The Aurian Chronicles: Chapter 10- More than one kind of recovery

 Silver sped into the Hospital parking lot and parked crooked as she ran into the lobby, screaming in panic until she finally found Derek waiting outside Lisa's hospital room. "There you are! how is Lyte is she-?" But Derek put his hand up to stop her... "Lisa is fine... and after tonight..... I don't think either of us wants to use Code names right now Silver." He said as he hugged her. Silver sighed in relief, learning they were both okay, "And yet you still call me Silver?" She asked in a teasing, yet sad voice. Derek just kissed her. "Well you DID Legally change it my love... but I'll call you Sera anytime you like." He promised as she hugged him close. "You can call me slut or whore for all I care, as long as the love of my life and sister-in-law are still living.... and there's an extensive amount of foreplay involved."

"Silver for the love of GOD! Not now!" Whined Derek as his currently Black hair flashed purple, Silver just giggled and lifted him. "Only teasing dear.... Now... tell me what happened before my healing power needs to fix my heart attack"." She begged in a pleading voice. Derek just sighed and explained how he went to pick her up like always, his fight with Blood Angel, Lisa being attacked, and his transformation into a void monster. Silver cupped her mouth. "My god... I knew there would always be a target on your head... but Lisa? This is a new low... so why are you out here? Shouldn't you be with her?" She asked softly. Derek just sighed and shrugged. "I Don't even know what to say to her... This is MY fault, I know Blood Angel only attacked at Zach Farley's request, I killed his son after all...and I know Lisa hates me... I did abandon her for all those-" But he was pushed to a wall and held in place by Silver. "Now you listen to ME DARKNESS! That little girl has not stopped thinking about you since you left! even when she was at that little mall Pizzeria she told all the little mascots how much she loved and admired her big brother! Do you think she cares that you're a killer?! FUCK NO! She just knows that YOU know it's not what you want in life! Now get your fucking ass in that goddamn hospital room before I kick your ass to the heavens above and spike you all the way down to hell!" She told him as she let him go. There was a brief moment of silence before Derek laughed as his undamaged skin turned its normal shade of white, and his Black limp hair glowed Purple. "God I fucking love how you think! now THAT'S why I married you." He said as he smiled at her, but now she glared hard at him. "EXCUSE ME?!" She demanded. Darkness just sighed and rolled his eyes. "I Also married you for your smoking hot body..." He added with a smack to her behind for good measure. She kissed him passionately and nodded. "Goddamn right you did! Now get the hell in there you Lovable gothic bastard!" She said with a proud grin.

The door opened and Darkness sighed as he walked in on Lisa Glaring at the ceiling. "Heya uh... Lyte! Are you feeling any better?" He asked as he scratched the back of his head awkwardly. Lisa just slowly turned her head to him. "I saw what you looked like... before you turned into that monster... you were stabbed FAR more times than I was... AND YOU HAVE THE NERVE TO ASK ME THAT?!" She demanded angrily. Darkness just looked down. "Yeah... I know... but I'm feeling better, and you're not so-"

"Do you even care how hurt you were? Did you even think about it?" She asked him with tears slowly starting to form in her eyes. "Did you ever stop and think about how I would have felt if I lost my brother again?" She asked while looking into her eyes, her heart rate slowly increasing. Darkness just sighed. "Lisa...I love you more than anything... you are some of the only family I have left... It's just... things changed after the war... I didn't even know who I was...then that therapy session, and that drug... it fucked with my head... This job took my mind off of it all you know?" He asked as he sat by her. "Look, if it makes you feel better... I've been slowly thinking about how I want to do something else anyway... a passion project... even if it's not music." He said with a sigh. Lyte just sat up gently and looked at him with a raised brow, "I'm listening... Darkness." She encouraged. Darkness sighed and looked her back in the eyes. "I want to help people... I want to make a place where people don't have to feel like I do... for soldiers who want to give more than what they felt they gave... I want to build opportunities for the misfits in our country... I have to do more jobs in the meantime... But I want to move on soon." He said as he looked back down.

Lyte just took in everything Darkness said and breathed a puff of air. "I gotta say... I still want you to be the musician I know you can, but this... I never expected any of this." She said as she couldn't help but smile. She then began to giggle a bit, before lightly laughing. "My brother... I thought I'd never see Derek... even with purple hair and black tendrils, you are still my brother Derek... no more talks about how trying to blow your brains out killed you, and I'll forgive you... Deal big brother?" She asked as she held out a hand. Darkness just smiled back and shook it. "Deal little sister," he said before she hugged him close. 

After a tender moment, Lyte let him sit back down. "Derek... I think enough time has passed since then... Do you think you can finally talk about how you got discharged?" She asked sweetly. Darkness just Sighed "Lyte... do you really want to-?" But he saw her staring intently at him. He just sighed and invited Silver in, who looked at them both curiously. "If I'm going to talk about my time in the Military. I want BOTH of the people I love most in the world to hear it... sit down, Silver." He said as she lifted her dress and sat the bare skin of her behind down in his lap to get comfy. Causing both Darkness and Lyte to roll their eyes.

"So you want to hear about my time in the Army? Fine... let me tell you about what it was like over there."

The Aurian Chronicles- Chapter 9: Learning the Hard way

    Amanda Cross sighed softly as she looked out into space as she followed Mr Capryse down a busy street, she was roughly half an hour out of her jurisdiction, a solid hour away from Capryse's home, and worst of all, she was only in a pair of Jeans and a dark blue low cut tank top. Which meant nothing to really defend herself. "How I let you talk me into this little trip out in the city I will never know... in case you didn't already know, we are NOT friends, Mr. Capryse!"

"OF COURSE WE ARE! You just haven't really figured it out, my dear!" Responded Mr Capryse as he kissed the back of Amanda's hand, causing her to blush angrily. She tried to look over to the other member of their company, which happened to be Mr Capryse's wife Saryn. She stood at about almost six feet tall, and was dressed in a black leather dominatrix looking suit, with a white professional lab coat over it. To say Amanda felt intimidated by her presence was a gross understatement. Saryn's piercing blue gaze met Amanda's before she snorted. "Do try to put up with my husband's eccentricities for a bit longer. You'll come to find he's simply playing chess five steps ahead... even if he is a fool." She exclaimed in a thick Russian accent. Amanda was a bit caught off guard the rest of the trip as they stopped by an Italian bakery. 

Mr. Capryse stepped out and greeted the owner, an ageing wide Italian man with multiple briefcases. Both men chuckled and exchanged a few good jokes before the old man took his leave in a sports car. Amanda's eyes narrowed when she saw bags of powder inside one of the opened cases. "This is a DRUG deal!" she yelled as she stepped closer to the both of them. "Au contraire my dear, this is a drug EXTERMINATION!" Corrected Mr. Capryse, causing Amanda to raise a brow. "I'm listening...." She said carefully. Mr, Capryse just chuckled and sighed, "You see Ms. Cross, as this part of the city has grown, the types of people that frequent it have changed... I don't particularly like drugs and children being so close together, so I have made a deal for its distribution to be moved outside of the area." He explained with a grin, already knowing what she was going to say. "Why don't you just halt the production altogether Capryse?" She asked, but he simply laughed. "That's just not how things work... right now it's quite EASY to just condemn this area, and eradicate anything or anyone involved.... but crime vacuums are a real thing! By doing this, I don't have to make a bigger mess than I need to!" He responded. Amanda growled and went to retort before a white and gold limousine pulled up, followed by a squad of five cars. Amanda's eyebrows raised as none other than Zach Farley stepped out with a lit cigar in his mouth. "well well well, if it isn't the golden boy of the New York syndicate.... On MY turf...." He stated, sending his captains to confiscate the briefcases. Mr. Capryse smiled as he watched each member of Farley's men sample a bit of the Cocaine in each briefcase before loading them up in their cars. "You're standing your ground I see Zach... PRIDEFUL! but unfortunate nonetheless!" He admitted, but Mr. Farley just chuckled. "Hiding behind that goth fucker won't save you, once he meets MY boy, you'll have one less employee." He said with a glare. Mr. Capryse rolled his eyes. "The fact that you think Darkness is my ace in the hole shows you are too lazy to do your research... Though I will admit he IS a valuable employee. your time here is running out Farley, I suggest leaving New York soon." He warned. Zach just grinned. "I've got your drugs, I've got your highest earner under attack, and I've got you cornered here... and you've the audacity to try to bluff ME? You, your wife, and your little witness here are going to see your last days soon." He retorted. Mr. Capryse just shook his head. "Oh really?" He asked as he pulled out a cell phone and pressed it, activating the C4 inside of the drugs in the briefcases, and inside of the samples Farley's men tasted. the explosion caught almost everyone off guard, including Amanda who collapsed to her knees, watching the chunks of cars and bodies rain from the sky. "You and what army?" Asked Mr Capryse as he escorted Saryn and Amanda home, leaving Zach Farley cowering on the floor with an obvious case of shell shock.

Five hours later, Amanda was staying in a guest room of the Capryse Mansion, downing a bottle of bourbon to calm her nerves. "This.... demon! He just casually destroyed those thugs like it was nothing! it was horrifying, inhuman and.....appealing! I've always wanted to wipe scum off the streets but he's doing it literally!" She exclaimed with a blush. after a few seconds she slapped herself, "NO NO NO! he's a criminal! the most dangerous one I've met at that! I can't let him win like this.... but... I'm running out of options here... maybe I can try meeting this Darkness guy... get to find a weak spot or something" She said before turning out the lights and trying to get some sleep, but Mr. Capryse's smile remained on her mind.

The Aurian Chronicles - Chapter 8

 Chapter 8: Blood Moon on the Rise

Lyte sighed softly as she changed back into her regular white top and rainbow sequin white pants. It had been another great night at the club she was DJing for and she wanted to get home to watch a movie with her big brother. “God the energy was electric tonight! And the best part of the night has yet to begin!”

“I’ll say! Your big brother isn’t even here yet!” Said a man’s voice as he slowly walked in. Blood Angel smiled and straightened his blood red tie over his lighter red undershirt and straightened his white suit as he sized up the young and beautiful Lyte, who smiled politely back at him. “Oh! Hey there! You must be a friend of my big brother… if you want we can wait til he gets here.” She exclaimed with a cheerful grin, one Blood Angel just returned. “Oh….

I’m looking forward to it.” he replied as he advanced on her.

An hour later, Darkness sighed as he pulled up to the club in his Challenger, he walked in slowly to a dark empty club. “LYTE? I’M HERE!” He called out. He could already tell something was wrong, the party was over, but the club should still be getting cleaned. “Shit….” he said as he turned on the lights, there were piles of bodies in odd places, some of them on further inspection were formed into words. “Party…. On the dance floor.” Read Darkness as he stepped out into the moshpit. The lights slowly turned red as Blood Angel appeared on stage. “VOID WALKER! It’s truly great to see you… I’m… I’m such a big fan!” He said as he clapped his white gloved hands together, Darkness just pulled out one of his Colt .45s and glared up at him. “If you know who I am, and what I do, that must mean you work for another syndicate, I’m guessing Zach Farley hired you.” He said. Blood Angel merely heaved a guilty sigh. “Yes… That bastard had to be the sour note to our meeting… You see Darkness, I’ve always admired your work! I’ve flown oh so very high with all of the blood you’ve spilt! I’ve almost touched the very heavens itself! Alas… Unfortunately, Mr. Farley has summoned the very Blood Angel who loves you to be your downfall… what cruel, tragic IRONY!” He said as he slashed at Darkness with a knife. Darkness harumphed and went full Void and stepped through Blood Angel, but Blood Angel merely smirked and calmly kept the knife inside of Darkness, who panicked a bit and dove away, some of the knife still in his back as he rematerialized. Blood began flowing from his wound and into the shaved part of Blood Angel’s head, forming a bloody lock of hair. “That Void walking move you use is an awe-inspiring skill, but you can’t use it for too long because it tires you out… I know your tricks… and I am NOT just a thug” He said with a melodic laugh. Darkness just growled and fired at him, but Blood Angel used Darkness’ own blood as a shield to protect himself. “ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF, VOID WALKER! I am the BLOOD ANGEL! I can use blood to shield myself, I can make wings to fly if I so choose, or I can super coagulate it into hard blades… like so!” He said as he fired sharp blades of blood at Darkness, who took one to the leg as he ducked for cover. “Well, lotty fuckin dotty… You aren’t the only other Aura user I’ve fought, and you WON’T be the fuckin’ last… freaky little Asspuke!” Said Darkness as he pulled out a small staff, he pumped a bit of his energy into it and formed a large scythe with a purple blade. Blood Angel just chuckled. “Not even going to waste any more time playing cat and mouse, are we? Good!” he said as Darkness slashed through his wings, but Blood Angel was ready with real knives in both hands, with Darkness’ Scythe stuck in his wings, Blood Angel was free to stab at him. Darkness pulled out both of his handguns and fired at him, one gun fired real bullets, and the other fired Void bullets, which tried to lash out at Blood Angel, but he merely used Darkness’ scythe to shield them off. “AHAHAHA NOW THIS IS A REAL DANCE” He screamed out at Darkness before booting him in the face and throwing his scythe at him, missing him by a few inches. “Now then, how would you like your….everything pierced?” He asked as he threw knives into Darkness's stomach and fired more blades of blood at him until his wings were gone. Darkness just chuckled weakly as he coughed up blood. “Seems you have a limit to YOUR Powers too Angel fuck!” He exclaimed. Blood Angel just smiled. “Indeed, no blood? No powers! And sadly those corpses I used to stock up on are running low… luckily I have a battery reserved just in case!” He said as he pressed a button on the stage, causing a barely breathing Lyte to appear. Darkness’ eyes rose in horror as the usually bright and vibrant Lyte weakly crawled to him. Darkness fought threw the immense pain he was in to hold her. “Big Brother…. Help me…” She said as she coughed up blood. “Awwww isn’t that sweet?  What’s it like to have family care that much for you? I wouldn’t know, I KILLED all of mine!” Exclaimed Blood Angel with a laugh. Darkness lost focus and began to grit his teeth as hard as he could while narrowing his eyes at Blood Angel. Purple bolts of energy began to crackle as the rational part of his mind tried to remember what Mr Capryse told him when he first started, ‘Now remember Darkness, keep it PROFESSIONAL. Never let it get personal.’ But Darkness knew everything was well past that. All of his hatred began pouring into his aura, causing his body to turn fully black, except his veins which gleamed bright purple. Multiple black tendrils grew out of him, and his teeth turned into purple interlocking jaws. Blood Angel’s smile faltered a tad as the light was sucked out of the room. “My oh my Darkness, what’s happened to you?” He asked as he threw multiple knives at Darkness and Lyte, but Darkness’ Tendrils smacked them away. “YOUR NIGHTMARE!!” Responded Darkness as he latched his tendrils around Blood Angel and bashed him repeatedly against a wall. As the light faded from his eyes. Blood Angel looked at the blood flowing from his body. “Blood… Beautiful… Beautiful… Blood…” He said with a weak laugh before he passed out. Darkness grunted as the rational part of his brain returned and he slowly turned back to his normal self. His body was fully healed, but he was now far beyond exhausted. “Gotta… help… Lyte.” he said as he carried his sister to his car and drove her to the hospital. Unbeknownst to them. A pink skinned, red haired demonic woman in a red dress walked to the huddled body of Blood Angel and healed him just enough to preserve his life. “What… was that immense power… I thought YOU were my Hell knight… but that void user… that power… that seductively sinister power! Ohhhhh yesssss.” She moaned as she sucked her middle finger seductively. “Darkness…. I’ll do whatever it takes to have you for myself… no one resists the Shadow Queen!” She said as she rearranged some of the leftover corpses to spell one name. “KAYLA”

The Aurian Chronicles - Chapter 7 part 2

   Chapter 7:2 Dates Part 2

“Honestly Lyte, I offer to take you anywhere you want to go, and you choose a Mall Pizza place?” asked Darkness as he sat across from his sister, who puffed her cheeks out adorably at him “In case you forgot buster, I practically grew up here! From being a little girl doing all the dances to getting my first job at the nightclub here!” She said defensively as Darkness just chuckled “I’m kidding hun, honestly I am just glad you had something to make you not feel alone while I was overseas, you and Silver were always on my mind you know!” He said as a giant Larry the rat costume shuffled up to their table and started his dance “I’M LARRY THE RAT, I’M WHERE IT’S AT! I’M EVERYBODY’S FAVORITE LITTLE CUDDLY MALL RAT! I DO MY DANCE, FROM HERE TO FRANCE, TIL CHEESE FLOWS FROM MY GULLET TO MY UNDERPANTS! Can I take your order?!” He asked, after a bit of cringing on Darkness’ Part, they both placed their orders as Darkness forced a smile. “Well, that was….. So why did ya want to have this date Sis?” He asked quickly, Lyte sighed and shook her head with a small smile. “I  just wanted some time with my big bro! We never really get to see each other much, either I’m working, or you’re….working… I just miss your company!” She said as he shrugged and nodded uncomfortably “Yeah sorry about that, I am planning to take some time off if you want-”

“I REALLY wish you’d just stop altogether…” Said Lyte looking into his eyes, Darkness just groaned and pinched the bridge of his nose. “I Should have known that’s what this was really about…”

“You don’t even like your job! You are way better as a musician, I could have you in the studio first thing in the morning if you ask, why do you keep fighting me on-”

“BECAUSE THIS IS ALL I KNOW ANYMORE!” Shouted Darkness, causing everyone to look up at him. “Look Lyte, I can still play instruments, but the young me you sat around and listened to died some time ago, the notes are at my fingertips, but the things I wanted to write about aren’t… that war… It took from me so many people… I just can’t bring myself to do it… let’s leave it there.” He said sadly, causing Lyte to glare at him with tears in her eyes. “That’s bullshit and you know it! Mom always said the music may change, but it’s always there! I KNOW you can get back on it if you try… But working for Mr. Capryse is just SO much easier, isn’t it?!” She said on the verge of crying, Darkness just shrugged. “Honestly? Yes, yes it is… like it or not, there are a lot of awful people here, and knowing they can’t harm anyone else makes me proud of the work I do… I KNOW that means something to you, I heard about Sophomore year, that man you blinded with your prism aura for getting too handsy?” He asked, making her breathe harder. “Please… D-don’t m-mention that again.” She begged, causing him to realize what he was saying. “Sorry Lyte, but if anything, it proves my point, some people gotta die… But I suppose….For you, I’ll at least consider other fields of work, for now, I just want to spend time with my little sister.” He said, causing her to calm down and try to resume a peaceful meal with him.

A few blocks away, Zach Farley sat in his office with a glass of wine in one hand, and a Cuban cigar in the other. “And I want that purple-haired fucker TOAST by the end of the month, I want things to be CAPICHE WITH CAPRYSE! He said, trying not to chuckle at his own stupid joke. On the other side of the table, a tall medium skinny man just rolled his eyes as he looked at the target and fixed his white suit and red tie. “So it’s Settled, ‘Darkness the void walker’ fights the Blood Angel… on one hand, I am happy to fight such a worthy opponent, on the other hand, I was always a fan of his brutality!” Said Blood Angel, causing Zach to raise a brow. “Ey! I paid damn fine money bringing you here! Don’t get cold feet cuz you wanna kneel down and suck Goth dick you little-” But he was cut off mid-sentence with a knife to his tongue.

I know your type, Mr. Farley, you demand so much death, but you’ve never actually killed anyone yourself, you aren’t HALF the man Darkness, or Mr. Capryse are! Still, I can’t turn down this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!” He said as he pulled his knife back and slid his own arm with it. Blood flowed off his arm and onto his head and back, giving the shaved side of his head Red hair, and his back wings. “So Mr. Sonata! GAME ON!” yelled Blood Angel as he laughed Maniacally through the night.  

The Aurian Chronicles - Chapter 7 part 1

  Chapter 7:2 Dates Part 1 

Mr. Capryse smiled Politely in a five-star restaurant as he sipped a glass of wine while he stretched and checked his clock. “Welp it’s almost twelve! Time for the fun!” He said with a chuckle as Amanda Cross walked in wearing a yellow tight hugging dress, she had put a lot of time into her makeup, and she seemed to draw the attention of several people while striding to his table. He quickly pulled the chair out and nodded to her, after a curtsy she sat down and he took his seat, quickly putting in orders for the both of them after she stated what she wanted. “Imagine my surprise when THE Lieutenant Cross invites lil’ ol’ me out to dinner! What brought THIS on?” he asked with a happy smile while looking her in the eyes, something about his damned crystal blue eyes took her off guard, causing her to clear her throat. “I just felt maybe I came on a bit too strong… You had to look up my information just to make me back off at first…” She said as she watched him chuckle “Oh no no no, I did that when you first transferred in, I Know everyone on the force, in the city… the state…. The whole COUNTRY! Sorry if you felt like I was singling you out.” He retorted, causing Amanda to swallow hard “So…. how much do you actually know?” she asked as he sipped more wine “If you’re worried I’m gonna leak out that time you lost a bet and streaked around your entire Campus in the nude… your secret is safe from me… as well as all the other exhibitionist stuff, hey… We ALL did crazy stuff as a kid right?” He said with a chuckle, by now the pink in her cheeks seemed to glow through all the makeup, even noticed by the server as their food arrived. She ate slowly as Mr. Capryse ate politely, but it was clear he didn’t enjoy the food as much. “A five-star restaurant not to your liking?” She asked, causing him to smile at her. “The food is quite good, but my daughter has made me a bit of a spoiled brat, food just doesn’t taste quite as good without the love she puts into it ya know?” He asked with a proud sigh. She giggled and nodded. “Yes I have heard a lot about her, and what to not say to either of you… You must really love her!” She said with a genuine smile, trying to break the ice subtly. Mr. Capryse sighed and nodded “Indeed, she was the daughter of a close associate who went missing, even I was surprised to hear she hid a daughter from me… I caught her cooking up a snack for the other orphans and just KNEW I had to adopt her… I would burn my entire home and the entire state of New York to ash if anything happened to her.” he said, slowly turning serious at the end of his sentence, making Amanda begin to fearfully sweat. After about an hour, both of them got up as Mr. Capryse escorted  Amanda to her car, though they were stopped by a bulky man in a suit smirking. “Well if it isn’t the Golden Boy of New York and our newest member of the NYPD… two birds, one stone!” he said as he pulled out a Gun. Amanda grunted in frustration as she reached for an imaginary firearm. “Shit, I forgot I’m not on duty!” she muttered, Causing Mr. Capryse to laugh “DREADFUL habit dear, what do you think good sir? Zach would get a good kick out of that one eh?”

“SHUT UP! If you know why I am here, you know you ain’t for much longer!” Responded the thug as he pointed the gun to Mr. Capryse’s head, who simply just smiled calmly “Now… listen Mac, Me and the lovely lady here were trying to enjoy a lovely dinner, you can understand that right?” He asked as he pinched the gun, causing shiny rocks to grow from it, stabbing the man in the hand, who screamed out in pain, but Mr. Capryse kept talking “And we can’t go around threatening people for just trying to have a good time… are we clear here?” he asked the man who looked at his arm in terror as the rocks began sprouting from his body. “CRYSTALS!” He screamed in terror as he tried to run, only for his body to stiffen before it turned to solid crystal, freezing him in place “Oops! Clumsy me” Said  Mr. Capryse, knocking the statue over, causing it to shatter into small pieces that rolled down a nearby storm drain. Mr. Carpyse just helped a now terrified Amanda Cross into her car. “What a fun date that was! You Drive safe now Amanda, and make sure that the next one gets cleared by my wife, she’s not as good-tempered as I am you know..” he said as he waved and whistle a happy tune while he walked off. Amanda just sat there, trying to process what happened. “You… You’re not the hound of justice at all… You’re a scared newborn puppy” She cried out into her reflection through the vanity mirror. “How can I even begin to fix this state when a man like that has it in his hands? I don’t know… but I have to at least try.” She said, getting a bit more determined at the end. After a few minutes, she started her car and sped off, not noticing Darkness Drilling a few holes in a building nearby. “For Christ's sake, I’m a MERCENARY! Not a damn construction worker… dammit Capryse!” he said as he covered up the holes. “Ah well, the pay was good, time to meet up with Lyte!” he said as he hopped in his Challenger, leaving Farley Incorporated behind.  

 

The Aurian Chronicles - Chapter 6

 Chapter 6: Staff Sergeant Xaldin

Darkness rubbed his palms Anxiously as he waited to see his old battle buddy “I… uh… am not sure we should be here… come on I know a good bar not from here!” He said, trying to weasel his way out of an awkward conversation yet again, Lyte pinched the bridge of her nose and knocked him upside the head. “You’re not getting out of it this time big bro, you’ve made it this far, you at least owe it to yourself to see him again… THEN maybe we can stop by Rat’s nest mall, shame people think it’s haunted… wish I knew the full story to that.” She said, losing herself in thought, Silver just rolled her eyes. “Yeah… I WONDER where those weird murder rumors came from!” She said with a glare at Darkness, who nervously tugged at his collar. In truth, a couple of years back Darkness had forgotten to call in the cleanup crew after a successful kill within the mall, so he just stuffed the body inside the mall’s mascot ‘Larry the rat’ and kicked it off a nearby dock. When the suit washed up on shore, the authorities had to temporarily shut down the mall for suspicion of murder. After a quick clearing of his throat, Darkness just sighed “Not to get off topic, but I believe Xaldin should be here shortly!” He exclaimed, clearly picking the lesser of two evils. The sound of laughter seemed to chill him a bit as a couple of chuckling medical attendants dragged in a seven-foot-tall man in a straightjacket. The site of this man was enough to shock the aura right out of Darkness, quite literally. Xaldin looked like he hadn’t seen a bath, a barber, or a comfortable sleep in a long time, his eyes seemed to gaze off in different directions, and his mannerisms… or lack thereof, seemed to imply NO ONE had seen him in quite some time. “Hey freakshow, ya gots company!” Said one of the attendants as they kicked him to his seat before both of them left, clearly not caring what happened to Xaldin at all. By now, Silver and Lyte were almost as uncomfortable as Darkness, while Xaldin giggled like the madman he was. “How ya doin’ Top? Long time no see!” He tried to say, Xaldin clearly sounded like he thought he was still in the Army. “It’s been a minute, you a Sergeant Major yet? I’ll put in a good word if I can!” He added, Though it was clear Darkness was on the verge of Crying. 

The meeting only got to last a very uncomfortable half hour before the attendant took Xaldin away, though by then Darkness had found himself stress vomiting in a nearby bathroom, with Lyte and Silver having to console him while he cried uncomfortably. “This…. This isn’t what I thought would happen.” Admitted Lyte with quite a bit of guilt in her voice. “Not sure what you THOUGHT would happen, Darling, I mean he was committed for a reason you know!” Said Silver with a sad sigh, knowing all to well that Darkness was going to be too depressed to do much else, and sure enough, Darkness was sobbing in between his vomiting. “I don’t… know how I’m going to do it… but we’re getting him the fuck out of this hell hole!” he said weakly, trying to stand up. Lyte sighed and helped her older brother to his feet. “That’s the spirit… but for now Derek, I think we need to get home. Silver could you tell…. HIM that Darkness will be taking tonight off?” She asked. “Texting Mr. Capryse now dear… And we are seriously having that talk about you being nicer to him later!”  she said while typing away on her phone.

Meanwhile, Mr. Capryse sighed while looking at his phone. “So he finally went and visited his old friend… That’s sad……… I guess? What do you think?” He asked while looking at a struggling gagged man with a bungee cord tied tight around his left thigh. “Oh yeah, I forgot I was doing an interrogation! So yeah… your boss Zach, Zach Farley! What’s he got you stalking Autumn for?” He asked before ungagging him and pushing him off the statue of liberty. The sound of a man screaming was music to Mr. Capryse’s ears as he pulled the man up. “YOU FUCKING PSYCHOPATHIC RICH ASSHOLE! WHEN FARLEY HEARS ABOUT THIS- HE’S GONNA MAKE FRIED RABBIT OUTTA THAT LITTLE SLU-” The man screamed as Mr. Capryse pushed him right back out for a longer fall this time. After pulling him back up, Mr. Capryse sipped his coffee and pulled out a Phone before clearing his throat. “ Tell me how ya like this mac ‘After reflecting on my life, I never really felt like I ever did anything that stood out from the rest, I want to dedicate my life to chasing new thrills! Starting with my first big project, bungee jumping from the Statue of Liberty!’ how’s that? Fun way to die too eh?” he asked as the man screamed. “Alright I’ll talk! Farley wanted me to learn your daughter's movements to send someone to Kill her under your nose! That’s all I know, I swear!” He pleaded through tears. Mr. Capryse sighed and nodded “You try to show a little mercy and give someone an out and this is the thanks ya get… I swear, I wish I could say I didn’t see this coming!” He admitted while pushing the man off one more time before cutting the cord, letting him fall screaming to his death. “Oh well! Guess when Darkness is feeling better, I can have him work on some fun projects to get plans in motion.” And with that, Mr. Capryse sipped his coffee as he started a light stroll across the streets of New York. After all, the night was still young.

The Aurian Chronicles - Chapter 5

 Chapter 5: Think before you threaten!

Mr Capryse sighed and hummed a happy tune as he filed the last of his paperwork before a young striped Tiger/Rabbit hybrid delivered a plate of New York style pizza to him “LUNCH TIME! Here you are daddy, your favorite!” She said as she beamed brightly while he took his first bite “Thank you, Autumn it’s perfection.” He told her, causing her to grin wide for a bit “Oh before I forget, a Mr Zachary Farley showed up wishing to meet you… said it was important” She frowned a bit at the end, hating when her meal schedules were interrupted. Mr Capryse sighed and nodded “Allow him in… it must be VERY Important, he knows better.” He told her, but before she could leave, a short but wide blonde-haired middle-aged man walked in with a cigar in hand “You are a hard man to pencil an appointment with Tony!” he said, pointing at the door for Autumn, who only left because Mr Capryse nodded “By all means Zach make yourself at home, to what do I owe this pleasure?” He asked while continuing to eat, Zachary glared spitefully back at him. “I know your Grape-headed lapdog killed my son! Confess and pay in blood, or I will seek it elsewhere!” He accused, causing Mr Capryse to put down his slice and wipe his face. “First off, Darkness is a mercenary, not my personal attacker, it’s likely he was paid by someone Albert hurt personally, my condolences by the way… But more on the subject? Elsewhere? Whatever do you mean?”

“I know where Saryn works, ‘Pure mind solutions’ right? I can always cause that company to go under, or I Can simply wait for the next Extreme Chef Competition! Cute little girl you have there, never was one for Pants or skirts though… Easy enough target for some less than reputable criminals!” Countered Zachary with a predatory grin. At the mention of Autumn and her safety, Mr Capryse’s grin widened even more “Tell me Zachary, do you know who I was before I set up shop here?” he asked, his eyes shining as he saw Zachary’s confused silence. “They used to Call me ‘The Bad Day Killer’ or ‘Mr Bad Day’ back when I worked for Casey Taylor… It was MY job to ensure the brutal deaths I carried out made the news! Absolutely fun time for a while, but like any power drunk fool, he wanted to use my face as a threat…so he gave me this” Mr Capryse stopped talking long enough to pull out a rusty iron mask with a psychotic grin and slits for eyes with bandages hanging out. “It used to be shiny silver in color, but enough blood and time makes fools of us all, the bandages were to protect my face from the rust you see… I HATED this mask, so what do I do? I tell Casey I want to make my face scarier than this mask! He gave me that chance but on the condition, I do it to the biggest target I can get... Some high-profile mobster type, and let me tell ya bud, I tortured him for hours, sent a selfie to his father with the threat of coming for him next! One day I pull the blindfold off that old fucker and the first thing he sees? This mask… you shoulda heard him beg, I tell ya I think he even peed himself, I tell him I just wanna talk and even pulled off my mask! The sight of my face alone… gave him a heart attack!” Mr Capryse smirked a bit at the now sweating Zachary Farley “You come into MY home, accuse ME of wrongdoing, and threaten MY daughter? Now ordinarily I’d handle this here and now… But I’m a lot softer in my older age… so I’ll tell ya what Mac, get your affairs in order, and get the hell outta New York! I recommend a spot in Florida honestly, I can hook you up with a nice advisor if ya like! His name’s Daniel Lancaster, He’s a piece of shit, but he’s good at getting bigger pieces of shit off! Think about it tonight over some brandy.” Mr Capryse smirked as Zachary got up quickly “THIS ISN’T OVER YOU SON OF A BITCH!” He declared before bolting from the house. Mr Capryse just went back to eating. “This is some damn fine pizza, shame Saryn couldn’t make it home… Ah well! More for me!” He said with a chuckle while looking over his files.

The Aurian Chronicles - Chapter 4

 Chapter 4: Flawless advice!

Silver Marched upstairs to the bedroom and kicked open the door with just the right amount of strength to make an entrance without damaging the door “Hi honey I’m home!” she teased as she saw Darkness ironing her newest design, he rolled his eyes and kept working. “Hey dear, almost done finishing up!” he said in a fake happy voice as he got the last bit of wrinkle out of the stunning dress. Silver giggled slightly as she simply kissed his cheek “You know hun, if you would consult with me between kills, you wouldn’t be on the hook for this kind of work.” she told him as she casually got naked with the shades open to shine the sun on her beautifully radiant silver skin and angelic white hair. Darkness just kept at his ironing “Oh yeah babe, I’ll just make sure to call between every kill, that’s definitely time efficient!” He said with a sarcastic chuckle. Silver just grunted and unplugged the iron when his work was acceptable “You know… You don’t need to work so hard, Mr Caprese said himself you have so much vacation time built up you could take a six-month paid vacation” She started, knowing full well Darkness hated this conversation. Darkness just pinched the bridge of his nose “For the last time dear…. I’m FINE! All I gotta do is waste some assholes, and the occasional security work or odd job… besides what would I do with that kind of time off hm?” He asked as he snuggled into her gently, though the devilish grin she was sporting gave him every clue he needed to know what her first thought was. Taking pity on him, however, she sighed and curled her toes in thought “Don’t you think it’s time you visited Xaldin Honey? I know your feeling on the matter are strong but… he needs you.” Darkness wanted to yell at the ‘X word’ but Silver, although he hated to admit it, had a point. “I know I should…. But the man I spent years within the Army is gone… the medic even said himself I should move on.” He tried to argue, though the tone in his voice told her how disgusted with himself he felt saying it. “Okay DEREK, tell me this… if you truly think that’s wise, why in the hell are we in.. as you put it yourself ‘Cold ass, boring ass, fucking ass, New fucking YORK?’ I could easily move my work to Florida, and you couldn’t KEEP Lyte from her home state… so I’ll leave you with this… if you try to cast him aside… it’ll eat away at you for the rest of your life… I’m going to go eat lunch Naked on the patio.” She said as she headed downstairs. Darkness sighed as his hair went from purple to its normal black “I both hate and love when she’s right…. What do YOU all think?” he asked as he turned to his hallucinations of all his dead military friends, to him they all just sneered at him and berated him. “Yeah, I thought so…. Xaldin? It’s a date” he said as he grabbed a large bottle of illegal moonshine out of his personal freezer, it was going to be a LONG night.