Chapter 5 / 18
Written by Jessi Maxwell - send C&C to Megami_no_Remon@hotmail.com
Ghost threw back his head in laughter. "Mr. Maxwell, you amaze me! How very perceptive! I'm surprised, and impressed."
Duo growled. "Answer the goddamn question!"
Ghost smiled sweetly, and Duo's soul froze at the icy malice that glittered in his eyes. "Yes, I did."
Duo had been expecting an answer like this, but he was still shocked. "How the HELL did you pull it off and manage to frame me, you bastard?!"
Ghost grinned darkly. "Would you rather know the how or the why first, because I know you want to know both, my dear Mr. Maxwell."
Duo snarled in frustration. "Tell me why then and maybe I'll let you live."
This *really* made Ghost laugh. "You couldn't kill me, Mr. Maxwell, even if I stood there and allowed you to shoot me or do whatever. I'm not like you. I'm not from here."
Duo hissed. "Tell...ME...*WHY*!!!"
Ghost sighed and blew at his bangs. He was terribly amused with this, that much was obvious. It made Duo even more furious. "Well, then, since you asked so *nicely*...I was trying to take out a problem before it became too much of a problem."
"Prob...what the fuck do you mean by that? Stop answering me in goddamned riddles and questions!"
"A problem, Mr. Maxwell. You. You are meaningless to me, and easy to take out in this place. You would only get in my way and serve to annoy me, thus you became a problem."
"Get in your way of what?" Duo demanded.
"My prize. I was bored with the selection of...toys...in my homelands, and decided to come here for a new one. After following a few of these pathetic creatures..." Here he gestured towards the streets. "I accidentally ran into someone who had a fire in them unlike any I'd seen in a long time...and I do so love the defiant, fiery type. You would only get in my way..."
Duo was trying to comprehend this. "Toys...what the fuck...who the hell are you talking about?!"
Ghost smiled. "Why, one Chang Wufei! I know you love him and wouldn't let me sweep him off his feet, so I'm just getting you out of my way and taking him home."
Duo was shocked, and struggled not to let it show. "What the..." He couldn't even form a complete thought; his mind was whirling in so many different directions. // This guy wants to take Wufei with him back to his home which he's talking about like it's some alien planet, maybe he lives on a colony...he wants to take him as a toy? What the hell? And how the fuck did he frame me? What's... //
Duo's thoughts were cut off, and he stared in shock at Ghost as Ghost began answering the questions he had just asked himself *mentally*.
"I live in a small realm which is not part of the normal ten universes, but could be considered a sub-realm to the Void, the Shadowrealm, or the Netherworld. Actually, it's just...there...and not part of the main scheme of things, but for argument's sake, we can say it's a sub-realm. I want to take Mr. Chang as a toy because I am tired of the mortals that roam Klinsharei...they are quite boring after a time, and Mr. Chang has some fire...I want to break him."
Duo's eyes were wide in shock, and quickly narrowed in anger. "Break...You bastard! How the fuck did you know what I was thinking?"
Ghost smiled. "Because I'm not from here, Duo Maxwell. I'm not human, like you. I'm not a mortal. I'm a very ancient demon with a thing for blood and torture. I have basic psionic capabilities, such as telepathic conversation, which you would term as mind reading. My name is Imati Darkfyre, not that that would tell you anything worthwhile. It would if you were from one of my realms. Ghost Moonchylde...Kas'Ralin...That is the creature whom I first possessed, thus I have his form and body...or at least a copy of it. I used his name to save me some trouble, but you're still clueless. Do you want to know how I framed you? I'll just have to show you then..."
Duo was about to ask how he could show him, when something strange happened. He felt a pressure in the air, like noiseless thunder, then Imati's form shimmered and *changed*. Duo found himself staring at an exact duplicate of himself. His eyes flew open as he stared at this smirking, devious looking mirror image, and he staggered backwards. "No fucking way..." he gasped, shocked. His duplicate laughed, laughed with his voice. The air shimmered again briefly, and Imati was standing there in his usual form. He looked at Duo's shocked face and laughed.
"Shapeshifting. A very minor talent where I come from. That is how I framed you. And now you know it all...but no one will believe you. You're just a street rat, a kid with an obviously deranged mind having illusions of crazy shapeshifters trying to steal people whom you cannot protect because they're Gundam pilots and they would be jailed if you told anyone about their location. It sucks, doesn't it, my dear Mr. Maxwell. You've lost, and there's no way you can win." Imati threw back his head and laughed. Huge, leathery black wings, like a dragon's, sprouted from his back and unfurled. Imati was still laughing as he faded into the air, then was gone.