directly on him. Then again nothing in the world seemed to matter anymore. After all he had failed Tea, just like he had failed Miruko all those years ago. Now like every other person he loved, she was gone and he would never see her again...

To Be Continued...

Author's Notes: Thank you so much for all of the reviews guys! I appreciate it so much! Hey I just realized that I'm almost up to 100 reviews! Time for a party! (gives out hats and noisemakers). Anyways I don't know what else to say about this chapter, so I'll leave it this. Hugs and kisses people! (hands out cupcakes) :D