Supernatural: Chronicles of the Order 9
Chapter 22; The Aldercapt Connection, Part 2
(DISCLAIMER: No, I don't own Supernatural because it belongs to Eric Kripke and Warner Bros. So, enjoy the show! Rated M for graphic violence, adult content, and adult language.)
Leopold arrived at the hotel that Liore was staying at as he was glad to be permanently united with his beloved. Even though he was freed from his sham marriage, that didn't stop him from being under the microscope of scrutiny as he also didn't want to part from his husband after the long separation from him. Still, he had to do his part into cleansing the Aldercapt house as he also had Eldrad and Gerda in tow, for there was also a wedding to attend to after all. When he hugged Liore, he was glad to be with him again as they also had to make up for the lost time they had, for reuniting was what he truly wanted after all. It was a touching reunion as they were in their hotel room in which they had their reasons to be happy for the rest of their lives, for the sham marriage that Leopold was forced into was now dissolved and was free to be with the one he loved.
"Never again will I part from you, my darling," he said.
"I missed you so much," said Liore.
"I know… As for cleansing the Aldercapt house, we'll also pay our respects to Gerda's fallen parents as well. They were hunters, but good friends."
It wasn't long until Eldrad saw Leopold holding Liore's hand in which he didn't mind it after all that has happened. He quickly accepted Liore's presence as he was far more comforting than his late mother and her family in which they only cared about their own vanity and status in the food chain of high society. He now knew what genuine love was as he wanted to commit to be with Gerda in which she has been through too much just as much as he was, for it was his only way to be an honest person for the rest of his days.
"I'm blessed to have two dads after all instead of a battle-axe of my late mother," he said.
"You mustn't dishonor the dead," said Liore cautiously. "Doing so would have you down to where the Queen of Hell is and she doesn't play favorites."
"All my life, she had me, but didn't love me in which I was under the watchful eye of my grandfather and uncle. She wanted me to be a carbon copy of the Tremaine Family in which she even decided which friends and suitors were best for me. The suitors themselves didn't have any meat on their bones, but Mom wanted someone slender than a curvy girl like Gerda."
"And that was when you tried to steal the family fortune from your father until he caught you in the act. You were raised to become spoiled like your maternal family in which your father made you get a job at the elite spa where Izumi works. That was when you saw Gerda again and rejected her the same way she rejected you, only for the presence of the goddess to intervene. You can't hide your insecurities from me, for I know that you are poised to do better."
"What are you talking about?"
"You may have inherited your mother's black hair and green eyes, but you also inherited your father's abilities as a Nephilim. You're not the only one whose mother never loved you, for she disowned me and Lyra when we were born. We got by in which my sister married Esteban Trujillo, who was the previous Emperor of Valinor. Their children thrived in which one of them lives on Skald Island and is married to a Draaza woman."
Without warning, Leopold's reunion with Liore was interrupted as they heard the sound of footsteps coming into the hotel. Looking out the window, he saw the Tremaine entourage waiting outside as he didn't want to return to his golden cage. He had to worry about his own safety and Eldrad's happiness as he didn't want to be put back in the prison filled with rich snobs. Just as he was about to rush out of the hotel room, he heard the door open up as he saw Nils standing there in which he was hell-bent on taking both him and his family back to Rivendell against his wishes. From a standpoint, he hated Nils with a passion as he wanted to snuff him, but not in front of his family, for he had better morals than what his handlers had.
"Hello, Nils," he said to him. "Did you come here to take me and Eldrad back to jail?"
"You're a lot of talk," he said. "All I'm here for is to bring you and Eldrad back home where you belong. If not, then my father will stop at nothing to hunt you down, even if it meant by making a demon deal."
"Leopold's not going anywhere," said Liore as he stood firm. "If I were you, I suggest that you leave before the manager calls security on you just to throw you out."
"Let me remind you that Leopold missed his wife's funeral a month ago when the Zenith Vectors killed her. My father had to force him to be with my sister so that he could be obedient. True marriage is always between a man and a woman, not two men or two women! The true pairing is mainly Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve or Annie and Eve!"
"My life is none of your business, Nils!" Leopold was ready to unleash his own aura as he was getting fed up with the intruder. "For years, you and your family kept me obedient like a trained poodle and you're forcing me back in that golden dog kennel?! You are not taking me or Eldrad back, you hear me?!"
Leopold was ready to unleash his own aura on Nils until Jack intervened at the last minute. He didn't want him to cause trouble as he knocked Nils out the moment he fell onto the floor. Leopold never expected the King of the Grey Havens to show up as he was also under the microscope of his quiet wrath, for he didn't want him to cause harm all over the place right now.
"Did you really have to show up?" he said as he was slightly irritated.
"If you displayed your angelic aura, it would've destroyed this hotel and the people in it," said Jack.
"At least the rubbish is knocked out for now, but he'll be expecting his father once he arrives to steal us out of here blind."
"You are needed at the Aldercapt house. The aura surrounding it has gotten stronger and it needs to be cleansed."
Leopold looked out the window as he saw the aura of the Aldercapt house glowing in the Grand Hill District. He had to go over there as he also had to cleanse it from the very evil that scarred it, for he owed a debt to the hunters who saved his life all those years ago…
The house continued to freeze the interior as I felt the chill go from bad to worse. With Castiel and Qo'Ornha in tow, we were imprisoned by the evil aura that held sway over the place as we felt it freezing even further until I used my raw power to undo the entity's power over the house for the time being. With my knees buckling under the pressure, I was about to collapse until Castiel caught me the moment he steered me into the sitting room with Qo'Ornha following. Even though we were trapped in this chamber of horrors, we had to cleanse this place as I sensed the aura to creep again, but not coming into the sitting room, for it was afraid of something in here.
"The aura's backing off for the time being," said Castiel.
"It's because this place is armed to the hilt with what was stored here," said Qo'Ornha as she found a canister of salt on the nightstand. "This room was mainly a sanctuary for those who are afraid of the monsters outside."
"It's more like the panic room in the Elder Days," I said.
"You look weakened after what happened to you three years ago."
"It'll pass, but I have to do my part in aiding Leopold just to cleanse this place."
"I was here to cleanse this place in which it was ravaged not only by the horrors of Valinor's own war, but from the merciless slaughter of the hunters who lived here. Leopold is on his way here, but he can't cleanse this house alone. The war between the Oranges and the Blues took a toll on this planet in which Bertram Blackthorne and his forces demanded it to be ruled by Christian extremists who don't give a damn about humanoid life. They first believe that life in the womb is sacred until they are born and placed into tragic situations like poverty."
"I never knew much about the war here, but I can't ignore the scars of it."
Without warning, I was pulled out of the sitting room as I was taken upstairs and thrust into one of the bedrooms. The room itself was neatly cleaned and untouched as I saw pictures on the mantle of the occupants who lived here. One of the pictures had the hunters and their children together as they were one happy family. I was both happy and sad for the hunters as their lives were snuffed out in the chaos of war, for I was also fearing for the worst. When I put down the picture, I went towards the door as noticed it to be sealing me in this room. I was trapped as I had to get out of there in which I later noticed the mirror near the closet glowing. I sensed that it was a trap as I stared at my reflection in which I saw a snowy background that was similar to the fort on Gehenna. What I didn't expect was that my reflection was more like myself in my teenage years as I noticed it carrying a scalpel. What was I doing? Why am I so angry? My reflection spoke of the cruelty I endured as I saw myself getting ready to remove the jeweled sigil on my forehead, for this was the lingering pain that I endured over the years.
"I… hate myself," I heard myself say to me as I stood there. "I… truly hate myself! I can't do this anymore, no matter what I do! I'll always be the bottom of the barrel! I'm nothing more than a liability; a freak! Nothing good will ever come of me, for it's best that I remove this damn sigil so that I won't be a laughingstock anymore!"
I saw my reflection begin to use the scalpel to remove the jeweled sigil as I noticed an explosion engulfing everything that I saw. It was unnerving for me as I backed away from the mirror with tears in my eyes. What I saw in it was how I truly was in which I had a true loathing of what I was. It scared me to no end after what I saw in the mirror as I looked at it again. I was touching at the jeweled sigil on my forehead as I ended up regretting what I saw. All my life, I viewed it to be a flaw as I tried hard to cover it up when I was younger. Now, it was a blessing instead of a curse as I had to accept what I was born with, for this was something that was meant to be with me the whole time.
"I know that this is hard, but I'm always used to it," I said.
It wasn't long until I heard the entity screaming as I noticed the walls to the bedroom become frosted. Running towards the door, I was banging on it as I was struggling to break free, but to no avail. I was trapped in the room until I saw the door opened up in which I saw an entity coming here and go up against the evil aura that had control over the house. When I got out of there, I went back downstairs as I saw Castiel and Qo'Ornha standing their ground at the evil entity that held sway over the Aldercapt house. What we didn't expect was that the aura from earlier came to our aid as it changed into one of the dead occupants in which it was none other than Tzipprana, who was trying to keep the entity at bay. She was there for a reason as she was trying to help get rid of the scars that were bleeding everywhere in the Aldercapt house, for she needed all the help she could muster and tell us about the tragedy that happened here.
"You must be the occupant of this house," said Castiel.
"Neil and I have been trying to keep the scars at bay, only see it stronger," said Tzipprana.
"And the entity keeps causing havoc here," said Qo'Ornha.
"The scars that make up of the entity were what happened here during the war between the Oranges and the Blues. We kept them back, but there were casualties that mounted up. Before the war ended, Neil and I lost our lives at the hands of Oswald Tremaine as retaliation for Leopold trying to leave Claudette and return to Liore with his children. He was more than just a warhawk, but he sided with the Blues instead of Emperor Esteban in which he believed Christian extremism was better suited to rule Valinor with a religious fist."
"And yet, you and your husband were mercilessly killed, weren't you?" I said.
"Oswald came here while we were fending off the Blues, but he wasn't alone. He had a few people here with him in which they were dressed in suits that made them impervious to projectile and melee weapon attacks. We ended up losing our lives in which our children were taken away from us in which they were taken away to the orphanage. Even though the war ended all those years ago, the scars still remain, for it left a gaping wound on this house."
The very truth about what happened here alarmed me as I had to do my part into cleansing this house before it was torn asunder by the evil entity that trapped us all in it. Still, I was hoping that everyone outside would help as time was running out to purify the Aldercapt house, for the entity was getting stronger by the minute…
Dean was trying to break into the Aldercapt house as he was even shooting diamond projectiles at the main doors. He was desperate to get me out of there as he saw the exterior of the house beginning to have frost on the walls. With Minara and Lyra gathering salt canisters, they were in for a long night as they had to act fast, for the Aldercapt house was in dire need of being cleansed from the evil that tainted it.
"There's no way to get in that roach motel," said Dean as he was running out of options.
"Yelling at it would be optional, but it's a bust," said Minara as he opened up a salt canister.
"Sam and Castiel are simply stalling the entity that dominates this house, but another hunter was also called to cleanse it," said Lyra. "She said that she had salt bags that she placed in the walls earlier to weaken the aura that guards the place."
"And our 'guest of honor' is running late…"
It wasn't long until Leopold appeared out of nowhere as he rushed towards the Aldercapt house. He saw the evil aura plaguing the place as he had to do his part into cleansing the only memory that was left of the hunters who saved his life during the war between the Oranges and the Blues. He had to do his part as he walked towards the entrance of the house, for he also wanted to bring his close friends peace after all that has happened.
"Finally, you and Tzipprana will be freed from the scars that kept you prisoner after your demise," he said. "I will see that my mission to repay a debt won't be in vain."
"So, you're Leopold," said Minara. "I take it that you knew this place very well."
"A few close friends lost their lives here at the hands of my sham in-laws. I have to purify the only place that I knew of, for this is my way of repaying a debt after they saved my life."
"You know of a spell to cleanse this place, don't you?"
"The only way to cleanse this house of the entity here is to have four people to weaken its outer defenses while four more are there to take it out on the inside," said Lyra.
"What do you mean 'four more?' Sam, Cass, and that other hunter are in there!" said Dean as he was worried about my safety. "We're one person short in which we're paddling up a creek."
"That 'one person short' will show up eventually, for his eyes are an imprint of raw power just like what you have protruding out of your chest."
"Kevin…"
Dean was stunned to hear Lyra's words as he never expected Kevin to show up. Still, we all had a job to do as cleansing the Aldercapt house was far more important than anything, for this was a long and difficult task to pull off right now. At that moment, he joined his group as they poured salt in front of the house in which Leopold and Lyra used their Nephilim abilities to start the cleansing process. Even Minara joined in as he used his own Nephilim abilities to fight back against the evil aura that held a tight grip over the Aldercapt house the moment it was starting to weaken. All the same, it was a group effort as we had to save the house from an entity that haunted it for years, for it needed to be healed from the scars that haunted it in the first place...
I rushed into a ballroom with Castiel and Qo'Ornha in tow as we noticed some holes punched in the wall while fixed due to the black coverings over them. What I didn't expect was that Kevin was there as he had several salt canisters with him in which he was filling them with pouches the moment he was ready to put more into the walls. Still, we needed all the help we can get as the presence of the evil entity was getting stronger by the minute.
"About time help showed up," said Kevin.
"Well, you're not busy pelting everyone with crossbow rounds," I said.
"I was called here to cleanse the Aldercapt house with Qo'Ornha, but it's a challenge for us to deal with. What really happened here was a massacre. The war between the Oranges and the Blues even spilled here on Cordell Island in which no one was designated to be safe from the wrath that occurred here."
"And we all know that the Beauchamps and Tremaines had one thing they supported and nurtured and that is none other than the war industry."
Without warning, we saw the entity that controlled the house burst into the ballroom as it was in for a big surprise. What it didn't expect was that it was trapped in here in which the salt in the walls kept it from doing its worst in which it was ready to strike, but was stunned. What I sensed was that the entity revealed images of what happened here as I found myself in the ballroom without my group. The place had defenses as I saw Tzipprana defending everyone here as she saw Neil coming with their children in tow. I saw all four of them with their parents as they were scared for their safety in which they saw the ballroom doors open up the moment a middle-aged man burst in with his group dressed in the same polymer that the Zenith Vectors wore. He was not just out for blood in support for the Blues, for he had a vendetta that I never knew about, for he wasn't about to let the Aldercapts leave.
"So, my wayward son-in-law happens to be friends to allies of the Oranges," he said as he drew out his sword. "I know what you bear in which you refuse to abandon the concept of free will and embrace this long overdue theocracy."
"Leopold was never your son-in-law, Oswald," said Neil. "For years, you enslaved him to your daughter in which he had his seed milked to create what you wanted."
"It was God's will that Leopold had to be coerced into going on the right path or else Claudette would've never had a son just to keep our bloodlines above the rest of the societal food chain."
"Sooner or later, Leopold will dump Claudette and take back his three children," said Tzipprana.
"If he did that, then they will be future spouses to Father Warren's cult on Baratheon and he loves them young! As for you pathetic hunters, instead of converting Leopold to the right path, you continue to enable him to go back to that Elf 'husband' of his! As of tonight, you're finished and the enabling ends here!"
I saw Oswald stab Tzipprana with his sword as she fell to the floor. Neil was angered by what he saw until he was pelted by bullets from the men that accompanied the elder Tremaine. Both hunters were dead on the floor as their children watched in horror the moment they saw the men round them up and escorted them out of their house, for Oswald had other plans for them in mind. It wasn't long until I saw Leopold burst into the ballroom as he saw his close friends dead on the floor as he walked towards them in which he was devastated at what he saw, for they were cut down for no reason while the war raged on back then.
"Neil! Tzipprana!" he cried as he stood in front of their bodies with tears in his eyes.
"Enough of your blubbering, Leopold; they were bystanders who had to be eliminated," said Oswald as he put away his sword. "Ah, the scars of war and how they linger when someone dies… It's a shame that I had to take matters in my own hands, for their deaths were necessary for the greater good."
"Those 'bystanders' were my friends! They saved my life from a pair of wraiths years ago in which you cut them down like flowers and have their children taken away! You heartless bastard! You killed the only friends I ever had and—"
"—They needed to be stopped! They were enabling you to abandon your family just to return to your so-called 'husband!' As of now, you're going back with me to Rivendell and no one will stand in our way, not even the Emperor! And another thing, Claudette is with child again and she will give you another son for you and a brother for Eldrad! Breeding between our family and yours is crucial, for it will be a great moment for you and Claudette!"
Leopold saw Oswald's group return as they escorted him out of here in which I noticed the tragedy that occurred all those years ago. When I returned to reality, I saw Kevin, Castiel, and Qo'Ornha craft a salt ring around the entity as I later noticed the walls of the house glowing. The power coming from outside was enough to give us an edge as we used our own abilities to vaporize the entity that haunted the Aldercapt house. The entity itself was no match for us as it was finally gone the moment we saw the spirits of Neil and Tzipprana appear in front of us. They were grateful that they were freed from being tethered in this house as they were now ready to go towards the Grey Havens, for they would soon join the fallen up there.
"You saved us," said Tzipprana.
"It was the most we could do," said Qo'Ornha. "What the two of you went through was despicable in which you didn't deserve to die."
"Oswald was the one who killed us," said Neil. "When he showed up here with his men, he escorted our children out of our home until Leopold arrived, only to see us dead."
"At least you're free and your house cleansed," said Kevin.
"You must be Sam Winchester," said Tzipprana as she saw me with my group. "You must be careful of Oswald Tremaine, for he was the one who killed us."
"I saw him kill you," I said. "I also saw Leopold being taken away once your lives were snuffed out."
"Eldrad and Gerda must carry on our legacy," said Neil. "It is the only way to be willing to protect those in need, especially when it comes to saving people, hunting things, and upholding the family business. That is what is needed to do."
"And we'll see to it," said Castiel. "It's time for you to go, for Jack is waiting for you in the Grey Havens."
We saw Neil and Tzipprana depart to where they needed to get to as they were now happy up there in the Grey Havens. With the entity gone and the house finally cleansed of its evil, we were ready to leave the house as we left to go outside. What we didn't expect was that Oswald was there as he was more than likely to be coming to collect Leopold and later Eldrad, for he was hell-bent on taking them back to Rivendell and stuffed into their golden cage once more.
"So, you decided to return to the place where your fallen friends use to live," he said as he drew out his sword. "I knew that you would return to Cordell Island while you decide to marry off Eldrad to that fat cow of an Aldercapt daughter!"
"My son and I will never return to that glorified golden dog kennel anymore," said Leopold as he was standing his ground. "Eldrad has his future here in which he will also not only marry Gerda, but to honor the memory of the hunters who lived in their house. As for me, I will not be returning back to my golden cage again, is that understood?"
"How dare you talk down to me?! How dare you accost a Tremaine like me and my son?! For the record, I own you and Eldrad and I also own the two mistakes that Claudette got rid of, only to be in the care of the Trujillo Clan! Yes! You have a lot more without your knowledge in which I will raise them to be strong in the Tremaine Family, which is a lot more than you and your so-called 'husband' crafted with the ovum of a dead Elf that was part of the gene bank of the Fallen! As for your return home, you will be with another woman and your seed will be in her womb just like my late daughter!"
"You will back away from him, Oswald!" yelled Lyra as she pointed her rifle at him. "You're done and everyone knows that you won't be able to blackmail Leopold or force Eldrad to conform to your stiff rules ever again! As for the children that Claudette procured while raping Leopold, they're all daughters in which she tossed them out because she couldn't produce another son like Eldrad! Did you know what I did for Leopold? I protected them and the ones that he and my brother crafted in which they were loved and nurtured instead of being indulged to the point of being spoiled rotten!" Lyra displays her angelic aura as she wasn't afraid of Oswald and his empty threats. "For the record, I want you and your sniveling son to leave Cordell Island or else there will be a permanent stain on your reputation in which you were also responsible for the deaths of Neil and Tzipprana Aldercapt. You also left their children parentless in which the youngest is poised to marry your grandson! Now, if you'll excuse me, there's an outstanding warrant for your incarceration by your older brother in which he sided with the Oranges!"
Oswald was ready to strike until Castiel stood in the way with own sword the moment he stood his ground to stop him. The enraged elder Tremaine was not about to throw in the towel as he was ready to start a duel to the death. Both angel and socialite clashed their blades as their blows were causing part of the Grand Hill District to sprout vines in the abandoned living areas. With Oswald gaining the upper hand, he was ready to deliver the final blow until Castiel struck at his blind spot the moment he sliced at his abdomen. Blood seeped from the latter's wound as he was stuck kneeling in front of the angel with his sword while his right arm glowed brightly. He wasn't having it as he later healed the defeated target before the local police got here, for he was someone who didn't return to his old way from the Elder Days.
"You defeated me!" yelled Oswald as he was seething with anger.
"The police are on their way to take you away as we speak," said Castiel as he put away his sword.
"I will walk freely again in which veterans who served in the Blues will pardon me once more."
"There will be no pardon!" I yelled as I rushed to Castiel's aid. "After what I saw in which the vision showed you bursting here to kill two hunters and leaving their children parentless. You served in the Blues just like the Beauchamps in which you kept Leopold prisoner and his children used for collateral!" I was ready to use my raw power on Oswald until Castiel stopped me. "I was wanting to end you, but you'll be spending the rest of your days rotting in prison for your crimes, including murder!"
"You're just like your past self in the Elder Days in which he led a group of hunters to avenge their fallen comrades after the British Men of Letters issued a kill order on the others! So far, you've been wanting people to follow you just like lemmings falling off of a cliff! Sooner or later, you'll end up dead and no one will ever remember you, for you're just a—"
It wasn't long until Castiel placed his finger on Oswald's forehead as he knocked him out unconscious. He didn't want anyone else to have more turmoil as he later spotted several police officers rounding the defeated man up and placed him in a stretcher while he had handcuffs placed on his wrists. With the threat over, we were ready to call it a night as the house was freed from evil, for there was also a wedding to officiate soon enough…
Leopold was back in his hotel room as he was in the bathroom taking a shower. After a group effort in cleansing the Aldercapt house, he was ready to go to bed after all that has happened earlier. By the time he finished up, he turned off the water and stepped out of the shower as he dried himself with a towel the moment he picked up his dirty clothes and put them into the hamper. With fresh nightclothes on, he went to the bathroom to brush his teeth as he was more than likely to be going to bed after this. By the time he finished up, he left the bathroom as he noticed Liore laying on the bed dressed in a blue robe while under the covers. When he crawled into the bed next to him, both of them were happy to be together after years of separation in which they also had so much to do, for they were there with their children and away from the strictness that the Tremaine Family imposed on Leopold over the years.
"Oh, it feels good to be with you once more," he said.
"You cleansed the Aldercapt house like you promised to do, didn't you?" said Liore.
"It was a group effort to cleanse the entity that squatted in that house, but I had interference with Oswald of all people before he got arrested."
"The Intergalactic Space Patrol had a warrant out for his own arrest in which he had some shady dealings with what was left of Father Warren's congregation on Baratheon. He was selling your own kin that you crafted with Claudette just to pay off his debts until Lyra rescued them from slavery and degradation."
"And Claudette demanded me to sire more sons in which Eldrad was the only one that had high regard while the girls are often sold and married against their will very young."
"That was what happened with Shayla, who was crafted by your seed as well as Shasta from my own. The boy from my seed, Baltus, was spared because he was of further use in which Oswald ended up picking a bride for him against his wishes, but didn't want any harm towards you or our children under Claudette's thumb."
"I never loved Claudette in which I was abused to no end while she was happily carrying the offspring that my seed generated. Even Eldrad wasn't spared her wrath the moment he had a thing for curvy girls instead of those that borderline to the anorexic waif."
"Looks like we have someone who had a little too much humble pie already..."
"Eldrad has his purpose to carry on the legacy with Gerda due to what he carries, for he has the same aura like me and his grandfather, the King of the Grey Havens. As soon as he weds Gerda, their future offspring will be the cornerstone to carry on what Neil and Tzipprana did while protecting those in need."
"I just hope that you're right about the future, my darling Leopold…"
Both Liore and Leopold fell asleep in each other's arms as they had a busy day ahead of them. As for what would happen next, the future was set in stone as a debt was finally paid in full, for the Aldercapts would now rest easily in the Grey Havens after all that has happened earlier...
I was back in the Singer House as I was cleaned and dressed in my nightclothes. With everyone in their lodgings for the night, I was mainly in my room writing in my journal as I also longed to see Reiko and the children again. Still, I remembered what the entity showed me as I put my journal down and got up towards the mirror that was on the wall. The jeweled sigil that I viewed to be a curse was something that I lived with in which I refused to get rid of it. By the time I into bed, I covered myself in the blankets as I was exhausted from what has happened earlier, for I would soon go home to Skald Island to my family. Just as I was about to fall asleep, I heard the door open as I saw Minara enter into the room in which he had to stand firm in keeping an eye on me, for he didn't want me to be off guard right now.
"I take it that you don't have a room for the night," I said.
"I would take a room, but I can't leave you out of my sight or else Reuben will get pissed off," said Minara. "After cleansing the Aldercapt house and Oswald Tremaine arrested, his son filed a complaint against the Order and the Intergalactic Space Patrol, but was told to go back to Rivendell by Lyra."
"I wanted to end Oswald for what he did to Gerda's parents… I wanted to use my raw power on him after he staged that home invasion to kill them, but Cass didn't want me to do it."
"He didn't want you to go dark side in which you're better than that. From what I heard, Oswald wasn't on speaking terms with his older brother, who lives in the Sprawl on Lannister, but continued to make shady dealings by trying to pawn off Eldrad's younger siblings just to bring them to any suitor who would pay a hefty price. Luckily, Guido and his unit caught him and is now facing a trial and if he's found guilty, he'll be going to a prison on Targaryen known as the Kiln. It's a place that is in a volcano, but if anyone tries to break out, he, she, or they will be tossed into the lava pit."
"I hope that Oswald rots there for what he did to Neil and Tzipprana. He may have had close ties with the Blues, but that doesn't mean that he can parade himself to dance on the graves of those beneath him."
It wasn't long until I heard footsteps coming towards my room. I didn't want any more visitors as I was ready to shoo them off and go to sleep. Minara stood firm in front of the door as he peeked through the crevice and saw Nils coming here in which he wasn't too happy with what was going on in which he didn't want him coming into the room. Even with the room locked, he wasn't about to let Nils in as he unsheathed his sword until he saw the door opened up with a lockpick. By the time he rushed in, he was armed with his gun as he pulled it on me in which he was ready to kill me, but was blocked by Minara with his sword. Nils was ready to do his worst as he wanted retaliation the moment he wanted to take me out, for he was angry at his father's arrest earlier.
"You did this to my father, didn't you?!" he cried as he was standing in front of the bed.
"Your father had a warrant for his arrest, dumb-ass, can't you see that?" said Minara.
"My father is a lion of a man and is the example of sheer manliness and leadership that can bring out a further patriarchy. He also has honesty and integrity to his family and I won't allow you peasants to besmirch his name!"
"Let me tell you something," I said as I used my raw power to bend the blood in Nils' body. "Was your father honest when he sided with the Blues? Was he honest in holding a man hostage to shackle him to his daughter who used him as a brood stallion? Was he honest when he gave the order to kill a pair of hunters and made their children orphans? Your father was never honest because of the fact that he used Leopold's children as hostages to keep him tethered to your sister. And one simple act of rebellion against him resulted in such a depraved act of taking out the people who saved Leopold's life, only to be cut down like lambs to the slaughter."
"My father did what was necessary to prevent Leopold from going astray in which he had to kill the people who were closest to him. It was also a way and mean to keep him from abandoning my sister. Having a complete family was important to Eldrad, but also to keep his wayward father tethered in his golden dog kennel!"
I used my raw power to bend the blood in Nils' body further as his gun was pointed to his head. I had nothing but contempt for the Tremaine Family after what I saw in a flashback as I was ready to force the younger one to pull the trigger. Just as I was about to do so, I was stopped by Minara as he cancelled out my control over Nils with his Nephilim abilities, for he didn't want me to go down a dark path. With the gun on the floor, Nils was scared out of his mind as he saw me to be nearly going dark until I was stopped by Minara, for he was shaking in his boots while on his knees.
"You're a monster!" he yelled. "You're a fucking monster!"
"The real monsters are you and your pathetic father!" I yelled as I stood my ground.
"You'll regret crossing me, for I will steal Leopold and his family back from you!"
"Do that and you'll be the one crossing me!"
"Sam!" yelled Minara. "That's far enough!"
I saw Nils get up and scurry off as he left my room. Still, I wanted to do away with him as I had nothing but contempt for both him and his father in which they did their worst to Leopold and his family. In the end of this debacle, I was stopped by Minara as he didn't want me to do what I intended to do in which it would've cost me dearly, for he also nearly went dark at the time as well.
"Why did you stop me?" I asked.
"I didn't want you to do something that you would regret," said Minara.
"Nils is a degenerate scumbag and he was about to get it coming."
"Nils may be a degenerate scumbag, but he's also a coward in manly clothing. As for what you tried to do, you almost went dark side in which that would've put you on a much darker path than what you are now. You need to do better, Sam. You need to show more compassion than what you're used to. Otherwise, you would end up on the wrong path if you did that."
"And I nearly wanted Nils to pull the gun on himself for all the head games that his father played on Leopold that even resulted in the deaths of the hunters who saved his life."
"And I remembered that fight between us when I wanted revenge against Julilla for killing my loved ones…" Minara began to feel a little queasy as he put away his sword. "Sorry about this…"
I saw Minara rush to the bathroom as he rushed to the toilet. With the seat lifted up, he began to vomit as he wasn't doing too well. When I went into the bathroom, I wanted to make sure that he was okay as I heard the toilet flushing the moment I noticed him take some mouthwash and gargled the vomit taste while standing in front of the sink. I had to make sure that he was okay as I couldn't let him get too stressed out, for he was in the same boat as I was right now.
"It's nothing serious, Sam," he said as he left the bathroom.
"You must've ate something that didn't agree with you," I said.
"Oh, I see what you mean, but I also have to make sure that both of us stay on the straight and narrow. As for the cleansing of the haunted house, on the other hand, it'll be a place for hunters once again."
"And I have a wedding to officiate once I bring the bride and groom to the house that was once haunted."
Both Minara and I decided to turn in for the night as we had so much to do tomorrow. As for the wedding nuptials between Eldrad and Gerda, I was hoping for the best as I was sealing a deal for them, for it was necessary for me to officiate it in the first place…
To be continued...