Kings of Awakening Vampires and Purebloods (19 page)

              “Just like Albedo, they may be ready physically, but are they ready mentally,” said Dory.

Viper responded, “I believe Sonia was about their age when she joined the Black Reapers. It was after Dragan and Cecelia relinquished their powers, her and Angelione took over.”

The King got up and walked closer to the window. “When Angelione gets back from his mission, I will talk to him,” said King Victor. “It’s been almost fifty thousand years since they walked among us. If we allow the five Kings of Awakening to take back their powers, many innocents will die.”

Jarvis looked at his brother and said, “So it’s true then. Aleister is one of them from Dragan’s report. But you also must take into consideration; Aleister is not our only threat. The Numeral Society is also getting more active.”

              “Yes you are right brother. As of right now we only have four members in the Black Reapers Division. All four are in missions as we speak. When Dragan and Cecelia left, it was a major blow to our power defense. That boy Dragan was strong. For a second there I thought he was as strong as you,” said Viper referring to the King.

“He truly was the strongest Black Reaper this organization had to offer,” said Jarvis.

“You don’t suppose he might want to come back to us do you?” asked Dory.

The King said, “Dragan has been a Black Reaper since my father was ruling. I had never seen him this happy until he fell in love with Cecelia, who also did many great things for our land. When Albedo came into the picture, I knew he wanted to leave us and devote his life to them.”

“Just like Dragan, Albedo cannot escape his path,” said Viper. “Those like Albedo who were born with great strength will eventually seek out battles.”
Just like his father did, he will also
.
To be most powerful a Pureblood would possess one of the Excitaret Quad.  The Excitaret Quad consists of: The power of the Elder, the Bloodhound, the Twin’s Blood, and the most powerful one of them all, the Reawakening. The Excitaret Quad has a way of bringing people like those into battling each other. I guess it’s the curse of controlling one of the greatest powers a Pureblood can wield.

Jarvis started stroking his beard. “Hmmm. I wonder.”

“Is everything all right, old friend?” asked Dory.

“It’s nothing really. Today at the council’s meeting, I thought I felt something strange. There was someone amongst us that didn’t belong there. No one else noticed it because they were too busy praising Absolute.”

“Now that you mentioned it I did feel someone also,” said Viper.

“A spy maybe?” suggested Dory.

The King started to think, “How could we have missed it. A spy sat amongst us and we didn’t even notice, too busy bickering at each other. Who would dare send a spy, this is much disturbing news?”  

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(Present)

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Henry was alone in his throne, deep in thought. The Black Reapers had left a couple of hours ago. The lost of Samuel and William had meant nothing to him, they were easily replaceable. By the window, a man stood there looking outside, staring at the red moon.  This man had an unusual set of eyes, blue and red.

“Well Aleister, I’m surprised it took you this long to kill Samuel. I hope you got your fun from all this,” said King Henry. The King looked content; he had no fear in his eyes
for Aleister.
So, that fool Samuel is finally dead, what a pity. Those in the Society were hoping he would someone find a way to kill me, me a High King. I would’ve killed him a long time ago myself, but I was curious to know how he was going to launch his assault against me. At the end he became too feeble and acted as if he was one of us. I know everything that goes inside of my castle, even about him framing the Black Reapers. If they had acted irrationally against me, I would’ve killed them, but at this point I must be careful and avoid war, soon it will come, soon.

Aleister had a smile on his face, but this was no ordinary smile, it was dark and cold. “Just remember, Henry. You’re sitting on my brother’s throne.” The killer-lust in his eyes did not faze Henry. He had the same lust in his eyes. Aleister stared into the King’s eyes; his face had an eager expression.

“Well of course Aleister, I did not forget our covenant. You let me continue to stay as King until your brethren awakens. In return, I make sure you’re not bothered. You can use my city to hide and do what you need in the shadows,” said Henry. The King was probably the only man Aleister could stare at eye to eye and not even flinch. Henry had no fear for the man; warriors would shiver in the sight of Aleister, or just by hearing his name.

Outside the blood-rain had started pouring. Aleister grabbed his left arm, still oozing and bloodily stripped from the electric slashes; it was not fully healed from fighting the Black Reapers. Half of his skin had returned, fresh and rejuvenated. “Henry.” Aleister looked into his eyes with intensity. “Do I put fear into your eyes?” with a grimed look.

The King laughed unexpectedly. “Fear is only an illusion! Those who choose to accept it are nothing more than peasants! ”

The lust in Aleister’s eyes was gone. He had accepted his answer. “I stayed in the shadow for too long.”
I found what I have been looking for.
Aleister opened the secret passage leading outside the castle. He looked back and said, “Henry, if you betray me, I will not hesitate to kill you.” 

Henry knows this was no idle threat as he smiled.

Aleister closed the door, which vanished back into the wall. He put his hood over his head to prevent from getting wet. Outside Dmitri sat there waiting for him. “Dmitri, its time. Vincent has put my plan into motion, the next move is yours.”

“It has already
begun!” Replied Dmitri.

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A
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Sonia finished setting up her tent, the blood-rain started falling harder now. She had washed Aleister’s rage from Angelione wounds.  She wrapped it up with medical herbs they had brought with them. She used her ability to warm up the tent and start a fire. She started to think,
Dawson, white flames, blue and red eyes, what does it all mean
? She wondered if Albedo had met Aleister before, if Vincent had told him about his ability.
No way could he have known Aleister had the ability of the White Crimson Flame. And, why did the king want me to train him? It’s true he’s the son of the legendary Dragan and Cecelia
. She stopped and shook her head. It was too much information to process all at once.  She took a deep breath as she watched Angelione sleep. He had drifted to sleep as soon as she put the tent up. They had nearly died fighting against Aleister. “Why couldn’t you kill me, Aleister?”

Angelione started moving around, good he was awake now, and he needed blood.

She put her hand on his chest. “Don’t push yourself too much.” She filled of her flask with the blood-rain and made him drink it. She drank some herself; blood was always the fastest way a Pureblood could heal.

“In a couple days you’ll be newer than ever,” said Sonia with a smile.

He closed his eyes gently and drifted back to sleep.

A new Teacher!

 
                 
 
Albed
o
was left to train alone after Sonia went on her mission. Day by day, he continued his training, with training gear that weighed hundreds of pounds. He would run for days and do pushups whenever he could. As much fun as he was having getting stronger, he missed Sonia deeply. It was the way she looked at him, the way she smelled, looked, it was everything! The moon was going to be full tonight. He had been training for months now and he needed a break from training. He let his mind ease and didn’t think about not being able to control the power of the Elder, which he did not fully understand how it truly worked. He sat by the beach alone. He still had his training gear on; he was told by Sonia to never take it off. The ocean was calm, the birds flying through the sky in perfect harmony. As the ocean mist splashes gently across his face, it rejuvenated his body from the training it went through all day long. The ocean waves felt smooth as it kissed his feet. Albedo sat with his arms crossed on his legs. He was neither cold nor hot.

“It sure is beautiful to look at,” said a voice behind him.

Albedo turned around; an old man was standing there. He was holding a fishing rod, “Sorry didn’t mean to startle you young lad,” said the old man with a warm smile.

“It’s not a problem, not many people come out here that’s all,” Albedo responded.

“The fish are biting today, wouldn’t you say young lad? And you can call me, Jarvis.” Albedo introduced himself to Jarvis, as he cast out his rod to begin fishing. He noticed

Albedo’s training gear.

“It’s pretty late for fishing, don’t you think?” Albedo asked politely. The sun was getting ready to set. 

Jarvis laughed, “You young lads today. Don’t you know that after dark is the best time to catch fish? When they least expect it.” 

Albedo started to laugh also. 

“So tell me young lad, what brings you out here on this fine evening?” he asked. He was expecting Albedo to say training, or catching his breath, but he answered in a way that was unexpected.

“I’m here to watch the sun set. The moon will be full tonight. It’s amazing how beautiful it is, most people don’t really take the time to admire it.” He responded in a way that caught Jarvis off guard.

Jarvis
noticed how Albedo’s eyes lit up when he spoke of the moon, because to other people it was just a moon. But to him it was more than that; it was one of the most beautiful things this world had to offer.

“Yes, I caught one!” said Jarvis.

Albedo quickly got up. There weren’t supposed to be any fish in this part of the water, yet Jarvis had managed to catch one. This was one of the reasons most people didn’t come to this area.

             
“Got another one!” said Jarvis. Then another and another.

Albedo started to wonder how it was possible. Jarvis had managed to catch so many fish in this part of the water after hundreds of others had tried and gave up.

“How are you getting so many? There aren’t any fish in this part of the ocean?” asked Albedo.

Jarvis laughed, “Would you like to try?”

Albedo had only gone fishing once. His dad had tried to teach him when he was younger, but he never really got into it. He threw the hook in the water, but after a while he realized there was nothing there, no fish. “This is why I hate fishing.”

Five minutes must have passed by. Jarvis laughed. However Albedo, didn’t find it amusing. Soon Albedo noticed something; the hook of the fishing rod had no bait, how was he supposed to catch fish?

“I give up, this is impossible,” he said with a frustrated voice.

Jarvis took the rod back and smiled. “Let me let you in on a little secret young lad. I used my ability to catch
the fish.”

Albedo was now curious. What kind of ability? Humans don’t have abilities. “Wait, are you a Pureblood?” 

Jarvis quickly put his hand over Albedo’s mouth. “Keep it down young lad, are you trying to get me kicked out of this place?”

“No, Sir!” said Albedo with now excitement on his face. He desperately wanted to know what kind of ability Jarvis had. “So tell me, what kinds of abilities
you possess?” he asked.

“Ah, now you are speaking my language,” replied Jarvis. “Just like you I posses the power of the Elder.”

Albedo thought about the power of the Elder. If this man possessed it, could he be strong?

“That’s how I was able to find you here. You have the strongest energy reading by far around this town. I can feel insid
e of you the power of the Elder bursting out of you,” explained Jarvis.

“It wants to come out?” asked Albedo with a confused face.

“Well not exactly. It’s already out you just don’t know how to control it. I can see only through feelings you can use it, just like now your senses are on by itself. If you had turned it off, it would have been hard for me to find you.”

“My senses?”

“Yes young lad, that’s one of the advantages the Elder gives us, able to sense our opponents, but strong Purebloods like myself found ways to turn our sense off. By doing so we cannot be sense by others with the Elder.”

Albedo wanted to know more now. “Can you teach me how to control it?” he asked.

Jarvis ran his hand through his hair. “Well I suppose I can,” said Jarvis. “After all you are the son of the legendaries,” he said quietly. Jarvis started to explain more, “You see, young lad, everyone has energy, vampires, humans, Purebloods, and even animals. For us Purebloods, ours is much more intense and vast.”

“So that’s how you were able to find the fish so quickly,” said Albedo.