Zodiac Force

"Advent, right?" Claire's voice shook. "I.. um... Angel needs to come home. Uh.. now. T-there's sometjing important that has to be done." Murmurs sounded in the background before Claire continued. "Tell her that she has to come alone." She paused, taking in a sharp breath. "Oh, I can't do this! Advent, it's-" There was a bustle on the other end of the phone before the line went dead.

 

OOC: lol You just made my day!! :D

BIC:"That could have gone much better," Thomas sighed. "I thought your fondness of your half-sister would go further than that. Do you want her to be hurt?"

"No," Claire moaned in answer. She was scared and confused. She'd overhead Angel talking to their mother about Thomas, but she had no idea how involved Thomas really was in the business that Angel had left on. "Why are you doing this?"

Thomas rolled his eyes. "It's always the same inane questions. Well, little Claire, I'm doing this because I need your sister for something. Right now, she's not capable of much, but now that she has that cursed necklace, she'll be able to do much more much sooner. And, as I stated before, I need you to get her to me. She won't dare stand up to me when you're in trouble."

Claire looked up into the blackness of Thomas' eyes. "She's not weak." She retorted angrily.

"Is that so?" Thomas grabbed Claire by the neck, lifting her a couple inches off the ground. "We'll find out."

 

OOC: with that --> "Damn it...It's hero time."

BIC: "L-let... go," Claire tried to pry Thomas' hands away, but it was to no avail.

"You're going to have to be a good little hostage if you don't want your sister to get hurt. Then again," Thomas chuckled darkly. "She'll have to do what I say too."

"You're a monster," Claire managed to say in one breath.

That made Thomas outright laugh. "Yes, yes I am."

 

Thomas dropped Claire and turned towards the door. "Well, well. It seems that I didn't get what I asked for." He sighed and shook his head, looking back at Claire. "You're in trouble, little Claire."

Claire moved away from Thomas, still on the floor.

 

Claire looked up at Advent, her eyes brimming with scared tears.

Thomas turned his black eyes on Advent. "So you're the one that Angel fancies now, are you?"

 

Claire could see what was about to happen and tried to warn Advent. "Careful, he's-"

"You like spilling secrets, don't you?" Black tendrils came from Thomas' sleeve and wrapped around Claire's mouth and neck. "I'd be careful if I were you." He adressed Advent now. "Her neck just might break..."

Claire's cry was muffled by the tendril around her mouth as the one around her neck tightened.

 

Thomas winced, but only tightened his grip. "You're not very good at negotiating."

I want my sister. Claire thought, starting to have trouble breathing. Thomas is... different. He's a monster. I saw it, and I'm scared. I want my sister!

 

"Just Angel, and that wonderful little necklace of her's," Thomas answered. The dark tendrils lifted Claire to her feet and brought her close to him. "There might be something else too," He added, running the back of his hand across Claire's cheek while smirking at Advent. "You'll just have to find out."

 

Thomas chuckled. "I should keep you alive; you amuse me." The dark tendril around Claire's mouth moved away. "Anything else you'd like to warn him of?"

"Please," Claire started softly, raising her eyes to look at Advent. "Please, just... keep my sister safe!"

"Now, now, little Claire; I wouldn't dream of hurting your sister. But my beasts would." Thomas placed two fingers under Claire's chin, forcing her to look at him. "You should hope she's not alone right now. As far as I know, my beasts weren't able to get her necklace the last time I sent them, but it should be much easier to make sure she still has it now that her 'protector' is gone. And if she does have it, she won't very soon."

Claire looked back at Advent out of the corner of her eye. "Is she really alone...?"

 

"Well done, Claire," Thomas released the girl. "You're a very good actress."

Claire lowered her head, her tears making soft plinks on the floorboards.


"Get it."

Angel's eyes fluttered open at the growled command. Her bright green eyes dizzly searched the room. She sat up, and was taken by suprise when someone grabbed her right arm. She was yanked off the bed. Whomever was holding her certainly didn't feel human. When she turned her head to get sight of her captor, her mind reeled. It was a dark form, one of the beasts again. Her eyes flickered to the window; it was still snowing. She swore and pulled away from the beast, stumbling into another one that was behind it. It held her arms behind her back. When Angel got a better look around, she saw that she was outnumbered three to one. The first beast approached her.

"Cooperate and you won't be harmed."

Angel used the beast holding her as support to kick out both her feet at the beast in front of her. She sent it into the wall.
"I'm not very good at cooperating," She sneered. The third beast came to take the first's place. Angel cringed when its paw-like hand extended. As the beast came closer, Angel fought against the hold that the second had on her. The third placed its paw-like hand on the back of Angel's head and pressed, making her scream from the pain. It removed its hand and held it up for Angel to see.

"How does she function with that loss of blood?"

"I don't know. Let's see how much blood she can lose!"

Angel felt something warm and sharp press against her right side, underneather her ribs. No! Dammit! This is nearly what I saw! I won't die here!! She jerked away from the claws of the second beast, hearing the first get back to its feet.