Before long, the sounds of her wailing died down and got replaced by muffled whimpering alongside slight sobs. The reasoning for this was that Maria had begun experiencing her voice slowly beginning to ache from all the wailing she'd done. All the while, her tears streamed down from her eyes down her cheeks like a waterfall, teardrops dripping down her chin onto the floor.
At this point, Maria had fallen onto her knees, no longer having the strength to stand no more as she didn't even notice this,too deep in her breakdown to care about much else. She then even fell onto her side and tucked her legs into her chest, the most feeble and frail she had ever looked now that she was alone in her own confined space where nobody could see past the facade she put up. The facade of a perverted succubus who wanted to see all lewd things Mio did to her man, who laughed at perverted jokes and snuck into guy's beds like a bitch in heat.
In her room with all privacy assured and nobody else around, the facade got removed to show what lay beneath… and it soon became obvious why she kept it hidden.
While in the fetal position, the teary-eyed Succubus slowly uncovered her face to reveal her reddened eyes from all the crying she'd done. Afterwards, she went and looked around her room floor for a while, wrapping her arms around her legs just above the knees. Part of her, no, ALL of her honestly just couldn't believe how she had gotten to this point in her life.
For as long as she can remember, the Succubi had developed a reputation for being lustful sluts which resulted in many of them experiencing heartbreak, tragedy etc because of this perceived notion. It doesn't help that they are somewhat more perverted than the average female due to their nature. They were like Issei and the perverted trio whenever they boldly said their desires out loud to the school without any shame at all, perhaps even worse considering how a lot of them were more extreme than even Maria herself.
But there was a flip side to this reputation for debauchery. While they made excellent lovers in the bedroom, in fact a Succubus could go on for much longer than a non-succubus and they had the power to 'help' their partners reach similar operational lengths to fully satisfy their carnal desires. But the downside of this was that they never experienced any PROPER romantic love should they desire it, as men only saw them as sex toys they could use for their own means and then discard them like used condoms or some other one-time use goods. This was something the race couldn't change due to how long they had been engaging in it and sexual energy was something akin to a drug for succubi, an addictive one they could only sate when satisfying carnal pleasures. They were essentially what the supernatural world called succubi: sluts willing to bend over and be used by anybody.
For a time, this was something that Maria had long since accepted about both her race and herself. She had accepted that for a Succubus, sex was an integral part of her existence both in the good (read: pleasurable) way… and also the bad way. Bad in that while the sex was good and pleasurable, it meant that was ONLY what people were willing to associate with them, resulting in a lack of… opportunities for more. Heck, Maria herself had used this to her advantage more than a few times, she was no delicate flower nor was she inexperienced in the art of sexual activities, so she wasn't exempt from her race's pros and cons.
However, today may have marked the first time she had ever begun to wonder otherwise. This came mostly from what she had seen from that recording of an interaction between her and a guy who usually didn't put up with her antics. More specifically, what it made her realize when she had heard what Theseus had been saying during the recording. She had developed the ability to read lips during her time keeping Mio safe, among 'many' skills that she now had mixed feelings about, and thus she knew what he had said: 'There-there-there, girlie. shshshshshsh…Things will be alright, you're a Hellsing affiliate and we don't take it lying down when one of our own get's hurt. It doesn't matter what your beef is, if anyone dared touch a hair on your head Hellsing's demons would be sent onto them with extreme prejudice. You are one of us and you are Mio's protector, that's who you are. Now sleep, little Lilith.'
The ambiance of kindness and sincere emotion that the supposed scariest man in Hellsing had showed to her, combined with the expression he had on his face that she just can't seem to forget, when she'd been in one of her lower moments. A moment of weakness and vulnerability that should have never been exposed (she could only be thankful everyone seemed to focus on what Theseus had done instead of her).
Now she knew why at that time she had a good dream for once instead of the plethora of nightmares that revolved around the 'extent' she had gone to for Mio's safety… all the while learning just how many beings liked loli's. Yet, even as her heart felt like goddamn MELTING as her cheeks heated to a scorching degree…
She didn't deserve it.
As much as she loathed herself for admitting it, she couldn't help but feel that she didn't deserve such gentleness from Theseus, or anyone for that matter, with what she had to do in order to protect Mio during their multiple years of being on the run. If one were to describe her, then the words 'used goods' could come to mind should they know of what she'd done. Used goods to be discarded easily and effortlessly just like any member of her race. Even her mom wasn't so lucky after her first husband died shortly after her older sister had been born, and although Maria knew she didn't hold it against her, Maria still felt sad she never got to grow up with a loving family.
"Why…Why do you…..tolerate me when I'm annoying you? All the times I attempted to be a nuisance… Just why am I falling for you?" Maria whispered to herself, her cheeks still flushing as pictures of Theseus or rather, the expression of gentleness she had seen him make. She began to feel…..affection….the affection she had never gotten, resulting in the shock and warmth inside.
All of this combined into one big mess in her mind, and Maria began to have an internal conflict with the decision of what she should do next. Her original plan of action was coming up soon and she needed to follow it or else there would be hellish consequences to pay against her… and others. If things had stayed as they were, then Maria believed she would have been able to handle betraying these people much easier, although it would have been difficult still with how well they treated Mio.
But, with how much Theseus also paid HER attention as well, instead of ignoring her or blankly ignoring her entire existence when she had been in one of her low moments? When he showed her the same comfort and care he did for Mio? There was just no WAY she could react and do things the same way as she had been planning.
Yet, she HAD to if she didn't want THAT person to come into harm's way.
Thus, there came the rise of so much debate inside of her mind, causing her to have a headache. Ths continued for a few minutes as she constantly deliberated with herself, waging an almost scorching internal conflict.
Should she follow the plan or should she betray the other group for Mio's safety?
Internal conflict raged inside of the young Succubus for a while, before finally a conclusion got reached. A new gaze of grim determination filled her eyes as the Succubus got onto her feet. With her mind made up, she took a few deep breaths to steady the nerves inside of her mind. What she planned to do would be very risky and likely had a high chance of failing horribly. If it did, she would suffer terribly and so would the one person she had been protecting all this time OTHER than Mio. If this failed, she could very well lose not only her life, but her freedom and be reduced to a moaning, writhing mess without any dignity left whatsoever, and all her efforts would have ended in vain.
But this taste of genuine love and affection… this snippet of what it was like to ACTUALLY be held and cared for by someone other than Mio, her charge… She liked the taste. She wanted more of it, and she wanted to achieve something her race didn't get the chance to have often. This was literally a golden opportunity for her, and Maria didn't intend to waste it.
Thus, it was time to take that dark plunge into the unknown.
With this grim determination and a newfound desire to change her fate, Maria held her hand up, conjuring a magic circle on her hand. It flashes for a while before she says the following.
"Theseus? I need you to come here, there's something I need to tell you about."
Tmeskip - 2 days later
"Phew, damn. Who knew fixing up computers can be such a pain in the ass?" Theseus muttered when he walked out of the university,having finished another day with the TMC club. He had to admit, he'd been learning quite a bit about building materials and technology to the point where he could truly say he respected those who earned a living off this stuff. Walter came to mind when he thought about examples of this…
Not only that, but it also succeeded in helping him relieve the stress he's been feeling from previous events and incidents, which he saw as a big plus. After the whole recording incident, he had to deal with Kuroh, Vali and even Kuroka teasing the hell out of him to which he had not been in the mood for any of them, thus he had needed a distraction. Fortunately, the TMC club had the answer fot that and perhaps it helped that he had been familiar with some of the terminology they used thanks to hearing Walter explain about the weapons he made so many times.
Once class had finished he headed straight to the TMC club and worked as hard as possible there, all while paying attention to his senior club members.
It was one of the best decisions he made when deciding to join the club. Multiple theories and ideas rammed through his mind for what to build and the compartments he needs to have in order for it to properly function.
He had one idea he has in mind and that was inspired by a certain gauntlet his coach possesse-.
"!?"
Theseus suddenly stop his thoughts when he sense a familiar energy, one he quickly describes to be…..a certain redhead.
"?! Mio!" he said in realization before quickly bolting through the streets of Kuoh city. Making sure to use the winds as a sense of direction, avoiding the people and the pedestrians. He got closer and closer to Mio's energy when he sensed her flare in distress.
Once he finally reached there, he witnessed an unconscious Mio in Maria's arms held in a princess carry. Judging from the lack of any injuries on her person, the male suspected that she'd been knocked out when she wasn't looking or without any resistance, which also cast those closest to her as suspects. Judging from who was carrying her…
Not only that, but there was another person standing beside her, a tall, tanned white-haired young woman with a slim yet shapely figure and gold-green eyes. She sported a rabbit tail and rabbit-ear-shaped horns atop her head. As for her attire, it consisted of a tight black dress that revealed the middle of her chest, black shoulder pads and gold lining, white stockings, and black long boots that had golden lining.
But what caught his attention the most was the significant amount of Demonic Power flowing through her body, which told him EXACTLY what was going on here.
They both looked at Theseus, his sudden surprised expression quickly turning into animalistic rage. "Grrrr…..!" he growled, getting angrier and angrier by the minute. "Maria…..after what we have done for you and Mio…" he couldn't complete his sentence because his mind was being clouded by the bestial rage, his inner annimal raring to start some well-earned bloodshed.
The silver haired girl look at Theseus with sad and hurtful emotion she felt inside of her. "Theseus." She said his name, before turning her head away from him and walking further away with Mio in her arms.
The tanned woman stepped forward, looking stoic before she conjured a purple magic circle and from it black fog surrounded them. "You're too late, abomination." the tanned woman said to Theseus.
Theseus widened his eyes before he summoned his trident and jumped towards the trio. "RRRRAAAAAAHHHHH!" he yelled out in fury, he was close to the tanned woman who returned a cold, unflinching gaze like ice to fire . Just when his Trident was close enough to be swung at her in an attempt to cleave her apart, they suddenly disappeared.
BOOM!
All Theseus felt was the ground. When the blond hair boy widened his eyes when he realized they were gone. He gritted his teeth in fury so hard it would crack had it not been for his mouth becoming the fangs of his BOE form, via partial transformation.
Unable to handle it any longer, his failure to stop them from escaping with someone under Hellsing protection, Theseus looked up and screamed in pure rage.
"RRRRRRAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Roaring into the skies for all that it was worth, Theseus' bloodlust shot to new heights with his eyes literally turning green completely, his iris and pupils no longer visible. Not only that, but the amount of bloodlust in the air conjured a visage of his BOE form right behind him, it's size making it loom over the blonde male as it mimicked his actions. This resulted in it's roar mixing with Theseus' own, creating an unholy symphony resembling an animal about to go into a blood rage.
Before long, Theseus stopped his roar as the apparition vanished from sight, though the bloodlust radiating from him still persisted. Even so, he ignored it in favor of squatting down for a while, his muscles straining in preparation for his following actions… actions which came into light a few moments later when he promptly leaped upwards into the air, leaving behind a low booming sound and a shockwave upon leaping.
BOOM!
Shooting upwards to the clouds above, Theseus halted right beneath one and used his Sacred Gear to gather enough wind currents to keep him afloat. From there, he cast his gaze down towards Kuoh below, his gaze and gnashed teeth SCREAMING bloody murder.
"SCRIZER EYE!"
He announced the following, using his ability in full force. Expanding the whole city while using all of his power in one skill. He doesn't care if he depleted his entire power reserves, all he wanted is revenge and the betrayal for what the succubus bitch has done.
She'll pay.
She'll pay for using him.
She'll pay for breaking his trust!
She'll pay for betraying Hellsing!
SHE'LL PAY FOR USING HIS EMOTION AS LEVERAGE TO KIDNAP MIO IN A MOMENT OF WEAKNESS!
Once he got a trace of energy, a trace which told him where Mio might have been taken, Theseus sprung into action. Instantly lightning crackled around his body, which then spread towards and across the clouds above his head. Booming with the sounds of thunder inside of numerous clouds before he turned into lightning and shot to where the energy Mio might have been.
BOOM!
Somewhere
BOOM!
Instantly, thunder shot towards the ground like a strike from the biblical god himself, making a large booming sound upon impact. It created a huge smokescreen that surrounded where the lightning hit. Scorching with fire and black mark from the power the thunder emitted from its strikes
Inside of where the thunder hit was Theseus. He kneeled in a squatting position, Trident in hand with the blade glistening with water droplets that behaved in reflection of it's wielder's emotions. Dark shadows enveloped his face till only the angry, narrowed glowing eyes could be seen alongside his white fanged teeth.
HIIIIISSSSSSSSSSS!
He hissed out cold air from his mouth. He gets up from his squatting position. He heard someone speaking to him.
"I'm afraid she's not here, Shark King. You won't find her here."
Theseus raised his hand to his face before throwing it to the side, dispelling the smoke that surrounded him in one swing of his arm.
WHOOSH!
The wind blew away the smoke screen around him with ease, exposing his surroundings. He seemed to have landed within the center of a park, one located not too far from the town's outskirts, which sort of reminded him of the abandoned church. Additionally, near him looked to be a small pond which had some greenery like lily pads floating atop it. Behind him were a few benches with there being a lot of trees surround the area between him…
And a figure who calmly stood there like it was no big deal that he had just nearly been struck by lightning.
Thanks to the lack of smoke, that figure revealed itself to be Lars who stood atop a nearby fence. He had an evil smirk on his face along with that smug expression from what could be seen behind his Mask.
Theseus growled, his rage-riddled mind making communication rather difficult. Although his inner humanity struggled to rein in the beast inside in favor of interrogating this guy for intel on Mio's location. Eventually his inner humanity won out, and after straining himself to force calmness onto himself (although it remained only surface level) to form sentences. "Where…..is she?" he questioned with restraint anger, displaying his gray aura which crackled in purple lightning. Storms could be felt approaching like a certain song Theseus liked to listen to a few times (it was ironically Kuroh's favorite song) as black clouds began to cover the park thanks to his Sacred Gear Zenith Tempest.
"You won't find her here, King of Sharks. She's already long gone before you could even attempt to grasp her." Lars said to Theseus.
"GRRRRRRRHHHHHH!"
"Hahahahahahaha! Its so funny and amusing to see how you were able to not even describe how much of a fool you are. All that brain you have is just filled with primitive knowledge, only knowing what to do with their instincts." Lars mocked him.
The mockery behind those words caused veins to sprout around Theseus' head, the male evidentally almost at his breaking point. He gripped the trident so hard it would've cracked or broke in half if it were a normal weapon. His eyes flowed with energy as a stream of his divinity flowed from the corner of his eyes.
"You should've known better when trusting a succubus when they know only to use their legs for other purposes. You were pathetic for believing she was your comrade when instead she was working for side willing to give it to her." Lars continued to mock Theseus fanning the already intense flames of rage roaring inside the Shark King. He did saw behind Theseus was a familiar red figure matching his actions, which actually sent a couple chills down the man's spine at the memories it invoked.
Truly, this guy was HIS student… perhaps more than that.
"She was never loyal to you or that pathetic Hellsing. They dare call themself Hellsing when they haven't witness the true leader of the Umbral Plains. The one who had her true loyalty, as well as that of her entire clan: Satan."
"?!" Theseus widened his eyes in shock from what he had just heard. He soon realize what was about to happen behind his shadowy face. "...Shit."
Lars grinned at the way that Theseus cursed his own stupidity, as well as indulged himself in the satisfaction amidst this revelation. "Thats right, you figured it out now, haven't you? Zolgear plans to use Satan's descendent as a catalyst to awaken her true heritage." spreading his hands in presentation while looking up to the sky. "Soon when she awakens her power, the forces of hell shall be unleashed into the world where she will continue what her ancestor has failed to do! Spread chaos, destruction, despair, anguish across the whole world!"
Lars drops his head down and looked at the stunned blond hair boy. "And you know what the best part is? It will be all because of you. Letting your guard down while allowing the succubus to take advantage of….you." Lars raised his arm and pointed it at Theseus, basically declaring that it was all his fault that everything had gone down.
The said male looked down at the ground, his eyes wide and mouth in an 'o' shape. All the while, memories of the apocalypse began to appear in his mind as flashing images, images that he could make out as clear as crystal due to their unforgeability. The demons appearing out of nowhere, causing destruction. Images began to appear of dead bodies of his dead relatives and friend. HIs father being crushed under a demons foot. While his mother…his mother….the bull demon…..
SNAP!
In an instant, a huge roar erupted from Theseu's throat, tearing away at the crimson apparition before he burst forwards like a dart, roaring bloody murder towards the smug Demon. "FUCK YOU! THAT'LL ONLY HAPPEN OVER MY DEAD BODY!" He bellowed, his two Tails from his BOE form already out alongside several of his beastly features. His form remained like a blur, untraceable for the human eye and even those of supernatural origin would have trouble perceiving Theseus's movements.
Nearing his opponent, Theseus thrusted his Trident towards Lars' chest with the intention of impaling him, the weapon's tip already having water currents spiralling around it to make it sharper. Behind him, gusts of wind could be seen acting like makeshift thrusters to increase Theseus' movement ability, adding to the thrust's force and overall impact.
That is…
JAB!
Until something ran him through from behind, jutting out of his chest and halting his attack. The built-up energy from the various elements caused streams of multi-colored divinity to rush out past Lars who maintained his smug smile… which twitched a bit when he felt the energy waves cut through several portions of his exposed flesh. Each one may have been a full blown mini bomb explosion though for all the pain that erupted from them alone, making him realize just how much power had been put into the thrust itself.
It could have KILLED him if it had hit…
Good thing that Lars had already summoned spears made from his Magic beforehand, having placed them in the air above this park just for this occasion.
One of those said Spears had just pierced through Theseus back, the tip jutting out of his drops dripped from the bloodied tip amidst the steam which rose from the point of exit, the blood drops falling to the ground beneath the male who just stared at the wound in stunned disbelief. It almost looked like his mind had trouble catching up with what had happened in it's rage-induced state.
JAB-JAB-JAB-JAB-JAB-JAB-JAB-JAB!
…The reality soon got compounded into the male after he stepped backwards and looked up to see more Spears. Right before they descended down similarly to the lightning strike he'd done previously. One by one, they impaled him through his chest making him look like a stand for some candlesticks, or the catalyst for a bonfire with all the steam rising from the points of entry.
"Gah…Guh…Grk…!"
Opening his mouth, Theseus tried to say something or perhaps anything at all, however he lacked the strength to do so. Not to mention the way he began splattering blood everywhere from the wounds as well as the cough he did seconds after the last Spear impacted him. Unable to keep his balance anymore, his legs trembled violently until they gave out resulting in the male falling flat onto his back.
In that moment, Lars gave a sigh before pocketing his hands inside his trousers. This allowed him to hide his motion of clicking his fingers, which signalled the various spears to dissipate revealing the copious amounts of holes in Theseus' person.
"Pity… such a pity…" Lars muttered as he stood looming over Theseus' prone form, the said male still struggling to cope with the holes in his body. The fact that he was still somewhat breathing despite the holes in his chest proved how resilient this bastard was, likely due to his constitution and hellish training back at Hellsing, Lars mused as he raised an arm upwards. "Nevertheless, Theseus you are a bug… and all irksome bugs deserve to be squashed…"
Theseus grabbed a handful of dirt as he attempted to even move an inch of his body, however the spears had impaled him in multiple areas which rendered mobility all but impossible. He gritted his teeth tightly (he had been doing that a lot lately) despite them being covered in blood. "Kill…..you." he spat out in a low voice between coughs of blood. "I'll…kill…..you." He declared barly above a whisper due to his weakened state, yet even so he still managed to weakly aim a glare at Lars. A glare which also still had some bite to it in spite of the circumstances
However, he paused his glare felt a shadow loomed over him. Weakly Theseus turned his head and looked ahead of him, witnessing a giant boulder that was levitated by the tan woman that accompanied Maria. Said woman looked to have emerged from behind the park fence, having seemingly been hiding there.
"And bugs shall be squashed." the woman declared before lowering her arm downwards. This resulted in the meteor falling down towards the ground, literally aiming it at Theseus' head.
BOOOOOM!
The Boulder crashed right on target, enveloping the male in question completely thanks to it's size.
Lars looked at the now supposed dead body of Alucard's apprentice after the tanned woman lifted the boulder off him, before shifting his attention to the woman. "You didn't need to intervene Zest. I perfectly handled the situation." Lars said to the woman, now named Zest.
"My master declared Alucards heir too dangerous to live." Zest explained her reason to Lars as she stared at Theseus corpse. "And you know how even a rabid shark will not stop hunting its meal until their eaten no matter where they are, in the shallow oceans or the deepest part of the ocean." Zest turned around and walked away from Lars. "You should be grateful now that the world no longer has to feel the pressure of an upcoming second-generation No-Life king."
"And if he discovered what has happened to his protege?" Lars asked Zest while still staring at Theseus's corpse.
"Let him come." Zest answered Lars, her feet beginning to transfigure into mist. "He shall witness the birth of another demon lord of Hell. The no-life king is powerless against the king of demons. He will not be a problem, soon he shall end up the same as his apprentice." she finished her sentence before turning to mist, teleporting away.
Lars stared at the corpse of Theseus for a while, specifically at the holes in his body left behind by the Spears. He shook his head before he said the following… with hints of what sounded like regret. "(SIGH). It shouldn't have ended this way, it wasn't supposed to be like this."
Somewhere
"Uhhhhhh…!" a certain female redhead groaned for a while as she began to open her eyes, her eyelids fluttering for a few seconds before they tightened once again, due to the bright lights that assaulted them. A few moments later she slowly began to open those eyes again, and at first everything looked rather blurry, but before long her vision began to clear up until she realized that she was standing up somehow.
CLINK!
The sounds of chains rattling and some cold metal feeling became known to her, and upon glancing to her left and right Mio found that there were chains strapped to her wrists. They held her up against a stone wall, keeping her in place much to the redhead's shock as her eyes widened to the size of saucers.
'What the…?!'
Shock flooded her system whilst a pit of horror and dread began to pool within her gut at the unknown situation that had befallen her. Yet before she could go into any kind of panic attack, she distracted herself by shifting her attention to her surroundings to see were the hell she was. From what she had seen, she looked to be in some kind of castle Dunegon due to the stone walls, floor and ceiling, lit up by various candle lights attached to the walls. Additionally, there was a purple carpet strewn down the dungeon's center, some European designs being seen along the walls too. Multiple columns were lined up in separate lines with the ceiling also following the whole european design.
All these signs pointed to the conclusion that she must be in some kind of castle, Mio figured. Additionally, considering that she wouldn't normally visit places like this she felt safe in assuming that she had been kidnapped. Although, the 'how', 'why' and who' parts of this dilemma still eluded her, her memories still being a bit blurry due to recently waking from the land of dreams. The last thing she could recall was simply sitting in the living room relaxing after another day at the university, before a faint prickling sensation tapped at her neck… then nothing. "Where am I?" she muttered under her breath.
"You are where you rightfully belong your highness, the majestic castle you deserve." an old muscular voiced echoed on the room and answered her question at the same time. Eyes widening again, Mio sharply lifted her head to look around in an effort to find the source, though this only lasted a few seconds before she heard footsteps come from in front of her. She turned her head forward and widened her eyes at the figure before growling, snarling and her eyes narrow in anger.
"You!" she yelled.
Out of the shadows came a tall, old-looking man due to the number of wrinkles she could see across what skin was exposed. He sported pointy ears akin to the elves she sometimes saw on some anime with white hair that protruded out the sides of his head, the top part completely bald for the world to see. Although that Mio just attributed to the man's age, but more than that she noticed the man's purple eyes glowed with a hauntingly chilling malice, like a practiced schemer who knew the very workings of nature itself. Around his head, he wore a golden circlet which was complimented by the two horns protruding out from the sides of said head.
Speaking of outfits, he wore a large red robe which symbolized his high position in society… a certain backward society compared with that of the human world. The robe was also adorned with yellow-padded shoulders as well as a large hood which sported white frills around it's trim. The robe covered the majority of his body so she couldn't tell what else the man wore, but Mio didn't care one bit about that.
Not when she knew EXACTLY who this man was.
"I see you are awake your highness." the man politely said to Mio ignoring her expression.
CLINK!
"Grrrrrrrrr!" In an instant she tried to jump towards him had not the chains restrained her movement. She growled at him like a feral beast, all while trying to break the chains around her, ignoring how much it hurt her hands doing so thanks to the adrenaline her rage provided her. All she could think of was the sheer loathing she felt for this man, and for good reason. "You! You were the one who killed my parents! I'll fucking kill you!" she shouted at the man, his eyes briefly widening in slight surprise at her somewhat vulgar language.
During the time she spent with Theseus, Mio had gained quite a bit from him, and that was more than just knowledge of the way the supernatural world worked. She got her drive, her resolve to get stronger, as well as some of his more… animalistic traits. Being around someone like him and the vicious people amongst Hellsing's ranks somewhat influenced Mio a bit, not like she gave a damn when they were some of the best people she had ever known. Her teeth sharpened and her aura surround her as she continuously attempted to break from her bindings.
If only she could reach that neck of his, she could just IMAGINE cutting through it with her nails.
The man smiled while putting his hand on his chest before bowing down a bit. "You will have to forgive me, princess. But those humans were straying you from the path you were rightfully born for, so I had to exterminate them in order to put you back on the right track. Though, I am very sorry you had to witness it."
"Bullshit! I know your fucking lying, you bastard! Just you wait until I break these binds, I'll crush your bones into dust and squash your organs into pieces!" Mio swore once more, still trying to break free from her bindings.
Of course, the man didn't look too fazed by those remarks now. In fact he began to smirk in a smug manner. "Perhaps, I haven't introduced myself. My name is Zolgear Asmodeus, the grandson of the original Asemodeus." The man introduced himself to the furious red head.
"Who gives a shit what your name is?!" Mio roared out to Zolgear. "No one cares who you are or what you are! I will have my revenge!" Mio declared to Zolgear even while her bones began to break from the strain.
"There is no need for any hostility, your majesty." Zolgear still politely spoke to Mio, ignoring how it is unfit for a lady like her to act with her instincts. "Your emotion's are what hold you back from releasing the true potential of your power, Satan's power."
"I am nothing like that bastard! He can go rot in the deepest darkest pit of hell for all I care!" Mio spat venomously before Zolgear could to anything against her, maybe forcibly activate her fathers power which she feared.
One Satan one was bad enough, there cannot be another.
"Forgive me princess, but that power you have is a boon to you. You've been granted the honor of having the king of hell's bloodline. I do not wish to be enemies with you your highness." Zolgear said to Mio. "Once you activate your ancestors blood, you can unleash your revenge and vengance against the whole world that tried to destroy the evil incarnation itself. No one can stop you, nothing can." Zolgear tried to persuade Mio into giving in to unleashing Satan's power inside of her.
At this point, Mio stopped struggling for a while when she hear him say 'no one can stop you'. For a moment she remained silent as she looked at the man who she swore hatred towards, before she dropped her head down. Initially, Zolgear assumed that she had given in to him and made to move towards her… but then he stopped when he began hearing chuckling sounds from the redhead. He stepped back a little when she raised her head again and laughed. "Ha ha ha ha ha. No one can stop me?" she spat between laughs, grinning in a manner not so unlike that of a feral beast on a blood hunt. This also resulted in Mio showing some sharped teeth and a mocking smile. "You are even a bigger fool than my fa-ancestor was." she managed to stop saying Satan was her father at the last moment, not wanting to be identified with that bastard. Him and his ilk were the reason why she had lost everything after all, and given what she had known about him… "You made the biggest mistake, taking me away from them. Where I'm from, Hellsing matches their name in deeds and reputation. No matter where you hide, no matter where you are Hellsing WILL find you. There's not a corner in this world, no ocean depth, no single CREVICE you can hide in. They won't stop until they've tasted the very flesh in your bones." Mio declared to Zolgear, her look downright demonic at the thought of witnessing the others locating this place and hunting this pig down like the piece of scum that he was.
The thought of Hellsing hunting them will surely make people pale and wallow in despair because there is no escape from their mere sight. The sheer thought of Hellsing among the supernatural will make the beings, Gods, devils, even monsters will be terrified to even find out they were being pursued by the bloodthirsty monsters, especially the one certain No-Life king. Alucard himself.
However that hardly fazed Zolgear who showed no reaction to being potentially pursued by Hellsing, in fact he started sporting a mischievous smile that did MORE than irk the redhead. "Oh they won't be a bothersome your highness." Mio was confused what he meant by that but deep in her guts she has a terrible feeling. "You'll be safe to say….I've already dealt with one that tried to get in the way of your awakening."
The words echoed on Mio's mind, immediately having an effect on her in the form of the redhead tensing. Her eyes became dots as her mouth fell open in terror, especially when she thought of the one person who would instantly come to her rescue the MOMENT he learned of her disappearance. Her head briefly lowered as Mio began to shake, causing her bindings to rattle throughout the dungeon. This only lasted for a few moments before she raised her head and aimed a FURIOUS glare in Zolgear's direction. "What… did you do…?" she questioned Zolgear, who remained silent save for that damn smile of his.
It practically drove her mad.
CLINK!
"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO THESEUS?!" Mio furiously demanded of Zolgear with the look of the intent of promised murder and destruction aimed at Asmodeus.
"Do not worry about that, your highness." He says to her before he got something inside of his robes before pulling out an white clear orb on his hand. "Bear witness those who tried to get in the way of our glorious true ruler's return." He declared like some kind of presenter, to which be began pouring magic inside of the orb.
In response to this, the orb itself brightened considerably before a bright projection shot out of it in a similar manner to a certain doctor's recording. Although this orb projected a screen big enough for a TV to be seen, unlike that recording which had a screen the size of a laptop by comparison.
From there, it showed Theseus in his furious state. Mio smiled at the figure of Theseus who was literally worried about her which brings her heart warmth.
However….
JAB!
The moment she saw Theseus ran him through from behind, jutting out of his chest and halting his attack changed her feelings IMMEDIATELY. Mio widened her eyes, horror and dread seeping into her like blood pouring out from a wound, almost being physically HURT by the sight of the male being impaled like that.
"NO! Theseus!" She called out to his name, before she could even recognize what her voice had been doing. Part of her hoped that this was just a trick, that this wouldn't slow the monstrous male down and that he wuld just continue moving. That part…
JAB-JAB-JAB-JAB-JAB-JAB-JAB-JAB!
Got doused by the cold hard reality that followed. That said reality made her see that the male after he stepped backwards and looked up to see more Spears. Right before they descended onto him.
At this point, Mio's face had turned ghostly white as teardops began to build in her eyes.
"NO NO NO! PLEASE! I BEG YOU! THESEUS! THESEUS-" she repeated his name as tears began to fall from her eyes, witnessing the brutal torture of her protector. She tried to move or conjure something that can help her get out of her bindings much more frantically compared to previous attempts, this time fear being the source fuelling her actions instead of the infernal blaze known as anger.
But to her horror, none of her power responded to her will, like it hadn't been there in the first place.
One by one, those Spears impaled Theseus through his chest making him look like a stand for some candlesticks. She saw him unable to keep his balance anymore, his legs trembling violently until they gave out resulting in the male falling flat onto his back.
Seeing this Mio heart tightened, the state of the blond hair boy almost breaking her internally, shattering her entire will if it weren't for when she saw him grabbing a handful of dirt. Such a feeble display of resistance brought back a spark of desperate hope in the redhead girl, a thin silver thread that she clung to like it were her last lifeline. "Please, no more…..no more. Please Theseus… I need you." she pleaded with Zolgear to stop this, she doesn't want to see him suffer because of her. She'll let herself be used by Zolgear as a catalyst if it can save her protector from his torture.
But alas…..
That cannot be fulfilled at she witnessed something far worse.
She witnessed a giant boulder forming over the prone male's body, held in suspension in the air by the tan woman Zest.
"No." Mio whispered before she heard the following. Statement about bugs needing to be squashed that the woman declared before lowering her arm downwards.
"No!"
In that moment, the Boulder began falling down towards the ground, literally aiming it at to her horror, Theseus' head.
"NOOOOOOOOOO!"
BOOOM!
"THEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSEEEEEUUUUUUUUUUUSSSSSSSS!"
The Boulder crashed right on target, enveloping the male.
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Mio could only stare like a broken record at the boulder that had slammed into the space Theseus had once occupied. She could barely make out his feet jutting out, but the way that blood began pooling out from beneath it acted like a final confirmation of his ultimate fate. It was the final impact shattering her will. She slumped down to the ground, her pupils gone and all she could do was to stare at the body of her protector.
Seeing that the redhead had been successfully broken, Zolgear dispersed the screen.
She looked down in the ground, mixed with the emotion she's feeling right now that is overflowing her. Devastated, she felt so shocked and so much grief inside of her at the revelation she'd been forced to witness. This reminded her of the deaths of her adoptive family members who had taken care of her her whole life… until they were brutally MAULLED to death by the same person in front of her. Briefly she tried to deny that Theseus hadn't just been killed in front of her, that at any moment he would come to her aid in a show of not being affected by this type of injury. That he came out of it alive, just like he had always done so far. He was strong, he was powerful. She had personally witnessed his power.
The NEXT emotion soon swept through her mind like the initial wave from a damn that had burst, and unlike the last ones this one chose to stick around:
Despair. She has finally lost hope when she hasn't seen Theseus move an inch of his body. Not a single flick of his finger. He didn't get up, he just layed there. With blood flowing out from his body.
And finally sadness…..
BA-BUMP!
BA-BUMP!
BA-BUMP!
BA-BUMP!
BA-BUMP!
BA-BUMP!
Her heart thumped slowly, although this time each beat felt more like being punched in the face for the redhead. There was no way he could get up from those kinds of injuries, Theseus had left this world and SHE had been the responsible for it. SHE had dragged him into this mess alongside Hellsing, probably damning countless lives who simply worked for the organization to a fate they didn't deserve. ALL because of her. She could feel her heartbeat gradually becoming lower while she began blankly looking at the ground, looking similar to having lost the will to live itself.
Soon her heart stopped beating… completely
She hung still for a while, being silent for a few seconds as the image of Theseus' crushed body under the boulder entered her mind's eye like some taunting trigger.
It definitely served to trigger something within her alright…just not sadness anymore.
In the following moments a red aura started to spill out of Mio's body, resembling a dense miasma which coated her entire being. It also generated a light breeze which made her hair start swaying a bit. Some light breathing came from her mouth before heavy breathing followed. Her mind was in scramble, rapidly she viewed the dead bodied of everyone she ever loved.
Her mother, her father, the adoptive parents that raised her.
The boy who saved both her and Maria, helped her with overcoming her fears and nightmares.
The biggest one of all, and also the most recent, was the sight of Theseus being crushed under the boulder. His broken crushed body got projected into her mind alongside him being mutilated and bones sticking out.
At that moment, something went and completely snapped.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!"
BOOM!
WHOOSH!
A loud, vengeful war cry ripped itself free from Mio's throat as she reared her head backwards towards the ceiling above. In the following instance, her body got engulfed in crimson-dark flames. They erupted into existence from her head first, before they rapidly spread down to the rest of her entire body, moving and swaying over Mio's form as if sporting their own sentience. Skeleton heads began to manifest from within the flames, floating around her and concealing her entirely from view.
Their sheer blazing heat and intensity grew to much it destroyed the roof, making a while while the fiery pillar that almost scorched the entirety of the heavens themselves. Following this, the crimson aura began to change as dark clouds began to appear in the skies overhead, surrounding the pillar whilst thunder boomed within them and crimson red lightning crackled through those clouds. It resembles almost like a tornado or a hurricane due to how intense winds began blowing, rain starting to shower the girl's surroundings with lightning strikes impacting the ground.
Standing backwards a little, Zolgear could only gawk in sheer amazement, excitement and twisted, gleeful happiness. A shrill laugh of victory erupted from his throat as the elderly Devil spread his arms outwards like a preacher in a sermon. Ironic, considering his species being the type that preachers preached against. "Yes! This is what I was waiting for my entire life! Now, the world shall know true horror! We shall now witness the destruction of countless fools who tried to exterminate the lord of chaos! Rise, oh Lord of Darkness! The true ruler of the underworld and Hell! Rise! Queen of Demons!"
From within the pillar, the silhouette of a feminene figure standing there began to manifest into existence in place of the feeble girl who had her heart, hopes and dreams shattered. The feminine figures' eyes, hollow crimson in a stark contrast to the darkness that made up her form, sharpened into the demonic slits that all Devils were known for. In the following seconds, the pillar of crimson blackish flames began to shrink, just as rapidly as it arrived until finally it fizzled itself out of existence by the will of it's creator.
HIIIIISSSSSSS!
Sizzling sounds filled the atmosphere thanks to the smoke steaming around the feminene figure. Several trails of smoke could be seen scattered across the ground, the dungeon floor having looked to have been turned into a molten pile of mush thanks to the extreme heat from that pillar. Additionally, there was little to nothing remaining of the once solid wall… nor any restraints either, thanks to those flames having melted them till they were a sloppy, goey mess on the floor behind the figure.
This said figure then threw an arm out, swinging it in a manner similar to a certain male redhead which dispersed every bit of smoke around her. This granted Zolgear, who remained unaffected by these changes, the opportunity to gaze at the figure's full form… and what a form it turned out to be!
In Mio's place, stood an older-looking Mio who looked to be in her mid twenties, rather than the early 20's that Mio had been previously as indicated by her increasingly voluptuous, feminine and mature figure. Her skin color had turned slightly paler, resembling that of a vampire's in color and texture, whilst the woman's crimson hair had lengthened till it reached the back of her knees in length. Out the sides of her head were a pair of long, dark black and red horns alongside some longer ones protruding forwards from out her forehead. Her eyes remained closed, hiding them from view.
Her form looked to be covered completely in a getup that was of a STARK contrast to her previous human form's school uniform. Instead, her torso and abdomen were concealed by a black Leotard with crimson lining running around its edges. It sported a single red area that covered her torso above the cleavage area, exposing the bare flesh of her armpits and undersides. Attached to the Leotard were a pair of black shoulder pauldrons that were atop arm sleeves of matching material to her Leotard. Her thighs remained exposed, save for the long thigh-high stockings attached to some armored Greeves that ended in stiletto heeled boots. Her hands were covered by a pair of black gauntlets with crimson colored fingers while attached to her waist were a pair of petal-shaped coat-tails that swayed up and down behind the crimson haired woman.
Additionally, from out her back protruded a single black wing consisting of 3 petal-shaped fingers, each one having a crimson crescent-shaped hole near their bases. Protruding out the base of her spine looked to be a single, black armor-covered Tail with crimson flesh pulsating beneath it, it's tip being sharpened into a spike-like form while the tail's overall appearance resembled a human spinal column.
This 'new' Mio also sported a single weapon in her right hand: a massive-looking black Lance with crimson red as a secondary coloring, the Lance looking longer than she was tall. Finally, the womanly Mio's eyes opened slowly to reveal their states to have been completely altered compared to her previous self's: for gone was the white sclera as it had been replaced by a pure black one, like eternal, everlasting shadow. Her irises had turned from ruby red, to a bloody crimson with matching demonic slits… though alongside these eyes a THIRD vertically-shaped eye opened in the center of her forehead, sporting a matching appearance to the others. Around all three eyes, were a set of 3 black patches like someone had sprayed paint over them in some attempt to hide the ugliness behind those crimson orbs.
All in all, this new Mio looked absolutely NOTHING, like the human Mio from before. She may as well have been an entirely different freaking PERSON!
"Yes… yes! YES! It has finally worked! I have successfully awakened the great Satan's blood!" Zolgear said with excitement.
The new form Mio looks stoically at Zolgear, the previous emotions she has felt were gone, the woman now in the process of becoming like her father.
Zolgear instantly knelt down when Mio gazed upon him. "My lady, you can now bring back the glory and destruction Satan had once brought. I have something that belongs to your birth right."
He puts his hand forward and a magic circle appears a few feets away from the duo. It glowed for a bit.
THUD!
Before a blade fell down from the magic circle. It resembled a two-handed greatsword, with it's blackened blade glowing with red-hot hellish burning energy. It looked so demonic in that the blade had some jagged blades protruding from the sides as if the intent was to make the person bleed faster. The hilt had an upside down cross at the end of the blade, with a crimson eye for a jewel in the middle of said hilt. It's guard resembled a pair of piners parallel to both sides of the blade's base.
"This is the personal blade of Satan himself. He secretly forged this blade in the deepest and darkest pits of Hell, before his demise! No one could ever wield such a blade, not even the false Satans! Claim this blade for your own!" Zolgear declared, picking the blade up with reverence like he were touching something akin to a divine symbol of his religion's beliefs. After adjusting his grip on it, Zolgear kneeled on one leg and presented the blade to the stoic demon girl, reminiscent of a knight presenting the King his sword.
"..."
Silence was the woman's response as she looked at the blade for a while. After a short moment, the woman began strolling forward, clinking sounds accompanying her that originated from her new form's armor. Each step she took created slight plopping sounds akin to bubbles bursting, her heeled boots glinting menacingly due to their sharpness potentially enabling them to be used like weapons.
Once she was in front of the blade she gazed upon her father's blade for a while.. before she reached forward and grabbed the blade by its handle. She picked up the blade and gazed upon it's form for a while, casting her gaze down the blackened blade which began to glow even brighter under her hand, like it had gotten excited just by being in her possession. She turned her head back and forth, switching her gaze between her sword and her newly acquired Lance, before coming to a decision. She brought forth both her lance and her fathers blade. It suddenly shined when it was brought together, it was almost as if Satan's daughter was commanding the blade to fuse with her lance.
Flames danced around both of her weapons, both becoming molten lava that begun to mix and meld together, becoming a massive blob that outsized the previous blobs combined. The blob then started to reshape and solidify itself, laval changing into black and red metal until the blob had finished it's transformation. In the end, Mio had floating in front of her, her Lance from before that she then grasped by the hilt, her actions complete.
Zolgear smiled wickedly before he spoke to Mio. "I have prepared a special celebration, just for you my queen!" he pointed at the middle of the room where suddenly an occult magic circle appeared in the room. "That shall lead you back into hell where you belong! Your kingdom awaits you in the Umbral Plains! The demons are eager for your return, my queen! Go forth and fulfill your destiny!" His words echoed through the castle.
Wordlessly, Mio shifted her attention to the occult magic circle that acted as the portal to her fathers kingdom. She was about to head to the magic circle before someone stopped her.
"STOP!"