TRUEBLOOD (TORN BETWEEN TWO)

HOPE

Abel appeared before Evelyn in her throne room. He bowed and greeted her and she replied calmly,telling him to rise.

"Thanks mom" he said and rose.

"I'm sorry for what I did earlier" he apologized.

"Oh that? I've forgiven you but what you did was really risky. What if something went wrong?" She asked as he took his seat.

"I'm sorry mom. Nothing would have happened. As you saw,I had him down" he replied.

"That wasn't it. You almost killed him" she stated and that silenced Abel.

It was true,he didn't see anything other than to kill his opponent. He almost murdered a man and it felt good. But he controlled himself. Even when his mother told him to stop,he still felt the urge to decapitate Odius but he didn't. He was the prince...He could have done it but he didn't.

"Abel?" Evelyn called,jolting him off his thoughts.

"Oh,mom. I just felt nothing other than to kill but I'm glad you stopped me in the nick of time" he said.

"That's good son. I'm glad you didn't tarnish our Noble image" she replied.

After that,silence reigned and both mother and son felt it unnecessary to speak. Then,their previous day's discussion came into their minds and they felt it was time to voice it out.

"Mom" Abel called.

"Yes son?"

"You promised me that you'll get me a trainer today." He said.

"Oh that? I've called general Michael. He's the leader of the army and he's promised to train you."

"Thanks mom"

"You're welcome. He'll be here in a few minutes"

In that instance,one of the Queen's maids stood at the entrance and informed her of General Michael's arrival.

"Let him in" she told the maid who hurriedly left and informed the general about the Queen's reply.

Abel already sensed General Michael was a Vampire and that already intrigued him.

"Long live the Queen" he greeted from outside.

"The Queen acknowledges you. Come inside" Evelyn replied.

The General walked in and paused. He was amused to see the prince. Abel also looked at him,puzzled. He wondered why General Michael stared at him with amusement.

"Prince Abel. I hail thee" he hailed and Abel just replied with a simple

"Thanks"

"So General Michael. My son has insisted that he trained and I preferred that you took him under you" she said.

The general had a tense look. For a reason he didn't want to train the prince. That look was obvious on his face.

"What is it General?" She asked.

"Nothing much your highness. Can I talk to in private?" He asked.

"Yes. Abel?" She replied.

"I understand mom" he replied and teleported himself to the courtyard.

"So what is it you want to say?" She asked.

"My Queen. I don't think it's wise he goes under training" He said.

"And why is that?"

"I saw what he did yesterday. The anger and hate in his eyes. There's something evil about him and we have to help him control it. If I decide to train him on more battle,I'm afraid his evil would grow and that isn't good" He advised.

Evelyn understood what he was saying. That evil was in him. There was no way they could stop him from becoming more than what the Dark Multibreed was but he needed the skills. There was no way he would go against Doom with those abilities and triumph. He'll end up dead.

"I understand your point General but the thing is that I can't allow him face Doom like this. If you don't teach him and he faces Doom,he is going to die. I don't want that for my son" she replied.

"Okay my Queen but I'll advice you to help him contain the evil. I'll train him and also try my best for him but you are his mother. You'll know how to do it best" he said.

"Good. He'll be delighted. So are there any updates about the army?" She asked.

"Yes my Queen. There's this soldier named James. He's a Goblin and something amazes me about him"

"What is it?"

"In our last expenditure to rescue refugees from a terrorist camp,he managed to kill their leader. I'm still surprised because he never shows any form of seriousness or dedication during training but in battle,he's always the best" he explained.

That kept the Queen quiet for a moment. She already liked to hear of such people.

"Where does he stay?" She asked.

"He lives in the palace estate. He works as a barman at night but during the day,he's just a normal citizen or a Soldier when the need arises" she replied.

"That's interesting. He lives a double life. I want him to be Abel's bodyguard" she blurted.

"But why my Queen?"

"Abel loves hanging with people like that. I'm sure he'll befriend this James guy and with someone like that by his side, he stands a chance against Doom" she replied.

"Okay my Queen,I'll get him to come"

"Good. You may now leave" she dismissed.

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In a realm of Darkness,where light seemed to be an impossibility,sat the Dreaded Draco.

He had a human in hand and in one swipe,he threw the unfortunate human into his mouth,crushing his prey in his mouth.

"Satisfactory" he commended and gobbled down the remnants of his prey.

He got up and walked around,occasionally looking around,expecting to get news.

He kept wondering what was happening with Dwayne. He hoped things would work out.

Its been days and his minions had not returned.

He wished he could be part of the action. He wished he could be in China,tormenting the hell out of Dwayne's life but he couldn't.

"It would be too soon" he muttered.

Suddenly,he smiled,an idea had popped in his head. Being a single type of his species,his reproduction was asexual.

He could reproduce and for over a thousand years,he hadn't because he saw no reason to. But now,there was a reason. He needed a son who would be his eyes and ears. His minions weren't reliable.

With the aid of such son,he would directly be in the middle of the action while he was still there and when it is time,he would face Dwayne himself.

He remembered how to reproduce and started the process.

He grunted hard,trying to suck in as much blood and energy as he could. Internally,his cells were racing into the centre of his stomach,accumulating,forming a smaller creature inside him.

Gradually,the formulation continued,converting his cells into the creature,enlarging it.

Draco groaned as the birthed creature continued to enlarge and it eventually sprouted out of his body,becoming a younger version of Draco.

He looked at his son and smiled,it was a carbon copy of him,except for the fact that this was smaller than he was.

"Dad" his son called. His three heads facing Draco.

"Son,welcome to the world"

"I'll call you Eerling" he added.

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"Hey" Elsa called to Sharon who was seated in the garden.

"Hey girl, what's up?" Sharon asked.

"I'm just *sighs*,confused" Elsa replies. This caught the attention of Sharon who moved closer to her.

"What's the problem?" She asked.

"I feel I'm cursed" Elsa spoke out after a minute of silence.

"Cursed? Why would you say that?" Sharon inquired.

Elsa looked at the bright,blue sky. She sighed heavily and faced Sharon.

"When I was with my previous friends,the tragedy caught up with them immediately after I joined them."

"Now,I'm joining you guys and look...Your brothers have become evil creatures,Abel has been kidn*pped and Drake and Drex are lying there,trapped between life and death." She explained.

Sharon stared at her for a minute,wondering why a Kanima would be an emotionally disturbed person. She understood her pain but one had to go through a lot in life to triumph.

"I understand you girl. Even Abel felt the same way when my brothers died. He felt he was the cause and tried to make it up to all of us."

"Now guess what?" Sharon asked.

"What?"

"He was the one who made my brothers normal after they had become the Chaos Wolves." She said,curling up a smile on her face.

"I know but I'm not Abel,how can I make it up to you guys?" Elsa asked,unconvinced.

Sharon paused and looked around.

"Well" she said.

"You can stay and help us or Dwayne against the son of a b***h trying to cause mayhem" she added and pulled Elsa into a warm embrace.

"Okay,I will" Elsa complied,accepting the embrace.

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Dwayne,Yu Yuan and Stan appeared right before the private stadium the infection began.

The stadium was a huge,oval shaped one which had black flanks shielding the spectators and performers from the rain or the harsh heat of the sun.

They all stepped in carefully,hoping to not be ambushed.

They walked into the field of play and they began to scan the stands for any traces left but unfortunately,everything was clean.

"Let's leave guys" Yu Yuan said and made to leave for other parts of the stadium.

"Wait, I see something" Dwayne stopped and walked to the eastward stands. He flew to the middle and squatted.

"Come here guys" he said and both flew to him.

"Damn" Stan cursed as he saw what Dwayne saw.

On the floor was a cleaner roasted till he was nothing other than charcoal.

"The parasite must have infected some of the workers" Yu Yuan said and looked right.

She noticed there were signs of struggle due to the bent and broken seats she saw.

"I propose we should check the security footage." Stan suggested.

They all left for the security room,eager to know what happened.

When they got there,they saw a burnt carcass and held their mouths,shocked.

"This is really serious." Dwayne hissed and looked at the monitor.

He began to operate it and played back what happened two weeks ago,just before the match.

On the monitor,played a footage of the cook making a snack. They noticed her eyes were yellow as she cooked and added some weird,glob into the bowl she was mixing the ingredients.

"Try checking a few minutes earlier,before she started cooking. There's gotta be a way we can see who possessed her" Yu Yuan said.

"There wouldn't be a need for that. I am here" a voice said behind them.

Following their instincts,they dodged and a huge fire ball exploded,causing the computer to explode.

They got up and saw three men dressed like security men,their eyes were yellow and they had a shabby appearance.

"Who are you?" Dwayne yelled as he stood up.

"You seem inquisitive. Master Draco wants you" the leader said.

"So you're his minions hungh?" Stan questioned.

"You are not my priority,he is" the leader replied and pointed at Dwayne.

Without warning,they rushed towards the trio of Dwayne,Stan and Yu Yuan who defended.

Dwayne grabbed the leader and drove him into the wall,landing a heavy forearm on his face. The latter turned Dwayne over and blew flames at him.

Absorbing the flames,Dwayne emitted ice on his knuckles and drove a punch into his ribcage,causing it to creak.

He delivered a knee to his abdomen and threw him over. Before his opponent could respawn,he shot him with an icicle,stabbing his leg.

"Now tell me. Where is Draco?" Dwayne asked,grabbing the leader by his neck.

"A servant remains loyal to the master even at the point of death" the minion replied.

"You're testing my patience" Dwayne growled.

The minion chuckled and looked at Dwayne in the eyes.

"If I were you,I'll be patient. Try to stop a pending problem before jumping into another" he warned and disappeared.

Dwayne looked back and saw the guys who were distraught by the minions' disappearance.

"Its okay. Let's get out of here" he said and they left the room.

As they got to the pitch,they saw something unexpected. Something that shocked Dwayne to the core.

"Draco" he stated, surprised to see his enemy there. But something was wrong,this Draco was smaller than he had expected.

"We meet again Draco" he said, walking up to the latter.

The latter chuckled and with its two other heads,looked at the others.

"Well...I'm not Draco."

"If you aren't Draco,then who are you?" Dwayne questioned.

"Call me Eerling" the latter replied and shot a wave of acid at Stan and Shirley.

To be continued......

So there's a big matchup guys. Dwayne vs. Eerling, who wins?