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Damien: *walks in radiating a cold aura, and his face is cut* Alexenia: *a medium height girl with long, jet-black hair and eyes so ice blue they look silver walks in. She shivers slightly from Damien's aura* Do I know you? Damien: *his hand slides to the hilt of a katana in one smooth motion* No, I don't think so...but I've been around awhile, and I don't remember everyone. *rubs the blood away from the healed wound on his face and licks it before grabbing a wine bottle and taking a swig from it* Kangaxx: *appears sitting up on the bartop with a bottle of deamon wine* Gygax: *walks in wearing military garb* 'Evening. Alexenia: Aren't you Damien Magnus? You fit the description... Damien: *slides the blade from the lock in the sheath* I am...and who might you be? Gygax: *walks in wearing military garb* Damien: *slides the blade from the lock in the sheath* I am...and who might you be? Alexenia: *offers her hand* Alexenia. *smiles slightly, revealing long fangs* Damien: *with the hand not holding the sword he takes her hand and kisses the top of it* It's a pleasure... *his aura is now the usual warm spice as when he is with Kat. He returns the fanged smile* Alexenia: My, you're as charming as she said... Damien: Who was it that told you about me? *slides the sword back* Alexenia: You probably don't remember her. She said it was a while ago when you two met... Damien: *nods* As I said...I've been around a while...you don't feel like a very weak vampiress. *closes his eyes as though he is bathing in her aura* You can't be any lower than 5th generation. Gygax: *looks around* Exciting... *walks into the back* Alexandria: Third...actually... Damien: Ah...then, I'm sorry to insult your blood's integrity. *smile melts away* Wait...was your sire the one that met me? Alexandria: No actually...a friend of mine, she's the lead singer in my band...and it's not a big deal... Damien: *breathes in relief and takes a swig of blood* Oh...good. I almost thought you were my blood sister... Gygax: *returns with some black tea* Anyone else want some? Kangaxx: *very drunk* Here, Gygax... *sways* Gygax: *gives Gaxx his tea* There you go...anyone else? Alexenia: Well...I feel wanted... *rounds the bar and gets a drink* She said this place was nice... Kangaxx: *hops up and looks around* Best place around. Damien: I do apoligize, but of course you understand that talk of any vampire's past is unnerving... Alexenia: Of course... *glances at Gaxx* Hmm...interesting place... Damien: Oh...yes those two...allow me to introduce Kangaxx and Gygax. Gygax: indeed *drinks some tea* and who are you introducing us to? Kangaxx: *bows drunkenly before spinning and going back to his tea* Alexenia: *bows low and smiles and waves...offers her hand to Gygax* Alexenia... Kangaxx: *waves his left arm upward firing a few sparks up at the ceiling before Dance Macabre starts to play* Gygax: Pleasure to meet you... *kneels and kisses Alexenia's hand* Alexenia: *smiles slightly* Yes...interesting patrons here... Gygax: *stands* Don't let the uniform fool you... Alexenia: Not in the least... Kangaxx: *stares at Alexina and palms the Godsbane* Gygax: Settle down Gaxx. Here have more tea... *pours some more for Gaxx* Alexenia: *glances at Gaxx, completely at ease before nodding her head respectfully and turning to regard Damien once more* Kangaxx: *turns to Gygax...is very drunk and having one of his insane spells* That one here to stop me? Where's she from and why's she here? Gygax: Just met her myself. I know not of her intentions here. Damien: *finishes his blood and throws the bottle over his shoulder* You might want to watch him...he killed a demon lord the other night on a whim. So what brings you to New Mayhem? Alexenia: Hmm... **rude** Actually, Damien...I came here at the request of the girl...she wanted me to come find you, and ask how you were. Gygax: **Careful what you think, m'dear** Alexenia: *closes off her mind, even to the most stubborn* **I think what I will...thank you** Damien: **I'm not much of a fan of either of them but their power makes them...respected** Who would this girl be? Alexenia: Her name is Katrine...Lady Katrine Nightshade... Gygax: *gazes at Alexenia* Oh? Alexenia: Yes...she said she used to frequent this bar... Damien: *eyes widen for a moment, but he regains his composure* Yes...she did...can you tell me where she is? Alexenia: No... Damien: I figured as much...either way you can tell her I'm fine and only getting into a few small fights... Alexenia: Of course. Tell me though...what is your relation with her? She spoke of you highly, but she was sad... Damien: I'm her lover. If demons could love, then we do love each other, and I am equally saddened by her absence from this land... Alexenia: Hmm...lover? I thought it would be something more than that...oh well... Damien: When you're a vampire, what more is there? It's a mutual feeling...not like that of a slave and master, nor that of a sire and fledgling...lover is the best word I could give you. What did she say about me? Alexenia: Why not ask her yourself? But if she comes back I'll be surprised... Damien: Why? What's wrong with her? Alexenia: Nothing is wrong with her... *sips her drink* Damien: then why wouldn't she come back? What's she been doing all this time? Alexenia: She's afraid, that's why. She's been trying to think of ways to survive... Shadow: *a large black wolf trots into the room, then shifts to her human form...walks over to Gaxx and kisses his cheek* Hello, love... *takes his wine* Kangaxx: *looks up and grins* Hey there... *summons another wine* Gygax: Long time no see, Shadow. Shadow: Destroy any worlds recently? *grins playfully* Hello, Gygax! Kangaxx: ... *folds his arms on the bartop and buries his face in them* Gygax: Have you received any business after our joint job? Shadow: Not lately... *looks over at Gaxx and wraps her arms around him* What's wrong? Kangaxx: Twelve planes thus far...trillions more beings to kill... *downs his deamon wine* Shadow: *manages a small smile* Hmm...interesting... Kangaxx: *looks up at Shadow* Wanna help me destory all of existance? Shadow: I will help you destroy my world... Kangaxx: It's a start... Shadow: It's the best I can do.... Kangaxx: *still drinking his wine* Did we win? I sent my whole army in...did we win back your plane? Shadow: Yes...yes we did... Kangaxx: Life is good for you then *sways and almost falls off before catching himself* Shadow: *grabs his shoulders, steadying him* Considering I hate everything about my home...yes...all is well... Kangaxx: Then I'll make a note to blow it up next. First, we drink to all the trillions that died today! *summons several more deamon wines* Shadow: *shakes her head then takes a bottle* Kangaxx: Maybe I won't have to blow up this plane...I'll have to do the math on that later... Shadow: You might not have to... Kangaxx: Home first, then this place... Damien: *turns away from Alex* GAXX! Kangaxx: *looks up* Yes? Damien: What happened to Kat? Shadow: *watches Damien* Kangaxx: uhhh...I killed Daemon, who told her a bunch of stuff she should not have been told...probably should have done something about her too, but, nah, I don't have it in me. I'll have Anubis do it later... *goes back to his drink* Damien: and now she is somewhere trying to figure out ways to survive...what the hell would be threatening that? Shadow: *blinks slightly, then looks at Gaxx, resisting the urge to step back* Alexenia: Don't worry about her...she's afraid to die...that's all... Kangaxx: Is she afraid of me killing her? Alexenia: No...she's afraid of you killing everybody else...I can find her...fairly easily if you wish me to....then you may speak with her yourself... Kangaxx: Please. Damien: *rises from his chair* That worm will not touch Kat if he intends to hurt her. *goes back to Alex* Alexenia: *smiles slightly, resting a hand on Damien's shoulder before disapparating* Kangaxx: Worm now am I? Damien: Actually, I was referring to Anubis...you said you would send him after her. Kangaxx: Yea...he probably won't want too, but he at least might have a chance against Kat. He has none against me. I can't have her running around with Daemon's amulet knowing what she does. Nothing personal. Damien: Well, here's a theory...take away the fucking Anubis amulet! Kat: *walks in catching the last of what Gaxx says* Kangaxx: *looks up at Kat* Kat: Hey...Alexenia said you wanted me here... Kangaxx: You afraid of what I am trying to do? Damien: *apparates instantly to her side* Kat: *nods* Yes... Kangaxx: *takes out the Godsbane and tosses it to her* How strongly do you value those trillions of lives? Kat: *holds the sword* You know I can't... Kangaxx: *opens his arms* You saw what I did to Daemon. Don't look, just do it. Go ahead...give it to Damien if you can't. Mabye he can. Go ahead... Damien: Kat...he'll kill you...he'll kill so many more than either of us ever will...it needs to be done... Kangaxx: You hate what I'm doing. You know how badly I want to get home, how much I just want to go and orbit my red primary, but you hate the genocide I'll do to get there...you hate what I'm doing, and I offer you the chance to kill me. Go ahead, if you have it in you... Anubis: *appears standing off to the side of the bar, staring on with an interest* Kat: You are my friend Gaxx...and I won't give the sword to Damien... *flips it over and hands it to him hilt first* I am afraid...and I do hate what you're doing. Damien: *draws two swords and is ready to react* Kangaxx: *takes the sword and offers it to Damien* Countless lives either of you could save, or will you let me do what I seek to do? Kat: But your life is more important to me than the thousands of others...and I know you want to get home. I would too... *touches Damien's hand gently, but keeps watching Gaxx* I don't want you to get hurt... *stands in front of Damien* Don't do this... Damien: *sheathes one of the swords and grabs Godsbane* Kangaxx: *opens his arms* Kat: Damien! Don't...please!! Kangaxx: It is indirectly the fault of you two that I am on this plane still. Will you take responsibility for it or will you let me try to go home, no matter how many die? I will give you this one chance. You will not be given it again. Damien: Kat...we've killed so many...so many innocents...and he is a murderer...he deserves this death...let me do it...no blood on your hands and innocent lives are saved... Kat: Take my life... Damien: *jumps back* What!? Kat: Do we not deserve the same death then, Damien? For what we have done? Damien: We deserve to burn in the deepest regions of hell...but we are trying to make amends...he intends to go out and do it all over again in a much larger scale... Kangaxx: *stands there patiently, arms open* Kat: *places a hand over Damien's mouth and smiles slightly* Take my life...Kangaxx...take my power, my energy, everything I have... Kangaxx: Why, where is the point behind it? Kat: You wasted your power on me...take it back... Damien: What will that do? What good will killing you accomplish? *steps between Gaxx and Kat* If he tries, I'll kill him. Kangaxx: You have not nearly enough. The divinity is wasted on you; it is gone. Kat: Then take what you need... Kangaxx: Do you have the energy of a thousand planes? Do you have the power of countless gods in you? Damien: *raises the blade to Gaxx's throat* NO...Kat...your death will be meaningless...his will not. Are you ready, Gaxx? Kangaxx: *lowers the sword to his heart* That will work better...do you have it in you? Shadow: *growls and swipes the blade away* Don't you dare... Damien: *growls* He's going to die...he's going to die or everyone else here will. Shadow: *snarls at Damien* Touch him, and you will be first to die... Damien: I won't touch him... *snarls back* Godsbane will...and I don't want to kill him, but if he is going to do what he just said then he deserves it. Kat: *sighs slightly, then screams in both everyone's minds and ears* STOP IT!!!! Damien: *freezes* Shadow: *pins her ears back, snarling* Kat: No more...just stop it now...no one will kill anyone... Anubis: *lunges forth and pushes Damien, grabbing his hands, drives the Godsbane into Gaxx's heart* Kangaxx: *stares at Anubis before his empty sockets start to glow...entire body glows and becomes a white sphere that sends out a shockwave blasting everything back, leaving in the end...a slipgate to his home* Kat: *pulls Damien back, then watches with dead eyes* Shadow: KANGAXX!!! Anubis: *stares at the tear in space created by Gaxx's death* Damien: What's going on!? Kat: *keeps Damien back* Listen... Kangaxx: *Shadow and Cerule's lich eyes shatter around their necks* Anubis: *stares at the shattered body of Kangaxx as it falls away from the portal, then stares at the portal* Shadow: *tears stream down her face* Kat: You can go home now Anubis... Anubis: *steps into the tear, and as he enters it becomes an immense dragon like none seen before, and he leaves* Kat: *a tear falls down her cheek* Shadow: *wants to leave through the portal, but stays rooted in her spot* Gaxx... *Godsbane falls to the ground near Gaxx's dead form, no longer impaling him...the slip gate closes and the portal is gone* Shadow: *slowly bends down and picks up the Godsbane...lets out a wail of raw anguish* Damien: I'm sorry, Shadow... Shadow: *falls into a curmpled heap on the floor, clutching the sword close, sobs wracking her body* Kat: *shakes her head slightly* This is what I was afraid of... *shadow deamons, illithids, and all sorts of outer planer beings slowly appear and surround Shadow, having heard the portal to beyond even their relm* Shadow: *growls loudly at them, shifting slowly* Get back, you scavengers... *all the outer planers bow before Shadow and the Godsbane* Shadow: *sniffles slightly then wipes her tears away and stands, nodding to them in return* *the beings slowly disappear back to their own planes* Shadow: *wipes a stray tear away, choking back sobs* Kat: *turns and hugs Damien tightly, silently crying herself* Damien: *hugs her close* It'll be ok...this needed to happen. Kat: *whispers* No it didn't... Damien: *kisses the top of her head* Tell me why later... *an average sized person (looking human) appears sitting up on the bartop, staring at everyone* Shadow: *glances at the person and snaps:* Who're you?! *looks over at Shadow and points at the Godsbane that is no longer glowing it's normal red light* Shadow: *looks down at the sword clutched tight in her grasp* This? *notices the lack of glow* What happened to it? Bane: I'm Bane... Shadow: Bane? *eyes widen* Godsbane...my god... Bane: *examines himself* Not a god anymore...vampire by the looks of it... Shadow: *blinks, slightly confused* You were...you were trapped in the sword? Damien: *whispers to himself* Bane? Kat: *watches him, her eyes wide as she clings to Damien* Bane: I am Bane, god of the Undead...or I was...doesn't look like it anymore now does it? Shadow: *shakes her head in disbelief* Oh my... Bane: Hmm... Shadow: *bows before him* Bane: Get up. Shadow: *stands, her face once again streaked with tears* Bane: Ironic isn't it...Gaxx's death is the one thing that could have sent him home... *slight chuckle* Shadow: *growls* It's not fair!! Bane: *looks down at the shattered lich eye* No, it's really not is it? -END- |