Black Desert [Chapter II]

[Shai]

Kyal didn't seem to react to the Golems before he casually raised one hand and made a fist; shattering the creations Amoura had suspended with barely any effort at all, the pieces shattering and flickering off into the blackness.

"You need my blood." Kyal stated as he walked towards the seal and looked over it, silent for several seconds, ignoring the others. The God was utterly silent.

"You're going to tell me what is beyond this before I commit to anything. I can imagine taking it by force isn't something you want to attempt." He stated plainly, arms folded, wings resting by his sides as he looked to the little girl who had brought him here, waiting in silence - he didn't acknowledge the others or what had just happened for the moment.

[Ayen]

That went better than The Genius could have originally anticipated. As her face morphed back to its human features Kyal decided to exploit his role in all of this to get answers. Olivia had expected as much.

“Do you think if I knew what all lied beyond this wall that I would even bother coming here? All I know for sure is that the findings I seek wait on the other side of the seal. Now will you assist me in this endeavor or will you not?”

[Silver Eyes]

Something wasn't right. The moment she laid eyes on the seal a silkened, black smoke curled from the stone around it and in her direction. Darkness began a slow descent into the cave--the others didn't notice. Kyal's lips moved as did Olivia's but no sound came forth. Disregarding the fact that Kyal was right in front of it, she extended her fingers to the seal and dared herself to touch it.

"Can any of you hear me?"

No answer and the smoke erupted, consuming her vision...

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Amoura was frozen in place, staring at the seal and the vampire's eyes rolled to the back of her head. This wasn't one of the Nightmare's symptoms; whatever was happening, it wasn't going to end well. Like a marionette severed from its strings, she collapsed to the ground but never took her whitened eyes from the seal.

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It was dark, void, quiet--life didn't exist in this cold expanse Amoura found herself drifting in. She hadn't felt this weak in so long and longed for rest from this exhaustion. A woman, shrouded in a black and red cloud appeared before her intimidating in her presence. Maroon, glowing eyes stared her down. The vampire expected another prophecy, riddles or a word of warning from this being—her ears were greeted with silence so painful, it left her cringing.

Who are you?! What do you want?!

Whoever this woman was, she descended but remained aloft for there was an absence of all things living or indication of life--this void was the anti-thesis of it. She couldn't keep her eyes off hers, nor could she move due to the overwhelming feeling that rooted her on the spot.

You're the third sibling spoken of in the prophecy... She drew closer to the stunned hybrid. In this horrible moment, she discovered a realization that left her in greater shock. The visions from Veran, their spurring from the presence of Aper and wakening him and now this woman all added up to a conclusion that she wished wasn't true.

She was the Arashi's messenger.

Then, it happened. Her life force was drifting away from her body in a torrent. Her power and emotions bled out, leaving her numb, cold. In defiance, she threw her head back, shut her eyes and unleashed a scream in the face of the inevitable.

Amoura was dying.
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From her lips, a ghastly shriek tore up from her lungs and her eyes immediately turned charcoal. The tendrils that made up the overall frame of her Devil Trigger wings shot out, burying themselves into the cave walls and shaking the very foundations. Her aura washed out, overpowering in its presence and a bright light illuminated the cave.

Soon as it happened, like a candle against the elements, it was snuffed. The drained vampiress collapsed once more and laid still on the dusty floor...

[Chloe/Kat]

Chloe was close to escaping the clenches of this place until she heard a sound that would give her more pleasure than that of consuming human blood. Screams. And not just any scream. Amoura's scream. As the temple shook the vampiress turned around and smiled darkly at the fallen hybrid that was now screaming in agony while faced with death. It was so satisfying seeing Amoura on the ground like this, just dying. She wanted to savor it, like the taste of your last meal on earth.

Chloe laid down by Amoura's side, bringing her knees up to her chest and making herself comfortable while she watched the life go out of the Night Angel's eyes. The perfect revenge and she didn't have to do a damn thing. Fate was on her side and with that Chloe was content on dying right here alongside the hybrid, naturally after watching her die first. "Have anyone ever told you you look beautiful when you're suffering?"

[Silver Eyes]

Again, another scream came from The Night Angel but it was different from earlier. It wasn't defiant, pleading or mournful--it sounded like an angry, wild, starving animal had been let loose from its cage to hunt.

Chloe just so happened to be the nearest victim.

Rows of sharp teeth were revealed before sinking them into the vampire's throat. The scene was grotesque and stomach churning because she wasn't just drinking, she was thrashing her head around, ripping at her flesh. Her growls and snarls came to a halt when she had taken in enough to assure herself that she wasn't dying. The Nightmare was so real to her and she had encountered death once before.

Saliva and blood dribbled from her lips while her charcoal eyes stared down her still-"living" meal. Amoura looked like a savage animal regaining lost humanity.

"Has anyone told you that your blood tastes rancid?" The Night Angel spat at her and got to her feet. "I saw the third Arashi. I couldn't see her whole body clearly but yes, it's a woman." Amoura swallowed and wiped her mouth with the back of her hand whilst staring at the seal, "And I fear she'll be the worst of the last two."

[Shai]

Kyal watched as Amoura went into shock, and before he COULD react, she got up and took a chunk of of Chloe's throat. He went to intervine but she calmed down and he smirked thinly at the exchange.

"The third Arashi?" He repeated quietly, before looking back to the seal. "Fine. I will assist you."

His sleeve wriggled as Shai struggled out from under his fathers coat and rolled onto his palm.

"Shai, I need you to bi-"

Infact, Shai didn't even need to be told, because he bit down hard. Kyal didn't feel much before Shai purred and crawled back up his sleeve, making Kyal smile softly.

"There. My blood." He said simply

[Ayen]

The Genius shot her head over to Amoura’s position when she heard the scream. Quickly did she run to her side and knelt down beside her.

“Amoura, what’s wrong? Amoura!?”

Olivia then looked over to Chloe who was now lying next to Amoura. She was about ready to draw a dagger when The Night Angel got up and took a huge chunk out of Chloe’s neck. The Genius could only smirk evilly at this while standing up to her feet and stepping away. That smirk quickly cleared from her face when she heard news of the third Arashi. So there really were three. And she hasn't even finished with the role of the first yet. Well…. no time like the present.

Olivia turned and saw that Kyal has finally given his blood to the cause, quite literally. From the palm of her small hand was it taken and wiped against the seal that barricaded their path to the truth. Just like that the seal was broken and Olivia led the group into a large, round, chamber. The walls were covered in Latin as they appeared to be the rotating sort. The room was lit up entirely by candle all over the golden ceiling, casting down their light to the bronzed floors while the walls were silver. In the middle of the chamber was a platform with a chest on it.

“This is it. It has to be.”

Olivia ran over to the chest and opened it. From the contents of the chest The Genius pulled out the parchment almost as old as time itself. With great care did she unfold and begin to read aloud.

“Dear traveler, if you are reading this then it means you have broken the seal of the gods from within lies truths the LORD wish you neither see nor hear. This is the beginning of your damnation. You will surely be pitied from this day forth, forevermore.”

The room began to shake as the candles went out. The walls all around them began to rotate, faster and faster they moved as a great white light came from them and took shape upon the platform within the room’s center. Olivia stepped back and the beams of light created a globe atop the platform that began to broadcast images inside of it. Images of the past. It acted like that of a television screen. Inside of it they could see a cloaked man in a hood talking to a bald headed man in a black suit of armor. While he appeared humanoid in design, he was far from human.

---

He looked upon the hooded figure who was shocked at what he just heard.

“You mean to tell me….?” the cloaked man trailed off.

“It is as I say. Lord Yahweh was but once a man like you!”

“H-how is that possible!?”

“In the dawn of creation came the Trial of Fates: a great conflict between good and evil that spread throughout the realms like a wildfire! It was destined to consume the worlds from the first days right down to the last days of man! In the first Trial on Genesis a man by the name of Jeho stood out above the rest as worthy to The Creator and became the first God.”

“Would the first God not be The Creator?”

“The Creator is, as his namesake implies, The Creator. Neither god nor man, for they are both his creations. The Creator cannot be comprehended, The Creator just is. Jeho from that day forth called himself Lord Yahweh! He created an army of angels to do his bidding. The first angels were his very close friends. I stood among them. My human name was Nats but as I evolved I took on a new name. Lucifer.”

---

Olivia’s eyes widened at the revelations that she was witnessing from the globe. Yahweh, the archangels, The Devil, they were all, once upon a time, human.

---

“At first I could not complain. I was given things no mortal man could have ever imagined when Yahweh created his kingdom. But soon things began to change. Yahweh grew addicted to the prayers and worship of man. He grew to become an envious and jealous god! All those that did not worship his name was sent to the fires of Hades to burn forever! I was the only one who wanted to see his corruption. I was the only one who stood against him with an army of his own creations! Then we were cast out of heaven and onto Genesis.”

“I have followed the teachings of Veneficus for many years. My people and I have been cast out of Aircano because of the teachings of this corrupt god! Once word reaches their ears it will change everything. A new dawn is at hand!”

“Yes brother, a new dawn is at hand. It is time for a new era and a new god.”

Nats turned around and looked towards the black box that occupied the platform in the middle of the room.

“What do you intend to do?”

“And on the Eighth Day, God created the Arashi. The first he would call his brother, the second he would call his will, and the third, the third he would call the end. In one form or another they existed by his commands. His strongest warriors far outweighing the creations of man and that of angels. They would become his equals.”

His hands came onto the box and began to slowly open them. Horrors unknown to the world was slowly being unleashed as people within the temple was slowly becoming mad at the nightmares from inside the black box.

“You will be the harbinger of my ascension! I will send forth your terrors into the heavens!”

The box opened completely and the terrors were released. But Veran had other things planned for the fallen angel. Instead he would inflict the nightmares all too familiar to that of Amoura and Cindy upon Lucifer. He would be cursed to stare into the hollow eyes of The First Aspect for all eternity.

---

The globe broke apart and the room shook just as violently as it did so many years ago when the fallen angel dared to use The First Aspect’s power to claim heaven. The platform went down into the ground and a large hole opened before them. Olivia took several steps back as the room continued to shake and something began to rise from beneath the temple.

[Lord Beelzebub]

The greatest darkness to ever step foot into the world of Genesis was about to finally be unleashed. Every demon, vampire and sinful being would feel it’s presence from wherever they stood. Those before him would be brought down to their knees as he rose from the ground. A demonic muscular body with dark red scales came into their vision, eyes, mouth and nose like carvings in a pumpkin with a bright fire burning within them. The devil that stood at 6'3 was made complete by black horns, claws, great wings and a tail. After standing there for a full minute it spoke to the expedition.

“You would insult me with human guises?”

A wave of it’s hand and Olivia face would morph, Chloe’s eyes would go blood red and her fangs extended while Amoura felt her Devil Trigger begin to activate. All at the wave of a hand, a single motion beckoned them to shred human flesh and stand as they truly are.

Devils and demons.

[Shai]

Kyal knew instantly he shouldn't have just given his blood.

Though he did not react in shock or even take a step back as the thing rose - he felt his dark side clawing at him, begging to be set free, and a pressure upon him to force him to bow.

He would not yield.

He watched as the thing waved its hand to bring out the darkness in the others. Quite casually, Kyal lifted his hand; Beelzebub would feel the wave of his hand abruptly stopped as if psychically grasped. Kyal extended his wings to full size and faced down the lord without fear.

"You mean to frighten me?" Kyal laughed simply. "Allow me to demonstrate something you should be afraid of."

Kyal waved his left hand to push the others back safely as he raised his right; dousing the lord in a beam of pure energy as he stood, unabashed against the darkness.

"You will not leave this temple, Demon."

Suddenly, Kyal felt something, as if something was absorbing him - before that was it. Kyal screamed as he shattered into pieces; blown apart them absorbed by what looked to be a black hole; it sucked in all light for a moment, before it suddenly expanded in a mass of blinding light once more...

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In the place Kyal had once been stood a boy - that was clearly what it was. He was nude, but there was nothing to see, as if he was but a doll. He had black hair that ran down to his shoulders; shaggy and untamed. Like Kyal had once possessed, he had pure black wings, though his eyes where pure white with no pupil.

He sank to one knee instantly.

"My lord." Shai whispered quietly, head bowed.

Shai radiated power in waves; as if his body could hardly contain it. It was easily twice if not three times the power Kyal had contained of both pure life and death; he was an anomaly, but an incredibly powerful one - far more than either of his parents combined - even more than the figure before him -

And he'd just joined the most evil thing within Genesis.

((Yup, Kyal is gone for good - and his son is here to stay ))

[Chloe/Kat]

Chloe just couldn't seem to catch a break and it was her own fault for getting this close to Amoura in the first place. Yet another scream of pain would come out of her mouth as the Night Angel bit down on her neck, thrashing about before finally letting go and standing up. The vampiress neck looked like it was just attacked by a wild animal, and for that moment Amoura might have well been a wild animal. Chloe remained on the ground as the other three opened up the seal and went into the Chamber. On a single knee she turned her head and wonder what could be waiting on the other side. How evil did you have to be to warrant lock down behind a seal that required god blood? What kind of terrible things did you have to do in the world to deserve such a punishment? Did she even want to know?

No. No she didn't. Chloe didn't follow them into the Chamber, instead she pulled herself up to her feet and ran the other way. Nobody gave a damn about her anyway. Not even the god that supposedly didn't want any harm to come to her did much to protect her from the Night Angel's hunger and she wasn't going to stick around to start losing more than just her hair. At least she knew for sure her hair would grow back, other things like limbs and her head? Not so much. Chloe would not be around to see the revelations or the death of Kyal. As she exit the cavern Chloe felt a great evil that caused her to fall to her knees against the sand. Just that one horrible feeling made her glad that she was nowhere near the source of it all. Chloe used all her strength to force herself to a stand and then ran. She ran as fast as she could away from it all.

[Silver Eyes]

Chloe had a good reason to run and The Night Angel wished she had joined in on that choice. Amoura hunched over when she felt her Devil Trigger bursting free from its confinements to replace her vampire heritage. It was painful! It could easily be compared to having your innards ripped out, flipped around, shoved back in and be expected to work properly despite the damage. The female's skin burned from where the tendrils streamed out--they were literally ripping through her skin.

All over her that burn spread while the transformation continued to take affect. Amoura could hardly contain it; she let out a pain-filled scream and knelt--there was no point in fighting this. The agony finally met its end after what felt like a lifetime and she got to her feet. Whoever this was, he clearly was powerful if he could make this part of her come out without near death occurring.

"Who are you?!"

[Ayen]

Olivia’s face morphed back into the demon much to her dissatisfaction and no matter how hard she tried she couldn’t change back to her human features. The Genius drew her daggers and went into a defensive stance. If she had to Olivia would fight this thing with Amoura and Kyal.

“Kyal?”

The explosion and light got Olivia attention and once it came to past The Genius looked over in Kyal direction to see that he has transformed into something far more terrible than the god that was there prior to the arrival of the demon now before them. To cap it off he was kneeling to the enemy meaning that Amoura and her had two powerful adversaries to worry about. Swearing beneath her breath The Genius moved over to the forced DT of Amoura and whispered to her.

“Think you can get us out of here?”

It went without saying that escape would not be easy if either of the two decided to give chase. Hopefully those wings of Amoura would prove useful.

[Lord Beelzebub]

Lord Beelzebub watched with a blank expression on his face while the following events unfolded. As Kyal did not yield to Beelzebub’s might neither did Beelzebub yield to Kyal’s. It was the most terrifying standstill in Genesis’ history until Kyal broke away and Shai emerged from the blinding light.

He would be the first to kneel.

The Devil’s flaming eyes gazed upon the two female in the room, seeing them as they truly were. Beauty so breath taking Lord Beelzebub would never understand why they chose to disguise themselves in such disgusting human wardrobes. Demons were never meant to hide amongst the humans as one of them. They were meant to stand out proudly and subdue them to their will. There was so much these children had to learn. That became even more apparent when he heard Amoura’s question.

“You do not know me?”

The question soon turned into an angry roar, one that shook the very foundation of the temple.

“You do not know me?!”

Lord Beelzebub took a step forward, in one step the ground underneath his feet began to crack and break away. Every single movement the god made threatened to destroy the entire temple and cave within but The Devil did not worry. He was free from his prison thanks to them and now making his way out of the temple, regardless whether or not the whole thing crumbled to the ground, would be an easy feat to accomplish.

“I am the evil that chokes this world in it’s darkness, the face behind the blood red moon on the battlefield. I am in the soul of every devil that wanders Genesis spreading their terror into the hearts of mankind. The one that wields the seven deadly sins within the palm of his hand. I am Lord Beelzebub and whether you be willing or not, you WILL bow down before me, your god!”

[Shai]

Shai stood up once more and stepped aside to allow his Lord to pass by in his anger at the others - while Shai possessed all of Kyal's memories, he didn't posses his fathers fondness for humanity or anything else - morality didn't mean a damn thing to him anymore.

His eyes fell upon the self titled genius and the boy chuckled thinly, shaking his head - he seemed to vanish, and as his father before him, he'd crossed the gap so fast he doubted anyone could comprehend the fact he'd moved before he wrapped his hand around her throat and pinned her to the wall as her father had done not long before - but this time, it probably would hurt.

"My father." Shai said simply, quietly - but it was probably the most terrifying tone one could hear, because there was no anger, nothing, like a blank slate or a robot. Cold, calculating and with an underlying hint of raw emotion.

"You let him die. You brought him here to feed your own thirst for knowledge." The boy whispered softly as he brought himself to eye level, eyes locking with hers. "And now he's gone. My mother too. Well, it's a pleasure to know I'm going to kill everyone and everything you love, too. I'm going to erase them from existance. I'm going to watch this entire place burn to the ashes to avenge my family."

The child squeezed her throat, eyes flickering across every pained moment of her visage before he let her go and turned to Amoura, smiling.

"My father was fond of you."Shai raised an eyebrow "Though I cannot say why. Regardless, my Lord would not take too kindly in me killing either of you. But what I can do, is this."

He lifted his hand and there was a sound like rock shattering - the walls split, clumps of stone suspended in the air as he literally ripped the entire roof off the cave and the structure, before flicking his wrist and sending it slamming into the sand with a mighty sound. The feeling of fresh night air upon his skin was beautiful as he spread his wings.

"May I escort you to your first battle, My Lord? My father knew of where the greatest population of slaves resided... They would make great additions to your army." The boy trailed off as he took off into the sky, hovering about twenty feet above the others.

"Let the world burn!" He laughed, spreading his arms wide - hell had come to Genesis.

((This is my last post until Monday, sorry guys! <3))

[Silver Eyes]

What was with her being present when a god meant to destroy or cause mayhem is unleashed? Must be because of her heritage but she wasn't going to let all of this go unanswered on her part. Amoura grabbed Olivia the moment she was released from Shai's grip, watched him take to the open sky and looked at the demon they had set loose. In response to his long speech about his supposed importance and power--which sounded like a well rehearsed monologue--she said:

"No one cares. Get off the fucking stage."

Amoura held onto Olivia, raised her wings, flapped once and shot to the sky after Shai. There were two more things she had to do before they could leave: show Kyal's son something and make an exit that'll rival Beelzebub's cliched dialogue.

The hybrid shot her clawed hand out and grasped his head firmly. "You know what the path of vengeance brings?! Let me show you what I had to endure because of that desire!"

Amoura's memories, thirty year's worth, flooded into Shai's mind soon as her palm made contact with his forehead. Her thirst for revenge against her father's heritage for what came to pass and the consequences that came with that path pounded through his thoughts, washing away everything else--all that existed was this moment. The karma that came around as a result was terrible: betrayal, broken heart, insanity, loneliness and eventually her first death.

"When on the path to revenge, remember to dig two graves. A mass one for those who will die from your thirst and another for yourself..."

Her hand moved away and she put distance between herself and the god-gone-mad. It was time to leave.

Amoura's aura began to build up, first forming a shield around herself and Olivia to protect from attacks, and it resumed. Her hands extended at the sides and a blinding glow emitted from her body, which fled down to the earth--it blasted out and formed a massive, lit pattern that looked like a rune. The circles in what she had created spun and she raised her hands to the sky, making the same symbols hover over them.

"You want this world to burn? You first."

Now the area was bathed in light and she uttered one word before disappearing to safety with Olivia:

"Apocalypse."

The purpose of the runes were revealed. With deadly efficiency, they detonated and created a massive explosion of energy that immediately wiped out that area of the desert and then some.