Bloodmoon Inc.

still working on it >< forgive me


Part seven
Lost boys


Only one that stands to replace the King of Hell can kill him.
For Hell always needs a ruler
The steps to kill the King are thus.
One. The person in question must be branded with Kane’s Mark.
This can be done in many ways, killing a family member is one of them.
The next step is to begin to take a blade and daily drop 3 drops of your own blood and the blood of a victim on it. If you do not kill the King with this blade in ten years your own life will end.
The third step is to have a portent mark the coming of the new King…meaning that something rare or meaningful must happen to the candidate in some way.
The last step is that the candidate kills the King and then rub the blood on the throne as he sits himself on it.

Form the Book of the Dammed- penned by Azorail fallen angel and High Lord of Hell



Rose grinned as he spared with Amber, his laughter echoing around the training room.
She spun her staff and his fireball blazed back at him. He ducked under it and it hit the barrier they had put up before the fight began.
The kids that were the new group to be trained to see if they might be Guardians made sounds of awe to see magic done in battle even a mock one. Amber spun a kick to Rose’s head that made his head snap back. He fell and then lunged for her leg dragging her down. He ended up on top of her with his fangs buried in her neck. “Give?’ he asked. She smiled and nodded.
He helped her up and they turned to the group of kids. “Don’t try this at home.” Amber said. They walked back to her room arm in arm. It was 4 mouths after Rose had brought back Flasths who had reformed the Grey Dawn and found them a new base. No had said much when he had made Rose his second in command, he was the First his word was law. Amber who had been out on a mission when the first Mother-house burned down had never even asked him much about what had happened. They came to her room and Rose sat down. Amber sat next to him. “So how are things with Ruby?” “I’m glad that you and she got together, she really seems to care for you from what you’ve said.” Rose smiled. “It’s going well…shockingly.” “I’m happy for you.” “Thanks.” “However I worry about you, with your work at Blood Moon, Amber.” “It’s no big deal it’s what I do I can pass for anything and no one is the wiser I have been there for 9 weeks now.” She waved a hand in the air.
“We do need more information on them Rose…” He nodded. “I know I just worry…you’re my friend.” Amber smiled. “You need to be harder if you’re going to be the Second now.” He groaned. “I asked him not to…” “You’re the one who braved the dangers to find him, he respects you.”
“I did what I had to.” “I guess so; I still think you’re a hero.” Rose leaned on her. “Thanks.”
She stood. “Speaking of my work at Blood Moon Inc I’m on shift soon.” Rose stood too. “I should get going to…me and Ruby have a date tonight.” Amber laughed. “Let’s see….knowing you two dinner dancing some killing and then lots of sex as you tell her she’s going to hell for eating the waitress.”
Rose rolled his eyes. “Yeah sounds right…” “See you Amber.” ”Oh here’s your sunscreen but still stick to shade and don’t be out too long in the sun.” “Thanks.” “Bye.” They went their ways.
Rose walked to his car thinking of Ruby and the date that night. Everything was going well with her and he was shocked deep down. She loved him he could tell she had not said it yet but the way she acted spoke for her. He wondered if he loved her too. He decided to ponder that one later.
There was something he had to do right now.

Larissa lay on her bed hugging her new doll that Ruby had sent her for a just because gift.
It had stitches for eyes and was wearing a little black and red school girl dress.
Larissa had named it Horror. She sighed, the last few months had been had been great and hard on her. She was leaning fast with her new powers, half the school hated her or was sacred of her.
She missed her mom and dad who had both been a bit wrapped up in their new lovers.
Ruby more so…Larissa had a feeling there was something there with them. Mike and the others had made up for a lot of it however. Wade a little surprisingly had turned out to be a very fun guy when you got to know him. Took him a while to open up was all.
She hugged her doll harder. “I wish you could talk…” Then Larissa got an idea a wonderful awful Larissa-y idea. She put the doll down on the bed and cast a place of power around her.
She raised her hands in the air over her head and closed her eyes looking for her power. She pulled it into her feeling it run into her veins burning into her waiting to be used for her will.
She waited until she could not wait anymore and then sent all the power into Horror then tied it off so that some of her power would keep the doll alive she had it to spare.. She waited staring at it. Then its eyes blinked and it spoke. “What the fuck?” “Nice thing to say for your first words.” “Fuck you…mom I guess.” “Call me Larissa for the love of blood.” “Ok….” “Your name is Horror.” “Nice!” Horror sat up gingerly. “Wow moving on my own rules.” Larissa grinned. “Listen Horror I don’t want anyone to know about you.” “So if anyone else is in the r-“Mike opened the door. “What are you doing in here?” “The lights blew for three blocks.” “Headmaster Merlin better not try to blame me for this one…” Mike muttered as she shut the door. Larissa grinned at Horror who shook her head. “I have a galom!” Horror shrugged. “I guess you do….I think I get the short end of this dammed stick.”
Larissa poked Horror in the middle. “Yes?” “Just so….odd…” “You think you’re freaked kid?”
“One minute I’m in Hell and then-“ “Wait what?” “Hell?” “How do you think you make a Glaom kid?”
“You take the soul from somewhere.” The doll pointed out sourly. “And lost or hell bound lost are easy to snag, goody goodies are hard to get you need a high ranking daemon for that..”
“Wowa.” “Yeah I know.” Larissa picked Horror up and hugged her. “Oh dear lord just send me back to Hell kid.” “Nope.” “God I hate my life.” The doll muttered.
Larissa grinned back. “Get used to it.” “I’m going to class soon be good ok?” Horror shrugged. “What could I do in this body anyway?” Larissa thought a minute. “I don’t know and I don’t want to find out, just be good.” She picked up a book. “Here this is a good one.”
Mike knocked on the door. “You ready for class?”
Larissa combed a hand in her hair. “Yeah where are we having it?” “I think Miss Porter said outside today.” Larissa and Mike did not have many classes together Larissa took quite a few that only people in Porhcy could take and more that were more remedial because she had never had nay kind of magic training before. However she had been able to pick some of her own classes and one she had chosen was an extra History of Magic. She found it interesting. They walked hand in hand together not saying much. They got there to the outdoor classroom Miss Porter who was a Seelie Fey was setting up. “Hello girls.” “Hey Miss Porter, how’s Sam?” Miss Porter grinned. “He’s well…” Mike smiled back. “Seen you without the glamour yet?” Miss Porter coughed. Mike smiled wider. “I guess not.” “It’s hard Mike….loving a human.” She ran an hand over her white hair and turned around to show her shimmering blue wings. “How do you think he’d feel if he saw me this way?” Larissa piped up. “I think he’s love you all the more…you’re not only beautiful you trusted him to know about you.” Miss Porter smiled sadly. “The King and Queen would….well I don’t even know what they would do to me for loving him let alone telling him, they would have my wings for that.” Mike gasped. “They would…” “Yes Mike.” Wade and Jadora walked over. “She tell her honey-muffin yet?” Jadora asked. Larissa shook her head. Wade grinned “Then the show goes on sweet!” Jadora smacked him lightly. “Boys just don’t get love.” She said to the others.
Miss Porter waved at them. “Come sit….we don’t have all day to talk about my love life.”
They all sat down. “All right then.” “Last week we were talking about Queen Elizabeth, she was said to have a powerful vampire consulter who guided her to many victory’s, it was said that this vampire was very old and was once a King in his own right.” Larissa smiled to herself. She might be young and unschooled but it seemed she knew some things better then the history books.
She knew just who had been helping the Queen, and so her mind wondered a bit. She still saw Skye often and she still felt for him. She had become his friend he often stayed up with her working on songs. Larissa had been writing poems from the age of 9 and was surprised to find song writeing similar. Mike seemed glad that they liked each other. Larissa had told herself she dint want him and that it was ok. Besides Wade kept looking at her funny and he was very handsome….not Skye but who was? Besides Skye away. It seemed like a few minutes but soon class was over and Larissa and Mike walked back to the main school. “Want to get something to eat?” Mike asked “I’m meeting up with Skye at the Tai place.” “Yeah I can do that.” They walked to the food court together.


Amber was bored typing up one more fake tax report. She cast a spell on it so that however saw it saw what that wanted to. No matter what Rose said she was often bored and she had never even seen Howl Shadow or Wolf up close. That was until Shadow walked in the door right then. “Hello there dear.” She smiled brightly keeping up her mask as a spell caster of no real note working in the tax drivion. “Will you come with me?” Amber nodded. Shadow walked away with Amber walking after him. They got to his office. He shut the door after she walked in ahead of him and locked it.
He came up to her. “Who sent you?’ He clamped his hands down on her shoulders. “No one I just-“
He back handed her hard across the face. “Now look what you made me do…” Shadow muttered as he licked the blood from her spilt lip. Amber trembled as he forced her head up. She felt like she was falling into his eyes.
“You will answer my questions, it won’t save you anything but pain but you will answer.” She looked at him, helpless tears in her eyes. He ran a finger down her cheek and licked her tears off it. “Hmmm….nothing like a pretty young girl’s tears.” “I have been trained to-“ He smiled his most lovely smile and even with his hand clamping down on her with his nails digging into her skin Amber felt lust for him. “And I was trained by Satan dear to break the enemy, who do you think will win this little battle here?” “It was over before it began.” His perfect face was as cold as the moon. Amber tried to struggle he just bore down harder, those eyes keeping her helpless. “I don’t think you know anything anyway…and I already know that you’re from the Grey Dawn, you have more then a few traitors my dear.” He ripped her shirt down the front. “I’m feeling hungry…you’ll do.” Amber whimpered. Shadow chuckled a little. “Oh when I’m down my dear all this will seem like a lover’s tender touch and want to know a secret?’ He whispered in her ear for a few minutes. Amber opened her mouth and howled out a cry dragged from the depths of her soul. What he had told her burned into her mind she almost dint even feel it when he began to pull her soul out bit by bit.
When he was done Shadow yawned sleepy and full. He buzzed Nancy. “Take the shell back to the Grey Dawn will you Nancy?” She nodded and tossed her coat around the young woman who just stood there staring blankly at the wall. Shadow striped and walked into the bedroom that was connected to his office. He curled up in a ball on the bed. In sleep he was beautiful that angels would look ugly compared to him.

Ruby smiled as Rose fumbled with his chop sticks muttering to himself
He rolled his eyes her. “Laugh away….you always do.” “It was really funny when I made you go on your first roller-coaster.” “Yeah, yeah you suck.” She leaned over and brushed his hair back from his eyes. He smiled at her and nudged her foot under the table. Some girl and her friends where openly staring at both of them, at the next table over. The girl whispered to her friend. “Wow, he’s like the cutest goth boy ever.” Her friend whispered back. “I’ll take his date.” Ruby turned to them. “We do sometimes play with friends, want in?” Rose’s eyes widened and he nearly choked. The girls just stared and stuttered something. Ruby went back to her food as if nothing had happened.
Rose just shook his head after he was done turning red. “So, you got that big promotion?” Ruby asked. “It’s about time.” Rose sighed. “I really dint want it.” She rolled her eyes. “What?” “You need to deal with it, there’s nothing wrong with more power.” Rose frowned down at his food. “I hate having the power I do have.” Ruby shrugged. “It’s a part of life.” “I can’t wait until my powers start to get stronger.” “Wolf does not talk about it much but I know he can do things I can’t.” Rose poked at his food. “Yeah but I mean there’s always a price, and also you have to use it well and….why are you looking at me like that?” “Like what?” “Like I started to talk about how Alexander the Great changed the Greek world…..in Brazilian while setting my hand on fire.” Ruby made a wry face. “I guess because it makes about as much sense to me as that….that or snail crackers.” “Ew…snails…” Ruby muttered to herself. Rose sighed. “I guess this as good a time as any.” Ruby looked back at him. “For?” “I have been happy these last few mouths even before we were together I was happy to be around you and…” He pulled a box out. “Rex told me that you always get down around your death-day, he said you seem to think that bad things happen then and…I wanted to do something nice for you….to make it better.” He handed her the box, she opened it. It was a huge ruby on a plantim band. She pulled it out and written inside was “From Black Rose to Bloody Gem….timeless love.” Rose looked at her worriedly. “If only the girl that engraved it knew timeless love indeed…” Ruby leaned over and kissed him on the lips.
She looked into his eyes. “I love you too you babbling fool.” Rose smiled almost in spite of himself as she lightly touched his cheek. She slid the ring on her finger. “It’s almost as lovely as your smile.” She told him softly. Rex and Gavin wondered back from the bathroom. “So I guess you two where-“ “Fucking in there.” Rex said cheerfully cutting Ruby off. “Boy knows his way about a cock let me tell you….”
Gavin snorted and took Ruby’s hand. “Oh it looks so good on you!” He beamed at them both. “And no sex, Rose asked-“ Gavin made a strangled noise and Rose just looked wide eyed at him when Gavin glared at him and rubbed his side. Rex and Gavin slid into the booth next to each other and across from Ruby and Rose. Rex began to set into his food with a will that would have impressed a caveman. Gavin began to narrate in a stuffy British voice. “The young male devours his fallen enemy’s dead corpse with a savage growl.” Rex poked him in the ribs. “Careful or someone might be in the menu tonight.” He growled around his food. After dinner they all plied into Ruby’s car.
They got back to the house Ruby and Rose in the lead with Rex and Gavin behind them.
There was someone standing there. “Falthas?” Rose asked. “What is it?” “We needs must speak alone Black Rose.” “Anything you can say to me-” “Black Rose I understand that you are….fond…of the one they call Bloody Gem but this is not for her ears come with me.” Flasths waved a hand to Rose as he began to walk away. Rose glanced at Ruby. “Well go.” She said. He nodded and walked after Flasths. “What is going on..?” “Amber was found out.” Rose swallowed hard. “But she’s ok right?’ “I mean….” “The demon that calls himself Shadow, eat her soul.” “They brought the empty husk back to the mother-house.” Rose felt like something was pressing down on his chest. “No…” He raked his hands in his hair. “No…” “Yes Black Rose….this is the price we pay to fight evil.” Flasths sighed. “I am sorry child…you know that I have great respect for you…it saddens me to see this happen to you.” “I need to see her!” “I doubt that is a very good idea…” “I need to see her…please.” “Fine, come back to the mother house and don’t say I dint tell you not to.” Rose ran back to Ruby’s house. He tron the door off the hinges nearly. Ruby was sitting on the sofa “What’s going on-“ he garbed her and kissed her hard. “I love you.” She blinked. “I love you too what…” “Amber.” “Oh my god.” “Who…” “Shadow.” Her face was a mask of fear. “Don’t.” “Please Rose I love you don’t…” Blood tears brimmed in her eyes. “I won’t.”
She nodded. “I’ll be back soon.” “Ok.” He left her staring there feeling like the jury was coming for all of them and they where not happy at all.

Rose walked back out knowing what he would do. It would be fine. Amber was ok….how could a person lose their soul? It was madness he would go see her she would be fine. He could wake her up. It might just be a coma. He ran all the way there. He went to her room where someone had laid her out. He sighed to see her just laying there. He pulled all his magic down and everything was clearer better sharper. He moved his hand over her…and could feel nothing. She was gone utterly gone. No aura no nothing…her chest rose and fell but…she was gone. He fell to his keens next to her bed and laid his head down sobbing. After some time he stood up. He knew what came next he had to make the evil pay he was a Guardian he kept the weak safe and made the guilty pay.
He began to walk to Blood Moon Inc.

Shadow yawned as he woke up and wondered out of his bedroom. He heard a crash at the door of his office. He pulled on some pants before going to look. He walked out into his office and there stood a boy about 20 or so with a lovely face twisted with rage and magic all around him. Shadow tiled his head. “May I help you?” Shadow asked bored. Rose ran at him with fire crackling in his hands.
Shadow waved a hand and it disappeared. Shadow sighed and thickened the air around Rose holding him tightly and pinning him to the wall even trough he appeared unbound.
“All right now, are you some noble fool with a grudge, someone I fried?” “You’re not a hit man…”
Rose snarled out. “I’m Black Rose, and I’m the man who will kill you foul demon.”
Shadow tossed his head back and laughed. “Oh this is too perfect.” “You’re the Black Rose Ruby’s lover and the pride of The Grey Dawn.” Shadow moved closer looking into Rose’s eyes. “You’re such a strong and defiant personality, aren’t you, I can smell you noble soul.” Shadow touched Rose’s cheek in a mirror of when Ruby had. “Has anyone ever told you, you are perfect almost?”
“Most humans are ugly to me really…nothing can hope to be even somewhat like my perfection.”
“But you…” Rose spat at Shadow. Shadow laughed again. “Oh yes….” Shadow loosened the ties a little but not much. He stroked Rose’s hair. “I have not done this in too long….taken someone that I really wanted.” “You sick fuck!” Rose screamed. Shadow laid a hand over his mouth. “Now my pretty….be nice to me and I’ll be nice to you.” Shadow kissed Rose then covering his mouth and when Rose kept his mouth shut tightly Shadow bit him hard and drew blood. “Oh…poor baby.” Shadow whispered as he licked it off. Rose’s mind reeled. This did not happen to men….this kind of thing, and if it did it happened to weak ones. Not someone like him. Shadow tugged him by the arm still bound into the bedroom. He shoved Rose down and laid on top of him. Rose shuddered as Shadow kissed him again while lightly running a hand over Rose’s hair. “Does Ruby touch you like this….like you should be touched?” Shadow asked running his hands down Rose’s body. He ripped Rose’s shirt off and lightly sucked on his nipple. Rose held down a sob.
Shadow looked up. “You know….I think is boring me… you just lying there.” Rose shut his eyes and tried to think of something else. Shadow pried one eye open. “Look into my eyes.” Rose tried to turn his head. “Look at me.” Rose looked at him looked into his eyes.. Most of him screamed out when Shadow next kissed him, but some of him…wanted more. “The power of the incubus my lover….now most of your mind is saying no…I know but you will now play with me like a good pet.” Shadow undid the bounds then. Rose tried to move away, but Shadow caught him easily. “Now kiss me.” Rose in a haze pulled Shadow to him even as he screamed “no” in his mind his body liked it liked Shadow biting his neck, liked him running his hands over his bare chest. Shadow pulled off his pants and Rose’s as well. He moved down Rose’s body nipping as he went. Rose moaned out something that might have been no.
Shadow licked Rose’s hard length and then fully took it in his mouth. He moved his tongue over it lightly up and down, Rose gasped out.
Shadow moved up and down faster. Rose clenched his hands in fists until his nails bit into his palms. Finally he moaned and came into Shadow’s mouth. Then Shadow rolled him over. “You know the fun thing is….you will never be clean again…you will always be mine now…Ruby can never mark you like this.”
Rose tried again to get away Shadow sighed and slapped him hard. “Stop it.”
Shadow propped Rose up on his knees, holding him around the waist. Rose sobbed helplessly.
“This is going to be dear….this must be…..enjoy it.” Shadow murmured to him as he trust inside Rose. Rose screamed out. It felt like fire all up his spine it felt like being torn apart in so many ways. He went way feeling something happening to his body….but he was not there he was somewhere else. Shadow trust harder and faster as Rose just lay there not moving, not even making a sound now.
Shadow came and pulled out. “Oh look I think I broke it.” He muttered.
Shadow dressed and then almost tenderly picked up Rose who was still naked and bleeding. Shadow looked like a husband carrying his new wife over the threshold as he carried Rose to his car and put him in the seat. Rose’s eyes were open but blank. Shadow drove them to the Guardian’s house and carried Rose to the front door-step. Shadow lay Rose on the cold steps leaned down and kissed him one more time softly. “Goodnight….” Shadow whispered as he walked away.


Darkness and pain, utter nothingness and more pain the he had felt in a long time where there for him when he awoke at last.
He stared blankly up not knowing where he was and not caring. He knew he was….away from whatever had done this to him that was all that mattered. He floated there not thinking almost peaceful in his blank refusal to think or feel. Nothing had happened there was nothing to think about. He was fine…everything was fine now, that fact that he could hardly remember his own name or what bad thing had happened to him meant nothing. The door opened a bit and a man of middle age in looks came inside he wore the dark red robes of a healer, and the white hair that fell down his back in a long braid marked him as a Fey. He huddled himself in a corner on the bed hoping the man was not there to have anything to do with him. “Captain…” the man said softly. He backed away faster pressing himself into the corner tighter hating himself for being weak but unable to even recall how to fight. Fighting only got you hurt more…someone had taught him that…but he dint remember who. The man nodded to two others behind him a young woman and a young man.
They moved over to him and held him down firmly. He screamed and trashed madly trying to get away. Suddenly both of them where flung across the room and the girl’s dress was on fire.
A dresser was thrown across the room by an unseen hand. The girl had fled screaming and the boy went after her.
The Healer ducked under a flying chair and left as well in a swirl of red robes.
He floated again not thinking really but something came to him unbidden….
Something Ruby has said once, something….
He sat up gasping as he remembered it. She knew Shadow’s true name of power.
She had told him once offhand that she knew it and that was why Shadow hated her so much.
She had power over him. Rose bolted upright and garbed some clothes from the floor. He hurriedly dressed. He knew what to do now he knew how to take his revenge.
He rushed out the door.

Ruby moved her foot restlessly as she sat, in her favorite chair by the door watching it and not watching it. It had been a few days since Rose had left and he had not been back to the house since. She was worried about him but knew that if she pushed the issue he would be upset. She knew how much he did…had loved Amber and she was not content to but would leave him alone for now. She paged over the dairy of the last Free Being again something she had been doing more and more of late. It talked over and over about the Belle Oe Morta, a vampire who had been able to use magic. She had been before even this last Free Being’s time but he believed that she had been able to use magic by tricking somehow the forces of magic into thinking she was human. It was confusing but there were hints to some ritual of soul-sharing that would make this possible. Ruby sighed wishing Rose would come back to her….
Then she heard a sound like tearing metal. She looked up in alarm and saw Rose standing in the door way. He looked like hell. His eyes where wide and staring, he seemed to have lost weight in the few days she had last seen him. She ran to him and he shoved her away before she could embrace him. “Don’t touch me!” he screamed. “Rose..” she stuttered “What happened?” “Nothing happened, just don’t touch me.” He growled at her. Her eyes widened with pain. “You have Shadow’s true name of power don’t you?” “Yes…but I-” “I need it.” “I can’t let you do that!” “Me and him have a stalemate if he ever found out I-“ “I need it!” His voice was pleading and in pain. “Rose I can’t just give you that for little reason I know he….I know what he did to Amber but I can’t-“
“He raped me!” It took all the air from the room. Her face went paler then it already was.
She simply got up and walked in her room. He heard sounds coming from it. She came back with an ancient looking scroll in her hand. “Leave.” She told him. “What?” “Leave.” “I need to find someone to do this we are talking about opening a portal to Hell and sending a powerful demon down it…you will be there when it goes down, but for now leave while I find someone to do this.”
Rose left without a word only after the door had shut and only when she was sure he was gone did she fall to the floor sobbing.

Rose sat on his bed thinking about the locked box.
He had buried it long ago under his floorboards. He rarely opened it up it was often on his mind. It was there seething like his anger. It there was waiting…like his pain.
He crouched down and pried the floorboard up.
He couldn’t help himself as he pressed the series of complicated magical locks.
At last he opened it and pulled out the only picture he had of his mother and father.
He ran his fingers over the photo. He would almost hear his mother’s voice calling him.

His tears burned as they fell. He knew that he had failed them utterly his mother and father. He had killed them…with his own hands. Yes he had been in a blood rage but…and now with what Shadow had done….Rose stood. He wasn’t going to wait anymore for the fight to come to him. He might have to wait for Ruby wait to give Shadow what was coming to him but he wasn’t going to wait to deal with the things he needed to deal with. He was done waiting.
He walked to Amber’s room and shut the door.

Ruby paced her mind whirling with until at last everything fall into place even if she dint want it too. She snatched the diary of the last free being up off her bed. “My god.” She whispered. “I know how she did it, how she worked magic as a vampire.” She paged more and more. She found what she was looking for. A free being can work outside fate and do things beyond what most could even dream of. If the Belle had the power to work magic as a vampire she most certainly was a Free Being and had a Witch Born help her.
Ruby picked up the phone to call Larissa.

Rose rocked on the balls of his feet as he stood outside the warehouse that he had tracked some vampires back to. He had been watching a night club and had seen two girls leaving in the company of five vampires. He knew he should have back up. He just didn’t care. Rose took a deep breathe and kicked the door in. He rained fire down as fast as he could hoping to take out as many as he could before they swamped him. A few burned but there where more then he had thought and they came down on him like a plague.

Ruby stood in the circle of power naked. Larissa looked at her worriedly. “Mom please tell me what is going on here?” “I can’t.” Larissa sighed. “I don’t know if I can pull this off…” Ruby’s eyes glittered. “I know you can ‘Rissa….you have too ok?” Larissa nodded. She took a deep breathe and held it in for a few minutes. When she opened her eyes they had turned white. “Hear me now soul of the Black Rose, the Bloody Gem calls you to her.” Larissa threw a handful of herbs into the fire. “I stand here The Child Of Balance, beloved of the Gods themselves, I will not be denied!” Larissa gasped as she was knocked over by a wind she couldn’t see. Ruby watched helpless, she knew that if she broke the circle now they could both die and might anyway. Larissa called out louder. “An outrage has been done and must be answered!” “Blood for blood!” “Pain for pain!” “Two souls share a love and now they share an agony beyond what should be!” Larissa was picked up slammed into a wall and held there a few feet off the ground. Ruby cried out as well as her skin as cut seemingly from no where. “Let the souls mingle in love and rage let them have the power together that they do not have alone!” Larissa choked out. Ruby screamed again like a lost soul. Over her left breast a black rose had appeared like a brand. Her skin was pinker and she was bleeding red blood not the black she had bled before. “We did it!” she whispered and then passed out.

Rose bit and kicked as he was held down. “Oh look….” A voice came from the darkness oily and sinful. “A hero is it?” A vampire stepped into view. “I’ve seen more then my fair share of heroes.” “I don’t know why you came to bother me and my brood little divampire but it was a bad idea.” “If you wanted to die why not just hung yourself like a human?” Rose spat in his face. The master vampire sneered. “Kill him, I’m bored.” Then a surge of power went into Rose he felt like he had been sucker punched with it almost. He easily fought off the three vampires holding him.
They went after him but he was faster then he had been and they didn’t even see it coming when he rammed his fist into the chest of the first one to garb him again. Rose laughed out loud with the sheer joy of battle. “Come on!!” “More you pussies!” “Fucking bring it on!” Rose’s mad laughter unnerved a few of them but they changed again only to be brought down by the sheer manic force of Rose’s blows. He reached for his magic and could not even feel it. He was so taken aback by this that he took a blow to the face, but he barely felt it. He garbed one vampire by the hair and pulled as hard as he could pulled his head off grinning he tossed the head at another vampire. He didn’t even know what happened then he just kept beating, ripping, biting and killing. When he was done he was the only one left standing the two girls he had came in there to save huddled in a corner covered in some of the black rotten vampiric blood that had been tossed about quite a lot. He held out a hand to one of them. “Come on…I’ll take you home.” He said his voice raspy from screaming battle cries. They just sobbed and turned from him. “Monster…” one them whispered “You are just like them.” His eyes went blank and he left them there. “I’m not a monster…what is happening to me?” Rose murmured as he ran swifter then he had ever moved before to Ruby’s house.

Ruby woke to the sound of her steel front door being ripped from its hinges. Rex was in an uproar yelling at Rose. “You fucking moron, who’s going to-“The sounds of Rex yelling were cut off when he saw Rose’s face full on. “Well someone’s a full on vampire now, I think I’m going to go back to human or something.” “Shut.” “Up.” “Rex.” Rose ground out each word like a death threat.
Ruby walked out into the room on shaky legs. “Let him alone Rex.” “He’s in a blood rage…he could take you down right now.” Rex’s nostrils flared. “For the love of the deadest and most unholy gods Ruby what have you done?” Rex whispered horrified “It’s tempory don’t worry ok?” “Rex rushed over to her and garbed her by the shoulders and shook her. “You’re a divampire.” “How?” ”Why?!” Ruby tried to bat his hands away and failed. Larissa stepped out of the hallway. “I did it Dad.” “She asked me to.” Rose broke in it. “You did this!?” “You turned me into this!?” “I had to Rose!” she shouted. Ruby garbed Rose’s hand and dragged him into her room. She shut the door and sat down on the bed. “I am a Free Being….someone with no fate….that means only I could fuck with Shadow’s fate and send him to hell.” “However we needed someone who have the magical power to pull it off….that I dint have.”
”I became a Free Being by being a porchey holder and not fulfilling that porecry.” “I was to be The Fury, a Born Witch.” “The diary of the last Free Being talks about a soul joining retuiral where the two involved …can share and swap for lack of a better term…powers…and even…” She touched his cold skin. “Even what they are.” “So if I became divampie…” Rose ended her thought. “You got that magic back.” “Yes.” Ruby shut her eyes and focused. Can you hear me? Rose jumped a bit. “Yes I can…stop that.” Ruby took her hands in his. “We should not stay like this too long…it’s not good for us.” Rose garbed his hands away from hers. “When can we get what’s mine?” “I want blood.” He said simply staring into her eyes.
Ruby sighed. “I don’t know if I’m ready…I don’t use anything about using these powers.” “I mean I know I can crush a city flat, I just don’t know how…” He gave her a flat look. “I know what you want Rose stop pushing me ok?” She nearly shouted. “Larissa and I almost died tonight for you!” He shrugged. “I didn’t ask you to do this or to risk your daughter’s life for me.” “You took matters into your own hands.” She slapped him across the face. It was hard to tell who was more shocked him or her. She was shocked because she had felt the slap on her own cheek. He watched her skin turn red as he knew his must be doing. “I guess we are bonded in a few ways now.” He said softly “I guess so.” Ruby muttered. Ruby knelt by him. Rose reached inside and shoved something back at Ruby. She gasped and fell back on the bed. “Dear God, I guess I had just gotten used to it, but just being half…alive.” She shook her head. “I think know what you mean…it was freeing not feel…anything…” Rose turned to the door. “I’m staying here tonight.” ”Upstairs.” “Alone.” He said as he walked out the door.

Larissa had transported herself back to Carsdesmorta after Rose had come tearing into the house. Everything hurt and she was glad she had managed to get herself into her room. She collapsed onto the bed and in a few moments she was sleeping.
The next day was uneventful. She wondered in a bit of a daze. What she had done the night before…something no one ever had done before. She still dint know if she had done the right thing or not. Her musings where interrupted when Jadora garbed her arm and steered her to one of the breakfast tables. “Are you ok?” she asked “Your eyes are blood shot….and where have you been all weekend?” Jadora slid a roll at Larissa. “Eat please…” She narrowed her eyes at Larissa.
Larissa picked at her roll. “You’re pining over Skye huh?” Larissa blinked. “No.”
Jadora nodded. “Yes you are.” Her pale face was grim. “I wish things where different...but..”
“He needs to stop teasing you, shit or get off the pot.” Jadora shrugged. “Well I’m bringing it up because Skye wants to see you tonight.” Larissa sighed and shook her head. “I’m just going to classes and crashing…” “Whatever you want honey.” Jadora said as she garbed their trays to put away.
The rest of the day was a blur. When she at last opened her dorm room door she could barely keep her eyes open. Larissa flopped on the bed and fell asleep dressed.
When she opened her eyes it was the dead of night, she saw Mike moving in the room. She looked drugged or traced and was wearing her nightgown. “Mike?” she whispered. Mike ignored her and walked out the door of their room. Larissa went after her. Mike walked slowly in front of her at first and then begun to drat here and there.
She lost track of Mike when they had gotten to the wooded area. She felt like something was keeping her from calling out. Still drained from the using so much magic a day ago at last Larissa called up a spark of fire. She was to forever wish she had not. Mike was lying there on the ground ripped open from neck to groin. She must have fought because her fingers where broken. But when Larissa saw Mike’s missing eyes….Larissa screamed out loud and did not stop until someone found her.

Rose had walked around unseeing and thinking for awhile.
He at last made his way to the Motherhouse, he went to his room and removed the few things he wanted. He went to Amber’s room and took a picture of her him and Virgil together.
Of the three of them only he was alive. He was still unsure if Amber’s death meant anything.
Without being asked to he walked into Falthas’s study. Falthas’s eyes flashed at him.
“I should have you staked out for the sun for what you did!” “I did what was needed no one else would put Amber out of her misery so I did.” “There was nothing but a shell both you and I know it.”
Falthas stood. “I dint want to do this…but you have been tainted by the dark what Shadow did to you---.” “He did nothing to me” Rose raised his voice somewhat. Falthas held out his hands in a placating manner. “I don’t want it to come to blows my son…but you need to leave the Grey Dawn.”
“What you did to Amber just can’t be allowed to—“ Rose stood and was stalking to the door. “You want me to leave?” “I’m gone.” As he walked out the door Rose felt freer then he had in years.

He kept that feeling for a few moments before he was brought back down to earth sharply. He still had a link with his girl friend that she done without his knowledge or permission that went beyond marriage and made dating a joke. He still had her homicidal best friend living with them, and not lastly at all he still needed to make Shadow pay.
He shrugged, he was free now…now what?
Rose ripped off the necklace that held a bit of Falthas’s blood something every Guardian got when they where raised from training and threw it away into the night.
“I’m doing things my way now…..” Rose smiled. “Nothing’s gonna stop me.”
He sighed knowing he had a lot to do. He called Ruby “Are you ready?” “Ok so am I”
“I’ll be over soon.”
He pulled into him her vampire side it made him feel cold and like nothing could touch him.
He could get used to his…very used to this…


Shadow hit the floor of the wastelands of Hell with a thump.
“Home sweet fucking home.” He muttered. He glanced down at himself he was naked sometimes being shoved into different dimension did that to a person.
He brushed himself off.
“Well time to get on with the next stage …” he said as he dug under a rock where he had hidden some money on one of his last trips to Hell he found it at last along with some clothes. He dress quickly in tight breeches and a white shirt with flowing cuffs as was the fashion there.
He slipped down the winding streets getting to the center of the great marketplace there he stood waiting a few minutes he tapped his foot getting ready for what was next. He turned to a Domnock one of the native peoples who was as helpless to him as a human would be. “Did you hear that Shadow who helped that girl kill the King’s High general has returned to Hell?” he asked her.
Her eyes widened. “No….” he nodded. “And what’s more I hear he’s working with the rebels who have been bombing of late.”
“I hear they are in the swamps east of the city.” He left her looking after him in disbelief

Shadow made his way to the rebel’s hide out deep in the swamps.
He walked right up to the lair and made himself known to the leaders who he had been helping in secret since they begun to rebel quite a few years ago.
They let him in quickly as they looked to see if anyone was behind him but they were almost sure that no one knew of the new meeting place.
Shadow was talking quietly with Elli the head of the rebellion who he had met years ago on one of his trips to Hell
The door was kicked off it’s hinges and about a hundred of Hell’s soldiers bore down on them.
Shadow smiled sweetly at them.
“All this for me?” he asked as a fist met his face he was shoved down and they beat him, stripped and shackled him.
He was dragged across the town on his keens. The citizens threw rotten food and other things at him kicked and beat him. He bore it all with no word.
He was brought to the King himself who dismissed the guards.
The King walked around him “Shadow…Shadow….dint I give you everything and this is how you repay me..” The King sighed. Shadow just grinned. “Come on everyone’s gone…let me out.”
Saten complied. “Every since I met you and saw that hole in your mind…” Shadow smirked.
“It is kind of plain if the Lord of Hell can’t see something….it must be true prophecy about himself.”
The King smiled back.
“And you my lovely one have taken care of that for me ….my daughter is dead and no one here thinks I had a hand in it…only those on earth know and who cares what they think as long as He Who Walks Not Here…knows nothing of it..”
Shadow went and sat on the King’s lap. “Your naked and bleeding” he laughed “Just like when I met you.” Shadow shook his head. “Not a lot’s different I guess…”
The King pulled Shadow into a heated kiss their tongues danced together.
Then a searing pain over took the King. He pulled away and looked down. Shadow had drove a dagger into the Kings heart. “Ho..w…” the King murmured as he fell over. Shadow yanked the knife out and cut himself with it. “Well for one thing.” He said shoving the King over as he sat on the Throne of Hell himself. “The Dagger of Tears can be hidden in your own flesh oddly.” Shadow stabbed the King again in the eye just in case.
“And my portent….” He mused more to himself.
“The Free Being sent me to Hell messed with my fate…kind of rare.”
Shadow walked down the hall to where the truly dangerous things where stored.
He opened a case holding the axe of the last great Domack King.
“Well….kind of pretty…” He picked it up.
A Domack slave guard came rushing in and saw him holding it.
“Hiksia “ He said in hushed tones as he fell to his keens.
He lay his head on the ground. “Hiksia I am yours…guide us…teach us..”
“Oh this is too rich…” Shadow smiled. “I’m written in Porechey huh?”
“ Makes sense…” Shadow waved a hand. “Get up, we need to tell everyone about the coming of the new King and…and the what was it again?”
“Hiksia my Lord…”
“Yeah that ….don’t tell me what I’m going to do I wont hear you anyways.”
In three days the word of the coming of the Hiksia had spread the Domock flooded the city waiting to hear Shadow’s words.
He appeared as a shining lovely blonde for the speech.
He held the Darksinger up so everyone could see the Axe.
“I’ve come….and I will lead us to glory!”

“Hikari….I’m coming for you my love my brother…coming to bring you home…”


Ruby shuddered in her bed as she dreamed shared dreams with Rose dreams of being raped over and over being tied down by Shadow as he laughed at her screams.
She woke screaming and crying knowing she wasn’t crying her own tears and wondered what the fuck she had done to them.
What had she brought on herself and her love …

Rose trashed as he dreamed of blood and fire always blood and fire.
He dreamed of killing and maiming he knew he was a vampire in this dream and he liked it.
He liked the power he knew nothing would ever hurt him again…he was strong and safe now…
Forever …he was safe….safe…
Shadow was gone…punished…he was safe now.


Rex stopped Gavin from blowing him and pulled him close into a tight and desperate embrace.
Gavin sacred by the sudden emotion from Rex held him close without saying anything.
Rex kissed Gavin tenderly and almost shyly.
They made love for the first time ever that night it was slow and sweet it meant something.
In the morning Rex could hardly look him in the eye.


Howl bolted upright in bed screaming.
“He’s coming…oh God…please…his bruning eyes…he’s comeing!!”
Hobbes woke in time to save her from trying to tear out her eyes.
“I’m SORRY I DIN’T KNOW THE MAN IN RED IS COMEING…”
Her sliver hair was matted with sweat and she tore at it whenever she got her hands free from Hobbes’s grasp.
“God forgive me I dint know…”
She howled a lost cry that made Hobbes’s ears bleed a bit but he dint let go.
At last he punched her lightly in the jaw to knock her out while he made some calls.
“Shen…”
“Yeah…she saw something…”
“Yes…come over…”
“No…I don’t think we have to kill her…”
“Yeah…see you soon.”
Hobbes hung up the phone and looked at his sleeping love.
You brought this on us…how long can I keep it from everyone?
Well I guess when they hang you…they’ll hang me too…
: he sat and waited for Shen-Ryo...everything was on him now

Wolf gave pause as he bit a young girl.
Something had happened he knew it…something was going on…
He dropped the girl and made way for the office.
Something was going down and he needed to work it to his avenge

Larissa floated in a sea of not caring.
She had been drugged and spelled to sleep at last.
She moaned and tossed as she slept
She knew nothing of what was to come …not yet…she was lucky….They were all lucky.