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Solomon quickly let him go, not wanting to have bile and various other things on his shoes. He wanted to rush over to Holden, smelling blood, but, soon Holden was heading back over, "Holden..I know you know I can smell it." As he pointed out the woman, he shook his head, "No, there's not much you can do."
He quickly rushed over to the woman, grabbing her attention and about to ask her something when he knocked her out. He caught her her as she fell, keeping the other humans unaware as he carried her back to the ally. He held her so Holden could see, "I can't find any current relationship in her memories and she is in good health." Azriel nodded, "Oh I see..that makes sense, we kind of say some things about you in our records...all is fair.." He leaned back in the couch, looking over to Mystic, "Are you alright?" He shuddered a bit, taking a slight breath, "I'm..fine...I deserve it.." Serus put her arm around Seth, "I'm finding this all rather hard to believe, Azriel, and forgive me if I'm on edge or testy. You put us through..quite a bit.." Jaelynn sighed, "Serus, if she was aiming to kill us now, we'd all be dead..and Mystic wouldn't just be lying there about to bring back a third friend of ours." |
"I'm fine Solomon, and yes I know you can smell it." Holden said with a sigh as Solomon ran off. He nodded when Solomon came back, "So her heart is good? Good. Now let's get back, I have this weird feeling. And don't worry I will close my eyes this time." He said letting out a deep sigh to the side, not to tempt Solomon. "When we get back can we talk about my health?" He asked feeling that his humanity was killing him. He put his hand on Solomon's shoulder. Holden sighed as he closed his eyes.
Seth sighed, "I agree with you two." He said closing his eyes. "Well that wasn't good." He said opening his eyes. "Holden just threw up blood.." He trailed off. "Don't look at me like the Serus. I wasn't going to do anything, plus Solomon would kill me if I did." Seth said feeling bad for Holden. |
Solomon frowned, "We will discuss it after the attachment...I'll need to help them find her spirit." He waited until Holden's eyes were shut before teleporting them back to the room. He set the girl down in the circle and stepped away, back to Holden, "You couldn't sense that he was ill Seth!?" His face was ever calm, his eyes did have a slight red tint to them as he he continued to talk to Seth, "You should've scanned the body over to issues...I can't believe you'd be so careless..."
Azriel nodded, "I know, I know, but your daughter has a point Serus..yes I know about her. Either way," She looked over back to Holden as he appeared. She stood up, going over and placing her hand on his forehead, closing her eyes with a frown, "I think this has something to do with Mystic's screw up with attaching Holden's spirit.." She was trying to lighten Solomon's mood as she sensed the rage coming from him, but she knew she'd upset Mystic. Before she could continue Mystic interrupted her. He sat up straight, his eyes flashing red as he glared at her, "Excuse me? I don't see you pulling two spirits from the Realm all by yourself and trying to do it perfectly! The only reason I screwed up was because I almost died myself." |
"He was fine when I double checked Hayden's work, so to speak." Seth said with a red tint in his eyes. He growled, "Damn it Solomon this isn't all my fault, ok? I double check your body and his. Fucking aye, I should of stayed out of this and not of even though about bringing you two back." He said as his eyes went red.
Holden stepped away from Azriel and Solomon, "Redford Seth Shaw Augustin! How dare you say that? You..." He said as he clenched his chest in pain. He felt a angry presence come over him. Seth got wide eyed, "H-..how did you know my real first name?" He asked slightly taken aback. He let go of Serus. He felt a anger come over him, more then when it was just between him and Solomon. "Well when me and Solomon were in France, Felix was in my mind, and in return to the favor and I went into his." He said as he started to cough up blood. After a moment he recomposed himself and smiled evilly at Seth with blood dripping from his mouth. "I know a lot about you, Seth. Like this little fact, when you were twenty you fathered a child... A son if I remember correctly. His name was Reid, you killed him isn't that right?" Holden asked holding his abdomen. "The poor child, but then again you were a animal then. You even killed the woman you claimed to love." He said staring down Seth. Seth's mouth gasped open as Holden spoke. "How dare you Holden? I helped you and that stupid boy of yours." He said glaring back at Holden. Holden's smile deepened as he coughed up more blood, "You want to know something Seth? I also know what happened during those eight years, when everyone assumed that Serus was dead. Shall I say it?" He asked as he felt more blood pool into his lungs. Seth snarled as Holden mentioned the eight years. He teleported and picked up Holden by the collar, he was a good two feet off of the ground. "If you say it I will kill you." He said through his clenched teeth. Holden leaned in to Seth's ear, "You killed Elizabeth, shortly after Annemarie was born." He whispered. His smile went away as he snapped out of this anger feeling, "Wha-..what is going on? Seth what is going on?" He asked looking down at Seth as he felt his heart rate rise. He started gasping for air as his lungs were almost full of blood. You could feel power and anger rolling off of Seth, he felt Holden's personality change back as well as his. "This isn't possible. You don't remember what you just said?" He asked confused. He set Holden down and slowed his heart rate down and made the blood dissipate from Holden's lungs. "I didn't do those things Holden. How did I act this way?" Seth asked looking back at Serus. He let Holden go, "Something isn't right here." He said backing away. "I-..I'm sorry Holden and Solomon. I don't know what came over me. Honestly." Seth said looking down at the floor as he made it to the couch and sat down. "Why did I say those things? I only knew your real name." Holden said falling to his knees. He started crying, "I'm sorry Seth. I..." He said trailing off as he slammed his head into his hands. Seth's skin turned white as he felt something new come over him, "Jealously." He said looking up at everyone. He adjusted his eyes, he saw more auras in the room then there were people. "W-..we can't do this anymore. There is more then six auras in here. They were influencing me and Holden, I understand Holden. But how me?" Seth asked pushing the jealousy feeling away. Holden felt something wrap around his heart, he grasped his chest and bent over in agony, his forehead was on the floor. He felt the life draining from his body. "Solomon h-..help!" Holden said gasping for air. {53.32 AU} |
Solomon was about to retort to Seth when suddenly, things spiraled out of control. Before long, Holden was on the floor, gasping for life. He growled a bit at Seth, "Perhaps you shouldn't have." He rushed over to Holden, lifting him up and teleporting them down stairs to an empty room. He lay Holden on the bed, placing his hand over the boy's heart, trying to get to keep the rhythm, but it kept slipping out and racing beneath his ribs. He let out a growl of frustration, concentrating hard trying to dispel the force around Holden's heart.
The entire time, Mystic was clutching at his chest, his nails ready to dig into his skin; and being almost 3 inches long it would not be hard. It took a lot of will power to keep his claw-like nails tearing at the fabric of his shirt and not at his flesh and heart. He looked over to the side as Azriel came over, "Seth is right...get rid of them." Finally his face contorted to pain and he bent forward a bit using his hair to cover his face. Azriel let out a slight growl, "This is why you don't do it alone Mystic." She stood back up, closing her eyes as she focused on the manor. She could definitely feel a lot of Ethereal energy; much of it negative. With a slightly displeased look, she began to mutter quietly, working on dispelling the spirits one by one. Serus grabbed Seth by the wrist once the whole thing was over, her eyes narrowed sharply. She pulled him up, stared angrily at him for a moment, then pulled him into a hug, "Come on, we should go." And before he could object, she teleported them back to Wisconsin. Jaelynn sighed, her eyes off to the side as everything occurred, "Can we just finish this so I don't have an unconscious girl in my room?" |
Seth was limp in Serus' hug, when the appeared back in Wisconsin his skin brightened up slightly. "I should of been able to dispel that energy, how could I do that to Holden? H-..he was..is my friend." He said looking at Serus. "That stuff wasn't true... My name was but that stuff about Liz a-..and that stuff about a son. Weren't..." Seth said feeling like he should rip out his heart.
Holden clenched his chest harder as the force tightened around his heart. Blood was starting to pool in his lungs again, the brightness in his eyes was starting to disappear. Holden looked as Solomon with pleading eyes. |
Solomon growled a bit, standing up and removing the blood from Holden's lungs with a flare of power as he paced the room. "Why is it that my wishes are never honored? Why must something always happen just when I think I can finally relax, something happens. Well quite frankly, I'm sick of it." His back was to Holden, and his arms crossed tightly over his chest. Why couldn't things just work out his way? Just once?
Mystic released his shirt after a moment, looking to Jaelynn, "I can't..I need Solomon to help me...he knew Alicia and would be able to find her quicker than if I was on my own. The quicker we do this, the less power we use." Azriel sighed, "You shouldn't even be considering doing this in the first place Mystic. You should go home and rest and recover. I can handle on attachment by myself." Jaelynn rubbed her temples, "Then fix Holden so Solomon can get up here." Azriel remained, "There's nothing we can do...the body is rejecting him and the dark energy surrounding this place isn't helping. If Solomon wants to help him, he's going to have to turn him..and that's not even guaranteed to work at this point." Serus held him up without any apparent effort, "I know that Seth..just relax alright? I don't know if you noticed but Mystic was having trouble with them as well; they were very strong. You couldn't have blocked them if he was having trouble." |
"Bec-..because people need you Solomon." Holden said still holding his chest. "Its my fault, this body is rejecting me... I read about it in a few books." He said clenching his chest more. "Go help them bring Alicia back... Since I am dieing here, I cannot help." He said feeling weaker by the minute. He knew Hayden was in his head, he closed his eyes. "Hay-..Hayden? I need you to do me a favor." Holden said opening his eyes.
"Solomon is going to kill me, for what I did, and said." Seth said feeling even more defeated. |
Serus set him down on the bed, sitting next to him, "No, he won't dear. He's just stressed that Holden might..might not make it..again." She sighed deeply, feeling really bad for Solomon and Holden.
"I can try?" He shook his head, "No..I'm not finished yet." He sighed, glancing upwards where Jaelynn stood. He grabbed onto her telekinetic and transported her to the room. He looked at her with a slight frown, "Is there anything you can do for him? I can't manipulate spirits, but perhaps you or one of the demons...?" Jaelynn was about to ask Azriel a question but suddenly found herself in the room with Solomon and Holden. She furrowed her brow, "The most i can do is analyze him and try to fix the bond..but I don't know how long I could keep it up or how well it'll work...or.." she paused, then sighed, "..if it'll make it worse." Solomon stepped aside, "Just do it..if he's going to die, I'll turn him..." |
Seth sighed, "If he wouldn't of woken up so fast he probably wouldn't be dieing, again.." He said trailing off.
"I'm dieing Hayden, I want you to make sure Solomon doesn't die again. And to turn Alicia when she wakes up." Holden said feeling a chill. "Jae... You did everything you could, this body doesn't want my soul in it." He said with a weak smile. He pondered for a moment, "Wait!" He said weakly sitting up. "Mystic, come here please!" Holden said knowing Mystic could hear him. |
Jaelynn shook her head, "I could help Holden..we just need to do a bit of finagling to get things right."
Mystic appeared, an exhausted look on his face, "What Holden? I'd really like to get this all over with so I can sleep for a few hundred years..." Solomon eyed Holden carefully, what was he planning? "You're not going to die Holden..Solo won't let that happen." Serus ran her hand through his hair gently, giving him a light kiss on the lips, "That was out of our control..just don't worry about it alright? I'm sure everything will be fine." |
Holden glanced at Jaelynn then to Mystic. He swung his legs off of the bed, "I um read somewhere." He said griping his head trying to think. "That there is a way to talk to the real.. Um thingy... Soul..." He trailed off feeling more weakness. He stood up, and wobbled a little bit, "And to fight for control over the body, I don't know if it is true but..." He trailed off again as he walked over to Mystic. His vision went blurry for a second, he tripped and fell to his knees. He waved everyone from him, he stood up, and looked at Mystic. "Is it possible? If it is I.." He trailed off as his chest got tighter. "Leave me alone you fucking spirits!" He said looking around. He made it weakly to Mystic, "Is it possible?" Holden asked very pale.
"I guess." Seth said closing his eyes. He leaned his head on Serus' shoulder. |
Mystic put his arms around Holden's waist without a word, looking downward to look at Holden and rest his forehead against his. His violet eyes stared at Holden for a second, glowing rather sharply, "Solomon, go help Azriel with Alicia. I will take care of Holden...Jaelynn will assist you as well. Won't you dear?"
Solomon tensed as Mystic held Holden; it made him a bit jealous, even if he knew the demon had no romantic intentions towards Holden. He nodded then brought himself and Jaelynn upstairs, "You ready Azriel?" Without a response, he sat at the edge of the circle. Azriel nodded, sitting at the circle with Solomon as she pulled out a rather interesting knife. "I hope you knew her well enough to find her quickly...I'm sure Jaelynn will be about frozen by the time we come back." With that, her eyes began to glow brightly as the room reverted tot hat tell-tale state of ice and cold. Within a few seconds they were in the Ethereal Realm. Jaelynn hugged herself tightly as the room suddenly decreased in temperature and as the creepy face-laden ice came about. She kept her eyes glued to Solomon, trying to block out the cold. She was surprised Azriel did this so quickly, and without a spell. It took Mystic almost twice as long... |
Holden closed his eyes as Mystic placed his forehead on his. "I am going to die again aren't I?" He asked as he felt coldness engulf the room. "And don't lie to me." Holden said as he felt blood pooling in his lungs again.
Seth suddenly got a chill over him, "Jae..." He whispered as he concentrated on her. He sent a little warmth to her body, he made it slowly go over her entire body. Seth's nose started to bleed as he deeply concentrated on Jaelynn. |
Serus swatted Seth, disrupting his power, "She'll survive Seth, leave her be. I don't want any more power in that room than necessary...I don't want to risk messing them up."
Mystic continued to stare at Holden, and soon, Holden's eyes became the same color, "Not at all Holden. Oh my..well..actually you might..." The two were stiff as statues as Mystic continued to analyze Holden and the body separately. Suddenly, deep lacerations appeared on his skin, thick purple blood falling from the wounds. He let out a grunt as one of his wings was ripped away from his shoulder and yanked back before snapping in many places. and hanging limply behind him. "Holden, this boy was no ordinary human...he was a Paladin; a holy knight essentially. It can sense the vampiric touch in your spirit and is retaliating. That is why you woke up instantly and have been having problems ever since. I...don't know what to do about it Holden...just bear with me.." His eyes became a bright red as he worked to keep Holden alive; keeping his lungs clear of blood and the pressure in his brain at a normal psi. He also kept Holden's heart in rhythm as he thought. Jaelynn could sense a bit of warmth come over her, and knew it was from Seth, but it quickly slipped away. She yelped as the sudden chill overcame her again. She fell to her knees, curling up and trying to keep herself warm. It wasn't nearly as cold as the last two times... Solomon searched around the Realm until he found what he thought was Alicia's spirit. He hurried over, but quickly frowned, "Dammit..that's not her...Gaah" Solomon grabbed his head a bit as he felt immense pressure. He quickly dispelled it, searching for Alicia's spirit telepathically. Finally, he found her. He instructed Azriel where to go; since he couldn't actually touch a spirit even while in the realm. Azriel grabbed onto Alicia's spirit as her physical body rammed the knife into the stranger's heart, killing her instantly. She removed the knife, quickly healing the heart and surrounding areas that may have gotten damaged. Her Ethereal form took Alicia by the arm and forcibly threw her into the body. The force was require to make the host spirit leave the body. Once she saw it, she quickly destroyed the host spirit entirely. As they left the Ethereal Realm, Solomon was forced backwards, crashing into Jaelynn while Azriel was simply driven downward, cracking the floor boards. Her skin was almost pure white, her black veins pulsing beneath the now translucent skin. She shivered violently as the room slipped back to it's normal self. She rocked back and forth, trying to warm her body as she finished attaching Alicia's spirit. It wasn't until she was sure it would hold that she allowed herself to fall to the side, curling up tightly to warm herself up. Suddenly she bolted upright, "Fuck! I.." No time to speak. Her eyes flitted about as she looked for something anything that could be of any use to her. She couldn't find anything. With a growl she grabbed onto something int he air and disappeared. Jaelynn yelled out as Solomon crashed into her and as they both hit the wall. "Dammit Solomon.." She stood, helping the vampire up, "You alright?" Solomon let out a grunt as he stood, brushing himself off, "Ye-yeah...I think so. I almost messed up." |
The girl moaned slightly.
Seth nodded as he opened his eyes, he fell back on the bed. "Sorry hun." He said wiping the blood away from his nose. "Is there a way to remove the Paladin from this body?" Holden asked as he felt the coldness go away. "I don't want to die again Mystic.." He said as a tear slipped from his closed eyes. Suddenly a female voice boomed throughout the room. "How dare you touch my son's body you disgusting demon, and then to put this vampire in it." The voice said as the room started to get really hot. The female voice started muttering a spell. |
Jaelynn rushed over to the girl, transferring her to the bed and analyzing her, "Azriel is quite amazing...I don't really need to do anything...I will keep an eye on her though."
Mystic flinched a bit, but not from the voice. Something went wrong upstairs. He just hoped Azriel would be able to handle it. "It would be very very painful Holden. We would almost be better off killing you and reattaching you to someone else.." Suddenly he moved, his arms going around Holden's shoulders and pulling him close as his good wing, and now healed wing, wrapped around them both. He erected a strong barrier around the two; his wings would act as a buffer for most magical attacks..most. |
Holden felt awkward being held so close to Mystic, but he did feel safe. Again not as safe as if he was in Solomon's arms. "I don't want to die Mystic." Holden kept repeating over and over.
Suddenly a blonde hared woman appeared in the room, "That wont help you much demon." The woman said as she made a circle with her hands. She started muttering another spell. Suddenly Felix and a red hared woman appeared, "Thank you darling~" The woman said placing a quick kiss on Felix's cheek. She stepped forward and put her hands on her hips. "So Diana we finally meet. I have been searching for you for fifty years." She said as she pulled the woman's spell away. "H-..how did you..?" The woman asked looking up. "Camelia! How dare you get involved with these creatures. The witches council is against them." The woman who was called Diana said. "I am way more powerful then you Diana. I do have a few hundred years on you. I don't even need to do a incantation." Camelia said with a smile. "I am the witches council." She said as her eyes glared red. "How i-..is that possible? You weren't even around them. You were a damn butler to these creatures." Diana said slightly wide eyed. Camelia threw her head back in a monstrous laugh, "Maybe you have heard of this term, I am a Strigoi viu."She said with an evil smile. "My darling Felix turned me about fifteen years ago." She said wiggling her fingers. "How did you survive? There has only been a few cases and those witches died." Diana said worried. "Don't worry about me sweety, just worry about yourself." Camelia said as she lunged at Diana. Felix got wide eyed when Camelia said that she was turned. He didn't tell Seth or Serus that he turned her. |
"Oh, we know about that already Felix. We know everything~"
Mystic went back to trying to fix Holden as Camelia appeared. He replaced his forehead onto Holden's their eyes matching colors again, "This is going to be extremely painful Holden. I won't be able to make it any less so unfortunately, I just simply don't have the power right now. When Hayden and Seth appeared in the ally way, the Paladin already sensed them and went into defense mode. When he was knocked out, I'm sure his mother and/or himself enabled a spell that allowed a part of his spirit to remain behind...that is what's fighting you right now..just that tiny bit of power. It won't last long, but it'll kill you before it fades away, that's for sure. I'm going to try and separate it from you..." And with that, he began to mutter quietly in demon tongue, the spell designed to forcibly rip the Paladin spell/spirit from Holden's body. |
Felix tensed as he heard Serus' voice in his head.
Holden nodded his head slightly. He suddenly felt a huge wave of pain radiate over his body. It was worse then when he was tortured, he didn't want to scream out because he was right in front of Mystic. He felt light headed and passed out, but he quickly regained consciousness. Holden couldn't hold back the screaming, so he finally let loose and screamed bloody murder. Camelia tackled Diana to the floor. She wrapped her hands around Diana's throat and started to break her neck. When Holden screamed out she quickly covered her ears. She was only a few feet away from Mystic and Holden. When Camelia let go of her throat, Diana quickly started to say a spell. When she finish the spell Camelia got sent back and slammed into the wall. Diana stood up and grabbed a little stick out of her robe. She mumbled something and it quickly turned into a staff. Camelia put a weak telekinetic shield around her bones so none would get broken. When she landed on the floor she looked up and saw that Diana had a staff. "Shit!" She whispered. Camelia quickly stood up and did a complex array in the air. |
Mystic made no indication he was hearing anything..well he wasn't. In fact, he wasn't even seeing what was going on around him. He was so focused on trying to remove the Paladin's spell on the body. After quite some time, Mystic's skin began to lighten as it had when he was attaching Holden's spirit; his muscles twitched, shivering. Holden would start to feel that Mystic and the air around the both of them was quickly decreasing in temperature. "D-dammit Holden..I'm sorry...with her being so close this is mildly difficult in my current condition. Try to not move any more than necessary.."
The lacerations on his skin reopened as he continued fighting with his spell. The extreme cold was causing him to stammer and loose focus, but he never stopped. A loud snap was heard as his femur was suddenly broken in three places, causing him to fall to his knees and bring Holden with him; their foreheads never loosing contact, "Sorry Holden..". His muscles tensed as he felt a spike in power and suddenly, he found himself missing an ear! "Grah!" He quickly pulled away from Holden, pushing him away as he grabbed his ear..or where it was, with his other hand. He put his head to the floor, driving his forehead into the hardwood from pain, "God dammit! Cameila get that stupid witch out of here!" By now, his skin was almost completely translucent, revealing a very intricate structure of vein and muscle work. Azriel was there second later, holding something rather..odd. A large box..about four and a half feet in length and three feet in depth. She quickly set it down and hurried over to Mystic, moving his hand away and assessing the damage. She sighed with relief, "It'll grow back.." And suddenly, her bright orange eyes were on Holden, glowing with fury and power, "Don't worry Holden, I'm not going to hurt you..well..I will, but you'll see." Suddenly her hand altered; becoming a bit distorted and appearing to be see through; the effect spreading up her entire arm. She jabbed her hand forward, her open palm stopping centimeters form Holden's face while her Ethereal arm continued forward. She began to mutter the rest of Mystic's spell for him as she latched onto the remaining bits of the Paladin's spirit and yanking it out. Quite painful indeed. She moved away from Holden, holding the spirit; which was invisible to them of course, and muttered a quick spell to decimate it. "It's alright Felix, we don't care. You know what you're doing. I'm actually rather proud of you; you accomplished something very rare." |
When Camelia finished the array she sent it at Diana. The array snapped the staff in half and drew in its magic. With the new found magic power it quickly attached to Diana and removed her magic abilities. Suddenly Camelia fell to her knees, that little array took a lot of energy from her. She quickly stood back up, she reached behind Felix and grabbed out a knife. She swiftly ran at Diana, when she reached her she jumped up in the air and jammed the knife into Diana's skull, killing her instantly. Camelia landed on the floor panting.
"Tha-.." Felix said as he noticed Diana dead and Camelia on the floor. He ran over to her, "Camelia are you alright?" He asked pulling her into a hug. Holden felt a huge pain as his knees broke when Mystic landed on top of him. He started crying as he was in a lot of pain. He fell forwards grabbing his chest. When Azriel continued where Mystic left off, he felt more pain. "Very powerful." He thought to himself. He gasped for air as the spirit was finally out of his body. He knew Solomon was in his head, he was feeling light headed, "Solomon." Holden said weakly as he fell to the floor and slipped into a coma. |
Azriel let Holden fall as her arm reassembled. She quickly went back over to Mystic, kneeling beside him, "You alright? Here, let me see it..I think we can reattach it if you want..." She picked the ear from the floor, "Although~ I think I might have an idea for this little creature~" She quickly became serious again, noting to the box, speaking in demon tongue, "Es'z saa yoldu sa slofzbyl es oroef ofk xu swy sety qy berily qwa es ez qy qaf's xy oxdy sa..za..es'z zsipn swyly. Ka uai swefn swos'dd hazy o hlaxdyt?"
Mystic winced as she pulled his hand away again, "Don't fucking breathe on it..jeez it hurts enough as it is!" He swatted her hand away and snatching his fallen ear from her. He placed it upon his head and sent a burst of magic to reattach it. It was almost instant. He tilted his head as she reverted tongues, but shook his head, "No...we're going to be in enough trouble with all this as it is...Not to mention, we probably just sparked something between the Paladins and Witches and the Dark Races..." He sighed deeply, falling backwards and closing his eyes, "I'm still white..aren't I?" He cracked open one eye and frowned as she nodded, "Shit...make sure he's stable..he's unconscious again...and fix his bones. Hdyozy?" She nodded, going over to Holden and assessing him, "Well..he's already improving...his pulse is getting stronger and so is the bond to the body..well done Mystic." She quickly passed her hand over his body, healing his broken bones and repaired the damaged organs. Solomon appeared in the room with a puzzled look on his face, "Woow..looks like Jack the Ripper came through here.." He hurried over to Azriel as she spoke, lifting Holden up when she was done, "I'm sorry to have made you done all this..by the way..what was wrong earlier..and..why the box?" Azriel looked up, standing as Solomon did, "Zwes..don't worry about it Solomon. Alicia will be fine, her transfer was perfect~" She went back over to Mystic, sitting next to him, "You should lay Holden down and attach an IV to him..he's unconscious again..I think he's in a coma..." With that, her, Mystic and the box disappeared. |
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Holden opened his eyes after six months, "S-..Solomon..?" He asked as he was blinded by the sunlight that was coming from the window. He quickly covered his eyes with his arm. He didn't hear an answer, "Seth? Serus? Hayden? Jaelynn? Alicia?" He asked trying to see what happened. He tried to sit up but he noticed that there was a IV needle in his arm. He winced as he pulled it out, he slowly sat up and noticed that this was a different looking room. "Wh-..where am I?" He asked apparently no one. He swung his legs from the bed and leaned on his knees. He let out a deep breath. He saw a mirror, he slowly stood up and walked over to the mirror. He looked in the mirror and noticed that he had a beard, "Honestly? No one could of thought to give me a shave." He said looking around for a bathroom. "Seriously? No bathroom in here?" He asked with a sigh. He turned and walked to the door, he opened it and leaned out the door. He saw no one, "Is everyone dead?" He asked sarcastically. He saw a glare coming off of a mirror, "Ah yes! I also really have to pee." Holden said slightly sprinting to the bathroom. "You know Solomon, I find this body really interesting." Alicia said walking down a flight of stairs. "And! This little lady was a virgin." She said with a smile. "Come on Solomon don't act like that." She said as she turned down the hallway that Holden's room was down. "I hope he wakes up soon, it has been six months." She said. "It was nice of Seth and Serus to let us stay here." She said with a smile. Alicia then noticed that Holden's door was open. |
Solomon rolled his eyes, "Sometimes I wonder why I ever let Mystic agree to letting you back..." He chuckled, pulling her into a quick hug as they walked, "Oh hun, I'm..." He stopped, grabbing her arm forcing her to stop, "Shhh..." He looked down slightly, his eyes moving back and forth as he listened. "Holden!" He smiled brightly, pulling Alicia down the hallway to where the bathroom was. Sure enough, the door was closed and he sensed Holden in there. "Holden~"
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Holden jumped, "Really Solomon? Now your here." He said with a slight sigh. He zipped up his fly and went to the sink. He quickly washed and dried his hands, he then went to the door. He opened it, "Oh hi Alicia" He said somewhat nonchalantly. He quickly turned his attention to Solomon, "What is this?" He asked pointing to the hair on his face. "This is like disgusting. And then that damn catheter." He said with a shiver. He sighed, "Sorry, I am just a tad bit crabby. I mean I was sleeping for at least." He pulled his hair down to his eyes. "A year?! Oh wait this isn't actually my body." He said with a sigh.
He smiled to Solomon, and gave him a hug and a quick kiss. "I have to say Alicia you look weird." He said with a chuckle. Holden smiled and gave her a hug. "Ouch." Alicia said with a frown. She hugged Holden back, "You look weird yourself." She said with a smile. |
"You should've seen him when he first woke up" he winked to Alicia, "He had piercings." He chuckled grabbing Holden after he was finished with Alicia and held him rather tightly, "It's only been six months Holden, relax. Why is it, that you two took less time than I did? Took me two fucking years.."
Suddenly, Mystic appeared, grabbing onto Solomon's arm, "S-Solomon...we really need to talk.." He pulled Solomon aside, looking to Alicia and Holden, "I'm sorry you two, but this is really important." He looked back to Solomon with a frown speaking very quietly so the two humans couldn't pick up the entire conversation. He had scanned their minds and realized neither of them know Swedish, "Jag är ledsen att det tog så lång tid att kontakta dig igen, men vi har haft problem med ... saker. När vi var hämta Alicia ande, kom vi över en annan som snarare var fäst vid henne. Hon kom genom samtidigt som Alicia, det är därför Asriel kvar i ett sådant väsen den dagen. Hur som helst, lång historia kort, vi har en levande Marionette docka som frågar dig tre...eh, leet mig omformulera...hon "tecken" som det..hon är stum.(I'm sorry it took so long to contact you again, but we've been having issues with...things. When we were retrieving Alicia's spirit, we came across another that was rather attached to her. She came through at the same time as Alicia, that's why Azriel left in such a fuss that day. Anyway, long story short, we have a living Marionette doll that keeps asking for you three...er, leet me rephrase...she 'signs' it..she's a mute.)" Solomon's expression became concerned as Mystic spoke, "En levande Marionette? Du menar .. anda väckt en livlös docka till liv, i grunden?(A living Marionette? You mean..the spirit brought an inanimate doll to life, basically?)" Seeing Mystic nod, he nodded as well, understanding. "Fick du ett namn?(Did you get a name?)" He glanced to Alicia, curious as to what happened with her in the Ethereal Realm. As far as he knew from experience, spirits did not see each other; usually. He saw a few others in his time there. They can interact with each other, but such interactions are very limited, unlike in the living world. Mostly they gather in small groups that share similar emotions and methods of death. Mystic nodded, "Det är precis vad jag menar..ett namn? Ja .. Umm ..(That's exactly what I mean..A name? Yes..umm..)" he lowered his tone of voice even more, hoping that neither of them could lip read, "Melody Rousseau..." He leaned back, watching Solomon's face closely. |
Holden sighed when Mystic pulled Solomon away. He watched Mystic's face intently, he noticed he wasn't speaking English. He narrowed his eyes when he figured out it was Swedish. His mouth gasped open when he saw Mystic say Melody. "Wh-..what about Melody?" He asked walking closer to Mystic and Solomon. He looked at Solomon, "I wasn't eavesdropping, I was..reading your lips. I can't exactly hear you two." He said crossing his arms as he waited for a smack. He sighed putting up his hand to silence Solomon. "Never mind Solomon, I know you wont tell me anyway." He said walking back to Alicia. "Let's go, help me shave this damn beard." He said pulling Alicia to the bathroom. When they got in Holden locked the door.
Alicia whined a tad when Holden pulled her into the bathroom. |
Solomon sighed, "Noth-" Before he could even get a word out Holden was storming off to the bathroom. He sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose, "Humans..I tell you Mystic, never date outside your species. Ah, don't get me wrong. I love that man, but sometimes their personality quirks get rather annoying." He glanced to the door and moved down the hall, motioning for the demon to step over.
Mystic hurried over, rather worried, "She keeps asking for you and Holden, him the most. What do you want me to do? I can't reattach her to a human, it's far too late for that. Azriel had to bind her to the doll because we didn't have a body prepared for her and if we would've just thrown her into one, she would've ended up in a situation worse than Serus's. Are you familiar with the incident between the Antinoris and Azriel a few years back?" He kept his voice low, but at this point, he was sure Holden knew who he was talking about so he wasn't all that concerned. Solomon nodded, "I am...and the girl, Ariel?" Mystic nodded, "Correct. Ariel was originally supposed to be attached to a body very similar to her old demon self, but for some reason the body rejected her. As per orders, we had to keep Ariel in this plane, and I cannot elaborate further on why. Anyway, back on track, so Azriel and I had to improvise and attach Ariel to an almost life-sized Marionette. After she was solidly in the doll, we had to construct a mechanical skeleton for her to control, and so on and so forth. It was painstakingly hard to get the intricate metal-work under the Marionette's 'skin' so she could move. We constructed a similar device for her so we could communicate since she is unable to speak. I also taught her English with not so..conventional means..." He paused a moment, running his hand through his hair; careful of his hat, "She's still adjusting to this whole..way of life so to say." Solomon silenced Mystic, "I don't want her near Holden yet. Once he's gathered up some strength and has had some time with Alicia, I will consider it. For now, just keep her locked up in a case or something." He looked away, slightly peeved that she of all people, had to be back. He was still rather miffed at her for what she put Holden through. |
Holden sighed leaning on the counter, "I take it your not turned yet?" He asked looking over to Alicia.
"Nope, Solomon wanted to wait until you woke up." Alicia said leaning on the door. "Figures." He said shaking his head. He noticed a window, "Help me." He said walking over to it and opening it. "Oh no! Solomon is a lot more scary when you know he can easily kill you." She said waving her hands back and forth. "Gah whatever Alicia." He said climbing on top of the toilet. He was lucky he was so skinny. He went head first, "Wish me luck." He said as he started to slip. "Shit!" He said as he went flying out the window. He flipped in the air and slammed on his back. Holden started coughing because the air was driven out of his lungs. Alicia ran to the window when she saw Holden slip out. "Are you ok? You know the foundation is pretty high up.." She said looking out. Suddenly a brown hared woman appeared next to Holden, "Holden, you know that was stupid right? That was a good ten foot fall, I'm surprised you didn't break anything." She said pulling Holden up. "I'm Annemarie, Seth's oldest daughter." She said grabbing his arm. Now close your eyes." Annemarie said as she waited to teleport. "I ya I know.." Holden said grabbing his back. "Ya I know who you are, when I was a vampire Seth and Sean showed me you and your sisters. But how do you know who I am?" He asked with a slight cry of pain. "Wait I have been here for six months, that's how you know me." He said shaking his head. Holden nodded and closed his eyes. Annemarie smiled and teleported close to Solomon, "Here is your boy." She said with a little annoyance in her voice. "He tried sneaking out of the bathroom window. I did the same thing once, but I didn't go flipping onto my back." She said with a giggle. "I'm just kidding Holden, but then again kind of not. Anyways if you want to go out just ask, I have nothing else better to do." Annemarie said handing Holden to Solomon, she quickly disappeared. Holden didn't want to open his eyes when she mentioned Solomon. "Sorry.." Holden grumbled to Solomon. |
Solomon sighed, a slight glare on his face as he looked to Holden, "You should know better than to try going out the second story Holden. Are you alright?" He quickly looked Holden over, noticed he did do minor damage to his back. With a quick prod, he sent his body's healing into overtime and fixed it. "There you go love~ Anyway...you do know you just ditched Alicia.." He pointed to the door, "She doesn't seem too happy."
Mystic remained silent, he was unsure if Solomon wanted to talk to him about anything else. "Is that all Solomon? Azriel could really use my help right now..she doesn't know..sign language. Crazy right? Woman's over 1200 years old and she doesn't know one of the oldest forms of language." He rolled his eyes a bit. |
Holden quickly opened his eyes after really hearing Annemarie. "Hey now Annemarie, I am older then you." He said looking around. He then looked at Solomon, "I'm fine, and I didn't ditch her. She is scared of you." He said poking Solomon's chest with his boney finger. He looked at Mystic, "Bye, have fun with whatever you two were talking about." Holden said waving slightly.
Annemarie appeared next to Holden, "You may be older then me, but I can kill you no problem." She said with a giggle as she disappeared. Holden sighed as Annemarie disappeared, "Whatever child." He said looking down at the floor. "I heard that!!" Annemarie yelled. Holden jumped when he heard Annemarie, "I should go back." He said pointing with his thumb. He felt defeated as he turned around and walked back to the bathroom. He turned the knob and forgot that it was locked. "Alicia open the door please." He said pounding a little bit. "No! You were gonna leave me here." Alicia said crossing her arms. "No you were going to stay here. You are the one that is afraid of Solomon. He is a wimp, he wouldn't hurt you." He said turning to Solomon. "Fuck!" He said under his breath as he started running to find some place to hide. Even though there is no place that Holden could hide. |
Solomon grabbed Holden with telekinesis and dragged him back. Once he was close enough, he wrapped his arms around him, holding him tightly, "You know you can't escape me love~" He placed a quick kiss on Holden's cheek, "You need to adjust your attitude mister, or you will be punished~" Without looking up or moving, the bathroom door flung open as Solomon broke the lock and pushed it with telekinesis, "You know I wouldn't hurt you Alicia..you don't need to be scared~" "Just keep her away from him Mystic...she's been nothing but trouble to us since we met her in France.."
Mystic nodded, "Can do, sir~" He saluted, rather mockingly, then disappeared. |
Holden sighed as he stopped dead in his tracks. Before he knew it he was in Solomon's arms, "I know I can't, and by the way your crushing me." He said straining to breath. "Good or bad punishment?" He asked with a wink as he felt Solomon's grip loosen up. "Again never mind, you would defiantly kill me. I am basically skin and bones." Holden said looking at his protruding breastbone.
Alicia jumped when the door flew open, "I know Solomon. It is just that I can feel the power rolling off of you and it is scary." She said walking to the door. "Not to push here, but can I be turned now? And if so I was wondering if I could have Seth or Serus do it." Alicia asked stepping out of the bathroom. |
Solomon loosened his grip, "I'm sorry..it's just been so long since I last held you~" He trailed one hand down Holden's chest, "Perhaps a little of both?~ Don't worry Holden, I can still be rough with you without severely injuring you." He looked up to Alicia with a slight frown, "Ask them yourself. I'm not your messenger boy."
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"I wasn't asking you to ask them for me. I was just asking for your permission, for me to ask them." Alicia said knowing that it sounded better in her head. She walked down the hall and went to where she last saw Seth.
"I know Solomon." Holden said tracing Solomon's jaw with his boney finger. "I can't believe I got this skinny in just six months." He said looking at Solomon with weak eyes. "I could make a killing selling this to people. 'Come one, come all, have your soul put into a Paladin's body and then have two demon's break the Paladin's spell. Then go into a coma for six months... Wait did we mention the best part? Having another soul ripped from you body is quite painful, so painful in fact that it feels like all of your organs, bones, and blood vessels are exploding. And then on top of that have one of the demons fall on you and shatter your knees.'" He said with a sigh. He looked Solomon in the eyes, "Sorry I just felt like ranting for a minute." He said leaning his head on Solomon's chest. "I'm sorry for putting you through more hell." Holden said closing his eyes. |
Solomon picked Holden off the ground, ignoring Alicia. "It's alright, I understand. Now come~ You need to eat and Anne says she's got quite the meal for you!" He took Holden downstairs with a smile, "You're feeling much better I take it?" Suddenly he flinched, pausing mid step as he was going down the stairs. He let out a growl, muttering something extremely insulting about Mystic and continued on.
Serus tilted her head, bent at the hips as she stared at the blonde haired doll in the chair, "This is..impressive Azriel..." She reached forward, gently touching the doll's cheek; it was soft, but there was that typical hardness that most of the Marionette/Ball-and-Joint dolls had. "Why didn't you just grab a body and remove that person's spirit?" She straightened up as the doll's blue eyes became rather frightened. Azriel crossed her arms, "It doesn't work like that Serus. Your method of attachment could've failed entirely. For it to be done properly, a spell, circle, and ring of demons is required...not to mention the spirit has to be pulled from the Realm itself, not already present in the Living Plane. And before you ask, I can't transfer her now either...I have to wait until the doll deteriorates and she's sent back to the Ethereal Realm...even then, it'd be a bad idea to reattach her..spirits can only be transferred so many times." Mystic knelt in front of the girl, moving his hands to sign with her, 'I know you want to see Holden, but right now..he's not well. Solomon said that perhaps in a few days you could see him.' Now, he could verbally speak with her, but it was a bit comforting to her if he signed with her. The doll's eyes blinked a bit, having an odd life-likeness to them. As she moved her hands to sign, her movements were jittery and sometimes, her arms went limp entirely until she could gain control again, 'But..I want to see him now...I have to apolo-*-*-*[indicates her arms failing]...apologize to him...' |
Seth sat down on one of the steps, "This is all quite interesting." He said looking to Mystic.
Alicia walked into one of the studies, she jumped a bit when she saw Sean and Jen. "Sorry, Sean? Have you seen Seth?" She asked twiddling with her dress. Sean looked up from his book, "Ya he is with Serus in South Dakota. Why?" He asked with a smile. "Well I was gonna ask him if he could turn me. Holden is awake, and I really don't like being human." She said with a frown. "Well sugar-britches I can always turn you. I mean I am older then Seth. Plus I am cooler." He said with a smile. Jennifer slapped Sean upside the head, "I am right here you know." "Ow! Yes I know, and I didn't mean it that way jeez." He said rubbing his head. "I guess you can turn me." Alicia said offering her neck to Sean. Sean closed his book and lunged at Alicia. He plunged his fangs into her neck... "I can walk you know." Holden said wrapping his arm around Solomon's neck so he wouldn't fall. "I felt fine before." He lied. He placed his finger on Solomon's lips, "I'm just lucky my Prince always comes to my rescue." He said with a smile as he placed his head on Solomon's shoulder. Holden sighed deeply. |
"Your Prince would be damned if he ever failed to save you..oh wait..he has.." He chuckled a bit, taking Holden to the dinning hall. "She said the food should be ready in a few minutes..I have no idea what she's making.." He almost dreaded it.
Mystic frowned slightly, 'Listen, Melody..Holden and Solomon both went through a similar thing like you did..they're still recovering themselves. I just need you to be patient. Okay? I promise to take you the very second I can.' She was about to respond when she fell from the chair, loosing control over her entire body. With pained eyes, she slowly scrambled to her hands and knees. She had not walked yet and doubted she'd even be able to stand. She looked over to Mystic, pleading silently for help. Mystic sighed, picking her up and holding her, "Don't worry...it'll get easier..I promise." He nodded a farewell to the others then went off to his room, laying her down on the bed, 'Rest.' Serus nodded, "I understand...about how long can the doll last?" Azriel sighed deeply, "It depends on the original craftsmanship of the doll. She'll probably last..a few years? If she stays in consistent contact with someone proficient in Ethereal energy, she could probably last...80 years if she stays out of trouble. Ariel lasted..two hundred...something or other...and we did get into quite interesting..situations." |
Sean pulled his mouth away when he felt Alicia's heart stop. He counted for a second then cut his hand on his nails. He put his hand to Alicia's mouth and let the blood drip down her throat.
"No your Princess failed you." Holden said not believing he just called himself a Princess. He shook his head, "I'm not even hungry." He thought to himself. "How has Hayden been?" Holden asked. |
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