Chapter 3:

"The Beginning of the End"

December 29, 2010

"It's been a while since the hostilities of the humans with each other has finally ended and now, the human world is about to be destroyed" says Ronald while taking a sip of beer at the Soul Saloon. "Huh, but why?" asked the bartender. "I don't know but I heard a lot from the Mayans about it. I guess this is the time Jedah has been waiting for." Ronald explained. "How can you be so sure about that?" Donovan said who came in for a chat. "I remembered when Jedah said that he is waiting for the time that all the humans in their world will be devastated and he will collect all of their souls and that is and that is a few days before Christmas two years from now" replied Ronald "That's December 21, 2012!" exclaimed the bartender. "Yes, but even though Makai is not involved in this, my biggest concern is the humans," proclaimed Ronald "There are so many of them especially the young ones who wants to do more in their world," he added. "Hmm! I see. Even a Darkstalker like you can feel pity to the humans," Donovan said. "Yes, because that is where I came from," Ronald replied. The whole bar fell silent because of what Ronald said. "Why?" Donovan asked. "I was once a human, then Jedah came when the man who took care of me when I was young die in the war a long time ago. Since then, I became his personal assassin and a grim reaper and he promoted me into a Dark Crusader because of my loyalty to him. Until, I found out that he is using innocent souls to make a creature he denotes as god. I became angry so I led a rebellion against him. Even though I'm still under his curse, I'm going to use this against him," explained Ronald. "Ah… okay, just be sure that you are strong enough to defeat him. I know that no one has ever beaten Jedah because he is incredibly powerful. By the way, what happened to your brother and the succubus?" the bartender assumed. "Lilith? She managed to escape from Jedah. I don't know if Morrigan is down at her while Daniel, I've never heard about him since he also ran away from Jedah," Ronald answered. Moments later, Ronald picked up his jacket and left the bar.

Meanwhile, somewhere at New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, destruction happened in the nearby neighborhood that wiped the humans clean with out a trace of their corpses. Lilith and Daniel had felt this force even when they're in Cornwall, England. Minutes later, they flew to the incident and tried to investigate what happened there. While strolling around, they found someone dancing in the rubble.

It is also a Darkstalker, a hybrid of a cat and human, a catwoman. As they glanced with each other, the dancing figure disappeared and now she is behind the two with her claws around their necks. "I haven't seen you before. You're a Darkstalker, aren't you? What are you doing here? Are you the one who created this hole?" asked the catwoman. "Wait, no, you must've mistaken us" replied the two.

"Sorry, I just quickly assumed that you were the bad guys who opened this hole. I'm Felicia! And you are?" Felicia exclaimed "I'm Daniel and this is Lilith and we're sorry if we disturbed you in your dance but may I ask do you live here? What happened when the hole came out? What happened to the people who live here? And why are you dancing a few minutes ago? No one's here, aren't they?" Daniel said.

"I was practicing for my performance on stage, so that it won't matter when everyone comes back. Where I was earlier, that place was a big musical hall. That is until yesterday, everything was swallowed by this deep, dark hole. The humans I loved but I believe that everyone will come back! So 'til then, I will practice dancing. I'll become really good. I can't sit around being sad all day." Felicia happily yelled. "Felicia, you're strong," Lilith whispered "Even if, there's no hope that they will come back," Daniel thought. "It's because I promised mom, even for a Darkstalker like me, I was raised like a real child by my mom. She said that no matter how sad you are, you can't be crushed. You must believe in yourself. You must face it head on. Happiness is something you have to grab hold of yourself." Felicia said.

Lilith was dumbfounded, she said "What is happiness? Can you see happiness? Can you touch it? What color is it? Does it have a taste?" "No, it's not like that. You can't see or taste happiness." replied Felicia. "C'mon what is happiness like? Can you tell even if you can't see it?" Lilith demanded "Oh, boy! This is got to be a long talk." Daniel peered in.

"Happiness is in the Demon Dimension," a voice came from the hole. "I can feel the Darkness. Could it be…?" Daniel thought. "You're the chosen soul, Felicia. This entrance is for you. You are a chosen "soul of value" from Lord Jedah. Enter through this hole and through the Demon Dimension," hollered the voice. "I know her. She is what at Jedah's place. She is the soul bee clan's Q-bee" Lilith said to herself.

"What do you mean an entrance for me? What do you mean the Demon Dimension? All of this is just to summon me? Opening this hole? Involving innocent people?" Felicia cried in anger. "I see that's why my brother Ronald got angry with all of you. All of you crossed the line. You told us that none of us will hurt any innocent people but you crossed the line," Daniel said. "I don't care what you are talking about, young boy. You are just a prisoner. You see Lord Jedah likes Ronald more than you. You're nothing compared to a stupid kid." Q-bee teased. "Give them back! Give everyone back!" Felicia shouted trying to attack Q-bee but she failed, Q-bee was too fast she thrown to the wall, injuring herself.

"Oh no way… I… promised mom…no matter what, I won't lose. I won't be crushed. I'll bring them back. Everyone, my happiness, everyone's happiness," Felicia weakly whispered. Q-bee heard what Felicia said "Happiness? Happiness… Lord Jedah can provide it to you. Lord Jedah is a great being. He'll make you happy if you come back to the Demon Dimension. Lord Jedah will provide happiness to everyone" she said.

"Happiness isn't something what others can give. True happiness is something you must find on your own. But bringing misfortune to others and take away people's happiness Are thing that no one should do! And I'll never forgive a guy like that!" Felicia exclaimed as she tried to attack Q-bee again but still, she failed again.

"It's that all you got to say? I was looking the other way since you are a worthy being, but you were too weak. You're just good enough to be our meal. I'm starving. And my friends can't wait either." Q-bee said making her strongest attack but suddenly, Felicia disappeared from where she is standing. "Jedah giving away happiness is a big lie!" Lilith said. "If he can provide happiness, why can't he provide some for me? Why did he just imprison me in the dungeon? Why did you just leave me alone? Why did he fill my heart with anger and hatred? Is that happiness? Is that the happiness that you're talking about? Tell me! What did I do wrong? Why you are all guys do this to us? Ronald was right, you are insane. You're all INSANE!" Daniel shouted furiously. "Jedah never gave interesting for fun. He gave nothing. He taught nothing. That place was all LONELY and BORING!" Lilith cried out loudly and angrily.

"Lilith," Felicia said trying to keep Lilith and Daniel calm. "But you see Felicia I don't really understand what you really meant. I just don't understand what you mean by happiness. Not even Daniel can explain it because he is a prisoner. Then why did you help me? Well, when I saw you dancing, I thought you were enjoying it. I want to see you dance more like that. I don't know if that's not enough reason to help you." Lilith explained.

"How foolish, Lilith. You've forgotten that you've been given a body. You've ran away with that prisoner from Lord Jedah, and on top of that, you sneered Lord Jedah. Both of you, you're unforgivable!" Q-bee said furiously attacking the two. Lilith tried to fight back but she doesn't know how to use her powers. Even so, she tried to slice the bees with her wings but no matter how hard she slices all of the bees, it doesn't seem to come to an end. Lilith was getting exhausted and she doesn't know what to do. "Alright already, I'm going to help her out!" Daniel exclaimed. All of sudden, Ronald and Morrigan appeared in the scene. "How pathetic, Lilith," Morrigan said to Lilith.

"Hold it! And where the hell do you think you are going, you knucklehead?" Ronald said, pulling Daniel's long hair. "Ow! Hey! Will you stop pulling my hair? It hurts and I'm going to help Lilith." Daniel protested. "Why don't you just trust her? She won't learn if you would do that. Besides, I know that Lilith can blast that stupid mercenary of Jedah, you numbskull." Ronald said, this time he knocked Daniel's head. "Okay! Okay! But next time, will you stop pulling my hair and knocking my head?" Daniel asked. "You're a part of me, yet you can't fight against these small fries?" Morrigan jeered pulling one of Lilith's wings. "What's this on your back, just a decoration for you to fly with?" Lilith asked "There's no meaning to these weapon if you don't use them, you fool." Morrigan answered "But there's so many…" Lilith protested.

"That's because you try to defeat them one at a time, just defeat them all at once. You should be able to do it, too." Morrigan taught. "What are you blabbering about? Just shut up and become my meal!" Q-bee furiously shouted trying to attack Lilith one more time. Lilith tried to fight back and she did. She pierced all the bees and stabbed Q-bee at her torso. "See? I know that this girl has potentials. Well, I guess next time could be your turn for sure, Danny boy," Ronald proclaimed tuning Daniel's head to him.

Though Lilith was able to defeat Q-bee, she realized that the Q-bee in front of her wasn't the real one, it was just a bee. "For sure, Q-bee has just sent a pawn as a decoy. Very clever indeed," Ronald said. "How dare you kill one of my friends, Lilith? I will definitely pay you back. "Having a hard time fighting a small fry like that? You've got ways to go," Felicia said in a surprised manner. "If you don't get a little stronger, it won't be much fun if I take you in." Morrigan said "If you have time to worry about others, worry about yourself. Jedah is strong. Ronald told me everything about him," she added.

"So your highness, on which place do you wish to go?" Ronald asked Morrigan. "You're serving Morrigan?" Daniel said in a surprised manner. "Of course! Why not?" Ronald asked. "Just leave the boy alone, Ronald. We're heading back to the castle." Morrigan said "As you wish your highness." Ronald answered as they went away. "Felicia, are you going to the Demon Dimension?" Lilith asked.

"Yeah! I'm going to save everyone who got sucked in." Felicia replied. "I'll go too." Lilith said but Felicia stopped her. "No, no, I'm going in to grab hold my happiness. I'm going to get back the humans I love. You have to find your own happiness." Felicia explained. "But I don't really understand what happiness is." Lilith protested.

"Lilith, happiness is not something we can see or touch; it's something that you can feel. In time you spend with the people you love, you sing, and laugh with each other and you feel something light here and you feel warm," Felicia explained. "I guess that she's right. I'm sorry I can't provide you as much happiness as you really wanted because I can't manage to see the world for a long time. Will you forgive me for this?" Daniel added. "Its okay, Daniel. Don't worry because you did what the best that you can do. I'll be happy about that," Lilith cheerfully replied. "When I manage to save everyone and come back, I'm going to show you my dance. Not my practice dance, but my real stage dance," Felicia exclaimed hugging the two very tightly. "It'll be really pretty and I'll definitely show it to the two of you," she added. "Is that a promise?" asked the two. "Yeah! It's a promise," Felicia replied as she waved goodbye to Lilith and Daniel.

Right behind the tree Daniel saw someone staring at him. "Daniel, why are you staring at the tree like that?" Lilith asked. "No, nothing, I thought I saw someone else. C'mon Lilith, let's go home. John might be very worried about us," Daniel replied as they flew home.

Back at London, "So all this time, where have you guys been?" John asked trying to hide his anger with a smile. "Uh…A-America," the two replied. "Don't be ridiculous, I was worried and looked over for the two of you," John shouted. "You were worried about us?" Lilith asked. "Of course!" John replied. "See, we shouldn't stay there so long. I know that was a long journey back. One continent to another? He he he…" Daniel said. "Felicia… I think I know a little now. Whenever I'm with Daniel and John, I feel a little lighter. Maybe this is happiness. Felicia… please come back safely. The three of us will watch you on-stage" Lilith thought.

In the Dark Dimension, "Humph! Looks like you received my invitation. Welcome to the Dark Dimension, cute lady." Jedah said as he warmly welcomed Felicia. "There's someone with a weak shine on his soul. The beast soul covered with blood instinct. He is beautiful and worthy. And so, in order to beautifully light up the beast's soul, I must give him salvation. Just wait and see, Ronald. I assure you that you will fail whatever you plan against me," Jedah thought to himself.

At the Aensland's castle balcony, "So, this is the man are you talking about, Ronald?" Donovan asked. "Yeah, with long red shiny hair and red eyes glowing like fire? Yes, he is Daniel," Ronald replied. "So what do you want me to do with him?" Donovan said. "Just invite him if he wants to join the rebellion against Jedah. I can see that he too has a great anger in him." Ronald replied.