04-15-2014, 08:00 AM
Aria watched as Ascendancy killed the man who had been spying on some mark or another. The name rang a bell and she filed it away for later use. If the Atharim were watching him, he could prove useful in the end. Surely someone with the balls to break into their headquarters could be useful elsewhere.
The images did not frighten Aria. Death was going to happen to us all. Aria had seen the reason she sought, the reason why the Atharim fought to kill all of the men and women who could wield the power of the gods. But not all were like this man. This man didn't even give him a fighting chance. There was no morality in him, there was nothing. It did not change the facts, nor did it change the way she felt about her past actions. She let those men survive because they were not like him. She was sure of herself.
Even the hatred and loathing the Regus spewed from his body did not make her fear the inevitable. She would die. Likely at the hands of The Ascendancy, but she knew it for fact. It was a fact of life. But that didn't mean she wouldn't try.
Aria smiled as the Regus stared her in the face shunning her, and hating her existence. It was not a happy smile. There was nothing but hatred in it. Aria didn't think, she reacted, she reached for his throat and grabbed at it. Father Dimtri intercepted the move. How he had gotten there so quickly was beyond Aria, but the world opened up and she could feel the Regus' hatred and loathing poor into the man she once called father. See fed it to him as if she were merely a pathway to his own soul. It was but a moment before Aria released him, pushing him back from her.
The feeling of power was a rush. Aria's smiled grew darker. "I wouldn't do that again if I were you."
Father Dimitri glared at Aria with anger and fear. She could feel the the disapproval wafting from him. Aria wanted to shrink back into herself, but the power from whatever she had done still radiated in her and she stood her ground. The child she had been was gone. He had let her lose on the world. She knew who she was, what she was. The possibilities were extraordinary.
Aria watched as Father Dimitri paled as if he knew what she was thinking. He turned to the Regus with pleading eyes. "Please reconsider this my Regus. He got down on his knees and begged. "You mistake fatherly love for fear. I do not fear for her life." He looked up at the Regus. "I fear for those she touches. Those she will encounter in life. Her mother was a great Atharim hunter, one of the best." His voice beamed with pride. "The creature that defeat her was a monster, he was cable of great horrors. Horrors I sent her to destroy." He looked back at Aria, fear in his eyes. "Instead he created this."
He stood up and backed away from Aria. "From a young age, I knew. I knew I had done wrong in letting her survive. But what was done was done, she was shaping to be a good warrior. " He turned to Regus. "She killed a boy with a kiss. Just one. She doesn't remember, and this is the first I've spoken of the event. This monster pushed the entity of the world on the boy without ever having known what she was doing. It overwhelmed him. He nearly exploded from the pain of it all, his heart could not handle it. When I found them lying in a crumpled pile on her bedroom floor I knew." Father Dimtiri turned to the Regus, pleading in his voice. "I knew I was wrong. I could not kill one of our own. I've sent her out on the most dangerous of missions. She comes back with the monster's head. I trained her too well. But she was untrained in the one thing that would save her life, her actual powers. I sent her to Moscow, to you, in the hopes it would end. That my mistake would be undone."
Aria watched the entire triad in complete nothing. Her own emotions skittered along the bubble with the rest of the worlds. She had killed someone.
*edited to remove too much modding on my part*
Edited by Aria, Apr 15 2014, 08:35 AM.
The images did not frighten Aria. Death was going to happen to us all. Aria had seen the reason she sought, the reason why the Atharim fought to kill all of the men and women who could wield the power of the gods. But not all were like this man. This man didn't even give him a fighting chance. There was no morality in him, there was nothing. It did not change the facts, nor did it change the way she felt about her past actions. She let those men survive because they were not like him. She was sure of herself.
Even the hatred and loathing the Regus spewed from his body did not make her fear the inevitable. She would die. Likely at the hands of The Ascendancy, but she knew it for fact. It was a fact of life. But that didn't mean she wouldn't try.
Aria smiled as the Regus stared her in the face shunning her, and hating her existence. It was not a happy smile. There was nothing but hatred in it. Aria didn't think, she reacted, she reached for his throat and grabbed at it. Father Dimtri intercepted the move. How he had gotten there so quickly was beyond Aria, but the world opened up and she could feel the Regus' hatred and loathing poor into the man she once called father. See fed it to him as if she were merely a pathway to his own soul. It was but a moment before Aria released him, pushing him back from her.
The feeling of power was a rush. Aria's smiled grew darker. "I wouldn't do that again if I were you."
Father Dimitri glared at Aria with anger and fear. She could feel the the disapproval wafting from him. Aria wanted to shrink back into herself, but the power from whatever she had done still radiated in her and she stood her ground. The child she had been was gone. He had let her lose on the world. She knew who she was, what she was. The possibilities were extraordinary.
Aria watched as Father Dimitri paled as if he knew what she was thinking. He turned to the Regus with pleading eyes. "Please reconsider this my Regus. He got down on his knees and begged. "You mistake fatherly love for fear. I do not fear for her life." He looked up at the Regus. "I fear for those she touches. Those she will encounter in life. Her mother was a great Atharim hunter, one of the best." His voice beamed with pride. "The creature that defeat her was a monster, he was cable of great horrors. Horrors I sent her to destroy." He looked back at Aria, fear in his eyes. "Instead he created this."
He stood up and backed away from Aria. "From a young age, I knew. I knew I had done wrong in letting her survive. But what was done was done, she was shaping to be a good warrior. " He turned to Regus. "She killed a boy with a kiss. Just one. She doesn't remember, and this is the first I've spoken of the event. This monster pushed the entity of the world on the boy without ever having known what she was doing. It overwhelmed him. He nearly exploded from the pain of it all, his heart could not handle it. When I found them lying in a crumpled pile on her bedroom floor I knew." Father Dimtiri turned to the Regus, pleading in his voice. "I knew I was wrong. I could not kill one of our own. I've sent her out on the most dangerous of missions. She comes back with the monster's head. I trained her too well. But she was untrained in the one thing that would save her life, her actual powers. I sent her to Moscow, to you, in the hopes it would end. That my mistake would be undone."
Aria watched the entire triad in complete nothing. Her own emotions skittered along the bubble with the rest of the worlds. She had killed someone.
*edited to remove too much modding on my part*
Edited by Aria, Apr 15 2014, 08:35 AM.