ABOVE NATURE (the mods) (abovenature) wrote in exsanguious, @ 2015-11-01 19:24:00 |
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The fight was still raging on outside. A good thing, in Rene's estimation, as it kept the Slayers and those new additions to this whole thing from stopping what was going on inside of the caves. Slayer-strength may have put Aiden at the level of a normal vampire, but Rene was one driven with almost religious fervor at the moment, able to practically taste victory the deeper that they went, those that he considered closest still with him. The boy's struggles were barely noticeable between them.
They moved through the tunnels, guided by Cordelia and Luis in their ears, their deciphering of the texts having included a map of some kind. Unfortunately, it led them to a dead end where there should have been….something. Anything.
Aiden was shoved to the side suddenly, as they all seemed to realize where to go at the same time. Through. Vampiric strength aided them as a barrage of fists hit stone, breaking through it easily and exposing a small room behind it.
In the middle was a white sarcophagus, illuminated by two torches at the back wall running on who knew what fuel. Its uneven surface was like a solid, polished opal, only marred by more symbols on its top. The same symbols that had been in all the rest of the texts. The Slayer was shoved forward and forced down onto it, like a sacrifice on an altar. Which, really, was exactly what he was.
Noise and shouting heralded the arrival of the fighters, their faces suddenly appearing in the darkness as well to try and stop what was happening, but it was too late. With a flash of a knife the Slayer's throat was slit, his blood pouring out over the coffin that had asked for it.
...And nothing happened.
The blood dripped over the white and to the ground, with no change coming from it. It was then that every vampire in the cave had the same picture appearing in their mind, a flash of one of the girls from outside. Not one of the Slayers. A hunter that had shown up. The white-haired one. She was the Slayer that wasn't. It was her blood that the tomb needed.
"Get her."(Open to all!)