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Black and White
by Sky Unending (skyunending@yahoo.com)
***
A young man possesses the power of the Alchemist, only
he does not know it. Two great powers are trying to woo
the boy to use his powers to wipe out the other. 2
powerful angels descend and try to win the boy and the
use of his abilities. (MM, sci-fi, rom)
**
The usual disclaimers apply. The story contains
descriptions of sex between males who are of legal age
(some of them are more than 800 years old) and so that
should not pose any problem. The story is a figment of
my imagination and it took some effort to write.
Comments, criticism and Applause are welcome. Contact
me at skyunending@yahoo.com
Episode One
"Here, want one?" Aiden offered Tinka. This was going
to be revenge for the 'missed calls' incident. Or so,
thought Aiden to himself, as he extended his hand with
the cream biscuits towards Tinka. He knew these were
her favorite and she would not be able to resist them.
"Ooh Melbies!" she squealed in delight as she promptly
took two of them and stuffed them into her mouth
chomping ravenously. Aiden carefully watched her face
holding his breath. A few moments later Tinka slowed
down her munching and got a funny look over her face.
And then she clasped both of her hands over her mouth
and screeched. "Yuk, what's wrong with them??"
"Wrong? Nothing wrong. Except... maybe for the fact
that I scraped off all the cream from the biscuits and
put toothpaste inside them!" Aiden had the smirk of the
century on his face.
"You Basta..." The rest of the sentence was left
incomplete as Tinka lunged forward to try and smack
Aiden on the head who easily dodged her. Moments later
she could be seen gargling over the sink in the ladies
room of the coffee shop. Cursing under her breath as
white foam spewed out from her mouth. She was going to
have to come up with some really evil plan to exact
revenge from Aiden this time. Boy, was he in trouble
now.
"That was totally evil!" she declared as she came back
and sat next to Aiden in the café.
" I mean, you are so going to get it from me now." She
stated to a seemingly unaffected Aiden busy guffawing
away.
"Stop guffawing like an ape! It wasn't that funny."
"Yes it was!"
"No, it was not!"
"You should have seen your expression with your mouth
plastered with all that minty goo! Damn, I should have
got my camera!"
"Aiden Writer, you are in deep shit now!"
"Yeah Right! That's exact same thing I said to you when
you could not stop giving Chas all those missed calls
from my phone, if you can recall any of your past evil
deeds," replied Aiden haughtily, referring to the
previous week when Aiden made the mistake of telling
Tinka he had a crush on their class branch Co-
ordinator. Tinka went all out after that, using Aiden's
cell phone whenever she could get a hold of it, to just
give a single ring every time on Chas' phone. A few
embarrassing return calls later, vengeance was all that
was on Aiden's mind.
"Well that was cute and kinda funny."
"So was this!" replied Aiden with an air of triumph.
Then he cheekily extended the packet containing the
maligned biscuits towards the enraged female. "Want
some more?"
Tinka replied by slinging her bag and smacking him over
the head.
"Oww!" cried Aiden. "That hurt!"
"Well it should."
Aiden and Tinka had first become friends in the 8th
grade when A friend of Adien's had commented that Tinka
possessed 'very large boobs'. That was still in the 8th
grade when Aiden's new found homosexuality made it hard
for him to hear guys labeling girls as sluts and
bitches. His friend had challenged him to go and say it
to her if he had the guts.
That very night Aiden called Tinka up and told her what
his friend thought of her assets. "What?" she had
reacted. "Is that all he likes about me?" Chumminess
came easily to them after that and they became as thick
as thieves. Always together, and always referred to as
a couple. Few of their close friends knew the truth
though.
"Well gotta head back and finish my presentation."
Tinka nodded her head. "Miss Marple's gonna kill us
with those submissions and presentations you know."
"Yeah, excuses. Nowadays you never have time for me,"
Aiden stated with a mock frown on his face.
"Yeah dolt!" I spend more time with you than any of the
boyfriends I date! I mean, we are practically married!"
"Ewww."
"Well eww from my side too, but it's true."
"Double eww."
"Eww all you want, I am gonna be heading back, and you,
my 'husband' Aiden, are gonna be dropping me back to my
room."
"As your Excellency desires!"
"Her Excellency desires that you pick her and Aditi up
at 11:00. We are going to 'Earthquake' tonight!"
"Cool! Aditi's coming to Earthquake too?"
"Yes, you better believe it. The gorgeous Indian Chick
is coming along. She's finally mixing with the other
girls now. So if you wanna bring along some guys who
wanna discreetly drool over her, feel free."
"Umm, we'll see."
"I am sure Chas would love to come!" Tinka knew she was
asking for it.
"Yeah, I bet he would," replied Aiden appearing to be
nonchalant but knowing that Tinka would surely see the
seething person inside him.
"Or maybe Dominic would!" This time Tinka hit a sore
spot. She was already getting back at him for the
Melbies prank. Aiden flashed her an angry glare.
Dominic was the guy that Aiden had been in love with
for a long time though he would never admit it to
anyone. Tinka wondered how he managed to keep it all
bottled inside himself. She had never seen someone so
madly besotted with anyone before. And even more fierce
about keeping it all to oneself. Aiden Writer sure had
endurance.
"I'll just get Jason along." He muttered finally. Jason
Bradley was one of Aiden's roommates.
"Okey Dokey!"
Aiden dropped her off at her dorm and then sped towards
his. Maybe if he hurried he could finish all of his
assignment work and squeeze in a little bit of tennis
playing time with Steve and Jason, if any of them would
agree to come along with him. Steve Johnson was his
second roommate.
~~~
"Hey guys!" Aiden boomed as he swung open the door of
his room.
A very lukewarm hey came back from Steve who seemed
busy reading a Mathew Reilly novel and a very
enthusiastic 'wazzzzuuuup' came from Jason who
stretched out his hand to high five him.
"Anyone for Tennis?" he enquired.
"Yeah sure." Steve said pertly as he slammed down his
book. As bookish as he might seem, Steve was never one
to pass up on a game of tennis.
"You guys go ahead." Jason chimed in. "I'll play a
little baski and join you later. Jason was the most
athletic of the trio and at the same time the most
affable, friendly and naive. His innocence caused him
to be the butt of jokes at most times but everyone
loved the five foot five inch dude and Aiden always
considered himself lucky to have such a great roommate.
Aiden was academically the most brilliant of the three,
by far that is. With the highest CGPA in his class, he
always had his friends pestering him as to how he
achieved such great grades when he studied so little.
"Sheer genius" he would tell them.
"Well I'll just be playing for a half hour or so, but
you can join Steve later if he is still at the courts,"
replied Aiden while carefully taking out his tennis
togs from a neatly folded bundle in his cupboard. Steve
just picked up something from the heap lying on the bed
and slipped it on.
"Ok then see you later."
"And yeah, don't forget, tonight we are going to
'Earthquake' with Tinka and that new Indian babe
Aditi." Aiden knew Steve would not be interested and
never bothered informing him.
"You gotta be kidding me! Aditi Agrawal. Fucking-A!"
"Yup, Aditi Agrawal"
"Shit, how the hell do you properly pronounce her name?
gotta ask someone that!"
Steve and Aiden left a beaming Jason in the room who
was now happily rummaging amongst his side of the room
searching for his basketball. How the hell could
someone not find a basketball? Aiden would never
understand, His friends would badger him to no end
about being such a stickler and a neatness freak, but
that's the way that he liked things.
~~~
40 minutes of tennis later, Aiden was exhausted and
grumbling. His serve was as bad, if not as worse than
when he had started playing tennis a year back, his
backhand sucked and his reaction time also seemed
screwed up. Steve mercilessly routed him for a 6-1
victory.
"Sheesh! I suck! I really do," Aiden grumbled to
himself, slamming his racket on the bench as he slumped
down and guzzled on a bottle of water.
"Yup, you sure do!" added Steve.
Aiden glanced at Steve. Steve sure was a mystery to
him. The guy was lazy as hell most of the time just
lying around, sleeping 10-12 hours a day, watching
movies or playing on the comp but he could sure be
active when he wanted to. Aiden was enervated to the
core after a furious tennis session but Steve appeared
to be hardly breaking a sweat. Steve was unarguably the
best-looking amongst the 3 roommates and also the most
moody. But he was also the only other person other than
Tinka who knew about Aiden's sexuality.
"So. You're going to the Earthquake with Tinka and
Jason?"
"And Aditi?"
"Yeah, her too."
"Yup."
Aiden knew Steve had something on his mind but knew he
would just have to be patient if he wanted him to say
it.
"So nowadays you not sleeping around with any guy?"
Aiden was taken aback. This was pretty straight-forward
for Steve. Steve had accepted Aiden's sexuality when he
had come out to him, but was never very comfortable
with the details regarding it. On the other hand there
was Tinka who always demanded things right down to the
most graphic and sordid detail from Aiden.
"Nope! No one."
Steve then took a deep breath. "Why don't you do
something about Dominic and ask..."
"Hey, howzzit going?"
The two were interrupted by Jason as he strutted onto
the courts with a basketball in his hands. The petite
guy clad with an arm band and head band was smiling as
his usual self. Jason looked at an annoyed Steve and a
red faced Aiden.
"People, are we playing?" Jason was never good at
picking up hints and had no clue that he had
interrupted something, much to the relief of Aiden.
"Yeah, sure... err..." stuttered Aiden. "I'll just go
and... um... you continue with Steve." Aiden looked
about frantically and caught side of Steve with a blank
expression on his face. 'Always difficult to read' he
thought.
"So 11 PM at night right?"
"Yup, be ready!" stated Aiden as he scurried about
collecting his items in a rush to get away from there.
He left the court hastily as Steve's eyes followed him
till he exited and Jason continued rambling to Steve
telling him about how he had obtained details about
Aditi and how he had found out that she really loved
cats.
~~~
"It's been eons since an Alchemist has appeared on the
material plane," the dulcet voice of the Empress of
Vand stated.
She cast her blue eyes upon the bowing masculine figure
before her. Black. That was the name he was famously
known as. The guardian of the empress of Vand, the dark
silver 'seraph', the keeper of the Dark, all were names
and titles bestowed upon him. Arangyunus was his real
name, but very few Perpetuals knew that.
His Silver grey wings stretched across more than 30
feet from one tip to the other and a dark crystalline
glint sparkled across his sinewy torso. The tips of the
wings had black streaks highlighting the edges. The
scene looked peculiar, for an entity of such seeming
power to be bowing in respect in front of an ostensibly
four year old child.
The Empress shook her head and her long golden tresses
swayed. "The alchemist has to be won over."
Her pet chimera, Pi flitted noisily. "Black will take
on the required form and descend upon the material
plane?" This message was telepathic and was directed
only towards the Empress of Vand?
"Yes Black will do the required." And she gazed upon
the eyes of her guardian as he lifted his silver eyes
to meet hers. Brilliant sparkles of white and blue
light scintillated across his form as the wings slowly
disappeared and the Perpetual's body slowly changed
color to a pale flesh tone. At the end of the
transformation, present in front of the Empress and her
pet was a naked man, bowing waiting for his mistress to
give the next command.
"Go, Arangyunus. Perpetrate the necessary."
And with that order from his mistress, Black stood up,
a powerful male of the human species. His form slowly
shimmered and disappeared. A few seconds later he
appeared on the material plane. This would be the most
difficult errand his mistress would ever send him on.
Only, he did not realize that yet.
"Mistress, are you certain that Black should be
employed for this task." Pi, the telepathic chimera had
doubts. "The Alchemist is an event occurring in a
millennium. Should you not descend upon the material
plane yourself and handle this yourself?"
"The Alchemist possesses powers beyond the Perpetuals.
And that power has never been correctly harnessed.
Force will under no circumstances lend us his powers,
because they are his to use."
"So overwhelming by lust will bend him towards our
side?"
"Perchance. Or maybe it will require more than that."
~~~
The door of the bar swung open as the 4 of them walked
in. Aditi being led by an over courteous Jason followed
by a pair of haggling 21 year olds; Aiden and Tinka.
"What do you mean by 'the debate club is not good
enough'? The debate club of our uni is fab and I Aiden,
am absolutely the best speaker."
"You would not be the best speaker if there were no
other speaker's left darling. I think Mr. Rodrigues
would oust you in a debate." Mr. Rodrigues was the head
janitor in the university campus. He was dumb and
speech was not a virtue bestowed upon him.
"What? You saying that he can raise arguments better
than me?" Aiden was flaring as he took the seat
opposite Jason and Aditi.
"You would not recognize a cogent argument if it hit
you on the head and ran all over you." Tinka knew
exactly how to push Aiden's sore spots to get a rise
out of him. She gracefully sat on the seat beside
Aiden.
"And what about your..."
"Guys Please." Jason interrupted Aiden with a pained
expression on his face. Aiden immediately felt guilty
when he thought about how badly Jason wanted to meet
this Aditi girl. He turned and saw Tinka was in too
with a guilty expression on her face. Then he saw Jason
pleading him with his eyes. Jason really had the hots
for this Tinka girl and he wanted things to start of on
the right foot today.
"Well Aditi, the two of us are always at opposite
warheads releasing all kinds of ammunition on each
other. It is not as bad as it looks or sounds." Tinka
was smiling as she said that. Aiden also had a big grin
over his face once again remembering that other people
might not find their 'friendly' bantering as friendly
as it was supposed to be.
"Yeah, tell me about it, motormouth marathon" Jason
whistled under his breath. Then before Aiden could
figure out what he had said he quickly turned towards
Aditi, "Hey Aditi, you like cats? My grandma lives
close to the campus and her cat just gave birth to 5
kittens last week!"
Aiden clunked his head against the table in his mind as
Tinka nudged his foot under the table. This had to be
the cheesiest way to start a conversation with someone.
"Um, yeah..." Aditi replied looking at Jason with a
weird look on her face.
"Great, you can come over with me sometime to my
grandma's place and we can... err cuddle and pet."
Tinka, Aiden and Aditi all glared at Jason.
"Pet the kittens... the, the little fur balls... all
soft and cuddly." Jason' face was as red as a beet
root. He could not believe what a big ass he was making
of himself.
"Uh huh.... maybe sometime." Aditi had a 'what-a-bozo'
look on her face.
Just then a black girl with golden curls and an apron
appeared and introduced herself as the waitress. "What
will you guys have?"
While Tinka glared at Jason, who looked sheepishly at
Aiden who was busy looking at Aditi wondering whether
the 'why do I have to be unwittingly paired up with
this bozo' look on her face was indeed what he was
deciphering it to be. Jason really wanted this girl
very badly and he and Tinka would have to take matters
into their hands for now. Tinka apparently had the same
thoughts on her mind for as soon as the drinks were
ordered she asked Jason.
"So, how is basketball coming along these days?"
Jason got a smile on his face just at the mention of
the game. "Yeah that's' right" Aiden thought, keep the
conversation to sports and Jason would not have any
trouble then.
Over the next 15 minutes Jason' sports abilities were
discussed in detail. His being in the uni's Basketball
team or 'Baski' as he referred to it, even though he
was by far the shortest player on the team. His being
on the uni's tennis team, a feat Aiden had spent
grueling hours of practice to achieve, and Jason seemed
to play tennis effortlessly.
His being on the swim team and even an ace track
athlete. Aditi seemed to be taken in by his athletic
achievements and looked at Jason with a new admiration.
Jason just seemed to bask in the glow of his abilities
and was back to his effervescent affable self - the one
that does not blunder like a drunk on 36 shots of vodka
when he was with girls.
As the two started to get engrossed into the
conversation themselves Aiden motioned over to Tinka to
let the two be. They excused themselves and headed over
to the bar.
"Well that starts of something between Jason and
Aditi." Stated Tinka as she flopped down onto one of
the bar stools and motioned the bartender to come over.
The guy sitting on the adjacent glanced at her and then
fixed his gaze on her breasts. Aiden noticed and
scowled a bit. He slowly settled onto the stool next to
Tinka still frowning at the guy which seemed to have no
effect on him.
"Well you've got an admirer." Aiden said pointing with
his chin to the lecher on Tinka's right. "Or rather
should I say your body parts have another admirer?"
The guy coughed and looked away as Tinka whirled around
to see what Aiden was talking about then shook her head
and looked at the ceiling in a helpless gesture.
"I was saying that Tinka looks to be totally into our
chummy buddy." They booth looked at a Jason and Aditi
animatedly laughing over what appeared to be a very
good joke. "She could probably pick him and toss him
out if he causes any trouble." She said laughing to
herself. Aiden joined in the laughter. It was true;
Jason was not exactly shorter than her, but was pretty
short indeed and Aditi had apparently wore heels cause
she now stood just a couple of inches over him if they
both stood up.
"So Aiden, when are you going to get hooked?" she said
with a solemn expression on her face.
"Don't know." Aiden took a deep breath and continued,
"When the mood is right I guess?"
"Mooood? What the hell do you mean by that? How about
now?"
"And you are supplying prince charming I suppose?"
"Yeah, he's behind me!"
"What?" Aiden glanced behind her. "'Mister-I-can't-
keep-my-eyes-of-women's-boobies' ?"
"No not him you moron!" Tinka said haughtily. "The guy
behind the lecher, the one in the black shirt."
Aiden leaned forward to look behind her. The guy who he
had first scorned at him now scorned at him. This time
Aiden ignored his look and looked at the guy next to
him. Blond hair, nice face and good looking. He had a
prominent dimple on his cheek.
"And what makes you think he may be interested in me?"
"Well..." Tinka stated with an air of omniscience, "I
noticed him glancing over at you before when we were
with Jason and Aditi..." She paused to gulp at her
drink. "And besides he never once glanced at my breasts
when I settled down here" she stated as if it was the
most non- hetero thing to do on the planet.
"Yeah right! And that gives me the authority to go and
make a pass at him..."
"Of course it does!" Tinka stated triumphantly cutting
Aiden off.
Aiden swallowed before his next words. "Mrs. big
Doosies does not get stared at her curves and then
expects the guy to be a crooked one eh... someone sure
is conceited!"
"Oh stop with your smart ass replies for once. Why
don't you just give it a chance?"
"He's probably straight you nut! You just want me to
get a black eye. I have never met a single gay guy in
this place even once! The probability that he caters to
my kind is absolutely minimal!"
"Stop thinking with your logical head for once. Why the
hell won't you go and make a pass at him! It's not like
he'll think you are from outer space or something. Even
if he is straight, I am sure he has heard of gay guys
to figure out where you are coming from."
Tinka took a deep breath. She still had more to say,
"Stop saving yourself for that Dominic Paige."
2 more minutes of exasperated arguing later Aiden got
up, straightened his shirt and advanced slowly towards
the subject of their argument muttering and cursing
Tinka under his breath. But he knew better than to
argue with her when she was in those headstrong moods.
"Just do as she says." He murmured to himself and
cautiously approached the blond guy.
"Hi, can I buy you a drink?" Aiden looked questioningly
towards the blond dude sitting seemingly alone on a
barstool who returned his inquiring look with a puzzled
one.
Aiden extended his hand. "My name's Aiden." The guy
shook the offered hand hesitatingly, his puzzled
countenance morphing into a slight scowl.
"So what's your name?" Aiden was wondering if he would
have to do all the talking.
"Josh." He said and then shut his mouth. Aiden noticed
how beautiful his lips were. The guy had a dimple only
on his left cheek, the one Aiden had seen before and
none on the other. It made him look real cute to Aiden.
The music in the club boomed really loud by now and
Aiden found it difficult to listen to what Josh was
saying, if he was saying anything that was.
"Listen, are you waiting for someone or can I take this
seat here?"
"Whatever, take it." he replied nonchalantly, not
seeming too pleased that this over-friendly guy was
piling onto him.
Aiden looked at Josh's face and thought for a moment,
but decided to sit down cause he had already come this
far.
"No." he stated flatly, before Aiden could initiate
further conversation. "You don't need to buy me a
drink."
"Oh, Alrighty then," Aiden said a little taken aback,
"So anyway Josh, what do you do?"
"Why, is it any business of yours?" he replied
churlishly.
Aiden wanted to leave the table just then but his mouth
was not listening to his mind and decided to talk on.
"No, just asking if you study in some university around
this place."
"Yeah, am an architecture student at Misoha." He
replied not so ever glancing at Aiden but looking
straight ahead.
"Architecture eh? Used to sleepless nights, A3 sheets
and T-squares?"
"Why, are you an architect too?" he asked with an
annoyed expression on his face.
"No, it's just that some of my very good friends are.
I'm an engineering student."
The guy looked away once again. Aiden was not sure how
to proceed any more. Should he try to talk to this guy
once more or should he just politely leave while he
still wore his dignity. Was Tinka's guess right that
this Josh was interested in him? Hardly seemed so. He
would try to talk just once more and if things did not
get any warmer, he would just have to leave this chap.
"So your submissions and viva's must be coming up
right?"
Josh firmly placed his mug on the table and rotated to
face Aiden. "Listen buddy, go play your homo games with
someone else. I AM NOT INTERESTED. If you feel I was
looking at you earlier, it's because you look a lot
like my cousin, so please would you just get lost?"
Aiden looked him squarely in the face, "thanks for
clearing that up." Not at all showing the hurt he felt
inside on his face he got up to leave. Tinka Appeared
behind the two suddenly.
"Hey you guys, what's going on?"
"Your ugly homo friend out here was hitting on me."
"And what makes you think he was hitting on you? Did he
ask you for a blowjob or something?" Tinka sure knew
how to put someone in a spot.
"No but he... just fuck off you two!"
"Not everyone comes from a respectful household I
guess," Tinka stated as she grabbed Aiden by the arm
and pulled him back over to where they were initially
seated. Aiden felt like a pile of shit and Tinka felt
even worse.
"Shit, Sorry Ade, never meant to get you humiliated
like that."
Aiden looked over at Tinka's apologetic expression. He
tried to put a smile on his face but could barely
muster the courage for one.
"It's fine," he squeaked and cleared his throat to get
his voice out, "it's just that I looked like his cousin
so he was giving me the look over earlier."
"It's all my fault, please let me buy you a drink."
Aiden looked at Tinka, thankful that even though he had
no one to share his life with consummately, he at least
had Tinka.
~~~
Not too far away from the booming music of the disco,
in a dark alley, the view got nebulous as a naked human
form gradually 'shimmered' onto the material plane. The
deserted alley felt the presence of one the most
powerful dark Perpetuals. The form was crouched, the
body wrapped into itself as if in a cocoon. Black had
arrived into the human world. He slowly un-entangled
himself and stood up to his full height.
A towering figure with a forbidding presence. The thew
of his torso apparent at just a glance with ridges
along the abdomen descending into powerful pubes. The
strapping arms appeared mighty but actually showed no
signs of the superhuman feats they were capable of.
Sturdy legs lofted him to an impressive verticality.
His back was sinewy and rippled with each muscular form
palpating under the slightest movement.
The human encased dark Seraph extended one arm outwards
with the palms facing upwards and slowly closed his
palm in the shape of a claw as each muscle in the arm
tensed.
"Stealth Ability 37; Shadowy Specter," Black voiced
out. And as soon as those words left his mouth his form
was morphed to a black velvet which burgeoned in all
directions and then rapidly fell to the ground. The
Stealth spell would allow Black to move about
undetected as he searched for methods to blend into the
surroundings and found his target. A dark blackness now
moved about on the earth as it left the deserted alley
and moved along streets in which people strayed.
The shadow soon glided along to the entrance of an
edifice which possessed a miscellany of clothes
displayed on a myriad of mannequins. The structure
appeared to be isolated as was common for a facility of
its kind for this time of the night. The shadowy form
sailed under the locked glass doors. Black was now
inside a clothing and accessories shop.
Once inside, the shadow resumed the form of a naked
man; one in search of garbs. Black came over to a
mannequin set adorned in the latest styles and looked
over them. The mannequins were skinny and not up to his
height. Finding an attire would be difficult.
Just then he noticed a male species mannequin in the
centre enclosed in a glass casing which appeared to be
larger than the others. Adorned in dark denim with a
cross gartering white string extending from head to toe
on either side. Black shoes of leather of the most
upmarket kind and a white gossamer shirt diaphanous to
some extent.
Black proceeded to disrobe the lifeless model as he put
on each garment on his own body. He would have to do
this manually as his powers were of no use in such
circumstances. In fact, the extent of his powers would
be greatly suppressed when he would be in this form.
Just then black's noticed he was not alone in the huge
room. A security guard stood gaping at him as soon as
he finished attiring himself. Black cursed himself in
his mind.
His abilities were restrained and would take some time
to recover and even then would not return to their full
efficiency till he assumed his original form. That
explained how a security guard had gotten so close
without him sensing it.
"Hey you!" the man in uniform bellowed. "What the fuck
are you doing in here?"
Black knew he would have to take matters into his own
hands now. He extended his left arm forward, bending it
into a V shape and placed his right hand across it
creating a cross structure. Black opened his mouth to
cant.
"Internecine Ability 60; BlackFang Slash." Black
rapidly moved his right arm across as if slashing the
left with two fingers. Simultaneously A black streak
appeared just above the nape of the security guard and
slashed diagonally across the neck. A grimace remained
painted across the victim's face as his head was
severed off and a chunk of his body slowly slipped off
from the bottom half. Both parts fell to the floor.
Blood sputtered in all directions. The security guard
would never understand how this entity had managed to
cut him in two from a distance of more than 40 feet.
Black reeled under the recoil effect of the mutually
destructive 'internecine' spell. The recoil was immense
for a spell of such low caliber, but the dark seraph
was itself devoid of his powers. A few seconds later,
Black, Shaking off the effects of the recoil headed
towards the main entrance. Fully attired in clothes he
could now proceed on his quest to find the Alchemist.
9 hours later detectives and forensic experts would
examine the macabre homicide of a clothesline store
security guard. The body, in 2 parts, one consisting of
the head, neck, a shoulder blade and part of an arm and
the other part consisting of whatever else a human body
comprises of, would leave them dumbfounded. What force
could slice the human body like this, as if it were a
mere vegetable?
~~~
Aiden stared into the mirror ahead of him. He was still
at the disc, in the toilet that is. He had excused
himself for a moment from Tinka to come to the men's
restroom. The music thumped in muffled tones as Aiden
sadly looked at his own reflection.
Was he that ugly? He sure had had his share of one-
nighters, all thanks to the internet. He could meet
guys who were not so blessed with looks and carry out
his release with them. In fact the last 2 years had
seen him indulge in many one night stands, thanks to
easy get away procedures from the frat rooms. But
relationships were another world apart.
He looked at his scruffy black hair. Tousled. It was
always like that. He never combed it. Did he need a
hair-cut? Usually it was cut short and hardly required
much combing but right now it was long and disheveled.
It just looked un-maintained. His hair-cut was at least
a couple of months overdue. Then he looked at his
glasses. Did glasses make him look over-nerdy? Some of
his one one-night 'Johns' enjoyed his nerdy look.
They loved it when the nerdy guy turned into an animal
in bed. And he had worn glasses all his life. Switching
over to contacts or something would be a harrowing
experience. He looked at his face. Ordinary; Painfully
so. And right now there was a zit above his left brow
which made him grimace even more. Aiden contemplated
his own looks. He remembered Josh's words calling him,
well, ugly. He felt lower than a pug's testicles.
Then he scanned his eyes over his own body in the
mirror. At least that was in good shape. He loved
keeping fit. All the daily push-ups and tennis made his
body streamlined and well proportioned, though he felt
he was a little too skinny. 5'11" was not a bad height
either. His teeth looked okay as well. Thank God he had
had braces for a year when he was 17.Aiden thought back
to the days when his looks never mattered.
A toilet stall door swung open behind him with a clang
as someone strolled out. Aiden quickly left the mirror
to get back into the noisy bacchanal ambience. He was
now in no mood to stay and would leave immediately,
after informing Tinka and the others. He would have to
come up with some excuse for Chas and Aditi, but he was
sure Tinka would accompany him out of this wretched
place.
"Hey Tinka." He called out to her in a soft voice as he
neared her, "I don't much feel like staying here. I
think I'll leave."
Tinka looked at him sorrowfully. She knew most of this
was her fault. She should not have coaxed Aiden to go
and talk to that blonde asshole. Seeing the saturnine
look on Aiden's face, she decided she would have to
accompany him. She no longer felt like staying on in
this dump either.
"You know what, I'm gonna come too. Let's just get away
from here."
Tinka raised herself from the barstool as Aiden told
her to wait a moment as he went over and informed Jason
and Aditi who were now busy dancing away to the
cadence, gyrating on the dance floor. Aiden felt a
little better to see that at least Jason was having a
good time. As Aiden approached the couple, he noticed
that Aditi's movements suddenly got slower and she
almost stopped dancing, her eyes fixated towards the
entrance of the disc. Aiden followed her gaze, looking
across the sea of people drinking, swinging and
laughing till his eyes rested on Him.
He stood there, as if searching for someone, his face
expressionless. A tall man with the looks of a comic
book superhero. With a diaphanous white top that
accentuated his perfect muscular torso and denim clad
legs with lacings on the sides the man looked drop dead
gorgeous. Aiden stood transfixed for 5 seconds. He had
never in his life laid eyes on someone so strikingly
handsome.
Then he remembered the incident with that Josh
character and sighed inwards. Aiden progressed towards
Aditi who was apparently still gazing at 'Mr. Knock you
dead with one look', as Aiden now referred to him in
his mind. Aiden looked around to notice that by now,
many people had their eyes riveted towards the new
entry.
"Hey Aditi," Aiden screamed above the deafening music,
shaking the girl out her staring stupor. "Tinka and me
are leaving. You guys have a nice time."
"Uh... yeah. Ok." Was all she replied. Then she blushed
and smiled and diverted her attention back to Jason who
was still dancing unaware of what was going on around.
That was just like Jason's character, Aiden thought to
himself.
Aiden made his way back to Tinka who had noticed the
new arrival too. "Super hot guy eh?" she questioned,
motioning towards the centre of more than half the
club's attention.
"Yeah." Aiden muttered softly under his breath, not
raising his eyes to look in the pointed direction.
Tinka decided to not pursue this line any further. She
felt a sudden rise of desire to stay back and try to
approach the guy but then decided against it
remembering the state Aiden was in. She quietly
followed Aiden as he headed towards the door.
"Hey!" a voice called out to Aiden just as he was about
to exit the club. Aiden whirled around to see if it was
him being called out to. It was the white shirt hunky
guy. And he signaled Aiden to stop as he made his way
across the sea of people towards him. People turned
their heads as he passed them, envious, fascinated and
some openly drooling at the sight of such beauty. Aiden
looked at Tinka's face with a questioning look on his
face. She shrugged her shoulders and returned him a
puzzled look.
"Hi! I'm Will. Can I buy you a drink?"
Aiden stood a little befuddled. Why was this Adonis
type character approaching him, who had all but left
the bar, asking to buy him a drink. His thoughts were
running even hazier as he realized that this guy had
severe green eyes whose hues were even noticeable in
the lights of the disc. He just looked at the guy's
mouth moving till he realized the man had stopped
talking a few moments ago.
"Uhh... drink?"
"Yeah sure! I'd love to buy you a drink, if you have
the time that is!"
Aiden was flustered. Why was this guy so adamant to buy
him a drink? Why would such an awesomely handsome chap
be interested in him? Was someone playing a trick on
him or something?
Unknown to Aiden, his thoughts were being read. His
mind was rummaged along as Black, who had assumed the
name of Will had found his target. Powerful Perpetuals
often possessed the ability to read the minds of lesser
humans. Black was presently scouring the Alchemist's
mind perusing each and every thought that came up.
Aiden composed himself. "Hey man, I really appreciate
the offer, but I was just about to leave. I have to
drop my friend back too." He gestured towards Tinka
"Cool, can I tag along?" Will asked with an innocent
expression.
"You? Err..." Aiden was dumbfounded.
"Of course you can!" Tinka interpolated forcefully.
"We'd love to have your company...err, Will. I'm Tinka
and this here is Aiden."
Aiden shrugged his shoulders in a 'sure-join-us'
gesture and then headed outside with his best friend
and the hottest dude on the planet in tow. A couple of
girls entering the club in the opposite directions
ogled at the new collection to the pair.
"Hey Handsome," one of them cooed at Will, "Wanna buy
me a drink."
"No, I'll buy you one!" interjected the other. And then
both of them giggled as the trio walked by, Will
ignoring the tittering pair.
The three walked out into the relatively warmer
temperature of the night; Aiden was finding it hard to
keep his eyes of the man walking beside him but at the
same time did not understand what to say to him. Tinka
was trying to figure out this new person and Black aka
Will was busy skimming along Aiden's thoughts. Yes.
This was the alchemist. There was a subtle difference
in the way his mind and thoughts felt when compared to
other humans.
His task was now to win over the usage of the
Alchemist's powers. Seduction was the easiest way, but
as he combed Aiden's mind he realized that his prey was
in an emotionally unstable state right now. It was too
bad that his psychic abilities would only allow him to
probe at surfacing thoughts and not allow him to delve
into the mind as his Empress could. If he had her
abilities, he would effortlessly have been able to
plant the thought of sex directly into the boy's brain.
"Really nice Weather today." Will started sensing the
awkwardness going through Aiden's head. "A good thing
it rained in the afternoon; really cooled the
atmosphere."
"Yeah A much needed respite from the relentless heat."
Tinka added smiling.
"Easy for the two of you to say. I was outside and got
caught in the rain in the morning. Got totally
drenched." Aiden stated with a mock frown on his face.
"Sorry to hear that." Will replied.
"No, actually I love getting soaked in the rain. Just
that I had my bag and all. My books got steeped."
"Then good riddance eh? Get rid of all the college
books and all?" Will's smile widened and Aiden could
not help noting his perfectly straight immaculate
teeth. "Some people sure have it all", he thought to
himself, and to Black as well.
"Yup, sure did, but I had one of my frat mate's books
too. Boy was he furious!" Aiden was laughing hard as he
pictured Jason seething with rage at him in the
morning.
"Frat mate? You guys are students in one of the
universities nearby?" Will knew that asking such a
question would immediately give rise to thoughts in
Aiden's mind which would give him a little more
information to help his aims.
"Yeah," Aiden replied, I am an engineering student and
Tinka here is struggling to become an architect."
"What do you mean struggling?" asked an irked Tinka.
"Will, take note that Aiden here is the phoniest of
engineers you'll ever get to meet. These engineers are
all no good con artistes that dupe people out of their
money in exchange for nothing."
"Don't even get me started on the bitchy work you
architects do..." and the two were once again lost I
their arguments, forgetting all about their
surroundings.
Black pretended to be enjoying their banter and put a
smile on his face. Inside he felt absolutely revolted.
These humans were so lowly and pathetic. Their pass
times and habits were contemptible. Why do the alchemy
powers only surface in a human soul? Black had a slight
urge to use one of the Internecine Ability spells to
wipe out both these pathetic creatures right there on
the spot. Even this Alchemist boy seemed over
vulnerable. He wondered if seducing him would work.
Nearing a coffee shop Black sensed that Aiden would
like to enjoy some coffee.
"Hey you two, care for some coffee. I sure would like
some."
The pair stopped arguing and looked at Will. Aiden was
contemplating having some coffee himself. "Yeah sure."
Was his reply, "If you also want some," he asked Tinka.
Tinka saw this as a perfect opportunity to clear her
name for the mess she had caused earlier in the bar
with the Josh dude. She also felt that Will was a nice
enough guy from the conversations they had had. Aiden
"You boys go ahead. I have to get back to my sorority.
Have some sheets to cover up on." Black immediately saw
through the lie. So she was leaving so Aiden could
spend some time alone with him. These pitiable humans
sure did things in strange ways. But it suited him just
fine.
"Are you sure?" Aiden inquired. He badly wanted to chat
up this hunky Will but due to the events that happened
earlier he still could not think straight.
"Yes positive. It's not like I have to have a chaperone
till the hostel or something."
"We could just go till your dorm, drop you off and ..."
"Just go dammit," she growled, and then leaned in and
whispered into Aiden's ear, "Have fun darling, you
deserve it. And don't forget, I wan't ALL the details
later."
Black smiled at her as she waved at him and trudged
off.
A small golden bell above the door chimed as the door
swung open and Aiden entered along with Will in tow.
The café was sparsely filled, as it was expected to be.
All eyes turned to see who entered and then remained
fixed on the taller of the two men. Aiden noticed the
stares and felt a tinge of jealousy within him. What
was there to be jealous of he wondered.
He knew next to nothing about this guy; other than the
fact that he should be shooting for some major
Hollywood movie rather than sipping coffee with a
person as boring as himself. Aiden wondered if movie
stars and models looked this hot from close but then
thinking about the ones he had actually met face to
face, he came to the conclusion that they did not.
Aiden settled onto one of the cushioned sofas glad that
they were available and Black settled down next to him.
Black sensed a hue of confidence arising in the
Alchemist that was not there earlier. He left it to the
boy to initiate the conversation now.
Aiden paused a few moments enraptured by the beauty
seated next to him. In the lights of the café, his
features were clearly visible. The chiseled cheek
bones, the strong muscular jaw, the soft pink lips, the
dense black hair, the perfect complexion and his severe
green eyes. This guy was the complete looks package and
Aiden wondered if he could ever be in a relationship
with a person of such beauty. "He maybe a complete
idiot inside" Aiden reminded himself but still wondered
why Will was interested in him.
"So Will, What do you do? I mean you know that I am an
engineering student and all. How old are you first of
all?"
"Why, how old do I look?"
"I don't know, 24, 25 years old?"
Black chuckled at this reply thinking his actual age
was the number supplied by Aiden multiplied by at least
40. "I'm 27," he decided and stated the same to Aiden.
A young boy who looked to be about 16 interrupted them.
"What will you both have?" the young boy smiled a
little too much at Will who immediately interpreted
from his mind that this young waiter had just quarreled
with his friend, a brunette looking scornfully at him,
as to who would serve the hot man candy. Apparently the
curly haired brunette had lost.
"I'll have an Iced Eskimo," quoted Aiden.
"Make that two." Will smiled at Aiden.
"Anything else?" the young waiter asked, eager to stay
on and talk a bit more. His eyes were still focused on
Will. Aiden lifted his eyebrows thinking that the young
waiter could not possibly be any more vulgar in ogling
at his companion.
"No that will be all, thank you." Will read Aiden
thoughts and quickly dismissed the waiter who went back
with a disappointed look.
"So Will, is your name short for William or is it just
Will?"
"No it's just Will. Will Black that is."
"Will Black? So you don't mind me calling you Black?"
"Not at all. In fact many do call me Black."
"No just kidding. I'll call you Will itself."
"Suti yourself."
"And Mr. Will, what do you do? You already know I am an
engineering student."
Scient Abilities and referring to Aiden's thought
patterns allowed Black to come up with a reply to this
one. "I am a social worker."
Aiden raised his eye brows at his reply. Black had just
chosen a profession from the alchemist's mind which the
alchemist really looked up to.
"No kidding. Social worker?"
"Well sort of. My grandfather left me in charge of this
really huge retirement home and I take care of that."
"I thought you would probably be a model or something,"
and for some strange reason, Aiden himself was blushing
after saying that. "So what kind of work does it
require?"
"Taking care of the premises, the facilities, medical
care, sometimes seeking sponsors and donations and in
general, to just keep the place running."
"Really cool. You'll have to take me there sometime."
Black replied without flinching, "Definitely. Any time
you want." He also recognized the fact that Aiden was
genuinely interested and he would have to make
arrangements for the necessary. Aiden now looked at
Will in a totally different light.
"So Aiden, how old are you and what's you full name."
"Yeah, sorry about that. Aiden Writer. That's my full
name. Just turned 21 this March."
The discussion soon shifted to various topics ranging
from studies, weather, eating interests and sports.
Black conveniently quoted that he played the sports
Aiden did changing a few to not make it sound totally
rigged. "No kidding!" Aiden had burst out when he heard
Will loved tennis and swimming. "I love tennis and
swimming myself!"
Throughout Black searched for an opportunity to somehow
seduce the Alchemist and break him. The cat and mouse
games were tiring him out more than any of the
strongest Internecine Ability spells but he was aware
of the fact, that anything happening would have to be
totally consensual and even the slightest of
resistances from the Alchemist would spoil everything.
If things went a little too awry and the Alchemist got
unbridled control of his powers, even he could be
annihilated.
Aiden on his part was really enjoying himself, really
liking this new find. Not only was he 10 times a
regulation hottie, he really cared about people and was
great to converse with too. Somewhere along the way
Aiden once more got entranced by his looks.
Shifting a little to adjust his nether regions which
would put him in a really messy situation in this café,
he suddenly realized that the two had been chattering
away since almost 40 minutes. He would have to get back
soon. Unless he found other ways to spend the night
with...
Black understood the line of thought and at once picked
up that the frat rooms were no place for him and Aiden
to have a mating session. Maybe he could do the boy on
the beach itself.
There was no moon and it was totally dark. No one would
notice. But then the boy's thoughts shifted once more.
The boy wanted this to be more than a one night stand.
Black felt dark rage rising inside him as he perused
the thought of a relationship cruising in the boy's
mind. He had no time for childish games. But Aiden's
next few words caught him completely off guard.
"Tell me Will, why are you interested in me?"
Black searched Aiden's mind but could not find a reply.
"Why do you ask that?"
"I mean, hot like you, does not hang out with plain
like me, unless for a very good reason."
Black would have to resolve this question on his own.
He took a deep breath.
"You know, back at the bar, I just got a glimpse of you
and was suddenly deeply attracted. I saw the melancholy
on your face and immediately knew that I wanted to see
that face smiling. And when you were leaving from the
bar, I knew that I wanted to go along with you and get
out of that stuffy place. And in fact, I made an
excellent choice."
Aiden just looked at him blankly, a slight smile on his
face. Black could confirm his mind was blank too. In
fact it was serene and calm.
"You're beautiful Aiden. And you attract me in more
ways than billions of people can. And I just had to be
with you."
Aiden stared at Will not knowing what to say. Then he
smiled and let his breath out. He had been holding it
in and was not even aware of it.
"Ok, I have to get back to my frat now, it's getting
pretty late." Aiden arose from his seat. Black was
confused. What the fuck had he just said? Was he going
to bang the Alchemist tonight? Was the Alchemist angry
or upset with him? Did he never want to see him again
or something? Or worse, had his mission failed? Why was
he not being able to read the boy's thoughts anymore?
"Can I see you again tomorrow?" asked Aiden in a timid
voice.
Black took Aiden's phone number when Aiden asked for
his stating he would call him tomorrow. Aiden insisted
on paying for the coffee that he had had. Black would
not get to treat the boy with the money he had pilfered
from the long haired fat man before he entered the
disco.
Outside the café the Black shook hands with Aiden
awkwardly. Then he took a step closing the distance
between them and firmly planted his lips on the boy's.
He pulled away 15 seconds later.
Aiden had just experienced the most mind-blowing kiss
of his life.
The dark seraph walked away, promising to give him a
call tomorrow.
~~~
The troglodyte sorcerer advanced cautiously. It had
taken him many days to complete his journey to reach
Immaculata, the capital city of the Kingdom of light.
But he was certain that the news he carried would
certainly grab the interest of the ruler. He was even
certain that he would be handsomely rewarded.
The elephantine golden gates swung open slowly as he
was allowed entrance into the Emperor's chamber. The
troglodyte gazed all around, his one eye open with
wonder at the grandeur of the Emperor's court. Sturdy
edifices of spotless white marble with gold linings
held up a ceiling which was too high to fathom. Azure
fabrics swooped down as if from the sky and touched
almost all the way to the ground.
Courtiers in the most opulent fabrics absorbed the
lowly troglodyte with interest. And towards the end, in
the centre of this magnificent hall, elevated 20 feet
from the marbled floor stood a throne rising high into
the air. On it was seated the Emperor Witenhoem, who
once used to be the guardian of the city of Immaculata.
He was still more fondly known as the Keeper of the
Light, White.
The troglodyte approached the throne his head bowed
till he neared the steps leading to the throne and
genuflected, bowing in reverence.
"Lift your head and speak please," a deep velvety male
voice called out. The troglodyte raised it's head and
drank in the sight of the Emperor with his one eye.
Seated on the throne was a handsome man, his face
radiating in the power he possessed, his prevailing
body rested upon a robe of white tuft, and he wore
robes of the same pure white himself.
"My ruler, this humble servant of yours has stumbled
upon a discovery that will pique your interest. It is
with the news of this discovery that I arrive here."
"Pray, inform us. What is this discovery you speak of?"
The troglodyte paused, knowing this was going to have a
dramatic effect. "The discovery of the presence of the
Alchemist my Lord."
Immediately hundreds of voices started talking all at
once. Every courtier started talking at the same time.
The ruler raised his hand to thwart the hubbub.
Instantly silence filled the hall.
"And what of the Alchemist?"
"He thrives on the material plane my lord, his powers
concealed in a human body. As of now he is 21 years if
age and possesses no knowledge of his capabilities."
At once the Keeper of the light rose and unfurled his
great pear wings stretching to more than 15 meters
across. The troglodyte realized that these were the
legendary white wings that the Emperor was seated on
which had seemed like soft white tuft which he had
assumed to be a robe at first glance.
The stentorian voice White boomed throughout the
gathering, "If what you say is true, them I myself will
descend to the material plane and find the alchemist. I
will entreat him to lend us the use of his powers to
defeat the Kingdom of the void."
Two days of affluent comfort later, the troglodyte
would return to his runnels, with riches enough for his
5 future generations to fritter.
To be continued...
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It's okay to *READ* stories about unprotected sex with
others outside a monogamous relationship. But it isn't
okay to *HAVE* unprotected sex with people other than
a trusted partner. You only have one body per lifetime,
so take good care of it!
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