Kastav Pov
The last time I went into the council hall, I escaped weak and with my tail between my legs. It will not happen this time around. Not when the control was firmly in his grasp, I waited until their usual meeting time, if I was going to take control then I better do it well, after all what is an insurrection without any deaths.
Yes. That is it. Let me kill them.
“You will but remember, they get to suffer first.” I responded to the voice out loud, the Nisse that just past me, looked at me weirdly before hurrying on as if when she get out of my sight, my presence will no longer reach her. She does not know that very soon. The whole world would not be enough for anybody to hide in to escape me.
I opened the door to the council hall.
“Finally, we were wondering where you two were…” Kayd started only to stop talking when he realized that I was not who he was expecting.
“Prince Kastav. I thought we told you not to just barge in.” Gogan started gently but he was too late. I did not need his soft words now, he has to die.
“Why would he listen, his mother trained him to be this way and we condone it when we should have stopped it since he was a little boy.” Dahlia added. I turned my face to her fully, letting the being inside me to know that she will be made the scape goat. I wanted her gone.
Consider it done. Came the reply.
“You all underestimated me.” I started in a soft tone. “I wanted you people to survive until that last stunt which you allowed her to pull.”
“What is he saying?” Casnar asked but Ruslan shifted forward.
“Kastav, what have you done?” He asked with his voice filled with fear. That was the emotion I wanted from them. Not sympathy, not pity but fear of my Wrath. My wrath was greater than anything which they have ever seen.
Instead of replying. I gave control to the being and its voice came out of my mouth.
“Unfortunately, warlord and Themis will not be joining us. You see, I already sent them to a place which they can never escape on their own at night. I needed no interruptions while I dealt with you guys.”
Without warning, Ruslan launched an attack at me, an attack that took me unaware but only pushed me backwards.
“Ruslan.” Came shouts of protests.
“That is not Kastav, I don’t know what he has done or why but I do know that he is now a Drude, that was supposed to kill a human but it only made him withdraw a few paces.” Ruslan shouted as he stood up.
They turned to look at me and then the constriction around my throat started. Dahlia never did liked my mother.
“I can survive without a host, go on and dare it.” The spirt taunts and cold filled me. I pushed to control my body but he refused, I was firmly no longer holding the reins of my body.
I watched in silent horror as tears filled Dahlia eyes but she let go of her hold on me, took her staff and stood from her chair.
“Who are you?” She asked and when the being just grinned maniacally, she corrected her statement. “What are you?”
“I am magic itself, I am a god, I am Mazikeen.” The being responded.
“You are a Mazikeen, how did you…” Ataf started.
“I am not a Mazikeen. I am the Mazikeen. There is only one of me in existence. None other.” The being raged as a force pushed out of me in anger and flattened the rest against the wall. I watched as they were pinned to the wall while Dahlia was forced on her knees before me.
“That cannot be possible that means that the myths and legends, the happenings now…” Dahlia started but froze.
“I am a god.” Mazikeen replied and he stretched out my hand and started fashioning a red orb. “You made me weak last time we saw. You almost killed us. Kastav wanted me to prepare something special for you.” And with those words, he thrust the orb inside her.
He did not take her voice.
Her ear splitting shrieks filled the air as she cried, every human flinched and then Mazikeen started to explain.
“First, you will feel like every single drop is blood is on fire, boiling you from the inside out, then your powers start to fade, you experience that loss before your life force runs away from your body. When you eventually feel that, you start begging for death…”
Dahlia gritted her teeth as her eyes flashed. “I beg no one.”
We watched as she started crying, curling herself into a ball and still we watched on as swirls of smoke escape her body, she started mumbling to herself, words we could not hear until she broke into dust.
The council, or what was left of it were in shock.
“Two down, Three dismissed, two missing and five to go.” Mazikeen crowed happily. He raised his hand but I screamed as loud as I can, hoping he would hear and listen to me.
Do not touch my commanders, you promised.
His hand stayed for a while. I was frightened that he was going to ignore me after all he was in control now and I was not sure I could fight for my body with him.
“Okay. Just them.” He answered as my hand came down. As soon as my hand dropped to my side, the bodies of Ataf and Gogan exploded all on Kayd, Ruslan and Casnar who seem frozen in shock.
He released his hold on them and they feel to the floor and just as he gained control of me, he let go too. I was once more in charge and at the front of my mind and in control of my body actions.
I needed to portray strength, I could not be the reason why he would seem weak. Something told me that he does not tolerate displays of weakness.
You are right. Do not make them to start doubting me. He answered my thoughts.
I did not even have the strength to talk to him about reading my thoughts so I focused on the issue at hand.
“Gather every single soul in this palace and have them wait for me at the throne room, this should be done before thirty minutes. Go now.” I ordered and the three left council members ran out of their hall.
It was only after they had left that I turned to the side and vomited the contents in my stomach. I spent the next thirty minutes assuring myself that the throne was what I wanted and I will soon get it, this was the only means which I had to it.
I can make you stronger, less emotional. You will not have to worry about death of others disturbing you. Mazikeen suggested.
I had already started, I had to end it. “Do it.” I ordered.
As I left that council room, I left my humanity behind.