Ichor : Blood & Secrets

Chapter 23

The chase between Ayame and the thief continues as they jump from building to building through the roof across each one without a single miss in part.

"Hey! wait, just.. I'm not gonna hurt you, just give me my wallet back! please!" shouted Ayame as she continues chasing down her thief, but regardless the thief keeps going on without having a single second of break, until suddenly a billboard ahead lights up due to technical issues which sprung up on his face to which the thief stops for a glancing second.

But this gives opportunity for Ayame to make her way as she lunges off towards the thief and grabs a hold of him while she springs forth across several steps before falling down to the ground on a abandoned floor within a rooftop.

With the thief finally caught in her gasp, Ayame enrages and goes off to finish him off with partial of her transformation occuring as her face resembles of a werewolf.

But when the thief surrenders and glances back with his luminous eyes, Ayame for a second, is stunned and fascinated when his inner face reveals ought to be partial demon, but in a young and humanoid alike.

"Please.. mercy." uttered the thief as Ayame takes her hand away. While Ayame stands confused and amazed by his appearance, a glance of spotlight bursts up, revealing his face to be what Ayame suspected ought to be to which she lays her hand off from him. "What are you?" asked Ayame, laying confused by his strange, but attractive appearance.

"I.. you can have your wallet back.. (hands over the wallet) please don't hurt me, that's all." said the thief to which Ayame takes the Wallet as she backs away while the thief goes off to move a bit until she takes a look at him. "Wait.." shouted Ayame as he stops.

"What? I gave you everything you asked for?' asked the thief. "No, you haven't given your name.. still." said Ayame. "It's not of your concern." said the thief. "I spared your life after you stole my wallet, least you can give me is your name." said Ayame.

"And what would you plan to do with it?" asked the thief. "Nothing.. I just want to you know who are, or what.." said Ayame until a massive noise takes hers and his attention towards the side, as a vampire comes bursting out, battling a demon, revealed to be none other than the demon waitress herself, but on a large size.

"Looks like it can wait, bye." said Ayame as she starts to run after the demon while the thief awaits and watches her go. Soon, as the battle for goes, one who revealed to be the vampire fighting out the demon, is none other than Darren himself, who despite attacks and strokes against the demon who seems to get stronger by every minute despite being crucially attacked by Darren.

"You can't defeat me, Darren, by every hour passes, I grow stronger, soon, even you, or your brothers will have no other choice but to succumb to my will." said the demon as she sends out several hits of her enlarged hand which acts more like spiked tentacles as it continues striking down Darren which he repeatedly dodges and with a final blow that was dealt to him with a major impact as he drops down by the hand goes back.

But even despite that, Darren still manages to pursue a level of strength and goes after the demon using his acrobatic strength from here and there, until he finally manages the strength to throw out several obstacles that were trying nearby in order to distract, until he finally lunges into her and starts repeatedly tearing his way up once he gained a gasp of her enlarged hand.

"You think this is all I got? I have more where that came from!" shouted Darren who continues ripping the demon apart until she manages to plunge one of her hands into Darren over the side by surprise, and as he gasps, she lifts him towards the surface and continues him drooling himself over the course of his survival.

"Go to hell, you backstabbing bastard! death is the one and only punishment, suitable for a thick headed freak like you." said the demon continuing her way down while from behind, Ayame managed to transform herself into a full turned werewolf, and as she jumps over by the crescent moon, a glimpse was struck back, with Memories of playing with children in a beautiful forest, but as she lands, that very dream diminishes and regrows her anger back towards the demon who continues plunging in several of her tentacles, except for one which wraps itself right around her, and just when Ayame leaps forth to get close, this tentacle releases, attacking every single thing, including Ayame herself.

"You think I couldn't smell your stink, wolf? I could sense your breath from a mile away." said the demon to which the werewolf enrages and tries drawing in strength, releasing itself while the hands of the demon are begining to get itself teared as to which, soon, the demon focuses it's full concentration on holding the werewolf down as it releases everything else from it's hold, including Darren who was dropped from the sky and onto the ground.

"You... you are adorable, I can't believe the likes of ten men took down to kill you, of all people." said the demon as it continues tightening and ripping away Ayame when suddenly a struck of a removed fence is thrown directly towards the eye as it comes out from within while the demon screams and let's go of the wolf to which the werewolf uses this as a advantage in bringing down by biting him down deeply as she sinks it's fangs onto him while he screams even further.

"Urghh! you ugly little b***h!" shouted the demon as several hoards of spear like throws are filled with removed metallic fence which struck deep into the chest of the demon this time, inflicting significant amount of damage to which she takes a breath to recover, but for the angry werewolf, this presents as a opportunity who leaps off into the air, targeted directly onto the head of the demon once it gets released.

And just as it gets close before it's too late for the demon, the werewolf lands on his neck and continues tearing it off brick by brick until half its face is mushed up with only partial memory to her former glory while Ayame continues fighting her down as she falls down below with her.

Taking this as a opportunity, Darren uses all his strength to get closer and rip his head away from his body and throws it out in a sprint as he drops down in relief just as the werewolf finally finds herself relived of all syringes the demon gave them both as both are dropped towards the surface to rest while the demon's body is turned to brittle statue, then turned to dust as it fades away while two of them are lying down, tired to their core.

"I can't believe you did that.. you saved me." said Darren as Ayame notices all the injury being healed away as it continues to shed by itself while Ayame on the other hand, is leaked with blood to which she feels dizzy and falls down unconscious.

"Ayame? Aya? are you alright? Aya!" shouted Darren but to no avail as Ayame remains unconscious.

Meanwhile, above in the Queen's Estate.. elegant, pleasant yet a beloved sight to see, just like its rulers, are visited by another soon enough, as Queen Malika is seen discussing Klaus's terms with Jaina and Hope while Princess Luna watches, staying idle from conversations they've been hearing for hours.

"He wanted to see me? privately? but why?" asked Queen Jaina. "Perhaps he has taken a liking to you, one that Klaus doesn't hold so often." said Queen Hope.

"That is.. insane! don't even think that, Klaus Azirel is a monster! we all heard it from Mikeala herself! he's a foe not to be trifled, or involved with." said Queen Jaina.

"But we are already involved, like it or not, the Azirels are only interested in bringing our queen back, nothing else, once they have what they need, they will leave, until then, we must do our best to please them." said Queen Malika.

"Or they will think we're part of the ones that took Mikeala, and place that fool back in power, bold thinking Malika." said Queen Hope until Princess Luna interrupts. "What if you were both wrong?" asked Princess Luna to which they all turn towards her to listen as she hadn't spoken anything in centuries.

"Did you not hear me?" added Princess Luna since the Queens are frozen by her words until she speaks out again. "Sorry Luna, apologies to find a bit.. fascinated to find you talking after years, but do tell us, why do you think both of us are wrong?" asked Queen Hope.

"Klaus, Darren, Lucien and Mikeala, they all want the same thing, power, once it is in their gasp, they want more, and more, more, it never stops, even if the entire galaxy heeds under their foot." said Princess Luna.

"Sadly, I agree, the Azirel Family, has been known to gasp power anywhere they could find, but what does that have to do with this matter?" asked Queen Jaina.

"It's quite simple, power is growing, not just Victoria, but over the entire solar system.. it may heed to the originals now, but the voices of the people will be risen soon, unless if the voice of the people, becomes one of theirs." said Princess Luna.

"How would that be possible?" asked Queen Malika. "By making them feel victimised, the people will feel sympathy for the disappearance of the queen, and when she returns as disaster struck at its core, she becomes the voice of the people itself." said Queen Hope.