Paradise Eco

hello, sorry for not updating for the last couple of weeks. I went on vacation suddenly and totally forgot about this fanfiction.

Don't You Fake It

Chapter IV: The X Virus

Lei sat in the seat and fanned herself, three seats down Rayn sat with dark sunglasses on watching the clouds pass by. Her dark blue hair fell over her face as she watched her beloved city fade away, Lei stood and went to her mother. She laid her head down on her lap and closed her eyes, Rayn started to pet the blonde noticing light blue roots starting to appear again.

"Leian..." Rayn whispered as she felt wetness on her legs. "We're leaving for a good reason."

"But why," Lei whispered lower then her mother as a graud walked by and went into the cockpit. "I love Kras City, I don't want to leave."

"I don't either," Rayn said looking at the sign on the wall near the doors to the lower part of the Air Ship, on the poster Chancellor Ives stood with the flag of Kras City over head and a staff of a clover. Rayn looked away from the poster, she saw all the classic signs that Chancellor Ives was going power mad. Chancellor Ives approached her a couple of days ago asking her to use her Underground powers to invade the Icelands, of course she refused and he kicked her out of the city. Rayn clenched her fist as she stared at the poster, how dare he kick the Crime Lady out of her own city. Once Montley Cure finds out the EG will raise hell and her gangs, pimps and whores won't stand for it. There'll be a riot.

"Crime Lady," A man said offering her a pink lady, Rayn declined and went back to staring at the poster.

"Lei, you're not allowed to leave the Icelands without an escourt, understood?"

"Sure." Lei said wiping some tears away, an hour later the Air Ship landed in the Frozen Valley. Rayn got out with Lei right behind her, around her people were running around the small village as the leader of the Frozen Valley was being shouted at by various people and grauds. Once the fat man caught sight of Rayn he pushed past people to get to her, he threw his thick ropey arms around her neck.

"Rayn, my love!" He shouted, his booming voice echoed all around the valley making everyone be queit. "Rayn it's been so long, how are you?"

"Fine, Hue." Rayn said dusting off her shoulders. "Where's Glamour?" Everyone started whispering again, Hue glared at everyone before motioning up to his large garage.

"We should talk about the current state of the Icelands."

"Why?"

"There's been a kidnapping."

"What?" Rayn said leaving her daughter by the Air Ship, Rayn followed Hue to his house. Once inside Hue started to explain how his daughter Glamour, Vice, went on a trip with a group of grauds. The grauds came back from Triban the village in the north bleeding badly and two died later on, Vice hadn't returned for a couple days and was reported being seen in Triban. Rayn stared down at her tea on the table, the rose coloured tea spun slowly on itself. "I'm sorry to hear this Hue."

"Yes," Hue said staring at a picture of his daughter. "But I'm even more angry that my brother, Artimus, took the name of my late wife as his village's name."

"That's right, Triban was the name of your wife." Hue nodded.

"Triban Village used to be called Embed but they changed it after Artimus and his son killed her."

"I'm sorry to hear that." Rayn said taking a sip of her tea.

"So what brings you to the Icelands Rayn, its not every day that the Crime Lady of Kras comes to visit with nothing on her mind and with everything she owns."

"I've been kicked out."

"Does that idiot Chancellor Ives want to start a war?" Rayn laughed at Hue.

"I doubt it Hue, but I rather not get into it." Hue sighed and fell in his chair.

"I think war is on the rise for the Icelands..." He shrugged. "But the day is late, you better get to bed Rayn to get used to the time change." Rayn nodded and stood, she left the house and glanced towards Kras City. The bright city glowed near the East Mountains, she could only see the large tower of the Palace and Death Dome.

The young grauds pulled Vice into the hut, Seth was right behind her following when the site of a fat man appeared in view. All around him women were pouring drinks, drinking, or feeding him some kind of food. Vice yanked her arms out of the hold of the grauds, she crossed her arms over her chest and glared down at the fat man. He smirked up at her and waved the women away, an older grauds stepped up and slatued Vice.

"Presenting Princess Glamour Vice." The man laughed.

"Glamour, Glamour welcome to Triban-"

"This isn't Triban, ya know tha." Vice sneered, the man laughed and poured himself a drink.

"Drink, Glamour?" He said holding it out to her, Vice glared at him as he drank it all himself. "Ahh refreshing," He poured himself some more. "The blood of the great wolf, the wolf that gives my people their power." Vice rolled her eyes.

"There's no power tha comes from tha, and ya know tha." He smiled and took a quick sip.

"Who brought you to my village? Anyone in their right mind would kill you on the spot or take you back to the Valley." He glanced to the brunette behind her, Seth looked around at the tent and the people inside of it. Everyone wore green or had wolf like tattoos, almost everyone had gray, black or white hair. The leading man had deep brown hair with streaks of white, Seth turned to look at a graud by the door. Vice grabbed Seth's fore arm and started to back up, Seth looked down to the smaller female as she backed up.

"He nothin' just-"

"Silence!" The man yelled standing, Seth glared at the man as he looked at the women near him. She looked like she was sleeping as she stood and offered him a knife, he took it from her tipped her head back and pressed it on her skin. Vice tightened her hand on Seth's arm, Seth took notice of this as the skin broke and blood started to bubble from the cut. The man let go of her as the girl walked towards them, Vice started backing up forcing Seth back too. "Take it Glamour," The man said walking behind the dead looking women.

"No." Vice whispered, Seth took Vice's hand as she went forward a bit. She bit her lip and leaned back into Seth, the man stopped and smirked. "Artimus..." Vice growled. "Ya are a bastard!" She shouted before the women stopped infront of her, Vice stood there staring right into the women's eyes before reaching out and grabbing her by the neck and bitting right on the slice mark. Artimus started laughing along with all the others, Seth stepped back from the scene as blood dripped onto her legs.

"Vice!" Seth shouted, Vice snapped out of it and dropped the women. Her face was pale and her eyes were starting to roll back into her head, Vice covered her mouth and stood. She ran out of the hut holding her bloody mouth, Seth stared at Artimus as he went back to his place.

"And the virus lives on," He said as a women went about feeding him. "But can you blame it, the monk working on the cure has..." He laughed. "Died."

Seth turned on his heels and ran after Vice, he followed the screaming women and drips of blood. Just outside of the city, Vice hid in a small group of trees and snow. Seth stood far back as Vice whimpered and cried to herself, she rocked back and forth slowly wipping her mouth.

"Vice?" The girl turned around and used her arms to cover her face.

"Don't look at me!" She screamed. "I hate myself, ya don't understand!" Seth bent down and moved her arms out of the way, blood stained the area around her mouth and around her eyes. Seth caught her graze, her huge blue eyes had changed to dark orange. He stared at her before he leaned to her face, his lips were inches from her when she pushed him back. "I'm serious... don't look at me." Seth felt dizz, he rubbed his temples and closed his eyes.

"What was that?"

"Two years ago," Vice mubbled. "A man named Ives came ta the Icelands, he wanted ta make the better genes for his grauds back in Kras City. It wasn't a postive gene, he creature something called the X Virus. It causes tha body to need more blood then it has, it wants it from another being... like a Vampire but its different. The X Virus kills tha blood if it doesn't find the blood tha it likes the most, a sweet tasting blood tha it can be happy wit." She glanced to Seth. "If I don't find ma Game, as my father calls it, I'll die in a year."

"I've never heard of this." Seth said as Vice stood up.

"Everyone kept it queit as people died, my mama included. Her name was Triban." Vice sighed and started to walk back towards the village. "Come on... let's get back, or they'll think tha she was ma Game."

"You didn't like her blood?" Seth said following Vice, she shook her head and sighed.

"Too bitter." Vice said, once back in the village a group of grauds lead them to a hut. Seth watched them as the closed the sheet, Vice fell on the bed and covered her eyes. Seth flipped open his comm unit and wrinkled his nose, Vice sighed as Seth sat on the bed.

"Wow..."

"What?" Vice asked.

"I've been listed as missing by my parents..."

"Hue's not gonna let ya leave." Vice said taking the pillow off her face.

"If not, there's gonna be hell to pay." Seth said going through all his numbers, he found Daara and started typing.

I need your help, I'm in Triban Village... send help.

"Who are ya textin'?" Seth pocketed his unit.

"A friend..."

TBC...