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Chapter 5

An icy chill of fear seeped slowly in Uryuu's blood as Szayel lightly traced the humming scalpel blade upon his taunt chest muscles.

"It will be a slow and painful process, Quincy, but your power will increase by phenomenal proportions and with the extraction of your heart you will take your place among us!" Szayel murmured eagerly.

Golden eyes glowed with pleasure as they drank in the horror lurking in the dark depths of Uryuu's own eyes. Hopes and dreams of a rescue from the unavoidable agony that would take place, died in Uryuu and death was far more preferable than this. Gently, the cruel scientist pressed down on the upper right chest muscle and the first crimson droplets welled up to run across his specimen's naked skin. No cries of anguish were issued yet, but Szayel noticed the tension at the corners of his lips. Smirking, Aporro plunged and twisted the scalpel further into Uryuu and more blood rose to paint the pale canvas of his flesh. No, no, no…I won't scream, and I won't give that sick bastard the satisfaction. With a final and brutal twist of the blade though, all of Uryuu's resolve shattered.

A strangled scream of agony ripped out the Quincy's throat as Szayel began to carve the familiar circle of where the hollow's hole would reside.

"Aizen-sama has given me the greatest gift of all when he allowed me to proceed on with this project and I will not let this gift go to waste!" Szayel roared passionately over the shrieking boy. Uryuu's eyes rolled in to the back of his head…

The gentle clinking of a chain aroused the sleeping child from his slumber. Rubbing his tired eyes, Uryuu lifted his head to see only a ghostly world of mist and shadows. The overwhelming sense of isolation suddenly made Uryuu feel inexplicably lonely. Carefully he sat up expecting gouts of pain, but instead only a gentle tugging of his chest. The tell-tale clink of a chain caused the Quincy to look down and see… "My soul chain," he whispered, for suddenly he sensed he was no longer alone. The chain pulled at him more urgently and Uryuu stood to follow its length which vanished into the mist. The desire to see what lay ahead clashed with his increasing feelings of foreboding. Suddenly Uryuu Ishida was yanked forward and slammed against something solid. The startled Quincy jerked his head from the wall's surface he had collided against only to discover his worst nightmare. Gasping, he backed away and he shut his eyes, but the warped image of his twin was burned into his vision. Lifeless blue eyes peered from a corpse white face which mirrored Uyruu's own features. The ugly brand of a black cross ran down the right side of its visage, matching two other burned etchings that twined around its muscular arms. A tattered white waistcoat with black pants adorned the imposing figure, but the waistcoat was open to proudly reveal its gaping hole through its solid chest. The sheer power and spiritual pressure emitting from this mutant image of Uryuu was enough to steal Uryuu's breath away. The espada beckoned to the Quincy child with one hand, while the other tugged the very end of Uryuu's chain. The power it offered sorely tempted Uryuu, but the terrible price that he would pay accepting it would be far too great.

"No…I don't want this…STAY AWAY FROM ME!" Uryuu shouted as his twin yanked his chain forcefully and reached out to take him into his chilling embrace.

"Uryuu…" The arrancar froze at the sound of another presence within it's darken lair and Ryuken Ishida stepped into view of his struggling sons.

"Ryu…Father," Uryuu whispered hoarsely as he prowled slowly towards them. The hollow Uryuu relaxed and renewed its struggles to take in and become one with his victim. Ryuken's bow pulsed with the blue flames of a fully powered Quincy arrow aimed directly at the smirking espada.

"Uryuu your power, why are you not using it?" Surprised at his father's words, the boy reached deep inside himself to find his spiritual energy pulsing powerfully once again and moments later the Quincy pentacle beamed proudly in Uryuu's hand. The espada rose its hand to protect its eyes from the glare. Swiftly it tried to snatch Uryuu, confident that his father would not shoot even a copy image of himself, but alas, it did not know Ryuken's ruthless character had already done just that with the real the deal. An arrow went shrieking towards it and a second later its arm was blown off. The horrible stench of sizzling flesh plagued Uryuu's nose, but the Quincy espada kept coming towards him. Uryuu took careful aim and lost himself into the empty gaze of his adversary. He couldn't shoot. Not his very essence that he had unwillingly created. Ryuken turned towards his frozen son and seized him by the shoulders.

"Look at me…Uryuu," Ryuken commanded sternly. "You will die if you cannot fight."

Suddenly, Ryuken roughly pulled his son farther from the reaching creature and held him in a warm and protective hug. Uryuu's eyes widened in shock as his head pressed against his father's shoulder.

"I want you to live." Ryuken said softly as he glared over his shoulder at espada Uryuu. "Remember that…" and just as quickly he shoved his son away from him and lifted his bow. Uryuu had barely any time to shout before Ryuken shot him once more into his heart. The scar which was seared into him just a month ago sent raging waves of blue hell fire to burn away at the darkness. His twin screamed when the flames made contact and Uryuu watched with horrified pity as the espada he would never be burned in a searing inferno of Quincy spiritual purification…

Ryuken Ishida sighed with exhaustion as he slowly stood up in the middle of a drawn out Quincy pentacle upon the secret training facility's floor. He had just used the Quincy bind and find spell to touch into his son's mind and soul the moment he felt it dimming into the shadows of death. The spell not only took all of Ryuken's power, but also would have never been possible had he not scarred Uryuu with the Quincy cross, thus binding and mingling their spiritual energies together. Shooting into Uryuu's heart a second time had purfied Uryuu's soul from falling prey to the inner espada which Szayel created. You must have talent and the will to survive Uryuu..

Szayel yelped as the handle of his precious scalpel melted in a puddle hot liquid metal upon his hand and upon the gushing wound he had cut into the unconscious Quincy. The entrance to his private lab was blasted violently into smithereens by two powerful attacks with twin yells of audible rage. "HOWL, ZAMBIMARU!" "GETSUGA TENSHO!" Renji and Ichigo charged through the busted door way just at the same moment when Uryuu's eyes fluttered open…

I love and hate cliff hangers, but if I didn't have them my story would not keep going! Keep on reviewing! ;)