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The Quest For Vengence |
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Man's greatest enemy is himself as he seeks to
crush the hearts of others he destroys himself.
~Mystique Drakos~ |
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As Artimus reached where Mystique stood, he turned
to Marion and said ..."The baby's
fine Marion... don't worry." Marion closes her eyes thanking the
Goddes... silently chanting a prayer to them. Mystique
looked to Artimus silently as he spoke to
her..."So what now we've made it, there were people at the cliffs?"
She looked to Marion and Jack and then back to him
..."theres nothing here but my land
...and the winds and the darkness... people? What people? she looked to
him suddenly. Lady Fair saw them...he said as he
looked to her...and don't worry I can counter
the darkness if need be I made sure of it. Mystique looked to him
silently and sighs..."I see." As they talked Jack used his
telekenisis and makes rocks form in a
door way against the entrance as a precaussion so that nothing would
enter. Marion looked to them and very softly whispered..."What
happened?" Artimus turned to her saying ... "just some
misfortune marion thats all." Marion looked to
him confused...Misfortune? then turned to Jack.."I am so weak Jack...
why?" Jack looked to Marion staying right by the door
making sure nothing comes
through that door he smiles..."tis ok marion just rest, save your energy."
Marion nods letting her eyes drift shut.. her
hands resting upon her belly.
Mistique moved to the wall of the cave and looked
to the writings she then looked to Jack and smiled...."Nothing comes in here Jack...the winds
and the darkness fear this cave..." Jack looked to her and snickered...
"I'm going to make sure nothing comes in any way." as he lays next the door and drifts to
sleep. Artimus turned to Mystique
as she looked back to him....Misti, why do they call this place the Isle
of Darkness? specifically I mean. She looked to him and
sighed....because of the cliffs...You see long ago there was a temple on the cliffs it
was said that the demon lord
lived there. She looked out into the darkness as Artimus walked up and
looked out as well and said.."Soon we'll be going to this
forsaken temple..and I know you
aren't a fighter but we may need your help if things go bad. Mystique
looked at him and sighed as she felt something inside her rip
through her as he mentioned
the temple. She turned and looked to the wall silently "yes"..then she
turned to him silently...Artimus...why must we go to that
place?" He turned to her and
smiled.."To stop the evil do we need any other reason. She wondered
if she would be able to help and sighed as she whispered
softly looking out into the night "I
suppose not." Marion who had been sleeping begins to come too and
her head turns slightly gazing at the others searching for
Jack muttering his name. Artimus
looked to Marion as he picked up a bag and set it on the floor unrolling
it to reveal various silver weapons "Marion..Jack is scouting the
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The Demon Temple
on the
Island of the Dead |
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Mystique looked to the wall as the winds howled
out side and laughter was heard and then
turned to look at what he was doing and sighed as he takes a Cutlass,
dagger and whip from the bag....Artimus..why are they silver?
Artimus looked up to her
and smiled....."yes? Oh that's because they're they're enchanted in
case they really are demons now take your pick...he
said as he looked to her. Mystique looked to
him and shook her head....No. Marion looked to them and very softly
whispered..."There 'tis a demon... a very angry one. We have to
be very careful Artemis..He is very powerful... and he
guards the ship... we can nae enter..." He turned to
Marion and said ... "I know Marion...I have weapons that can stop him."
Artimus then looked at Misty and taking his weapons said.. "It's
just in case you have to protect yourself. She backed away
from the bag slowly as the winds roared outside.
Marion tries to sit up feeling so weak. Mystique looked to Marion
sighed as Artimus walks over to her picking her up and
spoke softly as she looked out into the
night ....then turned to look at the weapons once more ..."Artimus?...The
Demon...I cannot do anything to him. Artimus looked to her
confused..."why not Misti?"
Marion misunderstanding her said ..."Weapons are powerless over this
demon Artemis... you should know that." Artimus laughs
slowly..."not these weapons."
Mystique looked to them both and in a low
whispering voice she said ..."He was...my
...father..." Marion turns to her as Artimus asked ....Was or is ?
as he looked to her silently. She walked to the door and
out into the wind and gave no answer
and stood quietly looking toward the cliffs Marion sighs knowing the
answer and shaking her head looked to Aritmu..."Why are we here
Artemis." Artimus walked over to Marion and carried her over
to Misti...Marion we are her to help.
He then looked to Misti ...."Misti if your father can be saved we'll
do it ...if not...we'll free him from his pain." Misti looked
at them and sighed as she spoke softly as
she looked to their eyes..."My father can't be saved but he must be
stopped." She looked to Artimus as tears came to her eyes
...Aritmus? and who will free
me from my pain? she whispered softly. Artimus looked into her
eyes and smiled softly...your friends can babe.
She looked out into the mountains as the tears came to her eyes knowing what she did now and asking
herself why she had ever come
back to this island of death and Marion as if reading her mind looked at
her and whispered. softly...Why did you? She turned to
Marion and sighed ..."I came
because I wanted to see him once more ..he is my father...and I wanted my
family back. Artimus turned to her and asked about her
father...."does he have minions
Misti?" She turned and looked to him silently ..."only those he did not
kill." Well, Misti he said we're here now, no regrets and
you will see them again. "Misti
what happened to him?"
She looked out into the mountains as she began to
tell them of her past. One day my father
went into the mountains ..The day he came back my mother said he had
changed...you see this was before I was born ...but he is all I
have ever known. "Did she ever
say how he changed.?" asked Marion. She turned to Marion and sighed
"no just that he could do many things he did not do before
like call upon the winds or draw
fire out of thin air." Marion smiled ...."Alright..I can do that myself...
That 'tis using the elements... that comes from
my Goddess... Gaia... Artimus looked to Misti asking.."and you're sure he's evil?" Marion
looked to Artimus surprised..."He went after the baby Artimus... you saw that
yourself.! Artimus glanced
at Marion and nodded...."that's evil all right. Misti then continued
with her story slowly as she looked out into the
darkness..."when the men came to the island my
father was weak....and as she listened to the wind she spoke changing
the subject.....Evil? ...well I don't know but he killed many,
you see the island was once full
of people and they slowly disappeared until until we were the only ones
here." So we stop him enough said.." spoke Artimus
suddenly. Marion looked to Artimus..."We need to learn more about him Artemis before going
blindly into something we know nothing about.." Artimus looked
to Misti as he answered Marion..."he kills innocents, do we need to know morehe kills
innocents, do we need to know more? |
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Dismal |
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