Drakians (Telios & DawnAntalios)

[Telios]

"Wh-What..." Vane backed up away from Punos. "What are you going to do to me?" He asked futilely, already knowing the answer. He is going to change me like Zoe... Won't he... Vane thought to himself as he back against the wall opposite to the bars and Punos.

 

[DawnAntalios]

He smiled.


" That would be just a last resort solution, my dear friend. " he said " No, what I want is... an alliance. A fellowship between the two of us. With my might and influence and your magic and knowledge we would be unstoppable. Just think about it: supreme rules of the world, just you and I. "


He looked at the bleeding girl.


" Sure, you can bring your traitorous dog too if you want it. But the two of us would be kings! Wealth unending, power overwhelming, anything you desire. "

 

[Telios]

"As if I wanted to join you in the first place." Vane argued. "And mocking my mate isn't helping, you idiot." He spat at Punos, glaring at him. He then tried to change to burst out of this place but he was suppressed by something. "A magic barrier..."

 

[DawnAntalios]

He shook his head.


" You misunderstood me. What I offered was a plan, not a CHOICE. It will come to pass, regardless what you do. I only offered an easy way for you, an easier life. You are just confused right now, understandable. I will leave you here to think for now, let you calm down. "


He laughed and walked out of the dark room, leaving them alone in the darkness.

 

[Telios]

Vane waited for Punos to go away before going to the irons bars. "If only I can change..." He sighed heavily, grabbing a couple of bars and tried to bend them. Of course they didn't bend. He began to look around the room for anything to help him out of the cell.

 

[DawnAntalios]

As the dark presence receded from the cell Zoe's eyes opened slightly. The pain and exhaustion made her weak but she could see Vane in the cell nearby.


" Vane... " she whispered as she extended her hands as much as she could from her chains. A weak, faint magical aura surrounded it and weakened the barrier. Her power was not enough to destroy it but was able to weaken it enough so he may destroy it. Then the pain made her black out once again.

 

[Telios]

Vane caught the chance and shattered the barrier completely. His arms were covered in scales before he bends the irons bars, running out to Zoe and lowered her onto the ground after cutting the chains. The symbol on the back of his hand glowed as he used a heal spell on her.

 

[DawnAntalios]

Zoe screamed in agony as Vane's healing spell touched her, making her to suffer even more. The dark magic of Punos in this nefarious place reversed every effect of benefical spells, turning them into greater torment. Weakly, she opened her eyes.


" Vane... flee from this place. I will be fine, once I recover I will make my escape. I... will find a way. "

 

[Telios]

Vane stopped when he noticed that Zoe was in pain. "I'm taking you with me. There's no way I'm leaving you here with that psycho." He said, gently picking her up.

 

[DawnAntalios]

She raised her left hand closely, touching his cheeks gently.


" Listen to me. " she whispered weakly " This is no ordinary castle - this is a different, alternate dimension where he is in control. I do not know where he exit could be but you can not escape so easily. "


She tried to smile.


" I told you, I will be fine and at the moment I would only be a burden to you. Find your way out from here as fast as you can. "

 

[Telios]

Vane slowly and gently put Zoe down, regret burning him from inside out. "I-I'll... I'll return for you..." He forced the words out of him. He kissed her, a hand on her cheek. "I promise..." He whispered before going out of the room, looking for an exit.

 

[DawnAntalios]

Zoe kept her weak smile on until Vane vanished in the corridor, then she closed her eyes as tears started to pour out of it.


" You need not to hide any longer. I know you are there. "


An amused clap was the asnwer to her words as from a dark corner Punos stepped out in the open.


" You let him out, told him my secret and adviced him to go on without you so he might escape. " the sadistic voice came from her captor, the whip still in his hands. " Such a noble sacrifice. Are you prepared for the consequences? "


She wiped away her tears and faced him.


" If it means that he might escape then yes. "


Tears filled her eyes as the whip struck again and again but did not yell. She wanted to buy Vane enough time to escape this madness.

 

[Telios]

Vane went through corridors after corridors, looking through doors after doors, even mirrors and mirrors. But he couldn't find a way out. "What is this place?!" He muttered to himself in anger, going through Punos' labyrinth. Finally he found the mirror he went through to get here. "Finally..." He smiled, running to it but only to be stopped by black talons grabbing his leg. "N-No!" He screamed, devastated. He was so close... Yet so far.

 

[DawnAntalios]

While fighting with the dark talons the black ooze crawled out from the mirror, taking on the form of Zoe once more. It walked closer to the struggling boy touching his cheeks with its delicate fingers.


" Come now, my darling, do not struggle. " it said gently " Punos offers you a great gift, you should accept it, I know I would. "

 

[Telios]

"Just shut up!" Vane changed into a dragon and growled at the fake Zoe. He slashed at the talon gripping his leg before dashing over the clone, heading to the mirror. He changed back and throw himself at the mirror.

 

[DawnAntalios]

The clone dashed before the mirror, protecting it with its body. Its eyes flared and gently pushed Vane back away from the treasured object. Still trying to be sweet it tried to cast its charming spell at him once more.


" I am the one you need, my love. " it said with its charming voice " Leave that martyr wyrm behind and let me love you. " it said, putting its fingers on his cheeks.

 

[Telios]

Vane grunted as he collided with the clone and was pushed back onto the ground. He looked up at it with a groan. Bad move. He was under the charm spell's effect again. "Yes dear..." His eyes turned grey due to being controlled. "Love me..." He said, getting up and walked over to it.

 

[DawnAntalios]

Zoe could hold the pain back no longer. Punos kept relentlessly whipping her and now he maimed her very flesh and her bones.


Her scream echoed across the entire labyrinth, interrupting the clone as it got distracted by the pitiful howl of the real Zoe, losing its grasp over Vane entirely.

 

[Telios]

Vane'so snapped back to reality and growled at the clone. He used a spell and burned it completely. "I'm sorry Zoe..." He said regretfully as he went through the mirror.

 

[DawnAntalios]

Punos roared in rage as he felt Vane slipping from his nightmare realm. He dropped his whip, grabbing the defiant girl by her throat, suffocating her with his firm grip.


" You pathetic, insolent, useless wretch! " he yelled at Zoe who still gasped for air " I should kill you right here, right now! "


His girp tightened and Zoe fought not to black out due to the lack of air and the overwhelming pain. Fortunately for her Punos calmed down and threw her limp body to the wall so forcefully that the bricks broke.


" No. Not yet. " he hissed " You are a precious lure, the only way to get Vayne back here. You are more useful as a hostage than as a rotting corpse. "


He then finally left the room, leaving her alone in the cold dark. Coughing up blood a faint smile appeared on her face. At least he was free...

 

[Telios]

Vane returned to his house and proceeded to smash to cursed mirror. Vane' spare rs came up to check what was happened but Vane slumped onto the floor and cried. "Zoe..." He slammed his fist onto the ground, not caring even if glass shards impaling his skin.


Soon his mom coaxed him to stand up. She cleaned him and his wounds before wrapping bandage around it. Vane was personally devastated, not saying anything or eat anything. He stayed in his room with his door locked as his dragon form.

 

[DawnAntalios]

Zoe could barely breath from the brutal beatings she took from her captor. She did not recieve any food or water, thus her throat was dry and her stomach rumbling, but that was the least of her worries. With no heed to her suffering Punos still tried to break her will over and over again, only to realize that since he transferred a protion of his power to her he was unable to wash her brain.


He tortured her regardless and Zoe had the suspicion that the madman knew already that his methods were ineffective - he just enjoyed inflicting the pain. She stood her ground, she did not know how long could she do it but she did. With every waking moment the warm embrace of death seemed such a sweet solution to her. It would be so much easier without this anguish...

 

[Telios]

Vane did not fare better, even without the physical tortures. He was tormented mentally everyday he didn't see Zoe. My mate... Why... Why does he have to do this... That line of thought was stuck in his mind, him unable to get it out of his head. What pained him more was Zoe's gift to him: the ruby statuette of him that she made for him.


Eventually, Vane went to the mountain that Zoe usually come to, holding the ruby statuette in his talons carefully. Arriving at his destination, he lied down next to an entrance of a cave and curled up, setting the statuette in front of him. His mind was slowly corroded away by the mental pain and suffer, unknowingly letting Punos' control taking over him as he had managed to plant 'a seed' into him thanks to the clone when he was unconscious.

 

[DawnAntalios]

Zoe's hope was shattered. She was to be a prisoner for the rest of her life... which was not too long anyway.


Or so she thought.


Punos, finished with his regular torture session left her alone. She was bare skin and bones, starvation making her incredibly weak. Then she noticed a small figure moving in the twilight. She paid it no mind as it must have been an illusion of some sort. But the tiny figure kept walking to her. She looked up to see a little girl, could not have been older than four years of age. She wore a simple dress and a little doll in her tiny hands as she looked at the maimed girl.


She knelt before Zoe and asked her:


" Are you giving up? " she asked with sadness in her voice. Zoe was surprised at the little figure.


" Who... what are you? " she asked weakly. The tiny girl still looked at her with her big eyes, innocently answering.


" My name is Io. " she said silently " I am your future daughter. "


Zoe's eyes widened in surprise. Her daughter.

 

[Telios]

It had been a couple of days and Vane didn't return to the town. His parents were worried and as well as the townspeople. He was loved but he felt a part of him missing: Zoe. He just couldn't live without her. His will was weak, his hope shattered.


There is no way to save her is there... Vane thought to himself depressingly. He changed back to normal and looked at the statuette on the ground, the ruby figure of him still sparkling under the sunlight. He firmly panted it there and stood up, walking over to the side of a cliff. He breathed in deeply and jumped off the cliff.