Drakians (Telios & DawnAntalios)

[DawnAntalios]

She was puzzled but then banished her doubts. Even if she did not incapacitate her opponent completely the delay was worth the time. They were almost ready.


" I will be going now my love... " she said " Do not worry, I will be fine. "

 

[Telios]

"Don't leave me..." Vane said, holding her hand so she won't go. "Where are you going to anyways?" He looked at her with a confused expression. "You live here with me..."

 

[DawnAntalios]

She lost her composure for a moment and snapped.


" I said I am leaving, you miserable excuse of life! Let go of me! " she yelled as she freed her hand from his grasp. Only then did she realize the error of her speech and clasped her hands in front of her mouth.

 

[Telios]

The quiet buzz in his mind amplified into a straight up ringing in his head. "Y-You... aren't...Zoe..." He growled, his mind slowly freeing itself from the illusions. He began to see the real person under the illusions. "Usher... I knew it..."

 

[DawnAntalios]

She sighed as her form started to change back to its original cloaked visage she always had.


" So the long knives have come out. " she said silently, rooting Vane to the floor with a spell quickly " It matters not. I tried to be an accommodating host... but you simply did not die. "


She walked outside of the building.


" The next time we meet I will put all pretends aside and kill you. You have been warned... "


With that she laughed and vanished.

 

[Telios]

Vane immediately went upstairs to his bedroom, looking for Zoe. "Zoe?!" He called, looking around until he found her unconscious in the cabinet.

 

[DawnAntalios]

Her body was limp from the shock when Usher entered he house to fight her. She tried to fend her off the best as she could but the witch was too powerful to handle and dispatched Zoe easily. Now she lay on the bed, knocked off cold after Vane placed her there.

 

[Telios]

Vane sighed as he brushed her hair with one hand and healing her with another hand on her forehead. It seemed that she was drained of energy, which in turn exhaust her and rendered her unconscious. "Zoe...? Wake up please?" He transferred his energy into her.

 

[DawnAntalios]

She woke up in pure panic, still caught up in the events of the past.


" AWAY! " she roared as she blast forth an energy of purple flame, hitting Vane. Quickly realizing what she had done she screamed in fear " Vane! Are you all right? I am so sorry! "

 

[Telios]

Vane flinched and jumped back from the flame. He swiftly put it out and hugged her. "I'm fine... And happy that you are okay now."

 

[DawnAntalios]

" I am not all right. " she sad sourly. " It was yet again my fault that I let myself bested by her. An another illusion which could have caused much more havoc... " she closed her eyes. " I wonder if I worth anything but trouble for you. If not for your tenacity and strong will she would have won. "


She turned back on the bed.


" Yes, it is better for you to go alone. " she said finally " If I am there you would be endangered if she targets me with spells. "

 

[Telios]

What she says is true... But she still need comforting. Vane walked over to Zoe and hugged her, kissing her. "I promise I'll return as soon as I can and this is not a hollow promise. Keep your hopes up because I will return."

 

[DawnAntalios]

She smiled briefly at him.


" I never had any doubts. " she said before turning away " Now go, claim your destiny and save us. "


She waited before he went away before allowing her tears to pour out from her eyes. All this training... all this hard work... all for nothing, she remained the same weak willed person as she was before. Burying her face in her pillow she now cried as she never did before: hope, sorrow, joy and suffering all in her tears.

 

[Telios]

(You have gotta make me feel bad for her, don't you? X3)


Vane sighed and went outside of the house, looking around for Punos and Io again to update some information with them. Where are they... He thought to himself as he looked around town. Although he knew his efforts were futile, but he needed to meet them.

 

[DawnAntalios]

( Oh don't worry she is a big girl, she will survive :3 )


Punos walked calmly in the city towards his destination. It was so long when his mind was free and he could do whatever he wanted that he could not even remember. Politely greeting the townspeople he finally spotted Vane and walked up to him, smile on his old face.


" Greetings, Master Vane. " he said bowing before him " I hope the parting was not too... problematic. "

 

[Telios]

"Usher tried to control me when I was talking to Zoe... She used an illusion on me to disguise herself as my wife and tried to use a mind control spell on me." Vane sighed heavily. "So you can say it's quite problematic."

 

[DawnAntalios]

His expression turned into worried.


" The the situation is much more dire than we imagined if she makes such desperate attempts to control you. " he said then headed to the outskirts of the town " Come with me, we shall confront the templars and hopefully we will be there before she. "


He then headed towards the site where Vane and Zoe saw that vision. That was the only place not infested by templars yet.

 

[Telios]

Vane nodded and followed Punos. "I wish I have just finished her at that very moment. My wife and I had been following her blindly until this happened so we weren't prepared for her attacks on us." He sighed heavily as he walked with him.

 

[DawnAntalios]

" Do not blame yourself, you could not have known. " he said darkly " Demons, like her, are devious creatures. Since they are not from our world they can bend reality to their will and enslave even the most powerful people if left unchecked. "


Looking at his slightly surprised face he nodded.


" Oh yes, she is a demon, not a Drakian. One of the more fearsome ones, might I add. I have no idea what she has in store for us. "

 

[Telios]

"A demon? Well that explained how she got control over me so easily..." Vane was surprised to say the least. After a short walk, they arrived at the ley line on which Zoe and he saw the vision. "So what are we doing here?"

 

[DawnAntalios]

Punos stopped and frowned.


" They are already here... " she groaned and readied himself for combat " Your eyes may deceive you, but no wonder: they use illusions to hide their pathetic magic. We need to dispel it if we are to face them all. But be warned: they are stronger than you might think. "

 

[Telios]

"I'll try to remember that and gave out my best efforts to finish them." Vane nodded and scanned their surrounding, trying to sense any opponents approaching them.

 

[DawnAntalios]

Punos touched the ground with his hand and murmured something. In the next moment the earth started to flow with blue energy - probably intensified by the power of the ley line - and shout out a magic missile. The next moment they heard a crackle and the illusion shattered in front of them.


Ten or so templar were almost complete with the ritual to create the rift and when they noticed the two intruders the one who served as their leader roared something. Immediately three templars drew their swords and charged at the newcomers with blood lust.

 

[Telios]

Vane drew his sword and changed into his Amored (Anthro) form. "If you wanna fight, I'm giving you one." He willed the blade to appear, holding it to point at them. He took off and hovered in the air, ready to attack the templars.

 

[DawnAntalios]

The templars did not deter from the sudden change, instead they readied chains made from pure shadow and hurled them towards Vane, trying to subdue him. In the meantime Punos battled two additional templars on his own, blasting them with frost and shadow magic wherever he could hit them.


" Something is not right... " he yelled out loud " They do not seem to be damaged... they do not seem to care at all. "