This is more of a scene than a story, I suppose.
If I tried doing a full short story, I'd go waaaay overboard!
This came to 1857 words, going for 2k. :3
And if anyone gets interested, there's actually MORE to this story than you see here!
Anyway...
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"You Threatened Her..."
Theme: Revenge
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Morton City...
Night...
There was a scent in the awakening night sky as he flew over building tops of downtown, the smell moist and warm as it entered his lungs, and yet, familiar as it came to his senses.
All too familiar...
His eyes glazed, jade gems into mint leaves in color, as he could almost taste the aroma, and, unlike ever before, aware that this meant disaster.
His feathered wings of black glided downward to investigate...
The Dark Angel found himself landing quickly, as there were bodies up and down the sidewalks, each one still lit in a kindle of blue flame that arose from huge holes in the flesh, blood still pooling beneath the corpses as the fires dealt with the rest.
He pressed his lips together, nodding.
The scent of blood and burning remains.
Of course.
Titanium then realized something, eyes now scanning down the streets, following the trail of demise carefully, studying the faces of the dead.
Whatever or whoever killed these people, they were merciless, with emotions having lack of empathy, not hesitant to take the life any innocence that drew breath.
A lot like him in all his reality.
But not quite.
Because he was, at the moment, looking for the only thing he had allowed himself to give any thought about in an age...
"Mevi... Where are you...?"
Titanium whispered to himself, over and over, his mind racing with possibilities, the destruction left behind only telling him all his heart didn't want to listen to, nor believe.
He followed the trail of bodies, every once in awhile stooping down to dip his fingertips into a puddle of blood, and tasting it.
It wasn't hers.
The Dark Angel continued, coming to a bridge that overlooked a strange lake, passed by a long deserted kindergarten, moved across the fields of a park.
And then...
He stopped.
There was blood droplets that dotted bushes, trees, and a pathway to the center of the park.
Not only that, but he heard hushed voices.
One being female.
The Prince of Darkness narrowed his eyes...
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As they neared the center fountain of the park, he nudged her harshly in the back with his blaster, and, when she didn't move fast enough, he then shoved her completely to the ground.
The young girl gasped loudly, her fall unexpected, and hit the side of the fountain with all her body. She winced in pain, biting her lip, as she felt her leg muscles pounding where he had stabbed her with her own Azukian knife.
Mevi turned her head back to look at him as his shadow swallowed her, eyes still damp with tears, shaking in all her fright. She tried to stand, but his gun raised threateningly along with his voice.
"Sit down."
She immediately sat on the edge of the stone, forced into submission.
Rudy looked at her nearly without emotion at this moment. Slowly, he withdrew his blaster from aiming at her head, arm at his side, positioning his body directly before her. Now he smiled deviously, purple eyes shining from inside his tinted sky shades.
Mevi breathed softly, shaking.
"I-... I didn't recognize you at first...", she says, eyes pulling away, scared that even her look might cause him to shoot, or worse, her voice. "And t-then... You said my name. Your clothes, I knew, you were Avaritian, too..." She grit her teeth because otherwise they would have chattered, so scared, and her eyes wet heavily again. "Y-You are Ruderyn Chase, are-aren't you? You knew my brother??"
She heard a scoff.
Her eyes dared to look up, and she saw his weapon take aim again at her body. She didn't move, just stared back.
"Correction - I know that coward of a brother of yours", Rudy snaps, eyes sharpening. "Kyros could run from the Wingdron, but he was a fool to think he could run from me! No goddess can save him, no life form from this planet, either. However, your brother does have the ability to hide very well. But as I have done so many times in the past, I will flush him out with bait."
He smirked now.
"I can see you and I spending a lot of time together, Mevi..."
Rudy stepped forward, blaster coming only a few inches away from her face, and then he knelt down to draw closer to her.
Mevi shied away, shivering, pulling her legs in close while sheltering them in what little fabric she could of her short sundress, eyes closing to avoid his gaze
She now flinched, feeling the smooth, myrh-built silver against her cheek, and below her wrist being clasped in his other hand.
"Call him."
The girl flickered her eyes open, mouth open in shock.
"W-What? You want me to do what?"
The sky rogue chuckles, evilly smiling. He lifted her arm up, letting her eyes fall on the contraption around her wrist.
"You heard me", Rudy answers. "Don't act like I don't know what these are. Without a doubt, your brother has a brace on his wrist just like it. The Wind--"
"He sold it!", Mevi cries out, then sitting back.
They both now fell silent.
Rudy lifted his head slightly, eyes rolling back with intense rage building in him, body jolting immediately into a stand before pacing like a fierce animal.
Mevi hugged herself, eyes darting all over him, sensing that he was not stable, and, at any moment, he would kill her for her lack of value now.
The sky rogue stopped, turning to her now, blaster taking aim between her eyes.
She froze as she stared death in the face.
"If you are lying to me, I swear this rising sun will be the last you ever see!", Rudy bellows, his gun clicking.
She yelped, tears streaming down her face.
"N-No, please! I'm t-telling you the truth!"
He growled, weapon whirring with blue energy.
"Why don't I believe you?"
Her eyes widened.
He was going to shoot her, and she knew that!
Just as the blaster hummed with full charge, ready to blast a hole of burning flame in her head, a slicing of metal was heard, so sharp but smooth, and then the length of the weapon was peeling off the hardware, sparking, falling to the ground to render the gun useless.
Rudy watched in horror, jaw gaping open in all his surprise as the firearm fell apart.
Mevi was still, eyes still wide, dazed to the point that she barely realized that she was still alive.
Then, after a few moments for them both to take it all in, they turned their heads to see a purely black sword, the blade that had flown past at lightspeed, stuck into the nearest tree.
The sky rogue felt his teeth grind.
"What in--!"
He was cut off as he was suddenly rammed into from the side, taken for a tumble across the grasses of the park, rolling with another body that was clearly overpowering him.
When Rudy landed on his back, and the being on top of him, he flinched with remembrance.
"Y-You... In the bar, that was you!"
The darkness spread over the face in waves, though the eyes still glowed verdant with intense rage, and the mouth opening to show fangs, hissing viciously.
The Avaritian pulled away, scurrying back on his hands and legs, shaking now.
"W-Who are you?! What do you want with me?!?!"
The creature stood, shadowing the human, drawing closer as his wings stretched out hideously.
"Rudy, was it?", a voice darkly says, laugh echoing out after. "You brazenly looked into my eyes then, now look again! If you stare into the darkness long enough--"
The sky rogue stood, stumbling back into a tree, eyes never able to leave the glow of the possessed.
The being advanced, catching him by the throat with his claws.
Another laugh.
"Hahahaha!! FINISH IT!!!"
Rudy swallowed, quivering.
"--The darkness s-stares...back at you......"
The light then passed over them, coming now between the leaves of the tree, and revealed Titanium there, eyes gleaming with deranged bloodlust, fangs fully together in an sparkling, heinous grin.
Rudy couldn't look away, his eyes stunned, as if he was now seeing all the terror that his killing had caused, as if he was seeing all the massacre the being before him had done.
The Dark Angel now drew in close, his face coming only an inch from the human, tilting his head as his eyes continued to leer at his prey.
"You threatened her...", Titanium whispers sharply.
Now his eyes narrowed, burning in green flame.
"You will pay the price... In blood..."
Only then, at that moment, did the Avaritian come back, drawn out of the spell, to see now that it was too late.
Titanium pulled his arm back, nails lengthening, and then plunged his claws into the pit of his victim's stomach.
Rudy choked, not a scream escaped him, mouth quaking as his eyes expressed all the cries of his agony.
The prince smirked, then twisted his hooks, mangling the insides of the wretch.
The eyes of the human dimmed, glazing, and then his head slumped forward against the dark one's shoulder, gasping a few wisping breathes, and began sliding down his figure to the ground.
Titanium just watched, his victim laying out before him dying, all the while lifting his bloody nails to his tongue to get a taste of sweet, sweet revenge.
Finishing, turning and walking away, the Prince of Darkness made his way over to her, seeing her sitting there curled up by the fountain, and yes, staring with eyes in awesome fear of him.
Titanium came to her, knelt down, emerald optics looking over her face as he, without her knowing, pulled the knife out of her leg.
Mevi breathed shakily, slowly slipping her legs down, fingers reaching out to touch his other unsoiled hand.
The Dark Angel smiled now.
"I will be the end of you, draw you into some dark place you cannot escape from, to become like some outer shell of who you are. I do not deny that; I won't. It would take endless time to tell you of all the evils I've done, to explain what kind of monster I really am, or for me to even atone for my sins. Bloodshed is my name, to bring pain and death, to cover all the universe in darkness. It my choice..."
She began to draw away, but this time, he reached out to take her by the shoulders, aligning their eyes.
He laughed gently.
"You didn't let me finish before..."
Mevi looked confused.
Titanium then scooped her up in his arms, holding her close, smile still warm as he looked at her.
"It is my choice... But I would never hurt you, Mevi..."
She was just about to say something, but as she went to, sirens went off in the distance with lights other than the sun approaching.
The Dark Angel nodded to her and took flight, both fleeing the scene before any law enforcement had the chance to take record of their presence.
And all the while...
Rudy remained, gasping for air, for life...