Chapter 1: Punishment
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Kain stood over the corpse of a Razielim adult, the Soul Reaver drawing in the last of the vampire's soul. It's corpse faded away into the nether-realm, and Kain sheathed the Soul Reaver. I remained hidden in the shadows, fearing Kain's wrath. I felt along my back, and my hand came to rest on the protuding wings which we adults had grown after our executed father Raziel. The fledgelings only had small stubs on their backs to show their evolutions. The Clans were starting to change, adapting to their enviroments or their fathers' abilities, like the Zephonim were insect-like, after their father Zephon, now stuck to the walls of his chamber. We Razielim were growing wings like our father Raziel, and according to Kain we are to be executed as punishment for our father's "betrayal", evolving before Kain. There are only a few of we stronger vampires left now (How ironic. The fledgelings have survived most, only because they were smart enough to not attack Kain head on. The adults of us have mostly perished, the higher ranking of us first.), Nasgar, our stongest fighter, and the General of the Razelim. Tenoah, a fledgeling who just changed into an adult a few days ago. And Kanos, Captain of the Razielim, and the best flyer out of us, who learned to use his wings as a weapon as well. I am Rasona, Commander of the Razielim, third in command to Raziel. I answer only to Him and Nasgar, but Nasgar is only my superior because of his luck. He should be dead, not once, twice or even three times. He should have been killed about 7 times if my memory serves. He is superior to me in use of weapons, but I am strongest of the surviving Razielim. The four of us have split up to try to help our surviving brothers. If only Raziel were here, Kain would think twice, perhaps. Kain sheathed the Soul Reaver,
and looked around, trying to find our readings. Kain could somehow sense
life forces, his own sons, our Father and his brothers, the best, but he
could also sense us, so we had to push down our fear, anger, hate, everything,
or we would be found. Then a small group of Razielim adults, fresh from
the hunt of humans, flew downward from the skies, howling in rage at seeing
the destruction upon their return. Leading them was my favoured brother,
Tomah. He has almost as strong as myself, and was as good as Kanos with
his flying abilities. Behind him were 3 others, Naros, Kirah and Rayvah.
Rayvah held a stave, Kirah held a metal pole, and Naros held an axe, blood
encrusted on it's blade.
Tomah drew his own sword, then charged at Kain. "Die Kain!" He yelled, and just as he reached Kain, he leapt to the side, away from the Soul Reaver's swings. Kain had tried to slice Tomah to pieces, using a flurry of slashes. He hadn't expected Tomah's leap. Tomah could move faster than most other Razielim, and was a blur, bounding off walls, the ground, and even bounded off of Kain a few times, getting a few quick slashes into him. Kain lost his temper, and teleported under an Archway, just as Tomah came flying over to where Kain had been seconds before. Tomah's balance was thrown off, and he fell to the ground rather hard. Kain fired arcs of energy at Tomah's body. Tomah screamed out in agony, and then his body caught fire. His soul was drawn into the Reaver's blade, and his body started to dissolve. Then Naros charged at Kain. Kain spun in a complete circle with the Soul Reaver outstretched, and Naros was sliced in half. His body had stated to dissolve before it hit the ground. Kirah and Rayvah started to advance, but I ordered them to stop. "We must seek help from the others! Kain's too strong for just the 3 of us! Follow me!" Kain shouted out, "Ha! You think you can defeat me? I could kill you all now, but I will let you go. I will enjoy the challange all of you will pose, because I've grown quite bored now." Kain disappeared, leaving only his laughter haunting the air. We took flight, hoping to find Nasgar first. Kain watched from a darkened
window, as the 3 took off, on their search for their friends. Foolish
little children, he thought, even all of you together wont be able
to take care of me! That Tomah, he had done good, but not even close than
enough to greatly damage him. No... this is not how it will end. Raziel
will return, and he might kill me, but I doubt this. He looked
at the Soul Reaver, and was trying to understand why he would have to destroy
it, only for Raziel to gain it in another form. Yes... this will prove
to be interesting.
Rasona ripped the spine from
an unlucky Sarafan who had attracted his attention. Nasgar was fighting
their leader, and Kanos, Kirah and Rayvah were attacking from the skies.
The Sarafan were trying to lead us over to the water, and were trying to
knock them in. So far, 2 fledgelings had been knocked in. The humans were
starting to retreat, and some even stripped off their armour, and swam
to safety, but were attacked by Kanos and the others. Unfortunately, a
human grabbed Kirah and pulled him under. The poor vampire burned away
to nothing. Kanos swooped down and grabbed the humans arms, lifted him
up and swooped over a bon-fire. He dropped the human in, then dived after
another victim. I sensed Kain was near, and looked for him, while twisting
a human's head right round, again and again, until his bones stopped breaking.
I threw his body away and took to the air.
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