Temen: Thanks for the review and I'll probably keep them. And yes, there is more to it :P
Thanks to 'Dead ghost hope' and 'aileen valdivia5' for following!
And here's another one :P Em... I guess I should say I'll be jumping a bit, from one to the other. And before anyone gets any idea, there won't be any pairings here, at least not with any of the Horseman. So, no matter how it looks, it's not romance. Oh and another thing... all of this is happening BEFORE Darksiders one and two
And come one people, some reviews please? =/ I'm not asking much...
I only own the chars. you haven't seen in any Darksiders... Do I have to keep saying that?
Ch. 4
He woke, with his head threatening to split in half. A minute later, the pain spread to his torso and then his legs and whole body. Groaning, he struggled to open his eyes, only to be blinded by the fire near him. He tried to move a hand to his face, but found it chained to a wall behind, same as his feet.
"Well lookie 'ere! He decided to wake up," someone said, but his voice echoed in the room and worsened his headache.
"Will you get out of his face? You know the reason he is here," another voice, this one seemed impatient.
"Well excuse me! The other one still out and ya know I get bored fast!" now they were both agitated.
"The master will be angry if you ruin his new toys…"
"Oh please! He's got two more! Why can't 'e leave some fo' the rest 'f us?"
"Will you two SHUT UP!" the Nephilim yelled when he could hardly hear through the pounding in his head.
"My, my… I 'hink we made it mad," the Horseman was finally able to focus in the new light. He recognized them; they were at the City of the Dead. The second one most, as he recalled the bastard stabbing him though the chest.
"You know what to do… I'll wait until the other one wakes up."
"…Fine," he frowned and left. When he opened the door, creaking was heard and a new light filled the room. At that, Death saw who else was in the room, and where they were.
"He is alive," the capture answered the unasked question and looked at the Reaper from above.
Glaring back at him, the eldest was deciding if he should speak or stay silent. In the end, he chose the former.
"Who are you?" his voice was hoarse and stung as he spoke. Of all the questions, he wasn't sure why he asked that.
"Depends on what that question means… You could me asking about us as a grope… or me personally… Which is it?"
"Both." At that, the chimera laughed and sat on some boxes in the cell. "My… You Nephilim are so arrogant… But I'll tell you. Only for you to know nothing can be done about it. My name is Victor…"
"Ugh… My head…" she whined and tried to reach the wound, to stop the dizziness. She felt blood, which was something unusual, and tried to remember what happened.
"That's right… That Elf…" she mumbled and stood up, but hit her head against a metal roof.
Stumbling, her back collided with metal as she realized she was in a cage. Slight fear pinged in her chest as she blinked to try and see better. Out of all the four, she was the worst seeing, sensing, hearing and all other.
"Good morning little dove," a familiar female voice greeted all too cheerfully.
"Where am I? Why did you bring me here?" although she was nervous, she did not show it. Not even when Ciel appeared with a lit lantern in hand.
"That is not for us to answer. Only our master can say," she was smiling.
"Lyle."
"Ciel."
"What did the master say?"
"Right. Brother, go inform the master will you?" looking at her brother, he nodded and exited the cell.
Fury was still hung on the other voice so she looked part them and saw a mumbling War, his hands and feet sealed into the wall.
"What did you do to him!" she yelled.
"Calm down, dove. He is alive. Right, Yin, Yang?"
"Alive."
"For now."
"It might change… Depending on what the master says."
"Come on boys… You need to be nice to her. She is the only girl among only boys. Can't be very easy."
"They protect her.
"They care for her."
"How can that, 'not be easy'?"
Rolling her eyes, Lyle turned towards the female and spoke: "Of course they don't understand… And you don't have to worry about the other two. They're all perfectly safe," there was that smile again…
"What do you want with us?" the whip user's voice was hard and low.
"We don't want anything… Only our master. And he never tells us four much. We're all only tools to him. But he promised… he promised we could have it… The stone…" her eyes were full of what seemed to be joy and excitement.
"What stone?"
"You see… There are more of us… And each one has a wish. Something they want above all else… The master has promised to grant those wishes…"
"And what do we have to do with that?"
Removing his mask, Victor leaned in closer, so his face was right in front of Death's. "Everything," he whispered and glanced at Strife, who was hanging from the roof, chained by the arms and again around his waist, that one to the wall behind.
"You see… The master is very generous… He is offering you freedom and your greatest desire."
"And what does he want in return?" he dreaded the answer.
"You should ask him that yourself, when you are brought before him."
"Masta! Two 'ave awakened!" Hitoku was practically jumping up the stairs before he bent over, in front of a male standing before a table. He met Ciel before coming here and learned of the news.
With his black eyes, the master looked over at him. He had a pair of horns, growing up-ward, his skin red, which went well with his black outfit.
"They have now, have they?" a grin crept its way on his face as he walked next to the chimera. "You remember how we decided to divide them?"
"Of course, me Lord. I'll tell the others," he bowed slightly, before dashing back down and towards the dungeons.
Returning to his previous spot, the master looked down at the map on the table and smirked. "Oh, how I've waited for this… To return what I owe you… and make you pay for the suffering you leave in your wake… I'll make sure to pay you back in full."
"The spirit stone little dove. It will make my brother whole again. He will be like he used to be," she was shaking, and Fury wasn't sure who she was trying to convince. Was it the Nephilim, or Lyle herself?
"What do you mean by 'whole again'?" somehow, she couldn't help but feel some sympathy with a sister trying to help her brother.
"The animals… they took his voice. He paid with it, so he could talk to them… so he could protect me…" she was smiling, but the eyes betrayed her, as tears slid down her cheeks. "We'll be able to talk again… me and him… like we used to…"
"Then tell me… what did he promise you?" deciding to know as much as he could, he pressed the conversation on.
"My wish is rather simple. I only want to be normal again…"
"I thought chimeras were created with black magic from multiple animals?"
"Oh, I don't mean that. I don't much mind being a chimera. There is something else that separates me… The same reason my time is limited."
"Your blood… the color of it… it's-"
"That's right… The green liquid you saw that exploded? It was my blood… That's what happens when some crazy alchemists get their hands on you…" he laughed without humor and closed his eyes.
"Then… how did you survive the debris? Your… blood couldn't have saved you."
"It didn't… That was the work of Ari… But her powers aren't mine to tell."
"The other one… he said 'He's got two more'… Those wouldn't happen to be my brother and sister, would they? If so, how did you capture all of us?"
"You brought this on yourselves. You see, it would be impossible to take you out when you were together. That's why we chose two realms - to split you up. When that was done, the master decided who will fight who and where. He predicted you would be on your own and that's when we were to strike. Does that make any sense to you?" a smirk appeared on his face.
Just then, the doors opened and Hitoku entered, taking deep breaths. "The master wants him… now," he said and looked at the Nephilim and then at the chimera.
"It's time… His promises will be realized."
Well, any ideas on what's about to happen? Tell me in a review =D
Preview:
"… You lost someone… Someone dear didn't you? He was taken away… and you would do anything to be with him again…"
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"Yea, I heard."
"How much?"
"…Everything…"
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"War, my darling… I'm over here…"
There he saw them, two figures of light, standing next to each other.
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"Oh my, where are your manners?"
"Forgive me if I don't show gratitude to those who capture me."