Shiro and Karin are standing on the sidewalk in front of a small house. Shiro is dressed in all black and Karin was dressed in a blouse and pants with a red overcoat on. Karin glances at the house puzzled, then continues to look at Shiro skeptically.
"Really Shiro? This is the place where you sensed the demon?" she said in a skeptical tone. "It is indeed." He coldly responded. She turns and looks at the house once more. "Well then, I guess we better get to sending them back down to Amadeus. We do have permission from Fuurgrim to enter limbo correct?" She asked. "Yes, the preparations have been made." He answered. "Alright then." She exclaims energetically.
She then claps her hands and as she pulls them apart, a halberd appears. As if coming straight from her hands itself. It is of average design. Once distinguishing feature is a sash wrapping around the pole portion of the weapon. The blade portion is of basic halberd design with etchings across the actual blade and the point. Once fully revealed she then grabs it and spins it around her head; then proceeds to stick it out into the air. "Shatter. Limbo Window." She commanded. At that moment a crack could be seen in the air around the point of the halberd. Then the crack expanded into multiple cracks expanding to the size of a doorway. Then the cracked air breaks as if it were glass. Shiro and Karin then proceed through the opening created. Once through, the opening repairs itself and the pieces fall back into place as if nothing happened at all. The land was now almost destroyed and barren. As if nothing but death existed there. The setup of everything was relatively the same, but everything had a darker tone to it and could almost be seen in a slight hue of red. Almost post-apocalyptic.
Karin looks behind her startled. "I swear I'm still not used to that happening." She said while taking a breath. Shiro begins to walk towards the house. Which in limbo is a lot larger then in the mortal realm. "Come Karin, we don't have time to play around. Our limbo pass only lasts an hour in limbo time." He stated. He turns his head, and glares at Karin. "You wouldn't want Fuurgrim's reapers to come after us, and we have a lot of ground to cover as you can see." He said sternly. Karin begins to follow after him. "Yeah, I know, I know." She said.
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There was a knock at Lucas's door. He gets out of his bed, and throws on a shirt. Then cautiously proceeds to the door. Figuring that is what his other half would recommend since they have no ties to anyone, and Aleistor was probably sleep around this time. "Who is it?" He asked through the door. "Calm down, and just open the door Lucas." Said a woman's voice from the other side of the door. "She knows who I am?" He said to himself. "You may not know who I am, but I just want to speak with you about something. It's related to your real identity." She continued. "Crap." He said to himself. He proceeded to turn around and head to his back door. "It would be in your best interest to not head out the back door. There's people back there as well waiting for you to try. Please open the door. I assure you I am not here to harm you in any way." She said. Lucas then turns back around, and opens the door.
He sees a girl with long blonde hair wearing a red shirt and a black leather jacket with dark blue jeans. She was quite pretty, and had a sense of confidence about her. "Excellent! You actually opened the door." She said happily. "I apparently didn't have much of a choice, love" Lucas replied in a snarky tone. The girl proceeds to walk in. "Oh, that was just a bluff. I figured you would be naïve enough to believe it." She said. "Alright then, who are you?" Lucas asked. She walks over to his table, and sits down. "Would you be a dear, and make me a glass of water. I'm quite parched." She asked, avoiding the question. Lucas then decides to walk to his kitchen, and make the girl some water. He gives the water to the girl. "Okay then, if you won't answer that, then why are you here?" Lucas asked. "My father sent me to find you. He would like to speak with you." She answered. "Who's your father?" Lucas asked. "You may or may not believe me if I told you." She teased. "Try me." Lucas challenged. "My father is the Grim Reaper." She said sternly. Lucas then burst out into a fit of laughter. "The Grim Reaper? That's rich." Lucas said in the middle of his laughter. "I'm happy to see that you find this hilarious." She said sarcastically. Lucas begins to calm back down. "How did you find me anyway?" Lucas asked. "That ring on your finger. I was able to track you via the energy that it gives off." She answered. "This old thing? I got this from my father, or should i say, it was left with me." Lucas said. "Oh for heavens sake, Lucas, enough with the act. I know that you know the supernatural properties of that ring except for how it works. Just how I know you're a Nephilim who has lost all of his memories." She states. Lucas eyes widen in astonishment. "How do you know of this? Did I know you before?" Lucas asked. She takes a drink of water. "No. I apparently wasn't alive yet, but you knew my father, which brings me once again to why I'm here. He's been looking for the both of you." She said. "The both of us? You mean..." Lucas asked trailing off. "Oh yes. I am fully aware of there being another you. He's actually sitting exactly where you are. Just in limbo of course." She says. "And you know the true nature of this ring." Lucas asks. "I just know that it's one of the five Nephilim rings. It would take my father to properly explain them to you." She says showing him her hand. "I only know of what mine does?" She continued. Lucas looks down at his ring. "So there's more than one of these?" Lucas asked. "Yes. But mine works different from yours. Mine is known as "The Archon". Yours is known as "The Reaping."" She said. "So how am I to meet the grim reaper?" Lucas asked. "Well I take you to Purgatory of course." She said with a simple tone. "What? How are you gonna do that?" Lucas asked. She finishes her water, and puts down the glass. "Well I thought you were smart enough to have figured that out, Lucas. I guess I gave you too much credit. I'm a reaper. Head of the 12 reapers of limbo to be exact. My fathers eyes and ears." She says casually. "Besides, we've been in limbo since I entered the room. But that ring of yours has kept you in the mortal realm. That is quite an interesting veil that ring has. That's why my father told me you would need to remove it." She says. "A veil?" Lucas asked confused. "My father will explain all of this. Just state the following: Shatter, Reaper Veil." She tells him. "Shatter, Reaper Veil." Lucas commands.
At that moment the whole room breaks away like glass revealing a much darker tone to where he was. Very quiet and empty. Lucas looks around in bewilderment. "This is Limbo?" Lucas asks. "Yes, about bloody time you witness what I do on a day to day." A voice said. Lucas turns around and notices that there is two of him. He then realizes that it is his other half. "Excellent! Now that both of you currently exist within one spiritual plane. I no longer have to be in both at the same time" She says. Then she commands "Shatter, Archonian Veil" She then appears in a hooded robe, with a scythe carried on her back. "Now then, let us proceed to Purgatory. And don't worry it's not that long of a walk.
"So who exactly are we looking for?" Karin asks. "Because we've been at this for quite some time now." "Fuurgrim said his name was Lahtrath the Unseen. He is apparently known for his prowess in avoiding detection and speed." Shiro responded. "Yeah, Shiro I totally didn't get that from "The Unseen". Completely missed it." Karin said in a cheeky tone. "Well you're quite oblivious to everything, so I didn't think you'd be able to keep up with something as obvious or rather, I didn't think you'd notice the obvious context." Shiro hastily replied. "It's quite amazing how people try to figure out where I get my wit and charm from." Karin says. "Hm." Shiro responds. "Shiro, didn't you have a nickname in the afterlife?" Karin asks. "I was Shiro the Loyal before I left. I gained my name for my loyalty to your father." Shiro answered. "Oh. Yeah, that sounds like a boring reason." Karin says unimpressed. Shiro furrows his eyebrows in annoyance.
Something then flies past them. Shiro turns around. "Something's here, Karin. Keep your guard up." Shiro says. "Yeah." Karin replies watching her surroundings. Something begins to walk out of the shadows. "Well this is interesting. I thought that in limbo, I wouldn't have to worry about anyone coming after me. But I guess I was wrong." The figure says. The figure started out appearing as a lizard or dragon-like. Then as it got closer the figure seemed to rapidly shift to a more human-like appearance. Once into view it was a man with medium length black hair. Quite tousled and messy. He appeared human for the most part except quite pale and it had reptilian eyes. His clothing was also quite barbaric. "Hm. I'm gonna guess that you're the guy we're looking for." Karin says. "If it is Lahtrath the Unseen you are looking for, then that is I." Lahtrath replies smiling. Karin then summons her halberd and points it at him. "That's funny, to be known as "The Unseen" you sure came right out of hiding." Karin taunted. "Well when you have a dog such as Shiro the Loyal around there is no point in hiding." Lahtrath replies. "I'm sure you are well aware that Lord Amadeus requires your haste return." Shiro says. "Well I'm quite certain that you're aware that I have no intention of returning." Lahtrath replies. Karin at that moment charges at Lahtrath. "Well that's why they sent us to drag you back." Karin says.
Author's Note: Sorry this took so long faithful readers. I got really busy during the holidays and got sick. But I'm back with chapter 4. Where the story truly starts. And I'm really starting to get into this story just a bit more than my other ones. So let's look forward to the next chapter currently under construction
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Nephilim Soul
ParanormalCain is an adopted teenager who felt his life was nothing and he had no purpose, that was until he realized just who exactly who he really was. As well as all the responsibility that came with being a Nephilim in this society, where his existence is...
