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I have been taken prisoner, I have an ancient vampire begging me to kill him, his creations are threatening to wipe out my new home, family and friends. Just when I thought nothing could go wrong again the cracks in the walls became larger, sending dust flying in every direction. I pushed Octavius away from me in my haste to stand up from the chair to which he held me down. I was just in time to move away when a large chunk of the ceiling came falling down. I screamed eager to get away. Octavius on the other hand was not as eager as I was. The man had a death wish and it was obvious from the way he stood there waiting for his own ceiling to come crashing on his head. Several feet were running down the hall. A few seconds later, Phoenix bust through the door with Basten, her husband and Strukus, Cleopoda's husband in tow. "What is happening?" Phoenix asked."She's here," Cleopoda said, her voice rich with the weight of doom. "We have to get him out of here," Strukus came running in
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I must be dead, I thought to myself. But the pain lacerating through my chest, arms, legs and practically every part of my body, assured me otherwise.What the hell was that? That was nothing like Octavius' powers. Or Cleopoda's or Phoenix's for that matter.I have never experienced Strukus and Basten's powers but it sure as hell could not have been them either. What it was had been vicious, vicious to a point of cruelty.I groaned, managing to open my eyes. My eyes was blurry and everything looked red which must mean that my eyes were either bloodshot or blood was in my eyes and that was not a good thing."Stay down now," a voice said beside me and it was a familiar voice. Cold hands brushed against the side of my face, down to my neck and my chest. I struggled to squint upwards to see who it was that was touching me and as soon as I did, my blood froze.The Whaif.First it was the smell of death that hit me, then the terrifying, horrific cold sank into my bones.She smiled. The da
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Kayla's eyes widened. Without a word, she held on to me and tried to pull herself up. My legs were alright but were still so weak that I couldn't even rise to my knees to help her up. Eventually, she was able to rise and her bones creaked into place as she did."Can you walk?" She asked me.I shook my head too embarrassed to say no. Kayla didn't mind. She reached down, tucking her hands under my arms as see easily pulled me to my feet. I held on to her strongly. Blood was beginning to rush back to my feet, chasing the numbness from them. Kayla took all my weight on her shoulders, leading me away from the rubbles. I tried not to breathe too much in order not to upset any broken bones in my chest region. I had to wrap one hand around my middle while the other hand held on to Kayla's neck. My back still hurts pretty badly from the fall I took when Ashterah flung me in that explosion.Where was she now?I didn't even have to ask. Her shrill, evil laughter filled the air. "Octavius. My lo
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Ashterah let out another evil laugh. "Seems like the human has finally figured it out." She seemed pleased with herself. "But it changes nothing. The time has come Octavius. It's time for you to come home to where you truly belong, maybe this time I won't punish you for what you did to me. I've missed you some much I'm sure I can overlook your sins of imprisoning me like a common criminal."Cleopoda moved to stand in front of Octavius. "He is going nowhere with you.""No, he is going to Mount Kpamos with me. Get out of my way you silly idiot.""No," Cleopoda said vehemently. She pushed Octavius behind her. Her white eyes sparked - literally. Flashes of lightening sparked from the edges of her eyes. Even her hair was beginning to stand on end with static. White hair rose from her shoulders, spreading out like tentacles. Flashes of lightening ran between her fingers."If you must take my father, then you have to come through me."Ashterah looked completely bored she even yawned. "I blam
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This is it, I thought to myself. I waited for the pain, the death. I'll die in a strange land but I will die in the arms of the girl I like.Then someone coughed.That wasn't me. I waited for the pain. Nothing came. Nothing happened.I slowly cracked my eyes open, expecting to see that pearly gates of heaven open with Angels on either side waiting to welcome me in. But what I saw was Starlight's face, her dull eyes and the blood that pooled in her mouth. Her skin was paler than it usually was.Kayla opened her eyes too and let out an ear splitting scream. Starlight gagged, more blood spurted from her mouth as she did. The front of her shirt where the spear had pierced through her heart was soaked with blood. She was half fallen on the floor, her body sprawled on the ground in front of us. One hand held the spear in her chest as if in a fruitless effort to pull it out. "Starlight!" Kayla screamed.Starlight opened and shut her mouth as if she was trying to talk but her efforts cau
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This is it, I thought to myself. I waited for the pain, the death. I'll die in a strange land but I will die in the arms of the girl I like.Then someone coughed.That wasn't me. I waited for the pain. Nothing came. Nothing happened.I slowly cracked my eyes open, expecting to see that pearly gates of heaven open with Angels on either side waiting to welcome me in. But what I saw was Starlight's face, her dull eyes and the blood that pooled in her mouth. Her skin was paler than it usually was.Kayla opened her eyes too and let out an ear splitting scream. Starlight gagged, more blood spurted from her mouth as she did. The front of her shirt where the spear had pierced through her heart was soaked with blood. She was half fallen on the floor, her body sprawled on the ground in front of us. One hand held the spear in her chest as if in a fruitless effort to pull it out. "Starlight!" Kayla screamed.Starlight opened and shut her mouth as if she was trying to talk but her efforts cau
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"Who were you talking to?"I thought about lying then decided not to, jerking a hand toward the door instead.She frowned still smiling though. "What?""The door. The doors talk around here.""They do?""Yes, we do," Pyne replied sassily. "What do you think, sexy vampire?"Kayla laughed, surprised by Pyne swinging himself against her. She entered and stood on the other side to look at his face."Wow that's something I have never seen in all my life.""Magic doors," I supplied. I was nervous. Now that it's all over and we've rested a little I needed to know where we stood. I know, we just finished a battle and all that and I should be more concerned about mourning the dead and thinking about where to go from here. But when you've had a brush with death more than once, you tend not to think about the past, you only care about how to move on and was exactly what I was doing.Kayla laughed again, raising slender fingers to touch Pyne who seemed to enjoy her touch. He even gave me a triump
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It was almost as if nothing had happened here a few hours ago. Gone were the dust and scattered rubble. Every stone was back in place. Even the maze garden that i had crashed into when Ashterah appeared was now back to normal. The guards were back to their position at the gates - where were they throughout the battle again?The evening sky was a lovely dusky purple with a few stars winking behind the inky curtain. The moon was a faint crescent in the sky. With Kayla's hand in mine, we walked to the back of the hotel. There was a trail there that led to the private woods. The path was lit by dimly lit lamps, all of them about 3 metres high, placed on either side of the path.I had tried to collect twice and failed twice to collect the picnic basket from Kayla. She protected it jealously and every attempt to collect it was met with a quietly spoken, "It's not heavy you know?"And she wouldn't stop smiling.We walked down the path to the woods. The trees blocked out what little light th
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