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Chapter 8

After walking down the hallway for what seemed like hours, the two beings encountered a heavy stone wall. A inscription was mounted onto to the area beside it. Joachim looked over, instantly translating the Latin words. "It seems we must find a way through a dark, foggy, monster laid maze." That was basis of the riddle ridden tablet read. The being was too tired for mind games, danger and riddles, but it seemed as if the two didn't have a choice. The only thing was the entrance to the place.

"How do we get in?" The hunter looked around the wall, looking for anything out of place. A stone angel praying on the wall caught his attention. The hands held a burning torch within it, but the flames did not look real. Pointing to it, he voiced what his pools caught. "Does that look out of place?"

Joachim whipped his head around, barely registering a slight pain in his pain at he motion. Following the other's finger, he looked over to the torch. Canting his head to the side, he could feel the hunter's pools staring at him, a unreadable expression on his face. "I think it does. Who wants to check it out?"

Volunteering himself, Leon walked forward. Shaking slightly, as he reached the torch, he rested his hand on it. Instantly a image flashed through a mind.

A hole in a rotting floor, the outline of someone jumping through. A moss colored gardened, with hedges at least eight feet high. Decaying animal hybrid's walking around human like. A decaying dog creature standing in a puddle of blood, mouth foaming, blood rushing down his muzzle. The outline picking up the crystallized essence of the creature.

The images stopped, leaving woozy. Feeling himself fall backwards, he welcomed the darkness embracing him.

Joachim rushed forward, robes floating behind him. Reaching his arms out, he felt the weight hit them. Lowering the hunter to the floor, he wondered what the hell happened. 'One minute he was fine, then his eyes loose their color, and he faints.' The vampire hoped whatever it was, the other would be fine. Settling down next to the sleeping figure, he waited for the other to wake up. He didn't notice the outline of a shadow lingering a little further down the hall.

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Simon sat up in his room, still steaming from the his run in with Mathias. He knew the cocky vampire would get what he deserved in due time. Instead he waited for a messenger to update his new interests on their progress.

A knock met with his impatience. Sighing in a mixture of relief, and disappointment, the man bid his visitor to come in. "Come in."

Ian walked in, looking grim. Bowing down in front of his master he readied himself for the anger wave that would surely come from such grave news. "It seems that Artemis was found dead this morning. His soul gone."

Simon looked up, fierce anger on his face. "Who could have done such a thing?" His voice was deadly clam, giving off how angry he was. Behind him he heard a crackling. Whirling around he saw the cocky vampire he had told to leave a few hours before. "Mathias, did you do this?"

The black haired man walked in slowly, gliding towards the other. A smug look was on his face. "What if I did?" He looked down at his nails, coolly.

Pushing his chair back, he forced to overturn. "What do you want?"

The man looked up, smiling. "What I asked you before?"

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Leon groaned, opening his hues. He found himself in the lap of another, blinking he let his memories flow back to him. "What happened?" He asked the lump he knew as Joachim.

Looking down the silver haired man grinned. It seemed as if the other was still out of it. After looking around the area, he had found a secret passage, leading into the room he wanted. "I found a way into the maze."

Leon nodded, the images he saw flashing through his head. He thought nothing of it as he lifted his head up. "Let's go then."

Getting up after the other, he walked down the hallway to the hole.


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