The wind swooshed in between Keith's wings as he landed himself on the solid ground. He looked around a little confused because he came across with a very unfamiliar place. He slowly put Darwin down dusting himself up. He looked at the rising sun slowly opening its eyes to the world below.
"Ughhh vampy? Do you where we go? I don't like the look of that guy over there", he pointed his nose to the smooth silver lining behind the clouds a few horizons beyond them.
"What? You haven't seen a sunrise before?", Darwin rubbed his eyes as he grumpily looked at him in between yawns and grunts.
"Oh? Not afraid of the sun anymore?", Keith playfully tapped his shoulder with a big grin on his face.
Darwin blinked his eyes a few times before realizing it was daytime and he's not supposed to be in the touch of the sun or he'll burn to death.
"Oh fuck...we're going that way", He smacked his forehead before gesturing Keith to go.
A silence crept in. Both of them looked at each other in confusion.
"What?", Keith gave him an awkward frown.
"What what? What do you mean what? We fly", Darwin rolled his eyes as he throw his arms sideward.
"Idiot. I can't. It's daytime and my power's dormant", Keith rubbed his temples looking at him with an unripe smile.
"Too bad for you. You don't have lightning speed", Darwin rolled his eyes at him.
"I have an idea", Keith gave him a wink.
He grabbed Darwin's shoulders and made his way through his back. He pressed his shoulders like a pillow before jumping his way up to his back. Darwin arched himself up trying to shrug him off but he's just too stubborn.
"What the! Fuck get off me! No one touches me!", Darwin wiggled at Keith's grip.
"Oh well I just did. Question, did Stephen ever ride you like this?", Keith playfully asked giving him a breathy snicker behind him.
A shot of discomfort hit Darwin in his stomach. The though of Stephen gone sent waves of sadness and rage crashing through his nerves. He shut his eyes trying to find the smallest connection left between them, to at least know how he is but unfortunately, he cannot find one. He stopped struggling to let Keith off.
"No...he hadn't", Darwin's voice suddenly dropped as he grabbed Keith's arms around his neck.
"Too bad for him it feels...", He was cut off by sudden flash as Darwin moved with his lightning speed dashing forth. His voice cracked like crazy as they flashed forward in an incredible speed.
"...good", Keith's jaw dropped in awe as Darwin pushed him off behind him. He dusted himself once again and shook his head in disbelief.
"At least me finish talking boy", Keith walked behind him fixing his hair.
"Who cares chimera", Darwin rolled his eyes with his back against him. A hint of smile in his last word.
"Rude", Keith pouted.
"Awful", Darwin commented without even looking at him.
They walked across the lawn in front of Stephen's house. The force field shimmering like glass behind them as they went through the main door.
"Darwin...", Keith's weak voice cracked as he went on his knees.
"Hey? What's wrong?", Darwin run towards him and taking him in his arms. He brushed Keith's hair trying to comfort him.
"I don't know...I feel like I'm out of power", Keith shivered under his breath.
"It's probably the force field", Darwin whispered.
"Force what?", Keith asked.
"Nevermind. I'll take you inside before the sun hit us", Darwin was about to hang his arms around him when the door suddenly opened.
"Uninvited guest", A voice broke off.
Darwin's eyes bulged out in full terror and surprise as he saw Hubert standing across them. He wore black a robe with red and golden linings. A pair of metallic jeans and killer ankle boots. His hair, auburn flowing smoothly on both sides of his head and his smoky green eyes looking down at them in an expression brewed with rage, fury and disgust. His skin beaming in the soft touch of light passing through the glass window beside him.
"Hubert?", Darwin managed to blurt a single word.
In a blink of an eye, both Darwin and Keith found themselves in the lobby of Stephen's house. With Hubert sitting legs crossed behind them.
"Hellcome home", He flicked his finger as Darwin and Keith fell from each other apart like a a magnet with the same pole. Keith crashed into the wall while Darwin tumbled back on the floor.
"Hubert what are you doing?", Darwin wiped the blood in his mouth as he pulled himself up.
"Sit", Hubert throw his fingers again and a couch slid in front of him.
Darwin was about to say another word but a force shut his vocal chords down. He grabbed his neck in frustration as he looked at Hubert in pure disbelief.
"I said sit", Hubert clasp his hands and threw Darwin into the couch like a piece of paper.
"Were Strikerealms really this pain in the ass?", Keith spat the blood in his mouth looking furiously at Hubert. Darwin looked at him wide with wide eyes signaling him to shut his mouth up. They cannot afford to provoke him.
"If I hear that name one more time I might just know how to spell it", Hubert looked at him with a very taunting look and a sinister smile on his face, "But for now, begone", He waved his fingers at him and a door appeared behind Keith. The door cracked open with spewing hell fire toasting Keith's body as he screamed in pain. All of a sudden, hundreds of hands pulled him hard down as his body got scorched by the fire raging up. His burning face and screams broke Darwin's heart and sould but he can't do anything but to just cry in silence because he can't use his voice to scream.
Hubert closed his hand and the doors vanished. Leaving only him and Darwin sitting across each other.
"Speak", Hubert gestured his hands again and Darwin finally gained his voice. He screamed in pain both physically and emotionally on both losing the people he loved and Hubert braking both of his legs.
"Jezz, you're loud", Hubert gave him a look of disgust.
"What are you doing Hubert?!!!", Darwin's eyes turned red in pure anger as he looked straight into Hubert. Tears streaming like river in his face as he felt his soul crashing down. Another pain of humanity.
"Here goes that name again", Hubert rolled his eyes as he broke another bone in Darwin's body.
Darwin cried out loud that it almost wreck the walls around them.
"Who...are...you?", His voice cracked in absolute agony.
"I'm so nice to finally meet you", Hubert flicked his finger and broke a rib inside Darwin. He pulled himself up and walked slowly towards him with a sinister look on his face.
"Actually my name is Aeuri" , Aeuri grabbed Darwin's face to face him , "And we're gonna have so much together".
"Now, the million dollar question is, where is he?", He added with his eyes clouded with anger and fury marked with a very malicious smile on his face.