The Ghosts of Me

2

"Well hurry it up then!" Adel screamed at his subject. His eyes were bright and flaring. He did not like not knowing, and he hated that yet again his little brother had managed to escape him. Granted, there was nothing that he could have done to even prepare for such a thing, but now that he had a good solution to breaking Alain into swearing loyalty to him, he found himself getting quite impatient. There was an undeniable tension in the air, and it was not going away anytime soon. Not until his brother was within his grasp.

The Gamma rushed off, skittering down the hallway, noting his Lord's rather intensely bad mood. Not that his mood had been anything but agitated the last few months, but it had definitely gotten worse in the last couple of days. He rolled his eyes, pressing a glittering sleeve to his temple as he tried desperately not to lose his temper. For a planet with no emotions, he was certainly feeling quite a large number of emotions. His head was almost aching from this hectic behavior.

Since his brother, and that strange boy had appeared at the same time, Adel had a rather...fascinating inclination. It seems this boy could transport his brother, whether willing or not, to wherever he was. If such a thing was the case, then Adel could easily use him to keep Alain in check and on the planet. It would answer his biggest problem to date...which was how to trap his brother back on the planet. That was only if he managed to capture the strange boy first...but that was something he was certain that he could do rather simply. Alain's sudden departure from their expectations was jarring and had left him struggling to figure out what to do.

He planned to take him back, of course. Alain was meant to rule beside him, and with him, and he simply could not shirk those duties. The only issue was taking him back. It had always been an issue even when he was issuing out missions for him and their father. His brother had such a close tie to the planets, that it was difficult to really keep him anywhere, but if this stranger had the ability to unwillingly transport his brother to him...It would solve two issues. He would have his brother under his wing and unable to aid those foolish mortals, and he would have the stranger, in which he could attempt to figure out how it was that he had managed to get in unsupervised, along with his brother-though the latter was less surprising than the former. Alain was still a prince of Gamma, it was bound to happen at some point. The stranger was more curious, however, and since Alain clearly had not expected to be jaunted to where he had been, and the surprise the stranger had themselves, before a sense of realization seemed to have overtaken him, Adel knew that there was some vital information that he was missing. He hated missing information. It did not matter...considering he planned to figure everything out and work accordingly. He was not unable, after all. He had quite a few sources, and more than a few ways to get what he wanted. He was not above blackmail, either, and it would seem blackmail was what he would have to do.

He just had to find the boy in the first place. That was the biggest challenge. It was made a bit easier knowing that he was bound to be with Alain and his little friends, in which case he would just have to find Alain. Still, it was useless to have his brother whilst the boy was not around. Though from what Adel managed to figure, the boy could only teleport Alain when he was feeling threatened. So he supposed in the end it was not entirely useless. He could slowly break his brother and watch as he was constantly taken back and forth between worlds. It would be a slow, but definite, break of his mind. Eventually, Alain would not be able to take it, and would agree to help Adel with his plan if only to stop the mental torture from continuing. Adel thought about that, pressing a thoughtful hand under his chin as he stared down at the visual image of the Earth world that Alain was now on. It bore some merit and deserved some thought. His brother was terrified of him, but he loved him and cared for him. These both were true. Even when his emotions were muted this was the case. However, Alain was the weakest one of the three of them, and Adel was the strongest, had been for...well...ever. Alain was far too emotional at the best of times. It had led Adel to wonder if he was truly even his brother from how much of his emotions leaked through even to his eyecon form. Which reminds me, I shall have to get him another one soon enough. He thought to himself with a sigh. Either way, this would have to be after I have the strange boy hostage here. Alain then would not be able to leave, at least not any degree of finality. It is unfortunate I cannot pinpoint him anymore. A mistake, then again, I had not expected to miss him in his human form. His body was drained and weak, and yet he still managed to evade me. Until then, if I can keep hauling Alain here, even presuming he cannot stay here, and randomly gets moved off world, I can at least begin to torment his mind and dreams, establish a firmer connection which should help in locating him.