Nathan sat barefoot in the sand looking on the almost still night time ocean. It was hard to see where the ocean ended and the sky began as they acted as perfect mirrors of each other. Occasionally due to gusts of wind or perhaps the passing of a distant ship ripples would stir in the water. It was only the most subtle of ways he could remind himself he was looking at the ocean and not the sky.
"Isn't this nice?" She said in the familiar honey dipped voice.
Nathan had grown use to her intoxicating sound but could never tire of it. "Yes it certainly is."
"I'm so glad I decided to send Tyros away for a while, gave us some much needed time alone."
"Indeed," He said feeling the sweat on his forehead, "Since we are alone, you should feel able to be completely honest with me. The question I asked you, have you give it any more thought?"
"I don't know what you mean."
"What does it matter to you so much that I love you? You want to be free of Darkness of so you say. I believe the truth can set you free, but finding the truth always involves asking the right questions."
He could see in her she needed him as much as he wanted her. Both urges were considerable and rested right on the very edge of what could be controlled.
She responded brushing off the question, "Sometimes truth can only be found by feeling. By being honest to what your heart says." She leaned in close enough Nathan could smell her inviting aroma. He felt his eyes closing he longed to kiss her as if he felt her kiss would erase all his pain. Luckily, he heard a sword being drawn from its sheath drawing his attention.
He opened his eyes and sprung up to his feet turning toward the sound. It was with silent and deadly precision Tyros landed his two blades on either side of Nathan's chest before he could respond.
Death and Nathan had met previously so he was familiar with the feeling. He knew the routine as ones body shut down to numbness. He was no stranger to it neither did he fear it. However, he did regret his mission would go unfulfilled. Perhaps he should have never let himself be distracted by the issue with Darkness. The gods had given him a mission, perhaps he was foolish to overreach his calling. He prayed the next seeker of Truth would be wiser than he. His thoughts were interrupted by Tyros ranting in anger. This was different than when he spoke before as if all that was left was sadness and rage. "You want the truth seeker? the truth is you should thank me. I'm really saving you."
Nathan replied in short cold gasps, "Interesting....saving me from...what?"
"From becoming me."
From there things were pretty dark. He could hear Tatyana screaming and crying. Tyros responded something about Darkness's will and that it can't be fought. He thinks in the last few moments Tatyana was holding him. "I won't let Derrick take this from me." "Yes Black Velvet as you command." "We hide, as before, we hide forever if we must."
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Nathan woke up with the taste of Copper in his mouth. He also felt a strange uneasiness and sickness to his joints and stomache but a strange hidden strength as well. He set up feeling like he should cough but was incapable of doing so. He look up to see Tatyana closing a coffin with Tyros inside. She looked over at Nathan he could almost feel her looking back at him. She rushed to his side, "My precious, are you ok. I healed you the only way I could. I'm glad you've survived. Now we can be together."
"What happened. Tell me."
"Derrick felt the Hymn has spread too far its gotten too bad. He had sent me to distract you to prevent you from interfering in his great plan and Tyros he sent to wipe out any trace of the Hymn. Tyros seems to have succeeded but now Derrick wants to take no chances. He ordered Tyros to kill you. You have no concept of the power he has over me. I can no oppose him all we can do is run. I can not afford to give you up. Not when I've just found you."
"Ok, I'm not really one for hiding but I see your point. If Tyros is trying to kill me why bring him along."
"I have him back under my control now. Something changed in him after he returned. What ever was left of the Tyson I once loved is now completely gone. Only a monster's rage remains. I had to use the limit of my skills to entice him back into service, but he is under my control now."
Nathan stood up and felt a cold power within him. "You said you healed me... how?"
"The bride ritual. Vampire's do not die. My blood has the secret of immortality I shared some with you. It is the glorious first step in a wonderful eternal life we will share. You have passed your first night with my blood in your veins. You are on the horizon. You but need to kill once and we can be together forever."
Nathan found the cold power came with rage as well, "How dare you? I would have rather died than become like you?"
"Am I really so terrible? Am I some monster to only be feared? What is so wrong with me that I don't deserve to be happy." Tears now streaked her perfect cheeks.
"We only deserve to be happy if our choices allow us. You are a monster because you chose to be a monster. You always whine about how you are miserable. But instead of chance it you insist on making others the same. I could only save you if you wanted to be saved. But that was never what you wanted. The truth is you wanted to hide from truth you can't accept that you became a monster, and your attempts to hide only claim innocent victims." He drew the seekers sword, "I know how to stop the bride ritual. I can be returned to mortality only if the vampire whose blood I drank is killed. Destruction is the only salvation left for you."
"Nathan, No. This is not you. Where is your compassion? your warmth?"
"You took it from me."
As he stepped forward sword drawn she fell to her knees arms spread wide begging. "Because If you love me, I must not be a monster. Because that would have meant that Derrick did not take everything from me."
Nathan stopped for a moment. She continued, "That's the answer to your question. I want it so desperately that until know I've been willing to destroy anyone and everyone it takes to prove that to myself. But now I know I will never find happiness. KILL me NATHAN end it all."
Nathan stood for a long long moment then dropped his sword and knelt to embraced his love, "Now you are truly chosing to be free. I don't know how but we'll get through this. We'll find a way to stop Darkness ... together."
"Isn't this nice?" She said in the familiar honey dipped voice.
Nathan had grown use to her intoxicating sound but could never tire of it. "Yes it certainly is."
"I'm so glad I decided to send Tyros away for a while, gave us some much needed time alone."
"Indeed," He said feeling the sweat on his forehead, "Since we are alone, you should feel able to be completely honest with me. The question I asked you, have you give it any more thought?"
"I don't know what you mean."
"What does it matter to you so much that I love you? You want to be free of Darkness of so you say. I believe the truth can set you free, but finding the truth always involves asking the right questions."
He could see in her she needed him as much as he wanted her. Both urges were considerable and rested right on the very edge of what could be controlled.
She responded brushing off the question, "Sometimes truth can only be found by feeling. By being honest to what your heart says." She leaned in close enough Nathan could smell her inviting aroma. He felt his eyes closing he longed to kiss her as if he felt her kiss would erase all his pain. Luckily, he heard a sword being drawn from its sheath drawing his attention.
He opened his eyes and sprung up to his feet turning toward the sound. It was with silent and deadly precision Tyros landed his two blades on either side of Nathan's chest before he could respond.
Death and Nathan had met previously so he was familiar with the feeling. He knew the routine as ones body shut down to numbness. He was no stranger to it neither did he fear it. However, he did regret his mission would go unfulfilled. Perhaps he should have never let himself be distracted by the issue with Darkness. The gods had given him a mission, perhaps he was foolish to overreach his calling. He prayed the next seeker of Truth would be wiser than he. His thoughts were interrupted by Tyros ranting in anger. This was different than when he spoke before as if all that was left was sadness and rage. "You want the truth seeker? the truth is you should thank me. I'm really saving you."
Nathan replied in short cold gasps, "Interesting....saving me from...what?"
"From becoming me."
From there things were pretty dark. He could hear Tatyana screaming and crying. Tyros responded something about Darkness's will and that it can't be fought. He thinks in the last few moments Tatyana was holding him. "I won't let Derrick take this from me." "Yes Black Velvet as you command." "We hide, as before, we hide forever if we must."
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Nathan woke up with the taste of Copper in his mouth. He also felt a strange uneasiness and sickness to his joints and stomache but a strange hidden strength as well. He set up feeling like he should cough but was incapable of doing so. He look up to see Tatyana closing a coffin with Tyros inside. She looked over at Nathan he could almost feel her looking back at him. She rushed to his side, "My precious, are you ok. I healed you the only way I could. I'm glad you've survived. Now we can be together."
"What happened. Tell me."
"Derrick felt the Hymn has spread too far its gotten too bad. He had sent me to distract you to prevent you from interfering in his great plan and Tyros he sent to wipe out any trace of the Hymn. Tyros seems to have succeeded but now Derrick wants to take no chances. He ordered Tyros to kill you. You have no concept of the power he has over me. I can no oppose him all we can do is run. I can not afford to give you up. Not when I've just found you."
"Ok, I'm not really one for hiding but I see your point. If Tyros is trying to kill me why bring him along."
"I have him back under my control now. Something changed in him after he returned. What ever was left of the Tyson I once loved is now completely gone. Only a monster's rage remains. I had to use the limit of my skills to entice him back into service, but he is under my control now."
Nathan stood up and felt a cold power within him. "You said you healed me... how?"
"The bride ritual. Vampire's do not die. My blood has the secret of immortality I shared some with you. It is the glorious first step in a wonderful eternal life we will share. You have passed your first night with my blood in your veins. You are on the horizon. You but need to kill once and we can be together forever."
Nathan found the cold power came with rage as well, "How dare you? I would have rather died than become like you?"
"Am I really so terrible? Am I some monster to only be feared? What is so wrong with me that I don't deserve to be happy." Tears now streaked her perfect cheeks.
"We only deserve to be happy if our choices allow us. You are a monster because you chose to be a monster. You always whine about how you are miserable. But instead of chance it you insist on making others the same. I could only save you if you wanted to be saved. But that was never what you wanted. The truth is you wanted to hide from truth you can't accept that you became a monster, and your attempts to hide only claim innocent victims." He drew the seekers sword, "I know how to stop the bride ritual. I can be returned to mortality only if the vampire whose blood I drank is killed. Destruction is the only salvation left for you."
"Nathan, No. This is not you. Where is your compassion? your warmth?"
"You took it from me."
As he stepped forward sword drawn she fell to her knees arms spread wide begging. "Because If you love me, I must not be a monster. Because that would have meant that Derrick did not take everything from me."
Nathan stopped for a moment. She continued, "That's the answer to your question. I want it so desperately that until know I've been willing to destroy anyone and everyone it takes to prove that to myself. But now I know I will never find happiness. KILL me NATHAN end it all."
Nathan stood for a long long moment then dropped his sword and knelt to embraced his love, "Now you are truly chosing to be free. I don't know how but we'll get through this. We'll find a way to stop Darkness ... together."
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