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Sophia stared out of the large window as the darkness of night began to recede. Behind her the door opened and Rin walked in carrying a tea tray, she set it down upon her aunt's desk and silently poured a cup. "Have you ever noticed Rin, that first light isn't golden or yellow like the stories describe it. It's white, clean and pure, and silent, white the absence of all color, that's how the day begins, how everything begins."
"Mistress?"
"Tell everyone to prepare, tonight at sundown we'll attack the Ambrose coven and the remaining Hunters, I'm tired of this waiting," Sophia said.
Rin stared at her Aunt's back, "My lady are you sure we are prepared?" She saw Sophia smile in the window, "Of course my child."
Sophia turned around the smile still on her face, "My knight and bishops have been set, the Queen is in place while the King dallys with his pawn, everything is ready."
She stood in front of Rin and reached out, she brushed her fingers against Rin's cheek. They were cold as ice and even though the touch was gentle to Rin if felt as if she was clawing at her skin. "Tonight…tonight….I'll see them burn tonight….and then all will be perfect and grey," Sophia sang as she picked up the cup of tea that had been poured for her turned back around. Sophia giggled to herself and went back to starting over the city while humming.
Rin stood frozen to the spot for several seconds then she left and quickly shut the door behind her. She stood in the hallway trying to piece together what was happening to her aunt.
"Crazy as could be huh?" said Fei. Rin turned to see him sitting against the wall, a half empty bottle of Rum in his grasp.
"A little early for drinking."
"Not if you started last night and are just finishing," he said taking another swig. He heard Sophia's singing and glanced at the door. "So it's tonight huh…..seems that Christopher guy really got her in a good mood."
"I am concerned that the Mistress…."
"Needs to be institutionalized? Yeah we've all figured that out, even Serena's little brother commented on it last night," Fei said.
Rin look back at the door, "She hasn't been well since…."
"Since forever."
Rin didn't respond, after several minutes of listening to Sophia's mindless singing Rin stepped over her brother's outstretched legs. "Sober up we need you ready for tonight."
Fei watched her disappear around the corner, he took another drink and looked at the door once more. "Crazy witch," he said before getting up and stumbling down the hallway after Rin.
Mamoru could hear her heartbeat, she was sitting outside the door again. The one who he wanted to taste, she had tasted so sweet before, so perfect, and her smell it was hypnotizing. He could remember her skin, soft and tender, flushed and burning from his advances. He remembered the feel of her as she had struggled away from him, how it had only enticed him, how it only drove him to desire her more. He could smell her, even through the door, even with the other two's scents so near to him, he could smell her, and it made him want her even more.
Serena lay awake in Darien's arms, she had been awake for the past 2 hours unable to sleep. Finally she had been able to find a moment to sleep and rest, yet she couldn't make her mind stop running in circles, the meeting with Blake kept repeating in her thoughts. The way he had spoken to her, how he had tried to deny her touch, how his eyes had burned with hate. She tightened her grip on the arm that was around her waist.
"Blake….it's not fair at all…." She whispered. Serena closed her eyes as felt Darien's mind reach out and touch hers, he tried soothing her, whispering to her in his native tongue with his native accent. His fingers began to softy draw circles on her stomach. "Darien….."
"Shhh rest we will deal with it when we wake."
Serena nodded and allowed him to envelope her, his essence calmed her, made her feel safe. As if nothing could separate them or hurt them.
Rei pressed her hands together muttering spells as the Great Fire roared in front of her. She wasn't able to see anything, she hadn't been able to see anything since she had spoke to her mother and father. She closed her eyes trying to concentrate on the muddled images that the Great Fire was showing her but she didn't understand anything, most of it was blurry and grabbled.
She opened her eyes and stared into the crackling flames, nothing was coming through, nothing that could help her understand anything that was happening. "Please, please help me! Send me a sign, tell me something."
"That won't help you," said a small voice behind her. She turned and looked over her shoulder to see Van sitting against the wall his arms behind his head and his left leg crossed over his right. "You're not going to be able to see anything for a while."
"And why do you say that?"
"Cause my aunt made it soooo….."
"Lenobia? Why would she do that?"
"That's for me to know and you not to," he said with a smile.
Rei stood, "Listen you little brat you had better tell me what you know before I…."
"Before you what little Princess, run and tell your parents?" he said with a dark smile. "No no you won't do that."
"And why not?"
"Because I don't think you'll be able to move very soon," he said.
"What?" suddenly there was a tight pinch in her neck and a burning sensation began to spread through her body. She turned to see Louis standing next to her syringe in hand. Rei touched her neck and realized what he had done. She looked back at Van who was smiling innocently again, opening her mouth to say something she realized it was impossible. Her eyes rolled back into her head and her legs gave out under her, Louis caught her before she hit the floor and picked her up under her knees.
"Alright one down," Van said hopping up to his feet. "Now to stash her."
Louis nodded, "Yes we'll have to wary of the sun."
"Yes yes, I'll have Alana bring the car around so you don't have to touch the sun."
"We must be careful, she is the Crown Princess after all," Louis said.
"That's why we're protecting her! Remember what Aunt Lenobia said 'This is all to ensure that things turn out right.'"
Louis nodded, picked up Rei, and left the room. Van waited till they were gone and then approached the fire, he stared into it for several moments, "I sure hope you know what you're doing." Then he turned and left the room.
It was pain like nothing she had ever felt before, as if fire was coursing through her veins and trying to burst from inside of her. She writhed on the floor as her body and mind were assaulted. Her head felt like it was going to split open, images, memories, knowledge that wasn't hers was pouring into her mind and soul. She opened her mouth and a primal animalistic scream burst through shaking the walls around her. The pain was unbearable, then suddenly it stopped and she could breathe once more. She pushed herself up on unsteady hands and was able to catch a reflection of herself in the mirror that was propped up against the wall across from her.
Her hair was longer, her body thinner, her skin was paler, and her eyes were glowing gold in the dim light. She couldn't even recognize herself as she stared into the mirror across from her. She opened her mouth once more to speak, but before she could the pain assaulted her and she fell to the ground to endure another wave.
Finally after hours of running their pursuers had back off of their trail, but it wasn't because they were finished with them, it was because finally they had arrived to where Sophia had wanted them to be. Saya and Yoshiki stood at the entrance of an old temple, it was a convent for peaceful monks and nuns and from what Yoshiki could tell it should have housed a few hundred people. However as they stood at the top of the stone steps before the large stone doors they heard nothing, the doors stood silent and cracked open. From within there wasn't even the sound of animals and no birds in the surrounding trees made a sound.
"Sir I don't think we should be here," Saya said as Yoshiki approached the door.
"This is where Sophia wanted us to be, there is something here we are supposed to see." He placed his hand on the stone door and pushed, it opened for he and Saya to step through. They entered a courtyard made of stone, surrounded by hallways that led deeper into the convent.
He heard Saya enter behind him and gasp, though he had seen them as soon as he opened the door he had not been so affected by the bodies laying before him. Skeletons dressed in priestly robes and talismans lay scattered across the courtyard. Most had weapons still clutched in their hands or near them, they had tried to fight their attacker.
Yoshiki walked forward taking care not to step on any of the remains, some of the heads and limbs had been severed from the bodies in a clean cut. Looking around at the doors he saw some smashed and torn as if a sword had chopped at them. One door however was completely gone and he knew that it was absent for a particular reason. He walked forward carefully and made his way towards that particular door.
It led down a long stone hallway to another room, as he passed he saw that the hallway too was littered with bodies, these bodies were females and none had weapons near them. Passing several open doorways he realized that this hallway had been were the nuns had resided. There were some bodies still stretched out on their beds, some kneeled in prayer, others had sat at desks.
His footsteps echoed in the dead silence, not even the wind seemed to disturb the holy tomb. Nothing moved except him and Saya, nothing made a sound, nothing breathed and it made Yoshiki nervous. "Father what happened?" Saya asked in a whisper.
"They were killed by their attacker," he said as they reached the second doorway. The door opened to private alter near the door were several bodies laying in defensive positions as if they had been trying to barricade the door from their attacker. As Yoshiki looked up he saw a large alter covered in white drapings, on top of the alter was another body with a sword sticking through the chest. As Yoshiki neared it he recognized the symbol on the hilt, it was the Roderick family crest. He glanced down at the skeletal remains of the woman on the altar she wore nuns robes and necklace around her neck. After staring for several moments he turned suddenly to Saya.
"Saya give me the sealed letter from Sophia," he demanded. Saya didn't hesitate as she reached into her bag and then handed it to him. He opened the envelope now with no trouble and pulled out the letter his wife had written him.
My Dearest,
This is my gift to you, this was the beginning.
"Sir what is this?"
Yoshiki's hands shook as he read the simple message, he turned back around and looked at the necklace. He touched the pendant on the chain, finally after a few moments he muttered "Kiyaka."
Saya froze, she had not heard her father speak of her mother in a long time, "Sir?"
"This is Sophia's revenge, murdering Kiyaka," he said his voice only a whisper.
Saya's eyes went from her father to the body on the table, realizing who the sword belonged to she tripped over her feet as she neared the altar. She fell to her knees and stared at the skeleton, "Ahhh" her hands shook violently as they hovered over her mother's body. Her breathing became labored and shallow as she tried to take gulps of air. "No" she cried touching the necklace around the dead woman's neck she leaned her head against the alter. "Noooooo," tears began to drop from her eyes.
After several minutes there was silence and Yoshiki dropped the letter from his hands and collapsed to the floor. He began to put the pieces together in his mind. He knew now, he understood it all, everything had been Sophia, from the beginning, from the very first moment. From the day he had taken Momiji from her she had plotted and devised this plan in her poisoned mind. "Sophia…."
A shadow blocked the doorway and Yoshiki looked up to see three men standing in the doorway dark smiles on their faces their weapons already drawn.
"Would you like something to eat?" asked Nia.
Sam looked up from the cup of coffee he was holding, "Yes…I…uh….would actually."
"I'm going to make lunch, the Mistress said that we should all be well nourished and rested before tonight," Nia told him as she moved around the kitchen gathering pots and pans.
"The Mistress….she decided that tonight is the night officially?" Sam asked.
"Yes, tonight we will infiltrate the enemy's household…" Nia turned around to look at him "And you'll get to save your sister." She saw Sam's hands tighten on his cup, he looked down, and his shoulders began to shake but he didn't say anything.
Nia put the pan in her hand on the counter and sat down next to him, "The Mistress said that you had no idea about our world before all of this."
Sam shook his head, "I had no clue, nothing about Serena, my mom, nothing. I'd always known we'd been different, but I chalked it up to the fact that we were all dysfunctional, I couldn't have ever dreamed about this kind of stuff. I don't think I'm really dealing with it well." Sam looked up at her, "What about you? How do you deal with all this…weirdness?"
Nia smiled sadly, "I grew in all of this, raised in it, like your sister and Momiji. This is the only life I know to me this is normalcy."
"That's strange to consider all this normal," he said.
"I guess…" Nia said. "It's the world I live in, the world my siblings and I grew up in, it's the only world we know." She stood and began filling a pot with water from the sink.
"You're siblings, those other two, Rin and Fei?" he asked.
"Yes, those are two of my siblings, and I have another sister, my twin Sia….though I haven't seen in her in many years," Nia said her voice tinged with sadness.
"I'm sorry….what happened to her?"
"She was sent away, on an important mission…a long time ago," Nia said putting the pot on the stove. She went to the kitchen and pulled out several vegetables.
"I understand how you feel I didn't get to see Serena for a long time, sometimes I wonder if she forgot about me…" he said.
"Siblings never forget, no matter what happens, they always know their family, you're sister hasn't forgotten you, even under that Vampires influence, you can bring her back." Nia said as she began cutting up the vegetables.
Sam gave a slight nod, "Yes I guess you're right…no matter what Serena and I are blood we're from the same tree which means we're part of each other even though she's more stubborn than anyone else I know she's still my sister." He took a sip of his coffee and then looked back at Nia, "So will you be able to see your sister anytime in the near future?"
Nia stilled, "Yes if everything goes as planned very soon we'll be reunited." She turned around and faced him with a smile, "As long as we're able to all do what we need to do."
Serena rolled over to face Darien only to discover that he was gone, his side of the bed was cold so she knew he had been gone for a while. She rolled onto her back and stared up at the ceiling for several moments, ever since she had gone to bed the night before something had been bothering her. Like something was missing from her, something that she couldn't name, she sighed once and got out of bed. She showered quickly then dressed and began to braid her hair, as she looked into the mirror she stopped and stared at her reflection.
She looked the exact same as she had the day before, her face was the same, hair color was natural, everything about her seemed the same. But as she stared at her reflection she still felt like she was missing something, like there should be something that she was seeing but it wasn't there. She didn't know how long she stared at her reflection before there was a knock at her door. She finished braiding her hair and swept it over her shoulder. She stood and opened the door to her mother standing waiting.
Serena stared at her for several seconds before attempting to shut the door. "Serenity wait," Elena said. Serena stopped, her mother never used her full name and few people knew it.
"What?" she asked.
"I need to speak with you," Elena said.
"I got that, and I'm running a little low on patience today so please just say whatever it is you need to say."
"Have you spoken to your brother lately?" Elena asked.
Serena blinked, "No I had a voice message from him a few weeks ago but other than that I haven't heard anything, he said he was looking for you so I assumed that you had sent him somewhere."
"I spoke to him several weeks ago and told him to remain in Australia knowing that he would come home I ensured that he would be safe," Elena said. "But I have heard nothing from my friends who were supposed to be watching him and I have had no contact with him. I'm afraid that something has happened to him."
Serena searched her mother's face for any indication that she was lying however all she saw was truth in her eyes. "I'll have someone look into it, he probably slipped past your friends and is running around trying to find me."
"Sammy didn't know where I had gone with the children and Gaius said that no one has been to our house so I don't know where to begin looking for him."
"The Ambrose family has powerful witches at their disposal and trackers, I'll ask Darien to send some people to look for him," she said.
"Thank you…." Elena said. Serena nodded and was about to close the door again when Elena stopped her, "Serena…..I know that this is hard for you…..and that having me here isn't…..well the best situation you could have imagined, but I am here and with me are your sisters and your younger brother. I would like you to meet them."
Serena stared at her for several seconds and let out a laugh, "My sisters? My brother?" She scoffed and then looked at her mother, "I have two sisters, one of who is missing, the other is out with on a mission, as for my brother well he's missing too so I need to get to work on finding them."
"Serena…."
Elena wasn't able to finish her sentence, Serena closed and locked the door blocking out her mother. She sat down on the bed and took several steadying breaths before getting up and going back into the bathroom to waste some time.
Momiji sat on the balcony staring out at the sea the sun warming her face. Her feet were propped up against the raining and her arms were crossed over her chest. Hearing a soft knock at the balcony door she turned to see Rin standing before her with a tray.
"Lunch was made Miss would you like me to leave it here?" she asked.
"No just set it on the table inside," Momiji said turning back around. The sun was warm, spring was a beautiful time of year especially here, the Cherry Trees that her father and mother had planted were set to bloom in days and the wind from the sea seemed alive once more.
"Would you like anything Miss?" Rin asked returning to the balcony.
"No….but I do have a question," Momiji turned around to face her cousin. She stared for several moments before speaking again, "Have you been with mother long Rin?"
"Since I was a child, when my parents died," Rin said.
"And how many battles have you won with her?"
Rin was silent for several seconds, "Every single one."
"Good, then we'll win this as well," Momiji turned back around to look at the scenery.
"Yes, I hope we will."
Her cell phone chirped informing her that she had a text message. Looking down and flipping the phone open she read the simple message and then flipped the phone back. Sighing she stood from her chair and walked down the empty hallway, passing the closet where she had stashed the corpse of the Ambrose's bodyguard she stopped in front of the hospital room door. She opened the door and slid in quietly. Though it was late early afternoon the room was dark, the heavy curtains had been drawn and allowed little light in.
She sat down in the chair across from the hospital bed, she crossed her legs and stared at the man that she had known for a very long time. She sat before him for about an hour before he woke. He stared right at her but she knew that the darkness of the room ensured that he didn't see her face.
"Who are you?" he asked. When she didn't answer he spoke again, "If you are from the Ambrose family tell your Princess that I don't need her to babysit me."
She let out a small laugh, "I am not from the Ambrose family." She saw him tense at her voice, "And I am not here to babysit you."
"You sound different," he said trying to make out her features in the darkness.
"I do, forgive me after what has happened…." She stopped. Several seconds of silence lapsed between them, "I want to apologize to you."
"For what?" he clenched his bed sheets in his fists.
"I have severely wronged you," she said.
"How?"
She was silent again, "How have you wronged me?" he was growing suspicious.
"For the past ten years you have known me as a certain person….." he could hear the hesitation in her voice. "But I am not that person…..our world if full of betrayal and secrets and unfortunately despite my feelings I have betrayed you."
"Sarah…"
"My name...is not Sarah...my name, my real name….is Sia Catarina Roderick…." She leaned forward into the light and he saw her face. Tears were silently running down her face and her lips were trembling. "And I am an agent of the Roderick Heir Sophia Roderick."
Blake's mouth fell open he tried to take a breath of air but was unable to. "Wha…wha…what! This is not possible…..my mother….."
"You're mother was lead to me and I was given to her, for the past ten years I have served faithfully my aunt Sophia Roderick and have been her sleeper agent," She said.
Blake's face was red, she could see his fury plainly and she knew that inside of his heart he was hurting. He opened his mouth to yell but instead he gasped in pain and grabbed his chest. She jumped from her chair and was at his side in an instant. None of the machines reacted to his pain for she had disabled them.
She took his hand in her own, "I am sorry my love, I have done nothing but wrong you our entire lives and now I wrong you again." Blake began gasping for air, his eyes wide with terror and fear. "It will not be much longer once the poison has begun to react with your adrenaline….I inject it into your IV drip when I got here earlier." She clutched his hand tightly and pressed it to her forehead, "Forgive me Blake, for everything that I have done." She heard him inhale a breath and then he was calm again. She looked up and saw his eyes flit around the room looking at something and nothing.
"Blake?" she reached out and touched his face. He looked into her eyes and then blinked, "Blake I am sorry," she smiled at him and then kissed his hand. He blinked again and then looked back up at the blank ceiling. He sighed once and inhaled another breath, she watched as the edges of his lips turned upwards.
She closed her eyes as more tears slipped down her face, she laid her face down on his bedside and cried. "Forgive me, forgive me…" after a while she wiped her face and kissed his hand. She let go and placed it down on the bed next to him. She took her fingers and gently closed his eyes then leaned forward and kissed his forehead. "I'll join you soon," she whispered, she straightened and went to the door, she looked back at his still form once and then left the room gently closing the door.
Hermione fell to the cold hard ground, her breathing was rapid and labored and she was drenched in sweat. Her fingers clutched at the smooth floor, she was able to lift herself up and leaned on her hands. She looked up at the others in the room, she opened her mouth to speak but before she could her entire stomach one more emptied itself onto the cold floor.
When she was finished she wiped her mouth on the back of her hand, "I saw….." she took several deep breaths, "I saw Blake's death."
Lenobia stood from her stone chair and walked down the stone steps towards her, her long green dress trailed behind her as she walked towards Hermione. She kneeled down and brushed the newly grown hair from Hermione's face. "You will begin to see many things when the process is complete," she said.
"And…when will….that be?"
"The process is complete when it is complete there is no telling when you will finally accept your new existence, it all depends on you." She stood and smiled down, "But you will feel much better once you do accept your new existence, trust me."
Hermione looked up at her then her eyes traveled over to Van, who was now lounging on his aunt's chair. She inhaled a deep breath and recognized the pain that was building in her stomach, she didn't have time to dwell on Blake's death and Sarah's betrayal, she needed to see Sophia and Momiji, she need to know what was going on.
Serena felt a twinge of pain in her heart, she brought her hand to her chest and began rubbing. She stopped in her step and grabbed the wall attempting to steady herself.
"Serena are you alright?" asked Ami.
Serena looked at her and nodded, "Yes I'm okay I just…I don't know something weird for a moment."
"Would you like me to examine you?" Ami asked.
"No I'm fine it was just for a second," Serena straightened and looked down at her watch. "Three already," she said.
"Serena are you sure you are alright?" Ami asked.
"Yeah I'm fine I just….." Serena stopped instantly as a young girl rounded the corner holding onto the hand of an older girl. The child was around then and the older girl looked to be in her late teens. "Ami who is that?" she asked.
Ami turned around and saw the two, "Those are Elena's children, the older girl is her step-daughter and the younger one is….." Ami glanced at Serena. "The younger girl is Elena's youngest child."
Serena stared at them for several seconds then turned around and quickly walked down the hallway. "I don't understand why she has brought them here," Serena said.
"Probably to ensure that they too are also looked after, seeing as how your brother is missing now too I understand the desire to have her family near her," Ami said.
"Her replacement family," Serena mumbled bitterly. Ami heard her fine but didn't respond, "How is Malachite doing?" Serena asked.
"He is recovering well, most of the outer wounds have begun to heal correctly, we are now making sure that he doesn't do any more internal damage to himself," Ami told her. "Zoicite is with him now."
"Do you know where Darien is?"
"I believe he is with Daniel and his parents in the conference room," Ami said.
"Thanks, I'll see you later," she said as Ami went down another hallway. Serena continued towards the conference room but began to slow in her steps, her heart once more was aching painfully. She rubbed her chest and inhaled deeply but the pain wouldn't subside. She looked around and saw that there was a window hidden behind thick drapes across from her, she glanced and saw that the hallway was completely deserted. She reached out and began pushing her way through the thick drapes until she finally saw light. The window looked down into the garden, it was beautiful and she hadn't seen the sun in a while. She leaned against the window sill and stared out at the view.
Saya leaned against the stone alter staring at the fresh bodies lying around the room. Yoshiki had killed three of them, and after she had finally shaken off the shock she had killed the other three. She looked up at her father who was using one of his victims blood to draw symbols on the ground around him.
"What are you doing father?"
"I am using a transporting technique, Sophia has planned something and I don't have time to waste on a plane back to Los Angeles, it will take too long," he said.
Saya leaned forward, "You always said transportation spells weren't safe and that there wasn't enough power to use them safely."
"I told you that you didn't have enough power to use them safely," he said not turning around to look at her.
"So if we don't have enough power then how are we going to get back?" she asked standing up.
Yoshiki turned around and faced her, "You are not going back with me. This is not a fight I want you involved in it is between me and Lady Sophia."
"Like hell it is, she killed my mother!"
"Yes and for that I am sorry, it is because of my actions that Kiyaka is dead. However I will not have you involved in this any longer…"
"You cannot stop me from becoming involved."
"No I cannot, but I can delay you and hopefully by the time you reach the battlefield everything will be over," he said.
"Father!"
"I am going to transport myself as close to L.A. as possible however I don't think I will make it all the way….hell I haven't done this in so long I can't even be sure I'll make it in one piece," he said. He raised his hand and looked at his oldest daughter, "I am sorry that you were born to me Saya, I wish that you could have been free of all this..." he stared into her eyes. "Don't come back, let this all die with us, disappear into the world and live your life as you want."
"What I want is revenge!"
Yoshiki smiled, "Yes but when this is over there will be no one to exact that revenge from….let this world go….move on and live. Goodbye Saya."
"FATHER!" she lunged at him as a bright light encircled him. She fell onto her hands missing her father, she turned around, he was gone and she was alone. "NOOOO!"
There was a knock on the door, Sophia turned around and smiled at the sight before her. "My dearest niece, it has been so very long since I saw you last." She walked around the table in front of her and embraced Sia. Sia didn't embrace her aunt back she just stood still until it was over. Sophia pulled back and smiled brightly at her, "You must be excited to see you siblings again and to once again be on the battlefield fighting our enemy."
"I can't express my feelings," she said her voice raspy.
Sophia looked her up and down, "You have completed your extended mission then." Sia nodded sadly, "Yes well sometimes breaking bonds is hard, however you were able to which shows your strength and loyalty to this family." Sophia walked back around the table. "You will go with Fei to the Hunters syndicate, he has his orders and will fill you in. I suggest you rest a little and get something to eat we only have a few hours left."
Sia nodded then turned and left the room. She closed the doorway and took three steps down the hallway before she was stopped by Fei's large frame standing in front of her. She looked up at her brother who she had not seen in many years, "Fe…..Fei."
He smiled sadly, he knew what her mission had been, and he hated Sophia for ordering her to do it. His little sister had killed the only person who she had loved, "Sia….." He reached out and she fell into his arms. He enveloped her in a tight hug as her shoulders began to shake.
Inside the room where Sophia stood she ignored the sound of Sia's tears and looked at the sun as it began to move lower and lower in the sky.
She smiled maliciously, "Soon."