Project, Failure
Chapter Three,
Never Ending Sleep, Blood of Angels
Tenain sighed, and then looked upward from his throne, ignoring the soft growls that where coming from the side of his 'room'. Eventually, however, despite his best efforts to ignore the vicious sounds, the demon lord couldn't help but cast a curious glance over at the other demon, chained heavily to the ground, long, brilliantly natural blue hair bloody and messy, making golden cat like eyes shimmer with the demon's immense anger with Tenain. "Come now…you cant keep that up all day." Tenain said with a smirk, seeing the other demon hiss, baring his sharp and blood stained fangs.
The demon lord chuckled bitterly at the pathetic form of the demon, who had slowly started to sink lower to the ground due to its weariness. Even though the demon's body looked like that of a human, Tenain knew that this demon was just that…a demon, sinful and tainted.
Tenain smirked as the demon slowly stopped growling, his voice growing sore, and his breaths becoming forced. "See? Now, wasn't that so much easier, my little Himmel?" He asked, leaning back against his throne as the demon, ironically named Himmel, raised his head, and growled again.
The blue haired demon spit at the ground, then hissed. "You think this can keep me here?" He asked, his voice cracking, laced with a very strong sense of distain and utter hate for Tenain.
Tenain just shook his head, and then chuckled again, looking away from the cat demon, who was named 'Heaven' by his mother, whom Tenain had killed shortly after she had given birth to the little monstrosity. Himmel, was now over a thousand years old…but the wound was still fresh, and he would never forgive this man for killing his mother. Even if he was a full-bred demon, and was supposed to be sick, twisted, unsightly and unruly, Himmel wasn't. He was raised by humans, and didn't act like most demons would, possessing and playing with the mortals of earth. No. He was nothing like him…nothing like his father, who was also a full-bred demon.
"I'll get free…just you wait." Himmel spat, wincing as the chains holding him in place tightened considerably. Tenain stood up, then walked over and patted the boy's head, earning yet another hiss. He didn't care though…Himmel could hiss all he wanted, it wouldn't change the outcome of his bondage.
Tenain walked past the cat demon, then out of his room, slowly shutting the door behind him, locking it behind him so that even if Himmel somehow slipped from the chains, the demon would be stuck still in the room. Tenain really didn't have time to argue with the demon. His mind was still fixated on Thirteen, and why she had so easily caught his undivided attention. Tch, why would he pay any attention to Himmel, when Thirteen was so much more…interesting, let alone mild tempered. Tenain must say, that he preferred her company much more then Himmel's.
The only problem with that, being that Thirteen hasn't shown her face since that first fateful day, only Tesh. Tenain scowled a little. Stupid Tesh, Tenain didn't care about her! He wanted to find out more about Thirteen, but he couldn't very well do that if Tesh was around.
Not that Tesh cared anyways.
It had been about a week since Tenain had seen Thirteen, and needless to say, he was growing increasingly impatient. Regen wasn't watching her like she was supposed to be, but, Tenain dismissed that small fact, seeing as how Reska had taken up the job. It was fine, Tenain needed to have someone watching her, but it didn't matter who it was necessarily, since Tesh could speak German. She didn't appear to need an escort. But, Tenain had to figure out how to push Thirteen's personally out, and shove Tesh's back in…even if it was just for a while. He was hoping, that Himmel might have been able to help him with that, but, clearly, he was wrong. Himmel would rather die, then help Tenain do anything other then die.
Tenain walked along the long hallways, looking out the small-framed windows as he did so. Reska and Tesh where outside, but, wait, what was this? Tesh, didn't look like she normally did, and for the oddest reason, Reska had been pushed to the ground, and the girl was looming over him.
Tenain frowned, and stopped walking, watching as she slowly knelt down, and pulled him up by the collar of his shirt, to tell him something. Reska's expression changed to confusion, and Tenain frowned more. His confusion, meant either one of two things. One, 'Tesh' was speaking some kind of non-sense…or, she was speaking in a different language all together. Tenain was willing to bet it was the second of the two.
With a small, satisfied smirk, Tenain started making his way outside, taking his good, sweet time in approaching the two. Ah, just as he had suspected, 'Tesh' was screaming at him in an odd language, and Reska, had no idea what to do. "Thirteen!" Tenain called out daringly, seeing her head slowly turn in his direction, dull, crimson eyes meeting his chilling silver ones. Finally, she makes an appearance. Thirteen, in all her pureness and glory. Tenain couldn't help but force a fake smile to spread across his lips, eyes narrowing. "I would prefer it, if you didn't try to kill my underlings." The demon lord said to her, watching as she looked back down at Reska.
She scowled at the boy, and then roughly let him go, moving away from him with an emotionless expression. Thirteen wasn't going to kill him, she merely wanted to show him his place. His foul mouth had upset Tesh, and thus, caused Thirteen to surface in the girls place.
Tenain had caught that, and mentally made note of it. If the easiest way to get Thirteen to show her face was to cause Tesh harm, then this would be fairly simple for him. "Forgive me." she said, out of sheer habit, disgust laced in her words.
Tenain smiled more. "Come with me, Thirteen." He ordered, gesturing for her to come closer to himself. Thirteen glanced over at him, before she cautiously took steps towards him, her bare feet feeling cold, due to the damp grass beneath her feet. She looked down as she walked, inspecting the grass from a distance with a curious glint in her normally dull eyes. Tenain chuckled, then lead her away form Reska. Fortunately, she obediently followed him, eyes still down cast.
Then, her eyes slowly lifted up, towards the bright blue sky, the sun shining brightly onto her pale skin. Thirteen was speechless, and merely gazed at all the strange sights that came with freedom, not noticing how amused Tenain seemed to be.
"Do you like it here, Thirteen?" Tenain asked, breaking her form her thoughts without much effort. Thirteen looked over at him, and then put on a confused expression, halting in her steps. She didn't understand what he was asking. Did she like it here? What kind of a question was that? Thirteen's eyes searched his expression for an answer, but when she got none, the unlucky number let her eyes fall form him. She wished she could answer him, but she couldn't, so she didn't.
It was as simply as that. Tenain wouldn't force her to respond, not to something so trivial. His eyes drifted away form the girl, as a small smirk tugged at his lips, replacing his once 'harmless' smile.
He chuckled, and then stopped walking, causing Thirteen to stop as well. She looked up at him questing, before he knelt in front of her, and reached out, tracing her jaw with his fingertips ever so delicately. "You, my dear, are something …different…completely different." Tenain said to her, watching as her expression turned into one of confusion, and slight disgust. She didn't really like people touching her…even if the touch was harmless enough. "Can you feel it, to? The radiance that seems to seep threw your every pore. I wonder if you can…" He narrowed his eyes.
"I feel nothing." She responded bleakly, expression growing dull and monotonous. Tenain lifted a curious brow, and then pulled her into a soft, warm hug, muttering something that she could not understand.
He chuckled when she did not respond, and he repeated himself, more firmly then last time. "Do you feel something now? "He asked, tightening his hold on the girl, who's expression again showed disgust.
He was so strange to Thirteen. It was weird being anywhere near this man…even form the beginning, he have her an off feeling. Though, she didn't know if it was good or bad…all Thirteen knew, was that it made her feel terribly off balance. "Yes." She replied after a moment or two, feeling him pull away from her. Letting out a soft sigh of relief, the unlucky number slowly stepped away form him, then, when his cold eyes locked upon her's, something just…snapped.
The girl felt a strange wave of something pass over her, and her eyes grew wider, and her body, hotter. Fear, perhaps even terror? Tenain caught this look she was giving him, and just to test it out, he reached forward, and touched her cheek, only to have her flinch away from his equally cold hand.
She could no longer take it…whatever this feeling was, it was consuming her, and all her instincts told her to run. So, Thirteen ran.
Tenain sighed as he watched her small body run with such clumsiness as a newly born kitten, running away from a enormous mutt that escaped from the dog pound, blood soaking its teeth, claws, and its flee bitten fur. He could practically feel the consuming fire that fueled her undeniable terror for him. And thus far, he had done nothing to upset, or harm her. He looked up, and then smirked.
"My, she sure is an intelligent little thing, isn't she?" Tenain asked, looking over at equally cold eyes. This time, he was not talking to some undermined demon child, or some incompetent girl who couldn't control her anger…
…Tenain was now speaking to a boy, in his mid teen years, who's mind was little less then magnificently flawless. And his looks, where almost as brilliant as his mind, and skills. Today, it seemed, this boy, no, this young man had pulled his hair into a low, and considerably loose pony tail, his astonishing white hair long and elegant…his eyes, a soft gray color, making him look as though he was possessed, or perhaps blind.
"She is not intelligent." The boy said softly, his voice barely above a whisper…very subtle, very smooth. "For, if she was, she would have never run from you, Tenain."
The demon lord smirked, and then narrowed his chilling silver eyes, expecting nothing less from this, well-rounded human child. "And, why would you say something like that, child? Is it not considered wise to run from danger, or flee from obvious peril or threat?"
The young teen shook his head, then stepped a little closer to the demon, the height difference not to far off. "No, Tenain." He answered boldly, though his voice was still very quiet, almost as if he was mocking submissiveness. Tenain knew better, this young man was not, in any way, mocking him. "It is obvious, that you will eventually track her down, and then, force upon her a levelheaded punishment that has been overstepped one to many times when you are far to angry for your own good."
Tenain smirked more, but then shook his head. He was wrong, about only one thing. Tenain would not be the one retrieving her, not this time. He had to deal with Tesh's constancy in trying to run away…but, Thirteen, he feared, was to overpowering for him. Tenain feared, that her goodness, would overshadow his great evil.
The boy, upon seeing the man shake his head, tilted his own, silently asking for him to explain himself. Tenain chuckled, then looked away. "I will not be getting her back…you will."
Himmel hissed and threw himself about, trying to slip or break the chains. Though, each time he started pulling, they only seemed to tighten. Finally, with a loud cry, he gave up, lying against the cold, but blood splattered ground. He started to breath sharply, feeling his chest and throat tighten. No. He roughly pressed his forehead against the ground, baring his teeth. No! He squeezed his eyes shut as he felt warmness building up behind his lids. No, he refused to cry! He was a demon, a beast, and a strong and powerful creation! He did not cry! Period!
And yet, after a while of holding his breath, he finally sank to the ground, sobbing uncontrollably. Why, why did Tenain insist of further hurting Himmel? The cat demon continued crying, his mind filled with hate and despair.
He sighed delicately, and felt the tire after effects of his crying, his eyes lazily casting odd glanced in every direction as he rolled onto his back, the annoying sounds of the chains slinking against the ground. Tears continued to fall, but, his breathing had evened out, and he was not as hysterical as he had been.
Himmel tenderly pulled on one of his chains, and looked at it with weary eyes, the redness from his tears making his eyes seem swollen, and blood shot. "Mother, please…what should I do…?" He asked himself calmly, his hand shaking as he held the chain close to his face as if it had been a very, very precious item, worth great value to him, something that he cherished with his life.
He tightened his grip, and then he tightened his jaw, suddenly yanking forcefully with all the power he could muster up. To his sheer surprise, the chain shattered like glass around him, and his body, remained free of blood, even though the glass was shredding his flesh. Himmel was in shock, and slowly, he stood upon trembling legs, his bright yellow eyes glancing around the glass covered flooring.
His mother, must have been watching out for him…there was no other solution.
But, no time for that now! He had to hurry, or risk being caught by Tenain again. So, he carefully trotted over to the door, and then inspected the hinges, before he vigilantly started to undo one side, causing the door to gradually slide open.
Himmel took one daring step outside, and then off he ran, swiftly racing around corners and avoiding the other creatures that lived here. There had to be a way out of this…this, this maze! Agh! This place, everything looked the same to poor Himmel, and his cat like instincts where doing him no good at the moment, because everything in him screamed to run faster, all but his brain, which was screaming back something along the lines of 'and, where the heck do you suggest we run faster to, hm?!'
He now, finally, understood what it was like to be a rat in a maze.
"Agh!" Suddenly, he was knocked off his feet, and the demon, who's mind was now just trying to catch himself before he fell, was not swift enough to notice that it was a girl whom he had knocked down.
A very small, frail looking girl…very thin, very pail and almost sickly looking in every way, had also been knocked off her feet, wincing as she hit the ground with no sound or cry of pain whatsoever. Himmel, after he had hit, grunted softly, rubbing his backside as his now angry glare was redirected towards the girl, who seemed completely lost in a state of panicked fear. She reminded him of an animal, backed into an immensely small cage…nowhere to run, nowhere to hide. Violent, dangerous, unpredictable…Himmel cringed as he gazed upon her hurting expression. "Im…very sorry…" He mumbled, pushing himself to his feet.
Thirteen watched him for a long while, before she also pulled herself up, her eyes reflecting her suspicion of this demon. Himmel eyes her, then looked away, rubbing the back of his neck nervously.
The way she was staring at him…it made him feel, unworthy. Like he wasn't good enough, or, maybe she was just too good. It didn't matter. She narrowed her eyes, then started to take off again, but was forced to abruptly stop, Himmel's hand wrapped around his wrist causing her to halt.
"Wait!" He said in a demanding tone, causing her to flinch, and close her eyes. What was he saying? Thirteen couldn't understand a word of it! She tried, she really did, to understand all of what Tenain was saying to her, and now understand al of what this one was saying to her…but it was too much! Thirteen's mind was overloading with thoughts, plans, ideas…she felt as though she had no escape from this madness.
She opened her eyes again, only to see a small look of hurt run across Himmel's expression. "…Im sorry, okay? Im not going to hurt you, I swear." Himmel spoke, much softer this time, seeing how badly she had reacted when his voice was so severe.
"…I…don't understand…" She whispered, looking away from him again. The cat demon tilted his head, but didn't respond.
But, he let go of her wrist, all the same, watching as she pulled it away, then started running again, her mind pushed into that panicked track of thinking. Himmel watched, then shook his head, trotting for a moment before he grew up to full speed again, escaping right out from under the demon lord's nose.
Thirteen, however, was not so lucky. The white haired male had been hot on her trail, and since her encounter with Himmel had slowed her down considerably, she had only freshly made it outside before the teen had somehow caught her off guard, and knocked the poor girl unconscious with gas. He then proceeded to carry her back on his back, the gas mask tightly pulled over his gorgeous face. He was, only human…so, he had no 'supernatural' powers…the only thing wrong with him, was his mind, and his incredible ability to kill, and hunt with ruthless tactics.
It was merely out of his orders, did this young man not injure her any more they she had already injured herself. Otherwise, his trap for her would have been a lot more…painful, and grotesque.
Loads more fun then just knocking her out with gas, but whatever. Orders where orders.
Thirteen started to stir about on the young teen's back, and he simply ignored her, letting her slide to the ground once he was inside what was considered to be her room. It was a nice room, though the cemented floors and cemented walls made the room chilly, and look more like a cell…it was still a very nice room.
The young teen looked down at the unconscious form of Thirteen, seeing her body changing into that of Tesh's. He wasn't to surprised. After all, his master was a demon, and, most of the people living here where odd in their own way…seeing something like this, was the least of his worries. Now, if she suddenly poofed into a fish or something, then he'd panic, and try to find some body of water to put her in…but, there was no gills on her, and no fins, so, he was to remain clam.
That, and, he was sure that he had to wait here till she woke up…if he got a bad taste of her now, then he would have trouble staying in the room.
Tenain watched idly as the blue haired demon rushed right on out of the fortress, and his chilling silver eyes slid shut. "Himmel, Himmel, Himmel…what on earth am I gonna do with you?" He asked himself softly, feeling the kitty's energy levels vanish, his speed and grace taking him out of Tenain's field of vision and feel. "Such a disobedient kitten he is. Its as if he was never taught any manners at all…leaving without saying goodbye to his host…how rude indeed."
The demon lord smirked, then pushed away from his balcony. He wanted to check up on his pure little newcomer, and for that, he had not even time to recapture Himmel.
Besides, lovely Thirteen was far more important then any measly cat demon ever would or could be. Whatever that creation was, the power flowing from each part of her, the sheer amounts of goodness…Tenain must find out what she is, there was no way around that. No, he was hooked, addicted, and Tenain refused to let his newly found obsession rot away, or use up its purpose, like the last one, and the one before that.
No, not Thirteen. Thirteen, she was something much different then anything he had ever felt, or laid eyes on…he would do anything to keep her here, with him, at all costs.
After all, she was his obsession, his prize.
