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Caroline, Zero, Kate and Airin, C ME Dueler of Fate.
Chapter 10, One Vampire's Choice: Part 4. A Friend In Need.
Airin's POV.
Flying…and more through the ash filled air, by now the monster world was nothing more than a desert wasteland at which was on its final stand. But then again I could be wrong but if you were here…huh….I mean you'd be running if you were smart. Again I could be wrong because I was supposed to be rallying up fallen monsters, healing and recruiting new ones that were stronger…but the only one that could match the power of this god that was attacking with his constantly regenerating army would be Caroline. And she's well…..busy at the moment but there are other monsters that nearly match the strength of a Vampire. Yet not the full power otherwise Vampire's would not be dubbed the strongest of all monsters, you can imagine how hard it is to keep that title. Anyways, I had gathered a few monstrels and a couple of werewolf's that were actually Caroline's long lost allies surprising as it may be.
"We need a plan here Airin!" Tetra shouted. I pitied her view on the situation because I could tell that she was impatient and that she wanted this nightmare to be over, I wanted this to be over as much as she did but but Caroline told me specifically to gather what allies I can and hold our position at the entrance just outside of midtown. We had already lost the outer areas of the town so we moved our forces south and put up a defense perimeter around the entire outer gate of the central town area. We had to hold our position here, if we lost midtown there is now way we would be able to save the capital. If the nightmares were to reach the capital….things would happen. Things ten times worse than any judgment day you've seen in a movie.
"Airin!" A small voice cried, I spun around to see Kate, a very determined succubus and my girlfriend flying toward me at an incredible speed knocking me to the ground her face stricken with terror.
"Mmph, Kate…wh-what's going on?" I asked stunned at her reaction. She quickly got to her feet and looked at all of us for a moment at a loss for words.
"I-I was just going north to check with Caroline and then I saw that…..that…."I gripped her shoulders,
"Saw what," I said sounding worried for her, she looked up0 her face coated with tears,
"She's captured….knocked out….unconscious. In the hands of that evil dictator himself!" I gasped, Carol….caught so easily it….its just not like her. Tetra stepped up as her purple eyes met Kate's.
"I can't believe this," Tetra exclaimed, "I mean….Carol….a vampire…invincible and she was caught so easily?"
"I know I'm confused as well," Kate shook her head.
"I tried to chase after them but some of his stupid lackeys slowed me down. I couldn't reach her in time." I glanced over at Samos, a telekinetic demon and he nodded understanding what I was wanting from him. He laid his hand softly on the ground and closed his eyes. None of us spoke and on one moved, he breathed for a few minutes and then he tensed. I heard a faint scream and then a small but very in pain voice. Airin! It sounded like Caroline, I then saw a faint image in my head, Caroline was wrapped with chains made from darkness and there were things stuck into her arms like needles arms taking energy from her body and transferring it to something that I couldn't make out, but I had a grim feeling that Wizeman himself was taking Carol's Vampiric energy and giving it to himself so that his power will be equivalent to that of a Vampire's! THAT ASSHOLE! I shook the images from my mind and gazed over at Samos, his black eyes met mine and I shook away from him
"I found it," Kate popped and rushed over to Samos.
"Really, where!?" She asked sounding anxious; he looked at all of us and eyed Kate again,
"She's where Wizeman is, in the center of the battle." Kate looked back up at me, I could tell she was pleading for me to order and attack going straight in and possibly killing everyone here for the risk of our dearest friend. I sighed; I could tell everyone's eyes were on me, I had been assigned as the personal leader of this group of ours, which wasn't much. Our numbers were about twenty million and a half at best, the nightmares had about 5 million more than that and they were increasing on the spot! But we still had to try! I wasn't about to give up just because these bitches have destroyed most of the city. I looked out toward the blood filled horizon.
"Well Airin…" Tetra and the others looked at me pleadingly, I sighed and put a hand on Kate's stained shoulder,
"Kate………" I hesitated, "Let's go," I could swear she was hugging me so fiercely that my guts were exploding, but she simply kissed me on the cheek and unfurled her leathery bat wings as her claws from both her hands and her feet extended to full length. Everyone else did the same with their monster forms. I didn't really have much of a change other than that my body is transparent and that whenever I fly super fast I sort of turn into this cyclone like swirl thing. If I were to fly through anyone while in that form I would steal their souls so I try not to use it too often. I myself am I ghost if I haven't mentioned that before. We all headed for the center of the battle. We were not about to leave Caroline, she was about our last hope for winning this battle.
And surviving it.
Chapter End.