After the meeting we had, I decide to rest in my bedroom. Beside having a wounded and bruised face because of my own fists, I feel so tired. My emotion drained my energy.
I lie on my bed, leaning on the headboard before exhale heavily. I am supposed to be emotionless. And I am, most of the time. But my emotion is always running wild whenever I deal with ones I love, especially when it is about their safety. It was Mila before. Now... it is Jennifer.
Once again, I exhale heavily before putting my sight onto my left chest, toward my scorpion tattoo to be exact. My hand rubs that tattoo.
After I once won the fight against my own self and locked it inside a dungeon in my mind, my tattoo actually disappeared. But now it is back. Not only it is back, but It also expands. Right now, the scorpion is surrounded by somekind of chains.
That extra tattoo appeared right after I made soul binding vow with Mrs. Rauss.
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"I, Joanna Margareth Rauss by this blood is putting my soul to make vow that I will keep Jennifer McCourtney Bennet and Sophie Bennet safe and sound and will avoid them away from any business of the organization," Mrs. Rauss said in firm while putting her bleeding finger into a goblet.
She then put her sight on Deathstalker and raised a smile when he took the dagger and slitted his finger a little with it. Deathstalker then put his finger into the goblet before said, "I, Scott Bennet a.k. Quint Rauss by this blood is putting my soul to make a vow to work for and be loyal to the organization."
The high priest that was standing in front of them then raised the golet and chanted some kind of prayer or spell before gave the goblet back to Mrs. Rauss.
Mrs. Rauss took the goblet and drank its contene. She then handed Deathstalker the goblet. Deathstalker was in doubt for a second, but then he enclosed his lips onto the lips of the goblet before gulped its content down.
"Your souls are now bound," the high priest said. "Any act of violation of the vows you made would cause you dead. The vows lasts from now until one of you breaks it or dies."
Mrs. Rauss smiled widely and gave Deathstalker her warm embrace, "Welcome back, My Som."
Deathstalker said no word nor replied the embrace. He just stood there, waiting for Mrs. Rauss to let go her embrace. Only then he turned his body and walked away from the room.
"Deathstalker," Mrs. Rauss' call halted his movement. "I would like to have you in my office at three PM. We need to discuss about your mission."
Deathstalker only nodded to respond her request before continued his walk. There was only one place in his mind he wanted to be. The Health Facility Center
Merely couple of minutes of human time later, Deathstalker had already arrived in front of nursery room. He opened the door and faced a clean and cheerful vibe of the room. There were several cribs placed in the room, but only one being occupied.
Deathstalker walked toward that crib. Inside the crib, he found the beautiful daughter of him slept soundly. Her thick black hair had grew an inch longer and her tiny body had became bigger. Deathstalker bent his upper body to kiss her forehead. He then picked her from her crib, definitely disturbed her sleep.
Sophie wiggled before opening her eyes. She almost cried, but when she noticed the familiar scent and warm cradle, she only made a short whimper.
"Hey, Baby Girl," Deathstalker whispered softly. He chuckled a little when Sophie responded him with few blinks. "You are the most beautiful gift I ever received. Please be a good girl and take good care of your mom," he continued his whisper.
"I'm sorry, I can not be by your side," He forcefully gulped to clear his throat. "But you will be safe and happy. I will make sure about it my self."
Sophie made a murmur and blinked again that made Deathstalker chuckled again. "Oh, I love you so much, Baby Girl," He whispered again then kissed her forehead. "I love you... Don't you forget that, okay ?"
Deathstalker then kept her in his cradle for about ten to fifteen minutes until the baby was back to fall asleep. He kissed her forehead for the last time before putting her back to her crib. He watched her beautiful face long and deep maybe for another several minutes. He then straitened up his upper body and turned his body and left the sleeping baby alone. As much as he hated to leave the little baby, he needed to say his last words to his other love.
Deathstalker had stood in front of another room. He sighed heavily and hesitantly opened the door. The interior of this room was designed differently than other rooms in the Health Facility enter. This room was purposedly designed to replicate a room of Virgin Mary hospital. Even every paramedic that in charged of the room was wearing uniform of Virgin Mary hospital. They were all made to assure one being cared for in this room that she was in Virgin Mary hospital, instead of Health Facility Center, place that she hated most. A place that he swore he would never placed his foot again, even less brought her in. But he had to. It was the only option he. could think of that could safe her.
Less than a minute after he ended his call to Mrs. Rauss, Bruno appeared beside him. Without saying a word, Bruno inarmed both of them and teleported them back to the Health Facility Center.
"No!!" Deathstalker growled and refused when two paramedics took Jennifer's body from him.
"Quint... they want to safe your wife!" Mrs. Rauss's words worked like a spell to him.
Deathstalker in instant gave his wife to the paramedics who immediately put her on the bed. "She's... she's not breathing! Please help her... pleaseee..." He then pleaded to the doctor near him.
"We can safe her, Quint... our technology even can bring people back from death," Mrs. Rauss said. "But..."
"I will do anything.... Just... Just save her!!" Deathstalker cut her words. He then approached Mrs. Rauss, "Please... save her. Please... Mom..." He pleaded then started to cry.
Mrs. Rauss looked at him in the eyes before brought his head onto her chest. "Bring her to alive," She ordered the doctor. She then pacified him with a soft whjsiper, "Don't worry.. she will be fine. She will be fine, my boy. You wife will live..."
And Mrs. Rauss kept her promise. Jennifer was brought back to live. Mrs. Rauss also didn't forget his promise. She knew exactly what she wanted. She wanted him back. She wanted him to be Royal Knights again. She wanted her lost lamb back. The one thing Jennifer asked him not to do. He had to break his promise to Jennifer to save her life. He had to do it, because he couldn't bear to lose her.
"Why are you just standing there ?" a weak yet lovely voice forced Deathstalker back from his reverie.
Deathstalker gave her a thin smile. "I thought you were sleeping. So I didn't want to disturb you," he said gently then walked toward the side of her bed. "How are you feeling ?"
"I feel so much better now," She relied. "When can we go home ?" she asked him back.
"Few more days," Dathstalker lied to her. "Peter said you need to be kept being observed to make sure the viruses are all gone."
Jennifer pouted. "Peter is overaggerated."
"That's because he loves you," Deathstalker said to her. "Like I love you."
"What are you saying ?"
"That Peter loves you..."
"And so what ?"
"He will give you and Sophie a good life."
"What are you saying, Babby ?" Jennifer asked to be more confuse to hear Deathstalker's words.
Deathstalker just shook his head and kissed her forehead tenderly. "I love you so much, you know that, right ?"
"Of course... And I love you as much..." Jennifer said, biting Deathstalker's bottom lip. Deathstalker replied it with bitting her upper lips. Soon, their lips were munching each other.
After tomorrow hopfully you won't, this time Deathstalker said it inwardly. By the time you opened your eyes again in the future, you won't even remeber anything about me nor our history of being together, he added still inwardly while kept kissing her passionately. What he didn't realize was that a teardrop fell into Jennifer's cheek.
"Baby... ?" Jennofer stopped the kiss and even furthered her head from his. "Are you crying ?"
Deathstalker shook his head, but tears were kept falling from his eyes.
"Baby... why are you crying ? Something's wrong ?" She asked in worry.
"No. Nothing's wrong," Deathstalker denied. He then kissed her again on her lips. "I just felt so happy that you live..." And gave her another kiss.
Once again, their lips were intertwined. But, once again Deathstalker couldn't hold his emotion and bursted into tears.
"I'm sorry, Baby... I'm sorry," He murmured, kept forcing his kisses and touchs toward Jennifer.
"Why.. ough.. why.. are you.. oh, baby..." Jennifer's curiosity was distracted by his indulgent touches and kisses. Her brain could no longer think of anything, clouded by her desire. Her lips kept moaning and crying for every tender touch he did on her body.
On the other hand, her moans and scent switched his overwhelmed sadness into irresistible desire over her. Forgentting their surrounding, they finally made love. Soon, the room was filled with voices of male and female moaning and crying with fleshes slapped each other as the background sound.For Jennifer it might be the first love making after she was survived, not knowing that for her husband it was the farewell one.