[CURTIS] Life Starts Now

[The General]

After the Doctors had left her laying there, she took in a soft breath, and listened to Daimon's words. She could feel the need for him to be away from the anger she was feeling. She sat up, her features twisting with agony as she leaned back against the wall. She watched him gently, and soon began to calm down.

"You can go..." she said, instantly looking down. The Doctors had removed her gloves, and she was looking at a couple of slash marks on her flesh hand. She pulled her arms into her chest, looking nervous. She then looked to the opposite wall, whispering in tender German to a shadow that had just appeared on the opposite wall. A soft rumbling was heard, and a figure crawled out from under the bed that Aries was laying on.

Aries smiled wide at the sight of the large animal in front of her. "Blut...meine Junge..." she said sweetly, and patted the empty space at the end of the bed. The tiger's ears perked and he hoisted himself onto the sheets, and curled himself into a small ball, placing his head protectively on his paws as he stared at Aries. She leaned forward, grimacing in pain, and patting the large felines head, smiling.

[Daimon Cross]

Daimon merely stared for a moment. "As you wish director." He spoke stoically.
He walked outside past the security. "Ensure she is ok, and if anything happens... anything at all call me." He reached the man a piece of paper. "My cell number." He muttered. "If she has a nightmare... call me... the smallest detail will be taken out of your skin." the soldier nodded. "yes sir, I will sir." The man replied in a monotone army voice.

Daimon flickered away in a heartbeat. "What a freak." One of the soldiers mused.
"Well... hes our freak." The guard who daimon had entrusted with his number laughed.
"Unfortantly... The dudes scary. So is the director, shes fucking weird." The two guys stood in front of her door keeping guard. they expected nothing would happen.

[The General]

Aries leaned forward after Daimon had left and whispered to the tiger now. The tiger's eyes began to twinkle and he began to wag his tail like a dog. Aries motioned to the door, and the tiger jumped off the bed, and pushed the door open with his nose. The tiger padded in front of the two soldiers, and sat down, with what looked like a smirk on his face.

Aries stood up and moved quickly into the bathroom, changing out of her army uniform and into something more casual, now that she was in the hospital. She pulled her long hair from it's ponytail, and let it flow down her back, almost to her hips. She was now a light sundress because it was rather warm in the room. She was barefoot, and had a small tattoo around her left ankle. It was an ivy looking tattoo, just like the ones on her back. She pulled her hair over her left shoulder to show another tattoo. This one was the words "Never Forget that Day" in German, along her collarbone. She sighed as she looked at herself in the mirror. She used to have many more on her left arm, which was now gone.

She smiled slightly as she turned and stepped out into the hallway. "Blut, are you being nice to these men?" she mused sweetly, and in response the tiger just shrugged. Aries chuckled, and patted his head, and then looked at the two men now. "So, you think I'm weird?" she mused. An Enhanced Human had senses that were enhanced to an incredible degree. And that included hearing.

[Daimon Cross]

They both just stood there rather frozen... One of them shook his head no.
The other said nothing and did not move... they were both shaking slightly.
"No... mam." One of them studdered. The impulse to run ran through both the soldiers
but they knew if they ran they were leaving post. The fricken tiger scared the hell outa
them but they had to deal with it. It was obviously trained, regardless of the fact it was as tall
as they were. The thing was massive. It was likely some genetic freak.

One of the soldiers looked at her with his solem eyes.
"we ... didnt know you could hear us. We meant nothing by it, we were just kidding Director." The soldier spoke softly. The other merely stood there cold and rather afraid.

[The General]

Aries smiled at them both with a gentle look. "No matter, I don't mind." she said sweetly now. She stood up on her tiptoes and kissed Blut's cheek. The tiger actually purred. Aries smiled and placed her hand to the side of her, snapped her fingers, and made a flame levitate above on her fingers. She moved her hand in front of her. The tiger leaned his head forward, touching his nose to the flame. He pulled his nose back, looking startled. "Es ist kalt, ja?" Aries mused towards the Tiger. He nodded and touched his nose to it again. It suddenly disappeared and Blut rose to his paws, nuzzled Aries's cheek and then bowed. He then padded away. "Tschau, meine Junge." she said sweetly. The tiger grunted back at her.

"I am rather weird." Aries mused to the side at the soldiers. She turned towards them, and leaned back against the wall, facing them both. "Yet I get my job done." she mused softly. She looked past them and into the room, a distant, yet gentle look in her gaze. "i can't help what I am, but I know what comes with what I am. Power...strength, speed..." she whispered softly. She reached her hand forward, and her sword suddenly rushed from her room and straight into her hand. "Yet it means nothing to me. I am but a soldier. Just like you two..."

[Daimon Cross]

They said nothing for a moment. Time passed and neither soldier could think of what to say.
"Thank you director." One of them finally spoke. His voice was still shaky. They were nothing alike...
The soldiers knew it, they were nothing alike. She wasnt even human, and they found that disgusting.
Both would have spoken it, both would have told her how disgusting it was for her to be infused with demonic blood. How disgusting of a creature a tainted light soldier was. They were not the same... They would never be the same, or so to the two soldier s believed, though they said nothing.

[The General]

"Seems a hospitals defenses are not as strong as a normal bases." she suddenly noted, and flickered. She appeared only a couple feet away, but with her, a large Demonic had appeared. She threw it backwards against a wall. Her eyes had turned blood red. "You don't mess with my men." she snarled now. As it rallied and came back at her, she appeared behind it again, her flesh hand touching it's skin. It seemed frozen in place, facing the two men that stood at the door. Aries stepped in front of it, smiling at the men. It was thrown back against the wall, and then burst into flames.

Aries shook her head and the fire disappeared. The ash that was left gave off a sweet stench. "A female. Too bad. Damned thing tried to kill you two." she mused, a grin on her features. Suddenly Blut came running down the hallway again, and jumped, knockiing another invisible Demonic to the ground. Aries turned instantly, thrusting her sword right down into it's face. Blut reached down with his muzzle, ripping the Demonic's head off. "Ugh. Blut und Wasser. You know what to do with the body...and the head." Aries looked rather sick at the sight of her trainted pet ripping the head off of a Demonic. Blut nodded, and dragged the body down the hall. Aries leaned back against the wall a smirk on her features.

"I know what you are thinking. Most soldiers think that we aren't human any longer. But if we weren't human...we wouldn't be helping you anymore...all of you would be dead...and there would be really nothing that could be done. General Cross was infused with a Demonic Lord. Myself with a Demonic Lady. Some of the strongest Demonic that are living. He and I wold be nearly impossible to stop...but it's not like you need to. We're on your side." she mused, like she was just talking to herself. She closed her eyes, as blood ran down the corners of her mouth. As an Enhanced Human, with Demonic blood within her, this happened...a lot...it was the excess blood that the body no longer needed. She wiped her lips, sighing softly.

She pulled out her cell phone now, dialing Daimon's number. Assuming that he picked up, she said this into the phone. "Two Demonic down. I fear there are more...and by fear...I include myself..." she whispered. She could suddenly feel the tugging once again, and breathed in heavily, her hands shaking now.

[Daimon Cross]

Daimon answered his phone only to hear her voice. Only to hear her fear. He moved backwards into the shadow his blade drawn. He pulled a black mask over the bottom half of his face. He disappeared into the darkness, his blue eyes seemed to glow in the abyss of darkness throughout the dark of the fort. He saw two shady figures moving, they were defently not human. Daimon moved behind them, his blade slicing through them. He ran up the wall using his blade to slice open the wall. He moved inside to see her. "Director." His voice was cold as he watched her.

His sword was still in his hand.
"You wont survive another hit... try to control yourself." He turned his blade upside down, so the dull end would hit her if they fought. He watched with his serene blue eyes, they were sky blue and they seemed full of concern.

[The General]

Aries wheeled around and threw a Demonic against the opposite wall, setting him right on fire in an instant. She looked rather pissed, and dropped to one knee, coughing up more of her blood. It was from her wound now. She took in a sharp breath. "I don't care about myself, make sure everyone else here is safe...they haven't had...the training that we have..." she whispered. The tugging grew harder, and she leaned forward, holding her head. She groaned as pain split through her skull.

She suddenly stood up. "I can't be here...I can't hurt you..." she whispered, toward Daimon. She then turned and began running down the hall, holding her side as she ran. She had to get away. She had to get away from him. She didn't want to hurt him. She'd run for as long as it took for everyone to be safe from her again. Fear slunk down her spine, and she burst out into the warm Japanese air.

[Daimon Cross]

He was fast... He moved behind her with such quickness that it would put most demonic to shame. His arms wrapped around her waist and he held her there for a moment. "No... You cant leave, you would be a danger to others, A danger to the civilians... I'm sorry director but your under military arrest." He spoke coldly in her ear. His hair fell against his forehead, he leaned in. "Plus... Ide be pretty lost without you." He whispered. "Areis, let me take care of you... I can... Relax, its your anger, your violent behavior that gets that demonic going. Relax... rest." He spoke coldly.

"Ill protect you." He promised.
"Soldier." He moved his fingers up to her pressure point.
"Can you control yourself? Or must I knock you out?" he asked coldly.
"Director?" He asked.

[The General]

Aries turned her head to look at him. "Military arrest...? That's a bit much." she noted coldly, her voice turning dead and dull as she spoke. Her gaze grew distant, and she grew tense as a sudden terror gripped her mind. She began to shake and ripped away from Daimon. She didn't know what she was doing, but she began to try and run again, not caring if he caught her again. She needed to get away. She didn't think he understood the sheer need.

She kept her gaze on the ground as she ran, not sure how far she was getting, and not sure if he'd caught her again. Her anger was spiking, and she didn't understand why. "Don't come after me...dear god please don't come after me...I'll go insane..." she whispered to herself now.

[Daimon Cross]

"Areis..." He spoke coldly jumping out the window, hitting the tree landing on it.
His blade was sheathed. He cared about her, she was his friend. He jumped down to the ground and began to run after her. He ran faster and faster. He almost had her. "Stop Areis... You cant outrun me!" He screamed to her. "I cant let you! Your to big of a threat to let go! " He shouted. Soldiers were behind them, they were running to capture her. "Director! Stop!" one of the officers screamed. Daimon Moved in front of her his blade out, the dull side up. "Aries... I care for you... Your my friend, but I cant let you hurt civilians and I cant let a military risk go, just as if I was to leave they would come for me. Its called desertion, you must stay." He ordered.

[The General]

She stopped in front of him instantly, looking so incredibly distant that it was almost like she'd been taken control of again. She froze as she looked up at him. Her body was shaking. Fear rippled through her in strong waves, and she dropped to both knees, panting heavily from running. The tugging care more and more, and the desire to let go escalated. She pressed her hands to her forehead, giving a scream of agony as she forced the Demonic back. Blood dripped faster from her mouth. The Demonic would rip her apart from the inside out before she gave in.

She slowly looked up at the sky, tears running down her cheeks, blood soon following them. "It's going to kill me..." she whispered softly. The Demonic began to try and force her again, and she clenched her teeth, a look of agony crossing her features. "You...aren't getting...out..." she groaned, leaning forward, vomiting blood this time. It really would kill her. It was trying so hard.

She then looked up at Daimon, her green eyes shimmering for a moment as she whispered, "Help me..." before she suddenly fell forward, passed out with the agony that gripped her body. She slipped further and further into a sleep, so even the Demonic wasn't able to force it's way out...

[Daimon Cross]

Daimon caught her in his arms before she even hit the ground.
"Director." He spoke softly. He placed his head against hers. Her skin was warm against his own. Delicately he lifted her up into his arms and stepped forward into a flicker. He hit the trees, and the soldiers began to jog back to the base. Daimon took her to his room and didnt allow anyone to see her. He was afraid they would make an attempt at her life.

After all, everyone feared her, feared what she was and the way she was acting.
He couldnt trust the hospital. He set her in his bed as he moved to a comfortable chair next to the bed. He pulled his face mask off exposing his young handsome face. He was a soldier, and yet he looked more like a model. His blue eyes shown bright as he watched her . "Areis." He whispered softly. "Its ok..." He whispered. His lips were close to her ear." Ill protect you." He promised.

[The General]

Aries's eyes opened, and she took in a slow breath, pain scurrying up her spine. "Daimon...it's killing me...from the inside out..." she whispered now, gasping for a breath for a moment. Her hand moved up to her neck, and she loosened the dog tags around her neck, and grabbed Daimon's hand. She pressed the chain into his hand, and then leaned her head back, her eyes growing wide. It was only a matter of moments before she was no longer conscious.

She wasn't dead, and she wasn't sleeping. She was slowly and steadily falling into a coma, that was keeping the Demonic from forcing it's way out into the world. Aries's breath sped up and then slowed down. The pain was still intense, and soon started to ebb as she drifted deeper and deeper.

[Daimon Cross]

He held her softly in his arms, taking her dog tags he slipped them into the cargo of his special op trousers.
The blackness of night faded over them and he slipped his mask that covered his nose and lips down to his neck. He looked at her before placing his head against hers. He pulled her upwards in his arms so he had a firm hold on her as he took off in a dead sprint. He was incrediably fast and he was away from the other soldiers in the blink of an eye. He was going to get her back to the base as fast as possible before she turned. HE would have to get her into the isolation chambers. HE would have to make sure she was safe and alone in there.

He would let no one touch her. She was his friend.
"My friend." He whispered. "My only friend." He spoke soflty.
He moved through the darkness like a shadow, a ghost, a demon, faster then any other tainted light soldier could even dream of. He jumped upwards hitting a tree branch with his foot stepping off of it jumping from tree to tree until he felt his foot hit a wall. He landed on the top of the wall. They were back at the base and he flickered with her like a shadow once again moving like a ghost rather then a human. They were inside now. They were in a white room. A bed set in the middle of the room. It was isolation chambers. "Lock us in." He ordered. Instantly they were both locked in. It would be impossible to get out without daimon giving the command.