Sweat dripped from Sirena's forehead as she felt that familiar darkness. The darkness that once shook the entire Cosmos almost wrecked it into nothingness. She gulped the lump that formed in her throat and in a flash, she vanished from the cabin.
"SHIT!!"
...
INSIDE THE DINING AREA
Bella and others were still having their breakfast when suddenly the atmosphere switched around them. The sunny and vibrant feel from earlier was all gone and strange darkness was seeping in slowly enveloping them entirely.
Alertness filled in everyone's eyes as they frowned at the strange darkness that seems to be thickened with each second and everyone went into alert mode. They looked at each other confused at the changes when they found Vulcan acting strange.
The sudden dull ache in his head made Vulcan unable to stand. His chest felt heavy and tight making him difficult to breathe. His eyes turned bloodshot as the pain increased tremendously and his breathing turned heavier. He closed his eyes shut as the skull-splitting pain kept on increasing in its intensity and suddenly he heard strange whispers in his head.
"[ Run! Are you waiting for them to kill you?]"
"[ Hey! Do you want to be my lover? You look quite handsome.]"
"[ I wish I never met you.]"
"[ I'd rather die.....]"
Vulcan clutched his head and groaned as the pain increased and the whispers became more and more chaotic. Sweat dripped from his forehead even drenching his back as if something agonising is happening to him and after what felt like an eternity, he opened his eyes slowly. They were no longer red. His beautiful hazel eyes turned golden and everything around him seemed to change. The corner of his lips tugged into a small smirk.
" Finally you've decided to show up huh?" The words that left his lips sounded so painful that even the others who heard them felt his pain in those words. Bella, Dylan and Roose stood shocked looking at Vulcan's golden eyes, as they realised what was happening and Cara felt her breath stuck as she felt the pressure coming from Vulcan.
Vulcan stood up and before he could even take a step, something crashed into him and sent him flying. He crashed into a wall.
BANG!!!
"Gabriel!"
Dust rose from the debris like smoke as Vulcan rose from the ground. He looked at Gabriel before him as the golden light in his eyes increased.
"Get lost! Gabby!" Vulcan uttered coldly, opening his blood-smeared lips and Gabriel clenched his fists.
"Gabby... It's been so long since you've called me that." Gabriel whispered looking down and when he looked up, his cold ash grey eyes had no emotions in them.
"You can't meet her yet." He said
Vulcan scoffed and clenched his fists, " I'll see who dares to stop me.". And in a flash, his fists came raining on to Gabriel who fought back immediately. Soon, both of them exchanged blows with equal intensity.
BANG!!!
"Gabriel!!!" Cara shouted running toward him but Dylan stopped her.
"No one interferes. " They heard him say and soon both of them again engaged in the exchange of blows. The scene looked intense and chaotic as neither of them refused to back off.
BANG!!!
Gabriel coughed out blood and looked at Vulcan before him. He clutched his stomach which had been punched and stood up slowly. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath. And when he opened them, his cold ash grey eyes turned pitch black.
Bella's breath hitched looking at those pitch-black eyes, she knew its a a sign that Gabriel is asking her to stop Vulcan along with him. She immediately closed her eyes and uttered a spell and soon the air around Gabriel turned intense.
"KURA...STRIKE!!!" Gabriel uttered and in a flash black clouds surrounded Vulcan like a tornado and locked him in there.
Vulcan gritted his teeth and closed his eyes wanting to use a strong spell when he heard Gabriel say
"Bella is pregnant. If you wanna kill innocent lives, then you go on..."
"Bastard! Get me out! Gabby!! You are so dead once I m out." Vulcan shouted but his voice gradually went quiet. The tornado around Vulcan diminished slowly as the earlier darkness around seemed to be gone too.
"It must be Sirena. The darkness is gone. She must have done something."Roose said and Bella nodded her head. Even she could feel that the suffocating darkness from earlier is gone.
Bella sighed with relief and turned to Gabriel whose eyes turned back to normal.
"The darkness is gone and so is Vulcan's power. Let's find Sirena and see what happened."
She then turned to Dylan and Cara and found Cara looking at Gabriel seriously. He too noticed her stare and stiffened. He didn't turn to her and walked towards Vulcan who was unconscious and said, "I will drop him in the chamber."
"Gabriel! I dare you to take another step." Cara glared at his back and gritted her teeth. She marched towards him and turned him towards her and spoke with fire spitting from her eyes.
"Did you remember our past?" She asked him and saw him stiffen. She scoffed looking at him reverting his eyes from her and asked coldly.
"Is it true that you killed me before?"
Gabriel clenched his fists tightly and one could see that his body is so tensed that it could break even with a small touch. Naturally, Cara also sensed it and smiled sadly.
"No need to answer. I will find out about it in my own way." She said and left from there as Gabriel looked at her back with a complex gaze.
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"Did you remember everything?" Bella frowned at Gabriel and asked him but the latter ignored her and lifted Vulcan.
"Dylan... Take her back to her chamber. I will settle him and come." Gabriel said and left.
"That bastard!!!" Bella cursed and turned to Dylan who was approaching her.
"You leave me alone!!!" Bella tried to move away but Dylan quickly picked her up and walked towards the camber ignoring her rants.