Lost in the Sound

[Julias]

Rain poured down outside, Landon popped open the door leading inside of a building. He didn't know which he just knew he had to get out of the rain, he clutched his small book bag to his body so it wouldn't get wet. He had valuable items inside and he didn't need them ruined by some freak weather, He turned and walked down the hallway to find a room to sit in until the weather passed. If it didnt he knew he had to find a way to get to his room without getting his things wet, he passed a doorway the door was slightly ajar. In passing he peaked in, it was a music room.


He looked left and right down each hallway, seeing no one he slid inside and shut the door behind him. He turned and looked around the room, It was quite beautiful. The hand carved wood looked exquisite to his own wood work, he set his things down and walked over to the large piano sitting at the side of the room. His eyes glowed as his fingers slid over the polished wood, he loved the piano but knew that playing it would just bring back hurtful memories of home.


He turned with his eyes closed and didn't look at the piano again, instead he saw a black guitar sitting up against a wall across the room in the corner. It looked relatively new, he walked over and looked at the instrument. Six strings were pulled taut over the frets and pick-ups, he noted the electric plug in for it. He picked it up very gently and set it on his right leg, the strings facing outward like he had seen most guitarist play. He looked at the neck and noticed a small thin piece of plastic stuck in the strings, he plucked it out and the guitar gave a ring of sound.


Landon stared at it and smiled, he liked the ring it gave. He studied the piece of plastic, he looked at the strings then back to the plastic piece. Once side was thinner than the others and was cut at more of an angle, he twisted it so the thin part would hit the strings. He strummed down once, he fumbled and the small piece of plastic hit the floor and the guitar made no noise. He made a face at the piece and picked it up again to try again, he strummed down.


This time six notes met his ear, he could tell by the octave and the sound that each string was set up to make it sound like that. He strummed again and listened, he could hear each note, an E, an A, a D, a G, a B, and the last was a high E. He smiled, the crescendo of the notes was soothing in a way. He put a finger on a string, he picked a random spot and strummed again. He head a few notes ring but the others were dulled and just made clicking noises as the plastic dragged across them, his finger was in the way. He spoke out loud with a bit of aggravation in his voice


"How are you supposed to play notes if your fingers get in the way!?" He made and face and tried again, still he couldn't get a good sound. He was about to give up when he thought of something, he lifted his finger up slightly but kept the pressure on the string and fret. He strummed once again, this time to find a pleasant sound re-verb from the guitar and resound around the room. He smiled and strummed again, and so he sat, playing different cords and learning the fun little instrument.

[Anzeh]

Chaos was walking down the halls with a piece of paper in her hand. It was a list of people she was responsible of kidnapping at the moment. More people may be added to the list, Ivan had said, but none would be taken off. She’d read the list a couple times and realized quite quickly that everyone on her list was male. So that’s why Ivan wanted her help. To kidnap guys with will a little too strong for them. It wasn’t like she actually cared or anything—easy money was easy money.

However, no matter how many times she read and reread the list, one name just kept getting jammed into her mind. It was as though she had heard that name before, she’d seen that person before. Who? Who was Landon? She had trouble matching a face to that name, but she was sure she’d heard that name before, somewhere.

Coming down the hall to the band room, she opened the door and peeked in, expecting not to find anyone. But, curiously enough, someone was there with an electric guitar on his leg, strumming. From the sound of the instrument he wasn’t very good—probably a novice. Something about this boy made her excited. Not in the normal way, but in the simpler way, like a soldier who realizes now is the time, given the opportunity to pounce on an unsuspecting victim, an adrenaline rush because she was in the presence of prey.

Then is clicked.

Landon!

A smile crept onto her perfect lips when she realized that she had found her very first victim.

Queen opened the door and stepped in as quietly as she could and looked at the instruments. She’d been in this room before, to play violin or piano. Seeing a violin case nearby, she picked it up and examined the strings, playing them experimentally and retuning them when she found that it was horribly out of tune. Once it sang like it was supposed to, she began to play.

The song was a medium paced song, and the notes slid out of the violin like a mixture of milk and honey, filling the room with its sweetness. After a few minutes she came to the end and put the violin down, flexing her fingers.

“Hello. You’re... Landon, right?” She asked brightly.

[Julias]

The sound of an out of tune violin made him look up, he wasn't surprised that another person had entered the room. It was the band room after all, he stopped his semi-retarded strumming and listened, the violin was out of tune at first but it with a little playing it straitened itself out nicely. He watched and listened to the almost Siren like song, he couldn't help but let the smallest of smiles catch the corner of his lips. She stopped playing and flexed her fingers, something about this person gave Landon an on edge feeling. She asked if he was Landon, he stood up and set the guitar back in its original position. He spoke as set down the instrument

"Yes, who wants to know If I may be so bold to ask?" He walked over to the paneled window and opened it with a push, fresh air drifted through the window. He looked out and down, they weren't to far from the ground. He turned back around and looked at the girl, he walked a few paces from the window and stood. His arms crossed, he leaned onto his right leg. He looked at her now, she seemed nice enough but he didn't trust anyone who could slip into a room unnoticed.

[Anzeh]

Chaos stood and put the violin away before walking over to the piano. The succubus ran a finger over the keys and tried to think of what she should do here. How was she going to “kidnap” him? Use her power, obviously! Just convince him to come with her. Shouldn’t be hard considering what she was. Feeling a chill breeze enter the room, she looked up and towards the open window, her purple eyes falling on Landon again, smiling once again. “My name’s Chaos. Chaos Queen.” Rather suddenly, her hands flew to her mouth.

“I’m sorry. I must sound really creepy right now, huh?” She walked over to the chair that she’d been sitting in to play the violin in, crossing her legs. “I’ve heard some things about you around the school. Mostly stuff like “There’s a new student”, but hey, what’s new.” She pushed a stray lock of red hair behind her ear, her hands folded on her lap.

[Julias]

Landon watched as she put the violin away, a small amount of light hit her as she moved. She was almost to beautiful for any human, his mind recoiled as he searched for some reason why he couldn't trust her. She walked over to the piano and ran a finger over the keys, a small breeze caught her hair and moved it slightly, her eyes came back up and landed on him.

He looked into her eyes and felt a odd sensation creep over him, she smiled then and introduced herself as Chaos Queen. Her hand flew to her mouth suddenly, Landon watched her, not taking his eyes from her own. He normally didn't do that, he continued his search, he tried to find some creature that had this effect on things. He wondered if she was just being nice, he wouldn't rule it out. She spoke then


“I’m sorry. I must sound really creepy right now, huh?” She walked over to the chair that she’d been sitting in to play the violin in and sat down crossing her legs. Landon kept his eyes on her own, he couldn't put a finger on her. His features softened a little, he stood where he was but shifted to his left. She spoke again,


“I’ve heard some things about you around the school. Mostly stuff like “There’s a new student”, but hey, what’s new.” She used her hand and moved a stray red hair from her face then folded her hands in her lap. Landon tied to keep the smile from forming on his face, this was to weird. He spoke politely


"So you hear a little talk about a new student and you come running to say hi?" He laughed a little and shook his head,


"No.. I don't think that's the reason your looking for me, what is it you really want Chaos Queen?" he kept a smile on his face, the sun shone through the window and hit his back. It was warm and felt nice, the sun almost reached the chair where Chaos sat a shadowed line sat directly in front of her. Landon looked her once over, she was stunning no one would deny that. His bright blue eyes watched her, he could feel an aura from her but he wasn't trained to see them with his human eyes. He crossed his arms and leaned up against the wall, still keeping eye contact with her.

[Anzeh]

Chaos Queen smiled a different smile. Her other smiles had been charming, cute, kind. This smile was anything but. She stood and placed a hand on her hip, the other going to her hair and scratching lightly, letting out a sigh before looking at him, all premise of kindness replaced by seriousness and boredom.

"I'll admit, that isn't the whole reason I came to look for you. It is part of the reason, though. See, I like new students. Especially new guys. They're quite interesting. But you..." The succubus dropped her hand from her hips and walked towards Landon, standing right in front of him. He had the height advantage of being quite a bit taller than her, but she didn't feel threatened. "You're interesting for a whole other reason."

She smiled kindly again and pressed her fingers together. "A friend of mine is interested in you, and he sent me to fetch you. Can't imagine why." Glancing towards the window, she corrected herself. "Well, I can. You're pretty handsome for a dragon."

Enough messing around. She looked up at him through her eyelashes, having not actually used her magic until not. A light red ring dances around her eyes, barely noticeable. "Please come along with me, Landon."

[Julias]

Landon watched as she smiled, her demeanor changed instantly. He knew that he was in for trouble with this one, she was immediately serious, and seemed almost bored. She stood and put a hand on her hip, Landon tensed he wouldn't let his guard down now, something about her just wasnt right. He was about to say something before she spoke

"I'll admit, that isn't the whole reason I came to look for you. It is part of the reason, though. See, I like new students. Especially new guys. They're quite interesting. But you..." she dropped her hand and moved toward him, he thought about running but stopped, 'Not yet, just wait.' she stood directly in front of him, almost a whole head shorter. She seemed unafraid of him what-so-ever, he almost cringed at that, she sent a shiver down his spine when she neared.

"You're interesting for a whole other reason." she spoke to him, his face made a look of disgust as she smiled at him again so close. She pressed her fingers together and added

"A friend of mine is interested in you, and he sent me to fetch you. Can't imagine why." her eyes went to the window, 'does she know why I opened it?' he figured not, he felt no presence in his mind, she couldn't read thoughts. He breathed a sigh of relief in his own mind at that knowledge, her eyes came back to his and she spoke

"Well, I can. You're pretty handsome for a dragon." It clicked then, she was a succubus. His mind recoiled in fear, he knew the game they played. They were dangerous creatures that ate the souls of the living, he was in a load of trouble standing here. She looked up at him through her eyelashes and spoke, almost commanded him

"Please come along with me, Landon." He noted something in her eyes, he couldn't tell what it was nor did he care. He knew he had to get out of here quick, he held back his fear and spoke confidently leaning down to stare at Chaos in the face. He leaned down, his face inches from hers, his bright blue eyes flashing as if a blue flame sat behind them. His features were almost rage filled as he spoke, no calm easy going nature filled his voice, it was almost as if his personality had died when he knew what she was.

"And what if I don't you soul eating freak?" He smiled a toothy smile, his right hand flexing a little out of view. He couldn't do much in this form, the only magic he could conjure at this point was controlling the water around him. He knew there was water in the pipes in the walls and that might hold her off for only a moment, but that's all he needed. His eyes bored into her's, he was tense and ready for a fight with the evil temptress, everything seemed to slow down slightly as he stared her down.

[Anzeh]

Chaos's mouth grew hard and her hand hooked into his shirt as her skin vanished and she was in the air. Her long waavy hair was replaced by straight black locks and her purple eyes replaced by bloody red ones. The ceiling here was high as it was everywhere else. When she spoke was more of a seductive purr, though it wasn't intention. In this form her voice just sounded like that.

"If you dont, I'll rip off your limbs, shove them down your throat, devour your liver and suck out every bit of your life force as you lay dying." As she said this her nails elongated and placed in the perfect position to slice him into five nearly-perfect chunks. "My orders were to bring you back alive, but I'm sure he won't miss you."

Having said this, she lifted him as though he weighed nothing to look her in the eyes. "Your choice, dragon."

[Julias]

She grabbed his shirt then suddenly changed into her true form, she floated off the ground in this form. Her eyes turned blood red, she hissed her threats into his face and told him it was his choice. Landon sat in her claws floating off the ground as she lifted him, he stared right back into her red eyes and spoke calmly then.

"You can try you evil freak." Just then he whipped his right hand forward and using the only magic he knew in this form, conjured the water from the walls. He caused it to boil to extreme temperatures as he commanded it to strike his attacker, the water shot from the walls like gunshots and headed strait for the succubus and her form. He figured she wouldn't let herself be scalded by the boiling hot water, that would give him time to get away.

[Anzeh]

Chaos watched him as he voiced the conclusion he'd come to drew his arm foreward and a thick explosion of scalding water flew towards her. He claws retracted and she lifted that arm to the stream of hot water, which pushed her back a couple feet but other than that did nothing. There were other bursts that didn't do much let alone faze her, after all, it was water. Growing tired of this she raised up her arm and threw the dragon to the ground.

She lowered herself so she was perched on the piano and watched him curiously. A thought of oops flitted through her head, wondering if she'd killed him.

[Julias]

Landon landed on the ground with a thud, it had knocked some of the air from his lungs. She had stopped his water with just one movement, he knew he couldn't kill her like this. She sat perched on the piano looking down at him, he sat up quickly and sent another couple of streams of hot water at her before hopping up and bolting to the window. With a quick jump he sailed from the window and dropped like a ton of bricks, he would have landed feet first and rolled but the didnt fall the way he was hoping. With a loud thud he hit the grass, he layed there for a moment and loudly moaned.

"That hurt." he said to himself, he tried to get up but found he couldn't really move. He cursed his bad decisions and layed there for another moment watching the window, hopefully she wouldn't come after him. He watched and waited for her all the while cursing his depth perception in this form, he didn't think it was that far but in all honesty the window was at least 15 yards off the ground. He moaned again, his back started to ache as he layed on the ground. He wasn't moving and he knew it, he struggled for the cell phone in his pocket to call 911 but the phone had cracked on his impact. He sighed and closed his eyes, he knew that succubus was going to look out that window and see him. Then come down here and rip him to shreds for what he had did, he prayed someone came by.

[Anzeh]

Chaos deflected the streams of water with a bored expression and watched him run towards the window and jump. So that's why he opened it. Standing up, she walked over to the window and stuck her head out, looking down towards him. He was moving, so he was still alive. Good. She didn't want to catch possible hell for letting a target die. She jumped out of the window and touched onto the ground lightly.

An evil smirk danced on her face and she leaned down to him, playing with his hair fondly. "Now that was stupid of you. Really now, if I was going to hurt you I wouldn't have given you a choice to begin with, dear dragon."

The succubus snickered and hooked her hand into his shirt and lifted him to her eye-level which left his feet trailing. On her other hand, her claws grew and she held them at the ready, the tips focused on his heart. "This has been fun, but I think I'll just kill you. It'll be quick, I promise."

Her hand pulled back and she drove it forward, stopping short. After thinking about it decided against it, pressing her lips against his and sucking out some of his soul and life force out of his mouth. It was pretty good, good enough for her to lick her lips lightly. With that she spread her wings and flew high over Colleger Town until coming across their hideout and binding him in the room. She put her skin back on and drew a line through his name.

"One down."