Two nights had gone by , melting into oceans of light and dust , and this was the third...
Akicita woke up suddenly - funny that we get to watch her as she sleeps with her shoulder-train feathers covering her face , she jumped out of bed and flapped her wings so hard that her head hit the upperdeck or as we know it , the ceiling of the boat , she landed on her feet but they were too week and so she fell to her knees still feeling startled and scared , it is funny what the body is capable of such as to stay alive isn't it - one may ask . She arose and just then Bernafsudin rushed into her room with the same bloody look as that that he had when he discovered the disparition of the king right before calling the authorities , and before she could ask him out in the sense of leaving her room for she was in an intimate gown , he said " Thy ship art under attack , i canst hear it crying out to me , me dear partner "
Akicita then lost all the sleep in her eyes , spreading her wings ; exposing her incredibly welly-developed rectus abdominis hidden behind a thin silk robe , she then leaped into the air and glided towards her closet thus being able to dress up quick enough , she took firm grip of her mother's holy broom and followed her partner's trail , a few feet behind though . Both walked stealthily and slowly around the corridors and Akicita kept her ears wide opened just in case their eyes had the intention of leaving out details about their entourage .
Akicita : (in thought ) I should probably say something , i should probably break the ice and free the elephant in the room , after all... he is my partner (fake smile showing the teeth between her canines ) but to think of it all , he hid a ton of details from me to the point at which his truth became a lie - maybe he considered that i wasn't worth warning maybe that i was not what he considered capable to solve his worries , that i probably couldn't help out ( a tear runs down her cheek as she clutches the holy broom tighter )but why now - does he pretend to need my help , why is he running to me now - is it really that serious or is it a game he is playing once again so as to manipulate me into believing that he is innocent ? , and who knows maybe this whole boat reeks of manipulators , liars and traitors (looking at Bernafsudin , nearly dropping the broom ) why is he so silent though , you want to tell me that he is not lying , is he or better yet - is he not ?
Bernafsudin : ( in thought ) She is looking at me ... , i know that look , does she think that i am lying once again at such a crucial period , i mean ... why would i lie about a situation like this , why would i cry wolf like a child that fails to learn from zir mistakes ; i am not implying that children are dumb but i am saying that they learn quicker and rougher from life than adults which therefore makes them smarter and if they fail to do so as stated by their nature , they commit errors : and so the real question is , have i matured too much that i forget to learn from my past errors ? ( looks left and right to make sure that they aren't walking into a trap ) i know i might have hidden some shades of the "truth" from her but let us not forget that she wouldn't have agreed to help if she knew all the things i have done back in my day , all those nasty scrumptious games i had to play , i don't judge her for thinking as so though ... I do admit to having lied to her about a few things but a son of man does not explain himself to a daughter of the other humans - Eve (looks at Akicita with a grin ) yes , i owe her nothing ! , i am not of the same status as her so as to do so , to hell with Eve and all her sins , all her dirty and wierd daughters and by the will of Adehad , i am of no crime and cease to answer to a woman let alone feel indebted to one ...
Just then as both of them were searching for a reason not to talk to one another , a group of warlocks about three in number and of distinguished colours came out of hiding right in front of them , and due to their so called "multitasking" they fell right into the trap . One of the warlocks of the skin as white as snow , pounced on Bernafsudin , he had a staff in his hand that he attempted to used in order to hit Bernafsudin but Bernafsudin dodged the hit , Akicita then threw her holy broom at Bernafsudin who grabbed it thus using it to dogde the attempted hits of the warlock of skin as white as snow , he the managed to push the warlock away as an act of self defense and gathered his breath .
Bernafsudin looked at Akicita , whon nodded thus giving him the right to speak in her name , and right before the other warlocks who had tapped into their magical potential attacked , he interrupted the action ,
"Hear ye , of all my deepest and most sincere apologies ye must knoweth that we want not to fight , by legal rights and blessing of thy royal majesty Kafisa I , who alson happens to be thy fraternal monarch , by blood and by creed that we all knowen of if i rest in the light " said Bernafsudin with his hands on his head
The warlocks stopped their attacks and looked at the warlock of skin as white as snow , he nodded at the other two warlocks , a lady of skin as dark as a shadow covered in jewels , and another lady of skin as yellow and tanned as the sun with a look similar to that of the angels that fought as bodyguards against - side by side with Stephioza ; which meant that he was asking them to backdown for a while .
The warlock of skin as yellow as the sun then nodded her rather immobile looking head and lifted up her hand and all the other invisible witches reappeared , that was her gift - sight , amongst those witches was the one and only Geonas Stanlin in flesh and in blood .
"Thou shalt forgiveth me for this little intrusion , we haden not the intention of harming anybody , as thou can observeth with thy keenest eyes , everybody on this boat hast not even a single strand of their hair touched " said Geonas as he stepped forward , his cloak accompagnied by the sound of thunder every time it folded and the bang of a thousand drums , in his eyes was a galaxy filled with stars and everytime they would ooze out a liquid in which no light would cross , a liquid as void and dark as his soul , his skin glimmered - emitting tiny amounts of light every second that past and in his hair were bolts of lightning that decomposed the instant they left his head .
Just then a scream was heard and Bernafsudin ran over to check out what it was thus leaving behind the holy broom which made its way back to Akicita and also rendered him vulnerable but Geonas stopped him .
" I was addressing her , the real owner of this boat and not another one of the sexist and misogynistic sons of man who assumeth that because thee art male , thee can takest over the accomplishments of the women in thy life ... We both know that this ship is in thy names but actually belongeth to ze " Geonas said then withdrew his hand from Bernafsudin's chest thus letting Akicita pass by at his left side and when she opened the door , she was frightened in seeing the whole crew sitted on the floor of the deck with the exception of Thabani who was being held up by a group of witches as they wipped him .
" Everybody...i meant my word when i said it , every individual on this boat hast not even a single strand of their hair touched... except for Thabani " said Geonas with a sickening smile
"Stop torturing him , for someone of thy statue this is too violent, torturing a peasant who happens to be in line to a throne thee shalt never reigneth over , come to think of it , i thought ye knoweth each other like brothers : more so , i had thy word that not a single hair was touched " Akicita said in pity thus clutching her broom as it glowed and swung up and down
" We knew each other that is for sure but i don't know which version of the story thee told ye but it's not like thy assumes it is , this little fella is but a liar , a harlot and a betraying varlet if one is to say " replied Geonas with with a grin , " How so ever , ye dideth cross into my territory without rendez-vous nor permission , i for one was terrified for the safety of my peoples , it isn't everyday that the sons of man pay us a friendly visit , and with that said and put to table , consider us even " he added
"Geonas Stanlin Grootslang , thee hast the right to follow in for questioning , dost thou understand ? " said Akicita ,stumping her broom against the ground , the wind then rose the dust and the two were covered by the resulting dust cloud , the witches and ship crew weren't able to see a thing
Akicita spread out her wings and pulled Geonas in her embrace with the hook of her broom that was attached to it like an umbrella, she then spread her wings and flapped them so hard that it launched them in the sky leaving behind a trail of dust and lightning .
She then let him go and light from the swampy night sky came to him in the form of lightning ,he was swinging from the lightning bolts like a corpse on a suicide rope or a puppet animated by a marionnettiste. and that is what kept him afloat in the midst of space and air ."And so , we arten at the part where thou presentest to me thy alibi , dost thee have any if i may permit myself to demand , your highness ! " she said as both breathed heavily as if they just had run a marathon of thousands of miles
"Thee knowst well by now that murder art the least of our worries if based on plain facts , murder is inexistant and unreliable as a term , in these lands , we prefer to use the term , ascension and i'm sure your kind is familiar with it , guilty or innocent , what doest thou plead ? " he said with a smirk , lightning coursing from his cream coloured teeth into his eyes , Akicita impatiently waiting for a response looking disappointed
Akicita : He is telling the truth and we all know it but if justice is not made true , my people will become the new culprits by sword and blood , why would i even bother to help investigate this charade when it is all in vain , these wicked sons of men always need someone to blame and if it aint him then its those of my kind , imagine them burning down our temples and claiming that we serve them no use , even with our gifts we still aren't capable to bring light to justice and shade upon the culprits , to them justice is but a new lexique for revenge , but to us that don't ignore reality in the name of demonic fables know that ascension is infact a truth and that handing it to somebody is not something a brother filled with hate would do , if only Kafisa was not a son of man but rather a simple human then and only then wouldn't his spirit be as strong to resist a simple communication seance , it is like he does not want to help us with this noble quest , that is to say if he's still alive ...
" Thou dost then have a way to help us negotiate by divine law and mortal will , i invoque the code of the sons of Adehad " said Akicita daringly after a brief moment of silent reflection followed by a non verbal scoff , breathless but light , made by Geonas right before the sky split in two and a strong wind blew followed by thunder and by multiple horrors
'' Thee wanst to know how a real diabolical mastermind geteth rid of their tracks , it dependeth not on what tactics thou usest but rather on how thou cleanst them up : for every huge crime thee commitest , thee needst to clean all the tiny evidence except one , the hugest piste or as they call it - evidence , makest sure that this piece of evidence makes thee suspect and is credible but at the same time , one must be committing a smaller crime of which nobody cares about where thou wilst destroy all evidence publicly but in disguise in order to make it look credible therefore thou art nolonger a suspect but a culprit for that smaller crime example robest a bank and takes off thy mask miles away from the bank in a street known to have a hidden camera therefore that way thee becomest a culprit for the robbery and nolonger a suspect for the huger crime thee art commiting in the meanwhile , that is how it's done and thee canst tell that the murder of my brother hanst not even the slightest detailo of my fingerprints written all over it " responded Geonas right before both the light and the darkness descended before them and amidst them , it was Tennebris and Yang'ohr
" Welcome amongst the living oh holy sons of Adehad and Stephioza , I have summoned you to help settle a deal with this traitor that presides right next to me , he who hath lied his way into convincing me amongst everyone else of his innocence and will of causing no harm towards us despite desiring the massacre of our entire and wholeheartedly benevolent crew so as to instill further levels of fear in the hearts of the sons of man (takes a short breath ) helas , i may not be certain of his deals with the creatures of this earth but i , of all angels gifted with the sixth sense , awareness , believe he knows the whereabouts and hideouts accessible to the murderer or abductor of his very own brother or he probably knows more than he wants to let off as to being he'd rather serve complice in hiding the real culprit ... " spoke Akicita as she swallowed gallons of her spit
"Silence !!! " yelled out Geonas followed with sounds of thunder rumbling and growling like a hungry stomach , a tear running down his cheek and all of a sudden all the dramatic effects disappear , he looked down at the ground anxiously hurting but decided to go on with his game " I admit not to killing my brother but even though I did , every single one on this unbearable planet knows it was justice in fact , to be much more precise ; ye bargeth unwanted in a land owned by your foes like a wild dog or maybe a swarm of red ant colonies expecting to impose laws howsoever thee desirest , thee accuses me of murder and takes matters into thy hands so as to please a people in whom the angels shalt never be wholly accepted and you think that i of all lords have it kind in my heart to let ye go unharmed after such a display , what do ye big old brained monkeys think you are!!! " said Geonas as his hands glowed , the sons of Adehad did nothing but observe waiting for the part at which he slipped and broke character
" I didn't kill him ( starts crying and hands stop glowing ) however much i disliked him , despite the hate being utter mutual , i never wished him or anyone such a fate ; this is my brother of which we discuss , how would anyone in their right mind then suggest that i killed him ! ... I ... i ... i loved ... i loved him for heaven's sake !!! ... and if , it means , avenging him , i will ." he said as the spikes on his skin retreated back in and his skin grew dim , he had opened his heart once again to someone after the last time when he was betrayed by the love of his life , a tragic love story as common as time
" But ... " added Akicita right before she was interrupted by Yang'ohr and his brother , Yin
" As far as we have seen , we don't need any other evidence for the murder of Kafisa and its connection to GeonasStanlin " both the two sons said in a loud unison similar to a large thudding thunder
" He was at the crime scene , logically speaking , this makes no sense " objected Akicita
" The corpse of the victim has not yet been identified by divine law nor human intervention , death results not in being the resolution to the case Kafisa of the lands of the sons ; rather thou seemest to search for one for reasons other than those stated aloud and for that , we orderen Geonas to spare thy trespasses commited against his people ... Leave before the children of Eve hold you head faced down " they said as the skies begun to settle and the whirmpool to calm
Akicita then flew down to the ground and so followed Geonas Stanlin , the two heavenly beings remained in the sky surveilling the complex and tense situation ; Akicitalandedon the boat , the wind from her wingspan pushing the bodies , around the point of contact between her and the deck , to their fall next to the captured crew , Geonas on the other hand landed on a small iceburg ressembling island besides the ship and rose to the air his right hand ,
Today , we prove to the dirty sons of man that we are people like them and we have a voice that will kill in order to be heard ... LONG LIVE THE EVE !!! " he said but he voice accompagnied by the thunder sounded a lot like a million trumpets taking down Jericho , the waves rose with the tide attempting to destabilize the grip of those on the ship - a battle tactique that he was soo very fond of , the other humans would stab the fallen sons of men and enable their spiritual fall too by bringing their death bed to them .
" Akicita, lieutenant !, musten we go into attack-defense mode " asked Bernafsuddin as he stretched his hand awaiting the contact with the magical broom
" No !" replied Akicita coldly and firmly as she observed all around
" But !?! " said Bernafsuddin in confusion and despair as he watched Thabani get unfairly beatup with his hands tied
" That's an order , this is what Geonas wants , we are deep into his territory , any sign of attack would result into a bloody massacre where none of us shall survive .I am familiar with the texts studied by the other humans , and to them ; death is not a problem , they are capable of slaughtering millions of people and sleeping at night like none of it was real : to them , ascension is dying so that the body can rot and from it the three parts of our divine conscious are freed , the innerchild gets to rest amongst the cosmos as part of the astral dust that gave birth to it's animation whereas the inner adult also called the shadow self sprouts in the other realm whilst lastly the mind joins once again with the threads of the earth to give birth to more souls in the near future ... A people that believes in that is not the kind worth going to war with , ever wondered why they are called the Eve , Eve in their language means rebirth and in ours it means serial killer, they are the other ways of causing mass extinctions " replied akicita as she rose in the air , her wings reflecting the light from the ligthning , she spread out her arms and opened all her eyes ; on her forehead , cheeks , and joints .
" By divine law , all children of Eve submit to the servants of his wiseness Stephioza , I so then demand that ye leteth my people and also enlighten the path to the whereabouts of our king " she said in a soft whisper that surptisingly everyone around heard
Akicita then highlighted her senses , she heard everything the people decided to say out silently and telepathicaly ; amongst all the broadcasts from the Eve , she heard one in particular , the voice of a child that said that in the eastern provinces of the cowrie lands were the Armens and that during the period of time in which Kafisa disappeared , there boats were seen roaming around the shores of the forgotten and abandonned islands.
" Leaveth , never returneth dear sons of man and traitors too , from today onwards , the Angels are nolonger welcome amongst the Eve , thus sayeth the voice of Justice , Grootslang " ordered Geonas in a really loud voice , the warlocks then jumped off the boat and hooked to the walls of the iceburgs all around
Akicita then descended taking back her day to day form , she slowly walked amongst her crew that looked at her with demise and utter hate
"What did thou meanest when thee sayest that the mind joins the threads of the earth ? " asked one of the crewmates , a noble warrior by the name of Baubali
" Gathereth , gathereth all of ye , pull up the anchor and rewarm the mortars then sit right here with us , listeneth all , ... back as a little infant , before the division of the sons of man from the Eve , beforeall revolt was even ever thought of happening , my mother told me the story of the conscious ; it is not witchcraft but rather the truth , astrological signs have an effect on all of us , the birth of every soul begins with an already existing one and that is a design contributed by his wiseness , Stephioza . It is when a piece of an older soul grows too different from it's mother spirit - the shadow self and inner child , the difference causes it to break off and meet up with the shadow self born from the expectations of the soon to be parents , the two fuse and become one then throughout it's gestation they feed off the specific astral dust emitted by the current astrological sign and this goes on for about two years and at the end of it , a soul is born in an already born child , the child can then see and do nearly everything ; we are all related spiritually being the fact that we come from the same spark - the very first force born from the state of nothingness and also thanks to evolution - the very fact that matter is always in continuous evolution and change . " she narrated as the whole crew satsilently around her like little children used to sit and listen to the stories of their elders .
Just then , at the very end of the narration , Geonas all teary landed on the boat in screams and horrors , he was hearing voices and screams that were inexistent . Just then Thabani stepped forward ; hands faced towards Geonas and he said to Baubali " Tieth him up , will thou "
Baubali looked at Akicita for affirmation , she nodded and so , Geonas was tied up . Akicita with a wicked and sassy smile approached Geonas and said " Let us try this again , shall we : Geonas Stanlin Grootslang , thee hast the right to follow in for questioning , dost thou understand ? "
" Dost thou understand ? " she asked again , Bernafsudin hurt but proud knew what this was , Akicita didn't trust him enough to carry out that task .
Bernafsudin : (in thought ) She couldn't ... funny enough , she planned all this as means to infiltrate the dark continent and return alive with Geonas at our side but how ?
" I know that ye all arteth wondering , I Akicita head of command on this ship , planned this from the start , i did not mean for anyone to get hurt though , that was out of my control . The day we boarded the ship , Thabani came to me and confessed something , yes , he was the cousin of his highness but nobody knew how the angels got intergrated amongst the sons of man , well our dear camarade , Thabani was before hand the best friend of Geonas , all but one night every year that Geonas would exhaust his master's right being that in order to save Thabani from his brother's wrath , he had to buy Thabani , and on that night all the angels that doubted Geonas' moves made him commit his sexual right before their eyes ; all this went on for some time till Geonas started to treat Thabani with diusgust , their bond was then torn apart by the tension between their roles , and so on one bloody moon , during the master's ceremony at which Geonas had to perform his right , with the advice from an angel by the name of Valien , and by the aid of the angel Yanx ; Thabani was able to steal the powers of Geonas the instant his walls were penetrated and their fluids touched , but Thabani was only interested in one power , that of controlling the angels : He stole it and with him the angels , he fled the wrath of Geonas at the sight of his betrayal and he handed that power to the high eminence , Kafisa I through submission , as punishment for his betrayal though , Kafisa replaced upon Thabani the duty of an eromenos . The days i spent alone withe Thabani - I spent concocting this diabolic plan of capturing Geonas with that power . For that to happen , Thabani had to unleash my full potential then as we left ,use my radiowaves to torture Geonas with the screams of all those angels that he tortured to death thus convincing him to come to us , out of his comfort safe zone . " Akicita explained
Akicita then turned to leave for the interrogation room , Thabani followed her and so did Baubali and Bernafsuddin . They sat Geonas in a chair , blood flowing down his face coming from his pore , his nose , his eyeballs .
" Baubali , thou must goest to command the directions of the vaisseau . Tell them to head straight for Armen , we have to pay a visit to the lovely sons of Lilith .
Baubali left the room rushing for the bridge , around him were confused fellows all stunned to having learnt the truth , unlike Bernafsuddin , they had never worked with Akicita , they knew not not to undermine the daughters of Eve , most especially this daughter in particular . They looked on in the air, some jeared , some snarred , some spat in the waters , what was next , what had she in mind for the sons of Lilith , what was she really fighting for - what was her motive ; to her wre all their lives dispensable , what more was she hiding from them , they were sent to make sure she doesn't hide any evidence favouring her people's survival and yet she was capable of taking down a whole ship of people despite being the lowest ranking angel , what were these creatures that Kafisa I welcomed amongst us and can they really be controlled ?
Baubali arrived at the bridge and gave the orders as ordered then on his return to the interrogation room ; he found Geonas continuously repeating one sentence with bloody tears however beautiful , rushing down his face : he said aloud " LONG LIVE THE EVE !!! " his beady tears hitting the ground sending out tiny electric shocks .
The diary of Kafisa I then opened itself and on the blank page appeared the words
TO THE PERSON READING THIS , SOMEWHAT WAY YOU WERE CAPABLE TO TAKE DOWN WHAT MANY HAVE FAILED BUT ONCE AGAIN YOUVE HIT A DEAD END AND YOU MUST TRAVEL TO THYE LAND OF THE LILITH IF YOU COUNT ON EVER FINDING ME BEFORE I AM DEAD...
LONG LIVE THE KING!!!