Chapter 3 – Living in a World of Darkness

AN: aww... only one consistent reviewer... oh well! THANX Crusnik02 (or one, i cant check).

Rose woke drearily to a dimly lit room, lying on the cold hard floor of concrete. She coughed heavily, and blood spattered on the ground. She wiped her mouth roughly, and made to get up. But she felt the cold of steel chains on her back and ankles drag her down.

"Stupid vampires," Rose muttered, settling her cheek on the floor, not caring about the blood. She heard the chinking and click of a lock, and twisted her head around as far as she could, watching a strip of light spread across the concrete.

"Are you hungry?" An icy calm voice said, and she chuckled slightly.

"When am I not?" She snapped. "Can you please let me out of these chains?"

Rose saw white leather shoes step into her peripheral view, and come around in front of her. She lifted her head agonizingly, and attempted to look at the person kneeling in front of her.

A blonde haired man gazed down at her, and she gasped as she recognised him from her vision. He smiled slightly, as he traced her chin with his fingertip.

"Who the hell are you?!" She snapped angrily, biting at the long slender fingers that flicked back.

"That you shall find out in all due time. But for now, I would like to know who you are,"

"Who are you? She repeated, struggling at the restraints. She heard a small crack from the ground, and smirked slightly.

The man stood and circled around her, flexing his fingers.

"I am Cain," He said simply, before kneeling before her once again. "I have been searching for you for 500 years,"

Rose gaped, then eyed him suspiciously.

"You? Don't you mean your company? You honestly can't have lived for that long!"

Cain laughed again.

"You aren't like the Methuselah," He said, standing up once again and stepping back. "In fact you are quite like me, and I would like to know why. Would you like some proof?"

He closed his eyes, and white wings, like that of an angel, protruded from his back, and a staff of some kind appeared in his hand. His eyes were the trigger for Rose's shriek. They glowed a bright red.

"How the hell did you know about me?!" She cried, struggling even more. "What on earth do you want from me?"

Cain smirked.

"There is a prophecy, told by none other than our dearest mother, Lilith. Her special ability was of course Clairvoyance. Before her death she proclaimed to me that there is a fifth one of us. A fifth one to end this age old war. The fifth one was hidden away, only to be uncovered by the side worthy of winning the battle.

'I believe you could possibly be that one" Cain said, morphing back to his original self. "And I was the one who discovered you. The Rozenkreutz will succeed over the humans,"

He paused, chuckling. "The Rozenkreutz Order is named after you, after I discovered the name of the fifth. It was such a pity to torture the information out of Lilith, but it had to be done," He knelt next to her, and easily pulled the chain's bearings out of the ground, releasing Rose. She sprang up to her feet, and snarled. Cain laughed lightly.

"My dear, the humans are cruel and unkind to those different and more superior to them. That is what happened to us! They purposely built us as guinea pigs," He leaned in close to Rose's face, his light breath brushing aside her silvery blonde fringe. "You were the successful creation. That is why you were hidden from us," He stopped, watching Rose for a reaction.

She spat in Cain's face. He glared at her as he flicked away the saliva. She glanced around the room, and, apart from the heavy steel door, a window high up in the tall building. There was not furniture in the room, so flight would be her only option.

Cain had followed her gaze, and he chuckled.

"You can try any way to escape, but I highly doubt you would manage such a feat. No matter what you are,"

But Rose had had enough of his speaking. Despite his calm and innocent look, the aura pulsing off him was pure evil, sickening her with every wave.

She flicked her hands out at him, and blood red daggers flew out and hit Cain in the chest. His eyes widened in slight surprise as he staggered back by the force of the impact.

"Restrictions to eighty percent, approved," Rose muttered, remembering Abel's ability to control his nanomachines. She smirked as her hair, nails and fangs lengthened. She felt a slight wrenching as the unusual sensation of leathery skin and bones ripped through her back. Keeping an eye on the high window, Rose held her hand out and a scythe formed in her hand. Cain was watching with interest, wincing slightly as he attempted to pull out the daggers, which were being stubborn and hooking to his internal skin.

"You do realise that I am older and more experienced than you, wench," Cain laughed, standing up and cracking his neck. Rose let out a surprising snigger.

"Did you ever think that we are the same age?!" She replied, feeling more angered by the minute.

"No matter, dearest sister," Cain said, merging into his crusnik form. "You shall adhere to the Rozenkreutz, and recognize our attempts. You shall end this war the way it should finish,"

Rose launched off into the air, one thing screaming in her mind.

'Abel!,' If she had somehow called him last time, she should be able to call him again. A beam of red light shot past her, and Rose looked around to see Cain furiously following her, pointing a black lance in her direction. She hissed, and pointed her hand at him, flying backwards. A stagger of electricity shot out of her fingertip, hitting Cain square in the chest. He dropped a few feet, then continued his persuit.

'ABEL!' she practically shrieked, the window coming nearer and nearer. She growled, and turned around.

"What the hell do you wha-agh!" Rose was stopped mid-sentence as something hit the square of her back forcefully. She dropped, slightly dazed, and hit the floor with a dull thud. She groaned from the pain of falling, and the fact that Cain had landed perfectly.

Rose's vision swam, and her head hit the ground painfully.

"This can't be good for my brain..." She breathed, before darkness consumed her.

AN: Doya reckon u can plz review this if u read it?! Thanx!