Kashy paced as Novus and Balos examined Palidor's now bound self again. "How the hell did you get yourself bound?!" he yelled angrily at Palidor. "I thought you'd be able to handle Contra on your own!"
"I was sure i could also," Palidor replied calmly. "That was til i saw what was around Contra's neck." He looked at the two Mediators in turn. "You saw it too didn't you?"
Shadow and Balos shrugged. Both had been too busy occupying Contra's attention by attacking him to notice anything unusual. "BlackRose might know. But she was called by Lack for some reason."
"A medallion from Loki," he said with certainty. Everyone looked at him with shock. "I'm certain of it. I saw Loki's brand upon a medallion around his neck. He was able to bind me with the power Loki has granted him. It seems he can't do three at once or Shadow, Balos and BlackRose would be bound now too."
Silence filled the room...
~~~
"Theories?" asked BlackRose quietly. She had followed Lack to a building on the south side of the Headquarters.
"Contra somehow got power right?" Lack asked settling onto a beanbag. "What if he got it from a higher power?"
"I already know," BlackRose said interrupting him. "Contra owns a medallion with Loki's brand on it. It was dangling out of his armor when Shadow, Balos and i went to free Palidor."
"Loki..." Lack said not showing much reaction to this news. "God of Mischief? What would he want with Contra? Contra's more of an overpowered pain in the ass. He isn't much of a mischief maker."
"I don't know," BlackRose replied. She looked up at the Fight Club Headquarters and blinked once. "Wanted to ask... How is she?"
"She?" Lack asked puzzled for a moment. "Oh! Your half sister? She's ok... Most of the time. Did you want to talk to her?"
"No. I'd rather keep this a secret from her," BlackRose replied. "She's already has a shadowed form of Balos' power. I don't want her to get hurt by Contra if he finds her a threat because we're half sisters."
"As you wish," Lack replied. "Now how would you say we could go about killing Loki..."
~~~
Inside her room, illusions sneezed. Someone's talking about me. she thought automatically. She could tell sometimes when someone was talking about her when she sneezed for no reason.
"Illu," called Chibi from her door. "Going to come down to the pool with Brighteyes, Kakaxi and i?"
"Coming!" Illusions called and grabbed her towel. She shook her head to get rid of the thought that someone was talking about her somewhere and ran out after Chibi, Kakaxi and Brighteyes.
~~~
Morgue stood staring at Contra. "You're an pathetic you know that? A stupid pathetic wreck. You can't even stand straight after being scolded by Loki!"
"But she was there," whimpered Contra. He felt icky all over his body. "Hel was there. And i looked at her. So beautiful..." He savoured the image of one half of Hel's body for a moment before becoming completely repulsed. "Yet she scares me so much."
Morgue shook his head. He didn't look at Hel because he had been exactly like Contra is now. Hel was half rotting corpse half fullbodied luscious woman. It was burned into his memory of the maggots that crawled over the dead half of her face. He could feel the sickening yet lustful feeling he got when he saw her for the first time.
Forcing himself not to shiver in digust, he pulled Contra up and barked. "Are you a man or a wimpy female? Because i don't need females with me on our mission."
Contra stared at Morgue full of anger. "I'm not female." he said standing up straight. "And you better start to respect my authority as the High Seat of the Paladin Order."
"Or what?" Morgue sneered. "You going to hit me with your toy sword?" Contra's eyes flashed angrily at this. He raised his sword and positioned himself into attack mode.
"I'll teach you respect!" Contra spat and leapt at Morgue. Morgue merely stepped aside and laughed. His sword still in it's sheath.
Contra snorted like an angry bull and charged again. Morgue whipped out his sword and blocked Contra's attack. Throwing his shield at Contra as a distraction he cast reflect around himself.
Contra growled. "Sacrifice Ritual!" He screamed and aimed it at Morgue, casting it over and over again. Before he knew what had happened the attack was coming back to him. Falling to his knees, he began to cast heal.
"No you don't," Morgue said giving him a kick in the stomach. "This is my respect O High Seat of the Paladin Order." Morgue laughed and kicked Contra again. Contra laid on the floor motionless. Blood oozed slowly out from under him. Morgue tilted his head and waited a few seconds before spitting on Contra. "Good riddance," he said turning to walk away. "I did say to him i didn't want girls with me on our mission. Such a pathetic weak Paladin. How could he have gotten...."
Morgue fell forwards. He coughed and blood splattered the ground. Looking back at Contra, he saw him up on his feet. Blood dripping off him like raindrops.
"Impossible," Morgue croaked. "You should be dead. Dead!" Contra began to walk towards him. "How can you still move?!"
Contra continued to walk towards Morgue. "This is why i am the High Seat and not you." Raising his sword, he swung down neatly cut off Morgue's head. It rolled along the floor leaving a trail of blood until it hit the wall, where it sat upright facing him. Morgue's expression frozen in pure horror.
Contra smiled and wiped his sword on Morgue's cape. "You need to respect your elders." He said to Morgue's headless body. Looking up he saw a beautiful woman standing behind a pillar.
"This is what you wanted?" He asked as she stepped out and began to walk towards him. His stomach churned as she gave him a kiss. Her rotting hand caressed his face.
"Yes," she whispered into his ear. He could feel the loose pieces of dead flesh brushing against it. "Exactly what i wanted." She walked over and picked up Morgue's head. "You will do well for my collection." Casting a spell, she brought the head back to life. Morgue looked at her and screamed. "My you'll do very nicely." She hugged him to her chest and walked off.
Contra shuddered and picked a maggot out of his hair. He hated Hel dispite her allowing him to fulfil his wildest and violent fantasies with her in exchange for certain deaths to add to her collection.
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