"Brother?", Keith narrowed his eyes to the person across them. His looked at Hubert's cocoon and back to him a confused expression.
"You think he's the only cursed Strikerealm who ever existed? Wrong", The guy gave him a taunting smile.
"Just who exactly are you?", Darwin clenched his fist in anger with his taunting face.
"How about we dance while I introduce myself?", The guy dusted his shirt off.
"Oh we're not in the mood for that kind of bullshit at all", Keith snapped him with an eye roll.
"When I say dance, I mean this dance", The guy threw his arms sideward and lighting started pouring down on them. They tried their best to evade his attacks but he's just into them.
"Look, if you intend to harm Hubert, forget it. You're gonna be dead just before you can move a muscle", Darwin flipped back with beside Keith.
The guy snapped his finger and transported Hubert's cocoon beside him. The young lifeless body floats like a bubble in the midair.
"What a beautiful sentiment", He gave them a smile before throwing his arms again. The wind sliced through their flesh and they both screamed in agony.
Darwin's wound healed rapidly but Keith's scratches took too long to close. So he bit his wrist to offer his blood but he refused.
"My venom is deadly" , Keith shrugged his arm and just gave him a smile. He pulled himself up and pointed his finger to the guy.
"Hey! Idiot occult. The boy's already dead so you can't do anything about it. Clearly, you have no intentions with us but to him so you might as well want to leave us", Keith looked at his shoulders and gave Darwin a wink.
"How rude! We're here to bring him home!", Darwin's jaw dropped.
"True that he's dead. That's when things get a little exciting", The guy looked at Hubert then back to them with another sassy look.
"What do you mean by that?", Darwin pulled himself up and walked beside Keith.
The guy snapped his finger and dropped Hubert to the ground. He dusted both of his hands and looked at the sky.
"Death brings us to reality. Just like what happened to you, Darwin Frost", He pointed Darwin.
"You know nothing of my past", Darwin snapped him back.
"I'm really impressed you survived the alteration of your memory. Thanks to him by the way", The person im front of them sets his body afloat in the open air.
"What do you want from him?", Darwin can't stop interrogating.
"Oh this one?", He clasps his palm and Hubert's cocoon broke down into pieces revealing his body in flesh floating in the midair beside.
"His death released me from prison. Long story short, I'm here to take back what's exactly mine", he added.
"You have no idea what you are dealing with. I hope you'll have a taste of your own medicine. He consumes life mercilessly", Darwin flexed his confidence in Hubert.
"That boy's really a bitch you shouldn't touch him", Keith added with a pout.
The guy laughed at their words. He playfully bit his fingers in amusement.
"That's why you shouldn't have let him die. Do you know what happens when a black caster dies? He's gonna reboot into something you'll never expect", The guy gave them a pout.
"Do you think he'll remember you once he rise up again?", He added.
"You're bluffing", Darwin raised his eyebrows at him.
"You mean he's still alive?", Keith narrowed his eyes.
"Death is just the turning point. Sure you've seen the sinister part of him but will you ever accept his true form? You don't know this guy right here. And that's why I'm here because I'm taking that 'power' from him", The guy clenched his fist and Hubert's body started twitching.
"You are not taking anything", Darwin's eyes turned crimson red in fury as he took small oaces towards the guy.
"Don't worry. The process won't double kill him. He's gonna be alive. But only a little twisted", The guy raised his eyebrows at him.
"You know, whatever it is that you are bluffing we won't take a bite on it. This guy right here and that guy beside you has the law of the universe that can never be broken", Keith grabbed Darwin's arms and pulled him back.
"We didn't seem to communicate clearly. Hubert is the dark side of the moon and I am the light. I was supposed to be that one true being that will rule the Golden Dawn Realm with both powers. But the gods chosen to give him the ever powerful gift of death arts when it was supposed to be mine. Because I am the real blood of a Strikerealm I am the best candidate for that regency. But this bastard right here stole everything from me. What's good step brother?", The ground shook at the rage of the person above them. His eyes turned white as the winds started blowing hard around them.
"I don't care whoever you are and whatever you did in the past. Handle him back safe and sound or hell will unleash on earth", Darwin gave him a threat but he just shrugged it.
"I am Rickon Licht Strikerealm, the Eclipse Enchanter. The Harbinger of Life and Death and The Gift of the Golden Realm", Rickon clapped his hands as the ground trembled violently that it almost engulfed Darwin and Stephen.
Keith pulled off his wings and charged towards Rickon. But he commanded the wind again and sliced through his skin. He fell down the ground whimpering in pain. He looked at Darwin who was gripping his hands in anger. In a blink of an eye, he dashed forward but Rickon grabbed him by his neck.
"Surely, Hubert taught you how death preying feels but you haven't had a taste of this one", He kicked Darwin in the gut and pushed him hard to the ground. He flipped backwards as his eyes turned gold in color. A very odd vibe filled the open air.
"Ecstatic", Rickon snapped his hand.
Darwin and Keith grunted at the odd feeling crawling in their senses. Their eyes wide open and their jaws almost hitting the ground. Mouth almost drooling and their body temperature rose up to a different level. Darwin looked up to the sky with his eyes rolling in the back of his head in both feeling high, aphrodisiac and erotic at the same time. The feeling is so intense that they eventually ran out of words to even say. They felt like the air is sucking all of their energy.
Keith on the other curled in the ground as the sensation drove him to the corner.
"Death Preying's counterpart, Pleasure Drive", Rickon let out a sassy snicker above them.
"I can't take this ahhh", Darwin whimpered almost moaning in the very strange feeling.
"Right now I can easily annihilate both of you but that's gonna spoil the fun", Rickon grabbed Hubert by his shirt and walked towards them.
"That's enough for now. Playtime's over" Rickon snapped his finger once again and the spell worn out.
"Fuck...", Keith whispered in frustration upon being played.
"You are far worse then him!", Darwin looked up to him with a furious look.
"I'll take that as a compliment but right I'll just let you go. Pesky creatures like you is a pain in the ass", Rickon waved his hand and both of them flew backwards hitting a rock.
Rickon threw his hands in the air as magic circle appeared above him. The light sucked him up, with Hubert lying unconsciously above his shoulders. He gave them a teasing look before vanishing in their sight.
"No! Hubby!", Darwin ran towards them but the lights were already gone. He went on his knees to the ground and dug his face to his palm.
"I couldn't save them. I feel so bad", Darwin started crying like child. Keith walked towards him.
"It's ok vampy. Right now the best thing we could do is to recover and plot a scheme so we can take them back", Keith wrapped his arms around his shoulder.
"It's not suppose to end this way. I need to take them back", Darwin looked at him with teary eyes. His gray eyes beaming in the soft touch of the moonlight.
"Right right...but we should go home now. The dawn is breaking and you can't be used of the sunlight", Keith pulled him up and locked him in a tight embrace. He pulled his wings off and dashed forward to the horizon.
Darwin closed his eyes as he surrendered himself to sleep. He haven't felt this tired and defeated for centuries.