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| Background from Where the Love Lies Dead |
| Redseer was peacefully sleeping when he heard an explosion, it came from Ice's wing. He leapt up from his bed and shot out of his wing, he sent out a battle cry as he charged into Ice sleeping quarters. He expected an assassin but there stood Rache with a machete in her hand, she grinned demonically as machete melted into a small dagger which she sheathed. She then knelt down and placed her hands on both of the anklets before she shattered them, next she broke the ones around her wrists. She then placed one of her fingers on the tip of one of the spikes on the colararound her neck and gently stroked it. "I like this one" said Rache as bolted out of the room and leapt out of the window. Redseer raced to the ledge and looked out, he scanned the grounds; Rache was gone. *** "Father, we can't underestimate Rache. She's killed half the population of Kiros since she ran away" cried Redseer as he smashed his fist against the table. "My Prince, please hear my plan" pleaded an adviser known as Adar. "My plan is that we release a virus that we are immune to but not Rache" said Adar with a grin. "You dumb ass" shouted Redseer as his mind sensed that Rache was near. "That wont work, Rache can absorb abilities and one of the abilities that she long ago absorbed was immunity". Several of the surrounding Kiros gasped. "As I told you, I trained Rache to be the best, and now it's back fired" added Redseer. "As my son just claimed it wont work against the changeling. So we will take a recess and return tomorrow with fresh ideas" said the King as they stood up and left the throne room. Redseer was almost through the doorway when his father beckoned for him to come, Redseer nodded as he approached his father. "Son, you know more about this creature than anyone does, and I feel that it is time for you to grow" said the king as he reached up and plucked the crown from his smooth head. "Father" started Redseer but quickly became speechless, he knelt down as he felt the crown being placed atop his own head. He shivered as the knowledge from the past kings entered his own, fresh mind. "I wont let you down father" cried Redseer as he stood up proudly. Suddenly he jerked his head to the left. "Get down" said Redseer quietly as the two knelt to the ground. As if on cue, there was the loud boom of an explosion. They heard cries of anger, then of pain. A large cloud of black smoke rushed in through the doorway, the two Kiros' quickly covered their eyes. A large wind then blew the smoke away, there in the doorway stood Rache. She was covered from head to toe in blood, that was quickly sinking into her skin. In her hand was Seeker, in it's sword form. In the hilt of the sword, was the diamond that glowed a dark purple. The tip of the sword barely touched the stone floor, it made a scrapping noise as it did so. As Rache approached then, the sword left a thick trail of Kiros blood. "Aw, I missed the inauguration" said Rache sarcastically as she raised the sword. "Get back son" said the elder as he stepped in front of Redseer. "My life has been long, your's must lead to the death of this creature" said the elder as the king nodded and raced to the windows and launched himself out, as he dove through the air he flared his wings and glided safely to the ground of the arena. He heard a cry and looked toward a balcony that the throne room led too, there stood Rache with taloned hands wrapped around the elder. She then whipped out a dagger and slashed the elder across the chest, she then sheathed the dagger and rubbed her hand in the flowing blood. She then removed her hand as the blood soaked into her skin, she sneered as she faced Redseer. Suddenly her right hand rippled and flowed a four-fingered one thumbed clawed hand, the same happened to the left. Suddenly two Oryx (a deer in Africa) antlers burst from her skull, they each reached a foot in height and several inches in diameter. She then wrapped one hand around the elders neck and held them over the balcony ledge, she then reached into her boot and yanked out her .22 revolver. She aimed it at the spot between the elders eyes, she sneered before she pulled the trigger and tossed him away. "Father" roared Redseer as he raced toward his falling father, the body hit the ground before the king could reach him. He knelt before his father to find them dead, he closed his eyes as he stood up with his upper lip twitching. "Rache you will pay for what you have done" roared Redseer as he flared his wings. Rache looked down then smiled sweetly, she then brought up her .22 and aimed it. Suddenly a missel like object hit the balcony sending it crumbling, as the rock pieces hit the ground, Rache was no where to be seen. "I saw what Rache did, and I can help" said a voice next to Redseer's foot. He used his minds eye to see that it was Jack, Rache's recent opponent. "How can you help, during your fight with her she almost killed you" spat Redseer with rage as he shrunk down to his fifteen foot size. "Forget the past, I just made her leave and so I saved your life" replied Jack, when suddenly a large cracking and shattering sound was born. The walls of the arena had collapsed, a wall of blood was the twos greeter. "The vision...it's almost come true. Next Rache will place the crown atop her head. But I wont let that happen" thought Redseer as the blood felt sticky between his clawed feet, he then turned to the floating cloak. "Maybe they can help me". |
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