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Traveling up and through the mountain range, Damien breaks free from the large stone mountain structure, leaving it behind. Heading toward the night-lights of Slavista�s most prestigious city, Mora. A bad feeling rushes over him upon entering the silence of this rather over-populated place. Nobody is outside. And all the lights in the buildings are still on. A cold gust of wind rushes over him, stilling his movement into the depths of the city. Nightstalker � MANTIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not the wisest thing to do in Mora, Damien yells for his master; knowing that if he is anywhere in this large city, than he had just heard his plea. He finds himself surrounded by vampires that come lurking from the shadows all around him. Damien looks around at all of the vampires, turning in circles along with his head until he stops, face to face with one that got the closest. The vampire sniffs him and grins. Dirty Vampire � Your Blood Smells Goo- In the flick of his wrist, Damien grasps onto the short sword that rests down by his lower back. Removing it from its sheath, he grabs the shoulder to the vampire with his free hand and sinks his blade up and through the vampire�s rib cage before �it� could finish his sentence. Damien frowns at the vampire, glaring at the color of pain that fills on its pale white face, as the cold black oozing blood spills over his hand. Nightstalker � You aren�t Mantis�In fact�None of you are� Damien looks up at the rest of the vampires that all come out of hiding, closing in on him. Circling him, there must be over thirty of them. The sword falls from the once solid being; now turned into dust, pinging off the stone cobble road that stretches out beneath their feet. Nightstalker reaches up over his shoulders, grabbing the hilts of his katana blades and without a moment of hesitation, Damien slowly pulls them from their resting-places while the vampire�s dust at his feet is lifted away by the wind. Nightstalker � Looks like you fuck-heads are allergic to Silver� Damien readies himself for the final chapter of his long and miserable, twisted and misunderstood life. Lowering his katana blades down to his side as the vampires are slowly progress toward him, shoulder to shoulder, surrounding him. Damien closes his eyes and lowers his head. One of the vampires reaches its hands out in an attempt to grab him. Damien allows for that hand to grasp onto his shoulder. . o O (�there�s too many of them�) O o . The vampire�s continue to sloth their way around him. Damien�s eyes remain closed as the vampire that has its hand on his shoulder, sniffs at the veins in his neck. The face of Faye Valentine flashes through his mind and his eyes snap open, Damien�s right foot scoops underneath his short sword and he kicks it up into the air to grab the attention of the rest of these suck-heads. Damien twists, impaling the vampire that touched him with one of his silver katana blades. Burning smoke lingers from the vampire�s body as it wails in pain. Damien kicks it away and yanks his sword out. Nightstalker - �You will have to WORK for your meal� Damien turns and stabs his other katana blade into the heart of another, leaving his sword in the second vampire�s chest, Damien reaches his hand out to catch the short sword, before spinning around and slashing at the third vampire three times, twice with his short sword and once with his katana blade to decapitate it. . o O (�I don�t know how much longer I can keep this up�) O o . The second vampire; the one with the katana blade stuck in it�s body. Slowly turns to dust after collapsing to the stone cobble road. The wind blows it�s ashes away and all that remains behind are the katana blade Damien used to slay it with and the pouch of gold that was hidden on it�s body before it turned to dust and fluttered away. Nightstalker � �you mindless bastards aren�t worth my time� Damien breathes wisely, using the technique he was taught by his master many years ago, breathing in between heart beats to keep himself calm and focused. Tackled out of nowhere and off of his feet, Vareth Morrow appears in the street. Putting Damien through the big picture window of the blood and brew pub. The glass scatters everywhere and all of the customers inside all pause to watch as the member of Nemesis hops up onto the window sill, crouching on it to stare down at the human before hopping down off the sill and to the floor. Vareth Morrow � Welcome to my world�homeboy� Damien looks over at Vareth while pushing himself to lay on his back. Damien quip-flips right back up to his feet, then throws his short sword at the chest of Vareth, but only to be disappointed by Vareth�s speed and battle skill. Damien shakes his head back and forth to watch Vareth as he simply catches the short sword by its hilt, then to look at his reflection in the actual blade of it, fixing his hair and shrugging before turning his attention back to Damien while carelessly discarding the short sword over his shoulder and back out into the street. Vareth Morrow � Your fucking toys aren�t going to work on me!!! You must not know WHO the fuck I AM!? I�m Vareth Fuckin� Morrow�of the Mother Fuckin� Nemesis Clan!!! BITCH!!! How DARE you�come to my city, looking for trouble!!! Everybody in the pub all cheer, not to inflate Vareth�s ego any further more, but actually�yes, to inflate his ego further more. It�s their duty to praise the Nemesis members, regardless of whom or how egotistical they really are. Damien thinks to himself, staring at Vareth as he crosses his arms and stares in return with that half grin that looks more like a cocky smirk, staining his face. Damien feels the warmth of his blood trickling down the back of his head from getting put through that window. Nightstalker � All you fucking suck-heads are the same idiot to me� Vareth Morrow � Oh�you�ve got balls running your mouth to me like that� Vareth reaches up over his shoulder and grabs the hilt of his sword, unsheathing it with a loud �Shink� and a flash of the pub�s candle light-reflection on it. Vareth smirks at Damien, than attacks with great haste. Swinging like a mad man, Damien�s eyes widen to his remarkable speed, doing all that he can to dodge the first three strike attempts, losing a few strands of hair and getting slightly lacerated on his right shoulder in the process. . o O ( He�s Fast!!! ) O o . Even before he can use his katana blade for defense, Vareth ends up backing him into a corner, then appearing behind him�Vareth smirks and whispers something to Damien which enrages Draven enough to spin around and swing at the same time. Accidentally taking the head off of a random mindless vampire citizen of Mora that was sitting at the bar in this pub. The body thumps to the floor, and Vareth laughs. Vareth Morrow � HA Ha Ha�too sad�too slow� Vareth puts his sword right through Damien�s abdominal region, impaling him, taking Damien by complete surprise as blood sputters from Draven�s mouth. Vareth glares at Damien with that same half grin on his face before ripping the sword back out of his stomach again, swinging it at Damien�s throat. Draven drops to his back on the floor, than kicks Vareth�s feet out from underneath him. Taking him by surprise in return. Vareth hits the floor just as Damien quip-flips right back up from it. Vareth Morrow � OH!!! Your gonna� PAY for that shit� Damien retreats, jumping back out the window, scrambling through the crowd of mindless vampires that first found him. Bumping his shoulder into them, shoving them from his path to where his short sword and other katana blade are�located on the stone cobble road. One hand cupped over his stomach wound, blood seeping out of him, from between his fingers and to the stone cobble road that stretches out behind him. Vareth Morrow � Get BACK here, PUNK!!! Vareth leaps over the window sill and walks after Damien as the mindless zombie-like vampires slow him down, trying to get a bite in as well but failing. Damien sheaths his short sword and picks up speed running away. Vareth loses him in the crowd of vampire�s, but he spots the trail of blood that he had left behind. Vareth follows the trail of blood and all of the mindless vampires give up their search. Vareth Morrow � Get the fuck out my way�I�ll find his ass� Vareth pushes a few mindless vampires to the stone cobble road, being smarter than all of the mindless vampires�Vareth uses the brain capacity that he has to follow the trail of blood that Damien left behind. Vareth looks around in the night, hunting for Damien at this point he kneels down and presses his fingers into the blood then lifts it to his nose. Feeling its warmth, smelling its sweetness and then tasting it by rubbing it onto his tongue. Vareth Morrow � Not bad�Kinda tastes like my woman�s clit�HEY! That would make you a PUSSY�wouldn�t it, Homeboy!? Where are you!? Be a REAL�Man�come out�and FACE THE FUCKING MUSIC Already!!! Vareth continues searching, continues following the trail of blood. To realize that Damien went into a circle with his blood...Vareth pauses, knowing that he�s been here before as he looks around at all of the town shops and civilian�s homes, and whatnot. Before Damien comes down off from the roof behind Vareth, stabbing both of his katana blades down through Vareth�s upper-back. Vareth yells in pain while falling to his knees underneath Damien�s weight. Damien rolls on the stone road and back up to his feet, turning to face Damien. Getting into a fighting stance, glaring down at Vareth. Vareth Morrow � AAAAAAAARGH!!!! You fucking DICK!!! Damien plants a foot to Vareth�s spine, standing behind him�he grabs the hilts to both of his katana�s and yanks them up and out of Vareth�s body while pushing against Vareth�s spine with his foot. Vareth face-plants, then does a push up right back up to his feet, in rage. Vareth spins around, pulling out his sword once more. Damien doesn�t run this time around instead he stands there with both swords ready. . o O ( Hey�wait a minute�I know that fighting style�) O o . A gust of wind brushes in between them as they stand off, holding their weapons�facing one another. Both bleeding, Damien spots how Vareth�s wounds slowly heal, which makes him narrow his eyes. Vareth is still slightly buckled over, until he stands upright. Cracking his neck, smirking at Damien Draven like �that�s all you got?��Damien shakes his head back and forth, amazed from how fast Vareth healed. Nightstalker � You�ve got to be�fucking kidding�me� Vareth Morrow � Yeah, Unlike you? My wounds automatically heal�say�what brings you here to Mora, anyway? I know your brave�I�ll hand you that much. However, by the same token? I know you�re a fucking idiot�you�re fighting with me! That�s not very smart�you should know by now, I�m one of the best. �Damien Draven stares at Vareth Morrow in dead silence� Vareth Morrow � So! Which is it!? Are you courageous or retarded? . o O ( I can�t continue fighting him like this�I�m losing blood and fast, I can�t run away from him�he�s too fast�and let�s face it, this is his turf. Damn it�it can�t end like this. This guy is too good�it�s time to die with your pride, Damien...) O o . Damien attacks Vareth again, taking Morrow off guard but in the same sense, humoring the Nemesis member. Damien�s attacks are slowly becoming weaker and slower, more sloppy and unfocused. Vareth sniffs the air, smelling his blood as it stains his mantis clan attire. Covering his collecting hand that�s attempting to stop the bleeding, but failing miserably. Damien�s vision starts slipping on him as he tries to keep his focus. Nightstalker � Today�I shall die. But, Today�I shall rid the world of YOU in the process�One less Nemesis Member�One happier scenario in the end. So�take my life if you can you blood-sucking disgrace of nature. TAKE MY LIFE THIS DAY�AND�I�SHALL TAKE YOURS�In return� Vareth Morrow gets a serious look about him, from smiling to frowning at the Mantis Clan member that stands before him today on this faithful night. A piece of what Damien had just said makes Vareth feel for him. Vareth, caught off guard�is caught in the throat with one of Damien�s ninja-stars that explodes. Vareth quickly stuffs his fingertips into his own neck to grab the ninja-star, then he throws it off into the distance where it explodes and wipes out a horse and carriage that was passing through. . o O ( Well�I wasn�t going to kill him, but NOW!? I AM!!! ) O o . The explosion rocks the city of Mora, forcing the people to come to their windows to get a view of the street. Vareth cups his hand over the wound on his neck, knowing that he can�t talk for a moment since Damien hit his voice box with that ninja star. Damien runs at Vareth with a last attempt to do something, he leaps into the air when he�s taken out by Lucy Centaloris whom flies right into him. Sending him on a spiral down onto a railing outside of one of the homes here in Mora. Catching his hip on the wooden railing, snapping him down to the stone-cobble road on his head. Lucy Centaloris � �Vareth!!! Are you okay!?!?!? Vareth smirks a little, then nods to the little one that runs up and hugs him before turning her attention back to Damien whom slowly pushes himself back up to his knee�s. Looking up at Lucy and Vareth, staring at the little girl that had the power and strength to send him backward opposed to the momentum he gained into his leap. Shaking his head from one side and to the other, Vareth Morrow doesn�t allow for Lucy to intervene. Vareth Morrow � Yeah�I�m fine. I�ve got this taken care of, Lucy. Run along�go play with Nicolette or something. I�m busy at the moment�I�ll play with you later. Okay? Lucy Centaloris � You�re wounded�did this man hurt you, Vareth? Lucy asks as she turns her head to look over at Damien whom seems surprised and almost afraid of the little girl. Fearing the unexpected, fearing the inevitable fate that he will suffer from if he sticks around any longer. That little girl is more fearful than the cocky arrogant man that he�s been fighting this entire time. Damien grows exhausted due to the loss of blood as he looks up at Lucy as she approaches him. Vareth Morrow � Yeah�be careful, Lucy! Don�t go near him�he�s dangerous. Lucy shoots Vareth a glare while already approaching Damien. Draven remains kneeling there, without the strength to get back up to his feet again. His face turning pale due to the loss of blood, Lucy walks up and places a hand to his cheek. She tilts her head while observing his wounds, she blinks and has a flash back of her own where she remembered watching her master � Syn�giving mercy to a man on his knee�s in defeat. Lucy Centaloris � What brings you here to Mora�ninja? �Damien stares at her in silence before lowering his head� Nightstalker � I came in search for my master�Mantis�of the Mantis Clan� �Lucy�s eyes widen, remember whom Mantis is from her past� Vareth Morrow � Forget about this guy, Lucy! Move�I�ll finish him!!! Lucy Centaloris � You won�t do such a thing�Vareth� Vareth nods, then pauses as if he doesn�t believe Lucy just told him that. Vareth pauses and looks down at Lucy as she turns her head and looks back and up at Vareth. Damien contemplates sneak attacking the little girl, but feels like he shouldn�t. Vareth Morrow � Wait�What!? You Kidding me!? This guy almost killed me!!! Lucy Centaloris � Let me guess, You attacked him first!? �Vareth pauses, knowing that what Lucy just accused him of is the truth� Lucy Centaloris � He means the Nemesis Clan no harm�he�s here in search for his Master�Mantis is his Master�if anything, he�ll become one of us!!! I�m taking him to the castle�Vareth�you are not to lay another finger on this man, Do You hear me? Vareth Morrow � Yeah but, Lucy! Lucy Centaloris � I SAID�DO YOU HEAR ME!? Vareth pauses for a moment, to stare down into the aggravated eyes of Lucy Centaloris as she turns her petite body completely around to look up into the eyes of Vareth. Her frown says it all and Vareth puts his arms up, giving up. Vareth Morrow � Alright�Alright!!! Damn�Chill out�I hear you!! I hear you!!! Lucy smiles all innocently, then she turns around to facing Damien again�whom falls unconscious due to the loss of blood. Vareth smirks down at Damien to see that he had fallen unconscious, thus giving himself a 1 up over Draven. Vareth dusts himself off than he walks away half pissed off, half satisfied. Lucy grabs onto Damien�s wrists then she starts flapping her large wings to take flight once more. Bringing him to the dark castle so he can see his Master, Mantis�of the Mantis Clan. 
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