Dark strings

Nicolas

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Abagail and the others had found the children.

"Let us out." They cried, fear in their voices. "You heard them," Lucious said "let them out." Everyone got to work opening the cells. That's when Gaven appeared at the end of one of the cells.

"I'm sorry, but I can't allow you to take the children."

Stepping forward Lucious said "I'm sorry son, but you can't stop me."

He summoned up a big fire ball and threw it at Gaven. Gaven dodged by transforming into a wolf and jumped at Lucious. Gaven landed on top of Lucious, Lucious's cane blocking his bite. As they fell back, Abagail stepped out and hit Gaven with a lightning bolt. This knocked Gaven off of Lucious and he transformed back into a human. Lucious got up, knocking the dirt off of his pants, and walked over to Gaven's unconscious body. He put the iron tip of his cane on Gaven's bare chest. The iron heated up, burning the flesh surrounding it. It got so hot that it melted a hole in his chest. The room smelled of burnt flesh and Lucious said " Start taking the children out of here." Abagail ordered the six scouts that could teleport to take the children back to the town. The remaining three children waited nervously to be taken back to town. Abagail turned towards those who couldn't teleport and told them to go find the others.

When the others found the captain, the saw that the courtyard was littered with bodies and covered in blood. They approached the captain and heard Annika speaking.

"Cornelius." She said weakly "Nicolas thinks that Salina is a perfect and he is going to sacrifice her to raise Qirach. You have to save her. I have to save her."

"You are not fit to fight my dear. But all that Nicolas said about Salina is true. Crowe and her are a perfect."

This brought a look of shock to her face. Something that would bring joy would now be used to raise evil. Annika had wanted Salina to find love, but she never imagined that her daughter would be a perfect. Annika just lay there, too weak to move. She needed to have some energy restored.Not many of the scouts had been wounded. Mostly scratches and bumps. Most of the brunt had been taken by the armor that they wore. Those with wounds that need tending, were flashed. The healer then used what was left of her magical strength to give Annika some of her strength back. They could not relax, because there could still be rogues or devils around.

" You have to save her before it's too late."

"I will. Captain will you stay with her? Lizzy, Jake come with me."

The others had stayed behind as they left. Cornelius was leading to the group to the only place that Nicolas would go. His chamber that overlooked the courtyard. They knew they were on the right track when they saw bodies lying on the stairs that led up that way. Cornelius was running fast, then he heard screaming and started running faster.

Salina had just been thrown against the wall and fell to the floor. Alastair was, at the moment, unavailable because he tried attacking Nicolas head on. It was just her and Crowe. He was helping her up when they were separated. Alaric was dragging Crowe away from Salina. Crowe used his telekinesis to throw the shield that was on the wall at Alaric. When he saw the shield flying towards him he let go of Crowe and grabbed the shield. Using the momentum of the shield, he slammed it into Crowes chest sending him flying into a wall. Salina became furious and with a new energy she ran towards Alaric, sword in hand. She swung for his head and he blocked, catching the blade in his forearm. Blood dripped onto the floor and using his free hand he grabbed Salina's hand that was gripping her sword. He overpowered her and knocked her sword away. He now had both of her arms, pulling one up above her head and pulling the other behind her back. His grip was tight as he walked her towards Nicolas, stopping a few feet before him.

Crowe was able to sit up, his head throbbing. He saw Salina was in trouble and wasn't strong enough to move his body. It was like he was waiting for paralysis to ware off. He needed to think of someway to bleed his power into her. He was strong enough to do that. Nicolas walked over to Salina, looking her up and down "My my Salina, look how much you've grown. I'm glad you decided to join me. You and your little bird are exactly what I need for Qirach. You will make a sustainable life force." He leaned in closer to Salina as she squirmed in Alraic's grip. Crowe had figured out how to give Salina his energy and he started to fill her up. Nicolas had given Salina a kiss on the cheek and said "You are the perfect sacrifice. You even brought us a child. This is the best surprise. Isn't that right Alaric?"

"Sure is Nicolas. She sure is a feisty one. I can see why her little bird likes her so much."

Salina was looking Nicolas dead in the face and said "You're wrong Nicolas. I have brought you no child and I won't let you sacrifice me or Crowe to your girlfriend." Nicolas took some of her hair into his hands and said " My my, Just barely aren't we. Your unborn child is the most perfect, the icing on the cake." He put his hand on her womb just as Cornelius busted through the door. Saliana was shocked, was she really carrying a child? But she could no longer ignore the fact that she felt Crowe's power welling up inside her.
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Cornelius had just busted through the door when he heard Nicolas mention an unborn child. He wasn't about Nicolas harm Salina or an unborn child in anyway. When Nicolas saw Cornelius he turned and walked to his table and picked up his knife. When he turned around he saw that Cornelius was freeing Salina from Alaric's grip. He wasn't going to let Cornelius get in the way this time. Nicolas threw the knife at Cornelius, landing it in his chest. Salina had stumbled forward and saw her father fall to the ground, blood pooling underneath him.

At that instant she could no longer contain her rage or the build up of power. Alaric was the closest to her and he suffered her wrath. She grabbed him by the neck and held him in the air, her skin turning grey and her eyes glowing blue. The rage poured out of her and Alaric's throat had started to blister. He squirmed in her grip trying to stop his throat from burning. He was letting out little yelps of pain and within moments he was on fire and exploded. The only part that was intact was his head. A look of horror burnt to his face. Salina turned to face Nicolas. He was fingering another knife. If he could disarm her, incapacitate her, then he could carry on with his plans. Salina was walking towards Nicholas when he threw his knife at her. As the knife was flying through the air, Salina threw the head at Nicolas. The knife was impaled in the head and it continued to fly towards him. It hit Nicolas in the face and knocked him to the ground in a daze. Salina approached him and punched him in the face, knocking him out.