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Sorry for the late update, the computer's been a little tied up. My brother seems to have discovered World of War Crack-I mean War Craft. I just saw "'S' is for Self" and while I'm not going to spoil it, all I have to say is that episode ROCKED! Still looking for a beta reader if someone was interested. I also did a bit of fan art for this story, have a look. htt p:// ryusoken. com/ ShagonKor. JPG That's all for today, enjoy.
Desperately Hated
As promised my Mistress met with me in the morning to discuss my assignment. "I have woven a very intricate plan of mine for a very long time now. You will know the details only when I deem it is necessary. Until then you will fallow orders without question. Is that understood?" I nodded this sounded serious. Was she questioning my loyalty? Or was this just another test?
"Have no fear Mistress, your wish is my command."
"I should hope so. Do not make me regret giving you your powers Shagon. Or you shall regret it, even more."
"Simply speak your desires and it shall be done."
"Do as you say, and prove yourself to me, and you shall be rewarded greatly. Now come." We vanished as she Tela-transported us to another part of Mt. Thanos. I could see a grave marker but without a name. All it had was a familiar symbol edged into the rock. I couldn't place where I had seen it before but I knew it was important.
"This next chapter I am about to embark on must not be interrupted. You will go to Heatherfield and keep the Guardians distracted. It maters not how you do it as long as they do not realizes what I have done, for a long as possible." I smirked at the thought of doing what I wished with them. I was looking forward to seeing Will again, I couldn't wait to taste her sweet hatred once again.
"It will be a pleasure Mistress. Why don't I have them so focused on me that they forget all about Nerissa for the time being." She smiled at my enthusiasm.
"I think that's a splendid idea Dear Heart, just don't upset them too much. I know you have a talent for bring out the worst in people but I do need you back in one piece." I was about to respond when I saw something in the distance.
"Mistress someone approaches!" She responded quickly and used the Heart to glamor us. Now all the intruder would see would be a couple of large rocks. Whoever it was, was taking their sweet time getting here. I had to wrap my wings around myself to keep the cold out. Finally I could see who was coming. It was Yan Lin holding a bouquet of flowers, which she lays before the same stone grave marker that Nerissa had brought me to see.
"It has been too long, Cassidy, my dear friend. I promise to see you again soon." 'Cassidy? Ah now I recognized that marking. It's the mark of the Water Guardian, the one who died at the hands of my Mistress. But what could she want at her grave? I guess I'll find out sooner or later.'
Yan Lin tele-transported away, and we deglamoured into our true forms. Nerissa looked at the spot Yan Lin once stood and mused, "Perhaps sooner than you think…"
I couldn't help but snatch up the flowers with a sarcastic comment. "Ah, she shouldn't have."
Nerissa then turned to me to make sure I knew what to do. "I have business I must attend to, and the Guardians must not interfere."
'Looks like it's time to get this show on the road.' "I'll drive them to distraction, Will especially." I said as I started to pluck the petals off the flowers one by one. "She hates me, she hates me not. She hates me, she hates me not… Who am I kidding? She really, really hates me!" And with that she sent me on my way. 'I just can wait to see my dear sweet Will again.'
I found what I was looking for pretty quickly. I knew she would show up here sooner or later. The shabby little pet shop her boyfriend used to work at. She was checking to see if Matt was really gone and of course he is. The old man must have gotten the letter by now. Poor girl probably thinks her little boyfriend abandoned her. 'Aw, I'll have to cheer her up.' But first things first. I have to keep the Guardians out of my Mistress' way.
It was dark by the time Will and Grandpa Olsen left the pet shop. Will was going home while the old man was heading right towards me. Unwanted memories started to fill my head, about Matt and his Grandfather. Memories of the old man teaching that boy how to take care animals. It was sickening the amount of weakness that was in those few glimpses. Oh, how I hated him and all that he represented. He was just about to cross my path. 'Time to let the Guardians know I'm back in town!'
In an instant I grabbed the old man by his shirt and had every intention of finishing him off. But suddenly there was a blinding pain in the back of my head and for a moment I could swear I heard a distant but very forceful, "STOP!" I didn't know what was going on so I dropped Old man Olsen, and flew off.
It didn't take me very long to regain control but I still wasn't sure what had just happened. I figured it was just a fluke, brought on by some of that boy's memories still within this body. I pushed it all to the back of my mind, I didn't have time to worry about a stupid flashback. Right now Will only suspected it was me who attacked the old man, I still had to let the others know. Well, it wasn't very far to Hay Lin's place. I think I stop by and say 'Hi'. "Next Stop the Silver Dragon."
I found my next target in the ally behind the restaurant. Old Yan Lin was taking out the trash for the night totally unaware of how dangerous it was to isolate herself in the dark. I swooped down knocking her off balance and hid myself in the shadows. To say she was startled was an understatement. She used a bit of magic to shed some light on her attacker. Like a beast in the night I was revealed by the light. I was mere moments from blasting her out of existence when she tela-transported out of sight. 'Blast!' Oh well, I figured I'd better make myself scarce before she called in her granddaughter and her friends. I would see them soon enough but not tonight. I still had the rest of the Guardians' relatives to see before the night was through. Once one is attacked it won't be long before they spread word to all the others, just what I was counting on.
It was easy to run Mrs. Lair off the road and to give Peter Cook a good shock on the basketball courts, but I really had fun with little Lillian Hale. I wanted an eye witness as good as Yan Lin so there would be no doubt I was the one stalking their loved ones. I easily found her bedroom window and hovered just outside. The little dear was sound asleep like an angel. Maybe I should show her what a real Angel looked like. I lightly scratched at the window pain making her stir slightly. 'Come on little Angel, time to wake up.' I tapped a little louder and finally she sat up and rubbed her eyes. "Come out and play child, come out and play." She took one look at me flying outside her window and screamed. 'Smart girl.' I took off before her parents and sister came running. I'd done enough for one night. I was saving Will and her mother for last. I was still really hungry for her hatred but I could wait a little longer. Right now they were all probably contacting each other and then their hatred would grow. It would bubble and stew until I was ready to feast and by then they would have no chance of stopping me. "Until tomorrow Will, be sure and keep your mother close by. It'd be so much more fun if you had to watch something terrible happen to her in person."
The next night as predicted, Will was out with her mother in tow. They were having dinner with the history teacher at a café on the pier. 'Oh Will, I thought you were smarter then to bring her to such a vulnerable location. I guess I'll have to teach you a little lesson.' I flew low and started blasting the support beams one by one. I could hear the screams of terror coming from above me as part of the pier started to collapses. It didn't take long before my little pet confronted me.
"You don't mess with family!" She was absolutely lovely with all that hate just pouring out of her entire being.
"Aw, but it's the perfect way to mess with you!" She fired at me, I fired back, all and all a great night out. Only one thing could make this evening any better. "Dear Will, I'm Heatherfield bound. They say a new group of evil knights forms their every five minutes, and I know I'm lead guitar in the next one." She dropped her guard for a moment and I took full advantage and pinned her to the underside of the pier.
'She's so cute when she struggles.' "That...that was from Matt's letter!" I smirked as I watched her face. She was finally starting to understand.
"I guess faking Matt's handwriting isn't as hard as you think." In a bout of furious rage she blasted me away. I barley felt a thing. With the amount of hate she was feeding me I felt invincible.
"Where's Matt? What have you done to him!?" I didn't answer her question, no lie could be worse then what she was imagining right now. 'If you only knew the truth, Dear Will.' I gathered up all of her hate and gave her one large blast right back at her. It hit her hard and she started to fall towards the water. 'Oh no, you not getting away that easily.' I tore off a piece a mettle from the pier, caught her, and bound her to one of the beams.
I had her, she was at my mercy. I was just about to finish her off and bring her lifeless body back to my mistress but the pain started again. 'Stop it!' It was that voice again. 'I don't want to hurt her.' It was getting louder, and worse it was starting to take control. I powered down, I had to leave before I was at her Mercy.
"No, no. It's too easy. And I'm enjoying our little game much too much to end it now… But I can't wait for Round Two!" I didn't want to leave but the pain was getting worse by the moment. I don't remember how I ended up back at the construction sight I just remember being forced to the back of my own mind. My body started changing back to the way it was before. 'No' It was then I realized who the voice belonged to.
He awoke with a startling gasp. He was confused for a moment but then he remembered everything that had happened to him since that night. The night he was taken and forcibly turned into a vicious monster by Nerissa. Matt Olsen was once again in control of his own body but that did not wipe away the sins he had carried out as Shagon.
"What...what have I..." He had to hold onto himself he was shacking so bad. "What did she do to me?" He tried to get his breathing under control as he continued to relive the horrors of the past week. "What have I done? I...I attacked Will and the others. I almost killed Yan Lin! I hurt my...my grandpa." And with that startling thought he found the strength to get to his feet. He wasn't sure what time it was or even what day it was but he knew one thing for certain. "I...I have to see if he's alright. What if I really..."
In the day light hours of the sixth day since Matt Olsen went missing, he somehow found his way to his grandfather's pet shop. If he only knew that the monster known as Shagon was merely lying in wait ready to retake the boy's body, he would have gone...anywhere but home.
To be continued...
Next time: Matt reunites with his family but Shagon's far from gone. And because of that he has unwitting put his one loved one in danger? And he has no one to blame but himself.