Birds outside chirping in a nearby tree *tweet tweet*
“Damn it, why can’t they just go away, why is it always when I want to sleep in. Damn pests.” I think as I look at the clock next to my bed. Getting up he puts his pants on stopping when he remembers last night.
” I wonder what that was about last night, I don’t know if it was a nightmare or if someone was really in here with me, I’ll have to talk to Alice and see if she can set up a detection spell at night.” I think to myself while putting my shirt on next.
*Knock Knock*
I hear a knock at the door. “Who is it?” Jenny opens the door and walks in. “I’m glad you’re up, once you’re done getting dressed come downstairs we need to talk about your training.” I stare at Jenny admiring her beauty. She’s 5 foot 6, 130 pounds and she has curves in all the right places.
“I don’t understand why she even loved me growing up, but she is just so damn beautiful. One day you’ll fully be mine and no one else’s.” I think to himself. “Hello?” Jenny says while waving a hand in my face. “Oh, sorry. I kinda spaced out.”
“I can tell, well hurry up.” Jenny says while walking out the door. Walking down the stairs I see Alistair sitting at the main table drinking what I hope is cherry kool-aid. He looks up at me and smiles. “I do hope that you had a good rest after last night.” He says as he puts his cup down.
“Actually, I didn’t I heard this voice that said “You’re mine now”. I’m not sure if it was just a dream or if someone was really in my room.” I say as I sit down at the table.
Alistair looking at me pushes his cup across the table towards me. “Drink up. We have something to talk about.” Looking down I pick up the cup and smell it. “God damn it. It’s not kool-aid. It’s blood. Why can’t he just be normal.” Shaking my head I take a sip and almost spit it out. “Jesus Christ, this is f****** hot.” Laughing Alistair says “You wouldn’t want cold blood would you?”
“I guess not, what did you want to talk about?” I say as I put the cup down on the table. “Well, there was someone in your room last night. A spy.” Alistair says looking serious. Looking at him like he just s*** himself. I ask. “What do you mean, so it wasn’t a dream? Who was it?”
“We’re not entirely sure, we didn’t notice him until it was too late to catch him, we sensed him outside but by the time we got outside he was gone.” My heart races as I try to process the information. Someone had broken into my room, someone who could potentially harm me or the others in the household. I take a deep breath and try to remain calm.
“What do we do? How do we find out who it was?” I ask, trying to keep my voice steady.
“We’ve already increased security, but we also need you to be more vigilant. Keep an eye out for anything suspicious, anyone new in the area. And if you sense anything out of the ordinary, let us know immediately.” Alistair replies, his eyes fixed on me.
I nod, understanding the gravity of the situation. “I will.”
Jenny clears her throat, bringing our attention back to her. “Sorry to interrupt, but we still need to talk about your training. We can’t let this distract us from our mission.”
Alistair nods in agreement. “She’s right. We need to continue with your training so you’re better prepared for any potential threats.”
I glance at Jenny and can’t help but feel a surge of desire wash over me. But I quickly push it aside and focus on the task at hand.
“Alright, let’s get started,” I say as we begin discussing my training regimen.
“But even as we go through the motions, my mind can’t stop going back to that moment, if I was alittle faster I could’ve stopped him and ask him questions.” I think to myself as we walk into the portal to my training area.
Walking in I notice some of the weapons are laying on a rack in the center of the building. “Am I going to start my weapon training today?” I ask curiously.
Alistair looks up from the weapons confirming what I thought.
“Yes you are, now you can decide who you want to train you first, Jenny or I. I will let you know, that I am proficient in sword, spear, and axes. Jenny is proficient in hand to hand combat, mace, bow, and demolitions.”
Looking at both of them I point my head towards Alistair.
“Well, this isn’t a hard decision. I’ll choose you, considering Jenny is a battle freak and whooped my ass for a bit.” Jenny huffed and said. “It’s not my fault that you’re a p**** and can’t defend yourself.” I look at her in confusion. “Actually you are, you know what. This isn’t going to get us anywhere.” I say as I walk up to the table and choose the sword.
“I always wanted to learn how to sword fight.” I look over at Alistair giggling. “Not like that you f****** perv.” I say as I walk over into the center and wait.
Alistair grabs another sword. “Now, are you positive that you want to do this?” He asks smiling at me with all sharp teeth showing. “Well, it’s a better alternative to fighting her.” I motion over a Jenny as she stares at me with a stink eye.
Looking away kinda awkwardly I say. “Let’s do this Alistair.”
Alistair squints his eyes. “Alright, but remember I never said I’d go easy on you.” “Well that’s just not fair now is i-“
Alistair appears beside me slashing at my side, I jump out of the way. “Hey asshole! That could’ve cut me something fierce!”
Alistair laughing says. “That’s the point, if you don’t get hurt then training wouldn’t be training now would it?” He says tilting his head to the left.
“I’m gonna beat his ass one of these days.” I think to myself as I disappear and appear behind Alistair thrusting my sword towards him. “Tsk Tsk Tsk” Alistair clicks his tongue as his sword goes behind him blocking my attack. “You have to try better than that Kamen.” Trying something else, I appear to his right and kick into him knocking him back 3 feet.
“Now that wasn’t very nice Kamen.” He says snickering as he wipes the dirt from his black button up shirt. “That was dirty, but I like it.” Alistair mutters something and fire starts slowly covering his sword. “This is where the fun begins.”
He appears infront of my slashing at my chest. His sword connects to my chest and cuts me open and my shirt catches on fire. Ripping it off, I watch as my cut slowly heals.
“Two can play at that game Alistair.” I say as I close my eyes imagining the darkness enveloping my sword. “Get ready.” I say as I disappear and appear to his right and slash. He blocks it, I immediately shift to slashing at his left side faster than he anticipates.
“It looks like someone is learning. That’s good.” He says as he slashes his sword into the ground towards me. Rock and flames come out of the floor towards me, I jump out of the way. “I didn’t know you could do that. That’s a neat ability.” I say as I look at him with a new found respect.
“There’s a lot you don’t know about me Kamen. That’s the point.” He says as his sword changes elements and has water enveloping it. “Let’s see if you can dodge this.” He swings his sword out and a long water jet comes towards me, I dodge another of his attacks.
“Ha. Looks like I’m getting better and better.” Suddenly I feel something hit my back, the water strikes me too hard and sends me into the wall denting the concrete. I feel the dark energy slowly taking over. A voice sounds out. “Let me do this for you Kamen.” The darkness envelopes my body. Filled with rage, my body screams out in a gruesome roar.
Taken aback. Alistair stares at me weird a look of shock. “Is that what he looked like when he lost control last time?” Jenny asks concerned for me. The darkness inside me takes over and I feel more powerful than ever before. With a growl, I charge towards Alistair and swing my sword with all my might. He parries my attack, but the force behind it sends him flying into the wall on the opposite side of the room.
Alistair picks himself up, his eyes glowing with fury. “Kamen, what the hell is going on with you?” he demands.
“It’s the darkness inside me,” I reply through gritted teeth. “It’s taking over.”
“This isn’t good,” Jenny says, fear lacing her voice. “We need to do something before it consumes him completely.”
With that, Alistair charges at me, avoiding my swings but also trying to knock me out cold. As he dodges one of my attacks, he kicks me in the stomach, hard enough to make me cough up blood.
“Kamen!” Jenny cries out, rushing to my side.
But as she touches me, a bolt of dark energy shoots out from my body and hits her square in the chest. She flies back and hits the wall with a sickening thud.
“Alistair! What have you done?!” I yell out as I rush to Jenny’s side.
“I didn’t do anything,” he says defensively. “Your darkness is making you do this, you have to control yourself!”
Not listening to him I pick him up by his throat. “You’ll pay for hurting Jenny and trying to trick me!” I roar out as I slam him into the floor and then throw him towards the wall. As he catches his breath, I appear beside him and pick him up by his head and throw him fast enough he flys through the portal.
On the other side is Alice waiting by the portal. “What is taking them so long, they’ve been here for hours.” As soon as she is about to walk into the portal Alistair appears from the portal slamming into her.
Knocking her to the ground she asks in a panic. “What happened Alistair? Where’s Kamen?” Alistair looks up. “The darkness is taking him over. He won’t listen to reason.”
Looking annoyed yet worried at the sametime Alice speaks up.
“I figured this would happen, I spent sometime trying to find a spell that would contain it and lock it away until he can control it.” Getting up Alice walks through the portal. “Wait, Alice. Please becareful, he’s really strong and really fast.”
Looking back, Alice says. “Don’t worry I can handle this.”
She appears a second later inside the training area, staring at me standing above Jenny’s body.
“Kamen what are you doing?” Alice asks worried for Jenny.
“Are you here to trick me too?” I ask annoyed and angry.
Alice walking closer. “You don’t understand, you can’t control the darkness inside you and it’s corrupting your mind, making you see and feel different things Kamen. No one is trying to trick you I swear.”
“LIAR” I say in a rage. Rushing towards Alice, I notice her muttering something, as soon as I’m about to slit her throat with my claws, the darkness fades from my body and I hit the ground and black out.
“Jesus Christ, this guy has problems.” Alice says rushing over to check on Jenny. “Are you serious?” She looks down at Jenny annoyed. “What? There’s nothing I could’ve done against Kamen, the best thing for me to do was just lay here and not move.” Jenny shrugs.
*Sigh* “Alright, well it’s your turn to pick him up and take him to his room.” Alice says walking away making sure I’m alright and that there’s no darkness emanating from my body. She whispers. “Good, I’m glad you’re getting stronger, but if you stress me out like that again, I’m gonna strangle you.” She looks annoyed again. Walking out the gate she stares at Alistair. “Are you seriously just sitting here? What if I got hurt?” She asks upset.
Alistair shrugs. “You’re a witch, I figured that you could’ve done it.” Alistair looks away whistling.
