She backed away quickly, the face was so familiar...she closed her eyes a moment as a headache came with a rush of old memories. Her bright blue eyes opened and she looked at the man before her. "Melachor....What do you want?"

"Nah it`s really what I want you see... just came by to tell that you experiments are over Adastrea... Neracelc was your last test and you are the only one to live trough my tests... and what you didn`t know was that I controlled Neracelc in some situations... you see I offered him a deal... he lost his sanity in mordor, but I promised it to him the best I could... so you see you both have been tested, but he has only been rewarded... anything you would like me to do? Disappear? hah... that wouldn`t surprise me..."

Melachor smiled as he waited for an answers.

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Let him curse my name
On these blood stained pages of misery
Let him call me a tyrant so cruel
Let him curse my name, but remember the truth!

She looked confused, "What about Balor? Neracelc said he was hired by him..." She wasn't sure she trusted him or completely understood him for that matter, "I just want to be free" She muttered.

Melachor laughed a mocking laugh, but this mock was at Balor.

"Balor? hah... he has had nothing to do with this... he has been hiding for valar knows how long... but he is after you.... he will come after you someday, but the thing is that I have prepared you for him and other dangers that you`ll undoutably will face in your life... I hope you understand, but hopefully you`ll realise that one day...oh by the way I`m sorry for the mess Neracelc made..."

Melachor whispered few spellwords towards Neracelc who got up little dizzy and shaked his head when he saw Balor.

"I hope that worked..."

Neracelc spoke calmly and not with a mad tone as earlier, he got up and left without saying a word and Melachor looked at Adastrea.

"Life will be hard for you, but I believe you`ll make it and I`ll be around since I am not dying any day soon..."

Melachor smiled waiting for an answer.

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Let him curse my name
On these blood stained pages of misery
Let him call me a tyrant so cruel
Let him curse my name, but remember the truth!

She looked at Neracelc as he walked out, "You are trying to help me? Why?" She asked looking back at Melachor.

"Why did I help you from the prison in the first place?"

Melachor smiled.

"What did I tell you my tower? We are the same kind Adastrea... not exactly the same, but we are very much alike and I watch after those who are like me... we live long, we are loners or well... you seem to have found some company..."

Melachor looked back.

"And I must apoligize for hurting your friends... I think when the knight returns he isn`t going to be delighted of the truth that he has been all, but a puppet with Thinren in these tests... they just happened to be conveniently there and I saw them useful opponents for Neracelc to reclaim his sanity...

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Let him curse my name
On these blood stained pages of misery
Let him call me a tyrant so cruel
Let him curse my name, but remember the truth!

She glared at him, "Where is Thinren?!"

"Behind us... he`ll be alright, just a dagger in the left shoulder, but I believe he has had worse wounds than that... he will survive... soon the guards will come here... so... goodbye Adastrea... it has been a pleasure to know you... I believe we won`t meet again or would you wish to, but if we shall meet again then I hope that you have understood..."

Melachor turned and passed Thinren, but stopped to look at him and looked him in the eyes.

"I`m sorry, but she has to understand and if she doesn`t... she`ll probably die..

Melachor disappeared from the barracks into the night as the guards came in and found the survivors."

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Let him curse my name
On these blood stained pages of misery
Let him call me a tyrant so cruel
Let him curse my name, but remember the truth!

Adastrea watched him leave. If she was not to see Neracelc or Melachor again, she was free, until Balor made a move. She hoped that would not happen. She quickly got up and went to the hall to Thinren. She helped him into the room and took a sheet and held it to his shoulder. "I am so sorry..."

Thinren coughed up blood as he stumbled and fell onto the bed. He looked at Adastrea and smiled.
"Your ok?"
He said weakly.
"I thought i failed you."
He let a few tears run down his face. The sheet soon turned crimson.
"I think it's bad, the blood won't stop."
He blurted out.

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"Rock N' Roll is the only relgion that never lets you down!" ~ Lemmy Kilmister

[!*#_:]

She bit her lip as she hurried to get more sheets to put pressure on the wound, "I'm fine, I'm not worried about me right now..." She wiped away the blood he coughed up.

A vein had been sliced, causing the blood to continue to pour out.
"I'm glad your fine. I hope you stay fine."
He ignored the wound and kept his focus on Adastrea.
"Is it over then?"

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"Rock N' Roll is the only relgion that never lets you down!" ~ Lemmy Kilmister

[!*#_:]

She bit her lip, she was no healer. She looked down at him, "It is over with Neracelc, but Balor will send men after me." She called to a guard to get a healer, he nodded and ran out. "Don't you die on me" She said quietly.

His eyes were becoming heavier. He kept forcing himself to stay awake.
"Well that's good news at least."
He smiled weakly and fell to his side, bouncing slightly on the bed. his eyes closed but the smile stayed on his face. He was still breathing but they were shallow and short. His thoughts grew dark and hazy. He had slipped into unconciousness.

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"Rock N' Roll is the only relgion that never lets you down!" ~ Lemmy Kilmister

[!*#_:]

She felt tears slip down her face, "Thinren, do not do this to me, please..." She bit her lip, why is it that everyone she got close to died. She shook her head he wasn't dead, not yet. A healer came in and quickly started working on closing up his wound and stopping the bleeding as best they could.

*Sen snapped to. Neracelc was gone, and whoever had knocked him out, broke the Dueling Grounds that Sen had set up. Sen got shakily to his feet; a little more dammage was done than jsut knocking him out. He reached back, and that is when he felt it; the dagger embedded deep in his back. It had slipped through the armor plating, and gone in deep.*
So this is how this has ended.
*Sen said, as he drew the dagger out with a gasp. He could feel the hot blood beginning to run down his back; and staggered slightly as he walked into Adastrae's room. He saw Thinren lying there, badly wounded. He would do what he can; what he must. He kneeled down beside Thinren, and placed both his hands on the wound. Fire enveloped them; and it flickered out in a couple of seconds. Sen fell back onto the floor, and whispered.*
I have done all I can... my... lady...
*Adastrae looked down at Thinren, and saw that his wounds were healed completely, yet the clothes around the wound were scorched as if with a terrible fire.*

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"True Evil cannot be reckoned with. Only Defeated." - Sen L I Starfire

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