We know why we are here...

Aubresiah opened the experimentation room eyes going wide. If she wasn't trained to not gag she would have. Pushing on Tox's chest she propelled him back "You don't need to see this. Find Carson. That is an order!" She barked tears of anger and sadness leaking down her face. Toxic had never heard her so pissed in all of his life with her. She had never shoved him so hard. Been so serious of an order. Her armor had fire dancing on it now her hands also did. She was shaking angrily. Aubresiah saw Leeann's body strapped to the turned over table, blood in tanks, Leeann's blood, Leeann's power in vials. Auron was wiping off the dagger that killed her teacher, her only semblance of a mother.

She stepped forward slamming the door shut behind her and waving a hand to lock it.Standing infront of them she unhooked her swords crossing her arms over eachother she pulled them out of the holsters a snarl on her face. Closing her eyes she saw every day she had spend in happiness, in hell of her whole life. "I belive in you." She heard Leeann's voice in her head. Shaking she jumped up into the air screaming in agony it was the worst sound anyone had ever heard, Aub's heart was breaking. She locked eyes with Arillia ready to kill her. Trembling in anger, she felt the fire snaking down her skin, crawling down it. Arillia could see her cold eyes stealing life from her body. "This world is wrong! The world you have created Auron!"

"I do." He smiled at her his lips brushing against her forehead so gently so softly. The cage had melted under his grasp and he was holding her tightly, so close to him. She felt so warm, so secure, so safe and happy. He had held her close, forehead against hers and his head leaned in his eyes closed and he kissed her the sweetest smallest kiss. It made her heart explode, her lips tingle and her legs tremble. It made him tremble as well, shivering in happiness he pulled back smiling at him. Then he heard it, Carson heard it too. The worst scream anyone had ever heard. Covering her ears he winced deeply. "What have they done..." he whispered looking toward the door. His wings were fluttering already. "Carson, get under your bed. Now." He gently shoved her toward it deciding it wasn't fast enough he put her under it, placing her in a protective bubble of angel magic.

Auron grinned even as she opened the door, he watched calmly as Tox was shoved back. Broke into a full smile as she looked the door behind her. Then he knew why she was so mad. Leeann's body in such a state and life drained from her. Arillia had taken her swords out as well. After kissing Auron she had started striding towards Aub's with an animal like smile on her face. Arillia countered her attack by flying upwards as well swords clashing together. Arillia tore her gaze away but looked a little drained afterwards. Auron just laughed at her. "I like my world!" Arillia slashed at her ten times only connecting twice. She was Aurons wife she never HAD to learn to fight it was just there for show.

His lips on hers, even briefly, made her heart flutter in ecstasy. Carson felt herself warm all over, not just from the butterflies in her stomach, but from the strength in his touch and she let a small sigh of happiness escape her lips. For a moment, everything was perfect. Unfortunately, it was only for that moment. The next thing she knew, Carson was under her bed, encased in some magickal shell. She felt tears burn in her eyes a Marcus left her. She felt the weight of the cool air around her. She felt like she'd never been so alone, so trapped. She tried to will away the stupid bubble around her, but she couldn't. She hit the air around her, only feeling the magick that enclosed her. "Why the hell does everyone think I'm so defenseless?!" Carson had shouted the words, but they were muted by the magick around her, as it usually did. Carson pointed at the white candle on her desk, and lit it on fire with a cold stare. White is for magick, after all.

Aubs waited patiently. As Arillia came at her she blocked 8 out of 10 times a smile of her own insanity brewing, now on her face. She slashed back with calculation and precision, when Arillia was slashing at her distracted Aubs delivered a beautiful blow to her side, and her shoulder. Arillia's arm fell limp, barely hanging on. Her side and arm blossomed with crimson blood. Arillia gasps as they hit her. Then Aub's grabs hold of her head driving a dagger into her heart draining her blood and power into her dagger. Arillia fell down and limp, Aubresiah smiled brightly. Then turned to Auron throwing Arillias corpse to the side.

Tox backed away, hearing the tone of her voice. "Shit.." He knew it must have been something bad. He turned around and looked around the hall. He could smell Carson and Marcus. Following the smell he found a staircase leading down. He silently walked down them and saw a man coming up them. "Hey! You! Get you ass up here and fight me! NOW!"He screamed this at him, unsheathing his sword. "You have never seen fury like you have unleashed this day my unfortunate friend!"

He was gaurding the door peeking out "I dont think youre defenseless! Im protecting you! " He looked at her with eyes so warm and cold she could have gotten emotional whiplash. He saw Tox and sighed "Not here to kill or hurt you Toxic now knock it off and go find Gabriel. I'm staying here and protecting Carson. " He said barely above a whisper. "Hes down the next flight to the right. " Marcus tossed his key bard to Tox and looked at Carson. "Password is 4452"

For a second, Carson's heart squeezed. If Tox was there, Aubs probably was too, and she was probably on a murderous rampage to get her back, even after Carson's message to her, to tell her not to be too rash.
Carson let the flame on her candle flare up some as she pouted. "You could protect me by letting me be ON my bed instead... Actually..." Carson pushed at the boundaries of her little bubble, and with a power she didn't know where from, she pushed the sides up and off, so she could hop on top of her bed and lounge there. To make Marcus feel special, and still manly and protective, she also created a strong canopy over her head in case something fell with the weight to crush her. "Good enough?" She had phrased it as a sentence, but she was way over asking for things.

Tox looked at him for a second, judging his trust. "Thanks...if you harm her..at all, your head will be crushed between my boot and that floor." He ran down the stairs and turned right. In front of him stood a large door with a key hole and turn dial number lock. He turned the dial to match the four digit number. 4.4.3.2. He slid the key in and turned it, the door came loose and he walked into the room, holding his blade at the ready.

Auron smiled at her warmly. "Aubresiah Arcane. You passed. It's okay now, you can live, Tox and Lily can live. Just join us. Leeann can be brought back, she has plenty of bodies here, and in Council. We just need to get her powers and blood back in her body." He smiled even warmer extending his hand to hers. Dagger in the one behind his back.

He nodded "I understand and do not plan to do that to her Toxic. I would beg you to do it if I did harm her" looking at carson her frowned and averted his gaze back to the door. "Fine. It's good enough." His eyes were closed tight, his jaw was set, and he was not in a great mood. He now did feel unimportant so he just worked on something else. Looking around the compound without moving. He saw the experimentation room and his eyes snapped open. "Aubs is not just on a mission to get you back, not at least anymore. They killed her mentor...right before she got here. She looks...like she's loosing it...." Keeping watching he shook his head "Dont do it Aubresiah..." he grabbed up his sword from the wall where he hung it and looked at Carson. "They were so stupid to do this..."

Gabriel was in a room with thousands of crates, they glowed like the morning stars. Vials and tanks of blood and powers lined the walls, empty crates and vials beside them. "I wouldn't break any of these crates or those tanks. They can and will destroy you. Courtesy of your mentor. " He smiled at Tox with such malice and determination.

"She's gonna do anything and everything she thinks she has to do to get back at them for this. They deserve nothing better." Carson pulled her knees up to her chest and rested her head on the top of her knees. "She can't think when she's like this. There's no reasoning with her. She'll hurt all those that have wronged her. That's how it is meant to be. I've already seen it." Carson sighed softly, not even caring that she just revealed that she say this battle. But even now, she didn't know the outcome.

Kyuu lightly tapped Auron on his shoulder with a bright smile. Her aura was glorious and glowing bright enough to blind anything with demon energies inside of them. With her other hand, she managed to grab the dagger out of his hand and after letting it lightly slice open his back, she tossed it to Aubs. With an anger burning within, from a time she tried not to remember, Kyuu clawed down his nerves and muscles in his shoulders, leaving them useless. "I love mortals, I really do. But I'm sorry, you've seemed to kidnap my charge, Carson. You'll have to die for that." As Kyuu spoke so softly and seductively into his ear, she grabbed him with the chains she had hidden on her body. She melded them together around his legs and his hands, but like handcuffs so he couldn't just melt them himself or anything. They were enforced with the Goddesses powers, so they were extremely unbreakable, and they would burn any without pure intent in their souls. In her angry haze, Kyuu licked the evil blood off her hands. "Aubs, dearest, I believe you can take it from here? I've got my charge to find."

Kyuu nodded and literally disappeared in a flash of light, her wings bright as she flew out of the room and down the hall in a quiet hover. She touched down onto the cold, sterile hall floors and walked without a sound. When she smiled Marcus and Carson, she pushed open the door, toning down her aura and light. These were friends. "I get that you're all protective and macho, but she's my charge according to Athena, so you have to share." Kyuu said to Marcus with a lazy roll of her shoulders. "Nice to finally meet you Carson, I've been the voice of your dreams." Kyuu lightly curtsied to her, her right fist over her heart. The sign of a witch's respect and friendship.

Tox stared right back at him, ignoring the crates. "Where is she!" His voice so deep and threatening, anyone who knew the real Tox would not know this one. He was furious with the council, and the demon inside was using it to his advantage. "These creatures...what are they?" He still didn't avert his gaze from Gabriel. "You have no right to speak of her like that!"

Kyuu paused a moment, hearing Tox freak out in some other part of the prison-like lab they were all in right now. She stilled her breathing, appearing to bed dead again, with her hands in a sort of mantra stance in front of her heart. They looked like4 a gun pointing at her chin. Then, she became a voice in his mind. "Do not lose focus,Toxic. He's trying to distract you. She's fine, I hold her essence myself. I will bring her back. You focus on getting these evil beings to where they belong. Calm the beast inside of you, and do this with a clear mind. After this, you will control the beast, not the other way around." Kyuu barely awaited a response as a calming wave of energy rushed over him, she was back to herself again.

Aubresiah growled at him teeth like a wolves. "I will never join you." She watched as Kyuu appeared and as Auroun's hand went up to stab her. Fire was already in her hand. Nodding to Kyuu she replied "Oh. Of course I can." Her smile was demented, like Leeann's when she was so angered, and loosing her path. Aubresiah kept the door locked and ripped Auron apart with her bare hands. Now that he was defenseless, courtesy of Kyuu, she could do everything she wanted to him. Walking up to him she kneed him in his testicles. Grabbing his hair she ripped it out of his skull by the handfuls. "Thats for stealing me and Tox and Mike!" She clawed at his flesh enjoying the skin and blood under her nails and upon her hands. She broke near to all his bones, then ripped them off of him one by one. Finger by finger, toe by toe, hand by hand, foot by foot. "That's for all the kids you mercilessly killed. Thats not even enough for them. Trials. Experimentation. You sick fuck." She ripped his shins off next. Breaking his jaw and then ripped his calves off "That is for Tox. You fucked him up. You fucked me up!" She broke and shattered his jaw to bits again, then ripped his arm off at the elbow on both, then ripped the arm out completely. "I hope you burn in hell..." She kept muttering tp herself and screaming at him for every wrong he had done. He was nothing but a torso, a penis, and a head now. Smiling manically, she put broken glass inside his torso and hit him in the torso so it would tear him to ribbons. After that she ripped his penis off, stuck it in his mouth and made him swallow it. Laughing in a crazy way, his screams were constant agony and it fueled her more. Everyone could hear him, everyone could hear her. She cut into his torso with her nails and fingers on his torso until he was ribbons. Taking his wings in her hands she ripped them off with a crunch she then threw them aside and smiled "Say mercy! Say it! Remember Auron?! REMEMBER?!" She took his head in her hands and twisted until it was popped off. Tossing it aside, she laughed. The screams didn't stop until she popped his head off. She made sure he had to stay awake with magic so he couldn't pass out from pain. Couldn't die until his head was removed from his body. Looking at her work she stopped giggling smiled deeply, turned on her heel and walked out. She was completely covered in blood. Head to toe, it dripped off of her and her foot prints stayed bloody.

She walked down to where Tox was smiling as she walked in she stood against the door "Don't mind me"

Auron was in shock as Kyuu was behind him and his blood ran down his back, he was about to turn around, back hand her and make a cocky remark until the manacles were upon him and he started to yelp and howl in pain. As Aubs advanced and began her torture, she made him think of all his wrongs and torture. He couldn't pass out, couldn't die, couldn't sleep. He realized now some things were worse than death. He screamed until Aubs ripped his head off and let him die. Only she could grant him peace now. As he neared Heaven, His Lord laughed at him and personally escorted him to Hell, to Morningstar. As Morningstar smiled at him, he put him in Dante's Circle of Hell. Dante ran this ring, and Auron had put him here by killing him. Mandelyn's ex husband. And as Dante laughed and smiled at him Auron felt himself wet his pants and whimper. Dante now had the opportunity to torture him to the end of time.

Marcus nodded to Carson. "She needs to get this out of her system...don't think badly of her...she's on full instinct now. She can't help it. It is what she was made for. She will do what she deems necissary." He winced and let a tear shed for Aubresiahs pain, and winced at the screaming of terror and agony. Until they cut off and all you could hear was Aubresiahs giggling. He still winced holding his breath and sighing. "She'll be ok soon..." he walked over to hold Carsons hand gently. As Kyuu came in he nodded, stood up kissing Carson's hand he let it go. Saluting Kyuu he bowed deeply ."Ill share. I just love and care about her." As he stood up he nodded to the crystal necklace. "I see she is with you now and safe. I am glad. It was hell getting her to you, and getting the crystal from lock up for her."

"All around us." he gestured to the crates of blood and power. "We drained her completely, and now with Mandelyn Leeann's power, we will be far elevated above the Goddesses, Above Heaven and Him. Above the Hell and the Morningstar. We will reign supreme over all goddesses, Heaven, Hell, and mortals, and immortals alike. "The DEAD have no way to defend their name. Soon you will have no way to defend your name either Toxic. It is the truth. We drained her and her power and her blood will elevate us all."

Kyuu smiled as Marcus bowed back to her, wincing slightly when Carson's aura flared with jealousy for a moment, because Marcus had his attention on the beautiful angel in the room, she relaxed a little when Carson's aura filled with both confusion and desire. "Though I am used to men bowing before me, I ask that you do not bow to me, Marcus." Kyuu waved him up with her hands. Kyuu lightly covered the crystal pendant holding her best friend's soul within it. "I can not tell you how very pleased I am that you heard my voice and responded to it as the Fates said you would. It was very helpful to have you here." Kyuu lightly gripped his forearm in thanks, and turned her attention to a glaring Carson.

"As for you, I get that you're extremely confused right now, but I believe it's time to get you caught up..." Kyuu placed one of her small fingers on her lips as she paced a little, wondering where to start and how. "I know you're a witch. I've been entrusted with your care from the future, as I too, serve the Goddesses. Now, before you question it, I am an Earth bound Goddess Incarnate that can move through time and space to help charges that the Goddesses have given me. You are one of them. At some point, I hope to take you to my realm and give you what they've asked me to award you with, but that will have to wait until you get out of here... Now..." Kyuu paused again, her hands now on her perfectly curved hips. "I'm also a damn Mistress and I have a request." Kyuu glanced at Marcus and smiled. "When this is over, if you hurt Carson, know that you will die slowly and painfully, and though I wish it wouldn't, you will watch Carson mourn you in the afterlife. My request is simple. Treat her to what she deserves after all the pain this has caused her."

Carson started pouting the second the beautiful girl with angel wings walked into the room. She thought the winged beauty would surely steal away the only man to ever show her kindness or caring. She was so plain, compared to this body to the voice of wisdom from her mind. To be fair, even Carson wanted to bow before her and please this woman. She demanded respect and something else. Carson tried to read this woman's aura, but it was blank, other then the Angelic Light. "Who are you? Who are you really?" Carson demanded at the woman in front of her, that stole Marcus' attention for even a little longer than she prefered.

Suddenly she really heard what he'd said. Any anger was broken away from her in that moment with confusion and desire. "Marcus... You love me?" Carson's eyes were wide, a slight blush on her cheeks. Her body trembled slightly, as if she were nervous or cold. She pushed at the bubble of magick around her and pulled on his hand. She wanted to see his eyes, to see the truth in them. When he looked at her, and she saw the truth within them, she smiled. Her eyes watering some, one single tear escaping her eye, she fell into his arms, nuzzling into his neck. Carson saw Kyuu turn away to let them enjoy the moment, a silver blade in each of the angel's hands, fire spitting out the tips of them. Carson didn't care. "Say it again?" she asked softly, sensing both her smile and Kyuu's.

"The dead..should be respected. There way of defending there names are through there family, friends, and other loved ones who defend them. I am here to defend her name." Tox took a step forward, rotating the blade slowly in his hand. His style was mainly defensive, choosing to attack first would probably be suicidal. "Gabriel. It will not be me who dies this day. All you have done to us, it has caused your downfall. The Council will fall today."

Marcus smiled nodding at Kyuu. "Tell Mandelyn, tell her...That Micheal really misses her...that she's welcome back whenever she would like. She has more bodies here." He nodded plopping six wedding rings into Kyuus hand. From all her husbands. I ...I am sorry that I had to do that to them...." He looked down knawing his lip. Sighing he made sure to talk in a tounge only Kyuu could understand. Only Kyuu could hear. "Tell her also...that I wouldn't have killed Luka and Sivad if I didn't have to to keep the balance... If it makes her feel better I didnt kill them...Auroun did...Aubresiah will already hate me enough" He got drug over to carson as he handed over the Necromancers sword Sivad and his son had. Both of them one for Mandelyn one for Aubresiah. He smiled holding her tears leaking from his eyes. "I love you Carson Vega." All that he could think is it's over. It's finally over. Holding her close and tight he felt warm, loved, safe. He didnt feel cold and heartless any more.

Gabriel laughed lightning striking from his hands aiming for Toxic. He couldn't help but manically laugh, holding his sword out he watched the lightning dance, the fire coming next. Her placed the precious cargo in protective bubbles and REALLY had at Toxic. He couldnt hold it back anymore.

Aubresiah leaned silently against the wall where Toxic and Gabriel fought. Covered in blood she watched calmly and collectedly. Her eyes were blood red. Shadows played and danced around her. Glyphs appeared on her skin, black and burnt into the skin. Her wings turned black the beautiful white down around her feet. Her necklace became a key, the pendant glowed black now. Her canines extended to fangs. Her nails grew to sharp points. Her shorts became a black mini skirt, a crimson ribbon as a belt, the excess ribbon went to her knees. High stilettos, straps were crimson ribbons, a red and black corset replaced her other clothing. Her hair turned black, glossy and fell out of it's braid. It stayed strait and perfect. The blood drained off her skin and into her eyes. A primitive roar escaped her throat.

Tox rose his blade point towards the lightning, but it could only absorb so much. The current transferred to his body as Gabriel upped the strength. As the electricity was flowing through his body he fell to a knee, forcing himself to stay up. Once his skin became alight it bubbled and blistered horribly. "AHHH!" He screamed, a blood curdling scream. The demon now getting pissed, it took over. He rose to his feet, on fire, ignoring the pain, the smell, the sound. He charged headlong directly at the man who attacked him. The feathers on his wings burning away, his clothes disappearing into fuel for the flames. He jumped hard and went to tackle Gabriel into one of the many cages in the room, if he was going down, he was bringing this man with.

A startled Carson looked up in surprise. She shouldn't have been, but she was."Marcus..." Carson lightly bit her bottom lip as she tilted her head up from where it rested on his shoulder as he held her close. Looking into his eyes, her own wide an innocent, she softened. "Just shut up and kiss me..." The second those words left her mouth, she let her lips fall against his, melding together liked that had never been meant to be apart. She wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling herself closer to him to kiss him deeper, like they were meant to do. She barely remembered that there was an angel in the room with them. She didn't care. She pulled him tighter against her small body, and then finally, pulled away a bit, catching her breath. Would he kiss her again? Or take it as it was? She would have rathered have been dipped low to the ground and kissed again. kiss that would have made her want to be carried over to the bed she'd known for he length of her captured moments.

Kyuu silently agreed to everything Marcus asked of her. She took the six wedding rings and dropped them around the chain that held the pendant that her best friend had given her. When they were secure, Kyuu hovered over to the window to watch the issues resolve outside. She wanted Marcus and Carson to have a private moment within the hell they had been living. Hiding things, hiding the feelings that were now free. She could feel and hear Carson's thoughts and feelings as if they were words being spoken to her. She bowed to the ground, and stepped outside the door. The coast was clear, so she leaned against the wall next to the door. They deserved to be alone for awhile.

Aubresiah watched quietly, silently, a smirk on her face as her heels clicked on the tile under her feet as she paced around the room watching Gabriel and Toxic duke it out. Her Blood Bane was in her hand and shining as her eyes crimson and beautifully. Her hands were swirling with black flames her eyes sparkling in joy. Carefully aiming she blasted at Gabriel with the fire. Watching eagerly for a hit on him, blossoming blood and that screaming.

Will had been through alot over the years. His first wife left him, most of his children were deceased and only one remained alive. His closest friend was nowhere to be found, and he could not help but wonder where she was. He had appointed Mandelyn to be his guard, and he gave her charge over Erecia's forces in his absence. However, whenever he returned, all of Erecia had been destroyed.

Now a wanderer with no home to go to and virtually no family or friends to return to, Will Senton walked through the halls of a place that he seemed to have stumbled upon in his travels. His eyes were midnight blue, signifying sadness, discouragement, and that he was distraught, unsure of where to go or who to go to. In what seemed to be a dark place, his form-fitting white armor gave him a somewhat angelic appearance, filling the hall with light. Upon his back was the greatsword known as the Sword of Senton, and along with it was the sun-forged Sword of Erecia, meant to be passed to every Paladin of Erecia. However, with no one to pass it on to, Will remained the Paladin, seeking to rebuild his empire, but most importantly, reunite with his closest friend.

He was 6'0'' tall, and broad-shouldered. His build was a little on the muscular side, but not enough to be sickening. He scanned the hall for a door, and he came across one. Hearing some sort of commotion which he could recognize from any distance, battle, he knew that it would not be the wisest decision to barge into the room behind this door, especially in a place that he was unfamiliar with. Hesitantly, he raised a hand up and knocked on the door loud enough to be heard.