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Chapter X: Poisoned Blood

Blade

"Now the reason I called this…conference is because I was concerned about some things I've noticed in your records," Lancer said looking a folder on his desk. I knew where this was going, he was going to ask about why my grades are slipping and the scars I have on my body.

"Don't even bother asking L just get on with the part you utter some vague threat to shock me into doing better," I tell him slouching in my chair as Lancer looks dumbfounded at my words.

"Taroku, this was this never about punishment or threats I am just concerned for you," he says worriedly as I look up and mutter a silent prayer. My family had prided itself on being loyal to the Pope and maintaining an image of devout Catholics but in reality we were as pious as some of the popes who reigned in my ancestors' time.

I tried to be a decent person vowing never to become what my family was but knowing destiny I knew that I was destined to go down in infamy no matter how hard I tried. The thought of being like them- a degenerate group of murderers and madmen who have used money to control the Papacy not to mention bring down Czarist Russia and sign the order to bomb Pearl Harbor- made me shudder as I shook the thought off.

"Did you hear me Taroku, I…," Lancer began as I started up and glared.

"Look Lancer it's that not easy, my family is descended from powerful people and they lord that power over everyone in my family. My friends were murdered by my psychotic cousin and so was my cousin Skye," I told him as Lancer shrank back. "Even worse it's my fault that he's dead, I have to live the rest of my life with his blood on my hands," I said holding up my hands, "Edward, if you know what's good for you, just back away and ignore what you see," I told him getting up and leaving as Lancer just stood there was mouth open not from rage at being disrespected but fear and disgust. "I will not be like them," I whispered as I stormed down the hall to cool off.

Anacletus

"Stay here and watch the boy he said," I moaned as I hid in the room, this had to be the most boring job since I watched that Mico…Maca…Moco…that Italian artist with a bad temper paint a ceiling of a church that one time. "What's so special about this kid?" I asked myself as I see Æsc and Acacius fly towards me.

"Hey boss, did you forget that tonight the Perry Mason movie is on?" Æsc asked as he looked down and saw the kid, "What are you doing anyway, thinking about your youth?" he asks as I as I glare at him.

"He didn't have a youth, he was already 70 years when he was born," Acacius joked as turned to the two moron and grabbed their beaks.

"Will you two Alzheimer cases shut up, I'm on a…," I began to say as the child moaned and we phased out of the room. I looked back at the kid and watched as a glass on the nightstand began to shake. "What the Griffith?" I asked as it shot across the room and smashed against the room.

"I think my eyes are going," Acacius muttered to himself as he rubbed his eyes, "did that glass just move?" he asked turning to Æsc who laughed at him.

"It's about time, everything else about you is rotted," he said as I shook my head.

"Shut up you two geezers, I have something for you to do," I snapped as they turned to face me, "Æsc, I want you to stay here and watch the boy while I go tell Plasmius what happened," I said as he nodded, "If anything happens send Acacius to alert me," I said as they nodded flying back into the room while I took off for Vlad.

Poof

While I hate to admit it, Anti-Cosmo is right now the best person to take care of Mini. He is an Anti-Fairy of his word and would dare go back after swearing on Da Rules. "I just hope nothing happens," I said as I poofed inside Danni's home and flew up to her room.

Her older cousin Jazz was in there giving her something to drink and talking to her. Sometimes I think it's because of her and her brother Danny that Danielle was able to get through all the garbage in her life.

After awhile Jazz came out and walked down the steps allowing me to go in, "Hey Danni, you okay?" I ask as go up to her and see that she has some new bruises on her body while an ice pack was on her right knee.

"Poof is Timmy okay?" she asked me turning to face me, "Dex tried to…," she said as her eyelids were drooping. I sighed trying to think as to what say to her without making her worry.

"Timmy is as well as he can be," I told her as worry flashed in her eyes, "Don't worry, I have someone looking after him," I told her as she smiled and giggled.

"You're lucky to have a family Poof, I…," she said before her eyes closed and I tucked her in bed.

"Don't sell yourself short Danni, you have one and maybe one day I'll introduce you to my mom and dad," I told her as my wand began flashing and zoomed into the closet. I gazed into the star and saw Anti-Cosmo looking at me, "What is it Anti-Cosmo?" I asked him a bit upset that he called just as Danielle went to sleep.

"I hope I'm not being impertinent but several things have occurred that have… unnerved me," he said looking towards Mini's bed.

My heart skips a beat at those words as I swallow hard, "what's wrong?" I asked him as he played with his monocle like he was nervous about something.

"Well, Timothy seems to have developed some unusual talents, a glass of water just flew across the room as if by magic," he said as I rolled my eyes.

"Mini is telekinetic, magic is spread throughout his powers," I explained to him as he looked incredulous, "it has to with his family being related to some creepy Russian guy who was a mystic," I told him remembering what I found out as he nodded.

"The only person I know who fits that bill is Grigori Rasputin, a monk who held sway over the last Czar of Russia. If you hadn't inherited your father's brains you would know that," he said as I glared at him letting him know this isn't the time for such pettiness. "Sorry about that, anyway the second thing is that the heat has skyrocketed in the room," he said loosening the collar of his shirt, "and I'm not sure if it's my mind playing tricks on me due to the heat but I thought I heard voices they had an accent to them, Eastren European," he told me as I paled. I remember Danielle mentioning once before that her biological father used to have these weird taking green birds and if he treated them like her, they had be infused the ecto-energy. He must be spying on Danni's friends but why?

"Anti-Cosmo, I want you to do sweep of the room using your wand to detect ecto-energy," I told him as he looked at me. "Just trust me and if you pickup anything call me back," I said as he nodded and signed off. "Please let Mini be okay," I said as I poofed out of the closet and kept my eye on my godkid in training while she slept peacefully.

Clockwork

"It's no use, that ectoplasm makes you as a powerless as the butterfly net does to me," one of my cellmates said as I placed my hands on the net but was zapped by it's energy sending me flying to the back of the room. "Told you so," he said smiling as I glared at him.

"You are only partially correct, I am not powerless, the ectoplasm merely makes it impossible to escape," I retorted as I turned to him, a boy thirteen years of age. He had green hair and eyes and seemed to be squinting in one eye.

"Then why don't you escape," he asked as I turned to face him but was stopped as I noticed that a portal opened up and Dan emerged from it. A silence fall upon everyone, including me, as the specter walked out and looked around the castle.

"Ah, Clockwork, glad to see you're still here, then again where would you go?" Phantom asked as he turned to face me, "How does it feel to no longer be in control of time knowing nothing can stop destiny from running it's course," he taunted as I sighed at him.

"You…," I began to say until the boy's mother raced up to front and stared Dan.

"When are we going to eat?" she asked as the ghost raised an eyebrow at her, "I want a poptart!" she yelled as Dan rolled his eyes. "POPTART! POPTART! POP…," she said before Dan pressed a button on the staff and she began to de-age.

"MOM!" the boy shouted as I held him back as his mother eventually disappeared into nothingness as Dan laughed.

"Anyone else have any protests?" he asked as we backed away in fear, "good now I have a meeting to go to," he said as he disappeared.

"Why didn't you do anything to stop him, my mother's dead because of you!" the boy snapped as I shook my head trying to think of how to explain my hesitance to the boy.

"Have you ever read Poe's Masque of the Red Death?" I asked as he looked at me thinking as it came to him.

"Father had me read all of Mr. Poe's work, what does that have to with this monster?" he asked going over to the wall and placing an ear to the stones carefully. "I can hear him speak," he said as I went over to him and listen in.

"…Granted the file is old but it should be of some use to you," the voice of Dan's benefactor said as I could hear papers being rustled. "The woman is the one you should look out for, the husband though dull might prove to be some use to you," the benefactor said as Dan scoffed at the warning.

"Very well, since you seem to think that they are some kind of threat; I'll take care of them," he said as I heard a ghost portal open and close.

"Who could he be going after?" I asked myself curiously as I pondered this new development.

Portia de Garmeaux

"I can't believe that Reynolds gave me detention," I said as I sulked in the back of the room. If anything I did this school a favor and drove that little wretch out even though she'll be back. I sighed as I looked at the book on my desk. "The myth of Persephone and Hades, I mean who writes this stuff anyway," I asked Reynolds as she rolled her eyes.

"It's a timeless myth, you might actually lear...," she says as she hears a knock on the door and saw an older girl with dark hair enter the room. "Please come in Annamaria thank you for coming," Reynolds said as I rolled my eyes.

Annamaria Toyaka is one of those people who you're not sure where she stands. Her family is strange and but yet the Toyakas are powerful and it benefits to feign friendship in case the overflow of wealth were ever to come my way but she never mentions the family.

"Itsudemo, Mrs. Reynolds," Toyaka said as she walked up to the desk, "Timmy hasn't been…feeling well," she says nervously as Reynolds nods.

"I have Timothy's homework for him, would you make sure he gets it," the teacher says looking over to me, "Ms. de Garmeaux, how would a like a chance to 'get out early'?" the teacher asks me as I perk up. "All you have you to do is accompany Ms. Toyaka to her home and make sure Timmy gets his homework," she said as I roll my eyes why did it have it be that.

"Fine," I said as I got up watching Reynolds give Toyaka her cousin's homework before following her out the room. "At least it gets me out of detention," I muttered to myself walking down the hall to the main door.

Vlad

"Soon Maddie you and Daniel will be mine," I told a picture of dear Madeline as I looked over some footage from a spycam I had hidden at the Fentons. It is one of my smallest cams making it impossible for Daniel to locate it. "After all, I have to make sure my daughter is okay, don't I," I told my cat Maddie as she jumped up on my and rubbed up against me.

While I was watching the feeds Maddie became startled and began to hiss but before I could say anything I saw Anacletus fly in. Maddie reared up at the ghost bird who backed away. "You don't frighten me you stupid cat," the vulture said sticking out his tongue.

"You better have a good reason why you're here Anacletus instead at Stryke's house," I told him transforming into Plasmius and charged up an ectoblast. "Well?" I asked him as he smiled.

"About the boy, he has some rather unique talents," he said as I glared at him, "We were watching him and then all of sudden this cup moved off a table like magic," he said as I frowned at him. This was not helpful information. "He might also have a ghost in his room other than us," he said as I raised an eyebrow at the comment.

"You're positive?" I asked him as he scratched his head in thought.

"Almost, it didn't feel like a ghost per say but I definitely felt a presence that was not human," he said as I looked at him, "it was supernatural," he cleared as I as smiled.

"I want you to go back to his room," I ordered taking something out of my coat pocket, "make sure you're not sure seen and place this device in his room. It will pick up any ecto energy that is not the result of you being there or his time with the Fentons," I told him tossing it to him. "It also has a camera it to catch any more of this 'unique ability' as you have coined it." I told him as he nodded and flew off. "Whatever you're hiding Timothy I will discover, no secret is safe from me," I told myself as I looked out the window of my mansion thinking about this discovery.