After I'd offered my assistance I was both shocked and appalled by how quickly Xemmsur had turned it down. To be honest...I didn't really want to hassle with another mission...but to shoot it down so quickly...that was just rude...
"Fine then." I said and began to walk back through a portal for Castle Oblivion with the others in my group. Nyx stopped me and Xait.
"Can you please ask Amaterasux if she knows anything about different ways of controlling? No one else knows about this, I think...Thank you." She asked.
I nodded and walked off. I really didn't want to tell her...to break her hopes so quickly. But if she was talking about the kind of controlling I thought she was...there wouldn't be a single book with that kind of information in that castle. Therefore...it would probably be way more difficult than simply asking Amaterasux. Amaterasux had read lots of books...but how could she know about something she HADN'T gotten to read about yet?
I relayed the message anyway. Then began to walk off in the direction of my room. As I made my way through the entrance hall, suddenly Kyxsha appeared...in the arms of a strange, and unfamiliar nobody. But all I saw was blood...dripping heavily from Kyxsha's shoulder.
Rage kicked in...Since Kyxsha had helped me once...it made me extremely angry that she'd been hurt. The nerve of this guy! To wound her and bring her back here all calm!!!! I drew my sword.
"Put Kyxsha down now!" I growled. "Who the hell are you?! And what gave you the right to come here?!"
"Wait please...you misunderstand..." He began.
"Kyxsha is injured...and you are a foreign nobody. What is there to misunderstand?" I scoffed. I could feel my electricity surging through my hair...
"I didn't injure her!" He shouted...apparently distressed cause I hadn't allowed him to explain. "Kyxsha and I were attacked and, she opened this portal here!"
I placed my sword back in its sheath. "Then hand her over now. Your job is done...you can be on your way." I stated coldly, signaling him to hand her over. He hesitated.
"It's alright...if you show me to a proper place to put her...I can do it..." He started.
"YOUR job is done here." I stated with much more intensity. The smell of blood was already beginning to make me lust for battle. And for some reason...I wanted to tear this guy apart. "Hand her over, and be on your way. Unless...you wish to die here?"
His expression suddenly changed as though he'd remembered something. Moving forward towards me slowly, he reluctantly placed Kyxsha in my care. With one final glance back...he departed through a portal of his own making.
I turned my attention to Kyxsha. Her wound was bad...and she was breathing heavily. I wondered if she'd gotten a fever from the strain. I thought about taking her to her room...but I remembered the awful plants she kept...if I shocked them all into subjugation I think Kyxsha would be mad...so...I just took her to my room. Placing her on the bed, I then portaled to the medical room in the castle. Collecting gauze, a disinfectant of some sort, clean cool water, and a towel...it was time for me to return the favor.
I dressed her wounds as carefully and efficiently as I could. Trying my best not to wrap the bandages too tightly. It had been a bad wound, and I had to first remove a shard of metal that was lodged deeply within. It was good she was unconscious...she hadn't felt any of the pain. After that was done, I cleared the sweat from her face and brow...and then placed a cool, wet towel upon her forehead.
I sighed, and took a seat in the far corner of the room. All that was left was for Kyxsha to wake up. Then she'd be able to explain for herself just what had happened...and who that mysterious man was...
My thoughts also drifted to my brother. I didn't understand why he'd allowed me to regain my power. I knew he didn't want me dead...and I had no desire to kill him. We'd already done that...and our action had only left us feeling foolish... Yes...I remembered everything...yet I still didn't understand where I was supposed to go from here. Domix was on the Rival Organization...therefore, he was an enemy of this one...even if I didn't count him as such. Just what was he trying to accomplish? Why did he mention he was being watched? And to what end did he wish to make ME stronger??
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