The Coming Darkness

Maya was not affected by his answer. Instead, it pushed her to pursue things more, but she remained silent. "Hmm, okay." Maya smiled, even though Kenji could not see. She began to wonder if he'd be the same once they returned to Sorcerers. This brought up the memory of Ryuu, the dragon she had been entrusted with. Maya worried about him often. She wondered if he would be able to survive on his own, and if someone had tried to hurt him. Maya's thoughts returned to the man who had given her Ryuu. I miss both of them. She sat up and loosened her hold on Kenji, feeling as if she was betraying the one who had given her the dragon, the one who she was once in love with.

"Nightmares?" Enzo perked up at her saying that. Maybe she's having some kind of fever. He was never good with treating sicknesses, let alone identifying them. "Gee, I wish I could help you, but I don't know how to rid anyone of nightmares." He chuckled.


"And there you have it. Let's head back to the Inn now." Kenji said, grabbing her hand and walking back towards the Inn.

Meanwhile, Enki had passed out again, but awoke to a few doctors leaving his room once again. His body felt more refreshed, perhaps they gave him some of Eos's tea? Enki sat up, and stretched, then, laid his hands on the bed. I don't want Darkness to find out that i've failed.. We have to leave the Gaze now. He stood up. There were rips in his clothes due to the fight, but he didn't care. He left the room, and started walking towards what he presumed was Enzo's room.

Silver smiled and shrugged. "It's alright. It could be worse." He could actually be here instead of just in my dreams.
She slouched back down into the chair, closing her eyes for a brief moment. His mind again flashed through hers, so she opened her eyes and looked back to Enzo. "Say, this place is where dead people go, right?"

She stood up, a bit bored now that she'd finished her little 'training.'

Sasha sighed; there wasn't much to do at the moment, and she was fairly certain that people were preoccupied with other things. However, her boredom got the best of her, and Sasha slipped outside.

To her surprise, a head of red hair was heading towards Enzo's room; Enki. Sasha narrowed her eyes, " What do you want?" she snarled.

He giggled at Eos' finger twiddling over his chest, keeping his smile. He took a brief look at the teacups when she mentioned having to pass them out. "I don't mind. Go do what you have to do. I won't be going anywhere. You're welcome to come and go as you please." He twirled his finger in her hair and made a more softer smile. Thoughts of having to leave Gaze soon didn't come to him immediately, but he knew time with her could be short. He hasn't enjoyed himself with someone like this before and he tends to forget the shortcomings of it. "Hey, I could help you..I think I'm well enough of move on my own."

"Yeah." Enzo looked out the window, which his bed was near. "It's really a mystery, though. I wonder how my mother would react if she saw me now." Enzo continued looking out of the window, as if he was playing out that scene in his mind.

Enki saw the girl, and lowered his head. "I'm looking for Enzo's room." He said straight-forwardly. He didn't plan on socializing with anyone he had beaten not even a day ago. He looked to his side, a door was there. "This is it, isn't it?" He said, with a depressing tone to his voice. He opened it, and found Enzo and Silver talking.

Enzo looked over to the door and saw Enki. "Ahh, Enki! Do you feel better?" He greeted him from afar. "Y-yes, but we're in grave danger if we don't leave now."

She quirked an eyebrow. Somehow the boy didn't have the murderous aura he had possessed from the day before. Sasha shrugged; he seemed to be on good terms with Enzo, at least.

Hearing Enzo's voice, Sasha felt that unfamiliar awkward feeling run through her again, and turned to go back into her room, until she heard Enki's comment, freezing in her place, " Whaddya mean we'll be in grave danger?" she half yelled, concerned.

"I'd love that!" Her eyes perked, and if she were a cat, her ears would have too. She climbed over him and stopped above him, giving another quick peck before hopping out of bed.

Walking over to the mirror she situated herself; fixing her hair and her dress. She still didn't mind the clothes the Inn had around, they were girly and lacey just as she liked. "Hmm, I still need to hand one out to JD, Silver, Maya and..." Eos trailed off, she made an extra one, unsure of whether or not to offer it to Enzo's friend. Eos had mixed feelings about him, but if Enzo could have compassion for him - so could she.

Picking up the tray she turned to Volitaire, "Ready?"

Silver sat up as Enki came in, still unsure of what to think of him. Suddenly he said they were in grave danger if they didn't leave soon. "Grave danger?.." she questioned as she looked at the boy curiously.

Enki's head sunk a little into his shoulders. He disliked how he was automaticly the center of attention, or so he thought. "Darkness.. The one who corrupted me. If he finds out that we're all still alive, he'll come, and he'll kill us." Enzo stood up quickly, and clenched his fist. "I'll get everyone ready!"

Corrupted...?

It vaguely reminded Sasha of what happened to her brother, but she shook it off, concentrating instead on their imminent danger, " Let's go!" Her eyes were narrowed; she didn't want any more trouble. Not now.

She ran back into her room, scanning it for any possible things she might've left behind. Finding nothing, Sasha was about to run back out, when she spotted a small bookish object that seemed to catch her eye. Picking it up, Sasha smiled, " I'll keep this for later."

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He slowly got up out of bed and straitened his outfit out. He was smiling with a mild blush on his face and placed his hands in his pockets and stood beside her ready to follow. "Mhmm.." He nodded.

Silver sighed. Just how were they going to get out? She glanced at Enzo as he stood up, noticing his clenched fists. Standing up, she looked back to Enki. She noticed how he seemed to shrink back a little, wondered if he had been corrupted this entire time, and frowned. She felt bad for him, knowing herself what it was like to be controlled.

JD hadn’t meant to just walk out on Enzo, but their conversation wasn’t exactly a public affair. Either way he wandered about and looked for his sister- not quite sure where she had hidden herself. “E! E~! WHERE ARE YOU~!” And then he grumbled, “I swear if I find you with Voltaire…” JD didn’t mind if the other hung around his sibling in hopes of protecting her when he could not, and they could share sweet words if that only reaffirmed it. JD wasn’t going to squelch all of Eos’s happiness; but he swore if they got intimately physical without a pledge of marriage or some sort of commitment of that level- JD was going to feed Voltaire his teeth.
Well- that may have been a bit of an overreaction, but he wasn’t going to be cordial.

“Bugger.”

Maya and Kenji walked into the Inn, and up the stairs. As they got closer, Maya could hear the voices of Enzo and Enki a little more clearly. She heard Enki say "...he'll kill us" and frowned at the thought of another fight, squeezing Kenji's hand. She pulled Kenji along towards Enzo's room. She immediately heard JD shouting for Eos, and glanced over to get a look at what was going on.

"What's happening exactly?" Maya leaned into Enzo's room. She realized she still had Kenji's hand and let go.

Enzo ran up to his door, and saw Maya. "We need to leave the Gaze, and fast." He said to her before running to Volitaire's room. He stopped at the door and knocked. "Voli? Voli are you in there?"

Suddenly, she heard a commotion outside. "Something isn't right..." Many voices were bustling in the hall, opening the door and holding the tray with one hand she peered out. Out of all the voices she could hear JD calling her name. Enzo was calling for Volitaire.

Everyone is out here... She suddenly felt a bit nervous. "What's going on?"

Silver got up and walked past Enki, who was still standing in the same place he was before. She let her hair fall in front of her face as she looked down, pausing, and speaking to him.

"I'm sorry."

With that, she went out the door, and decided to wait outside instead of getting in the way while Enzo was trying to gather everyone up.

He heard Enzo at the door, knocking and calling out to him. He frowned and felt a little tension. It didn't look any better that he heard JD yelling for his sister. He went to open up the door and saw Enzo standing in front, looking like he's in a rush. "What's wrong?"

Enki's first reaction was to be surprised, but he smiled as she left. Maybe there is redemption.

"We have to leave here. If we stay longer we may be in danger." He told Eos.

Somewhere far from Anvil...

Darkness paced back and fourth. This is becoming troublesome. He had been awaiting Enki's return for a while, and could no longer sense him. Seems like I will have to do this myself, after all.

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Darkness sunk into his own shadow, resurfacing outside of the castle like building, and standing infront of a large port. At the port were warships, but they held the ability to fly, thanks to the War flamed engines. "Ready the fleet!" He shouted at the human workers, corrupted by him. Darkness himself stepped onto the biggest warship, and the the crew prepared to leave dock. He materialized a corrupt scythe.

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"I'll kill anyone who stands in my way."

Volitaire nodded. "I felt so. Then we need to go. But how do you plan to get out of here?" He stepped out the room, caring not for his jacket. It wasn't important. The chance to leave was now and it's best if he cooperated.

"Danger?!" She piped up, suddenly feeling guilty for not giving her remedy to the others sooner. They couldn't face danger in the condition they were in now. Quickly she bounced around to JD, Silver, Maya and even Enki. "Drink, drink, drink!" She urged them, knowing there was little time to spare.

Quickly she ran back to her room and accumulated her things, running back out - panting.

JD frowned as the drink was thrust towards him. “E- what in the nine hells!?!” Those words left his lips in a contrite manner. He held the cup and took a swig from it- trusting his sister more than anyone else that could surround him. “When we are out of the Gaze you have so much explaining to do!” He nearly hissed. “Lets’ get going though- I feel some urgency about this place, and honestly I can’t blame them. I wonder who just now realized we were in the land of the dead.” JD rolled his eyes before following his sister out.

Those eyes glanced at his sister, and then at Silver. “So I can tell the general urgency to get out of here ‘right fucking now’ is about. Sorry about earlier. I didn’t mean to leave in such a haste- I just needed to ask Enzo something- and well- I didn’t want to worry you.” He offered a short and sweet smile to her before glancing about. “I can feel it too- we need to get out. I would hate to lose all my good friends so fast.” His silver eyes pressed against her and then he jerked back to Eos- making sure she wasn’t attempting some ‘I’m actually fine’ CPR with Voltaire.

He kept with Enzo, making sure he doesn't manage to lose him again. Confused as to what's going on he wondered if someone else was after us all again. And if Enzo was in a hurry then it must've been bad, considering his kind is from here. "Enzo, why are we in such a hurry all of a sudden? Is someone coming after us again?"

Sasha ran out of her room, journal tucked into a pocket on her dress, "What the hell are you all waiting for?" Her voice had a certain urgent tone to it, " Let's get out of here!"

Sasha had no idea what was going to happen, nor any idea of the danger that would befall the group, but she had an ominous feeling in her gut, and she trusted herself to make that kind of decision.

Running up beside JD she grabbed his arm, "Come on! I haven't a bloody clue what's goin' on but it's best if we follow Enzo!" Everyone was in such a bustle they were lucky nobody was bumping heads. "... I don't even know how to get out of here." She thought mainly to herself, figuring that either way it was best to follow and not slow everyone down.

Enki had sensed trouble since he got to the Inn. Darkness was trying to control him, but the corruption was gone from his body. "He's coming..." He said lowly. Enki walked over to the wall, placing his hand on it. "I need to force open a portal.." He grunted as red flames appeared on his hand. It slowly moved from his hand onto the wall, and spreaded, forming a circle, with a small portal in the middle of it. "Darkness is coming.. he'll kill you if you don't leave!" Enzo ran up to Enki. "What about you? Aren't you coming?" Enki turned to Enzo and smiled. "Sky.. of course I am.."

Maya had gone back into her room and picked up the notepad, deciding to take it with her. She watched others shuffle around and panic. "Let's just get out of here, please." Maya said plainly, grabbing onto Kenji's hand again. She knew she would not be able to stand against any kind of threat right now. Maya looked down and waited.

Following after Enzo he saw Enki igniting his red flames. But it looked like he was trying to help, which confused Volitaire a great deal. A moment ago we were all fighting him and nearly died because of him. Now Enzo seems to be okay with him and he's helping? "I'm not going to ask why you're helping us." He hissed "But how long until this 'Darkness' comes and finds us?"

"If he's using his ships for transport, we have about 5 minutes." He explained. "This portal should send you back to Whiterun." "Let's ask questions later." Kenji went over to the portal, and waited for everyone else. "Enzo, did you get everyone?" "N-no, there's still Kyoya and Red left!"

Kenji sighed. "We don't have time to look for them." He said. "Don't worry, I'll get them back!" Enzo declared. "Wait, Sky, come on!" Enzo ignited his flames, thus entering into his cursed form.