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originally posted in:The New Dojo
7/1/2017 8:30:27 PM
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[b]Chapter Thirty Eight[/b]
Arianna felt the cold spike impale and freeze her stomach. Her vision blurred as a pool of blood formed under her. Felix stood up and looked down on her before he walked back to the throne. If she tried to move, all she felt was pain. Was this the end?
"Oh, Arianna. I don't need your help you stupid girl. The fact that you were willing to listen to all of that shows really how ill of mind you are to begin with." He told her as he raised his hand up. "To prove this to you, you may behold my majesty! The power that comes with being a God among men!!!"
The ceiling began to bubble, and suddenly the entire lake of blood fell down. It splashed over Arianna and she tasted the sickness of iron wash over her. It hardly lasted as the mass of water dissipated and washed over her. As she opened her eyes, she saw that where Felix stood all the blood was flowing towards. It shot up like the red liquid was being shot through tubes. Then, the shadow of a creature revealed itself in the red. Soon, all the blood flowed into a tall muscular being.
It was pale of skin, and black torn clothing covered its legs and waste. It wore no shirt or shoes as it's torso and body was large. It's face was edged and high cheekboned and it's white ashen hair flowed like it was under water. It had massive fangs that jutted over its lower lip and its hands were large with finger that were like long slender claws.
"See?! You never stood a chance to begin with! Worship me with your dying breath and maybe I'll give you the mercy of being my mindless thrall forever!" Felix demanded as his voice transformed into a bellow that was muffled by his large teeth.
[spoiler]for Orn[/spoiler]
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Arianna had the weapons that she needed - funnily enough, her only weapon was literally pooling around her, and potentially, within Felix himself. As she gagged in pain, she tried to think, placing her left hand upon her nigh crushed stomach as her right hand stabilized her, her voice in mutters and gags as the frost froze her very being. She didn't give away her fighting chance yet, though: without the element of surprise that she had, she would be doomed - and even then, if he survived.. things weren't looking up.
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"You're pathetic Arianna." Felix insulted as he walked down to her and stood above her. "Here you lay, dying, with a prime weapon around you. Yet you couldn't even hope that it would work. I have prepared for EVERYTHING you could do. And there is nothing you CAN do now to save yourself." Felix told her as he opened his clawed hand. "Now, you will die."
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"...C-Come on, then." Arianna sputtered out, blood dripping out of her massive wound still, her body still shaking as the dark liquid basically spewed from her wounds. The plan was.. suiсidal, but Arianna figured that she was doomed anyhow.
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"Oh...I will take pleasure in-" Suddenly Arianna heard the door swung wide open. She couldn't see the door from where she lay, but she did see Felix's face turn into one of surprise. "What are you doing here-?!" Felix was interrupted a spear impaled his chest and he was sent flying back. The spear went through his body and impaled the vampire through the throne in the room. He let out a bestial cry of agony as he swung at the air like a dog would claw at a predator. Arianna heard rushed footsteps run up from behind her, and suddenly a man knelt down beside her. He wore a unique set of armour that was edged and plated. It was seared black like it had been torched and it was dented in multiple places. As she looked at the man's face, she saw that it was high cheekboned, pale in complexion, and he had pure blue eyes and ashen hair. "Arianna! Are you...you're injured!" Cain Coldbourne said to her.
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Arianna nearly jumped in surprise, gasping and gagging in pain still, yet managed to release a pained sigh of relief as she looked up at Cain, blood still pooling around her body as she feebly attempted to rise. She failed, though. "Cain...? Thank you.." She managed to speak out painfully, looking back at Felix.
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Cain nodded slowly, as if he had trouble understanding the notion. He turned his head to the creature who was pinned to the chair which looked at Cain. "Oh, wonderful brother." Felix said with spite. "What in the blazes are you doing?!" "B-brother?" Cain asked. He looked at the creature and no recognition came across Cains face as he looked at Felix.
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"...T-That's Felix, Cain." Arianna said softly, the dark red liquid still formulating around her broken body. "...He was using you. Using Tywinn.. he wanted to kill off your family once you defeated, so that he could rule the world on his own.."
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Cains brow furrowed as he looked at Arianna and then at Felix. "Oh come ON." Felix said. "She's lost Cain. There is nothing she can do about it so she would fill your head with lies! Now take this spear out of me you dolt and kill her!" He screamed at Cain. Cain looked at his brother further but the man put his hand under the back of Ari's head to protect it. Or....was it so he could easily kill Arianna? She didn't know. Then suddenly, more footsteps came into the room. But Arianna heard a surprised scream come from a girl. "W-what is that?!" Said a familiar voice. It came from a girl, young sounding ah that. "I-it's our brother, Lilly." Cain said as he looked at his sister who now stood beside Arianna. She was shorter then the rest of the Coldbourne's but her hair was still long and ashen and she shared in the features of her siblings. "What?!" Lilly asked, surprised. "Ah, my sister Lilly." Felix said. "Why are you here with Cain. Should you not be in northpeak?!" "I escaped! And now I'm here to f-fight you!" Lilly told Felix.
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Edited by Weeaboo Of War: 7/1/2017 10:09:31 PMArianna stammered for a moment, still attempting to pathetically rise up. She stopped after a moment, realizing that words were, for the moment - her greatest weapons. "...You both came here? T-To defeat Felix...?" She looked up at Cain, and really only had to look at Lilly before smiling, nodding. She couldn't help, least until she had enough of her own blood to use against Felix. And in truth, she did, least in a bit.
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"No, I am." Cain said as he looked at his brother who looked with bloodlust at the group. "Lilly, get Arianna out of here and heal her. Then get to work on the plague that's taken hold of her brother. I will fight Felix alone." "W-what?! Cain you can't!" "Of course I can Lilly, and I have more than a few scores to settle." He told his little sister. "This is not our brother, Lilly. Alex was. And this monster killed him. For that, this creature must die." "Then come at me, brother! Show me what you can do you traitorous swine!" Felix yelled at Cain as he yanked be spear a little more out of his chest.
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"...[i]Et gloria[/i] - to glory, Cain.." After hearing of Isaac's condition, Arianna had a seemingly disturbing idea, yet one that may have worked if Lilly had enough time to remove the infection: she breathed in, as her own blood upon the flooring began to formulate and spiral into a sphere within Arianna's hands, while she motioned for Lilly to try and help her up. "...You.. You know what this corruption is, correct?"
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Lilly helped Arianna to her feet and rested her cold hand on the wound. "Ya, he did this a lot just on a smaller scale back in the day!" Lilly told Ari as she started to bring her out of the throne room where Cain remained and looked at his foe. "But trust me, your situation is a l-lot worse right now!"
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"Y-Yeah.." Arianna groaned in pain, acknowledging the wound: her guts were likely shredded or displaced, while her ribs were probably crushed. It would be hell, whenever the spike was removed: the blood surrounding the wound began to stop and clot, with Ari's own action, so that she could prevent blood loss. It didn't help too much... but it was something.
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Lilly was able to get the girl out of the room, but we they left the massive throne room doors shut closed behind them. Ari felt weak and clearly injured as she looked around the room that lead into where he fight took place. As she looked around, she saw the corpses of the dead everywhere. There were dozens if not almost a hundred of the dead piled around the room, and the beings that had been stuck on pikes before were no longer there. She also spotted two figures knelt down at the far side of the room. They both turned their heads and they saw Ariana. It was Scarlet and Haakon. Both of which were covered in blood. "Ari..." Haakon said, exhausted. They were kneeling over someone.
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Arianna knew who it was. "I-Isaac.." She choked, a stream of blood leaving the corner of her mouth as she stopped, shaking her head in shame. She didn't want to see him, knowing that the infection would soon take over. Yet, Arianna soon continued onwards, expecting the worst as she clutched the ball of blood steadily.
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As Lilly brought her closer Arianna saw her brother. He was as pale as a sheet and completely unconscious. Lilly brought Arianna over and laid her down against the wall beside him. "O-okay...I can stabilize you Arianna, but after that it's going to take some time to get either of you back into shape." Lilly told Ari. [spoiler]Who should be cured first? >Ariana >Isaac[/spoiler]
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"...G-Get Isaac. Use this.. if you can." Arianna gulped, handing over the orb of blood. With her own blood clotted, well.. Arianna didn't need to worry, as long as the spike wasn't removed without being treated. She had begun to clot her other wounds, ensuring that she'd stay put for a while.
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Lilly stared confused at the blood as she hovered it over her hand. But all the same, she nodded to Arianna. "Alright then, I'm going to use a spell to put you under." Lilly told her. "When will she wake up?" Scarlett asked Lilly. "A little after I am done treating her wounds...but I need to get to work on Isaac and f-fast!" Lilly told the red haired woman.
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Arianna stiffened, groaning painfully as she nodded. "U-Understood. Please... h-hurry." Odd, Ari thought: she was relying on a young girl to save her life, and Isaac's life too.
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"I'll see what I can do!" Lilly told Arianna. The girl raised her hand up to Arianna's forehead, and the vilebloods vision went blurry until she blacked out. Isaac woke up to what sounded like an explosion. His body was sore, but he felt surprisingly well. Then, the memories came back. He had been fighting off the dead when he collapsed, and the familiar thirst came over him as he went into a coma. But now he was awake...and he was feeling better. As he looked around however he saw Haakon and Scarlett both fighting off a horde of the dead, and as he looked to his left he saw that the throne room was... Well, the door was gone and destroyed. The walls had collapsed, and to his left far at the back of the throne room a blood red portal churned in the sky above the now open roofed castle. The broken walls are what separated the boy from the throne room, but in front of her the ashen haired girl Lilly knelt, surprised that he had woken up. But then he recognized her. She was a Coldbourne... And his sister was laying unconscious beside him....
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Isaac's initial reaction was his eye twitching. As the noises and dreadful sounds of the vampiric monsters rang in his ears, he crawled over to Arianna, shaking his head. "A-Ari.." He muttered. When he received no response, he returned his gaze to Lilly, worried sick about the portal and wherever Felix had gone. He didn't know what had happened.. "L-Lilly.." He spoke worryingly, rising up and checking his gear: just a kurigasama and his shielding, and.. a sphere of blood. "...What h-happened? Is she...?"
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"She's unconscious!" Lilly told Him as the two warriors finished their killing of the dead. Both turned to Isaac. "Boy! You're awake!" Haakon said. "Now it's time for you to do some heavy lifting!" "Give him a break Haakon." Scarlett said as she rolled her eyes. "Isaac, it's good that you're with us again. But we need to stop Felix and your sister won't be able to do that right now!" "I still need time to treat her!" Lilly said. "But my brother needs help! He followed Felix into that...thing! I don't know what happened!"
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Edited by Weeaboo Of War: 7/2/2017 2:45:02 AM"...Okay. [i]Okay[/i]." Something took root within the teenager, at that moment - a sense of pride, an undeniable thirst for vengeance for his sister. Isaac nodded his head furiously, the blood ball transferring around his right arm as he nodded at the three among him. "Thank you. All three of you." He sighed, nodding his head slowly. "...This is it, then?"
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"Well if you think you are doing this alone, think again." Scarlett told Isaac. "I'm gunna help you take down this bastard." Suddenly, the massive door to the castle [i]banged![/i] as if something very large, or many little things, were behind it. "Ah shit." Haakon said. "We are gunna have to hold this hall still it looks like! So here's what we're gunna do! I'll stay here and protect the little Alexander heal your sister! Meanwhile you go with Scarlett to kill Felix?! You understand all that boy?!" Haakon asked Isaac.
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"Yes. I.. I got it. ...Thank you, all. Haakon.. fight well, you crazy Celtic bаstard. Lilly, stay safe and focused.. tell Arianna that I love her. Scarlett... let's go kick Felix's ass back to hell." Isaac nodded towards Scarlett one last time, before heading towards the churning portal..
