Legacy of Travas
Chapter 5: Sarafan Persecution
*In the Woods*
Within the depths of the woods, Travas continues to drive swiftly away from the locals that were approaching nearby. As soon as he got to a far enough distance from them, he parks the motorcycle and begins to head to the lake in order to clean off the bloodstains he obtained from the fight. However, he comes into realization that he cannot get into water, otherwise it would kill, or at least seriously wound him.
"Damnit… I forgot that vampires cannot touch the water due to their structure and curse", Travas thought to himself as he cursed under his breath, but then he looks back at the motorcycle. "Maybe I could find something that could work as a substitute… I wonder" Travas thought to himself once more as he begins to search the motorcycle for anything that could clean the blood off of him.
When he looked into the left pouch, he noticed a bottle of a clear water-like substance labeled "Vampuric Cleansing Elixir", causing the vulpin to grin in delight. With a satisfying smirk on his face, Travas now pours some of the Elixir in a cloth found in the motorcycle pouch and cleans not just the blood off of him, but of his wounds as well.
"*Whistles* Damn, I have to give Janos credit for making something like this for vampires. But it looks like I can't stay here for long, otherwise the locals will find me and try to kill me on sight" the vulpin said to himself as he dried his arm off and placed the towel and Elixir in the pouch. Then he grabbed his Leather Jacket with his Denim vest attached to it and put it on. Afterwards he got on the motorcycle and drove off to the nearest road that led him to Meridian City.
*At the Vampire Citadel*
Upon the Balcony of the Vampire Citadel, the sun began to set as Janos walks around in a back and forth motion, worried that something might have happened to Travas. Many reasons were going through his mind as he sensed the fight that occurred only a mere few minutes ago. With his mind set, Janos heads into the main chambers and finds Vorador, Umah, Doyle, and Celestia training inside.
"Janos, you look worried, what seems to be the matter", Vorador asked upon seeing Janos' worried expression.
"Travas has been gone for quite a good amount of time and hasn't returned. In a similar manner, I'm worried that he may have gotten himself into trouble with the Sarafan crusaders or other vampires not a part of the resistance. I say these things because just mere minutes ago I sensed that there had been a battle not far from the Citadel and that explosions were heard", Janos explained worriedly.
"So are you needing us to search the area and look for Travas to ensure his safety", Umah asks curiously.
"Yes, I don't want him to end up dead by the Sarafan or the other Vampires roaming Nosgoth", Janos said as Umah, Vorador, Celestia, and Doyle gathered together and headed out to the site and investigate what had happened. Then they would go around Meridian City and find Travas. "I hope they all come back to the Citadel safe and sound", Janos thought as he could only stare into the horizon.
*On the Road*
As the sky became darker on the roads, Travas began turning on the headlights for the motorcycle to be able to continue seeing the road. Soon enough, he was able to see Meridian City within his range. What he saw within that city was a mix of the medieval era, Victorian age, and modern times due to some transportation being on horseback, basic cars, and a few motorcycles around. Likewise, he saw some people that were similar to Janos, but un-vampuric and that they wore a mix of medieval, Victorian, and present day clothing.
"So these are the people of Nosgoth. They look a lot like Janos, but not vampuric whatsoever… but normal", Travas thought in his mind as he was watching the few people that were walking around. "And why is it they're not staring at me anyway", he continued thinking I his head as he spots the bank nearby. As he heads for the bank, he notices some humanimals, or anthros they call them, walking around in Meridian.
"This is a surprise… I never knew that there were humanimals in Nosgoth… or on this planet for that matter. I guess that explains why they're not staring at me", He wondered in his thoughts as he walks inside the bank, hoping to switch his currency out. He makes it to the register and taps onto the bell, a waiting to get assistance from the employee inside. Soon enough, a Gray fox with black muzzle markings, ears, and forearms appears from the vault to assist him.
"Hello there, sir, how can I help you to-" The grey fox spoke as he stared at Travas with wide, shocked purple colored eyes, recognizing who the customer was. "…Travas… is that you…?" The grey fox continues as he opened the doors to get closer to Travas… which he himself recognized the employee.
"Johnny…?" Travas said as he smiled and pulled Johnny into a hug with the both laughing joyfully upon seeing each other again. "It's really you; I've heard about you leaving Alopex and headed to explore other parts of the universe. How did you get here and how's it been", Travas asked joyfully, but concerned about what Johnny was going to ask about him, even about his death and resurrection, and Johnny noticed his look as well while he took him into his office and shuts the door.
"Well, my crew happened to go through some sort of wormhole not too far from Alden about three months ago. The next thing I knew was that the ship crashed nearby Nosgoth and we were in the hospital in Meridian. Luckily nobody was killed and we were able to get out of the hospital about a week later. However, I was told by your parents that you were murdered about a month ago at the Station within the hangar of the Academy. How did you come back to life in the first place", Johnny asks as he looked upon Travas with his own eyes.
"Well… I was brought back by a vampire named Janos Audron… and apparently I'm the first successful living vampire he's resurrected from the grave", Travas answered to Johnny as he recognized him.
"Ah, I've met that guy while Kain was trying to disarm the Hylden City's magical barrier. However, his companion, Vorador, and the others from the Vampire Resistance got us into the hospital at the time we crashed. As I said before, I haven't met Janos until about three to four weeks ago when he became a member of the Resistance. However, we owe them a lot for helping us. By the way, what brings you here to the bank anyways" Johnny asked.
"Well, I was hoping that I could try to transfer my money from the account on Alopex and make an account on here and change the currency as well" Travas explained.
"Very well… follow me to the Account Registration Room and I'll set you up and have whatever money you have left on the Alopex account transferred to this one. Was there anything you needed to get in Meridian by chance", Johnny asked while taking him to the Account Registration Room.
"Just a few picture frames and that's about it", Travas replied as they arrive into the Account Registration Room.
*Outside*
Within the streets of Meridian, the Sarafan began organizing around town and are on the hunt for vampires roaming inside the city. This sudden organization is being done as a response to the explosions heard around the mountains.
"Fellow warriors, we have confirmed that a battle had occurred upon the mountains just north from Meridian. As of now, we only have imprints of ashes and some motorcycle tracks on the site, to which they lead to somewhere into this city. We must search the city for any suspicious people around… and keep your eyes open", the leader of the Sarafan ordered. Suddenly, one of the extremely armored glyph Sarafan warriors' energy armor reacted.
"I'm sensing that there's a vampire not too far from our current location. Shall we proceed and find the vampire", one glyph Sarafan warrior asked the leader curiously, but eagerly.
"You may proceed, fellow warrior… find this vampire and bring him to us… we have questions to ask this one and an execution to set into motion", the Leader ordered as he rounded a handful of men to send with the glyph Sarafan warrior to begin the search. In a similar manner, he sends some other warriors to look in the other directions in case there were any more of them around the city.
"The rest of you look around the city and keep an eye for any suspicious activity. Is that understood", the leader ordered once more.
"Yes sir", the Sarafan in the crowd replied as they saluted the leader and headed towards various directions within the city, keeping watch for any unusual activity within the city.
*Inside the bank*
"Alrighty, you're credits have been transferred from your Alopex account onto your new one with the Meridian bank", Johnny said while giving Travas' card back to him.
"Thanks again, and it was great to see you again, Johnny", Travas said as he hugs his longtime close friend. "I'll see you again soon", He continued as Johnny's ears perk up from the noise outside.
*Outside*
With the sun nearly set and night beginning to dominate over Nosgoth, a small group of Sarafan warriors, led by a glyph Sarafan warrior, continue their search for the alleged vampire roaming about Meridian. Then all of the sudden, the warrior's armor began to glow as he pulled out his sword, pointing towards the direction of where the alleged vampire could be found.
"From the darkness within the streets of Meridian, I sense that there's a vampire just around this location. It is necessary to conduct our search here at once", the glyph Sarafan warrior shouted to his crew. "This way", he continued while leading his crew towards the Bank.
*In the Bank*
"Damn… looks like some Sarafan warriors are out on patrol tonight. This isn't good, you better take the back door just to be safe", Johnny warned as Travas headed back out. "I gotta get back to my shift as well, or otherwise the manager will be pissed at me for leaving my shift. I'll see you around", he continued ad Travas nodded and headed out the back door.
As Travas opened the back door and exited, he began to walk toward the motorcycle he borrowed from Janos. But as soon as he saw the bike, he saw a small group of Sarafan warriors nearby… however he continued on to the motorcycle normally and got on. But by the time he started the engine to the motorcycle, however, the glyph Sarafan warrior's energy reacted again and pointed towards the direction where he was. They then walk towards him as he starts the motorcycle, turns the radio on as it's playing AC/DC's "Highway to Hell", and puts his shades on. But before he presses on the gas, the glyph Sarafan warrior places his hand on Travas' left shoulder, stopping him from trying to leave as he looked upon the warrior calmly.
"Sir, I'm going to have to ask that you to turn and step off of your motorcycle at once", the glyph Sarafan warrior said to Travas in a serious, calm tone.
Travas manages to co-operate with the Sarafan warrior as he turned off the motorcycle and got off of it as well. However, he places his hand-paws in his denim vest pocket and stares at the warrior confronting him. But at the same time, a few other Sarafan warriors are looking at him, gripping the handles of their swords, though they don't unsheathe them just yet.
"Is there some sort of problem, Officer", Travas asked calmly as he noticed them beginning to unsheathe their swords.
"It seems that there is a problem, young one. I can sense that you're a vampire and that you were also the cause of the explosions in the mountains just up north from Meridian", the glyph Sarafan warrior said while he slightly begins to unsheathe his sword.
"Well I'm afraid that the facts are mixed up. You see, they were cause by two other vampires named Fearghus and Duncan, who fired their energy blasts upon me while I was driving to this city and buy some picture frames for some photos at home", Travas explained as he kept a good eye on the Sarafan warriors.
"We were aware of those two as they were great assets to the Sarafan. It's a shame that they're dead, but again… they were nothing but a vampuric plague that was laid upon Nosgoth and indeed expendable", the glyph warrior continued as he unsheathed his sword. "And you'll be joining them in hell soon enough, you vile creature", he continued as he began to strike upon Travas. However, Travas simply dodged them effortlessly as the warrior continued to strike at him.
"Really…? I don't have time to be dealing with your bullshit right now", Travas said as he grabbed the glyph Sarafan warrior's sword and threw it into a direction where nobody would be injured. "I'm just here to pick up some picture frames and I won't be in your way for long", he explained as he jumped onto the motorcycle and turned the key and began to drive off around town. This enraged the glyph Sarafan warrior as he ran to pick up his sword.
"FOOLS, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING…? GO AFTER HIM", the glyph Sarafan warrior yelled as the others search for whatever transportation they could find and use it to go after Travas with it.
On Travas' side, however, he's managed to make it to other parts of the city. But while he was driving, he noticed that there were Sarafan warriors at a gate trying to activate some sort of device attached to it.
"Turn on the glyph gate so the vampire doesn't escape from our grasp", one of the Sarafan warriors yelled as the others activated the gate.
As the glyph gate was activated, he continued to drive on towards the gate as a one way ticket to escape from the Sarafan. Instead of backing down, he merely sped up and, though the gate was activated, he managed to go through it without any harm done on him, making his way through the bridge. As he went through, the Sarafan guards looked upon him with shock upon seeing his escape.
"The glyph gate was activated. So how was he able to go through without the gate causing any pain to come upon him like fire", the Sarafan guard asked while still in shock.
"I don't know… but we have to report this to the Sarafan leader. He's going to want to hear about this", another Sarafan guard said as they both ran towards the location of the leader. At the same time, Travas continued to drive through the bridge and make his way to wherever it would take him.
"*Phew* that was a close one. I don't know what kind of gate it was, but it didn't have any effect on me whatsoever. I wonder why…?" Travas thought to himself as he drove onto the next destination the bridge led to.
*In Meridian City*
While the vulpin continued to make his escape from the Sarafan Persecutors, the glyph Sarafan Warrior and his crew return to the leader half a mile from the Bank. However, the leader noticed their shocked expressions and approaches them curiously. But at the same time, the leader became furious, though remained calm, as he noticed that they did not have the alleged vampire in their grasp.
"What ails you, fellow warriors? Speak", the Leader demanded.
"My lord, we have found the alleged vampire and seem to be one of those anthromorphic foxes people have been calling them", the Sarafan guard answered urgently. "However, it seems that the vampire has went through the glyph gate without it's acidic touch affecting this vulpine-like man even the slightest", he continued as the Leader began growling angrily.
"What do you mean that he went through the gate without harm done upon him?!" the Sarafan Leader said aggressively. "Find this fox-man and kill him on SIGHT", He continued to yell aggressively, showing that he's at the point of killing them himself by his own blade. Due to a loss for words, the guards simply nodded as they searched for transportation and locate their suspect.
*On the bridge*
Travas continued to drive towards his next destination through the bridge as he stayed cautious of whatever might unexpectedly happen next. But after about thirty minutes of driving, he sees a sign that says "Welcome to the Lower City of Meridian" and arrives with what looks like a Victorian age town with similar transportation to what they had at the upper part of Meridian. The next thing that Travas does is that he sees an underground parking lot and turns inside to settle down for a bit. He turns the motorcycle off and jumps off while he walks around to calm down.
"Great, now I have these guys to deal with. I haven't done a damn thing towards them… but it doesn't matter, I have to protect them from the other killer vampires no matter what", Travas said to himself as he removes his leather jacket w/ the denim vest and places it inside the left motorcycle pouch. With nothing to do but wait until the Sarafan warriors reside for the night, Travas begins to sit next to the motorcycle and begin to meditate.
"Good grief… today has been almost nothing but trouble… but at least I was able to see a close friend of mine once again", the vulpin thought to himself as he sighed in relief from avoiding the Sarafan and began to meditate. About a minute or two of meditating, he begins to feel a sharp pain in his head, knowing that there's another vision coming under way. "Damnit… not again", Travas thought to himself while growling in pain.
*Vision*
Within the home of the Starfox family on the Alopex station, Erica, aged fifteen, was practicing some black metal riffs for her band, Dark Entity. While she was practicing them, however, Scarlet comes in with a pissed-off mood and smashes her hands onto the wall. Though the impact caused her hand-paws to bleed, she acted as if she didn't feel a thing from the rage she has inside her.
"GGGGRRRRRR, DAMNIT… FUCKING SEARGANT KENNEDY, WHO THE FUCK DOES HE THINK HE IS TELLING ME THAT I'M NOT SOLARFOX STRIKEFORCE MATERIAL OR WELL BEHAVED AND SHOULD JUST QUIT", Scarlet yells as she continues to smash her hands onto the walls, creating dents on them.
Erica notices this and heads to where her sister's location. Upon meeting her in the living room, she also notices that she was hitting on the walls again while she saw some blood on her arms. Though she slightly got closer to where Scarlet was, she stood her ground.
"Scarlet, what happened and why are you banging on the walls", Erica asked worriedly and firmly. Scarlet simply glared at her with cold, angered eyes and said nothing but growl in response.
"It's none of your damn business… now get out of my way", Scarlet calmly, yet angrily said as Erica could snicker and shake her head. But while she tried to get through Scarlet, she simply shoved Erica out of the way, causing her to hit the door and slightly bruising her arm.
"What the fuck, Scarlet, was that even necessary?! I was only trying to help, but sorry for asking… shit…" Erica said as she rubbed her arm. "What the fuck is her problem anyways", she said to herself as Scarlet caught this and immediately grabbed Erica by the neck and pinned her to the wall. Thus, she clutched onto her tightly, eying her sister with rage.
"I TOLD YOU THAT IT'S NONE OF YOUR FUCKING BUSINESS", Scarlet screamed as she somewhat tightened her grip on Erica's neck. "EVERY FUCKING TIME YOU PUT YOUR NOSE INTO MY BUSINESS, EVEN WHEN I TOLD YOU TO STOP… BUT DAMNIT, YOU WOULDN'T LISTEN AND I HATE IT WHEN YOU CONTINUE BRINGING MY PROBLEMS UP. WHY CAN'T YOU JUST STOP", Scarlet yelled as she gripped on Erica's neck slightly tighter than before, causing her to desperately gasp for air.
*Vision Pause*
"Scarlet, don't!" Travas yelled as he saw this vision, knowing that he's not physically there to stop her from taking her rage out on Erica.
*Vision Resumption*
"Scarlet… please stop… please …" Erica pleaded while choking upon her outraged sister's tightening grip as a few streaks of tears stream down her face, closing her eyes in fear.
However, Scarlet continued her rampage for she began to raise her right arm up as a means to hit her face from the back side of her hand-paw. But before the impact had ever happened, Scarlet had managed to stop herself and came to realization upon what she had already done so far and what she would've done to her own sister. In a shocked manner, she released Erica and covers her mouth as she begins to feel the guilt inside her while watching her sister coughing and gasping for air.
"Oh maker… Erica… I'm so sorry… I'm so very sorry", Scarlet softly said, saddened and guilt driven as she tried to approach her sister, but Erica involuntarily and quickly moved away from her. "Erica…" She continued, trying to set things right with her younger sister, though they were in vain as Erica got up on her feet and continued to step away from her.
"GET AWAY FROM ME!"Erica screamed at her as she ran all the way into her room, locked the door and locked herself into the closet as she began sobbing loudly and uncontrollably. Because of this, Scarlet begins knocking on the door, hoping she could try to set things right once more.
"Erica, I'm sorry! Please, open the door", Scarlet yelled as she bangs on the door as hard as she could, though they were in vain.
"LEAVE ME ALONE AND GO AWAY! I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOUR FACE ANYMORE! JUST GO AWAY YOU BASTARD", Erica screamed at Scarlet as she continued to sob loudly and uncontrollably. Then with a sudden rush, Travas comes back into reality in Nosgoth.
*End Vision*
After Travas comes back into reality, he heads to the bike and slowly sits on the cement parking lot with his back leaned slightly on the motorcycle. He then begins to place his right elbow on his knee and hand-paw onto his forehead and begins to look down upon the floor.
"Why is Scarlet acting this way… why in her future… and Erica's", Travas wondered worriedly and saddened from what he saw. However, he managed to pull himself together, put on his leather jacket w/ denim vest on, start the motorcycle and drove off within the Lower city.
*At the Vampire Citadel*
Janos continued to pace around the meeting chambers as he begins to fear about something happening to Travas. But shortly thereafter, Vorador comes in and greets Janos with some news concerning Travas.
"Janos, we have some good news concerning our new recruit, Travas. It seems that he had made his way to the Lower City. Our team is headed there as we speak", Vorador said to Janos as he felt a sense of relief upon himself. "However, it seems that the Sarafan are making their way there as well, apparently going after Travas", he continued as Janos became concerned.
"This isn't good… you must get there as soon as possible and save Travas from the Sarafan persecution", Janos said as Vorador nodded in response, teleporting with his team to go and find Travas.
*In the Lower City*
After about a five minute drive around the Lower City, he begins to stumble upon the store he was looking for that made the picture frames that he needed. He finds a parking lot that was just in front of the store and turns the motorcycle off.
"Well, at least I found the store I was looking for, but I gotta make this fast and get the frames I need", Travas said to himself as he got off the motorcycle and entered the shop, seeing many frames and other home appliances around the small sized store. "Hello, is anyone here", he asks as his ears perk up and hears a male worker coming from the restroom.
"Oh, my apologies sir, but I was in the restroom taking care of business in there. My name is David, and how can I help you this evening, sir", David asks as he saw the vulpin customer enter.
"Hello, my name is Travas and I come here to buy some five by seven and a few eight by ten picture frames", Travas replied.
"You're in luck there, my friend; we have a new shipment of those sized frames that just came in earlier this morning. Right this way please", David replied as he led Travas into the Isle that the frames were located. "Here you are, Travas, here are some frames of those sizes available in many different designs. Take your time and pick out the ones you want and meet me at the register", he continued as he smiled upon Travas.
"Thank you, David", Travas replied as he began to look around the Isle for the sizes and designs he wants. Though he found many frames within many designs, he simply grabbed some random one and made his way to the register.
*Outside and on the Bridge*
On the bridge upon the calm night sky, the Sarafan continue their search for Travas in the Lower City with their vampuric persecution at hand. The group that were making their way there were the guards, the leader and the glyph Sarafan warrior.
"Without a doubt I sense that there's a vampire there", the glyph Sarafan warrior said as they continued on to the Lower City. "But I sense that there's more approaching not too far from here, and it may be possible that they may be within the Lower City as we speak", he continued to speak as they continue to head into the Lower City with caution.
*Within the Lower City*
"Thanks again, David", Travas said as he smiled at him and David nodded and smiled as well after he made his purchases on the picture frames he needed. As he got on the motorcycle and turned on the engine, he suddenly began to hear someone's voice in his head.
"Travas, this is Vorador speaking. Where is your current position at the moment" Vorador asks within his mind.
"How are you…? Oh, wait a minute, you're using the 'whisper' to communicate with me, aren't you", Travas asked.
"Yes, it's one of the vampire's natural abilities that we all obtain. As I was asking before, where are you located as we're telepathically speaking", Vorador asked in his mind.
"Right now I'm at the home appliance shop and just got out of there, buying some picture frames I needed", Travas replied as his ears perk up upon hearing the few Sarafan crusaders nearby. "Where do you want me to meet up with you at", he asked.
"I want you to meet me at the underground parking lot that's about a couple of miles west of your current location. However, make sure that the Sarafan don't follow you, otherwise this may not turn out good whatsoever", Vorador replied as the small band of Sarafan crusaders continue to make their way towards the Lower City. "I will see you shortly, Travas", he continued while cutting communication from him.
With a calm, but sudden rush, Travas began to pump on the gas and head to the direction where the other vampires were located. On Vorador's side, however, he and his team make it to the underground parking lot and wait for Travas to arrive. However, they were greeted by a group of thugs in the lot. These thugs were dressed in skin tight leather pants, gauntlets on their forearms, and each one had a Spiked Mace equipped with them.
"Well what do we have here, a group of intruders invading our territory, I see…" the first thug asked as he unsheathed his wooden Spiked Mace.
"We don't have any time for this nonsense", Umah said fiercely. "But if you all are eager to die tonight, then come, and I'll grant you all your deaths", she continued to speak as she gets into battle position. The thugs of that location began to strike at Umah, but she manages to dodge them all. Soon enough, the gang becomes tired and Umah goes in for the kill, slicing their throats like paper and blood gushing out like a fire hose. The vampires begin to drink the blood of the thug victims Umah had just killed. But shortly after their blood is drained, Travas arrives to the bloody scene as he looks at them in a shocked, but calm manner.
"Damn… who was it that you killed?" Travas asked as he turned the gas off and jumped off of the motorcycle.
"Just a bunch of thugs from a local gang of criminals and nothing more", Umah replied as she wipes the blood off of her lips with her hand.
"Ok, just asking… and you didn't save any for me", Travas said as he smirked at Umah's response. However, he sensed another criminal thug nearby, who happened to be attempting to steal a bag from a Victorian age style woman that was somewhere in her forties, yet she was healthy and young looking. He begins to runs to the thug and confronts him head on.
"Hey, shit for brains, if you're gonna fight anybody, fight someone your own size instead of a defenseless woman", Travas yelled at him as the thug drew his Spiked Mace from the case attached to his right thigh.
"Well what do we have here, a vulpine biker who thinks he can throw down the gauntlet at anybody he so pleases? Very well, I accept your challenge", the thug said as he begins to strike at Travas, but he merely caught the weapon with ease. Travas then uses his claws to slice the man's throat and drink his blood while it was gushing out instantly. Once he finishes, he grabs a napkin from his jeans pocket and wipes his face off, cleaning the blood. He can also sense the fear and hear the woman's cries begging for mercy. He then carefully approaches her and gets into kneeling position.
"Hey, ma'am, it's ok… I'm not gonna hurt you. You're safe now", Travas said calmly as he gave a soft, but honest, smile as the woman looked at him.
"Who… or what are you…?" the woman asked, still frightened about the attempted robbery and possible attempted murder.
"Though it may be obvious on what I am, my name is Travas Starfox, and I believe this belongs to you", Travas said calmly while returning the woman's bag to her. She takes the bag and slowly gets up, apparently softening her expression. Then she hugs Travas tightly as a way of thanking him as he hugged her in return.
"Thank you, Travas…" She said as she made her way to her 1945 Volkswagen and driving off into the night. Travas then meets back with the vampire resistance to talk about their plans.
"Travas, it's time that we headed back to the Citadel for some much needed rest. Tomorrow, your training begins", Vorador said as Travas hopped onto the motorcycle and follows the other vampires to the Citadel. Though they have managed to get away from the Sarafan crusaders, they began to take suspicion upon them. Because of this, the Vampire Resistance must take precautions whenever they begin to perform their missions within Meridian.
*The Lower City*
As the Vampire Resistance began to journey back towards the Citadel, the Sarafan Leader and his large group of warriors began to have a conference within the Gardens of the Sarafan Keep. However, he looked upon his army with calm disgust, seeing that not a single one of them had successfully captured or killed the vulpine vampire on sight. Though he was angry with them, he sighs heavily and approaches the heavily armed crowd of warriors and hopefully finds some information he could use or learn from.
"Any sign of the suspected vampire yet", the Sarafan Leader asked calmly, yet angrily.
"No sir, there isn't a sign of him anywhere. It looks like he may have gotten away", the glyph Sarafan warrior replied.
"Damnit… it looks as though we may need to continue the search in the morning. It's time that we get some needed rest, for tomorrow, we continue the hunt", the Sarafan leader yelled with pride as they head back to Meridian to get the rest that they needed for their vampuric persecution.
*The Vampire Citadel*
As Janos continued to pace back and forth around the Balcony, he senses that the team has returned, including the new recruit, Travas. He then teleports into the underground chamber where they were located as Janos lets out a sigh in relief as he saw them unharmed.
"Thank god that the team has returned without sustaining an injury by the Sarafan", Janos said as he went to greet them. But then he noticed that Travas had been injured slightly. "How did this happen, Travas?" he asked
"Well, I got these bruises from a fight between me and these two vampires named Duncan and Fearghus. But they've been terminated from the face of the Earth", Travas explained as the others looked at him in shocking surprise.
"You've assassinated both Fearghus and Duncan", Doyle asked while in a state of shock.
"We've been trying to hunt them down ever since they've betrayed us and joined the Sarafan army four centuries ago. When was it that you stumbled upon them", Vorador asked eagerly and curiously.
"It happened while I was driving to Meridian City so I can get my money currency exchanged. But while I was driving, they fired energy blasts upon me and caused the first explosions near the northern mountains. During the match, however, I had a vision about my sibling's lives in the future. But after I recovered from that experience, I took care of them both with a single shot, turning them into nothing but dust", Travas explained as the other vampires listened to him patiently and eagerly.
"I see… What was the vision about that caused you to become concerned about your siblings' future on Alopex", Janos asked curiously.
"If I'm right about it, the vision had to do something about a felin cadet locating Scarlet, telling her to report to Sgt. Greystroke's office concerning her. However, she ended up having mood swings and attacked the felin cadet, almost killing her from the damage she sustained from Scarlet", Travas explained as much as he could as the others listened.
"I see…" Janos said with an understanding mood. Though he was curious about him possibly having more visions, he casts his thoughts aside and pats his shoulder as he passed by Travas.
"I can see that you were able to find what you needed. However, it's time that you got yourself some needed rest, because tomorrow, we have some intense training to cover in the morning", Janos explained as the others nodded and headed to their rooms. Soon enough, Travas began walking towards his room as he was eager to get some needed sleep.
As Travas entered his room, he began to unpack his frames that he got from the shop in the Lower City. While humming to himself, he begins to put the unframed pictures into the frames, including the drawing his sister did for him some time ago on Alopex. Once he finished, he changed into a pair of black pajama pants and a white tank top as he lied down on the king-sized mattress. While lying down, he stared up at the ceiling while thinking about his sibling's futures based upon his visions he had been recently having.
"Man, talk about a crazy first day in Nosgoth. Fighting two vampires, being chased by Sarafan crusaders and having visions about my sisters… in which from what I've seen makes me worry about them dearly", Travas thought in his head. "Scarlet's rising anger worries me the most in terms of emotional well-being… but in physical well-being, that would go to Erica since she's a target to some of Scarlet's outbursts. I don't know, but this is something I need to look into carefully", he continued to think as he let out a sigh and closed his eyes so he could get some rest. But after about a brief few seconds, that sharp pain he felt in his head came back to torment him once again as he begins to have another vision.
*Vision*
It was night on the Alopex Station as Erica was still in the closet after she had a violent encounter with Scarlet, who was led to choke the breath out of her. Though she remained in there for about an hour and a half, she managed to pull herself together enough to get out of the closet. However, she went to her bed and sat down in depression; thinking about what she's going to do after her violent encounter with Scarlet.
"What am I going to do…?" Erica asked herself, still slightly sobbing and tear-stained. After about a few minutes of thinking, she makes up her mind and begins to pack up her things and places them near her bedroom window that leads outside. "I can't deal with this shit anymore… I need some time out of the house", she continued.
As Erica finalizes her decision, she opens the window that leads outside and climbs out of it. However, she stumbles upon a photo of Travas holding her when she was recently born. She picks the photo up and places it into her bag with care.
"I wish you were here and that I've gotten the chance to get to know you, Travas…" Erica said to herself as she headed out of her room through the window, closing it so no-one else would enter her room through there. With one last look at her home for at least a little while, she heads to the bus station and uses whatever money she has and stays at one of her friend's place or a hotel. Then with another sudden rush like before, Travas comes back into reality while jolting up, though he remained sitting on his bed.
*Vision End*
"Erica… I'm sorry…" Travas said to himself as he is for a loss of words. With a sigh of slight depression, he lies back down on his back and begins to close his eyes, waiting for what the next day is in store for him, unaware to him and the Vampire Resistance that trouble began to lurk about upon the land of Nosgoth.
A/N:
I know I haven't been posting stuff much. However, here's the 5th chapter of my fanfiction to help keep you guys going. Enjoy and hope you like what you read.
(Mature for Violence and Strong Language)
Travas, Erica, and Scarlet (c) Shawntae Howard
Janos, Umah, Vorador, Kain (mentioned), and the Sarafan © Edios/Crystal Dynamics/Silicon Knights/Square Enix Europe
Story and other Characters (c) me