Temporary 'Grey Army Base', Blighfall, Dellone, Under Realm
Tuesday, January 10th
8:35pm
Vixen stepped into Corey's cell and as he did, Corey lifted his head, seeing the other boy now standing in army leader uniform "...you're the leader now" Corey said as a small smile spread across Vixen's face "Yeah and... I've already dealt with Frank" Vixen stated "Wait- really?" the other boy questioned with a shocked face as Vixen nodded his head. "Frank's in a cell and I know where my mum is- I've sent soldiers to go get her and bring her here safely" Vixen listed as Corey started to smile "That's awesome-" Corey immediately paused, brows frowning a little as Vixen's fell a little "What's wrong?" Corey asked.
Vixen bit his tongue before hesitantly speaking "There is a prophecy about us" he said "Two to one and one to two, one cursed of 'Light' and one cursed of 'Shadow'" he began to recite whilst the other listened. "Brothers of curse who must unite, yet one must be careful of one carrying Spirit of Light" Vixen continued "The spirit must meet the other brother and take both soul, magic and power. Curse reversed and balance restored, peace shall then be given to all". Corey's brows knotted "What exactly does that mean?" "That there's a loop-hole with our curses- neither of us can die like the other hypnotics, even with Angelina's blood... but we can also die really easy and for good" Vixen somewhat answered "The Light Spirit was the one who cursed us and he was also a fallen angel who managed to develop shadow walker demon powers" he started to explain. "His angel powers went to me and his demon powers went to you" Vixen continued as Corey's gaze fell to the ground 'Guess that somewhat answers that, but...' he pulled himself out of his thoughts, looking back up at the other boy "Why us?" Corey asked. Vixen bit his tongue, hesitating for a moment before answering "My father forced him to curse me, that's when the Light Spirit created the loop-hole in my curse" he stated "Soul of an angel, heart of a demon, bring forth the body of a fallen. To kill and die, dying will hurt her and him... when the Light returns, the magic will disappear" Vixen easily recited, glancing back over to the other boy. "Darkness and shadow, Hypnotic lies, Cursed by birth, by shadow, to kill and die, dying will hurt her and him... and he must carry the spirit and erase the magic" Vixen stated as sadness plagued Corey's face "I... I still don't understand" "The spirit must possess you and touch me in order to undo the curse, but he will take every last bit of magic from us both, including the little bit keeping us alive right now" Vixen told him.
A way to undo the entire curse, to be human again... only to lose the very thing that brought them back from the dead and kept them alive... just to die again.
No person in their right mind would ever agree to being human if it meant dying all over again.
"...we'll die for good" "Yes" Vixen confirmed Corey's words, Corey begun to shake his head "Wh-why would he do that?" he questioned as Vixen's gaze hit the floor "So there was a 'back-up' plan for killing me if I ever became the Grey Leader" he answered "But you're not going to be a bad guy- why would he just fucking assume that?!" "It's what everyone assumes, Corey!" Vixen slightly snapped at the chained boy. "They grew up knowing that I'll succeed my father, that I'll be so much fucking worse than him" he ranted "They all hate me and they don't even know me-" "But I do" Corey cut Vixen off "Me, Sean, Angelina- everyone back in Mid, especially Holly who loves you so much" he assured the other boy. Vixen's eyes met Corey's "...help me undo everything he did" the army-dressed boy asked the chained one, Corey nodded his head.
Vixen stepped over to him, digging out a set of keys from his pocket and kneeling down to unlock the other boy's shackles yet Corey's gaze was drawn across the room, meeting Ethan's as he slowly appeared, seeing the shadowed boy glare at him and firmly shake his head.
"If you feel something off or if he tells you who he personally hates and likes, then I promise you it's absolutely true" Elizabeth told Corey...
The chained boy jolted his shackled hands away from Vixen, glaring the army-dressed boy down "Why doesn't Ethan trust you?" Corey hissed the question as Vixen raised a brow "Ethan? you mean Nightmare Shadow?" "Don't play stupid- why the fuck doesn't he trust you?" the chained boy repeated his question as Vixen's brows frowned. "Corey... I'm your friend" he pleaded yet Corey shifted away from him, shaking his head "If I'm your friend, you'd tell me the truth" Corey said and with that, the army teen looked away from the other "...I never loved Holly, only you, my dear brother" Vixen stated. Corey's body shivered at the answer.
It was so cold and sounded just plain wrong coming from the other's mouth.
"Twelve years and a dayed-month at the GACTC just to learn the truth of who I am and the name of the person who would kill me" he started, turning his head back to Corey "And then... I met you" Vixen warmly smiled.
"The person bound to kill me yet... you were so nice and kind, our friendship making us seem like brothers to all and all so quickly, I realised how much I loved you- I couldn't kill you, I didn't have it in my heart" he stated "So with what I could, and the knowledge I had on all of you.... I had to develop a plan that would fool everyone". Vixen closed his eyes, warm smile still drawn across his face as he stayed kneeled in front of Corey "One, befriend the others, especially the second Hypnotic, and make sure I am close with all six of you" he started, holding up a finger then a second as he made his list "Two, get much closer to the witch of the group". Corey's eyes shot wide as Vixen spoke "Close enough to be invited over to her house at least once and look at all the 'Mid Realm' books her mother had.... which hiding in a mere safe with her daughter's birthdate as the code was the most stupidest thing a Head Coven Witch could do" he laughed a little at his own comment "That including taking a photo of a basic summoning ritual on the 'voodoo' side... did you know that our old human high school had an unknown 'monster' on the second floor of the maths department building?" he questioned. Corey's eyes narrowed at the other boy "That creature Angelina killed- you made it, didn't you?" "Of course I did, that's what part three of my plan was" Vixen stated, holding up a third finger "Three; pick a victim and kill them to trigger my curse" he listed "The 'creature' was a Golem I made out of burnt wood- originally, my plan was to use the golem to corner and hold Angelina long and still enough for me to kill her... but it all went south when she somehow killed it". Vixen's brows drew a little "Turns out, destroying a golem counts as killing someone, so her curse was triggered right before I stabbed her" he laughed a little "I followed her all the way back to her house to ensure if she was diffidently dead before I went and killed myself" he continued whilst anger poured over Corey's face.
He couldn't bring himself to believe he'd given him a second chance at all.
"The leading doctor at the GACTC gave me a list of active Prodigium Council members operating in the Human Realm, so activating the curse was to draw Blake's attention, enough for him to stupidly bring all of us, including me, to the Mid Realm... you want to know something special about me, Corey?" Vixen asked, crazed smirk plastering his face as the other boy leaned further away from him "I didn't stop taking swan-dives off bridges" Vixen told him "Enough so... I would have the fastest revival and recovery time out of all nine of us hypnotics".
Corey's face just contorted to pure horror "You killed yourself over and over again- the fuck is wrong with you?!" he snapped in disgust "Like father like son, I guess" Vixen answered, shrugging his shoulders as more disgust rotted through the other boy "You were lying about why you did all of this, weren't you" "Oh no, Corey, I wasn't" Vixen told him "I did want to meet my parents, safe my mother from my fucking shit excuse of a father... but I also wanted to safe you from our prophecy" he stated. "Playing the 'regretful villain' was to fool Frank enough to make me the Grey Leader and stupidly give me every last drop of power he had... and I'm sure you're wondering why I needed to fool you and Sean, and the others too" Vixen ranted, smile still plastered across his face "Because I needed the curse's loop-hole to save you- if I manage to harness, control and become the new Light Spirit, little 'Starlight' will finally be punished for dropping that shitty burden on both of us" he continued.
"Stop it! please!" he cried as the soldier continued lightly ran the demonglass blade down his friend's chest, the demon yelling out in horrid pain "I'll do it, just stop hurting him!"...
Corey glanced back over at Ethan who continued to stand in the darkened corner, glaring down the recently named army leader "He didn't have a choice- you said it yourself, Frank forced the Light Spirit to curse you" he told Vixen as the new leader shook his head "He was a divine, he could've easily walked away-" "Frank was hurting someone he loved!" Corey snapped, throwing Vixen off "...what?" "The Light Spirit did it so Frank would stop hurting his friend- I know it because Ethan was there! he saw the whole thing!". Immediately, Vixen's eyes narrowed as he looked over at the darkened corner "Did he now?" he questioned as Corey stiffened 'He can actually see him' the boy thought, panic building up "Did he also tell you that he killed the Light Spirit?" Vixen questioned whilst Ethan's glare harshened, Corey's brows knotted "W-what?". "You're little ego is the reason why the realms no longer have a divine being of 'hope' and 'light'" Vixen stated "Nightmare Shadow killed the Light Spirit and with that, tried to kill all the realms and thanks to 'Daybreak', he was stopped... but do you know what happened to Daybreak?" the leader asked, turning back to Corey with his horrid smile "He died and again, it was thanks to Nightmare Shadow or... should I say 'Ethan'?".
Corey looked back over at Ethan, seeing guilt and deep regret drawn over his face.
He could tell that there was more to that story than what he was being told, otherwise Ethan wouldn't still be making eye contact with him.
"Not everything is his fault" "Then who should I blame, Corey?" Vixen questioned "There is a lot of people who've earnt their equal share in the blame with this" he stated "Oh really? Angelina had nothing to do with it, neither did Holly or Sean, or any of the others- if you want someone to blame, then blame me" Corey told him "I'm destined to kill you, right? blame the person whose supposed to deal the final blow". Vixen laughed a little, warmly smiling at Corey "Oh how much I love your selflessness and ability to care- taking the blame for something you never done and will never do" "And would you know that?' Corey harshly questioned "Because like me, you won't be able to bring yourself to harm me either" Vixen answered.
A moment of silence passed over them before Vixen sighed "Please, Corey... my dear brother-" "I'm not your fucking brother" the boy spat, Vixen shook his head "Oh dear Core, you indeed are... and will be as I have finally found what I need to convince you" he darkly smiled down at Corey who kept his glare, all until Vixen's eyes glowed a toxic red. "In shine by day, in shone by night~" Vixen begun to sing as Corey's entire body stiffened, eyes locked with the other boy's "Her cries as wind, her tears as rain" Vixen continued, shifting towards Corey.
He couldn't move, like he had either been superglued into place or his whole body had shut down.
"Our lovers, their hearts... severed by two" Vixen sung, now stopping right in front of Corey, eyes gleaming their new red as they pierced through into Corey's.
He needs to break eye-contact. He needs to blink! Now!
"One to never have and one to bloom" he sung, lowering his head down to Corey's eye level "...In rising of day, in setting of night, she cries and sings her stormed lullaby~" Vixen continued.
Blink!
HURRY UP AND BLINK!
"And if one day, her phoenix answers the call" Vixen brought his hands up, his red eyes holding Corey's hostage "Her powers will strengthen, and all may fall" Vixen gently caressed the other's face with his ice cold hands.
BLINK!!!
YOU NEED TO BLINK!
BLINK!!!!!
And yet.... it was too late.
A shade of red slowly consumed Corey's pale ice-blue eyes as his face turned emotionless "In shine by day, in shone by night" Vixen had continued to sing as a smirk drew across his face "Her cries as wind, her tears as rain" he continued, taking a hand to carefully move a strand of hair out of Corey's face "Our lovers, their heart severed in two... one to never have and one to bloom~".
It was like his mind had turned off.
Corey stared ahead, body unstiffened and limp as Vixen caressed his face, dark smirk turning into a loving smile "My dear brother, will you stand by my side?" Vixen questioned "...yes, my brother" the words were forcefully dragged out of the other boy's mouth "Will you protect me as I protect you?" "Yes, my brother" he answered again "And will you help me kill the girl your heart longs for?" "Yes, my brother" the pained monotoned voice twisted and turned throughout his answer. Vixen pulled a set of keys out of his pocket and freed Corey of his chainly bounds, grabbing his hands and pulling him up to his feet, Vixen brightly smiled at the other boy "Welcome, my dear brother, to the Grey Army" he beamed.
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