Destiny Eclipse: Infernal Fate

11 - Her Fate

Sigor breathed, pushing open the doors before him, Dexter, and Warden. The doors led to the most sacred of rooms in the Timestream, Princess Saewyn's bedchamber.

Saewyn lays in her bed, skin greyed and eyes closed. There was a single tear in her dress, from Morphyte's blade.

Sigor walks up to her, and kneels before the bed.

"Forgive me...mlady." He whispered.

Dexter looks over at Warden, who was holding the Golden Vessel, what the blood was to be poured into. It was more of an urn.

As he looks at it, a great pain occurs in his gut, and he falls to his knees.

His stab wound, and the poison from Warden's sword, had gotten worse, and spread throughout his systems.

Warden looks down at him.

"It's fatal...I'm sorry."

Dexter looks down at his knees, in a realization. He needed to finish his purpose before laying down and dying.

He draws the White Dagger, looking into the room at Sigor.

"Sigor, it's time." Warden places his hand on the knight's shoulder.

Sigor stands up and faces Dexter. He looks down at the vessel, and taking off the armor protecting his neck.

Dexter takes a deep breath and places the dagger on his neck. Warden watches.

"Heal the girl for me, please?" Sigor asks Dexter.

"I promise." He looks at him right in the, well, eye sockets.

"Wait!" Warden grabs Dexter's arm.

"What?"

They all look into the Vessel, and the dry blood from Sigor.

"There's supposed to be a reaction of some kind." Warden walks off with it.

"What kind of reaction?" Dexter follows him.

Sigor faces down at his hands.

"I know why."

"Why?"

He faces over at them.

"My blood, it's not charred with Silence's power."

"Then who is?"

They hear the giant doors to the Tower open, and they all pull out their weapons and get into cover.

Dexter looks around the corner, and gets a glimpse at Camille and Henry.

He grabs Warden as he aimed Ace of Spades, revealing both of them.

"Dexter!" Camille sets down a tired Henry and sprints up the stairs towards him.

He jumps down towards her and they embrace.

"You're alive!"

"I am.."

"Where...where is everybody?"

Henry and Camille glance at eachother.

"They've..faded away......Frost. He saved me."

"What about...her?"

Camille holds him by the face.

"She's been taken by the fire.."

Sigor follows the talking to the top of the stairs. Camille and Henry look up at him.

"Lady Ghost...I recognize your voice." He said.