An: Another Chapter up… focuses on Jade… and Raphael as well as a small guest appearance by Jade's father… next chapter Jade confronts the Winx Club and Lilith and the final battle begins…
She peeled of her ripped shirt, which was covered in blood and dirt, her hands uncontrollably shaky, underneath was a tank top, which she lifted to see the damage that Lilith, had done. Commencing at her navel and extending to her left shoulder was a hideous wound, it wasn't ordinary it was the symbol of what had happened to her soul. The enormous gash was raw and open, with burned flesh blistered beneath the charred skin. Blue veins spread radially across her chest, forming a star like shape across her heart. It didn't hurt… much but this wasn't something her healing factor could heal.
She looked into the river her eyes were wild, numerous emotions running through them, her mind an utter wreck. She had no control over her actions. A huge chunk of her soul was missing unfortunately for her it was a very important part of her soul the one that controlled everything else… who she was gone.
She closed her eyes and tries to focus; she wants to be in control again. How could Lilith do this to her, the one thing that she treasured more than anything was her control. But she had taken that away from her now she didn't know she was, she couldn't… she hears herself scream with rage, giving herself completely to the Beast now burrowed deep within her soul. She's fighting, fighting, against what she never knows. People? Things? Herself? Demons? Monsters? Fate itself? All of that? None?
She tries to calm down succeeding slightly as she opens her eyes, fear an emotion that she hadn't felt in so long starts to strangle her as she gazes at what once was a peaceful forest. Trees had literally snapped as if they were nothing but toothpicks. Boulders had been smashed everything is broken. What scares her the most is she doesn't even have control over her body.
She glanced at her hands black energy sparked of them. She didn't have to turn around to figure out who was there, he had been bugging for the past three years, wheeling around she attempted to punch him, hoping to blow him to pieces.
Raphael just managed to sidestep the blow catching her arm and twisting it around Jade's back, as he pushed her head first into the river. With a hand quick motion he summoned his scythe. "Maybe one day you'll forgive me for this but I have to do this for two reasons one to get the demonic fluids out of your system and two because your healing factor is attempting to heal your soul by rebuilding it, but it's only making matters worse." Raphael waited until Jade resurfaced before pointing the scythe at Jade, "Shatter." Jade screamed and clutched her body as the gash began to spray blood.
Pain ripped through her body as the blood sipped through her hand, she felt Raphael turning her over… not that made much of a difference, "I…hate…you…" she growled through clenched teeth.
Raphael ripped a piece of his cloak, "That's just the pain talking," he muttered. He sighed as he attempted to bandage Jade's wound, only for her blood to burn him as he touched it. "Shit," he swore nursing his fingers, "Jade you're going to have to fight the demonic energy running through you."
Jade's eyes glazed over, the pain riddling her mind as she pushed the beast aside once again, "Have you ever loved someone so much Raphael that you give your life for them, no really give your life for. And you'd destroy anyone that would try to harm them. But then for some reason karma comes along and destroys everything that you had worked hard for by messing you up so badly that you become the source of their pain."
"Your hallucinating focus Jade… just focus on my voice," Raphael once again attempted to stitch Jade up once again and once again his hands got burned.
"Tell them I'm sorry, Raphael… tell them not to mourn for me when I'm gone that I could…"
"Fortunately for you I'm the freakin god of DEATH Jade, and you're not going anywhere," Raphael growled at her, his hands got burned again.
"Raphael isn't your real name… Raphael is the angel of wisdom so what is it?" Jade asked attempting to get up but she spat out blood and lay back down.
"Azrael but I never wanted to be the Archangel of death so I changed my name based on a Renaissance artist when it was time for me to collect his soul his artwork actually touched me," Raphael told her, again his fingers got burned.
"Heh… a guy who is sensitive enough to like art… check your list I'm pretty sure I'm on the top now… and aren't you going against the whole…" Jade hacked up blood, "grand design thing… an angel of death… attempting to heal me I should feel flattered."
"Don't I'm only doing this to protect the grand design," he swore again she was losing too much blood.
"It hurts… just let me go there's nothing left for me here anyway," more coughing blood was now dripping freely from the sides of her mouth.
"That's a lie as we speak you're friends are fighting to free you from Lilith's…"
"It's gone to deep… even if they did there would still be some demonic energy," Jade told him, "Did… they love me…?" more coughing.
"My parents… did they only treat me like a weapon… the memories I can't… even trust my own…" tears now began to fall from her eyes as she thought about how hopelessness, "fucking memories… she messed me up so badly… they all left me alone… everyone of them… they either left… or used me all of them… they didn't care about me or what I wanted…" the pauses were becoming more frequent, her voice was cracking she was slowly returning to the beast.
Raphael didn't even falter he waved his hand, he needed to put her mind at ease if not the demonic energy would never recede. A portal opened up and out stepped her father, intangible at first but he slowly solidified as he rushed to his daughter's side. Raphael flicked his wrist, as a piece of paper appeared in his hand the list… the list… the one that had who was going to die and when, of what cause and so on… he needed to follow this list and for once she was at the top of it… now it came to whether he would risk overturning the grand design or having Lilith do it… either way it was a lose-lose situation. He glanced at the father daughter moment and sighed. She might hate him forever but she needed to go to Avalon they needed to get that demonic energy out of her system, and even then… "You have five minutes I need to make the preparations…" Raphael hand disappeared for a second and then out of nowhere came a chain that seemed to originate from Jade's chest… her chain of fate… that was as long as always… he was right it still wasn't her time to die… he disappeared.
Ghai Halva looked at his daughter she would never know but all the people who loved her and cared about her were always watching her.
Jade looked into her father's eyes, "Did… y-you love…?"
"Oh god yes… I gave you the phoenix force simply because it would keep you alive… but let it be said I have never been prouder of anyone… in my life… you will survive this Jade but I can't tell you who to trust or who to fight for… just listen to what your hurt tells you."
"So I did… good…?"
"Yeah kid you did good, remember your destiny will be great it was predicted from your birth."
"Destiny… I won't stop fighting… can't stop fighting… I'll make you proud dad… promise," Jade coughed again but her blood flew through him, he was turning intangible once again.
Ghai kissed Jade's forehead before he disappeared just as Raphael appeared again, "The arrangements are done, Jade you're going to Avalon," Raphael picked her up and Jade looked into his eyes.
"Has anyone told you, you have the most beautiful eyes…" Jade told him before accepting the darkness that was overwhelming her.
"You're hallucinating again… no one… no one can love death…" Raphael whispered to Jade's unconscious body, as he disappeared into the portal.