IC: Through the Mists

[Karate McNaughty]

Reita paused. "I'm not going to give up. I just need rest." Reita sounded out of breath. He glanced at Calder who was wiping away blood from Adio's arm. Calder was watching him curiously. "I need to rest and I need to kill that guy." Reita pointed towards Calder, gesturing with his head.

"Everything inside of me is telling me to do it. I don't know why, but you can thank Cybil Allivitiar." Reita closed his eyes. "But at the same time, I don't want to kill him because I want to get rid of that stupid voice."

Calder bit down on his lower lip. "Allivitiar..there's something wrong with them." He chuckled.

"I want to help both of you." Calder said bluntly. "I want to use whatever resources that I can."

Reita pressed a hand to his head. "I appreciate it. I'd also appreciate strangling you, but I don't want that to happen."

[Aoi]

[align=center]Adio blinked slightly at Reita's quickly changing demeanor..He glanced back at Calder he blinked.


"Hey be careful,I gave you that cloth to get the blood off your cloths,don't worry about me..the thought is nice of you but really dont concern yourself it's just blood.''





He looked back at Reita neon green eyes scanning him over somewhat as if he couldn't believe what he was hearing.



"Hey,hurting anyone wont help anything just calm down alright.''


The arm he lent on that bled twitched and gave out on him he caught himself putting pressure up on the arm which was now bent..He cursed softly under his breath and forced himself back up...He sat back and reached into his pocket pulling out what seemed to be a red hard candy,two of them in his hand he unwrapped one and put it in his mouth and unwrapped the other.



"Here,it's got a numbing agent in it it'll help you some at least,it's made out of sugared blood and an aspirin agent,stronger though..nothing bad.''


He held the small hard-candy out to Reita.[/align]

[Karate McNaughty]

Calder was worried. He glanced at Reita. "It's the beast..the beast is reacting to the magic in this area." Calder took a step back. The blood had burnt a hole into his robe and that concerned him. He took a cloth of his own and began to dab at the blood.

Reita glanced at Adio. He stood, then grabbed the candy. He popped the candy into his mouth. The candy was sweet and he was beginning to relax. He glared at Calder. One fist clenched and unclenched methodically. Reita appeared to be scheming.

Calder rose a hand. "Stop this now, beast." He said softly. He looked up at the sky. "Adio, I'm sorry. I may have to restrain Reita." He said sadly. "Five minutes."

Reita shook his head. "I'm fighting it, King." Reita said quietly.

"I know." He smiled. He was silent, staring upwards towards the sky. The sunset was casting the forest into shadows. "We should be able to travel now. Are you ready?" He held out his right hand, palm facing the sky. "Place your hands over mine."

Reita obeyed, then glanced at Adio.

[Aoi]

[align=center]Adio watched Reita carefully,his pain had come down alittle bit but the nagging ache that ran up his arm at times was rather uncomfortable not to mention he was starting to hallucinate,his expression would match someone who was starting to get the flu,his eyes strained his breathing ragged his lips slightly parted the feeling of the stigma slowly creeping up on him physically was exhausting and mentally aching..


Your weak,useless..a monster!..You don't deserve to live!


Adio glanced up he was face to face with the village again his body tied to a large wide wooden stake..people hitting him with rocks...whipping him..calling him names..Pain..over and over and over..


"We should be able to travel now. Are you ready?"


Adio looked up a glazed over distant look in his eyes the hallucination vanished.


"uh..yeah..lets go.''


He said and walked over to Calder placing his hand ontop of Calder's as he was asked to..He stared at the ground not looking up.[/align]

[Karate McNaughty]

Calder nodded. He gestured with his staff and a portal opened beneath the men. They fell through the portal. Reita let out a startled cry as he felt the ground become nothingness beneath his feet. Calder gasped as well. It was as though Calder didn't expect the suddenness ofhis own action.

Once they arrived in the castle, they fell through a portal in the wall. Calder hit the ground first and Reita fell on top of Calder. Calder grunted, then cursed under his breath. The throne room was empty and as Calder had said, the room was in much disrepair. Scaffolding lined the walls which held scorch marks and one held holes where bolts had secured something to the wall.

Reita got off Calder and stood. He looked around him, confused. "You were in pain here." He said softly.

Calder didn't say anything. He just brushed himself off and stood. "Don't worry about it." Reita wandered across the room from the group. This room was massive and appeared empty with the exception of Calder's throne.

[Aoi]

[align=center]Adio fell next oddly enough he landed on his feet,to some point the stigma was a grateful thing it enhanced the senses and Adio's already inhuman powers or Ability..His head was down before neon green eyes eased up slowly,watching Reita walk to the other end of the room he'd look at Calder next before going to follow Reita but as he took a step forward,the the next.



He crumbled to the floor.



he'd let out a gasp the fall knocking the wind out of him..He'd lay there for a moment before he'd try and force himself up.



"..Im not weak..im not useless..shut up.''



He'd mutter out loud the same hallucination playing over in front of him the people in his hallucination were all the villagers,they even replied it was an odd thing the stigma how it worked the mind out,enhanced the ability of it's host but yet caused such extreme  pain..yet it never killed them..it may have been a disease but it was a disease that needed it's host to live...Adio stayed there hunched over on the ground his hands holding him up his breathing still very ragged caused his chest to move up and down in spasmatic shifts almost like it seemed he was silently laughing when in truth the pain was really rendering his lungs to be less effective..Along with this pain anything he felt in the hallucination was made real...



"Im not a monster,I didn't do it!"



His voice weak,gnarled..He didn't move.[/align]

[Karate McNaughty]

Calder gasped. He knelt down next to Adio. Reita walked over to Adio, holding a chain in his hands. He set the chain down on the floor and pressed a hand to Adio's back. "Adio..Adio, love." Reita said sweetly.

Reita leaned in and kissed Adio on his cheek. He frowned. "Adio, please. Get better." He patted Adio's back. Reita glanced up towards Calder. "I'll get you." He mouthed the words to Calder. He didn't see what had happened with Adio. "I will tear you to pieces." He mouthed these words as well.

All that Reita saw was Adio on the floor, muttering something about being weak. Muttering a lot of words. And Calder stood over him. Reita was convinced that Calder had done something to Adio.

[Aoi]

[align=center]Adio heard someone say his name,lips pressed to his cheek..someone patted him on the back..Where the hell was he again?..The hallucination stopped cutting out quickly..Adio snarled with a splitting headache that it caused..He turned looking up at Calder his neon green eyes wide,pupils to mere slits the size of a grain of rice as was long..






"Get away from me?!"



He'd try and go at Calder possibly knocking him down but he'd stumble off falling to the ground face first the shirt sleeve that was over his bruise seemed to bubble and dissolve blood dripping to he ground as well as bits of his shirt..


He started to laugh


He forced himself up his actions swaying and puppet-like...Eyes focused on Calder...Adio's demeanor had changed completely from quiet,kind and happy to physiologically violent,which wasn't like him at all.



"Play with me.''



He ran at Calder his hand out,fingers bent and claws extended ready to go at him and rip him apart...If they didn't restrain him he'd reak all kinds of hell.[/align]

[Karate McNaughty]

Calder fell on his butt, toppling over. Adio had knocked him off-balance. Reita was even surprised as he was knocked off-balance as well. Reita grunted when he hit the ground. His gaze towards Calder held no apology. Instead, they burned with intense hatred. Calder stood quickly, putting as much distance between Adio and himself as possible.

Calder and Reita heard it before it actually came. A large white tiger bounded through the wall, pouncing towards Adio while transforming to a humanoid figure. The cait sith would knock Adio off-balance, possibly landing on top of him. Reita grumbled, confused.

"Tierney!" Calder was surprised as he yelled. Tierney did nothing but roar.

Reita clenched his fist. "Let him go! Adio!" Reita moved back towards Adio and placed a hand on his shoulder. "Adio, it's me, Reita.." He said softly.

[Aoi]

[align=center]Adio found himself being shoved off balance a grunt coming from him as he hit the ground the tiger roaring glaring down at him as he snarled back his arm still having muscle spasms the skin twitching.


"Get Off Me!?"


He snarled his roar almost sounding demonic and dismal as he fought to get the beast off him neon green eyes undilated somewhat  as he heard Reita's voice eyes glancing up at him.



"R..reit..reita?''



His voice sounding strangled his expression surprised.


"Hel..p m.''


The hallucination set in again the villagers laughing staring down at him hitting and kicking him..then he was in his parent's bedroom they dead on the floor and his brother laughing,sneaking out the window covered in blood...Adio's eyes widened as he screamed.



"No...Stop!"



He begged giving out another snarl as he fought to get the tiger off of him...How long would his torture last?[/align]

[Karate McNaughty]

Reita motioned to Calder. "Get that beast off him!" He cried. Calder reluctantly waved a hand towards Tierney. Tierney let go of Adio and Reita wrapped his arms around Adio.

"Adio, shh.." He kissed Adio's cheek. "You're going to be fine. Reita is here to take care of you. He wants to help you." Reita kept whispering. "Allow Reita to help you." He spoke about himself in the third person.

Tierney stood in front of Calder, ready to protect his king should something arise once again.

"Adio, don't think of that. Think of all the good times we've had. Like you had me do on the way here. Remember the concerts and all of those nights when we'd just sit and talk. Adio, are you with me?"

Calder gazed on silently, folding his arms across his chest.

"Remember that first night that we kissed?" He whispered to Adio.

[Aoi]

[align=center]Adio was freed from the beast holding him down against the ground..He'd try and get up but found himself against Reita..Adio's eyes widened the hallucination fading away slowly..Blood dripped over his lips his pupils returning to their normal slit like size which was regular for him the neon green less vibrant but holding..He sunk against Reita shaking his arm still twitching but the blood had stopped flowing.



"...So much pain...im sorry...im sorry,please don't hate me...''



He muttered his lips stale with blood..It was like all the strength he had just had,was now sucked right out of him..Shaking arms wrapped around Reita the hug very loose and slipping at times Adio could barely hold onto Reita.


"Im sorry yo..you had to see this.......it's been..its been a while since I had an attack last...I..i..don't know what triggered another attack...i couldn't control my actions...god im sorry...''



He whispered his eyes low,glazed over and distant with pain.[/align]

[Karate McNaughty]

Reita smiled slightly. "I don't hate you, Adio. I can't hate you." He still held Adio. Calder motioned to Tierney for him to go back to his post at the door. Tierney's claws clicked on the floor as he walked past Adio and Reita.

Calder handed a cloth to Reita and Reita began to dab at that blood on Adio's face.

"Shh...Shh.." Reita whispered. He comforted Adio.

Reita glanced towards Calder, who appeared genuinely concerned. "May we have some privacy?"

"The guards will remain posted outside of the doors. I will be in a different room."

Reita nodded. "Thank you. Please come back in ten minutes." Reita smiled slightly.

Calder frowned, then left.

Reita glanced towards Adio and he sighed. Reita held his own wrist to his fangs and cut into the skin. He sighed.

"Adio, love, drink, please." He held his wrist, allowing the blood to fall on Adio's lips. "Just a little. I'm sure that there is other blood around here somewhere, but Adio, you need strength." He said softly.

[Aoi]

[align=center]The pain ran down his arm again he tensed gritting his teeth and eyes and opened them as soon as it passed..he felt the cloth being dabbed against his mouth,his stigma causing him to drift in and out of consciousness between the hallucinations and the real world..eyes starred at Reita,distant still however they seemed to be gaining back their color the neon green still prominent however..


"I..i almost hurt Calder...he didn't do anything and I almost hurt him..''


He muttered still delirious it seemed..he felt the blood hitting his lips..running down his throat.


"..No..I..alright..''


Nimble fingers wrapped around Reita's wrist as he drew it to his mouth his breathing somewhat smoother now as his eyes closed and his fangs sunk into Reita's wrist..the blood ran down his throat filling him with a warm sensation that Adio had always loved so dearly..alittle after he drew back letting Reita's wrist go he'd try and sit up slowly wincing he'd put pressure on his bruised arm as he forced himself to sit up..Once he was he pressed his hand to his forehead.



"....Im sorry.''



He whispered gently,he could feel the stiffness in his arms and legs going away.



"Calder didn't do anything to me..I don't even know what triggered the attack..it might even have been the site of that destroyed forest..All I had back then was my garden..I grew trees and flowers there that weren't even native to the area and couldn't grow in that sort of weather....they never shunned me,they loved me for the care I put into them..I don't know what triggered it besides that...''


He looked back at Reita.


"..Are you alright now?''


he asked,wondering if he was still in pain himself..Adio put his hand to his mouth coughing some blood splattering his hand that had been left in his mouth from feeding from Reita's wrist but that was all..Adio didn't seem concerned with himself at all.


''I can't even remember half of what just happened..one minute I was teleporting here the next minute im trying to kill Calder..if it wasn't for Zanryu's son,I would of never had gotten this..this stigma.''


He sounded somewhat resentful toward Zanryu's son's mentioning..He shook his head.


"Im slowing everything down for you Reita,to get you better...could you help me up..?''


He seemed to ignore his own problems,he was here for Reita afterall.[/align]

[Karate McNaughty]

Reita shivered as Adio drank from him. He closed his eyes and sighed softly. He offered a hand to Adio to help him up. "All right. Don't worry about it. I wanted to kill Calder as well. It was for a different reason than your's but the feeling was mutual. I hope this ritual goes quickly. I want to get out of here. This is one strange place."

Reita wanted to be back at the mansion for some reason.

"I'm glad you're here. I really am. It means a lot for me, to be able to see you here and putting for the effort to do this with me. I love you for it. You're driving me crazy, in a good way." He winked.

"Don't feel guilty. I think he can smell it anyway." Reita was teasing.