15. The Day the Betrayal Started: Demura vs. Helzard Pt. 1

The planet of Helzard 10 years ago

Kimera was sitting on the floor of her room playing with her pet Liger, Soran. The large black and red creature was on his back receiving a tummy rub from his master. There was a knock at her door. She got up and moved to open the door when Soran came up from behind her and nudged her out of the way with his nose.

'Navis my boy you shouldn't be up so late.' Soran replied as Kimera went to lie down on her large bed. A small humph was heard from the other side of the door. Soran opened his mouth to pull the large cord that was attached to the door. Opening it revealed a small boy no older than 5 in an over sized shirt and a teddy bear that had seen better days. Soran ushered the boy in and he went straight to the bed and climbed in beside Kimera. Soran went to his spot at the foot of the bed and began turning in for the night.

'Don't stay up all night you two. Remember, we are having guests from Demonicos over to talk of a treaty. So I bid you both good night.' The large feline burrowed down into his bed and was off to sleep in no time.

Kimera looked at the small boy in front of her and had to smile. Reaching her hand out to him, the small boy known as Navis, crawled over and rested his small self in between her legs as Kimera cradled him to her chest.

"Do you know how important you are to me?" Kimera whispered into the small boys pale blond hair as she rocked back and forth.

Navis nodded his head sleepily against her and raised his eyes to look at her.

'You're da mama I never gots ta have Kay. Ya saved me from the bad people.' Navis spoke to her with his mind since he was unable to talk. The young boy had no tongue, since it had been cut out when he was just a babe.

Smiling down on him, her eyes glowed a faint purple as she pulled the covers up and over them both. "I guess I am kinda like your mom but with out all the birthing and crap. I'm glad I found you when I did Nav. My life wouldn't be as wonderful without you in it."

Navis smiled at her from behind hooded eyes before he drifted off to sleep in her arms. The child had gone through so much. She'd run into him on New Rome almost 3yrs ago. The poor boy was starved and sick on the side of the street with his torn and dirty clothes, holding a cup hoping that someone would offer him some spare change to get him through the day.

She was dressed in a large black cloak while she walked the crowded streets of the Demonicos run planet. Her mother had asked her to pick up some herbs that only flourished on NR, so she had come by herself and made her way through the merchants until she heard a small scream. It was an odd scream because it sounded muffled. Her attention drawn to the noise as her eyes fell upon the poor child as a grown man kicked him hard in the head. She had the man by the throat and in the air before the thought crossed her mind. Staring daggers at the man she noticed he was wearing a uniform.

"Demonican Scum! How dare you harm this poor child!" She was squeezing the life out of him. She twisted her wrist and her ears were gifted with the satisfying crack of his neck. Dropping his limp body, she turned around to the unconscious boy. She checked his wounds and tapped his cheek lightly to awaken him. The boy's eyes widened in fear at seeing her strange eyes. Kimera changed her eyes back to a normal, un-glowing state and moved towards him again. The boy made a strange gurgling sound in his throat and that's when she noticed the way his throat was moving. Moving her hand to his face slowly, she opened his mouth and had to hold back her curses. His tongue was gone. It was clearly not a defect as the straight scar that marred the flesh told her. It had been cut from his mouth. Hot rage boiled up inside her. Turning his head to the side, she saw the branding on the back of his neck. 'So he is a slave boy, which would explain the tongue thing.'

"Are you alright little one?" The little boy was still staring at her wide eyed. She thought that he hadn't heard a word she'd said until he launched himself at her and wrapped small arms around her neck in a tight hug.

'Thanko, for saving me pretty lady. Dat bad man yelled at me for begging him for some change.' Kimera's eyes were wide as well. The boy had just communicated to her mentally. Only certain races were gifted with that ability. She pulled back from him slightly to look him in the eyes. He had glowing eyes that were golden at the center and purple on the outside. He had such beautiful eyes. He was a beautiful child underneath all the grime and cuts.

"What is your name sweetie?"

'Um… um, I think its Navar, or Navim. No… wait mum yelled Navis at me before some weird people took her away. Hmm, you smell nice pretty lady.' Navis buried his little nose into her neck and inhaled her scent. 'Smell pretty like mama does.'

Her eyes welled up a bit at the vision she received when Navis spoke of his mother. Weird men… they were mercenaries. They had come to the owner and his mother had been sold off to the men as a parting gift. She gritted her teeth at this and her thoughts drifted back to Navis. She couldn't leave him here, not like this where he was sure to die.

As she made her decision to take him with her, she felt a negative force behind her. Getting up from the curb with Navis cradled against her and under her cloak, out of sight, she saw them coming towards her. More guards heavily armed and pissed. Great just what she needed, to draw more unwanted attention to herself. She officially hated this planet and the people on it.

The gem in her chest started to hum against Navis's skin and it lulled him to sleep. Looking down she placed a small kiss to his head and was rewarded with a content sigh and smile. "You're coming home with me little guy."

Pulling her hood down further she reached down with one hand and lifted the dead body up and threw it into the alley with ease. Hoping that the body wouldn't be discovered until she was off the planet, she made her way back to the port. Walking quickly but not to draw too much attention to her, Kimera weaved between the bodies like the wind. She raised her eyes to the roofs ahead of her and noticed a few guards on top. She had been spotted and they were getting ready to trap her. She crouched lower to the ground and used her wind abilities to glide along the floor on her stomach. She was picking up speed when the first shot was fired, barely missing her shoulder.

Giving up on the gliding trick she broke out in a full speed run. She was a blur of motion in the crowd as the people started to scatter from the curtain of fire aimed at the market place. Looking all around she spotted a drain pipe and leaped into the air and out of the crowd to scale the pipe up to the top one handed. Holding Navis to her chest, she ran and jumped fluidly across the roof tops above the city. She could hear shouted orders that she was to be taken alive but all that mattered was getting Navis back to the ship unharmed. She could see the port about 500ft ahead when she was hit in the back with a knife. It was lodged at a strange angle and she was unable to pull it out with one hand, but she refused to stop. A sudden electric pulse surged through her body and she toppled forward in a rolling motion. Looking up she saw that it was only a few more feet to the ledge. Navis was still sleeping but was out of her grasp. She heard footsteps and looked to her left to see 5 soldiers advancing on her fast. The knife was pulsing in her back. It must have been a charged weapon. Pulling herself up slowly, she stood on wobbly legs and reached back with both hands to take hold of the blade. Yanking upward, she dislodged the offending object and looked at it sourly. Sniffing the tip of the blade, she scented the poison right away.

Her vision blurred from the poison and she willed her body to rid itself of it. She felt her blood pulsing to push out the poison as the men came closer. Feeling a dribble of liquid going down her back let her know the poison was out of her body. Twirling the blade around her fingers she waited.

They began to spread out and circle her. Moving back, Kimera put herself between Navis and the men. The first one came at her with a spear. She easily dodged his attack and broke the spear in half. Pushing him back she used the momentum to spin her body and jam the sharp end of the spear right into his heart. As he feel another came forward and brandished 2 blades from his belt. She charged at him and grabbed both of his wrists and slamming her knee into his gut while she held his arms above his head. Disarming him, she took his two blades, and jammed then into his lower back as he slumped over. She pulled forward, crouching to roll backwards and flung him over the ledge. Now that she was down 2 soldiers and better armed, she would have no problem getting to the space port. As always she spoke too soon.

As she rushed the 3 other soldiers, she was in the middle of slitting someone's throat when an unknown force pushed her back. Her breath was just coming back to her when she looked up to see that the soldiers she had killed were… standing again.

"What in the fuckin' shit?" She sniffed the air, and smelled rotting earth around her. Kimera's eyes widened in recognition of the scent. There was a Necromancer in the vicinity and whoever it was, had control over the men she had just killed. Her back was to the ledge when an arm snaked around her neck from behind and tried to pull her over the edge. Gasping for air she could, she looked on in horror as one of the 'zombies' dragged his dead legs toward a still sleeping Navis. She could see the other two slowly changing into 'zombies' as well and started looking around the other roof tops to find the necromancer. Almost giving up hope, she leaned her body over the ledge, and looking back she could see a shrouded figure on the other roof top. Her vision was blurring again from the grip on her throat but she still threw the blade in the air and kicked it with all the force she had.

The blade soared and hit its mark, right between the eyes of the necromancer behind her. She saw the black smoke rise from the cape and then it dropped to the ground, empty. The grip around her neck loosened completely. She heard the thump when the body hit the ground below. A loud whine brought her attention back to Navis, who was pulling at the dead hand that was wrapped around his leg. Kimera crawled tiredly over to the young boy and pried the dead fingers off of his leg. Scooping him up into her arms and shushing him, the gem in her chest hummed again and Navis slipped into a deep sleep. Looking at the sight before her, she gathered what weapons she could carry and jumped the remaining rooftops till she reached the space port.

As she stood in line for verification, she looked down at her clothes and swore quietly. That bastard over the ledge had ripped the collar of her new shirt. Her mother had made it for her only a few days ago. How was she going to explain all of this? She'd deal with that later, because now she had a bigger responsibility, Navis. She was stroking his pale blond hair as she numbly snatched the access card from the gateman. He growled at her and her head shot up. She snarled loudly showing him her fangs. The man threw his hands up in defense as he stared at her glowing purple eyes. "Sorry lady, I didn't mean anything by it…"

She turned on her heel and headed straight for her jumper. Aisle 17, Spot 88. Every stop she made, no matter what the planet was, she always wanted that spot. The number held a strange significance for her that she couldn't recall. Making sure he was secure in her arms, Kimera entered her access code and had one foot on the ramp when she felt eyes on her. She only faltered for a second. She woke Navis as gently as she could and placed him on the ground telling him to go inside and sit down. When he was out of harms way, Kimera walked back down the ramp and looked out into the port, past all the crates and machinery. Her eyes had grown dark and she smelled another Necromancer in the area, but this one was keeping his distance. Whoever it was though had to be very strong for her to feel his presence this far away. Mumbling a 'Fuck It' under her breath, she went back inside and prepped her ship to go home.

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As the ship reached the atmosphere, the young lord sat on his throne looking through the orb that rested in his lap. She was beautiful, ethereal, deadly, and still pure. 'Perfect for the ceremony' he thought. She had dispatched of the dead soldiers in the simplest way, by killing the source. Many others would have fought the dead, and wasted their energy. But she knew better; she was raised and trained better than that.

"Kazira did well by you girl, and soon I will have your body and soul under my control." Lord Mitigar stood up from his throne orb in hand. Raising his hand he smashed the orb on the ground into a thousand little pieces. One shard stood out among the rest. A glowing black piece of glass now rested in Mitigar's hand. "All in due time my love, All in due time."

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