And so, again the years pass. I become emptier and emptier. Now I don’t even care if the sun rises. If it wasn’t for Ran and Morgan, I would’ve ended my life by now. They’ve stopped me countless times from walking out in to the sunlight.
What happened to the necklace Lantis had that protected him from sunlight? I wore it when I first left the Guardians. But once Kashya was born, I stopped wearing it. It was so odd, cause it was right after Kashya walked out on me when the necklace shattered. It was just sitting on a table and it shattered in to a million tiny pieces.
Morgan is now 50 years old but looks to be in his early 20s. Both Ran and Morgan love me. I love Morgan because he is my son. However, I feel nothing for Ran. Ran is now just an object to me. He stirs no feeling in my empty shell now. He doesn’t see or notice it yet, but I’m slowly pushing him aside.
This is all so pointless! I have the power to just do what I want to! So why don’t I just go out there and destroy everything?
Because I have something stopping me. I think you can guess what that is. It’s Tenaka, of course. For some reason, it’s been her ghost that has allowed me to exist as long as I have.
It’s been 150 years since I left. I’ve existed long enough, haven’t I? I have the right to kill myself if I feel I’ve lived long enough, right?
Kashya returned the other night. In her jealousy, she killed Ran and took Morgan with her. She wanted me to be alone. I don’t know how she couldn’t see that even with those two here I was all ready alone.
Now without the love of Ran and Morgan to support me, I fall in to deep insanity. Since the night Kashya came, I got out every night in a frenzy and kill as many humans as I come across.
Right after Kashya had left, I performed even more horrible acts. I broke in to a house, killed all inside and then set it on fire. It was a windy night and the flames from the house began to spread. They aren’t certain of how many people died that night, but the count right now is over 500.
I don’t care! I don’t fucking care how many people I kill!! I’ll kill everyone in the world!! This isn’t a simple threat, I mean it. I will destroy the world and show it the suffering I have been through in my life. I’ll show it what true loneliness means!!
A couple weeks pass....
I have ransacked several cities in Western Germany. Thousands of people have died at my hands. Many died by fire, others by feeding, others by my sword. Some people are whispering of a demon being around. Well, they’re right.
Love, why are you performing these acts? Tenaka asked.
I’m releasing my rage and anger upon the world. I will make the world feel what I have felt these last 150 years.
You know you are only running from the pain, right?
Yes. It’s just easier to run than to stand and face it.
“Now you’ll have to stand and face it.” I jumped from my seat and saw Ceres’ ghostly figure floating before me.
“What do you want?” I demanded.
“You have failed your test. No longer are you fit to be a Protector of Earth. So, you shall become a Destroyer.” Ceres came towards me. I backed away.
“Don’t come near me!! Get away from me!!” I cried. However, I backed up against the wall and couldn’t go anywhere.
“It’s time to unite with me, Anne. Your time has come.” Ceres reached towards me. I felt cold as Ceres passed in to my body. For a moment I was frozen, eyes wide and staring in to nothing. Then came the turmoil and the pain.
I cried out as Ceres ripped control from me. I fell to my knees, holding my head. It was unlike anything I had ever experienced before.
It can’t end like this. Not like this! After everything I’ve been through, I’ll simply be filtered out of my own body? How can this be my fate? I asked. Ceres pushed harder against my feeble resistance. Something snapped and I gave one last, inhuman roar. I collapsed to the floor, the world around me going black as I fell unconscious.
“And now, to go where no one can disturb us. We will meld in to one being and when we have finished the merge, we shall return and destroy this pathetic world.” Ceres spoke.
A black portal was opened. Black tendrils came towards me, picked me up and carried me inside the portal. The portal closed behind me and that’s when everything grew completely silent. Everything was incredibly still. It was dark.
Where is this place? I asked.
This is the Dimension of Darkness. Centuries ago, I created this dimension so that I could escape death. Only the Guardian of Darkness may enter. Anyone else who attempts to enter will be struck dead.
But how can two of us be in here?
Because we are mother and daughter. We carry the same blood. But rest now, we shall be together for a very long time. We will remain here until we are strong. Then we will destroy the world. Silence fell.
I didn’t know how fast or slow time was passing. All I knew was what Ceres told me. She told me her story from beginning to present. As she told me her story, I felt the two of us slowly stop struggling against the other. Little by little our spirits were melding together. Once our spirits were melded in to one, our minds and bodies would follow suit.
I listened intently to her story, wishing to know more about both her and the origin of my powers. It’s amazing how much one person can go through in a single lifetime. Everything I’ve been through now seems so miniscule compared to what Ceres has been through. Then again, she has lived, or existed, for several centuries, so she’s had more experience.
We sat there in the darkness, finding comfort in each other’s pain. Soon, I knew that we would make the world experience our pain. I would make it pay for a century and a half of loneliness and isolation. Ceres would make it pay for well over a thousand years of pain and sorrow.
Together, we’d be a force to reckon with. I took joy in the thought of teaching the Guardians how it felt to be the one running, to be the one hunted.
Over the 350 years Ceres and I spent in the Dimension of Darkness, my sorrow and pain transformed in to anger and rage. In turn, the anger and rage fueled my power.
Yes, that’s it, let your anger and rage become your power. We shall be the strongest the world has ever seen. Ceres said.
The children of the night will bend to my every command. Even now, they can sense our coming. They are preparing for us, Ceres.
Excellent. We will have an army when we awaken.
Meanwhile, on Earth....
The children of the night began to run amok, unleashing their devastation. The Guardians were forced to once more unite and fight. However, with the Balance broken, they couldn’t hope to win.
For the moment, the Guardians were having fun and joking around. Little did they know that soon we’d give them something that they could never have seen coming.
Little by little, Marina grew more uneasy. She could feel an ominous presence begin to reveal itself. Caitlin, too, began to sense it, but not as directly as Marina. It would be too late when Caitlin and Marina would realize and pin-point where the energy was coming from.
And so, the sun set and the portal opened completely. We emerged from the Dimension of Darkness and once again set foot on the Earth. Our appearance was my own back when I had first been sucked in to the Dimension of darkness. A black bodice, black pants, army boots and a trench coat were our clothes. We flexed our hands and tested the muscles.
The End
The Guardians all sat in the living room of Caitlin’s house. They all appeared solemn and exhausted. The past five years they had battled tirelessly at night.
“Cass, have you found anything out?” Caitlin asked. Cass shook her head.
“The Halls of Death know nothing of why this is happening. No one in Hell is doing this.”
“Heather, are you sure no one on Earth is doing this?” Liesl asked.
“I’m 100% positive. I’ve checked several times, so quit asking me!” Heather cried. However, one of the Guardians sat there with a pit in her stomach. She gazed out the window, watching the sun set.
I have a feeling this is Anne’s doing. And I have a feeling something very bad is about to occur. Marina thought. Even though Caitlin was my opposite, she couldn’t sense anything because of my protective spells on myself. However, I could not cut off the bond I had to my twin sister. And so, the Guardian of Life was the only one with a clue. Yet she didn’t have the nerve to say it was me, because she couldn’t handle the thought of killing me.
“Marina, are you all right?” Cass asked gently. Marina looked at her.
“Yeah, just a little tired, that’s all.” Cass brushed some hair away from Marina’s face.
“We all are. I just hope we get to the bottom of this soon. I’d like to have my nights back.” Cass said, grinning. Marina grinned, too.
“Why you little,” Marina said, tickling Cass’ stomach.
Soon we would spread our destruction across the world. United, the Guardians were no longer any match for us.
Now, the time has come. It is time to unleash the Eternal Night upon the world. Ceres said.
The black portal began to open in the graveyard of the city where the Guardians were gathered. However, the portal opened ever so slowly. With every decreasing sun ray, the portal opened wider. So once the sun finally faded, the portal would be completely open.
Black tendrils began to reach out of the black hole. They began to awake the dead and signal the other night creatures that it was time to awake and serve their mistress?.
Inside the portal, we began to stir. Eyes opened slowly to reveal red orbs. It was time to feed. We must have energy before the fighting starts.
“Yes, this is excellent. We have more power than ever before. Now, to feed.” We teleported to a more lively spot in town. We trapped a young human female and took her vitae.
Zombies, vampires, werewolves and other creatures came out and began wreaking their havoc. We walked down the middle of the main street, grinning, blood trickling from the corner of our mouth, eyes glowing red.
“Now, Guardians, come to us. See what we have become.” We said. “We are your oblivion.”