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Chapter 99

Chapter 99
"I understand your concern...," Seraphina began and was cut off.
"Five women have died, is that not enough." Sisco, one of the many concerned citizens of Mechanova, broke in.
"Don't think we haven't heard about this maniacs reasons." Another slammed a hand to the meeting table.
"If we bring her home, this madness may end." Suzu insisted.
"Bringing Cephera home is not the key to ending this." Seraphina was angered that this conversation was happening at all, but she knew it would one day.
"It could save our young girls. Cephera would not shun her duty to protect this kingdom." Cherri commented calmly.
"That might be true, Cephera has a good heart, but for the people to even considering sacrificing their princess is insane." King Yorin answered. Seraphina noted that her father was trying to keep calm, but his face was a darker shade of blue than usual.
"Insane? Is it so insane to want to return our lands to the safe land it was?" Seraphina surpressed her glare at Demos. She loathed him, he was the one who brought the suggestion to the table. It increased her suspicion against his family.
"I don't think giving Cephera up will help," Seraphina's facade of calm continued. She refused to break down. "Think about it? This man killed these girls, tortured them. They have all been forced to have children that have yet to be found. If Cephera should take their place, she would face the same. As a member of the royal family, she has the potential to produce an heir of her own, even if she herself cannot wield the power of the core."
"What's your point?" Demos narrowed his eyes, leaning forward over the table, he was pushing his luck.
"My point is that we may just be giving this man what he wants. Do we really want an heir to grow up in his clutches? To one day force his way to overthrowing my family? He used violence against his own people to get us to this point. Do we really want to give him that kind of upper hand? What will he do with our people after he gains power?"
Seraphina never took her eyes of Demos. She wanted him to feel her suspicion, to know she would not let him win.
There was muttering among the rest.
Seraphina's father has staying very quiet. He'd decided that his temper may ruin the meeting and that it was time Seraphina take lead as future queen.
"Well? Do we want that maniac to rule?" She insisted upon an answer.
There was a union of 'no' throughout the vast room.
"Then what will we do?" A voice in the back called.
"We must discuss and find another way. We need to come together for fear and panic will only cause error. I need you, all of you to be strong, but not arrogant. This man has proven he is smart, conniving, and strong. We must attempt to get a step ahead of him."
As good as her speech sounded, the leak of information was sitting in that room and any plan they made would fail, but that was why Seraphina planned to give them one plan and act out her own.
(Cephera)
"Swallow a watermelon?" Tony quipped with a witty grin.
Cephera shot him a glare. Her pregnancy had begun to show, but she wasn't as big as Tony would make her sound.
He'd changed since the Manadrin had kidnapped Pepper. The day they'd arrived in New York many changes had been made. He spent countless hours in his labs creating a 'cure' to Pepper's condition. He spent less time on his 'toys'.
He accepted Rorik and Sigurd with barely a flinch as his mind was so preoccupied. Now he spent many days upstairs and keeping an eye on the news and his evenings in his newest workshop with Rorik.
Rorik was completely taken by Tony's inventions. He was learning hands on, the many wonders of Humans and their ingenuity.
For Cephera, life had taken the most strangest of turns. Having Sigurd around pretending to be a friend from Asgard, come to help with the baby, it left Cephera feeling guilty, but grateful.
Tony had helped create a doorway to join two rooms together so Cephera could have a new nursery and Sigurd and Pepper helped her decorate it.
There was a confusion of joy and melancholy for the future. With each passing month Cephera missed her husband more and more, but her friends helped ease the loneliness.
She spent many days sitting privately with Sigurd listening to her tale of her life. Such a sad tale, but Cephera felt a swell of great envy of the woman's strength.
It blew her away how different their two Loki's are. The contrast between them was like night and day. It was hard to believe that Cephera's husband could have been that man had circumstances been different.
"I'm so sorry," Cephera had told Sigurd but she waved off the pity.
"My fate was spun and I allowed it to progress. I feel I didn't try hard enough to make the changes needed to end my husband's horrid actions. Now I feel I've been given a second chance."
She smiled and gave Cephera's hand a secure squeeze.
They were an unlikely bunch. Sigurd getting accustomed to this new world, and living among humans. Rorik who had neglected his earth studies who found himself now fully invested in learning about it, and Cephera who would live a strange mundane life among them.
Yet in the background, in other worlds, havoc was being carried out. Mechanova was in a state of fear and Asgard was trying to regain its leadership over the nine realms.
She felt very useless, but in hindsight, what could she do when she was steadily growing larger with an expected child.
(Seraphina)
It wasn't the usual snores of Fandral that woke Seraphina midway into the night. But the sounds outside.
Sometimes night animals caw'd or roared in the distance, but this was different. It sounded like feet. Not many, but enough to cause her to be worried.
Soft thunking against glass had her pushing Fandral. "Wake up." She shoved him hard making him cry out just as her hand cupped his mouth to hush him. "Shush," she said a finger to her lips.
He stared at her a second before she saw his head tilt and look toward the balconies double glass doors. They were propped open, as usual, and the soft breeze fluttered the thin curtains.
He looked back to her and nodded his understanding. She was glad she wasn't going insane.
Together they got to their feet, grabbed some clothes, and quietly moved to the balcony. Outside the sounds were louder and below them. Seraphina inched to the rail and looked down.
The second she took one glimpse, she backed up and grabbed Fandral to pull him back inside. Her quick response had him stumbling. She hadn't the chance to tell him about the two people climbing the wall by their fingernails carrying someone else on their backs.
They had already jumped the rail and charged into the room. There were four of them. Each different looking and each one clearly menacing.
Seraphina was reminded of Hela. These people were part humanoid and part something darker. Talons, tails, fangs. Each one had something different to fight with.
"Who are you?" Seraphina didn't care about anything else. Really she didn't care too much about who they were, but curiosity did sometimes get the best of her.
They did not answer as Seraphina and Fandral jumped out of harms ways. Seraphina clenched her teeth as something wet hit her arm and burned. She noticed that a female to her left was spitting venom.
With a duck and underswipe with her leg, she took her off her feet. One of the males charged forward to defend her and slashed at Seraphina with his talons.
"End this!" She yelled in warning. Her suspicions were high on who they were and she could only hope she was wrong.

Notes

(Short chapter. New job got my brain fried, can't wait to do better with Thursday's chapter. Bare with me my fellow followers!)

Comments

@fraychan
Then I have done my job well. :p

Yasumi Yasumi
6/15/15

Your cliff hangers wound me D:

fraychan fraychan
6/12/15

@fraychan
Keep that adrenaline pumping, still a lot to come.

Yasumi Yasumi
5/14/15

Oh god I can't even describe how happy this chapter made me. I'm feeling a slight adrenaline rush haha

fraychan fraychan
5/12/15

@fraychan
I agree, things have could been so much different if things had just come to light sooner.

Yasumi Yasumi
5/7/15