Chapter 79 Her Blood

"I won't ask again," 

Blake glared at her through the shadow before walking toward her, He tried to grab the veil of blood, but Maxine moved out of his reach, looking back at him with a snarl. 

"Yeah sure boss," She seethed 

She held out the veil to him, 

"But first I want to know why you came back," 

Blake glared at her before coming to his thoughts, " If I have to. I might as well, I won't have them in the dark while under my guidance," 

"Was in a coma brought back by the shadow, now give me it,"  Blake told her,

Maxine scoffed at his tone before throwing the blood to him, the shadow reached out to grab the veil while Martha took the veil away from it, making Blake turn to her, 

"You are making this harder than it needs to be," Blake let out, 

"No, No you didn't finish them Blake not at all, we had all of our lives destroyed because you didn't kill that tramp," Martha shouted 

Blake looked at her with his eyes now glowing a dark red, he felt his heart burn with bitterness while Martha saw the shadow swirl around Blake, laughing all the while. Maxine watched in awe...  She has seen him act like this before, however, there is something off about this. 

"You should've stayed quiet... like the worm you are," 

Martha was staring at Blake before losing sight of him, only for him to appear in front of her grabbing her hand and holding the veil, Martha felt her bone start to give under Blake's grip. 

"Let me!" 

"You are the one that came to me... from the agreements. You should feel lucky that I won't kill you," He seethed 

His gripe tightened while a crunch could be heard from Martha's wrist, She screamed falling to her knees and holding her hand before Blake placed a hand on her shoulder, 

"But before I do, I will see to it that you fulfill what was indebted to me," 

He touched her shoulder with the shadow, having it travel up her neck into her eyes while Maxine watched frightened, Martha saw a shadow blind her vision before falling on the ground and knocked out, 

The shadow wrapped around her, laughing at her torment, before she disappeared into the shadow, Blake looked over at Maxine with a red tint in his eyes then he walked towards her,

"I don't have much time to talk with you. All I offer is a hiding place,"  Blake told her, 

The shadow lifts the veil to him and Blake smiles. He nods at the shadow while it pulls it away, hiding it in the fog. 

"Why would I need that?" Maxine scoffed 

Blake pointed to the door and Maxine stared at him confused until a bunch of footsteps could be heard, her star turned to one of fright knowing who it was. Blake opened her hand to her offering her an escape, 

"This is your last chance, Maxine," 

Their footsteps got closer to the door with Maxine staring at him in conflict,  while Marcello ran down the hallway with Damien and Jacob right behind him, Blake hummed finding the woman in conflict amusing, knowing she would have to come with him could help him build the empire that was his.

"If I take this I'm working under his control again... It's better than them," Maxine thought

She rushed over to him and grabbed Blake's hand right before the door opened. Blake nodded at her as the shadow wrapped around the heading to the window, Marcello tried to open the door but it didn't budge, he glanced at Damien and Jacob before kicking the door down, He didn't see them in the room only a cloud of fog around his feet

"Haven't I told you before?"

Marcello stared at the fog hearing Blales voice come from it,

"Stay out of my..."

Blake let out a scream as Marcello shot at them, having his arms wrapped around Maxine to protect her from one of the bullets, one was logged in his arm while Maxine had one in her shoulder,

The fog moved out from under Marcello in front of Damien and Jacob,

"We need to get out of here now, " Blake told the shadow,

Damien raised his gun to it while Jacob behind him saw the shadow moving towards the window behind them,

"I already have it under control my master," The shadow answered

Blake watched as Damien pulled the trigger with Marcello now with them, Blake felt a heat he once felt before as his blood dripped onto the floor, he remembered the blood he had in his veins.

"You never make me doubt,"

The blood was iridescent pooling below him, his eyes shifted to red, and now baring the bullet flying at him, Blake reached up grabbing one of the bullets before the shadow wrapped around his arm with more bullets coming at Blake looked over the bullet he caught and turned it,

"Now Shadow,"

He flicked it towards Damien while staring at Marcello as the shadow pulled them both out the window. Marcello before beforehand saw Blake catch one of the bullets and warned them,

"Be careful. He caught one of the..."

The bullet went for Damien who tried to move aside but couldn't, the bullet went into his side making him fall into Jacob's arms, Marcello looked back at the shadow finding it gone, Marcello put his gun away and headed towards Damien, 

"Damien," He let out, 

He touched where the bullet went and felt a vest, Damien smiled at him before getting out of Jacob's hold, 

"It's fine the vest caught it," Damien said 

He glanced back at the room and said,  "He gets the veil," 

"I do not doubt that he does," Jacob muttered 

"You get Damien out of here," Marcello said

They looked at Marcello, stunned, 

"What you know that could end badly," Damien said 

"I don't think that they would come back," Jacob said 

"Yes I'm sure you can think that doesn't mean he's not around," Damien argued

"Damien listen to me,"

"I still have to check," Marcello continued

Damien felt his side start to bruise and held it leaning on the wall, Jacob stopped grabbing his arm and placed it around his torso,

"I will get him out," Jacob said

"The hell you will," Damien seethed

Damien tried to get out of Jacob's grip but Marcello stopped him with his words,

"This time trust me, Damien. I will look it over while Jacob takes you to the car,"

Damien nods and Jacob moves them out of the room leaving Marcello to himself,

"Don't do something stupid," Damien yelled

"Do something stupid, " Jacob shouted

Marcello laughed at this before turning to the room they were once in, he walked into the room finding it almost the same one drawer was open,

"This is where he left it," Marcello muttered

Marcello saw the papers in there with such a familiar company, Safe and Secured Foundation which he found a long time ago,

He remembers taking the company to court with Sheppard for their crimes against the city,

"This is how you have done that," Marcello muttered

He recalled the time when the company was destroyed and He had to help look through it, he saw the thing both Blake and Lilith had done, Avalon's blood he hid away for this cause, Marcello placed the papers in his vest before leaving the room,

"You know that this time I won't let you go right,"

Marcello stopped hearing the voice from behind him, the fog curled around him making Marcello scoff at him,

"You can try,"

The fog tried to wrap around him but Marcello grabbed something from his vest,

A crystal shining bright.

"You believe that it would work again,"

It wrapped around Marcello's throat having a right grip on him, he tried to grab the shadow but couldn't. It laughed at him,

"Try again,"

Marcello moved the crystal up to the shadow and laughed once more, before the crystal had marks appear on it with a voice coming from it.

"You have been hidden again, Peter,"

It shined brighter and made the shadow shiver and quake, it moved off of Marcello who fell on his knees before rolling away from it and the shadow felt the new force tell it, "Leave now,"

It went to the window while Marcello held his gun up shooting at the Shadow, it moved away from the window to where Blake resided. Marcello placed the gun away and touched his neck feeling it bruise,

"Marcello!"

Jacob ran to him, he heard the gunshots and ran to get him not before stopping Damien, Marcello saw the crystal on the floor glowing a new hue. Jacob placed his hand user Marcello helping him up,

"What happened?" He asked

"The shadow came back,"

He pointed at the crystal,

"But the crystal stopped him," Marcello continued

Jacob helped him pick up the crystal, He placed it back in his vest glowing a green hue.

"Avalon,"

She felt a movement around her before she opened her eyes finding herself in a familiar place, she felt the grass under her hands only for it to be clover again, and she pushed herself off the ground, the man from before sat in front of her holding one of the crystal she made,

"One of your friends used it," He muttered

"They must have encountered the shadow," Avalon told him,

He placed the crystal down in front of her and gave her a small smile,

"I noticed you have the markings," He said

The marking on Avalon glowed as a wind blew around making some clover fly in the wind,

"Is this what you wanted to tell me?" Avalon inquired

"No," He simply said

"The marks in you remind me of an encounter I had,"

He looked at the tattoos with fondness, before Avalon snapped him out of it,

"You seen this before? Did the say if it would hurt?"

"No, she only spoke of a burning in the heart,"

He looked over the tattoos and then asked, "Could I have a look at the markings?"

Avalon stared up at him before nodding, he took her hand into his and touched the tattoos, he thought of it fondly.

"She used to have this same pattern but with feathers," He said

Her tattoos glowed and she felt the burning in her heart again, he placed her hand in her lap before leaning back in deep thought.

"This couldn't be a coincidence... She warned me before she disappeared but how could it have happened now? After decades of moving away, you would think it would stop,"

He looked back at Avalon and said the angel he hadn't seen in a long time, her hair was the same to her shoulders almost longer and her eyes started to shift white. It felt like he was in the mansion again. while he was in deep thought Avalon stared at the crystal in front of her similar to her crystal, Avalon wanted to touch the crystal but decided against it. However, a voice came out of it,

"You say there's an evil here?"

"Yes it has been here for generations and I believe it won't die for a long time,"

"Then what have you come here for?"

Avalon reach out for the crystal,

"To tell you what must come to pass,"

"Come to pass,"

"That old darkness has always been here. Can't for the time to grow and corrupt the minds and souls of others,"

Avalon touched it and saw the woman he spoke about taking with a younger him,

"It appeared before you met me and you helped me anyway now I ask of you this,"

"She was covered in tattoos just like me," Avalon thought,

"I want you to watch for the time,"

"What time?"

She smiles at him before saying,

"The time when that darkness with rear it head and for you to warn the next generation,"