Ichor : Blood & Secrets

Chapter 27

As he enters inside, a sparkle of glistening lights streams across the place with disco lights and partying rounds in such a off place.

"And they say the underforge is under a economic crisis." commented Darren as he steps forward to find a ring in centre, with two vampires tearing down against each other while crowds cheer for them, almost like a tournament round.

"What a waste.. but, it's a good place to start." said Darren who goes off to check towards the gamble section while observing the fight.

"And now, the sixth round begins!" shouted the announcer as contestant no. 1 start running towards the other opponent, battling down waves of his attack and throwing back at him until he snaps off the wrist of his opponent when he tried to punch him, but was dodged.

"Looks like knuckles down.. wait, he's coming back!" shouted the other opponent who runs towards the cage of the ring and lands off with a devastating kick that ultimately knocks him down while partial of his teeth was broken due to the hit as to which his crowd cheers in celebration.

Meanwhile, Darren, who had betted for the winner all along, had been patiently observing until the round was over, and the opponent of the winner was down until the round ended in which the announcer cheers out to the winner at last.

"Finally, we have a winner.. Ladies and Gentlemen, the new undisputed champion is.. Elijah!!!" shouted the announcer to which the crowd cheer while Darren immediately looks over to the winner upon hearing the name, only to get called back by the manager. "Hey.. hey you! hey!" shouted the manager out loud in which Darren turns towards the manger once again.

"What?" asked Darren while the manager offers him the money he has won. "Here's your crash, I mean cash, you wanna take it, or bet it even more?" asked the manager. "Keep the money, in exchange I want audience with the one who won me this." said Darren.

"That's not possible.. Elijah isn't some strip model, unless you're a hot woman, he will not be bothered to see you, unless .." continued the manager until Darren interrupts "Then bring someone, hot, cold, I don't care, as long as I have a face to face meeting with him." said Darren.

"Hey, that's exactly what I was thinking." said the manager. "Don't think, do it, let me know when you found one suitable model, I'll be at the bar." said Darren.

"Yeah, yeah, alright, just write down your phone number and get lost, I'll call you." said the manager, handing him a note while Darren goes off to write, then prepares to leave while taking a note of the winner who keeps cheering around like a raging beast while people are throwing bundles of cash towards him.

Meanwhile, back in the Villa where sisters of Queen Jaina return to their house, only to see half of their beautiful house has collapsed and destroyed by a ugly fight while dead bodies of their guards are dropped everywhere to which they witness this in shock.

"Oh dear.. no, no, no, this can't be happening." said Queen Malika when suddenly a dying guard coughs up blood, screaming himself to be awake in which Queen Hope sprints off to him and offers her blood in order for him to heal first, then allows for him to talk.

"What happened? who did this?" asked Queen Hope in which the guard points out towards the way ahead as a drumming noise is heard across the dining hall as all sisters look upon each other, then start going through as they witness the brutality left by the invader towards the dining hall only to see her in the very end.

In the table itself, their very own sister, Queen Jaina is shackled across with chains while being brutally beaten to near death by the invader himself, revealed to be Klaus Azirel, who had been pounding on the metal chair with the rod he used to beat Queen Jaina as well as her enforcers.

"Dear god." cried Queen Malika as she witnesses this. Upon seeing her sisters in this dire state, Queen Jaina attempts to scream them all to run away, but fluffed by a cloth in her mouth and being left chained, she has no hope of struggling to get free at all as Klaus waits by, riding himself with blood.

"Stay right there, don't move a .." continued Klaus until Queen hope interrupts. "Jaina!" shouted Queen Hope who attempts to sprint towards her to set her free, but with a quick whip by Klaus with his weapon, she gets thrown across the wall while he waits by patiently like nothing happened, except for the rage in his eyes which is visible as before.

"I said, don't move." said Klaus. "What is the meaning of this? what have you done?" screamed Queen Malika, crying and bursting out in despair of fear and anger.

"I should be asking that!" shouted Klaus as all fall to silence while Princess Luna returns with Queen Hope after being thrown across to the wall as she looks upon Klaus with anger but with no words to tell as to which Klaus gets down from his chair.

"For centuries, my family has safeguard this galaxy and the planets we rule in for as long as we could remember.. we even let you fools, redeem yourselves as rulers of this land while Mikeala stand above as your high queen, but now.. that place wasn't right enough already, you conspire to overthrow us?" asked Klaus.

"Sire! we would never do that! you, and your family are like gods to us, why would we go up against you? who told you all these lies?" asked Queen Malika.

"You did.. with your own mouth." said Klaus who dashes his rod towards the head of Queen Jaina as she screams in pain, in which Klaus takes out the cloth from her mouth and instructs her to tell them everything.

"I... I offered him.. my blood, to see some... truth.. he saw everything." cried Queen Jaina. "What do you mean by everything?" asked Princess Luna.

"Where to start? how the three of you conspired to turn us against each other, and it's miserable failure led to the death of my wife, who she sought for her own! that's not even the beginning of what revealing details I came across, I also know about your little science project, how you managed to genetically modify a antigen that will kill an original!" shouted Klaus.

"It wasn't to harm your family! it was meant to cure one of you, should the need arise, we didn't know the doctor was going to.." said Queen Malika before Klaus interrupts.

"Shut up! all of you! shut the hell up! I know, everything, I saw everything! and I destroyed every viable threat that was a danger to my family.. I should have never trusted you in the first place.. your grumpy old tactics and attitude always did piss me off, it was all over Mikeala that I allowed you all to live, but no longer! today, all of you, will die!" shouted Klaus to which all the guards and the pile of bodies awake simultaneously with gasping breath against one another in race while raging eyes of a vampire is all that remains in their thoughts while they get up.

"You.. you can't kill us.. you can't!" shouted Queen Malika as she huddles up Princess Luna behind her while Queen Hope too enrages from behind. "I can, and I will, Victoria is no longer yours, it's mine... once you're dead, this sneaky little b***h will become my wife whereas I will rule this world as the next king of Victoria, until for a time where it's true queen, my sister returns." said Klaus.

"Klaus, please.. listen to us, whatever you're thinking we had done, we didn't.." said Queen Malika while Klaus shouts out to interrupt.

"Kill them all! rip their skulls out! until you do, you must not rest, even for a second." shouted Klaus as all the raging vampires start to battle down the ruling Queens while Queen Jaina is forced to watch as they are fighting for their lives.

"Please.. I'm begging you, let them go, it's all my fault, not theirs." cried Queen Jaina as Klaus silences.

"Shshh.. you watch, my darling.. let these vermin get what they deserve.." said Klaus. "At least let Luna go, she is a child!" cried Queen Jaina. "Has been for nearly a century, I don't think she qualifies for that category anymore, let them dance." said Klaus.

"Klaus, please! stop, don't do this.. I'll do whatever you want, please.. just let them go.." cried Queen Jaina continusly but to which Klaus remains deaf to his ears as he continues watching the Queens battle for their lives, until a idea strucks upon his head in which he asks them to stop.

"Enough! stop! I said stop!" shouted Klaus as all raging vampires back away, leaving the Queens and the princess to be critically injured over the battle.

"Please.. Klaus, we'll do anything you want, just let us.." said Queen Malika until Klaus interrupts. "Pledge your allegiance to serve me till your dying breath, swear on it, and I will let you go." said Klaus.

"What?.. no, no! don't do it! Klaus please.. we can't be slaves again! you know why!" screamed Queen Jaina until Klaus shouts back.

"I said shut up!" shouted Klaus who pulls him her hair, dragging her head with it and slams it to the ground repeatedly until Queen Malika drops at his feet, begging him to make it stop.

"Enough is enough! we'll do it, we'll pledge allegiance to you, just, please don't hurt her!" cried Queen Malika to which Klaus pauses his beating and turns towards Queen Hope who looks at Luna and the others, then finally to Klaus.

"Well, then, what's it gonna be? Hope?" asked Klaus.