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"Yeah, I know, it's just. . ." He sighed loudly. "I can't help it. I. . . When I was a child I tried to steal something from a merchant, he locked me down on a basement. It was full of. . .well, moths. I spent three days down there." He was looking away and his face was full of shadows.
Lucian nodded, he had the same thing happen to him when he was a boy only it was rats. There is a diffrence between mice and rats, mice he was used to, rats scared him. He placed a comforting hand on Mikael's shoulder "it's okay Mikael, they're more afraid of you than you are of them"
Mikael stared at Lucian for a few seconds, then smiled slowly and finally laughed. "Oh, man, I can't believe you said that! That's older than myself." He patted Lucian's shoulder once. "Anyway, thank you." He paused for a moment. "Hey, know what? I'm a father-to-be." He said proudly. "Laira's pregnant."
Lucian chuckled "even I'm older but it does state true" when he heard Mikael about becoming a father, a rare smile formed and he accidenlty slipped into old English, which haven't been used in many years "that is fantastic news, get ready for a bipolar girl, I hear when a woman is pregnant, she will start demanding and crying a lot even if it's the littlest of things"
"Yeah, she told me that." Mikael noticed his accent and grinned. "English, eh? And very old. I thought I heard you talking like that when we fought. I was right. Talking 'bout that, you still owe me a pair of jeans." He said pretending he was angry.
Lucian chuckled and adjusted his glasses "Haven't used it since 1889 and I do don't I, alright I'll get you your jeans Mikael" He was about to see if he had enough money until he heard a horrific scream
Mikael heard it too. He lifted his head a bit and then looked in the direction of the scream. He ran towards it, his wings folded tightly near his back to prevent them from slowing him.
" oh wow. Tell him thank you. I don't think I ever did. Anyways" he held out his left hand "Lead the w-" He was cut short when he heard a most horrid scream.
Lucian folllowed Mikael towards the horrific scream, it sounded like it was coming from the boys' dorm and here I thought we were done for the day
Miguel didn't even think, he just ran. He left Herald without saying a word, not bothering to check if he followed. He stopped when he found his brother. "What's going on?"
Mikael glanced at his twin "Don't know, but we have to find out." Miguel nodded and followed his brother and Lucian through the boys' dorms. They found the student who shouted, the poor child was horrified.
The boy, still in state of shock was standing right in front of his door. He slowly opened it, not wanting to look at the horrid sight again
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When the boy opened the door, Lucian's eyes widen. Up in the ceiling was four students, hanging limbly by their necks, the fan spinning them around ever so slowly "my god"
Miguel looked up. His eyes widened. "Oh, Lord, please bless them." He felt sadness taking over him. "So young. . . So alive." His eyes filled with tears.
Mikael on the other side looked at the boys without showing any emotion. He held a hand towards Lucian. "Knife please."
Herald finally caught up to the rest of them. "Oh go-" he heaved an walked over to lean on an outside wall and proceeded to vomit. He said "Who" he breathed. "Who did this to them."
Miguel approached Herald and put a comforting hand of his shoulder. "I wish I'd know. Are you alright?"
Night was falling and the lights of the library turned on. Jenny loved that place, it was huge and was filled with all kind of books. Right now she was reading a poem book. It was beautiful. Ethan was sleeping in the table, just beside her, he only slept during day and probably he would awake soon. Jenny lifted her head and thought about Soleil. He was so handsome, she still not believe that he loved her, it was impossible, but he did. She smiled.
The girls left and Laira was alone she went to change into her clothes but before she slipped her nightgown on she relised there was a baby bump it was hardly noticible but if you payed attention it was there she smiled as she put her nightgown on. She was think just mabey this one will last forever this dream she was living the dream
Lucian gave Mikael his knife then went up to one of the boys. He touched his ankle and felt his cold skin. He looked up and when he finally got a glimspe of his face, it looked like fear, as if he didn't wanted to do it "Mikael, Herald, Miguel. Look at those guys' faces. I've seen that before. It's fear"
"I'll- I'll be alright." He said still shivering and clutching his stomach. He sniffled, wiped a silent tear, and then tried to gain his composure. Hearing Lucian's remark, he said "I know fear." He walked up to the one facing the group. "I'd know that expression anywhere." Breaking down he said, "It was mine." Herald fell to his knees. And his tears gained noise.
Lucian looked at Herald and frowned "no I mean. Look at their eyes. They were driven. Someone must have been controlling their minds or bodies but what other creature besides vampires have that kind of ability?"
He dried his tears on his shirt, took a deep breath, and stood up. "Do you- Do you know of any vampires in the school? You three are the only ones who I know what you are" He asked.
Lucian thought for a moment "Soleil was one until he gave it up to Luna, then she gave it up and is now a full goddess, so now, but I do not think it was a vampire, look, no bite mark, not even a scratch"
"You're right" He said. Herald could only look at the bodies in short glances, if he looked too long he would vomit again.
Mikael listened to Lucian and Herald but didn't answered, instead, he took off and cut the ropes, putting the boys on the ground one by one. When he was done, he gave back the knife to Lucian. Miguel took a moment to breathe before entering the room. "Some demons can hipnotize their victims." Mikael nodded. "Yeah but we haven't felt anything out of the ordinary. If a demon uses his powers inside the school I would feel it, the same as you." He said to his brother. Miguel frowned."I can feel. . ." His wings unfolded just a bit. "death. I can feel death." "Of course you can, they are dead." Miguel shook his head. "No, I mean Death, not their deaths, just. . . Death. It's in the air." Mikael frowned.
Death Lucian took his knife back and placed it back "A reaper. Reapers aren't murderers. They know the exact time one needs to die. But this, this definitaly looks like murder"
"A reaper?" Mikael growled lowly. "That kid, the new student. He's a reaper." Miguel looked confused. "But Reapers are supposed to be neutral, they can't go killing people like this." "Seems like he doesn't give a fuck 'bout that." "Ok." Miguel was concerned, but he was also angry. "How are we going to stop Death itself?" He said looking at the other three. "Those kids didn't have their chance to live, I won't let him go unpunished."
Jenny looked through the window. It was night. "Oh, no!" She haven't asked where was she supposed to sleep that night. She decided to look for Laira and ask her. With Ethan on her shoulder she went out of the library and walked through the corridors of the school. At night it was a different place, it scared her. She lifted her hand and caressed Ethan, who rubbed his head against her cheek. She kept walking for a while and she realized that she was lost. "Where am I? Oh, what am I gonna do now? " She looked around but didn't recognize that part of the building, she had been there only for a day so there were parts of the school that she didn't now yet. She was lost, alone and scared.
Lucian shook his head "it's impossible. A single touch from Death's left hand and your dead. No, we can't touch death, you can't get away but, you can...cheat death"
"What do you have in mind?" Miguel was determined to end the murders. He didn't mind the risk.
Lucian looked at Mikael "there are many ways andmany forms of reapers, but this one is the grim reaper, he has everything. It'll be impossible, not even the god of death or whoever can defeat him. No, Death is cunning, very cunning so. We have to make Death destroy himself but we will return some time later when it's someone's time to die"