Drakians (Telios & DawnAntalios)

[DawnAntalios]

With a sadistic grin she looked at the falling dragon as she dove after him.


" Do not think I will let you die so easily. " she roared as she caught him mid air, dragging him to the ground. She then reverted back to her human form, her eyes burning in the fire of vengeance. She drew her massive sword in her hand and slowly started walking towards her foe, smiling.


" I should thank you for sending me back, my dear. " she cackled menacingly.

 

[Telios]

Vane looked sadly at his controlled mate. He closed his eyes and accepted his fate. "If you aren't my mate... Just end me..." He said what he though would be his final words, tears coming from his closed eyes as he laid on the ground helplessly.

 

[DawnAntalios]

She thrust her sword in the ground as she walked up to him, anger on her expression.


" What? You have given up already? " she hissed as she walked up next to him. " I thought you to have more fire in your heart than that... my dear. "


She turned her back to him, taking a deep breath.


" You have no idea what I had to endure in the master's palace now do you? " she whispered silently as she turned around, a drop of tear in her eyes.


" The pain... I thought I knew its meaning. I thought I had any idea of it, but I was wrong. So wrong... "

 

[Telios]

".....Zoe....." Vane spoke up weakly. ".....Are you still...there...? Please... Answer me..." He opened one eye to look at her. The purple glow around him began to fade away as he bled out from his wounds.

 

[DawnAntalios]

She frowned in anger.


" Even now you are concerned with your own well being? " she pointed her plated hand at him " So selfish... but fine, I will ease your pain for now. I don't want a bleeding weakling to be my opponent. "


She shot out a much more gentle flame at Vane, cauterizing his wounds, stopping the bleeding and returning a small portion of his power to him. She then tossed a word at his feet, motioning him to pick it up.


" Rise from the ground. We will meet in a duel of steel, not magic. I may want to eradicate traitors like you... but I shall not do so without honor. "

 

[Telios]

Vane struggled to get up. "Not my wellbeing...but yours..." He groaned, slowly turning back and picked up the sword, pointing it at Zoe weakly. "Punos... What had you done to her..." He sighed heavily.

 

[DawnAntalios]

" The unspeakable pain I have mentioned was my test. " she said " I have endured horrors I never even believed to exist. My mind was about to break, my body was about to be torn apart but I stood my ground... " her eyes flared in fury as she stomped the ground with a massive force as she looked up at him.


"... for you. "


She then lunged forward, swinging her sword furiously.


" But then he opened my eyes, made me see the reality. All I stood for was a lie - including you. He revealed the truth: you only need me as 'mate' to siphon my powers when the time comes, to leave me to die powerless alone. You will have NONE OF THAT! "

 

[Telios]

"Nonsense..." Vane replied, holding up the sword to block her attack, swinging it to try to throw her sword away. But he was too weak, making him only able to block. "Gungh.."

 

[DawnAntalios]

" Is that so? " she hissed as she attacked again. She purposefully avoided the vital points of her opponent to make him able to listen.


" Then why did you send me in the jaw of death when you knew dragons can sense one another? He is right, is he not? "


She swung furiously again, tears flying from her eyes everywhere.


" I thought you can be trusted. I even swore as your apprentice, your companion. " she dodged one of his attacks " I would have sacrificed anything for you... "

 

[Telios]

"This may sounds weak... But I forgot... I didn't know he could sense other Drakians... While I can't... Most of others can't..." He trusted his sword into the ground, leaning on it. "I wished that I could have replaced you... I'd rather die for you than live without you..."

 

[DawnAntalios]

Something made her pause of a moment. A faint, distant echo in her head disrupted her concentration and the twilight flame flickered for a second before she regained control.


" Now you say that, of course... begging for your pathetic life. " she said, slowly approaching him again, swinging her blade once more. " Do you have any idea why did I just not ferociously attacked you the first time we met? Why didn't I have the blood lust to finish you? "


She paused again.


" I never accepted his gift. I was offered a hundred times over but I always refused. I was a fool, now I see... I should have bathed in his glory a long time ago. "

 

[Telios]

"If you wanted glory... Decapitate me and took my head back to him. Torture me and then kill me if you wanted." Vane said, accepting his death. "Let's just end my misery... And yours too..."

 

[DawnAntalios]

The echo became more loud and more annoying to suppress but she was able to. She then walked up to him, throwing his and her sword to the ground. she put hen hand gently on his cheeks, smiling menacingly.


" Do you remember the first time? How I begged you to finish me and denied me for so long... now I shall do the same. "


She leaned closer to him, whispering only to his ears.


" The master will be pleased with you. Yes he will, just imagine: two dragon, side by side, leading the most powerful army the world has ever seen. We will be the bulwark, the epitome of strength. "

 

[Telios]

"I will never join you..." Vane glared up at her, slowly trying to stumble away from her. He then fell onto the ground, his power being drained away somehow.

 

[DawnAntalios]

She knelt down next to him.


"Come now, do not resist me, my dear. " she said, her expression turned soft and she smiled at him with a warm smile. " You and I... we will rule them all side by side. The master will make you forget pain as he did with me. "


She embraced him, patting on his back.


" Be at ease. I will make it all vanish. "


The echo in her mind started to grow unbearably loud. She became weaker due to now having full control over her own thoughts and the control spell became more and more unstable. She was glad though that it could not be broken so easily: only an act of love would prove sufficient enough to do so, but he surely hated her after all this torture, there was no way he would forgive her crimes.

 

[Telios]

Vane slowly sat up and kissed on her forehead. "Please wake up..." He said before falling on his back again, closing his eyes as he slowly passed out due to the amount of power being drained away from him.

 

[DawnAntalios]

Zoe's expression turned from evil to surprised then finally to shocked. His kiss was the last straw and the echo in her mind finally broke free, bringing back all her memories - the good and bad alike. The purple flame was extinguished from her mark and from her eyes...


And then the wracking pain returned.


Zoe screamed in agony as the torture and anguish Punos had cast upon her resumed. She felt her entire body collapsing under the influence of the spell. She fell to her knees, shaking uncontrollably before she collapsed to the ground.


" Vane... I am sorry... I have failed... " she said before the pain took over her and she felt in a sleepless coma next to her companion.

 

[Telios]

The mayor called the townspeople to search for them. They eventually found them around night time and brought them back to the town. They were taken into a clinic and looked after. Vane woke up first a couple of days later, but he was more worried about his mate than himself.

 

[DawnAntalios]

She drifted in the eternal darkness known as the void. She saw no light, no hope, no escape... could this be the end?


But then... why does she still feel pain? No, death had not claimed her although she was sure she was not far from its grasp. She was trapped in this dark dimension of nothingness alone. Nobody was here to save her this time and she saw no escape either.


But she was not sure if she wanted to escape anyway. Guilt overwhelmed her as she realized what had she done under the influence of the nefarious dragon. Perhaps they were keeping her alive so that when she awakens they can torture her and kill her properly as she deserved.


She just swam in the void, contemplating on her actions.

 

[Telios]

Vane recovered soon a while later thanks to a fellow Drakian, who is a master of healing. He rested to gather as much strength as he could before trying a healing spell on his beloved mate. The symbol on the back of his hand glowed gold quite harshly as he put all of his might into the spell, hoping to wake her up.

 

[DawnAntalios]

Zoe felt warmth in the darkness but knew not where to go or what to do. She was completely blind in the utter darkness as she sought an exit out from this nightmare. She did not let despair to get the better of her. Now, she would wait patiently until she saw an opening.


In the waking world purple energy tried to drive Vane away from healing. A small portion of Punos' power still lingered in Zoe, attacking anyone who tried to remove the curse from her entirely.

 

[Telios]

Vane grunted as he strengthened his spell, turning to use something else other than his strength: his own soul. He knew the consequences but he continued. He started to chant another spell, which is used to completely destroy Punos' control over Zoe and also a special magic seal to keep her from any curses.


In the black void, Vane started appearing and called. "Zoe?!"

 

[DawnAntalios]

She turned to the familiar voice and gasped in shock and fear.


" Vane! " she exclaimed " What are you doing here? You must escape this infernal place. "

 

[Telios]

A source of white light appeared as Vane grabbed her hand. "No, you must. I'm here to take you out." He smiled warmly, walking to the light with her,

 

[DawnAntalios]

She pulled back, bowing her head in shame.


" You go, I have to stay. " she said sadly " After all I have done... I do not deserve mercy... I do not deserve you. "