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Chapter Four: Psychics, Werewolves, and Vampires
(Paris, France)
"Welcome back my king." Raios said as he stepped through the castle's gate. There were three other Jaffa waiting for him with food and drink.
"How was your trip?" Igdu asked him.
"I think that it went rather well. How do you feel about it Raki?" Danny asked as he looked at his recent prisoner who was walking behind him surrounded by three Jaffa.
"I think I want to rip your head off and pluck out your eyes." Raki growled at him.
He looked at her and looked deeper into her feelings. She felt as a proud daughter of Shandora that she should fight her captor until the day that she died.
"Where is king Henry?" Danny asked as he turned to his Jaffa. If he was going to see how strong Raki was then he was going to need some sacrifices. It was no problem though. King Henry had plenty of them for him to use.
"We do not currently know but we will find him for you." Raios said.
"Good but do not bring him to me. When you do tell me where he is, and I will come to him. There are somethings we need to talk about." Danny said. There were things concerning King Henry that he had wanted to do and now seemed like a good as a time as any to start.
"As you command my King." Igdu said placing his tray in the hands of the other Jaffa.
"Come on Raki." Danny said as he walked into the castle. The servants bowed to him as he passed. He could feel their fear at the situation and him, but they knew better than to try anything that might get them killed.
"Are these your people?" Raki asked him as she followed after him.
"Not exactly. I took over this land and so they serve me, but I was not born here. I come from an even more distant land." Danny said.
"Why did you bring me to this place?" Raki asked.
"I want to see how useful you can be." Danny said. The ship was still scanning her D.N.A so that he could figure out why she could turn in to a wolf. Someone had to have done something to her ancestors and Seto's memories did not explain much of that. All he knew is that for over three centuries certain members of their village activated the "curse" when they killed their first enemy. Someone clearly had a sick sense of humor though as for along with the power granted to them came a night when they broke every bone in their body as they shifted into a wolf.
"What do you mean?" Raki asked him.
"Do not worry you will find out." Danny said as they turned a corner and came to the training field where the soldiers practiced their swordplay. It was a long field full of training dummies to stab or hit and fields where soldiers could spar in a circle. It may have been good enough for them, but he wanted something a bit grander. Something similar to the colosseum of ancient Rome where the gladiators fought. As he raised his hand the ground shifted to accept his desire. Wood and dirt turned to stone and rose into a medium sized arena while the stands to watch rose even higher with an intricate designed throne rested in the at the top.
That looked as close to perfect as was possible.
"My King we have found King Henry." Raios said. "There is a problem though."
"What is the matter?" Danny asked wondering what sort of problem King Henry was causing. Around this time King Henry was being poisoned and driven into madness. He was still unsure on whether he should save the king.
"It sounded like he was talking to someone, so we asked for a response from the Ha'Tak but the B.I.R.D.S are reporting that no one is with him." Raios said.
"You are to go and get King Henry." Danny said as he created two duplicates and pointed to the one on the left. "You are to find the Queens and Mary's ladies in waiting and bring them here." As he pointed at the other. As they left, he looked at the green sphere that was floating behind him. The sphere went away revealing a black chest.
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(Duplicate 1)
"Hello King Henry." Danny said with a smile as he saw the king turned around startled.
"You are back." King Henry said.
"I told you that I would not be gone for long. Anyway, I just wanted to have a simple chat with you." Danny said as he picked up a book from the table. It was a book telling the story of Alexander the great and his conquests. Probably imagined something similar when he would go on to conquer England.
"What do you want?" King Henry asked.
Danny sensed that the King was trying to hide the fact that his head was hurting. Trying to keep any sign of weakness from showing.
"I want you to leave Lady Kenna alone." Danny said.
"What? Why?" King Henry asked him.
"Because I want her, and I don't want to have kill you for her. I might eventually be tempted so I figured let's just remove that temptation by getting you out of the way. You still have Diane and Catherine and whoever else you sleep with." Danny said. He did not need Lady Kenna thrown out of a window or have her throat crushed. All were possible with how he was changing the timeline.
"Anything else?" King Henry asked and Danny could feel the man getting angrier at him with each passing second. For what he was doing to him and what he was doing to his family. Looks like he really needed to find Setesh because eventually King Henry emotions were going to surpass his sense of reason. It was only a matter of time.
"Yes. I need you to gather some guards. Four would be a good number. They should all hold the rank of knight. I want them to bring their weapons to the training field." Danny said.
"What for?" King Henry asked feeling distrust and paranoia.
He really wanted to hurry up and acquire the Nish'ta.
"A little show that I am putting on with what I found in Honduras." Danny said.
"What kind of show?" King Henry asked.
"I want it to be a surprise. I am also having Queen Catherine, Queen Mary, and her ladies in waiting join us so that they can watch as well." Danny said.
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(Duplicate 2)
"Hello all." Danny said as he approached the group in the throne room. They were standing together in a group, and he could feel their anxiety as they saw him come closer. They were not even paying attention to the Jaffa.
"What demand do you have for us now?" Queen Catherine asked him.
"You do not have to be so suspicious. I have come back from a journey and have come bearing gifts." Danny said as he had the castle's servants that he had found on his journey behind him holding their gifts.
"What kind of gifts?" Queen Mary asked in a wary tone.
"For Lady Kenna a golden bracelet encrusted with diamonds." Danny said as he lifted the box from the servant on the right's hand. He knew that it was the type of present, she would like best.
"It is lovely." Lady Kenna said as she stared at the bracelet unconcerned with the reaction of other people in the room. He left her to it and turned to the others.
"For Lady Lola and Lady Greer flowers just as beautiful as they are. I have used my power to make sure that these flowers will never wilt or lose their radiance." Danny said as he gestured and the servants behind him handed them their presents.
"For the queen your present is one that you can share. A way to talk Prince/king Francis." Danny said as their eyes widened.
"What?" Queen Mary asked as he presented the contact orb.
"I stole Francis's soul and placed it in this sphere. Whenever you wish to talk to it just say his name." Danny said with a grin as he lifted the orb from the servant's hand.
"What?" Queen Mary asked horrified at the fate of her husband.
Queen Catherine looked like she wanted to choke the life out of him, and he held no doubt she would try if she thought it possible.
"Calm down. I am just kidding. All this does is contact Prince/King Francis on the ship as the cell he is in is connected to that contact orb." Danny said as they felt extreme worry over what was happing to the prince.
"Now that you have your gifts it is time for us to head out to the training field." Danny said.
"Why would we go there?" Lady Lola asked.
"You will find out. You will also see King Henry when you arrive." Danny said.
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"I see that everyone is here, and I am so happy." Danny said as he saw King Henry, his duplicate and the guards arrived at his stadium. He had created it out of stone and sand. The duplicates flew back into him, and he absorbed all of their memories. He would sort through them later to see what they had talked about.
"What in the world?" King Henry asked as he turned around confused.
"Just another one of my tricks King Henry." Danny said.
"Now that we are all here what do you want?" Queen Catherine asked.
Seems like she was still not happy about whole stolen soul joke from earlier. Her group had arrived first, and he had felt their unease and impatience as they waited for King Henry to arrive. She and the others were sitting on a row below him.
"We are here to see a show. These guards that Henry have brought are going to fight Raki. She is a new friend that I have made from the New World." Danny said.
"That is monstrous. She is going to die fighting them." Queen Mary said horrified at what the sorcerer wanted them to see.
"I doubt it. If we were to be betting on the fight my money would be going to Raki." Danny said as he tapped the round sphere that was on top of his throne's armrests.
"I will not fight for you." Raki growled at him.
"What did she say?" Queen Mary asked him given that Raki did not speak any of the languages that France, Scotland, England, or Spain spoke.
"That she does not want to fight." Danny said before using the electronic bands to cause her to fall to her knees by increasing their weight. "She is going to learn that she does not have a choice."
"So, she is a slave?" Greer said not hiding the disgust in her tone.
"The Goddess of the Dinai people believes that the practice is acceptable. I cannot convince her to change her mind." Dany said.
"You are a pagan?" Queen Catherine asked him horrified.
"If you mean that I do not worship the Christian god or listen to the Catholic Church then yes." Danny said. He was not sure if there was such a god in existence in this universe given what he knew of the higher planes. It did not matter much either way given that it has not revealed itself to his knowledge not to mention the whole multi-verse existed that was full of gods and beings that could lay claim to the title.
"Is that what you plan to do with our countries? Convert them to your devilish pagan beliefs?" King Henry asked him.
"Let us not focus on such heavy matters for the moment we are here to see a fight." Danny said as he turned to the guards that looked unsure of what was about to happen. "Fight with all you have against her. If you do not you will not like what I will do to you." The guards looked at King Henry and Queen Catherine for direction. The Jaffa were not happy that they were taking so long but knew that he wanted them to fight Raki.
"Do as he says." King Henry said.
The hate King Henry felt for him increased even more.
"The woman is going to die." Queen Mary said watching as the soldiers approached the woman.
He stopped messing with the electronic bands and let her rise to her feet. She was going to have to fight if she wanted to live. If she refused to fight, then he was just going to have to use the other wolves that were on the ship. Maybe seeing her severed head would show them how serious he was. He sent that thought to her just so she knew what would happen if she kept refusing.
Raki looked at the guards approaching her and made her move. She moved back a bit picked up a rock and tossed it at the guard so hard that it sent him to the ground. Raki then rushed at him for kick that sent him rolling away from his sword which she grabbed.
"What in the world?" Queen Mary asked.
"I told you that she would win. Now maybe the guards are going to listen when I tell them to go with the intent to kill." Danny said his voice being heard by every person in the stadium.
"What in the world is she?" Queen Catherine asked with wide eyes at what she was seeing. The woman in front of them was faster and stronger than any man she had seen. The guards were having trouble keeping up with her.
"In your language I believe they are called Loup Garou." Danny said switching from English to French as he ate some of the berries that were on his plate. The Jaffa had brought more than enough for all of them all, but he was the only one eating.
"Are there more of these people?" King Henry asked.
It was clear what he wanted even to those that could not sense emotions. King Henry had a strong desire to go and invade the New World so that he could gain an army of these people. Too bad he would never let that happen. In the past three hundred years he learned that he did not like sharing what he wanted.
"I already have a ship full of them and plan to have more." Danny said watching as the man turned towards him in envy. Catherine on the other hand turned towards him in fear and anger.
"You keep these beasts near my son?" Queen Catherine asked.
"No. The only one of them that shared a prison floor with Prince/King Francis was Raki down there. The others were kept separate." Danny said.
"Is that what you were after when you went to the New World?" King Henry asked as they watched the fight continue.
"No but they were a nice surprise." Danny answered.
The guards were now trying to surround her but even though they were bigger than her and armed with swords she was stronger and faster. Eventually she disarmed the guards and stabbed them through the back of their armor's chest plates. Even better as they were dying, he could see holes in space opening. Other dimensions that only existed for the dead to reside in. There were three such holes. One was cold and distant, the second felt hot and gave off a feeling of terror, and the last gave off nothing. Whatever was on the other side was something that he could not sense. The cold and distant one closed as they failed to meet its requirements.
The others were not getting them either. He teleported before Raki and opened the black chest that he had brought with him that had been lying at his feet. The chest contained the ancient healing device. As its lid opened, he lifted the device, aimed it at the men and activated it. The light washed over the soldiers healing them. The moment it was done he deactivated the device, placed it back in the chest, and he closed the box. The guards no longer had a single sign that they had been hurt.
"Good job." Danny said to her even though she glared at him with anger. "Now it is time to try with the Jaffa, but I do not want you killing them." Just as he was about to give the order for Igdu to go and bring some other Jaffa they came to the yard holding two people that were clearly prisoners. One more important than the other. Walking in with his hands bound in the same bindings as Raki was Sebastian. The bastard firstborn son of King Henry and Diane de Poitiers. He was wondering when the man would arrive. There were scans that he wanted to run on him.
"My King we found this man trying to sneak in the castle. We captured this one waiting for him outside." Nadu said.
"Good job. Throw that one in the castle dungeons while I talk to the other one." Danny said as he stood and pointed at Carrick and then Sebastian.
"What are you going to do to him?" Queen Mary asked.
"I am taking him to my ship. Prince/King Francis has been worried over his family. He can spend some time with his brother. I have heard that they are fond of each other. Well before he tried to steal his fiancée." Danny said but not mentioning that Sebastian believed that Prince/King Francis had ordered him to be killed the night he left the castle. It wasn't true but he did not know that.
"What is going on here?" Sebastian asked as he looked around clearly confused.
"You have been gone a while Sebastian and things have changed around here." Danny said as he snapped his finger and used the electronic bands to give Sebastian and Raki fell into a deep sleep. When they woke up, they would be aboard the Ha'Tak floating above their home planet.
"No! Wait we have not come to steal we have come to talk. There is a demon taking people in the woods! We have come for help! He stole my sister!" Carrick yelled as he was taken away. He tried to fight but was no match for Jaffa strength.
"Well, that was exciting." Danny said to the others that remained behind just lost on what was going on. He had acted so fast that the others were struggling to catch up.
He did want to study the man that claimed to be the "Darkness" and what his goal was. The show connected his death to the plague and so he wanted to know how that was possible. Maybe he had finally found a witch. Nostradamus was hiding too well for him to locate which was a shock given his tools. Now that he had Sebastian it reduced Nostradamus's relevance. One psychic was as good as another even if he was not as skilled.
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"My king we have found the village where the girl was taken." Kada said to him through the contact orb.
"Good. give me the location and I will start my search from there." Danny said.
"We already completed the search and found his lair." Kada said.
"Truly?" Danny asked surprised.
"We wanted to save you the work my king." Kada said.
"So where is it? Some hamlet? a village?" Danny asked wondering where the man might be hiding and how difficult it must be since he sharpened all of his teeth to a point to scare people.
"No it is a cave in the southeast." Kada said.
"Give me an image of the place." Danny said and watched as the image of Kada was replaced with his destination. Now with an image in his mind it was easy for him to teleport there and take a look around.
"Which direction am I supposed to be walking?" Danny asked and watched as a red path revealed itself. Now all he had to do was follow the long red line. At his speed it only took about ten minutes before he found himself in front of the cave he sought. The only problem was that there was a giant boulder blocking the entrance.
"Kada are you sure this is the path the target took.?" Danny asked.
"Yes we are sure. Wherever this creature lives it is right behind that boulder." Kada said meaning that it had strength higher than a natural person if it could move the boulder whenever it went to get victims. Seems like this was going to be some fun.
"Do you require reinforcements my king?" Kada asked.
"I doubt it but I will send a duplicate in first so that you will not have to worry." Danny said.
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(Duplicate)
"Who resides in this cave?" Danny asked as he called out. His hand's glow produced all the light that he needed. The rock that sealed the cave may have looked solid on the outside but the side that was in the cave was filled with holes the size of fingers. Something strong had to have done this. His guard was up because nothing was going to be sneaking up behind him to try and crush his throat. If the poor bastard even tried it was going to be in a world of pain.
"Well Sebastian is going to be disappointed." Danny said looking at the dead body of Rowan laying before his feet. Looking at her he could see the bite marks on her neck. He stopped moving as he heard something start to move and fast at that.
"How did you get in here?" The "Darkness" asked as it ran around the cave.
"I have tricks of my own. Now come out I have questions for you." Danny said as he tried to focus on where the feet were moving. With each second, he was getting better at it.
"What brings you here?" The "Darkness" asked.
"You have been taking people and drinking their blood. Convincing villagers to sacrifice people for you and hang them from trees. I have come to stop you." Danny said as he heard the sound of feet get closer and closer to him.
"Then you have chosen death." The "Darkness" said as it appeared behind him. Danny turned intangible and let it pass right through him and crash into a wall.
"One of us may die but I very much doubt that is going to be me." Danny said looking at the body on the floor. It seemed that Carrick was not going to have a happy ending with his sister.
"What are you? A witch?" The "Darkness" asked as he glared at him.
"No, I am something a lot more dangerous. You should give up. There is no way some puny vampire is going to get the best of me." Danny said looking at the red eyes and fanged man glaring at him.
"You are full of arrogance. I will enjoy feeding you to the others." The "Darkness" said as it rushed at him only for Danny to grab his outstretched arms and give him a kick to the chest that sent him crashing into the wall.
"You will regret that." The "Darkness" said clearly not learning anything as he sent him spinning into the cave's ceiling then falling to the floor.
"You talked about others. Is there like a nest? vampire government? Are they making you do this?" Danny asked.
"You will get nothing from me." The "Darkness" said punching his hand through the cave floor and breaking them into smaller rocks. Probably to see if it could kill him by throwing them at him.
"I will get the information that I want but you can decide if the process will be painful or not." Danny said as he raised a hand and lifted the vampire off of the ground again. The "Darkness" was sent crashing into the walls of the cave for a good five minutes. He was not too concerned about the vampire's pain as he could see that any bone that broke was in the process of rapid healing.
"Let me go." The "Darkness" growled.
"Will you come with me?" Danny asked holding him in place midair.
"I will never betray the others. Kill me if you must but know that when you do the stars will fall and plague shall sweep the land." The "Darkness" promised.
He already knew of that. He wanted to know how it was possible. Seems like he was just going to have to rip the knowledge out of his head. It would not be pleasant
It had taken long. The vampire may have had psychic abilities, but he was still young. It was not even half a century old.
"Thanks for your help." Danny said to the vampire twisting its face in pain. Laurent might have tried to hold his head with his hands if he had been able.
There was so much for the original to learn.
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(Original)
"Why did you kill him?" Danny asked looking upset at the snapped neck of the "Darkness". Great now he was going to have to go over the land and making sure that there were no serious casualties to the coming plague.
"He will heal from this on his own. You will understand in a bit." The duplicate said as they came back to being one person.
Laurent was a recent member of The Strix. The oldest and only vampire society on the planet. They were created by the Original Vampire Elijah Mikaelson and were now being led by his first sired vampire Tristan De Martel which he turned in 1002. The purpose of Laurent here was to cause fear and terror in the land of France. His actions were meant to explain the dead bodies through the country caused by other Strix vampires. A witch had placed a spell on him that if he were to die it would unleash a plague to make his threats and prophecies seem to be true. If Laurent could do this for a century, he would be given a daylight ring which would allow him to walk during the day as if he was a normal man.
It seems that he would not have to come up with a way for his new servants to survive during the day. Though there were lots of other tests that needed to be conducted.
"Kada how long until the sun goes down?" Danny asked.
"It would be two more earth hours my king." Kada said.
"Just great." Danny said looks like he was going to have to teleport them back to the ship because if he brought Laurent out to the other side of the cave the vampire would burn from the sunlight until his skin had turned to an ashy gray color.
"I am bringing in the target. Prepare a personal cell for him on the same floor as the werewolves." Danny said. The barks and growls they made when they turned would probably scare him a bit.
"As you command." Kada said.
"Do not bother feeding him. Starving him out will make him more agreeable." Danny said as he now knew that Laurent would survive even if he went years without drinking blood. When a vampire was denied blood, they started to desiccate, and they became very similar to mummies. Unable to move, unable to use their psychic abilities. He wanted to record the process and see how it actually happened.