Topic: An Angel With Claws (18+)

This Dark One

Date: 2013-03-19 14:43 EST
(Warning, this story will contain scenes of a mature nature and MUST NOT be read if you are a minor, or easily offended. You have been warned.)

(Side note. I am new to this style of writing so please be patient with me. I just want to try something a little different...)

Alcohol. A cruel Mistress with an intoxicating touch. I have become addicted to her sweet comforting embrace for as long as I can remember. Whenever the world was dull and black, she was always there to make things seem a little more interesting. A little more bearable....Even after all this time, she remains in my arms unchanged. Her love unwavering. She deadens my emotions and quells the darker thoughts from my mind; in truth, she makes me numb to reality. A reality where all I see looking back in the mirror is the face of a dead woman. The face of a murderer scarred by the mechanisms of her own deeds...

I can't bring myself to wrench away from the self-destructive path I know I tread, consumed by my hatred for this face and legacy to which I have been given....No. Not given....

Forced.

This fate to which I was forced to live in " to repeat and fall into the same twisted spiral of death and destruction of my past sins; sins that clings to me like a helpless child screaming for my undivided attention. A grip that has its vile fingers clutching into my throat, biting deep into my veins like burning icicles. As much as I hate this face, and all it has done, why is it only now it decides to show that pitiful expression' What is it in that eye of mine" Is it remorse or....Or is it, loneliness"

I cannot deny I am an emotional minefield. My mind is a dark place where all that I love is also all that I hate....

Sociopathic....A tyrant....A murderer....A broken woman....A failed experiment.

Can you blame me for being a little emotionally unstable" For wanting a little drink to escape all that I am, was, and am becoming"

Stumbling around this alley at the dead of night isn't what I call glamorous. I should get going. Crawl my way back to my home at Eternal House where my Mistress awaits in my room, hidden away under my pillow. She is waiting for me....

I cannot help but grin.

How can I tell her, I have cheated on her with several other different ladies tonight' Their stench is reeking from my body so there is no way to explain myself out of it....But she'll understand. She always understands...

I feel like I'm walking up hill.

But I know for a fact that this street is as level as any other street in the city. I'm just too drunk to even walk in a straight line. A bit hard when the world wants to move around you. It is a good thing too the Watch have yet caught me. The last time they had to carry me home after finding me face down in an alley way, snoring my head off. I don't think they realized who I was, but....Fortunately for them, I was not in a foul mood at that time. I felt like slapping someone around when I was woken up, but I was too far gone to even lift my own body.

I have to admit, but that bit of the street was strangely comfortable....Might have had something to do with that bin I was using a pillow.

There's a man and a woman up ahead. I think" It's hard to see when this drunk. Try it with just one eye - it is a pain to see where you are going as it is.

They look like to be having an argument of some kind. I can't hear them. I like to keep the telepathic crystal off at times like these. I do enjoy the unnerving quietness, when I allow my deaf ears its freedom to embrace the silence of the world. Unfortunately right now that sentiment does not aid my eavesdropping.

Despite their blurred visage I can make out erratic body movements and rather angry gestures. The man shape blob appeared to be quite irate. The woman shape blob pensive, shy and somewhat a little down trodden.

The more I look at these two, and the closer I get....I—

I smell, fear....

And blood.

That was a sobering aroma. I could had sworn I felt my drunken state lift a bit. But maybe I was just imagining things" The city has all kinds of scents floating in its putrid air.

There's another alley way on my right. I should hide in there for the moment and watch them from across the street....Just in case-UGH! What is thi—What the hell did I step in" Urgh! Damn it. These are my favourite heels! The last thing I need is to step in sh—

The sudden movement in my peripheral has swung my attention back to the couple. The state of my shoes can wait. That man just slapped the woman quite hard across the cheek by the looks of it. I can see clearly she is crying, and nursing her right cheek as if something hot had sheared across her flesh.

Something is not quite right about this. Are they really a couple" Are they arguing over some menial subject that normal couples do or..." But why slap her" I don't mind a bit of violence in a relationship " it keeps it all very interesting in the bedroom, but this is not the kind of violence I would come to expect to bare down upon this sweet looking fragile woman with long ginger hair.

The poor thing is distraught. I don't blame her. If Kaius had struck me like that I....I would probably would had cried too....After I ripped his balls off, that is.

He's taking something out of his pocket. He's got her pressed up against the wall. He looks just about ready to hit her again. Maybe I should intervene" But I'm not exactly the type to swoop in and save a damsel in distress. It is not my place, or my business. Besides I am no good Samaritan. I'll just quietly walk by and—

Well. That was unexpected....He just knocked her out. A quick, merciless blow to the top of the head with a....Gun"

This Dark One

Date: 2013-03-25 08:19 EST
As I watch him drag that limp, unconscious body away I can't help but watch on with admiration. Such a bold display of violence right out in the open; he is either mad or just plain confident. Either way, I find myself intrigued as to the reasons of the attack. Is he just like me" Is he a hunter on the prowl" Or is it just as I previously thought' Is he merely a jealous husband or boyfriend taking revenge on some wrongdoing that his woman has wrought him'

Regardless of my chaotic thoughts, I could not help but notice that the white rose mark upon my wrist has turned from a beautiful and pure white, to a menacing and twitching dark. This was my chance to sate my desire to consume flesh. The Magical Restriction placed upon me; this almost sentient and mysterious shackle of my evil that even I cannot fathom or control, seems to want me to act upon my vile, dietary needs"

Who am I to do deny it"

I feel a heightened awareness of my senses (or what little I have left of them), dispelling the cloudy haze that has taken over my sight. Through the numbness of my stupor a renewed sharpness to my mind inches closer with every second, as I fall into the mask and mindset of a natural born killer.

With the body of the woman dragged off into what it seemed to be a nearby building " a small apartment block of three stories high, I find myself grinning uncontrollably. This is almost too perfect.

For starters, I ought to replay the memory of the sudden and vicious attack. I must gather further information to make the hunt that much easier for the penultimate end of that man's miserable and imperfect existence. His crime, my meal.

He was quite tall, if a bit thin if I recall correctly. His physical strength was obviously hidden beneath a body that appears frail and weak. But a killer's body often can conceal the true murderous strength, for he carried that woman off who was the same height (and weight) as he with too much ease" But it is not his strength I must worry about. Easily can I overpower a mortal such as him. What does concern me though, is that gun of his. And his hostage.

He looked handsome. Scruffy short blonde hair, with bright blue eyes " who would have thought he had such a temper" He looked to normal to be a killer. But often or not, the normal ones are the worst kind. Sometimes they hide their true selves much like I do beneath a fa"ade of innocence. Unlike him however, I am shackled and controlled. I have a reason to kill. I am no longer wild and rampant in my victims. I must choose them wisely...

The streets are clear, and as I cross the road cautiously, I approach the door he had entered with a light yet fleet of foot. I can feel my dark heart pumping away in my neck, as the excitement of the hunt finally grips me.

I have not felt this good for a long, long time" If I get caught, I could be exposed at Bristle Crios, lose my Leadership of Eternal House, and potentially be arrested for murder by the city's Watch. Everyone's trust in me I have worked so hard to build could crumble down around me in a matter of hours, and those who still distrust me regardless of my peaceful ways would have a reason to call for my permanent imprisonment or execution.

But that is not going to happen. I am going to leave no evidence, after all. It would be bad manners to leave a single scrap of flesh on my plate. I have to eat him all up" Leave no trace.

What was that' A light" It is flickering through the curtains of a room upon the third floor, to the left. At least now I know where my killer has taken his trophy. But still, I should not just simply burst in there, and take his life so quickly, and mercifully. No. I want to know the reason why he has attacked that woman. I want to know his story. I want to get into his mind. I want to understand him, and sympathise, before I shove my claws into his chest and rip out his heart' And eat it in front of him, still beating"

Hehhehahaha" HAHAHAH!

Oh yes, delicious" DELICIOUS! I can almost taste it now"

Come to think of it. I wonder if he is killing that woman, right now" Maybe I could have two meals, for the price of one" After all....I won't kill her, now will I" There is no guilt there for me to harbour. I would just would simply be cleaning up his mess, after all...

Heh....The life of that woman rests squarely in my claws. I could save her, or let her die.

I feel....Empowered.

I feel....Happy.

What do I do"