Dragoned in Half

Relations-Morbius

  As I sink my elongated teeth into the neck of my mate a roar of triumph comes from my dragon. Its as if a snap goes off in mind is flooded. The roar that echoes from my brother has me lifting my eyes to see the pain in his. I remove my teeth from her skin as I quickly lift her away from me. Anger unlike anything I have ever known fills me and I use it as I rush at the men around me. The doctor being the coward that he is quickly steps out the way just as I snap the neck of the first person I get in reach. This ends today.
 
  As they back away from me I sway on my feet as a pain hits me hard. I look at my hand for the source of the pain but see nothing as a harsh breath leaves my mouth. As Julia screams behind me from where I stepped over her, I can see her grabbing her own hand even though her eyes remain unopened. My chest hurts as I clutch it and fall to my knees as I stare at the men with hatred.
 
  "He will be out for a while from this. Continue as you were. When she dies throw her into the incinerator. They should follow her shortly afterward" he says with a flick of his risk. As he turns to exit the room I will my self to go after him as his back is turned. The way I feel makes the action impossible. The floor rises to meet my face as my dragon says a few parting words.
 
  Our journey does not end here human. Even the weakest have the power to surprise you.
 
 
  When I awaken its to the view of a clear blue sky. I have to blink several times against the brightness of the sun as I groan against the hardness at my back. A chill runs up against my spine as I notice nothing around me but the ice and snow. My breath pushes through the air visible for all to see as I look at the icy paradise around me. Truly it is a sight to behold but I know that I don't belong here.
 
  I push off of the ice at my back and rise to stand. In every direction that I see it all looks the same. With a shrug I choose a direction and I take a step. My walking is halted as the ice underneath my foot cracks and I am forced to freeze as it spreads. I test the thinness of the ice by shifting the weight of my foot and more cracks appears. I curse silently as I do my best not to move while I search for a way out.
 
  "It seems that you my boy all always on thin ice" A voice says from in front of me.
 
  I look at the woman who appears before me with a bored expression. I knew that I would have to travel through my mates soul once the bite had been given but this all seems a bit dramatic. As I continue to analyze for a way out of this I don't dignify her with a response. I do however notice that the ice she stands on about ten feet away does not crack beneath her weight. Now I just need a way to get there.
 
  "So, it seems that you will make this just as difficult as your mate has made getting through your soul. Do you really think that you have all the answers that you will need to get out of here?" She ask as she starts to walk around the ice. With a shrug I try to take another step forward and meet the same result much to my dismay. The sooner I get out of here the better. I might as well hit every source that I have.
 
  "If I do not have the answers, then why don't you give them to me?" I ask her as I wait not so patiently. I have the strongest urge to tap my foot but I know that I must refrain.
 
  "Now if it were that easy, it wouldn't result in someone's death if they fail. You must find the answers for what you seek all on your own" She states as she continues to circle around me. I watch her movements carefully to see if she will come toward me. I need to know just how far this thin ice goes.
 
  "So what is your purpose here then Kawa?" I ask instead. Her laughter fills the air as she looks at me in earnest.
  "I am here to guide you on your journey. You may need my help with your mate more than you think since you have been stuck on this ice for this long. I would have thought that you of all would have figured it out sooner. It is a part of your mates soul after all" She says as she gestures to the ice.
 
  Looking down at the ice once more, I notice the cracks. There are plenty of them but they only extend out a few feet. However, this could be a trick of hers since I have never wanted a mate. If I take the risk and jump then there is no telling what will await me below. If this is her soul then it also means that my fiery mate is much more fragile than she seems. My eyebrows furrow as I feel the chill of it down to my bones. This is not how I pictured my mate.
 
  Ignoring the woman once more I start to shrug off the leather jacket that covers my arms. As soon as its off I lay it on the ice in front of me and quickly step onto it. Feeling the ice crunch beneath it, I freeze as I wait for it to crack more. Lifting the edge of my jacket, I can see that the ice didn't crack as much. With a nod to myself I shuffle my feet forward with the jacket and begin to move across the ice at a slow pace. The entire time I make the journey I make sure to keep my ears open for sounds of more cracks in the ice and am glad when I hear none. When I make it in front of the woman I smile in triumph as I step off of my jacket.
 
  The ice cracks immediately once more as I step off of it and I frown as I reconsider. Looking at where she stands just a foot away from me now, I see that there are still no cracks beneath her feet. Yet cracks appear with every move that I take. I know that I'm a pretty big guy but this is a bit ridiculous. Or maybe its not about the cracks but it's about the person.
 
  "I'm causing damage to her soul, aren't I?" I ask. The question leaves my lips even though its one that I don't want to ask. I do, however, know that it can be a possibility. The last thing that I would ever want to do is hurt her.
 
  "Yes my boy. You are. May I ask Why?" She states as she looks at me.
 
  "How the hell am I suppose to know. It's not like I created her soul. You did that?" I yell in frustration. I rub my bald head as I look around for another solution. If my brother is going to have his mate and she somehow does make it through my soul, I cant cause anymore damage. "If you created her then you can heal her" I say with conviction. She has to be able to do something. The look that crosses her face lets me know just how wrong I am.
 
  "I cannot heal what is not broken young Morbius. Sometimes damage that is done can be permanent. It can make something lose its usefulness or its normal function. However, something that is broken can simply be missing a piece" She states.
 
  As I look around once more, I try to see what it is that I am missing. As I wonder what it is that she could be missing. Since I have already spoken to the woman, I feel that asking her another question wont be in the wrong. "So if you cannot heal what it broken then that would imply that I can. Would this be the way to earn the soul of my mate?" I ask as I look at her.
 
  She smiles at me now and I feel something rise in my chest knowing that I have found the answer. She confirms my thoughts as she speaks. "Now, you have asked the right question" And it is with that that she disappears as I am left with the cracks that I have caused.
 
  I move on my feet slightly and watch as more cracks disappear. I hunch down slowly and place my hands on the ice. As I rub my thumb along the grooves of a crack I notice how the line disappears but not the crack entirely. I rub another and it does the same. Opening my hand, I decide to rub my palm  along a few of the all at once and watch how the reaction looks on a larger scale.
 
  It seems that when I touch the cracks only a part of them appears. Leaning forward I place my palm of the cracks that I smoothed and apply pressure. The cracks break in the same places just as before and all my hard work goes. To test the theory once more, I rub my thumb along a wider crack and the prick of a piece of ice has me jerking my hand back. I look at it in awe, surprised that it was able to penetrate my skin. The tiny bit of blood that drips from the tip of my finger lands on the ice below with a sizzle.
 
  I smile as I watch the crack that it touched disappear completely. With a new path on how to heal her ahead of me I get to work. Testing the ice where the drop of my blood spilled I apply pressure little by little. The ice doesn't break. Decide to test it on a bigger scale, I swipe my teeth across my thumb easily and cause more blood to spill. I smear it across the cracks and watch as it is absorbed to fix the cracks. On a limb I rise from kneeling and step onto the newly formed ice. I smile in triumph when it holds my weight and no cracks appear.
 
  I jump in place lightly and the ice still holds. Now that I know what I must do, I examine the area that I must cover to fix the cracks. Now that I know how to fix the broken ice that I caused I realize that this is quite an area size to cover. Knowing that time is not on my side I get to work. Each time the blood stops spilling from my finger, I bite into it once more. My palm is pained read from my smearing as I work on the ice.
 
  As I get part of the way through and I see all the progress that I have made, I start to get a bit light headed. There are still quite a few cracks for me to cover though. Now it brings the question though, do I have enough blood in my body to fix all of the broken pieces to my mates soul that I have caused. Tired of how long the process is taking I decide to get it over with. If I die here in this place then I still get my ultimate wish. I don't have to be here anymore.
 
  Biting into both wrist I let my blood flow freely as it drapes over the broken pieces of ice. The valley in which I appeared shimmers with the color of my blood. I watch as my mates soul heals before my eyes.
  Near the end I have lost so much blood that I don't believe I am going to make it. My breathing is shallow and I can barely remain standing. I fall to the ice as I lift me hands weakly. Using the last of my strength I bite into my wrist once more as  lift my head. As I cover the last of the cracks I finally succumb to the darkness that I have long awaited.