Kings of Awakening Vampires and Purebloods (25 page)

“I found you at last, Dawson!”

Albedo touched his face to make sure this was real and not another nightmare.
It’s him, the one in my dreams.

“I should have found you sooner, but your power was asleep, making it hard to track you.”

“Who are you?” asked Albedo in bafflement. He was now staring into the eyes of the demon with the red and blue eyes from his nightmares. 

“
Aleister, my name is Aleister.” 

Aleister dragged his voice out, to Albedo it sounded as he was speaking in slow motion.  His name rang in Albedo’s ear, he felt as if he had met this man once before. Albedo stared at Aleister’s long white hair, the evil in his eyes, his blue and red eye.

Aleister had his hand on his chin. “It appears as though you have lost your true strength and your memories. It doesn’t matter, we can get it back.”

“What are you talking about? What memories?”

“Come with me and find out,” he extended his hand towards Albedo. This was the same deal that Vincent had offered him. “Now Albedo let’s go and take our rightful place in this world!” 

Albedo had no idea what Aleister was talking about. “You’re the one who sent Vincent after me aren’t you? Sorry, but I’m not going anywhere with you. If it’s a fight that you want, then you will get one.”

Albedo jumped and came down with a punch, but before he could hit Aleister, he was gone, his body turned to white ashes.
He teleported
. It was clear he had no intention of going anywhere with this mad man. Albedo focused his eyes on the power of the Elder, but there was no sign of Aleister.
I can’t sense him, did he teleport out of here
?
No one can escape from the power of the Elder
. Aleister had teleported before Albedo could hit him. Suddenly he heard a loud laugh, he looked up at the ceiling; Aleister was there standing upside down.
He can walk on walls? And why can’t I sense him with the Elder?

“Are you relying on that pathetic power called the Elder to sense me? You truly have lost your memories. Tell me something Albedo; can a king reach a God?”

Albedo was puzzled with that question as he watched Aleister standing upside down; he understood what Aleister meant but did not at the same time.

He
responded in perplexity, “What so ever do you mean?”

“A king cannot
reach a God!”

Aleister jumped from the ceiling, coming down fast towards Albedo, “Fire,” Albedo released flare from his hand, but Aleister disappeared and reappeared in front of Albedo while his hand shot the flares. Before Albedo’s fire had left his hand, Aleister had already teleported. Albedo’s eyes were quick enough to catch Aleister vanishing, but his body was to slow to r
eact. This man was too fast. He caught Albedo with a lower punch, sending him to the other side of the room. His punches felt like being hit by iron, knocking the air out of him. Not even the Xs were this strong against when they hit him.

What? This is impossible. How can someone teleport and move that fast
? The power of the Elder was useless; its sensing capability didn’t work on Aleister.  He was too fast, much faster than Albedo was.

Albedo now lay on the ground feeling the pain.

Aleister guffawed loudly. “Dawson, earlier when you sensed my presence, it was similar to the power of the Elder.  But you and I control a power much higher than you can imagine! Now won’t you join me so once again we can take our rightfully place in this world!” 

              Albedo responded, “What are you talking about? What power? And, why are you calling me Dawson?”

Aleister walked towards him.

Albedo’s hands were now lit up from his despair. The Elder had transformed. He was going to use the new-found power against Aleister. He got up quickly and hit Aleister with it. Aleister responded with his fist, not bothering to dodge his slow punch or use his Reawakening. Their fists met half way and Albedo could feel his left hand crack a little.

Aleister shook his head in disappointment. “How many times do I have to repeat myself Dawson? A king cannot reach a God; the power that you are hitting me with is useless.”

Albedo wondered how could a Pureblood who’s not using the Elder match his strength while he’s using the Elder’s full capacity. 

Aleister said, “Are you wondering why you are still weak while you’re using the pow
er of the Elder? It is because the Excitaret Quad needs blood for it to sustain its strength and capacity, just like your abilities lack luster without fulfilling your thirst.  Without blood a Pureblood may as well be a mere powerless parched vampire, the same goes for the Elder.”

The
last time he drank blood was when Sonia was there.  He had remembered Sonia telling him that he needed to drink blood at least once a month. The power of the Elder had drained so much of his energy fighting the Xs. Regular food had given him some of his energy back, but blood was what the Elder lusted for.

  Aleister grabbed Albedo’s left arm and threw him in the air
and teleported. Aleister reappeared behind him while in mid-air and struck him to the ground. He was the fastest Pureblood that Albedo had ever met, even faster than Sonia, but that didn’t stop him from trying to fight back. The power of the Elder was now gone and once again he felt the dizziness.

“What’s the matter Dawson? You’re
slow. A power is only as strong as its wielder and without blood, it cannot prosper properly.”

Aleister’s strength made his look like a toddler.
All
my training was for nothing
, Albedo thought to himself. This man came out of nowhere and made him look feeble.

“Let me ask you a question, Albedo. Why do you want to stay here among these humans who hate our kind? Why not come with me instead, isn’t that your dream?”

Aleister was right, it was his dream to leave this place and explore the world.

“It doesn’t matter if they hate me or not Aleister, I will protect all of them!” said Albedo with determination. After the incident with the Xs and Vincent, he started to think maybe this is where he needed to be.

              Aleister had a grim look on his face.

Albedo continued on, “It doesn’t matter if you’re a vampire or a human, if you need my help, then I’ll help you.”

Aleister started to laugh now, “Did you say to protect these humans! If it wasn’t for me they would have been extinct thousands of years ago!”

“What do you mean Aleister?”

“Don’t you remember, Dawson? If you don’t then you will just have to remember on your own.” With that, Aleister unleashed his ability. “WHITE FLAMES!!!”

Multiple fireballs were coming out of his right hand. The same one Angelione had to deal with; Albedo was too slow to dodge them all. These fi
reballs were different from his. Albedo’s fireballs are able to explode, but these felt different when they hit their target. As the white flames hit his body, he felt himself getting weaker.

Aleister teleported
once more and grabbed Albedo by his neck and started punching him. That same sick look on his face reminded Albedo of Gregory. His mouth started dripping blood. 

“So Albedo, let’s play a game! Let’s see how many punches you can handle in 10 seconds.” 2 punches, 5 punches, 10 punches, 20 punches; it was fast and impossible to dodge with his strong grip around Albedo’s neck.  Aleister threw Albedo on the ground and said, “You’re weak, but there’s power inside of you and I’m going to beat it out of you! That last ab
ility I used on you was nothing. The next time will burn.”

Albedo was taking a hard beating; he lay there, unable to fight back.
The white flames that he hit me with, for some reason are making me weak. It drained my energy, I can’t use the Elder with this level of energy, but what does it matter anyway, it’s useless against him
.

Aleister started taunting him, “Come on Dawson, or should I call you Albedo. You have to get serious now or I might actually kill you… hmm I know what will wake you up. That girl that you love so much, Sonia I believe was her name, your king sent her after me.” With that he grabbed Albedo’s attention. “You should have seen the look on her face when I killed her.”

Albedo’s rage was stronger after hearing what Aleister said. “YOU LIE!” he got up and his eyes started glowing! He felt a burst of energy rushing out of him, similar to the Elder. He looked at his hands with his glowing eyes and everything was shimmering light just like the vision of Elder sensing the colorless halo like hue around a person’s body. 

Aleister looked content and quickly said, “White Flames!”

Albedo felt faster and stronger, he saw the white flames coming his way. Dodging it was much easier now, but Aleister still had the upper hand. With tears in his eyes, the thought of losing Sonia made him stronger.

“That’s it Dawson, feed on the hate to increase your power, she begged me not to kill her!” Aleister continued to push his rage to the limit. More Fire was ready to come out of Aleister’s left hand, but before he could use it against Albedo
, he heard a voice, “Fire!” targeting him. He jumped in time before the blast of fire hit him. The fireball created an explosion and tremors the ground. 

Albedo’s heart beat faster when he saw Sonia standing there. The tears were gone; the glow in his eyes disappeared before Sonia could see it. He looked at her in astonishment and joy.  He had let Aleister trick him into believing she was dead.  “Sonia, I thought you were dead,” said Albedo weeping, he wanted to cry again but Sonia’s face was s
olemn.

“Albedo!
Fight with me!”

He looked at her as if she was crazy.

“I said fight with me!”

His body was in bad shape, but he found the strength to get up. He was ready for round two
. He hated the fact that Aleister made nothing of him.

Aleister stood on the other side smiling. 

“Hey Sonia, who is this guy exactly?”

To Aleister’s surprise Albedo was back to his old self, just seeing her, the hate in his eyes was now gone.

“His name is Aleister; he’s wanted by all the Six High Kings. He’s one of the most wanted Purebloods in Nacune, he’s powerful and dangerous. There’s a big bounty on his head.”

A smile crept onto his Albedo’s face. “It doesn’t matter if he had a billion Gold on his head, because I’m going to make him pay. Do you hear me Aleister!?” His confidence was building back up; he was ready for another round. The excitement showed on his face. Sonia noticed how fearless he was against Aleister. Even after she’d told him how dangerous and powerful Aleister was.

                 Sonia’s fear of Aleister was fading, thanks to Albedo’s courage. She felt different now than when she encountered him with Angelione. She smiled and Aleister’s grip of fear started vanishing. “Wait Albedo! Before you go again; remember I told you to never take off your training gear? Take it off now!”

Sonia and Albedo used to train with training gear, w
hich weighed hundreds of pounds. He took it off. She grabbed a flask of red liquid out of her back pocket and gave it to him.
I bet he hadn’t been drinking his blood like I told him to
!

  
              Albedo sniffed the flask and began to ask her what it was as he shivered.  When the smell entered his nostrils he immediately could tell that it was blood.  He drank it and his body felt a burst of energy flowing through his veins.  With the gear removed, his body felt less light, he felt like the cherry blossoms dancing with the wind. Thanks to the blood he felt stronger and faster.  This time, using the power of the Elder will suffice. 

Aleister on the side smiled and said quietly to himself, “He’s learning.” 

Albedo cracked his knuckles and stretched his legs and arms. “Get ready Aleister.”

Aleister smiled, this fight excited him. “It’s been a long time since I had to use that gear myself for training.”  He looked at Sonia and said, “Sonia, I see that you have returned. You made a mistake on coming here all by yourself. I see why you’re a member of the Black Reapers, you figured out who I was after and you came back as swift as you can. But I promise you, I will kill you this time.”

That caught Albedo’s attention with a smile, “no you won’t Aleister.”

Aleister teleported behind Albedo, there he swung for a punch but Albedo was now faster as he blocked it. His body had become twice as stronger and faster as the Elder floated through his arms. Sonia saw the light around Albedo’s hand and wondered when did he improve this much. Albedo had seen right through Aleister’s movement, which surprised Sonia. His speed was now equal to Aleister’s. As much as Sonia was surprised that Albedo was this fast, she remembered how hard it was for her and Angelione together to fight against Aleister.

Aleister said, “Well what do you know, you’re not as bad as I thought!” he had a smile on his face, like he was enjoying it. “Don’t get your hopes up yet.”  He teleported again but this time coming from above of Albedo.

Albedo grabbed Aleister’s left hand this time as he struck from above. Aleister had made a mistake, allowing himself to get caught; no way he can teleport now.
Albedo delivered a punch. Aleister felt the powerful blow, sending his body flying in midair. He landed on his feet and wiped the blood from his mouth.