Kings of Awakening Vampires and Purebloods (68 page)

As much as the King saw this as a betrayal, he had a slight smile on his face.
So this was your plan after all huh Sonia?

Angelione and Dante walked in the throne room, they had made it back from Inferno a few hours ago. The King explained to them the situation.

“Sonia and Axil went and got who?!” Angelione was furious. After all Aleister had done to her, nearly killed her and yet she went to Odeon, took Axil with her and betrayed her kingdom.

“The two of you will go, these are my orders to you,” said the King. He explained to them what they had to do.

“Yes my lord,”
Dante wasn’t too thrilled with Axil.

***

Angelion
e
and Dante stood in front of the other side of the bridge, away from the castle, waiting for Aleister. Behind them were Black Knights that the King had sent alongside with them. The Black Knights looked sharp and firm waiting for Aleister. They had sworn to protect the castle and the king with their lives.

              “Master, are we going to have to fight them… Axil and Sonia?” asked Dante.

“Yes, they had made their choice; it’s time for us to make ours.” He looked at Dante and was grateful he was here with him. “Dante, hold nothing back.”

Dante looked at Angelione and nodded his head.

***

Aleiste
r
approached with Sonia and Axil. They made their way to the bridge to find Angelione, Dante, and Black Knights waiting for them. Aleister came to a stop, and saw Axil and Dante locking eyes, the same for Sonia and Angelione.

“Is this the kind of help you wanted for Albedo, Sonia?
! Bringing him here and betraying our King!” Angelione was beyond furious.

“You don’t understand. H
e holds the knowledge of helping him! The King has pushed Albedo’s mind in a stage of emptiness, what would you have me do?!” said Sonia.

Angelione was baffled, he too wanted to help Albedo, but what could he do. “This… this isn’t the kind of help that he needs, Sonia.”

Aleister walked forward, “I must be on my way.” This wasn’t his battle, it was theirs.

Dante stepped closer to him, “You’re not going anywhere, Aleister.”
So, this is Aleister huh
. He launched at Aleister, but was quickly stopped by Angelione’s voice.

“Dante stop, remember our orders! I would love nothing more than to fight him also, but we’re under orders to let him pass!”
said Angelione.

Let him pass
? Though Sonia,
what is the King up to?

“But as far as for the two of you goes, we received no such orders to let you go beyond this bridge,” said Angelione.

Aleister looked back at them, he could easily teleport them out of here if he wanted to. Sonia shook her head and told him to go, their alliance was now over.

***

 
            
 
I
s
that your plan Sonia, have you sunk so low you allied yourself with Aleister?!” said Angelione as they squared off.

“Try to understand the magnitude of his power Angelione?! He holds the knowledge to save him, why can’t you comprehend that?!” said Sonia.

Dante stared into his friend’s eyes with a rebellious feeling. Axil simply stared back at him, wondering why he didn’t understand his feelings for betraying the King. Behind Dante was the bridge that led to the castle, further down behind Axil was the gate, and to the left of him was the city. Good. He needed a place to fight Dante, a stage. He had always wanted to test his strength against him, now was his chance. He started running towards the city, Dante followed with a few Black Knights after him.

By now most the citizens of Atnius had their doors and windows locked after hearing the siren going off. It was an indication that they had unwanted visitors, and doors and windows must be locked at all cost. 

Axil ran down the narrow street. Black Knights were following him on each side of the roofs of the houses. Their footsteps made no noises as they moved as quiet as a mousse. They were fast for vampires. Axil jumped out of the way just in time before an arrow hit him, these were arrows that were made from steel instead of wood. The last thing he wanted was to get hit by arrows and loose blood, and that’s the last thing he wanted before fighting Dante, to lose blood and soon his energy will follow.

Two of the Black Knights jumped down with their swords aiming for him, Axil caught them with his fist and took one of the swords. The one with the chains threw it at him once more; he caught the chains and pulled him closer, and delivered a punch to his gut. More now were coming down from the roof, challenging Axil to a sword fight. They were more skillful than he was in handling the sword, but Axil’s strength gave him the upper hand.

Dante made it and Axil said, “Choosing to follow a King instead of your heart. How disappointing Dante, I would not have expected that from you.”

***

Aleiste
r
arrived inside the castle, not one guard was there to greet or stop him. He founded wired but just kept on walking. He arrived at the King’s throne, where he had been waiting for him. The King looked as if he was expecting him.

“Hello, King,” said Aleister, with a dark, evil smile.

“How long have I been chasing after you? And now you’re here,” said King Victor.

“Yes so I’ve noticed, search no more,” Aleister extended his arms and bowed in a mocking jester. “I am here in front of you.” 

“Are you going to try and kill me the way you killed the Queen? If so, I guarantee you, it will not be easy,” said King Victor.

              Aleister smiled, “No, I will not be the one to take this Kingdom from you.”
I’m no fool Victor, your power level is higher than mine, and if I fight you head on my loss is a guarantee.

“Is this some kind of joke?” asked Victor.

“This kingdom doesn’t belong to me, so I cannot take it from you,” said Aleister.

“Take it from me?!” The King looked angry.
“I know your Reawakening is not to its full potential, I have known since your fight with Dragan!”

“Yes, that may be so,” said Aleister. “It is no question that you are far stronger than me at this level of my power, but know this, I have already won.”

Aleister could feel something uneasy, it was as if something was pulling him and everything in the room down. The objects in the room started shaking as if gravity was trying to pull them down. He quickly activated his Reawakening.
He’s just sitting there and I can still feel his ability without getting up,
h
e’s much stronger than I ever anticipated; he might be as strong as Henry.
Aleister continued to struggle against this gravity pulling him down, he could feel the King’s power rising. His Elder was at a High King’s level, even stronger than the Reawakening at this level. “Don’t you understand? I can help him, and if we don’t hurry he will turn into a Phantom!”

The King stopped after hearing what Aleister said.  Aleister was right, Sonia was
right; he was the only one with the knowledge on how to help him. “Tell me Aleister, can you really save him?” If Jarvis couldn’t do it, maybe he could.

Aleister nodded his head. “It’s not yet too late.”

“Then go, go and help him. Do what I couldn’t!” The king eased up on his power and

everything in the room stopped moving.

“What’s the sudden change of mind? A few seconds ago you was about to release your Elder on me,” asked Aleister.

“Look at all the people who believe in him, Jarvis gave up his life for Alb
edo. Sonia and Axil betrayed me. Angelione and Dante are struggling with their decision on what to do. And frankly, he’s too special to die,” said the King happily.

Aleister was content a bit. “You and your people love him even knowing what he is, how interesting.” His Reawakening was now gone, and so was he.

***

Angelion
e
swung his sword at Sonia, but she moved out the way before it could reach her. She used her fire against him, but he swung his sword to block the flare. Sonia threw her chain to try and catch him, but Angelione was fast as he moved out of the way, at that point Sonia was getting ready to use her fireball.

“Sonia, stop. This fight is meaningless.”

She was confused, “What do you mean meaningless.”

“Why
do you think the King ordered us to let Aleister pass through? It’s because he believes Aleister is the only one who could help him,” he fixed his glasses.

                                                                            ***

Dant
e
and Axil were evenly matched after Axil had defeated the Black Knights. These guys were not as weak as he thought; they had actually proved to be a challenge. Dante had frozen his right hand to match against Axil’s fist. There strength had become evenly match. But unlike Axil, Dante could not sustain this strength forever, his ice would eventually disappear.

“Why Axil? W
hy did you betrayed your oath to protect the King?!” asked Dante.

“The only traitor here is you.
I simply chose to follow my heart instead of my words. I know you made a promise to your brother to protect the King at all cost, but sometimes you have to let logic guide you Dante,” said Axil.

“Logic?”

“You must follow your heart Dante!” He walked up closer to him. “Dante, if you truly feel like what I’m doing is wrong then strike me down now! Prove to me that all of our years of friendship meant nothing to you! If I were in Albedo’s shoes, would you have chosen the same conclusion?!” He extended his arms and threw the sword at Dante’s feet.

Dante picked up the sword and placed it on Axil’s chest. He was so perplexed that he didn’t know which way was up or down. He started thinking about his brother, the promise he had made to him. He looke
d at Axil and saw the intensity in his eyes and his action. Dante realized the passion Axil had for his friend, and if he was the one in Albedo’s shoes, there was no doubt in his mind Axil would have helped him. At that moment Dante realized the kind of friend Axil was, friends like him only come once in a lifetime, and so did Albedo.

He
put down the sword and said, “Just go alright.”

                                                                                    ***

Aleiste
r
walked into the dungeon and melted the bars with his white flames. There were no guards down there. With his Reawakening he sensed a secret switch on the wall, he flipped it and the electricity was off. He walked up to Albedo. He was going to have to teleport him to get the chains off.

“Dawson, what have they done to you?” said Aleister. “It’s time for us to go.” He grabbed Albedo, but Albedo pulled his hand back from him in defiant. “Dawson, you don’t want to fight me, you’re not ready for me. Even with your memory you could never defeat me, so why try now?” 

Albedo started to transforming, Aleister transformed also.

“I kind of guessed this wasn’t going to be easy,” said Aleister.

Aleister teleported behind Albedo and grabbed him, allowing him to teleport Albedo by touching him, then teleported on the bridge. Behind them, on the other side were Angelione and Sonia, and a few Black Knights. Aleister was going to have to be cautious in using his teleportation; the last thing he wanted was for it to disturb his flow of concentration. Albedo released fireballs towards him, but Aleister simply used his white flame to detonate them.

I need to go inside of his mind again, and I must do it fast.

Aleister teleported up in mid-air and said, “Shattered!”

With one word he was back inside of Albedo’s mind. The red water was as elegant as ever. Aleister looked at his sand-watch and after that hurried to the bottom of the water.

The first thing Aleister did when he got to the memory-glasses was to break them into pieces and follow
the bubbles. The bubbles led him to the door of consciousness and there that little boy was standing in front of the gate. He walked over to the door and gave the boy a look.

“How do I open this door?” he asked angrily and impatiently.

The boy looked timid as ever. “I don’t know. Not even I have access to this room.”

Aleister walked over to the boy and grabbed him. “Look kid, I told you once and I’ll tell you again, where is the key to this room?!”