CHAPTER 31
(STAZ'S P.O.V)
My feet sunk into the sand, as I landed on the island called the Black hole. "It's been awhile since I've been here." I stated aloud sighing. "What!," Zero exclaimed in disbelief. "Why didn't you say so before?."
I didn't respond.
Instead I glanced around taking in the surroundings. Ahead of us were thick tropical trees that blocking anything further. It almost feels like yesterday my brother Braz brought me here, whenever he had business to conduct. I was a kid back then, and Braz wasn't the demon king at the time, just next in line after our father.
Vampires that lived in the Black hole were a special kind. Instead of having red eyes like mine, there's were white as snow. They were called the darkness. Suddenly we heard a ruffling sound coming from the bushes. "Show yourself!," I declared as my magic flared all around me.
The bushes parted to reveal a guy with long brown haired brunette guy. "Staz!," the guy exclaimed in surprise. "What are you doing here?!." "We need your help Falcon," I stated approaching him. Falcon was a childhood friend of mine that I hadn't seen in years.
"Where looking for the hand of Horus." I drawled. "What for?," Falcon questioned in suspicion. "I hope you're not up to anything to anything sinister Staz Charlie Blood, that's one of our sacred-." "No, but I need to borrow it." I said, as Falcon growled in disapproval.
"Unless you want it to fall into the wrong hands." "What do you mean by that?," Falcon inquired completely caught off guard. "Here's the thing Falcon, my friend Zero and I suspect that a noble vampire like myself, has if not already stolen it. Unless you want another war…"
"This is bad," Falcon stated pacing back and forth in worry. He came to a halt and turned to Staz. "The hand of Horus, the bracelet is not here. Only the eye. So if what you're saying is true, then we all are in danger!." Without warning he took off into the bushes.
"Falcon wait!," I shouted and ran after him. "You don't understand!," he shouted back. "I need to warn our leader before-." Falcon never got to finish, because Zero tackled him to the ground. "What the fuck!," Falcon spat angrily, as he struggled to get Zero off him.
Zero held down his neck making it impossible for Falcon to move. "I'm sorry I had to do this, but I had to stop you. Think about this for a moment. If you go to your leader he'll just max up security, and we won't be able to get close to the eye. We need that eye in order to draw the enemy to us."
"Fine," Falcon decided, as he stopped moving staring up at me.
Zero got off him, as Falcon got up and dusted off his clothes.
"You're in luck Staz, because I'm head of security in the temple. As a matter a fact, there's a special ritual going on, on the other side of the island so everyone including our leader would be distracted." "Wait," Zero spoke up. "So you're telling me that the eye is left in the open to be stolen?."
"Of course not," Falcon said as he began walking. We followed him quietly. "There's a powerful spell protecting it. Our leader is the only person who could break the spell." As we headed towards the temple I thought about the hand of Horus. This was some serious magic that we were dealing with.
Even if we walked out of here with the eye, what then?. I couldn't help but feel worried.
I had a bad feeling about all this…
(ZERO'S P.O.V)
Upon entering the dim litted room, I paused at the entrance. "You feel it too," Staz stated halting in front of me. "Yeah." I answered. From the moment I entered the room, I could feel the dark energy hit me like a tsunami. This was the first time I ever heard about the hand of Horus. What if the eye attacked us somehow if we tried to retrieve it?. Whatever mystic powers the hand had, we were about to find out…
"Centuries ago before Ephorus was killed, he managed to give my ancestor the eye. It's been hidden with my kind ever since. The eye was put into a glass jar, and caved it into the wall." Surrounding the walls of the jar were ancient hieroglyphics. "After my ancestor Trigun, sealed it here no one was able to take it out. That being said, I'm uncertain if any of you will be able to take it out. So who's it going to be to take this rare opportunity?"
(STAZ'S P.O.V)
"I will," Zero spoke up stepping in front of me. He walked up to the eye, and stared at it for a moment. As he paused to look at it, I realized he began to breathe heavily, as he eyed the eyeball with uncertainty.
WAS ZERO AFRAID?...
It was rare to see Zero nervous and uncertain. As we looked on Zero raised his hand slowly. As soon as his fingers touched the jar, he growled and backed away. "Staz," he growled my name. "As soon as I touched the jar its power… it overwhelmed me…" I stared at the eye, as I approached it. I guess it was up to me…
I felt it as soon as I put my hands on the glass…
I could suddenly hear the sound of my own heartbeat drown out the sounds around me. Suddenly I heard screams out of nowhere. Fear hit me like a ten ton truck. I realized I couldn't move my fingers from the jar.
What the hell was going on?.
I continued to hear the screams, I could feel the dark energy radiating from the eye.
I couldn't let this feeling consume me…
I have to fight it…
My magic suddenly flared, consuming my entire body. I growled, as I strained to pull the jar out.
I didn't come all this way to fail…
If I failed I would have to accept the fact that Yui would be trapped forever…
No I won't let that happen!.
The ground rumbled suddenly, as I felt the jar slowly become loose.
And just like that the rumbling stopped, as the jar finally became loose. "You did it," Falcon said in disbelief. "It has been centuries not even one of my own kind was successful, but you…" I was about to respond, when I was electrocuted. I dropped to my knees, as the jar slipped out of my grasp.
The jar never touched the ground, instead a solid snake like form wrapped itself around the jar, as it flew across the room.
" I expect nothing less from Ephorus descendant." Seiji Kimori stated grinning from across the room, with the eye now in his possession.