* Vishious' After Dinner Surprise:

Vishious just barely arrived back to Slayer's Palace and when he didn't sense Sinyster in her room, he decided to go into her room and see if he could find any clues as to what Sinyster has been up to while he was away.

Vishious new that Sinyster wouldn't have missed the opportunity to go and meet with Slayer. But he couldn't help but wonder if she was so careless as to go and ask Slayer for his help? It wouldn't matter to Vishious if she did, but he wondered if she would risk facing the consequences of doing so? After all, Sinyster didn't know anything of how Payne was being kept.

A cold glare came to Vishious' eyes as the thought of Sinyster being so careless with Payne's well-being made him mad. He didn't like the thought and it gave him an idea of how he was going to possibly turn things to be even more in his favor than they already were. A dangerous glint could be seen in his eyes and a slow mischievous smile now painted his lips, as black smoke started to wrap around him before completing consuming him, leaving the room to be completely empty once more.

He emerged out of the black smoke right inside the large double doors of the massive dining hall and he instantly saw just who he wanted to see and saw her in the most ideal situation that he could've asked for.

"I'm glad I didn't miss dinner!" His voice was cold and serious, that it made the trio who was still sitting at Slayer's table, become a little unsettled by the sudden change in the atmosphere.

Slayer, Malice and Sinyster all turned their heads at once to look at who had just arrived and Sinyster couldn't even begin to think of an excuse as to tell Vishious why she was here having dinner and why she wasn't wearing her cloak. She could feel herself start to sweat out of nervousness.

Sinyster felt as if a bucket of ice water had just been emptied on her and she instantly started to mentally panic seeing Vishious. Her entire body was screaming at her to run and she had to fight hard against herself to stay seated. She knew she had messed up and her lack of judgement could very well cost her the one thing that meant the most to her.

They could all feel the strong aura that was coming from Vishious and his dark merciless gaze was pointed solely at Sinyster. Slayer and Malice both could hear her heartbeat begin to race and it was clearly obvious that she was suddenly overcome with nervousness.

"Well, it would've been a disappointment if you didn't show up for it."Slayer said to Vishious as he slowly made his way to where the three sat. Slayer then continued to say, " please pull up a seat and join us."

Vishious came to stand right next to where Sinyster was seating but he didn't even bother at looking at her now. Vishious smirked at Slayer in such a polite way that it was clear that Vishious had something else on his mind. "As tempting as your offer is, I'll sadly have to refuse for I have already ate Tonight with far better company." His eyes moved to look at Sinyster beside him, without moving his head. A devilish smile slowly came to his beautifully handsome face as he could see what he had just said, got the reaction from her that he was wanting.

When Vishious mentioned having dinner with someone, Sinyster instantly thought it must be Payne who he was talking about. She was truly panicking now because she knew how cruel and evil this brother was and she couldn't believe that she had been so stupid and careless in thinking Vishious wouldn't return to Slayer's Palace tonight and because of this she could have very well put Payne's life in grave danger and ruined any chance she may have had in getting her back safely. The look of horror on her face and in her eyes as she sat there looking up at Vishious, was a sight that brought true joy to Vishious right now and decided that he'd have a little more fun with his sister.

Vishious suddenly took his eyes off Sinyster and focused his attention on Malice. " I was actually hoping that I could get a chance to talk with you, Malice, if you are done eating, that is?" Vishious said this directly to Malice and didn't even bother looking at Slayer as he said this. This pissed Slayer off as Vishious did in fact know it would.

"Actually I don't think Malice has fin -" Slayer started to answer before he was interrupted.

"I would actually like to hear what it is that Lord Vishious would like to talk to me about. If it's ok Sir?" Malice said not taking his eyes off Vishious as he spoke. This caught Slayer off guard because Malice had never interrupted or went against anything that Slayer had said before. Slayer took a second to look at Malice before saying, " Very well then, I'll respect your decision."

Vishious stood there with a mocking smile showing on his face as he now looked at Slayer and it made Slayer's blood boil. " Well, if you're ready we can leave these two to finish up here and we can go for a walk." Vishious said to Malice.

"I'm ready," Is all that Malice said as he stood up from the table and walked around the table to stand next to Vishious. They were about to start walking away when Vishious suddenly turned and looked down at Sinyster where she was still sitting and said, " We'll talk later," and then turned and walked out of the dining hall with Malice without another word.

When Vishious and Malice were completely out of the room and the two great double doors closed behind them, Sinyster suddenly exhaled and put her right hand on her chest as if to try and calm her racing heart. Slayer could see that she was close to tears and she was scarred and shaken by Vishious showing up. Slayer was bothered seeing his little sister in a state of utter fear and knew he had to work fast in trying to get Sinyster to tell him what was going on and what it was that Vishious had on her to make her work for him. "Sinyster, you need to get ahold of yourself and calm down. We don't have much time, actually we don't have time at all, and so you need to please trust me and tell me what is going on with you and Vishious. You need to understand the seriousness of the situation right now and hurry and tell me before they return. Because then I'm afraid that I won't be able to help you!"

Slayer leaned forward and but his hands over her hand that was still sitting on the table. Sinyster looked at Slayer as if finally pulling herself out of her thoughts and back to the situation at hand. "Oh, Brother, I've really messed up now and I don't think that even you will be able to help me now," Sinyster said in a shaking voice that broke at the end. She couldn't hold back the tears that rolled down her cheeks. " I may have just killed the person who means the most to me in this world."

Slayer was completely blown away by what he just heard. Sinyster then pulled her hand free from Slayer's and bring her hands up to cover her face as she broke down crying. He could only look helplessly at his sister as she cried and wonder what his sister had gotten herself into and who it was she was referring to.

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Vishious and Malice walked down the empty corridor that had torches lit on the walls to light the corridors, so one could see where they were walking. The sun had completely set and one could clearly see the moon and stars of the night sky through the great windows that were on either side of the corridor that they were walking down.

Neither one said a word to each other, bother walking in silence next to each other. Malice kept looking to the side at Vishious who was walking with his hands clasped behind his back, looking straight ahead as if forgetting that he had wanted to talk to Malice.

After walking for a bit more Vishious finally broke the silence and said, "You won't mind if we go outside the Palace, to take a short walk in the forest, would you?" Vishious then turned his head to look to his side where Malice was walking next to him. They both stopped and Malice made direct eye contact with Vishious as he answered, "Not at all, it does not bother me to talk with you wherever it is." His voice serious and came off as if daring Vishious to try something.

This made a smile come to Vishious' face as he found it commendable of Malice to stand his ground in a challenging manner towards him. "I'm glad to see that you're not a disappointment to me, Kamaira," Vishious said. It was obvious that he found Malice to be amusing to him.

"Malice," Malice coldly corrected what Vishious had just called him.

This brought out a dark chuckle from Vishious and he looked at Malice with a mischievous glint in his eyes as he said, "Malice," and then, suddenly, Malice was suddenly surrounded by thick, black smoke and he instantly stiffened and his fighter senses became alert as if needing to prepare for a fight. But before he could react, the black smoke engulfed him in complete blackness where he could not see anything and he felt a weird sensation spread throughout his body as if suddenly he was rapidly falling.

It lasted what seemed to be a few seconds before Malice saw the black thick smoke getting absorbed back into Vishious. Malice quickly looked around him to see that they were no longer in the Palace corridor but were now surrounded by thick, dense trees and thick white fog covered the grounds where the were standing. 'We're in the forest of Deathly Hollow?' Malice quickly recognized the place that they were now at.

"Relax, Malice, you would know if I were going to harm you, Trust me, I would make sure that you were very much aware of it. I don't like those I wish to harm to not know that they will soon die and I make sure that for the rest of their short, final moments are excruciatingly painful." Vishious said in a nonchalant tone and preceded to walk ahead of Malice, who was still trying to wrap his head around what had just happened.

Coming back to his senses he quickly hurried up to catch up with Vishious. When he came to walk next to Vishious again.

Vishious then figured he would start in on what it was that he had wanted to talk to Malice about. " So what is it you know about the Night Creatures? Has Slayer talked to much about them?"

Malice answered by saying, " I know that they are separated in two groups, the stronger ones are the Shadowers, and the weaker ones are the Shriekers." Malice seeing Vishious not saying anything continued to say, " I also know that they belong to you and also that my father was one of them and that's why you are here, because he was killed by Commander Beast 18 years ago, when he came to see my mother."

" So, is that all that Slayer told you about the Night Creatures?" Vishious asked. "And about your father?"

"Well, I think that is really all that is needed," Malice answered straightforwardly, not seeing any reason to be bothered by this. Vishious then stopped walking and a dark chuckle escaped from his lips hearing this.

" Well in ordinary circumstances, yes, that would be all that would be needed to know, but in your rare case i would have to disagree. But, I will agree with you that yes, the Night Creatures do, in fact, belong to me and solely me. With that being said, you should know that you having the blood of the Night Creatures flowing through you, that you too; are also mine." Vishious finished saying this and Malice noticed the seriousness in his black, dark eyes as he looked at him. It was so intense that it made his hair on the back of his neck stand up; as if his primal instincts were warning him of a threat.