Chapter 11: Fate and Faith
At Klaus' lab
Klaus
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Rotterdam, Netherlands
It was a cloudy Thursday morning and I was walking through the streets of Rotterdam. The professor had sent me here to solve some problems, but everything was under control now. I should have returned to Prague yesterday but I had decided to stay here a few more days, as a little vacation.
I always loved being in Rotterdam. I just liked the atmosphere of the city, especially on a dark, depressing day as this. It was an atmosphere of freedom, it felt like I could do anything I want and nobody would even notice. All people around me on the street were in a hurry, life was fast, but for me it felt like time stood still when I was here.
I looked up the sky, and saw the clouds had darkened. It's going to be raining soon…
And I had been right, within a few seconds it was raining cats and dogs. I sheltered in a little alley between two houses, and watched the people who were walking alongside the canals. A sloppy looking man with a dog, two blond girls with a lot of shopping bags, and a business man wearing a suit on a bicycle. He annoyed me. I would have wanted to kill him if I hadn't been in such a good mood. The circumstances weren't ideal anyway, it was by day and there were too many people around. But just the thought of me being able to kill him if I'd wanted to, was a happy thought. I could decide about life and death, just like god.
After a few minutes there was not one person in the street any more, everybody had fled for the rain. At least I thought so, until I saw a little figure passing by. It was a girl of about six years old. Her blue hair was dripping of water and her clothes soaking wet, but she didn't seem to mind. She was playing with a little bouncing ball like the rain didn't even exist. No matter how high she threw it, she caught it very time. It was almost like magic.
For some she reminded me of a little street cat. Fast and gracious, with gold- brown eyes, and I wondered if she was a street kid.
Suddenly I got an idea. No not an idea, it was more like a vision, a touch of destiny. She was the kid that had become my successor, the person I had been searching for ever since I realized I wasn't immortal. I didn't doubt she was a seeker, I could feel it. She was perfect.
"Zhalia, there you are!" A woman with curly brown hair, wearing a long black raincoat came walking along. "You mustn't walk away without telling me."
The woman was carrying a boy of about four years old, and with her free hand she grabbed the hand of the girl. "Let's go home." She said. "Your mom and dad will be home soon."
I figured this woman probably was a nursemaid or something like that. I left my dark hiding place and followed them unperceived. I'd had a vision of the future, and I was going to fulfill that vision, no matter what or who I had to adjust.
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So I had murdered her parents with my favorite knife (ever since I had adjust my first obstacle knifes have been my favorite weapon) and had erased her memory (I couldn't use a kid that was missing her parents). First I had wanted to leave her brother behind, but then I devised he may could become useful for me, so I took him to. It had all been so easy. But is always is.
And as always I had eliminated my traces carefully, so the police had never found out it was me. The police is truly nothing, just a delusion that makes people think they're safe. But they aren't. Their fate depends on people like me, they are delivered up to my mercy, they just don't know it yet. But they were going to know, soon.
"Soon the whole world knows who truly is god…" I murmured.
Suddenly I remembered I wasn't alone. Dante Vale was here to.
"What are you talking about?" He asked.
"About my genius plan." I said, and I knew I was going to tell him everything. "My plan to conquer the whole world with my army of mutated suits. The perfect suits. Strong, powerful, fast, disciplined and insensible to pain. But unfortunately they aren't perfect yet; as you may have noticed their bones break easily, and they still aren't forceful enough. So I need one more ingredient…" I paused for a dramatic moment. "And that is you."
I knew he was afraid now, though he didn't let it show. Everybody feared me, even the great Dante Vale.
I continued my story. "You see, I've used the DNA of many seekers, good and evil, for my suits. And since you're the Foundation's top seeker you're DNA will be… the cherry on the cake."
"What? Is that all you need from me? Some DNA?" He asked.
I snickered. "Not just DNA, I need elementary cells from the bone marrow in your back. And a lot, so I'm afraid I have no other choice than to kill you."
Outside, at that moment
Sophie
I couldn't feel my toes anymore. Or my hands. Or my nose.
I had never been so cold in all of my life.
"Are we there yet?" Lok asked for the thousandth time, while we ploughed through the snow. We were going uphill, which made our trip even harder. Thank god there was no wind.
"I have no idea Lok! Stop being so annoying!" I yelled, but I was too cold to get really angry with him.
"Guys! We're there!" Michael, who walked a few meters in front of us, yelled.
Lok and I quickly ran towards him. He was bending over behind the shrubs to stay out of sight. Carefully I glanced towards Klaus' house, and my mouth fell open. It wasn't a log cabin, and definitely not a castle, but an ultra- modern villa. It was big and white, with a flat roof and big but blinded windows. And it was very well- protected, there were camera's everywhere and two guards were leaning against the wall, smoking cigarettes. They were the only thing indicating that this was the house of one of the top- members of the Organization.
"Just great, how on earth are we going to come in unseen?" Michael whispered.
"I don't know." I whispered back. "You're the plot- man, why don't you think up something?"
"Hey you're the great smart Casterwell heiress who always gets straight A's! And besides, I've already done enough, without my brilliant computer- actions and superfast car we wouldn't be here!"
I snorted. "Don't be such a child Michael! This is not about who has done what, this is about saving Dante!" I was starting to get really pissed off, no matter how cold it was. Thankfully Lok interrupted our bickering.
"I think I've got a plan." He said. "You see those electricity pylons? The electric cables run above ground, if we cut them the cameras will go off!"
That wasn't a bad idea.
"Okay, Michael and Lok, you two go cut those cables, I'll take care of those guards." I said. They nodded and disappeared into the woods.
I got on all fours and crawled through the bushes, towards the guards. There was snow in my jacket and sharp braches were scratching my face but there were more important thing to worry about.
After a few meters I was as close to them as possible, but there was still about twenty meters open terrain between us. Think Sophie… !
All of the sudden there was a loud cry. I recognized it immediately. Oh no Lok! The two guards had heard it. They dropped their cigarettes and walked cautiously in the direction the cry had come from.
I realized this was my chance. It's now or never! And I approached them from behind.
"Sleepforce!" I said. It was one of the ancient Casterwell spells I had discovered in the book of light. The two men turned around quickly but they were too late. There was a pink flash, and the two fell on the ground, deep asleep.
I glanced nervously towards the cameras, and prayed Michael and Lok had already cut the electric cables.
Inside
Dante
I didn't want to give up hope, I didn't want to lose my faith in a happy ending, but I had. After Klaus had left to do god knows what, I allowed myself to get desperate. My brothers were never going to find me, and the door was locked from the other side and also electrified.
I was going to die, and that realization made tremble. I wasn't afraid of death, but I just didn't want to die this way, as an addition to Klaus army. I preferred dying a painful death in combat, than a quick, painless, and dishonorable death in a Klaus' lab (if he was going to make it painless at all, which I highly doubted).
And Zhalia… I wished she was with me now, that I could hold her, and be with her one last time. There were so many things I wanted to say to her. But I was going to die here, without her knowing how much she really mend to me, how important she'd became for me the past week. And what's going to happen to her? Maybe she was dead already, I didn't know, but I couldn't believe that. The thought she may manage to get away was the only sparkle of hope I had left.
Darkness. For a brief second I thought I was dead, but the lights had just gone off.
There was nothing but pitch- black darkness surrounding me, I was alone with the sound of my breathing and the pounding of my heart. I felt more desolate than ever.
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Damn writing Klaus pov is harder than I'd thought :S I hope this chap was okay…. Plz let me know by REVIEWING! =D
Next chap there will be more spy- action, dramatic drama and extreme emotions… (I'm kind of in a romantic mood, and by that I don't mean roses & candlelight romantic, but literary romantic xD)