More torture ahead, and time for Duo to be saved, Solo to be redeemed, and Heero gets even. :D

Chapter Fourteen

Heero looked back at Trowa, Wufei, and Quatre. All f which shrugged their shoulders. He sighed and started removing the vent from the castle wall. It was just big enough for them to slide in, though Heero seriously doubted that if they had intended going back through it once freeing Solo, that the man would not fit. He quickly made his way to Solo.

"Listen to me. I know we are not friends, not comrades, and do not have a treaty of peace between our kingdoms. But we are both Kings, we both have people who look to us for guidance. Trieze is planning on taking over all the kingdoms he can get his filthy hands on. This proves that he will be after yours." Heero said.

"What are you saying?" Solo asked.

"I purpose that we come to a temporary agreement." Heero said with a cocky grin.

"Oh?" Solo asked a grin forming on his own lips.

"I say we team up until this Trieze problem is over." Heero said.

"And my brother?" Solo asked.

"He will come with me. It is where he belongs now." Heero said, feeling his hatred for what Solo had done to Duo being brought back to surface. Solo frowned and bowed his head down.

"Heero you must think of me as a monster. But please understand that me and Duo grew up in a very different world then you and the others. I see that what I have done to him was so very wrong, and I am sorry for that. I also understand that, though I am sorry, it will be many, many, years until Duo will forgive my cruelness. As a demon the cruelty and brutality come from nature, but to treat my own flesh and blood that way was a crime." Solo took a deep breath and looked up at Heero, meeting him eye to eye. "But you must understand…I didn't tell Duo this, he really believes what you two had said…but Duo is different from us, like I have told you before, he cannot die. I, sadly, have tried to kill him. I never told him this, and no one else in the clan did as well. But there was only one Demon born with feathers the color of blood. His name was Shinigami…he was mine and Duo's father. He, in our world, is a god.

"Well, he was a god. He disappeared the year Duo was born. No one has seen him or heard of him in almost twenty years. I think that is the reason why I spent so many years hating Duo, and it was not his fault. But you see he gained Fathers ability in immortality, and I was jealous." Solo said.

"Uh-hem. I don't mean to interupt, but we really need to get going." Wufei said once Solo had paused.

"You don't have to explain everything to us Solo, you need to do it to Duo." Quatre added. Solo nodded and they started undoing the chains around him. Solo stood up to his full height which was a good three inches taller then everyone else. He ruffled his wings a bit, stretching the cramped muscles.

"Well then lets get going." Solo said.

"Heero and myself will go look for Trieze." Wufei said. "Solo, you go with Trowa and Quatre to find Duo, they can help you." He added. Solo nodded and looked at the two who where to come with him.

"Are you sure the little one can fight?" He asked. Quatre rolled his eyes and pulled out his curved blades.

"I could cut your wings off and stuff them down your throat if you want me to prove myself." Quatre said glaring at Solo. Solo laughed at the comment.

"Don't underestimate Quatre, Solo. He can fight, he just chooses not to." Trowa said with a smile. Solo nodded.

"Trieze will be in his throne room, it's in the middle of the castle, there is minimal security from here to there, and what security there is, is lacking in…well anything." Solo said as they exited the dungeons. Heero was surprised that no one was there.

"They are preparing for war." Wufei said.

"Which will make this a piece of cake." Heero said. And with that Heero and Wufei turned down the right corridor and made their way to the throne room, while Solo lead the others to where he had heard Duo's screamed. He could smell the blood, and he didn't like the strength of it.

Once he was sure of what door he knew Duo was behind he turned to the others. "Be prepared, this will not be pretty." He said. Quatre literally swallowed hard, while Trowa just nodded.

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Heero and Wufei slipped into the throne room and found that only Trieze and a guard where in there. They quickly realized that the guard was the leader of Trieze's army and were deep in the myths of discussing their plans. Trieze looked up at Heero and smiled.

"Well, well, well, if it isn't the little boy who thinks he's a king." Trieze said with a smirk, getting to his feet. Wufei pulled his sword out prepared to defend Heero from the guard, to leave Heero free to attack Trieze.

Heero didn't waste any time. He didn't give in to the conversation, it wasn't his thing. He swiped his hand out in front of him and earth rose up and slammed Trieze into the ground. That was when the guard attacked, his sword clashing with Wufei's. Heero kept walking towards Trieze, his eyes set in a death glare, focused only on Trieze.

"You little bas-" Trieze was saying, trying to get back to his feet, but more earth knocked him to the ground. He tried to get up again, tried to reach for his own sword, but more earth slammed him into the ground, causing him to loose his breath. He turned himself over onto his back, only to have himself pinned down by Heero's booted foot.

"I'm going to kill you." Heero said.

"You can't ki-" Heero reached down took Trieze's hand and twisted it, breaking Trieze's arm, there was a pop in the shoulder, then a crushing sound in the middle off his bicep before another pop at his elbow, another crunching sound in the middle of his four arm, and a pop in his wrist. Trieze screamed out in pain, his arm falling limp at his side.

"Oh, but Trieze, I can. You killed my father, and you stole my heart from me. For that death is a light punishment." Heero said.

"A-and how do you…intend to…to kill me?" Trieze asked. Suddenly Trieze started choking. Water filling his throat. He couldn't swallow it, no matter how much he tried. His lungs burn with the lack of oxygen. Then there was the burning sensation from his legs and abdomen. Fire. He could vaguely see fire spreading over his body. Trieze slipped into dead, drowning and burning at the same time. The last thing him knowing in the world he had once wanted to rule was pain, blinding white pain.

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Solo opened the door and had, himself, taken a deep gasp in surprise at what he saw. His brother pinned to the table with a number of daggers, his wings, shoulders, thighs, arms, abdomen, all pinned to the table with a knife. His throat had been slight open more then once, his body had obviously been violated, and his once golden pale skin, was nothing more then black and blue bruises, smeared with the red blood of his body. Quatre had hid his face in Trowa's shirt, and Trowa was starring in shock at Duo. A man was there, watching Duo's bleed with amusement in his eyes.

"You should have seen it. It was beautiful. He still is so beautiful. The way he had screamed, until his throat was too raw to scream any more." The man said not even looking up to look at the three he spoke too. Solo saw red and charged the pan pinning him to the wall by his neck.

"You sick dastard. You damn Vampire. How dare you. You know of the treaty between vampires and demons." Solo said, slamming the Vampire into the wall. Talon just smiled.

"Been so long without the taste of Demon blood. And the blood of Shinigami, so delicious." Talon said. "Took us, several years to drain him of his blood. Fed millions of vampires for years." Talon added.

"You, you killed him." Solo said. "But you couldn't no one could."

"Anyone can die." Talon said. Solo tightened his grip on Talons neck.

"Then I will kill you."

"Then do so already. Death is a beautiful thing, and I cannot wait to meet him in hell." Talon sneered. Solo smiled.

"How long to you thing I can make you bleed for?" Solo asked.

"You wouldn't." Talon said, his whole demeanor changing. Solo placed a finger nail on Talons forehead and pushed it in until blood ran down Talon's face.

"No!…my blood….don't spill my blood!" He started screaming, and thrashing around in Solo's grip. Solo tightened his grip on Talon's neck. He slashed open the vampires stomach, spilling more blood. "NO! STOP, YOU'RE WASTIGN IT!" Talon screamed.

Trowa came up to him. "Duo needs help, he's not responding to anything." He said. Solo looked over to where Duo was know laying, his body covered my a coat. He turned back to the vampire.

"Death awaits you…Vampire." Solo shoved his hand into the vampires chest and ripped his heart out. Crushing it in his hand. Talon fell to the ground, gasping a few times, blinking, starring, until finally turning to dust.

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Almost done. Lol