“I will pass over to find him.  Do not leave this room or I will have to seek you out once more.  It will be better to bar that door and wait in the mural room till I return with him.” She then disappeared. 
            Once again, Kain was alone, all but the Soul Reaver and Raziel’s human form, lifeless on the floor.  He took her advice quickly into thought, slamming the chamber doors closed.  He dropped the bar and slowly backed away.   The sounds of heavy boots and armor clanged down the hall.  There were at least two dozen of them.  As strong as Kain was, he had no chance of fending off  two dozen well armed men and possibly a few mages. 
            With the idea that they actually may break through, he looked for a place to hide.  “There.” He whispered, looking at dark place on the second level.  With ease, he jumped to the second floor.  Two doors were on this level as well. Both had already been blocked by bars though, making Kain’s life a little easier.  “Enter now you worms! I will slaughter you like pigs.” He howled. 
            Banging came from the door for several minutes, then silence.  He stood in the darkness waiting.  For a good thirty minutes silence had to hold.  A tingling feeling ran down his arm as the room seemed to shift for an instant.  Looking down in the center of the room stood Raziel.  He stood, starring at his lifeless body with no envy what so ever. “Come down Kain.  It is time we find Moebius and end this game once and for all.” He said calmly. “After, we can settle our issues.”  Raziel looked to Kain in the shadows.  Kain gave a dark smile and ran from his shadows and leapt to the ground.  He landed, feet slamming on the ground. 
            “Then what are we waiting for.  Let’s let our guests in!” He smiled, his black heart pounding in utter excitement.  Kain kicked the bar from the door and hoped back, Soul Reaver blazing with fury.  Nothing happened.  No Sarafan charged in with swords swinging in the air, no mages firing balls of fire to scorch the two. Nothing at all happened.  The two opened the door, stepping out.  Blood painted the walls, floor, and ceiling.  Chunks of flesh lay on the floor with an occasional slab of metal. As they walked a few body parts sprawled a little further down the hall indicated that what had transpired was not finished by the door. 
            Raziel looked on knowing.  “That old god must be able to let out everything he couldn’t before.  Not just those demons I fought, but many more.  That is why it took me so long to return to this world.  All the spirits had made their way out, returning to the world of the living.  Kain, they seek their bodies.  If they return to their bodies, they will become fiends.  Once this happens, all Hell will break loose as the boundaries are torn down for good!” Raziel summoned his phantom Reaver.  “You should have let me die!”
            “That I should have, Raziel, but now we must do what is tasked ahead of us.  We must find Moebius.” 
            Raziel’s eyes narrowed a bit in a mocking way. “Have you already begun to lose the intellect you so go by, Kain? Isn’t it obvious? Moebius is returning to Janos Audron with the heart.  Don’t you see! Once he places the heart back, we will have lost and Moebius will have won.  We must make it to the keep, now!” In agreement, the two took off with super speed vampires are known to have.  Finding an open window of the castle, they looked down to the frozen lake. 
            “Hold onto my legs, Kain.  I will float us down.  We will have to climb to the mouth of the strong hold.  There is no other choice since you can descend into the spirit realm.”  Kain looked up, ready to question why he would have to. Raziel leapt from the window, taking hold to the torn wings that are what now keeps him in flight for only short moments.  Kain quickly jumped after him, taking hold of his ankles.  His sudden weight made Raziel lose grip to one of his wings.  After losing grip of one, he frantically tried to not plummet to his surely bloody demise.  They crashed onto the icy surface of the lake with out falling through.  This was Raziel’s full intent, seeing as he wasn’t sure of the stableness Kain had to water.  The ice surface was no better to the halls of the castle.  Bodies were spread out and divided by many feet of blood and entrails.  From were they stood, they saw the mouth of the cave.  A dark form moved into view.  The form was massive in size and seemed to have noticed them. 

            “Well Raziel, it seems we were expected.”  The figure dropped from the mouth of the cave, landing on the ice, breaking through with an explosive splash.  The two unlikely comrades took a few paces back.  The massive creature pulled itself from the water and up onto the ice.  Intently, water froze to its hideous hide.  The creature was not like the ones that Raziel had encountered from the elder god.  This creature was at the least two times bigger. Four arms protruded from its torso.  The head was that of a bull like the others, but with horns running down its spine and along a serpent like tale. It howled to the sky.  Kain backed away from Raziel. “I see this will be difficult.” 
            Raziel turned quickly, grabbing Kain’s wrist. “Don’t you dare run, you spineless bastard! In your age you grow weak of mind! We can take him down if we do this together.”  Raziel summoned his wraith blade once again, releasing Kain.  Kain slowly nodded. 
            “You are right, Raziel.” He turned his blood lust filled eyes to the beast. “You will be returned to the pit you spawned!” The beast howled with laughter.  The two charged him.  Raziel moved with lightening speed to confuse the beast.  He took some swings with the wraith blade, missing the beast each time with a curse. 
            Kain moved in with skill, dodging the beast’s swings with arms and spiked tale.  He slashed with the Soul Reaver, cutting deep into the side of the creature.  It spun around enraged, throwing Kain off balance.  As Kain fell to the floor, the Soul Reaver still sucked on the blood of the beast.  No matter what, the creature could not pull the irritating blade from its side.  This was Raziel’s opening.  Leaping into the air, he directed the wraith blade for the back of the demon’s head.  As he was about to make the final blow, the creature quickly turned to him, back handing him against the mountain keep.  Raziel fell heavy.  His wraith blade vanished as his eyes slowly closed, allowing darkness to take over him.  This time he didn’t go back to the spirit realm.  No, he couldn’t. 
            As the beast moved to finish Raziel, Kain snuck up behind.  Pulling the Soul Reaver from the side, he gained the attention of his enemy.  As it turned to stare at him, he slowly backed up, one hand held out. “Now listen.  Let me talk to your master and maybe we can make a deal.  I will give you Raziel, and you can let me go.  I will leave this time and go further back, as not to be in your way.” The monster growled.  “Take the demon vampire! He is yours!”  The creature laughed and opened its maw. 
            “The vampire is already mine, Kain.  You are the one I wish to destroy! You are who which plagues my mind.”  The voice of the elder god slipped out heavy. 
            “I know that voice.” Kain injected.  “Mortanius, it is you! Altered by time, but I can never forget it. I will not allow you any joy of my defeat!” 
            The creature laughed heavily. “So you think you will win, Kain.  I created you, so I will destroy you!”  With all his anger, Kain moved with more speed then he had ever before.  With a swift slash of the Soul Reaver, he took the beast down.  Its head dropped to the cold ice, splattering about. 
            “No one will ever defeat me! Definitely not you, Mortanius!”  Kain looked to the opening of the cave, than to Raziel, who lay passed out against the mountain wall. “So I will finish Moebius off again, as I had before, with out you Raziel.”  The old transformation he had failed to show any of the other vampires he spawned began to kick in.  He transformed into the small winged rat, his bat form, and flew to the opening of the cave were Moebius was sure to be waiting. 

            Landing on the platform and transforming back, he stood in front of the open chest Janos Audron.  Next to him stood Moebius, black heart in his left hand and the dreaded staff in the other. “Well Kain, come to finally die?”  He snickered, tightening his grip on the powerful stave. 
            Kain smirked. “You think so?  Well, once I kill you and pull that heart from your lifeless fingers, we will see in your vision of my death finally comes true!”  Moebius began to hold his staff up to quickly deal with Kain.  As he attempted to summon the powers of the vampire killing staff, he was taken a back. 
            “No! This is impossible! The staff has never lost power before!” He looked down at Janos. “How could you know a spell to counter the staff’s magic? You fool! You would have been brought back to life!” 
            Kain was quickly on Moebius, hand clenched around his neck, Soul Reaver pushed up against his stomach. “Tell me why you would resurrect the vampire, Moebius!”
            “Simple, Kain.” Raziel’s voice came from the edge of the cliff as he pulled himself up.  “He wishes to do what should be left alone.  He wishes to bring back a vampire from the dead to completely rip the wound we have made open.  He thinks the elder god will give him eternal power.  You twit!” Raziel took Moebius from Kain, carrying him by the shoulders, struggling and shouting to the edge of the cave mouth. “You thought you would be able to use me twice! You old waste of a man! Your time has finally come.” Dropping Moebius on the very edge of the cliff, so he is not able to run, Raziel summoned the wraith blade. “Well, no more of us shall be used as your puppets.” Holding the heart up, he shoves it in Raziel’s face, pushing the demon vampire back.
            “I will not give you the satisfaction of killing me, Raziel.  But now, with the blood of the black heart on you, you will still do as I intended.” Raziel quickly tore the cloth around his neck from his body, whipping the blood off. “To late vampire, you who cannot be resurrected will be the one to bring the elder god back into your world!” Kain advanced just as Moebius jumped from the cliff.  Both watched as the mad man laughed until he slammed against the ice far below. 
            Kain starred now at Raziel who began to glow.  Raziel looked at his hands which gave a yellow light. “What is happening, Raziel?” 
            “I am the gatekeeper for the elder god and his minions! Moebius has used me one last time to open the path for pure chaos! Kain, you must end this now! Destroy me before it is too late!”