Dark Destiny (Gatichan)

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Lucas' eyes widened in horror as things began to turn for the worse, he felt defenseless. He couldn't do anything, he was only a fledgling himself. Tears welled up into his eyes as he could not force himself to move from his spot when Remus had been taken away from him. No.... please... no... Then the thought struck at him as his chest hurt something awful. Gulping at the realization.

 

He had to do it, he just hoped that Remus would understand, it was only to save Remus. "Keep yourselves safe... I have to do this alone... there is no other way." He said turning his painfilled gaze to Dameon and Gregori. "If something should happen to me... Make sure my Master stays safe... Please..." He said softly.

 

Bending down before he took off towards Alexio, passing his Master with a painfilled expression and an apologetic one as well. He landed outside the cave, before he took a deep breath and walked into the cave. His eyes landing on Alexio, and his face expressionless. "Let him go... He is not the one you are after." He murmured softly. "It is me that you wish..." His mind cut through the compulsion Alexio had placed on Remus and in turned caused Remus to be free of him.

 

Gulping after a moment, his folded his wings behind him. "What is it you want from me?" He asked.

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"Lucas, damn it, what the hell do you think you’re doing!!?” Remus yelled after his lover as Lucas elegantly flew past him and out of sight, speeding towards the cave that was supposed to be Remus’s destination. Trying to perform a cartwheel-turn in midair and awkwardly landing up flying upside down, Remus screamed after Lucas. “Get back here- it’s a trap!! Don’t you see that it’s a trap!!”

 

Oh no, he was only making matters worse. As the powerful, commanding hold on him suddenly vanished and Remus plunged back down to earth, he caught sight of Gregori dragging an injured Dameon in his direction. Both Vampyres were staring up at him with wide eyes and Remus only just managed to slow his fall down to not hurt himself. Still, he landed on his left shoulder, dislodging it.

 

“Remus!” Dameon called, but Remus jumped back onto his feet, not feeling the pain that shot out like fiery red metallic pins.

 

“I’m fine,” he gritted out, wrapping his good arm around Dameon and nodding at Gregori, the two of them jumped into the air, propelling Dameon faster towards the cave where Lucas was then left alone to fend for himself. “Dameon, I’m sorry, I didn’t do it intentionally-”

 

“I know that. Stop, stop it!” Dameon snapped, punching Remus and Gregori with a psychic punch that forced his companions to let go of him. Bleeding profusely as he was right then, he was of no decent use to them- it would take several more minutes for his regeneration to reach a more suitable level. Panting, he pointed at Gregori. “Set up the protection shield again.”

 

“But if we do that, we’d be sitting ducks!” the elder protested indignantly and Remus shook his head, meaning to agree, but Dameon silenced them with a severe glare.

 

“Just do it! And you, Remus, you’re Lucas’s master. So ACT like one and get your fledgling back here this instance before he does something stupid!”

 

Remus shook his head. “I can’t control Lucas. He’s much stronger-”

 

“DO IT!!” Dameon bellowed and Remus closed his eyes tightly, reaching out towards his fledgling. Lucas, COME HERE AT ONCE!! It is the WISH of your MASTER! He sent the command as his master had sent it to him instances before, putting all his remaining power into the command he had never before tried. It had to work, it just had to. If Lucas were to try to face Aleixo off right then, untrained as he was, he wouldn’t possibly survive…would he?

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Lucas' gaze never left Alexio for the longest of time. "If you so wish for the race to die... it will kill you to." He murmured coldly. But it was the command that caused him to still, his eyes widening at such command. His body turned away from Alexio no matter how hard he tried to stay and fight.

 

A soft groan left him as he was forced to fly back to them. But he knew his Master was upset with him... he had defied his master. He had forced himself into a position that could kill him if Alexio didn't want to toy with him instead. Taking a moment before he let himself land in front of them, his gaze lowered shamefully to the ground. His wings were trembling, knowing that all of them were not happy with the choice he had made only moments before. It was the only thing he knew how to do, to get Alexio to let go of Remus.

 

Lucas didn't move any closer to his Master, nor did he look up. He was scared... and he had a right to be. He had come close to loosing his Master to the hands of a monster. But the command his Master had used against him frightened him a little more.

 

Gregori clinched his teeth as he seen the boy land, instantly raising the shield around them and concentrated to keep it up at least long enough for his Master to heal.

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Remus let out a low breath of relief when he really saw Lucas flying back to him. He wished he could removed the desolated, disappointed and disillusioned expression on his lover’s face, but right then there was no time. Holding his hand out so that Gregori could take it, he winced as his fellow Vampyre began to extract more of his life power in order to keep the shield active. “Lucas- youcane back. I was so-” he began to say, but Dameon, who’s regeneration had almost completed, cut the welcome short.

 

“Remus. Command your fledgling to lend me his powers.” Remus gaped at Dameon. This man had to be kidding him. He’d just forcefully commanded his lover back and now he was supposed to misuse Lucas’s trust and love in him once again? “No, that wouldn’t be-” “Remus, less arguing, more action. We don’t stand a chance with this shield if Aleixo attacks us now. I need Lucas to lend me a part of his energy to perform the repellent spell off that will guard us against Aleixo’s attack and allow us enough time to escape from this jungle before he realizes where we are. Do it now.”

 

Remus turned to his fledgling, but Lucas’s gaze remained averted and Remus cursed. Lucas, forgive me, he sent the silent message to his fledgling, but then sent the second command over as well. Lend some of your energy to Dameon- not everything, just enough. It is the WISH of your MASTER! Hating himself for having to use his master voice, Remus watched as Dameon began to glow and the shield that had before flickered actually took on a more substantial appearance. Closing his eyes, he sent Lucas a second command. When the time comes, flee. Don't wait for me, just leave. I will find you. Do not hang back to look after me- get away if you can. It is the WISH of your MASTER!

 

“Here he comes,” Gregori warned, squeezing more energy out of Remus’s already tiring body as Aleixo shot out the cave, his eyes flaming, his long black hair billowing out behind him. A strong wind began to pick up and the trees, vines, bushes and grass directly outside their shield began to bend alarmingly towards the Ancient. When the attack came, it was going to be crippling. Would Dameon have attained enough energy from Lucas to ward off the lethal attack?

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Lucas stilled hearing them, he knew what was coming. And he knew he couldn't go against Remus, not of what he was. Once the command had been heard, tears welled up into his eyes. But he did not lift his gaze, a deep breath entered his lungs as he gathered his energy. An exhale and the energy had been torned from him and entered Dameon's body. A soft groan left Lucas as he fell down on a knee. He had never done anything like that before, but he was finding the feeling of energy being torn from him was not a pleasurable feeling.

 

The second command entered his mind, and only caused his eyes to flash. No... He couldn't do that, no matter what his master could command him to do. This one thing, He could not obey. His tear filled gaze lifted to Remus in disbelief. "I.... can not." He said.

 

Not even having the time, as he heard the warning from Gregori. His gaze lifted only to see the power that was about to hit them. No... He could not let this happen. He was stronger than this... He was the one. He was the savior of this race... Moments ticked by and felt like hours as he stood from his spot. He knew the shield would not hold up against the man, he had to do it. No matter the cost... he had to protect them.

 

Rising himself off the ground just inside the shield. His eyes began to glow fiercly as his patience was becoming to be lost into anger that should not touch himself. Yet... it had. The ancient language spilled from his lips gracefully. "Dreamer of the night... lend me your power... help me vanquish the evil that enhabits thine soul." It had begun. A dark shadowy mist surrounded himself as his wings unfolded behind him and spread out.

 

A dark power was being forced into every source within himself. A tremble ran through his body as if the dark power was almost to much for his heart to handle. "Thee are dead to this race, the one that betrays our race... Die" The final words of a deadly curse were spoken clearly.

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Remus could only hope that this time, as with his having pulled Lucas back to him, his lover would listen to him and obey his command. His gut instinct told him that he wasn’t going to come out of the battle alive and the last thing he wanted was for Lucas to actually have to stand back and watch him figuratively breathe his last breath. He didn’t know what Dameon was planning and thought, whatever it was, it was a stupid plan. Like Gregori, he would have preferred a head-on attack, wanting to risk the odds dying in a fight like a warrior and not crouching on the ground like a victim.

 

So again, when Lucas once again defied him, Remus both wanted to cry and smack his fledgling’s bottom- honestly, would he really have to die with this indignation at having been once again ignored? “Lucas, get out of here. Save yourself-!”

 

The boy was slow, almost too slow. Dameon, who had more or less anticipated this turn of events – good, he hadn’t exactly predicted this, but the odds had spoken in Remus’s favor of commanding his fledgling to leave them in the dire situation and, after he’d seen the way he and Lucas had interacted, he had correctly professed that latter would rather die than leave his master unprotected – had just been about to give up. When he finally heard Lucas begin to utter the Death Curse, hearing the fury in the Dragonslayer’s voice that would only add even more power to the malevolent curse, he was thankful that he had waited so long.

 

Opening his hands, Dameon made the protective shield around the four of them vanish, taking the energy it contained – his, Gregori’s, part of Lucas’s and Remus’s – and using his body as a vessel, transported it with a Darke Incantation towards Lucas, feeding their united power to the Dragonslayer. With his full power restored, as well as those of his comrades, Lucas ought to be undefeatable. “Get down!” Dameon called to his Childe, reaching out to pull him down, as well as Remus.

 

Aleixo’s shriek filled air around them and was so loud it almost made Remus’s ears bleed. Fearing for Lucas’s life, but with hardly any strength left within him, Remus lifted his eyes at least to see his lover, now the only barrier left between Death in the form of Aleixo and life. Lucas please, don’t die. Please, don’t let Aleixo harm you. I need you! he wept in his mind as Aleixo’s forceful blast of psychic energy came thundering through the air towards Lucas.

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Lucas had only begun, feeling the extra energy from Dameon. His sharp and deathlike eyes snapped towards Alexio, readying himself for the attack that he knew was coming for him. "No... You will harm no one any longer!" He hissed in the ancient language. "I forbid it!" All he had to do was to raise his hand against the attack that was thrown at him. Everything stopped.

 

The world around them stilled for what seemed like ages. The words from his Master still ringing in his head. He was needed...

 

That was all he needed right now, that one phrase. Narrowing his eyes at Alexio. "Be gone... I banish you to the deapths of hell to never return again. There you will suffer your fate." He hissed out, his voice ringing out throughout the forest. His voice... was law.

 

A hole in the earth began to give way under Alexio, and an unseen force dragged him down into what seemed an endless pit of fire and lava. Once the man had fallen in, the hole closed up never to be opened again.

 

A soft weak groan left Lucas' lips as he faulted once he knew Alexio was no longer a threat. Falling to the forest floor with a loud thump, his wings limp against his body. But it was his icy gaze that was on his Master. -Thank you...- He whispered into his mind. He knew he would be punished for going against his Master's order later when he had regained his strength. But right now... his Master was safe, and that's all he cared about.

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The sight that unfolded before Remus, Gregori and Dameon’s eyes was truly a horror to behold. It wasn’t an everyday occurrence that two such powerful beings battled it out with each other. And it was even scarcer that those watching such an epic battle could actually live on to retell what they had seen.

 

Cowering on the floor, digging their fingers into the Rain Forest floor as they desperately tried not to get dragged backwards and up into the pull coming from the devastating attack Aleixo had thrown at them. Remus wished for so many things in that instance: wished he had had more time with Lucas, wished he had interested himself more in the ways of the Ancients when he had been living with one, wished he had chosen any other damn hideout save this one in the southern hemisphere. Wished he could have told Lucas that he loved him…and was royally pissed off that his fledgling had disobeyed his final wish.

 

When Aleixo was pulled down into the depths of hell, it was all Remus could do not to fly backwards. In his final moments above the earth, Aleixo screamed out to him, beckoning to him, but Dameon and Gregori clung to him extra tightly. That, as well as Lucas’s having cut the special bond between himself and his master, were what kept Remus where he was. Still, it tore at his soul that the being that had created him, the man he had once so deeply loved, could have betrayed him and their race and for what, Remus would never know.

 

The calm that settled afterwards inside the jungle seemed too loud to be true and even knew Lucas sank onto one knee, undoubtedly tired out from what had occurred, none of the men moved, secretly expecting Aleixo to come crashing out the earth and having another go at them. When Lucas’s voice sounded inside Remus’s head, Remus understood that it was safe and groaning as he tried to get onto his hands and knees, caused the others to rouse with him. Wincing, growling and stretching their limbs, the three vampyres got to their feet.

 

“Lucas?” Remus asked quietly, going down on one knee beside his fledgling and wrapping an arm around him, placed a hand beneath Lucas’s chin, turning him sagely towards him. Lucas seemed exhausted, but he was alive and that was all that Remus needed to know. “Thank you,” he whispered, throwing his arms around his love. “Lucas, don’t ever do something so dangerous and brainless again as putting yourself between me and an Ancient, do you understand me?” he said, kissing Lucas’s blond hair hard. “You naughty boy, but thank you for having done that. Thank you, thank you- oh Lucas, I was so scared back there,” he admitted as he took in a shaky breath and planted a sweet kiss his fledgling’s.

 

Gregori and Dameon helped each other up. As he dusted himself off, Gregori allowed himself a small smile. “Well, thank heavens it’s over,” he commented as he shrugged his shoulders slowly, pained. But Dameon didn’t return the smile. “Over? It’s only just begun,” he professed darkly.

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Lucas closed his eyes for only a short moment as he felt arms around him. His chin being lifted and turned to face his Master. His eyes showed his exhaustion, but he was happy. His master was safe. The scolding he was getting he knew was only the beginning of his punishment. "I... couldn't just sit and watch you die." His voice was horse. Closing his eyes as he was kissed.

 

It was the words that came from Dameon that he knew was true. But for now they were safe, his gaze moved over to Dameon.

 

Dameon lowered his gaze to the boy, frowning after a long moment. His gaze flickered to Remus, knowing the man would be upset of what he was going to imply. But Lucas needed it, and Remus was to weak to give any to him. "I have to Remus... Otherwise we risk our own safety." He said softly. Moving to free his wrist from his sleeve, to feed to youngling.

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Remus kissed Lucas’s closed eyelids, his cheeks and earlobe. His lover was alright- that was what counted. When Dameon stepped closer with his fist held out, Remus felt the strong impulse to shove the other man away, but knew better than to do this. He really had used most of his reserves up by commanding Lucas to return to his side, albeit unwillingly. Dameon’s blood would be thicker and contained more power- in the long run it would help Lucas more than drinking from him. Still, it hurt and Remus would be damned if he stayed there to watch.

 

Getting up, he patted Gregori’s back. “Let’s go have a look at the ground where our fiend crashed. I want to see with my own eyes that he won’t be able to claw his way back up again,” he said with a touch too much of normality. Bristling as he heard Lucas move towards Dameon, Remus walked towards the site his old master had fallen at as briskly as he could, trying to not so obviously hear for any blood splurping sounds.

 

Gregori joined him and together, the two of them carefully walked around the petagram-shaped rut that had appeared on the floor at their feet. If they’d been human, the tiny hairs at the back of their necks would have stood on end, but nevertheless the two of them felt chilled to their core. Gingerly, neither of tem willing to admit that they were reluctant to actually touch the soil, they peered closer, astonished to see faint glowing words in a language neither of them understood. It seemed that Lucas had thoroughly done his work, properly Sealing of the former Ancient into the crude earth. “I can’t believe this isn’t the end of it,” Gregori admitted tiredly, for the first time seeming to feel his age. “What could possibly be worse than this?”

 

“Lucas giving in to the Dark side, maybe?” Remus offered drily, crouching down to study the seal better. “Don’t forget that, as powerful as Aleixo was, he had to have had help on the ouside, if not possibly also on the inside. I was there when he supposedly died and the pain I felt inside my chest was dam realistic. It’s just about as bad as it feels right now,” he admitted, lightly touching the area over where his human heart had been. Even then, despite his touching the Sealed soil, the pull towards the earth was unmistakenable: a great part of him, much larger than Remus would have told the others, was trying to make him start to dig at the earth and dig a way downwards towards his master.

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Lucas lifted his gaze to his Master, he didn't want to take from Dameon. But he was being left no choice, watching as his Master walked off. He bit his lower lip as he lowered his gaze to the ground for a long moment.

 

Dameon frowned at the sight the boy was making. "This does not mean a thing Lucas. You need it, though taking from me... it will cause a bond between the two of us. But nothing like what your Master has with you. It will only allow me to know if you are in trouble." He paused at the words for a moment. "I would never abuse that bond between you and your maker." He said as he held out his wrist for the youngling to take.

 

A soft whimper left Lucas' lips as he was being left no choice in the topic, he felt as if something was breaking in him. He didn't want to do it, he faught not to do it. But it was the hunger in him that caused him to reach for the wrist and bit into the flesh with a weak whimper before he began to drink. Closing his pain filled gaze as he began to drink harder.

 

The more he drank from the ancient the more he found himself unable to detach himself from the strong blood that filled his mouth. He felt dizzy, the dark blood was intoxicating to him. Yet, not as intoxicating as when he had taken from his Master when he was given such strength in a way. A slow growl rumbled in his chest after a long moment before he pushed himself away from Dameon. A slow deep hiss escaping him.

 

Gregori heard the hiss from the distance and snapped his gaze to Dameon and Lucas. As if something had gone wrong. But seeing that it was Lucas that had not enjoyed what was given to him.

 

Dameon frowned as he licked the pinpricks closed on his wrist. He still had plenty left in himself, but he knew the boy was feeling his strong blood coursing through him. "Calm down... It feels different, but you are safe." He said.

 

Lucas' gaze seemed to burn into Dameon's for a long moment before he turned his painful gaze to his Master. He needed the comfort of his Master.

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Remus managed to tear his gaze away from the pentagram on the floor to look up at the hiss. Aleixo’s loss was bearing too heavily on his heart at the moment to pay attention to much else, but he did understand that Lucas hadn’t absorbed Dameon’s blood as he ought to have. Mixed in with the pain of having had to see his former master die yet again, it further hurt Remus that now a new bond existed between his fledgling and the Ancient. Didn’t the flow of bad news ever stop?

 

“Remus,” Gregori said quietly. “Lucas needs your help. Something isn’t right. You know how it is when one of our kind drinks blood from another master while his master is alive.”

 

“Yes, I know,” Remus gritted out grumpily, pushing off the ground. He guessed Lucas would need his comfort and assurance, need him to tell him that everything would be alright, that nothing would change between them, but in reality, everything had changed. Lucas had banned and destroyed Remus’s master, the man who had created him and whom Remus had loved for centuries. How couldn’t this alter things? It was as if he and Lucas had reversed roles, as if the son had overtaken the father and unmanned him. It was suddenly too much and Remus put a hand over his eyes.

 

Gregori, seeming to understand the turmoil Remus was in, placed a hand on his shoulder. “Remus, pull yourself together. He’s still a child. It’s like Clark Kent must have felt like when he was a kind and discovered his powers for the first time: he knows that he’s capable of something, but not of what. And now two thousand-year-old blood is coursing through his veins. Now take it from me, because I’ve been drinking that blood for centuries, that can be a hell of a lot confusing for a first-timer.”

 

“Doesn’t it bother you?” Remus wondered, estranged. “My fledgling’s just drunken from your Sire.”

 

“I’ll admit I’m not too thrilled about it, but on the other hand, try to see it as Dameon being your fledgling’s godfather. He’s just another Vampyre you can trust and who can protect him as well as you. You ought to be flattered that Dameon has offered him such an honor.”

 

Remus sighed. Yes, Gregori was right- his pride was getting in his way again. And the voice inside his head trying to make him dig up the earth to find Aleixo was beginning to cause him a headache. The faster he moved away from that place, the better for everyone. “Okay,” he replied, turning towards Lucas, who was looking at him like a frightened animal. “Tonight we’re not going to have any choice but to remain here, but tomorrow night we have to leave. Ask Dameon if he has a specific idea where he wants us to go- I’ll tend to Lucas.”

 

With that, he approached his fledgling, holding his dirty hand out to him. “Come, Lucas. We should head over to that waterfall and clean up. And then go to bed- today’s been even worse than yesterday,” he sighed, touching his fledgling’s cheek and sending him a silent message. It’s alright. The blood within you is unknown to you, but it’s very old blood. It can give you power and it is vital. Don’t fight it off, Lucas- it won’t harm you. If it becomes too much, then I can drink some of the blood from you, but it would be best if you accepted it all.

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Lucas whimpered softly as he watched his Master come to him, taking his hand and standing from his spot. The touch to his cheek made him want to move closer to him, to be in his embrace. Closing his eyes as he listened to the voice in his head. He didn't want that man's blood in the first place. Even though he was acting childish to what had happened, he knew that there was nothing he could do about it.

 

Following after his Master towards the waterfall, He stripped himself of his leather pants and mesh shirt that now held more holes that before. A soft groan left him at the sight of it. He liked that shirt. His gaze lifted to his Master as he watched him for a short moment. Slipping into the cool water of the pool, his wings quivered a moment at the feeling of the water. "Master.." He said softly before turning his icy gaze to the man. "Im sorry I defied you..." He whispered softly.

 

"But I felt that I could not leave you. Not when I knew you wouldn't make it out alive." His voice was filled with sadness at the thought of his Master dying.

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The fresh water was a touch too cold, but after the heat and horror of the past hours, it was just right and helped cool Remus down, clearing his mind so that he could concentrate better on the moment. Cupping his hands and lifting it above his head, Remus let the cold water cascade down his hair, back and shoulders. Turning when his fledgling began to speak, Remus listened to him, trying to find out what he felt in that moment.

 

Yes, it was true that his fledgling had defied him. And yes, he was definitely going to punish him, just not in the way that Lucas believed he was going to be. In that moment, while the two of them were hip deep in that pool of water, surrounded by rocks and with the magical-sounding water of the waterfall cascading down beside them, the scene was much too beautiful to ruin it with fighting. As Gregori and Dameon stripped, getting into the pool and wading to the other end entirely to give him and Lucas as much privacy as possible, Remus opened his arms. “Come here, Lucas.”

 

When he was holding his trembling fledgling in his arms, he let his natural instinct take over for him. Proding Lucas’s small nose repeatedly until his fledgling looked up, Remus gave him a long, French kiss. “I love you,” he said quietly, looking deeply into Lucas’s eyes. “Yes, you defied me and it greatly angered me, but right now I’m too spent to make you feel sorry for having done that. Be it as it may, we came out of it alive. Well, most of us,” he realized, his eyes moving towards the cave. Victor’s remnants still needed to be taken care of, but that Remus would personally see to the following night when he felt stronger.

 

Rubbing his hands soothingly over Lucas’s body, Remus leaned his forhead against his fledgling’s, his long silver hair building a curtain to hide them from Dameon and Gregori’s view. “Right now, all I want is a quiet moment with you. To be quite frank, I’ve had a little bit too much excitement and the two of us have had too little time together. So, before the sun goes up in an hour, tell me what you want me to do. See it as a little treat before your punishment.”

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Lucas' wings quivered behind him at the words that reached his ears. But he could tell that his Master was to weak to deliver the said punishment for now. Nuzzling at his Master gently, but stilled at the last words that came from his mouth. A light blush forming on his cheeks at the thought. What he wanted right there, he knew his master was to weak to deliver.

 

For now, he decided what he wanted. He wanted his Master, wanted the gentleness of the man. His gaze lifted to meet with the man's. "Master..." He whispered softly as he ran his hands up the mans pale chest slowly. "I want you... I want you to show me..." He said as his gaze flickered a little.

 

"That you love me..." He whispered.

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Remus’s eyes closed as emotions passed over his face. How could Lucas ask for such a simple, yet difficult thing? It was so bittersweet. Wrapping his arms tighter around his fledgling, Remus opened his eyes to find Lucas’s expectant, frightened one.

 

“Lucas, in order to do that, you have to stop calling me “master”. I dislike that- no; in fact, I abhor it. I don’t want to be called your Sire or Master- I want you to call me by my name: Remus. Because to me you are my lover and my partner. And I love you, but by calling me that way, you always remind me that I’m supposed to be above you. And I’m not. I’m your partner and I don’t want to have to go through the powerplay we had just now. I don’t want to have to use my Master Commands for you to listen to me.

 

Do you understand, Lucas?” he asked quietly, searching his lover’s eyes, hoping Lucas understood what he was offering. “I don’t want us to be like Gregori and Dameon. You and I are unique. And because you’re so special, because you’re so disobedient and magnificent, I love you.” Tilting his face slightly, he began to kiss Lucas, deepening the kiss more and more, breaking away only to whisper “I love you, Lucas” as his hands continued to discover, caress and cherish his fledgling’s body.

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Lucas looked confused for a short moment as Remus explained to him what it was that was causing him to have difficulty in doing as so. The question being asked and his eyes searched for some sort of answer. Lowering his gaze for a short moment at the words that passed through his ears before he was kissed deeply. A soft purring coming from him as he as well deepened the kiss. "I-I understand Remus." He whispered softly.

 

"I love you too." He shivered as he felt hands caressing his body, as a light blush on his face. He moved closer to Remus as he lifted his gaze to him, moving his hands over the pale chest before him before letting his fingers trail down over his stomach. He moved his lips to brush at Remus' shoulder and slowly over his neck in slow kisses.

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Remus hummed, closing his eyes to enjoy Lucas’s gentle kisses. His body tingled in a way it never had at hearing his fledgling calling him by his first name. The more Lucas snuggled up to him and kissed him, the less strong the pull coming from the pentagram in the earth became. Remus’s head began to clear and as it did, he began to relax. “Lucas,” he breathed out, rubbing his cheek against his lover’s. “Not here- let’s go down into our room, where we can be alone without anyone watching,” he murmured into Lucas’s wet blond hair.

 

Getting out the pool, Remus held his hands out for Lucas to take, pulling him out. Standing there with him under the full moon, droplets of water glistening on Lucas’s pale, youthful body, his wings shimmering, Remus found Lucas breathtaking. And even though he was exhausted, all he wanted to do right then is lie down with Lucas in his arms and hold him close. “Let’s go to bed, my love.”

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Lucas stilled as his name was breathed out. Feeling Remus' skin against his own caused a shudder to run down his body. The words reaching his ears, he nodded. He didn't like an audience. And apparently his Maker did not either. Or was it the man wanted alone time with him that he just did not wish for the others to see.

 

Taking ahold of Remus' hand and stepping out of the water. The water dripped down his body in rivets before his wings spread out for a moment before folding neatly behind him. He lifted his gaze to his maker at the words. Nodding as he followed after the man. Once they had made it inside the room, he sighed happily. Knowing his Master was safe and out of the hands out that man that had wanted to take him away.

 

Gregori sat down in the water, the spray of the waterfall misting around him and light dropplets of water clung to his hair and chest. It had been quite some time since him and his Master had been together... alone. He just wondered if the man still felt anything towards him. And not just as a maker and fledgling type of way. His gaze lowered to the water in thought, tho it was easy to tell what was on his mind.

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Remus sank onto his old bed, thankful to finally be able to let go of the tension that he had been holding back. The covers were soft, the bed seeming to welcome him back like a long, lost-believed friend. Thankfully there were no traces of Aleixo having recently visited the hideaway. Remus doubted he would have missed his late master’s traces before, but he hadn’t been expecting to come across Aleixo and could mayhaps have missed it if the scent had been overly faint. Turning over so that he was lying on his back, Remus parted his legs, opening his arms and holding them out to Lucas. “Come here,” he said.

 

Moving his hands body Lucas’s body, Remus closed his eyes as he felt Lucas’s cool body against his. If only I weren’t so tired, he sighed inwardly, parting his lips and beckoning his fledgling to accept his kiss. It would have helped him and Lucas to overcome the slight distance that he could feel between the two of them if they could have physical contact, but he couldn’t, not then. But he knew a way that he could make Lucas feel good and so, slipping his hand between their bodies as their kisses grew in length and passion, he began to stroke his fledgling’s malehood.

 

Dameon was staring off into space, his mind trying to solve several different problems at the same time. They had scored an important victory that night, but so many different things could still go wrong. It was all about carefully planning- where to head to from there, whom to confide in, when to react, how to report this to the Council. There were so many uncertainties that lay ahead that he was afraid to lose sight of a possible route due to the complexity. More by chance than anything else, his eyes happened to shift towards his fledgling, who was staring at the surface of the water in an exaggeratedly intense way. Dameon frowned slightly. He knew that gaze…his eyes widened slowly and something akin to a blush found its way onto his cheeks. Could it be, after all the years that the two of them had been parted, that Gregori still…?

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Lucas had made his way into the room, standing there for a short moment before Remus' words reached his ears. Lifting his gaze before he made his way over to him and climbed onto the bed. Nuzzling at the man gently. Deepening the kiss with a soft purr as he closed his eyes. The touches roaming down his body made him squirm against Remus with a soft whimper. He was finding that Remus enjoyed teasing him.

 

Gregori tried to keep his face from blushing at the memories that him and his Master had shared. Closing his eyes for a long moment, before he sighed softly. How could his Master still want him? They had not seen each other in such a long time since the last time they had been together. Leaning himself back against the huge bolder on the side of the pool as he lifted his gaze towards the night sky. But it was a lonely look in his eyes.

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Remus licked pleasurably over Lucas’s lips, the purring sounds like music to his tired ears. He was glad that Lucas was letting him hold him in this special way and, even though it was mean, he was glad that his fledgling hadn’t responded well to Dameon’s blood. The Ancient showed little interest in sexual activities, but Lucas was a young man that would never be overseen. Perhaps, if Lucas had shown interest in the Ancient, Dameon’s cold heart could have been moved. That in turn could have lled to problems with Gregori and really, the last thing they needed was a further reduction of their traveling group.

 

Putting more feeling into the kiss, Remus began to rub his fledgling’s malehood a little faster, his second hand wandering over Lucas’s bottom to prod and tease at the hole between his legs. The more Lucas’s scent intensified and filled his nose, the quieter the calls coming from the pentagram outside grew and with new-found vigor, Remus rolled Lucas onto his side, licking over his fledgling’s chest. “You’re MINE. No one else’s,” he growled possessively, pushing a finger into Lucas’s body.

 

Circumstances had led to Gregori and Dameon parting. Dameon had spent a lot of time taking care of the Council’s whims and had, in turn, neglected his fledgling. And so, when Gregori had left, it hadn’t exactly come as a surprise, but it had hurt. And while all this time he’d believed that his fledgling had been coping with the separation far better than he had, right then Dameon could read the expression in Gregori’s eyes as if he were staring directly into his soul.

 

Dameon had locked away all feelings of passion deep within him. Gregori had been his only fledgling and that had meant a lot to him. So much that he had denied himself any physical pleasures with other parties and yes, as an Ancient, he had received many propositions. But finding the only man he had ever desired in his undead life, mere meters away from him, the pinnacle of loneliness and sadness, Dameon wondered if he didn’t dare to tear those walls down and let someone into his heart again. Gulping, he called out to his fledgling, his voice coming out deeper and betraying the awakening emotions within him. “Gregori.”

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Lucas moaned and squirmed as he was being stroked, small pants escaping his lips as he felt the other hand move towards his entrance and began to tease him even more. The growl that reached his ears, caused a hard shudder to run through his body. Gasping softly at the possession in Remus' voice. "I would never go to anyone else. I love you..." He whimpered out softly. The finger entering him caused him to bit his lower lip with a soft moan. "I only want you to have me, no one else..." He said as he lifted his gaze into Remus'.

 

Gregori in fact had not been coping with the parting he had taken from his Master. He was trying to ignore the pain when he left, thinking it was best that they parted ways. Even if it had hurt him to the point of wanting to seek the sun. Yet, he never let a single soul know that. He refused to let anyone know what plagued him. However, he could not hide it from Dameon. That very man knew everything that went on in his mind.

 

Had it been Dameon that one day he was going to end his life, that caused him to seek the council instead? Had for some secret reason Dameon forced his fledgling to live among the darkness longer? He did not still at his name breaking the silence between them. Though his gaze seemed to flicker and not move from staring at the sky. The emotions between the both of them were intoxicating to him. "Yes... Master?" he whispered softly.

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“Touch me, Lucas,” Remus said quietly, hugging his fledgling to his side as he stretched out properly. Even though it felt good to hear Lucas’s reassurances, Remus needed hard proof. Shifting Lucas in such a way that he could stroke his fledgling fast, as well as repeatedly push into his body, Remus claimed Lucas’s lips again, a restlessness overcoming him as his body began to feel the approaching sun.

 

Dameon had known that Gregori’s mind had been in turmoil and yet, professing that he had been the cause of the depression his fledgling had fallen into, had been afraid to openly approach him. And while it was troubling that Gregori would be present right then with him, Remus and the boy, because of the imminent danger they were in, Dameon was glad for the excuse of being able to spend more time together with his fledgling. Maybe this could be their second chance, a way to start anew again after the century they had been parted. Standing up, Dameon waded over, his eyes locked on Gregori’s.

 

Daylight wasn’t far away, yet still Dameon wanted to use the time as best he could to rid himself and Gregori of all doubts. Stopping directly beneath the waterfall in front of his fledgling, he made to reach out to Gregori, yet at the last possible moment held back, a thought coming to his mind as Lucas’s face flashed through his mind. Ah, yes- his fledgling, as well as Lucas’s master, had been privy to the boy’s having fed from him. Was that perhaps what was making Gregori so sad? There was only one way to test this hypothesis. Keeping his hand by his side, even though it was hard, Dameon blinked. “You saw me feeding the Dragonslayer. Tell me, Childe, is that what you also wish from me?”

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Lucas' face flushed lightly at the words, shifting a little so that he run his fingertips down Remus' chest and stomach in a slow tease. His gaze not leaving Remus' as he trailed his hand down to his makers hardening staff. He leaned up just enough to trail his tongue over Remus' neck slowly. A soft purr escaping him as he tried not to squirm to much with himself being stroked so fast.

 

Gregori stilled at the words that came from his Master. His gaze left the skin and lowered to the water, he knew that Lucas had needed the strong blood. So it didn't bother him all that much. It was for the best that Lucas had fed from Dameon. His gaze flickered as his thoughts once against turned into chaos. "You very well know what runs through my mind, Master..." He said softly.

 

Standing from his seat in the water, he turned to the man. His painful gaze full of hurt, that could cause any elder to faulter slightly. Moving over to his Master and standing right in front of him as his silver gaze met with those black ones. "Why..." He paused after a moment. As if trying to find the words. "Why keep me here? Is there some hidden reason why you did not let me seek the sun?" He whispered softly.