Chapter 7: Possessed

150 years had passed and they wondered if Helios being there had been a dream, but all the lieutenants knew it not to be true. Ever so often, when Kain would be gone, she would come to them, not making a sound or saying a word. She would just stare at them and then as fast as she had appeared, she would dissappear. After she had made her first appearance, they had all opted not to tell Kain that she was showing herself to them. As they all busied themselves in the throne room they all remembered the day when they had last spoke of her.

Kain had been in the foulestof moods lately, so to better things, Dumah changed the subject to something he knew his Lord would speak on.

"I have not seen Lady Helios as of late my Lord. Has she been alright?"

"You are right Dumah. It has been some time since I saw the lovely last. Father has she been in your..."

"Enough! From this point on, no one shall speak of her ask about her. No one will inquire about her well-being and no one will dare go looking for her. You will not discuss her amoung yourselves nor to your clan. If any of these rules are broken, I shall personally throw the culprit into the damned abyss!" Kains voice had been so demanding and final that no one dared to ever break these rules. They all looked at each other in confusion after Kain had stormed out of the room, but Raziel. For he knew what had happend to his Helios. He knew what had befallen the once great Lady Audron.

End flashback

As they all stopped to talk, the doors of the room were thrown open. They all bowed instinctively, expecting to see Kain, but instead, there stood Helios, the shell of a woman that would show herself to them ever so often in the past 150 years. As they all stood, they noticed the detached and cold morbid look in her eyes and across her face. Then they noticed other things. Her body had become ghastly thin, her hair had grown wildly through the years and was now dragging the ground, her clothing was human like and shabby, and her once glorious wings were now slightly ruined, but as bad as all this was, nothing could have prepared them for what they saw walk from down the hallway to stand next to her. Dressed in regal robes of a warrior was a vampire. He appeared to be 20 in human years with shoulder length white hair with small braids throughout, lavender eyes and white skin. He was around 6 feet tall with clawed hands and feet and pointed ears.. He wore black leather pants, with a pair of gold boots with spikes on either side. A long regal red robe adorned him, but was open in the front exposing his well defined chest that was littered with the same markings as Helios. A long polearm was in his hand, though he didn't hold it in a menacing manner. His features were hard, but his face held the slightest of smiles. He looked behind him and the two feral cats Janos and Azuzto came up to sit by Helios' feet. On Azuzto's back sat a small girl child with long purple curls for hair and golden eyes. Her skin was pale blue and her face held a scowl identical to Kain's. She reached up to Helios, who obliged the little girl and picked her up. It was then they noticed the small black bat like wings on her back. She wore a small white dress covered in small pink gemstones and little pink shoes on her clawed feet. Her hands were that of a human and her sharp claws were already formed. On her left cheek was the exact marking that was on Helios' thigh. She turned to the onlookers and frowned more and then looked back to Helios. The lieutenants refused to let the truth sink in until the boy vampire spoke.

"Are these the vampires you spoke of Helios?" the vampire looked to Helios with loving eyes.

"Yes Kain. These are the ones that I have always spoke of." Her voice didn't hold the same luster that it used to.

"What trickery is this Helios? That is not Lord Kain." Malciah spoke, but not harshly.

"I know that Malciah. This is his son Kain II and his daughter Akusty. The lieutenants scoffed at the news, but knew it was true. He looked exactly like Kain save his eyes and the little girl didn't so much look like Kain, but her scowl belonged to no other. Before she could speak again, she became lightheaded. She placed Akusty back on Azuzto's back and Kain leaned forward and scooped her up. He walked over to a lavish chair and placed her down easily. She grabbed her head and closed her eyes.

"Kain mama sick again?" The little vampire's eyes swell with tears and Azuzto and Janos walked over to each side of the chair and laid down.

"Yes Azusty mama sick again, but she will be alright." Young Kain looked from his sister to his mother, trying to reassure the girl as well as himself. They all followed him over to her and sat down.

"What's wrong with her?" Raziel was scared for her. He had only been in her presence for a little while and it seemed that she had developed a sickness.

"I do not know Raziel. She has been this way since I was born." He looked back to his mother.

"When was that boy?" Zephon demanded of this newcomer.

"I am 145 years old. Still a fledging in all of your eyes I surmise."

"Why has Kain never told us of his offspring and how is it they you were all concieved?" Turel was suspicious and curious. Helios took this time to speak.

"For the last 150 winters, I have been through the tourtures of the damned. Kain sealed me away with my servants and only visited me at night. I figured that he never told any of you because that would most surely bring about questions of my disapperance. I am as lost as you on their conception Turel. When my people were cursed, we became sterile and I know vampires in this time are sterile, so that is a mystery to me. Oh and I suppose another reason that Kain didn't tell you was because he does not know of them." They all let this information sink in. In the end, they believed her, for the proof was before them. They all stood in front of the two children and began to rattle off their titles when the boy spoke.

"We know you already. Me and my sister can read minds to an extent, plus our mother told us about you long ago." Raziel made his way to the small child and lifted her up. She looked at him with wide curious eyes.

Helios took note of this. "She does not usually take well to strangers Raziel. You should be honored that she even stays with you." She shook off her headache and stood, embrassing all of the lieutenants. This continued until Kain struted in and looked her in her eyes. The look on his face expressed an anger unlike any other.

"How did you get out?" Before she could speak, Kain stood in front of his mother.

"I helped her to escape Kain."

"And who pray tell, are you boy?" Kain had only to look once at the boy, when the thought crossed his mind.

"A pleasure to meet you as well father."

"Lie. You are not my son, for vampires are sterile." He then turned his attention to Helios.

"Who is this? Who have you transformed to appear as a younger version of myself?"

"You fool. Look at him and you should see yourself. I know vampires are sterile as well my people were too. I do not have an answer as to why I have concieved two children, but it has happend none the less."

"Two?" Kain spoke dumbfounded. Raziel walked over to his Lord and bowed before him, reaching the girl up towards him, while Helios spoke.

"Your daughter Kain. Her name is Akusty and she is 4 winters old. Your son, Kain II is 145 winters old. I made the choice to never let you see them for fear of what you would do to them both. I am raising them to be strong in mind and body. They know you and they know of the great things that you have done." Kain looked at her and spoke only one thing.

"Why are you free?" Everyone in the room looked at him as if he had grown two heads. Was this all he had to say after discovering he had a family? All the lieutenants now knew that her last 150 years had been hell. Why was he treating her as such? She lifted her neck and slowly showed off her permantly brusied neck from where the binds had been.

"Where are they?" He was infruriated. She smiled sadistically.

"I would have never thought that eventually, these binds would become harmless. I suppose it has everything to do with the prohecy of me being the Chosen One dear Kain. They just happend to fall from around my neck one day, which means you have no power over me from this day forth." Kain snarled and screamed, sheething his sword.

"How can you pull your sword on her? What are you doing?" Kain jumped on front of his mother, brandishing his polearm.

"It seems boy, that I will have to teach you to fear your father."

"No. This has nothing to do with you Kain, stand down and retrieve your sister." He grunted, but did as he was told, while his mother pulled two swords from her sides.

"For all you have done, for the pain and lonliness I have endured the past 150 winters, for the beatings, the rape, and humiliation, Kain, I will see you fall!" He ran at her fullspeed, but was knocked off course by none other than Raziel.When Kain looked up, he stood in front of her, fury across his handsome features.

"This is madness My Lord! You were placed in charge of making sure that this vampires well-being was put before yours. Have you forgotten that she is Helios Audron, sister to the great Janos Audron? How can you spit on his thought? He trusted you and you have betrayed him beyond all reason. Why? She has given you children and you do not even acknowledge their exsistance, yet here they are and here they shall stay for all eternity. You fight her as though she is some common vampire in the woods. She is an Ancient for fucks sake! I will not let you disrespect such a treasure in the way you have. 150 years ago, I let you do it and I stood by and knew very well the pain you were inflicting on her. It will not happen again." All the lieutenants watched their eldest brother as he breathed heavily and saw the determination across his face. Such open disrespect was enough for him to be killed and his clan, complete genocide. Helios watched in horror as the two engaged in combat. She knew this was to the death and even after all these years, she could not pin point why Kain had become so twisted. She continued to look as Kain began beating Raziel and then she saw it. Kain's eyes had flashed red, if only for a second, she had seen it. She jumped in his path towards Raziel,brandishing her bow and arrow.

"Show yourself vile creature, for you are not Kain. You have possessed Kain since that faithful night 150 winters ago." Kain's head dropped down and when her looked back up, his eyes were blood red and glowing and his body was spasming.

"Nicely done Ancient. For you are correct, I have been in this vessel for 150 years and now you die, but first your filthy offspring." It charged towards Akusty, but Janos, Azuzto, and the lieutenants blocked its path. Meanwhile, Helios had begun to hover slighty whispering a chant. Her body began to glow purple and the bloodstone embedded in her chest began to pump furiously. Winds began to blow and soon her body was glowing so brightly, she could not be seen. Her eyes had clouded over and she only spoke one word.

"Move." Though they all had taken a beating from Kain, Kain II grabbed his sister and they moved from the path, so Helios and the demonic Kain were in each others line of fire.

"You will be destroyed Ancient." The force in Kain brought his hands together, forming a large energy ball in his hands. He launched it at Helios and she was blown back by the force, not expecting it to be so strong. When the smoke cleared, she had been blown through the wall and blood poured from an open wound above her right eye. She stood and ran at him, punching and kicking, hands and feet glowing when they connected. Kain elbowed her brutally in the face, causing her to stumble backwards.

"Is that all you have Ancient? I see why the Hylden destroyed your people so long ago." Helios charged up her body and flew at the possessed Kain. They engaged in throwing many blows back and forth, until she had him pinned below her foot. She ground the heel of her boots deeply in an open wound on his shoulder, making him grunt in pain. When she jumped back, Kain stood, blood oozing from the open wound.

"You have been defeated and now, you will leave Kain's visage." She flew into the air, brandishing her bow and arrow again. Her body glowed white and her clothing turned to all white robes. Her eyes turned white as she spoke.

"Purifying Arrow." She releashed the arrow and it hit its target; Kains forehead, making him clutch to it in pain. He screamed and ran about as blood gushed from the wound and soon fell. A black entity floated up from Kain's body and turned to dust. When Kain stood, his memory was flooded with everything that had happend in the past 150 years. He looked up and saw Helios floating down with bellowing white robes around her. Her hair framed her face and when she landed, he was what seemed to be a younger version of him run to her. Then it hit him that that was his son and the child he held was his daughter. He began to make his way towards the group. Helios looked up to see worry in Kain's eyes. He reached for her neck and caressed it softly.

"Did I do this to you?" He held her chin lightly, turning her head this way and that, surveying her injuries, past and present.

"No. It was not you, so I do not place blame on you. An entity had possessed you, so there is where I place the blame." Kain II was standing, looking curiously at his father.

"You are my offspring?"

"Yes father and so is she. I am Kain and this is Akusty." He held the girl child in his arms and she smiled. He looked to Helios and held her gaze for a long time.

"My queen, I have wronged in the most sinister of ways. I cannot ask to go back in the past (oh but he can) and change what happend."

"You need not do so. What is done is done and we cannot change it (oh but they can).

"Father, may I suggest looking towards the future and the continuation of the expansion of your empire." He looked to his son and shook his head.

"My Lord, we must also go on the hunt to discover what has had you possessed for the last 150 years. I feel that our strength will be put to the test very soon." Rahab spoke while bowing his head.

"Agreed." The others spoke in unison.

"Very well, but for now I must talk with Helios alone. Boy keep your sister busy and get to know the lieutenants. From this point on, if any of you disprespect my son or daughter, it is disrespect to me and I will not tolerate it." They all bowed and swore their allegiance to Kain II and little Akuzty. Kain grabbed Helios' hand and led her out of the room and towards his own, leaving his all of his children to aquaint themselves.

Once Helios and Kain were in his room, he seated her on the edge of his bed.

"I have wronged you in ways I could not dream and I do not ask for your forgiveness, only your fondness. I never took you the way I intended." Kain finished by pushing her lightly on the bed of blood red silk. She was still clothed in the snow white robes, and when Kain found the sash and undid it, he saw she wore nothing underneath. He stood back and looked at her. She was breathtaking. Her hair was spawled across the pillows and the robes framed her body and he wondered how something so angelic could be a vampire. She smiled up at him and he smirked back. He undid his pants and let them fall to the ground. He crawled over her body and kissed her passionately, drawing blood from her lips. Kain moved to her neck, letting his tongue taste her flesh and feel the blood coursing through her veins. While he made a trail of light kisses down to her left breast, Helios began to breathe heavily. He grabbed the hard nipple between his teeth and sucked as if it were the last time he would feel the hard jewel in his mouth. He fondled the other, while Helios made sounds of pleasure into the night. Her moans of acceptance, were his encouragement to continue further. He switched posistions and took the right nipple into his mouth, now pinching the left. She ran her claws up and down his back, the wounds closing as fast as they opened. More feather kisses were made down to her bellybutton, while sliding his tongue in, she twisted and turned under his body, while he moved further, until his face was next to her opening. He opened her wide with his hands and grabbed her clit in his mouth, this time treating it as a piece of fragile glass instead of hurting her. Her moans intensified, causing Kains member to throb in anticipation. He continued this, until her first orgasm washed over her. He looked in surprise. They had not even engaged and yet she had had an orgasm. Kain spent the next few minutes testing to see how many times he could make her scream in escasty. Once he was finished, he went back to kiss her at the same time, entering her slowly. He knew how roughly he had handled her these past 150 years, so he tried his best not to be so rough, though it was hard. As he entered her, her breath became caught in her throat so he placed his mouth over hers so her scream could be silenced. He began to move in her, slowly at first, but then her picked up the pace. He rested his head in the crook of her neck, while she wrapped her legs around his hips, urging him on. He began to rock to her rythmn going faster and faster. Helios moaned continuously in his ear saying his name so only he could hear. All of a sudden, she flipped them over and her robes fell to rest around her hips. She began rocking back and forth on him, making him close his eyes in pleasure. Kain reached up and grabbed her breasts, making her move atop him faster. He then grabbed her hips, moving her at the pace he wished. His heavy breathing, mixed with her loud moans was enough to send them both over the edge, but they fought for as long as they could. He sat up and wrapped his arms around her. Helios grabbed his face and hugged him tightly, still rocking to his rythmn and whispering in his ear. He flipped her back on the bed and began moving in her as fast as he could. He could smell and hear her wetness, making him groan. Never had he felt such pleasure from a woman. She was warm, tight, and wet making every vein in his body light in fire. She screamed his name over and over again moving her hips to meet his in every thrust. Kain threw his head back and let out one short but complete scream as he spilled his undead seed into her, while Helios closed her eyes to scream simultaneously with him as her last orgasm hit her. He fell to the bed, grabbing her and rolling so she laid atop him. He smelled her hair and noticed the light scent of lavender. Earlier he had noticed her body smelled of vanilla, so soon Kain let his curiousity take over.

"How are you able to retain those scents?" Helios looked up at him from her current posistion on his chest.

"What do you mean Kain?"

"Your hair and your skin scent." She smiled in realization.

"I have the ability to withstand water, so I indulge just as my people did. My servants have taken to scenting my water with lavender and vanilla oils. Do you not like it?"

"It will do for now, but I will not get used to it."

"May I move back into my old room?" She had put her head back down on his preternatural white chest.

"No. You will move all of your things into my room. It will be expanded, so it will not be such a problem. Your servants may come and go as they wish in this room."

"What of your children Kain?" He mused over this for a moment. It had not really sunk in yet that he had two children. His son, save his eyes, was an image of himself when he had been 200 or so years old, but his desposistion seemed to be far less violent than he. His daughter was a beautiful winged creature who was given both their looks, but a scowl that could be credited to no one but him.

"I detest the way they were concived you do know."

"What is done is done and they are here now."

"Do they know of what transpired between us while you were capitve?"

"Yes. Your son figured it out eventually and has had ill will for you since, even at my telling him not to. Akusty thought you were off in far lands, dealing with your enimies." Kain mused over this bit of information. His son most likely hated him, but he would change that. He continued to talk.

"Well until the day, he learns not to, we will have many words."

"He is kind-hearted, but strong in mind and body and Akusty is so spirited and eager to fight, even at this early stage.

"He will not rule my empire though he may help in making decisive descessions to expand my rule. He will have the posistion of a prince and Akusty and princess." At this, Helios was silent. Was everything for his empire? Was he seducing her to assure that she would fight when the time was ripe? Her mind spun at the idea of being used, so she kissed him lighty and rolled over to her side.

"Goodnight Kain."

"Goodnight Helios." Kain remained on his back with his hands tucked firmly behind his head. He turned his head to see the rise and fall of Helios' shoulders as her breathing became slow and even. He frowned slightly and then all out. He looked out of the window and back at Helios. There was a flaw in history and the flaw was his children.