To Dwell In The Past {Open}

[scarletcross]

Her eyes narrowed, watching him carefully, looking for a flinch, a twitch, anything that could signal his possible attack. Let him flash his fangs, she had the same god damned things. every vampire did. Sure, hers werent quite as large but they were all the same. "I am fine with how i am now." She grumbled. "Its when men and those bigger than me insult my existance that i get pissy." Her eyes seemed to darken still, just empty black orbs. "I know enough to keep myself alive dont i? I am here are i not? I've lived through quite a few things. I think im alright." Her voice was hard and cold. Not nearly as warm and loving as it could be.

"Do not feed me lies. I have no potential what so ever." She admitted softly. Scarlet knew that she was worthless, and she accepted it. There was no use in crying over spilled milk. "I am trapped with in myself. Shadows controls me. Im his fledgling. He'd sooner kill me than allow me to unlock the power that i supposidly have." Scarlet looked up, exposing her throat. She knew that was a bad idea but she wanted to see the stars. She wanted to see Blaise, she wanted to know what to do. Scarlet needed support... She needed help.

"I do not hate Shadows... I envy him." Scarlet admitted. Her voice had softened slightly as her body concentraited on keeping its already abnormally low body tempature up enough so she wouldnt be cold. "But if he touches my love.... He will die.... Or i will die trying." she said in a deadly and serious tone.

[Samael]

"Feed you lies my sweet? Feed you lies?"

He appeared behind her in just a flash, her neck was exposed and he had to hold himself back not to sink his fangs into her pretty little pale neck. His lips slowly moved to her ear, while he remained right beside her. All she would hear would be a whisper, a whisper so soft, so low that only she would be able to hear it. If any one dared to watch they would see his lips moving but they would her naught.

"You are young, you have much to learn. Your not even of a hundred, and that is why you are weak... I've lived... eight-hundred years, seven life times more than you have. You have much to learn, and much to benefit from. I could teach you how to harness the very power of nature itself."

All went calm, the wind itself died in its peak, everything had stopped making sounds. The crickets had stopped there song, and the owls had stopped the whoing. His own mood effecting that which was the very essence of nature around him, the sky clearing enough to give her a clear view of it. The entire time he spoke to her his words were soft, and almost sweet like he was luring her into him, doing anything and everything to win her trust, among other things. His lips were still at her ear as he spoke.

"You envy that of which you cannot have, power is what Shadow has and that is why you envy him so much. I easily twice his age, if you have any one to envy. Envy the one who offers you the same power that he has.. Me."

If she were to look back he would be gone once again, only to appear several meters ahead of her and sitting on a tomb stone staring at her, the wind still dead, no sound to be heard from anything or any one. The area completely clear and it would be easy to find any one or anything if they were watching or choose to come back such as the man who was named Shadows. Samael awaiting, for his words to sink into her brain, to take a hold of it, to bite it, and to let her enjoy the sensation that it gave her..

The idea of power!

[scarletcross]

"Yes. Why not? You would do anything to get me under your power, wouldnt you??" Her throat trembled gently with the vibration of her voice. Scarlet didnt care if her tender neck was exposed to him, he had 800 years to practice restraint did he not? Let him sure it now. His lips hovered beside her ear, his voice low and quiet, Scarlets head tilting back down to stare blankly forward. "I do not want to control nature. I am stronger, but only slightly so. He wouldnt waste his time on me....." Scarlet mused. "If he did.... well i suppose im only his refrigerator.... and a play toy...." Her voice cracked, she knew that Shadows was only using her. If he wasnt why had he taught Aiden so much and taught Scarlet nothing at all? Oh, thats right... Aiden was his favorite. Scarlet was only something that he used to occupy his time.

Coming out of her dreamy state all was silent, only two heart beats made noise. He had calmed everything around them, and it was utterly still. Scarlet didnt like it, and she really didnt want to be able to do such a thing like this. "I dont know you sir. I cannot envy you if i dont even know your name." Her eyes looked empty, the hollow pain of being used and controlled showing just slightly. "I am already under one persons controll and you see where it had gotten me.... i will not make the same mistake twice...." Scarlet turned, her eyes having faded back to thier deep emerald. The grave there told her not to mess up anymore. Linx was already at stake, her life was on the line, and one more screw up.... well it would all come crashing down upon her.

"Can you please leave me to my misery? I was happy only moments before you and Shadows showed up..." her eyes looked at him, pleading for him to just turn and leave. To leave her alone and all by herself.

[Samael]

Soon after she stopped talking a pure illusion was made of her brother. So fake that if she dared to get close she could feel the warmth from his skin. He made no hand gestures, his eyes never left her. So she really had no idea that was what he was doing was an illusion. He was giving her what she wanted as he stared at her with a straight face. His lips slowly opening to reveal normal teeth, as he spoke.

"Samuel, I am named after that which I am. An archangel, I am Samuel the Accuser, Seducer, Destoryer, Vampire. Even some times The Angel of Death. I do not ask to control you.. I am offering you power. Do you not want this power? Answer me now and forever hold your peace."

His face, remained neutral the entire time, while the illusion of her brother stayed in that same spot. His chest rising and falling as he breathed. Samuel made no move towards him while he continued to stare at her with a pieceing red gaze. Showing that he didn't want her as some play thing, as some piece of ownage, he wanted to help her.. He wanted to give her that which every one wants.

Power.

[scarletcross]

Scarlet had looked off for a moment, her eyes distant. When her gaze turned back she jumped and gasped. Her eyes were wide, and they began to fill with tears. There was no feeling of love that radiated from him, his eyes didnt glow the same way and by now, he would have hugged Scarlet. It was once more, and illusion. A cry welled up into her throat but she swallowed it back down. "Make it go away. Please make it go away. Its an insult to the only person who cared for me. Get rid of it." Scarlet turned away, a few tears sliding down her soft cheeks. The sight could make anyone break down. To see such a beautiful girl, so hurt.

"Samael...." She breathed, storing the name away into her mind. "My name is Scarlet...." her voice was a meere whisper. For how soft the sound was, it screamed torture, and pain. "I would take the power in an instant Samael... I would... But i am bound to Shadows for an eternity.... I cant do anything else to upset him... My love is at stake... I wont risk his life for my own selfish purposes...." Scarlet wished she could have this power, she wished that it would be okay to take it. There was just one thing standing in her way. Shadows. He stopped her from doing everything. "this tattoo... marks me as his...." her pale fingers caressed and traced the onyx dragon on her chest. "

[Samael]

He disappeared from the sitting of the tomb stone while the illusion of her borther also disappeared. He was right in front of her, almost forgetting she was still in a bra and pants. He brought his thumb up to his teeth and bit it, blood coming out of it. Taking his thumb he traced the outline of the dragon covering it with a bit of blood, soon rubbing his hand into the tattoo making it disappear with an illusion that not even she could see through. All her skin matching the rest of her body, and if any one else viewed her body they would see naught there.

"Such a beautiful stomach.. So pale, so toned, now free of a single mark."

A powerful illusion used with his own blood, taking his finger to his lips he sucked on his finger for just a moment while he turned around from her and started to walk away. Slowly he did so, giving her time to rethink her answers, the power, the offering that he had given to her. He had walked away with a straight face, he had spoke his final words with a straight face, and now he was off to other people unless she stopped him otherwise.

[scarletcross]

Scarlet watched as the tattoo disappeared under his touch, her eyes narrowing a little. She was happy it was gone, but it would bite her in the ass later. "Bring it back... I didnt quite ask you to take it away. He'll kill me now. Not that you care." Scarlet sighed. her fingers trailed over the soft skin, admiring how it was before it was scarred. Soft and pale as the moon light. A vase expanse of marble. "It was unscarred before i became a vampire... before i had to fight for my life... before i damned to this existance." She sighed, her sweet breath floating on the breeze.

Samael was walking away now. Was she really going to let this pass her by? Would she give up the possible protection of someone older than Shadows and who was willing to teach her? What would she do? He also hadnt been too clear on the rules and things of the sort. She let him walk for a bit before calling out to him. "Tell me what the conditions are." She said, her voice strong but also curious. "Let me hear more about this, and maybe..." Scarlet drifted off, her eyes looking to the grave. Blaise wouldnt like this once bit. He already dispised Shadows.

[Samael]

Samael snapped his fingers and as he did the tattoo came back in full, while he was walking away he disappeared and then he reappeared right in front of her. His hand came out and lifted up her chin to stare her in the eyes with his own two red eyes. All the while his face remained netural, it remained serious like this was a very serious matter he was going over. As if this was life or death he was talking about and essenitaly it pretty much was.

"Scarlet... What do you want the terms to be? All I want to do is teach you, how to fight with a sword, and maybe get a hold on nature itself.. Nothing more.. nothing less unless you want it to be something more."

He said while he stared into those emereld green eyes, his own red eyes staring into them and he was looking for something. He saw sadness, pain, heart break, being felt like she was used, all these emotions just purely in her eyes. Beneath this eyes he could tell everything about her and almost piece together a history. He knew that if he prodded her mind he could find an horrible past but he wouldn't. He would let it die unless she wanted to tell him about her horrible past.

"Being a Vampire isn't a curse.. its a gift. To live forever and all you have to give up is the sun, all this power, and it only gets greater and greater as you get over. Embrace it Scarlet, and let the power consume you. Now do you abide to my conditions.

[scarletcross]

Scarlet flinched at the touch, being used to Shadows roughness the gentle way he touched her chin surprised her. She stared unblinking into Samaels crimson eyes, the same color as Shadows when he was upset with her, which happened to be often. If he couldnt deal with her fire, what had he picked her? None the less she looked at Samael, her eyes so confused. "So... all you are offering is for you to teach me? nothing more? You are just going to train me how to do things?" Her voice brightened at that. As long as it didnt involve being marked, or claimed, she liked it. She didnt want to be owned. She didnt want to be a peice of property.

"There has to be a catch somewhere Samael... No one offers up power and training without a catch.... what must i do?" She narrowed her eyes slightly. Really? who did that? Scarlet could tell that he was reading her eyes, that he was seeing the pain the tortured her daily. Maybe one day he would learn the story of the source. "To me it is a curse. If it wasnt do damned hard to destroy myself i would have done it a long time ago... only a few months after Blaise had left me. I wouldnt be here in this situation... I would be long gone... i wouldnt cause anyone and trouble..." Scarlet breathed gently, her voice cracking.

[Samael]

"No claiming, no marking what so ever. I give you power, and you promise me that you will never lay a hand in defiance to me. Simple enough yes?"

He asked while his hand moved from her chin to her cheek, gently stroking the soft pale skin with his thumb. His eyes non-moving, his eyes un-blinking while his red eyes were calm, and staring directly into her green ones. Still examining her, looking deep into the very pits of her soul. Samael remembered his father once told him that eyes were windows into the soul they could be closed and or open at will. Right now Scarlet, had her soul wide open for him to see every ounce of pain she ever endured.

"You cause no one no trouble Scarlet, pain, is just a figment of the imagination. Embrace the pain, love the pain, and never hold any regrets. That is what I live by, and thats how I've manage to live for the past eight-hundred years."

His eyes still unwavering from hers, while he continued to stroke her cheek with a odd gentleness, so weak, so pathetic, truly deeply he thought this of her. If it wasn't for her being a women he would of chopped off her head by now. The weak he hated so much, werewolves he hated even more. All he wanted to do now was to make her stronger, to make her worth while if she ever got into a fight, and once she agreed to the terms of his conditions he'd have one less person who wanted to kill him.

[scarletcross]

This was all too good to be true. There was some horrible life changing catch to this. There HAD to be. Not to mention she had no reason to trust this guy, i mean she had known him all for what? Maybe an hour? A little more or less? Even she wasnt that stupid. "Samael... how can i know that this is all? How can i trust you?" Her eyes narrowed slightly. "And how to i get this... 'power'?" She asked. Before she caught herself Scarlet nearly leaned against the soft touch against he cheek. Damn her need for contact. Linx had been gone for FAR too long. When she got the chance to see him she would never let him farther than an inch from her. His staring eyes made her uncomfortable, and she shifted on her feet just the slightest bit. It was barely noticeable if you hadnt been looking for it.

"i will not love this pain! Are you mad?! ....Nevermind dont answer that. My pain is what drives me already. I vowed revenge on the lycan who slaughtered my brother and that damned pain reminds me of mu duty every day! Each hour with out him reminds me that i am alone! I cant even see the man i am engaged to marry just because Shadows dislikes him! He got all pissy because Linx wouldnt join him and now i cant see him! I. AM. ALONE." her eyes were welled up with tears. "And you tell me to love it...? Never...." her voice was dripping in the pain she had endured her whole life, it would drown anyone even slightly emotionally weaker than she. Even she had her moments where she broke down and her body shut itself off from the world. She would just collapse until someone came along and gave her a good kick.

"Why would you want someone so messed up as me? You have yet to see how unstable i am..." Scarlet said softly, moving away from the hand on her cheek to wipe away the tears that almost began to fall. "I just dont know if i can trust you..." Scarlet felt the weight of Blaise crushing down on her. She knew he was near and was telling her not to, but she needed to be stronger. She craved it. 'Blaise... please... not now... yell at me later...' she thought softly. 'later? LATER!? WHY LATER!? YOU'RE MAKING A MISTAKE NOW! you know how i feel about Shadows already but look, there you are, begging for more trouble! Sister! My god... can you not get along without me...?' the voice that was echoing in her mind got pained when it came to an end. It was deep, and it was lovingly scolding her. Blaise wouldnt leave her alone latey, he must have known. 'No... i cant Blaise...' Scarlet looked back up to Samael, he would have no clue as to what just went on in her mind. "Can i trust you.....? Will i get in trouble with Shadows if i do this...?"

[Samael]

He stepped one step back but kept eyes locked with her the entire time even when she shifted, even when she cried, even when she spoke or her eyes looked away. He pulled a knife slowly out of his right pocket as he flipped it open and switched it to his left hand, while he put the blade on his right wrist and it stayed there yet to move down, or even slash it open.

"Who you ask would want some one as messed up as you? Only some one who is even more fucked up than yourself. Now drink get a taste[/t] for the power, it will last one minute. Then you can consider if you really want to learn it."

He slashed the knife across his wrist as blood started to gush, not a single tear, not a single anything to the pain for he embraced the pain, he loved the pain when ever he felt it. Holding it over her mouth and letting her get enough just for a minutes worth of power. Taking out a bandaged and sealing the wrist up, since she was sad soon it would start to rain she had no real control over her powers but right now her emotions were more tied with nature then she really knew.

"Get pissed at the tree, and let the power flow through you. You got 50 seconds now."

[scarletcross]

Scarlet watched him draw a knife, her hands instantly ready for her guns. When he held it to his own wrist her hands dropped and she looked slightly confused. "A taste..." She repeated softly, Blaise growling something in the back of her mind that she completely ignored. What would it hurt to test it out? How could it possibly hurt?

Samael let the knife slide over his wrist and blood gushed. She almost pounced at the smell of the thick blood. It seemed she had forgotten about her thirst again. Damn herself. She let her soft pale lips part and let the blood drip into her mouth. It nearly took everything to stop herself from attaching to his wrist. The taste was estatic. It swam through her, her body filling with a new sensation. Maybe he truely had power to offer her.

"50 seconds... tree... okay..." Scarlet looked oddly dazed as she turned to look at the over grown maple tree. what was she going to do to the tree? what had it done to her? She was stupid, she didnt know anything. With that thought the clouds covered the moon and rain began to fall. She turned to Samael. "Is that me...?" Scarlet asked and then turned back to the tree. She saw Shadows, She saw the lycan that killed Blaise.

Scarlet gave a cry of rage as it finally filled her, eyes onyx black now. Her hands flew out unbelieveably powerful and punched to the tree. Bark and wood flew when her fist made contact. This flow of power made her tingle, it made her want it more. The rain fell harder, and raged into a ferice strom as her body was soaked to the bone. Scarlet continued to throw hard punches, eventually wearing down the tree, which was rather quickly, and it fell. Just then, she felt as though it all went away, her body weak once more. The clouds parted and went away. "I want it..." the breathed, almost begging. "Teach me... please..."

[Samael]

The power had flowed through her bones, her body, her soul, and as the rain fell not a single drop ever touched any part of Samael for his close afflication with nature itself. Although when she started to punch the tree it was unexpected, he was in all since excepting a lightening strike but you lose some and you win some. Although when the storm stop and the power faded his wish had come true. She wanted more, she wanted more power, once you got a taste for it. You could never let it go no matter what.

"Now you want it? Now you want this power I offered you so many minutes ago? May I get a please teach me Samael?"

A soft grin arouse to his lips as his face was no longer netural as he appeared behind her and his trench was lucky him water proof as he put an arm around her shoulders and stared at her from the side. Waiting for the please, waiting for the bit more of pleading from her, maybe she'd even get on her knees and beg a little now that she a taste of a power so great that was so far over her head that she could never imagine it. A power so great that Samael himself could snap a tree in half with one punch.

"Well?"

[scarletcross]

Scarlet looked at Samael, her eyes slowly draining away to the brightest emerald green on the face of the earth. "Please teach me Samael. Please teach me." She turned to face him, her eyes wide and innocent. That power was what she needed to show Shadows that she really was worth something, that she could be worth his time. She could never understand why she felt like she had to prove herself to such a person, but she did. "I want to be stronger... please make me stronger..." Her voice was softly, genuine and pleading. She could have dropped to her knees if she wanted to right now but she needed to show at least some strength.

His arm was around her shoulders, her face turned to see his as her eyes locked dead on onto his. "Please. I'll say it for an eternity. PLEASE." Scarlet folded her hands and held them up, pulling out her puppy dog eyes. They worked perfectly for her, since her eyes were so big, and since she was so innocent looking. Scarlet took a deep breath. "Please teach me Samael. I will listen, i will. I promise." she nodded.