The Beginning of it All

Chapter Ten One part at a time

 As he heard the footsteps he heard Vermillion's voice "You need to have a will of steel and do not expose me as being alive. I repeat Do Not expose me! This will be the end of you and me entirely." Dracin understood exactly what he had said. The cell door made a clunk signalling that the guards unlocked it. They walked in with way too much protection for just grabbing a prisoner. They went to the sides of the cell as Rose walked in. She was in some sort of armor.

"Think you could hide from me?" Rose said as she pulled her short sword infused with pure magic and covered in demonic runes. Which is very strange. "So?" She said in almost a shout. Her voice having more of a demanding tone.

"I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about Rose. I really don't" Dracins face blank devoid of all feeling trying really hard to hide the fear he was feeling at this moment. He looked up at her with an almost too cocky grin "Now can I please be free?" He asked.

"How about I keep you until I learn the truth." She said the look in her eye more devilish. Her sword glowed a bright white, causing pain to Dracin. His skin blistering. As soon as she saw this pain she made the light brighter. Her face having more a sadistic and dark red look in her eye. The look became more distorted and terrifying. The dark corners of her face being drawn out and going into a dark color darker than what the stuff in your nightmares are. "Oh you can't handle this pain?" She asked her voice distorted. He looked up at her.

"Oh? I guess you can handle it. But maybe not anymore." After she said that she slid the sword into his chest deep and wide. His screams of pain showed that he might not survive this. His blood came up through his throat it traveled down his chin dripping onto his lap. His eyes blazing a crimson and purple. He went limp. The words came coughing out. "He and I are the same coin. I think i finally get it" He said as he closed his eyes he falling down totally limp at this point.

Dracin soon woke up on the endless lake. His eyes scanning around for anyone or thing and he saw both Ragnarock and Vermillion. They seemed like they are talking. Dracin walked over to them shocked and worried. Vermillion turned to him and said. "Dracin we have something very important to discuss. There is not a lot of time left and it is not something we can rush all that easily. Dracin. You,Me, And Ragnarok are all the same person now. Whatever happens to you happens to us."

Ragnarock nodded and looked Dracin in the eye his eyes blazed the purple and black color from the time Dracin was corrupted by him. "Yes we are all one person. Vermillion killed me long ago and our souls have somehow intertwined. Now you have inherited the shard of our soul that was long gone." Ragnarock held Dracin by his shoulders his eyes carrying the message clearly. Dracin nodded.

"So what do we do now. What do we do now? Rose stabbed me with her weird sword." Dracin said his eyes scanning for a response.

"We will teach you our own powers hopefully in a short enough time. There is only so much we have at this point." Vermillion said as his body became covered in a thick grey armor. Devoid of all colors. Ragnarock also armored up in a thick layer of his purple and dark armor. His armor looked like Dracin imagined it to be. Over hours and hours of training Dracin learned everything they showed him. Some things more powerful than others. Dracin could only smirk at the thought of what he could do with this magic. Dracin soon woke up back in the cell the sword still in him, he broke the chains just like they were threads wrapped around his arms. He slowly pulled out the sword and put it slung on his back. While Hydra, Lily, Xiu, and Ehecatl, Were all in a booth watching Rose and Ragneer fight it out using intense magic. They had been at it for hours when Dracin kicked down the door to the booth. He changed into a red tunic which clung to his body and a long void black scarf that was longer on one side hanging down to his mid-thigh. Dracin tossed a bag of enchanted weapons at their feet as they ran to him.

"We.. Need to kill Rose as soon as we can. She has more power than you can think." Dracin said as he walked to the railing. He let his wings spread out before diving into the ring doing a lap around the two. The inner lining of his wings were a crimson and it released spores of the same color. He then stood there in the now clear battle field with a devilish grin right at Rose. He then pulled out the sword he was stabbed with. Pointing that right at her too. "We have some unsettled business. Rose" Dracin said as Ragneer stood there confused of how he got into the ring. Rose stood there. Before she opened her wicked mouth.

"You should be dead! I saw you die right in front of me! Uugh. No matter. I will just kill you again!" She said as she lunged at Dracin, Or more like a projection of him as he really stood behind her and hit her with the hilt of the blade causing her to go into the wall skipping on the ground like a stone on water. Dracin smiled as he got into armor, It was crimson with black markings. She stopped time entirely thinking he wouldn't be able to move. But dracin stood there unfazed. She could tell the look in his eyes were murderous. The glow from where they were supposed to be under the armor is a mix of purple and crimson Glowing bright. Rose quickly sprinted towards him making contact, pushing him back a few feet with a new dent in his armor but he seemed to stay unfazed. The look on his face was one of a surprised nature.

"Your way stronger than that weak frame tells." his voice was deeper, it was also slurred together with a demonic voice along with a voice with a higher pitch making him sound like many, yet only one person was standing there. He got in a running stance, as soon as he pushed off the ground shook making a crater. He was moving faster than the eye could see. He soon pulled out his sword dragging it on the ground making a perfect circle around Rose as she tried to keep an eye on him. He then jumped onto the wall and bounced around attaching to each wall leaving marks. The circle was glowing as he jumped into it he didn't have the helmet on and his breath was expelling a grey smoke covering the floor of the now even smaller arena. Rose lunged and tried to stab him with a six-inch dagger made from Tillitium, it is similar to titanium. But he grabbed the dagger and snapped it in half grabbing the blade end and jumping up throwing it at her with extreme force, so much in fact he got thrown higher in the air as he looked down he heard her screams, the dagger had broken her leg and pinned her to the floor. Dracin soon spread his wings out and slowly glided to the ground. As he landed no sound was made. He made sure to walk slowly towards her, his face full with the expression of a murderous soul. The armor slowly went away showing his clawed feet as he placed it on her face pushing her head down as he took the blade and raised it up. In one swing her head was off of her body, there was a massive stream of blood coming from her body, mixed with souls as they become free. Dracin started to walk off when he body disappeared leaving behind two small fragments. One part went into him like he was its home. He felt more full after that. He picked up the other piece and walked back to the others.

"Well, she left this behind. I don't know what it is. Hydra can have it." He said as he tossed her the piece. Hydra took it and put it into her bag that was slung across her shoulder resting on her hip. Dracin soon walked into a room to change into new and not destroyed clothes. He came back out in what he had on in the beginning. Just a brown tunic that was baggy on him. He looked normal as Xiu went up to him and grabbed his shoulders.

"Dracin. Are you okay? You seemed to act different from how you normally are. This is very scary." Xiu told him before patting him on the back

"Yeah I am okay. Just something came up. I am okay really don't worry about me." Dracin said with a fake smile. His face riddled with the pain of his arm. It was getting branded with the mark of time. It was an hour glass with two corners missing. He just thought it was nothing at the time. They started to walk off. Ragneer was wrapping his arm in a bandage as Lily was walking with Dracin asking him about things he has saw in the past. Dracinn thought to himself I now understand. I am both sides of the same coin..