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The Edge of the Coin: Part III
by Ryoken

“What have you done with him, Kain?!” Seacia yelled as she leapt at
Kain’s throat.
“I have done nothing with Raziel, Seacia! He seems to have slipped
into the spectral realm.” He must have said it quickly, she was inches from his throat.
“The spectral realm...Where can I find him once he re-enters the
material realm?!”
“I don’t know, Seacia. But I have a feeling your question needn’t be
answered,” he said as he looked up. For there was Raziel, standing on
the second floor of that soon-to-be crypt, looking down upon them as if
nothing had ever happened.
“Raziel, are you alright?” She asked coolly.
“Yes, I am fine, thanks to Kain. Why did you save me, Kain? I would
have thought you would enjoy seeing me play out my so-called destiny.”
“No, Raziel. That is no where near your true destiny. That was taken
from you by Moebius. As was mine. I saved you because it is your destiny to restore the corrupted guardians of the Pillars, including me. So you
see, Raziel, that you are the key to Nosgoth’s future. As Janos said, the Pillars are the lock, and the reaver is the key. We must hurry to the Pillars before-”
“Before I find what you are up to, Kain?” came a voice from the darkness.
“Moebius!” Seacia said.
“Ahh, strange one, we meet again,” though no one could see him, Seacia
could tell that there was a smile on that serpent’s despicable face.
“And where has your journey brought you thus far?”
“And why would you like to know, venomous snake?”
“Simply out of curiosity, my dear.”
“And why might that be, Moebius? Can’t you see it with your damned
visions?!” Raziel thundered.
“Actually Raziel, I cannot. Strangely enough, her path is never
detected, like as if she had brushed away the trail. Or as if she had never existed,”
he said as he stepped out from the darkness, staff in hand. Kain
plummeted to the ground, unable to move by the spell that the staff caused. Raziel’s reaver was disabled as well. “See how you old master lies upon the ground, unmoving and paralyzed? Now take into consideration this creature. She isn’t harmed by it at all, no matter how close I get. There is something about her that I do NOT like. Now, kill Kain before I summon Malek to do it for you,” he ranted.
Raziel looked at Kain and then to Moebius, and clearly stated “No.”
“Fine then, my little assassin. MALEK!!!” He rang. But he did not
come.
“It appears your lackey can’t hear you, Moebius. Or perhaps he is no
more,”
Raziel said as he neared Moebius, eyes closing till they were only
slits, white mist pouring from them. “By the sound of it, it seems Vorador is taking care of him and your fellow guardians.” Moebius looked towards him with a look of terror on his face.
“No Raziel. Do not forget your path. It’s Kain’s destiny to kill me,
not yours!”
“Not anymore, old man,” he said as swiftly killed Moebius with a few
swipes of his claws and destroyed the staff. Then the ground began to quake.
“What is this, an earthquake?!” Seacia said as she fell to the ground.
“No, history is reshuffling itself!” Kain said. The ground stopped
quivering, and Seacia stood up.
“Reshuffling?”
“Yes. When a paradox could possibly be formed, history tries to
maneuver around it by reshuffling itself.”
“I see.”
“Come, Raziel. We must hurry to the Pillars. Seacia, would do us the
honor of joining us?” Kain bowed as he said this. She nodded an affirmative. “Good. I still do not know what your reason for being is, but I am sure we will find out. Place your hand on my shoulder, you two.” They did as he commanded and he transported them to the Pillars. Kain walked up to the Pillars and placed his clawed hand upon the one that was supposed to be destined for him. “Raziel, the Soul Reaver is the key to unlocking all of the secrets here. And perhaps maybe even the secrets of Seacia.” He turned to face Raziel and pointed at the emblem at his feet. As he approached the two, he explained “These Pillars hold secrets that have been sealed since the extinction of the winged beings that you happened to discover in the murals on the walls of the forges, Raziel. Here,” he said as he held out the physical Soul Reaver, “intertwine the two blades once more, Raziel.”
Raziel was hesitant to hold that wretched blade for a second time.
“It’s...alright, Raziel,” Seacia whispered. He glanced at her for a
moment and took up the physical blade. The two intertwined once again, but this time, Raziel had full control of it.
“Now, Raziel. Plunge the Reaver into the floor in the middle of this
symbol,” Kain instructed as he pointed at the ground. The symbol was
two circles that crossed each other. He did as he was told and at that very moment, Seacia fell to the ground unconscious. Kain could see in
Raziel’s eyes that he was about to go to her side and said “No Raziel!! Stay where you are!! Just watch and see...” The wraith blade suddenly started to disappear and Raziel could feel it’s strength leaving him. Suddenly, Raziel was flung back from the Soul Reaver and onto the grass. “Raziel, get back here!!” At these words, Raziel stood up, shaking off the small amount of pain from the rough landing, and scurried onto the gigantic cement circle that was the second base of the Pillars. Kain picked Seacia up in his arms.
“What are you doing, Kain?” Raziel asked. But he did not answer and
kept walking towards the Pillars. He called out his question again, but still, he did not answer. He finally laid her down in the middle of another symbol that was in front of the Pillar of Balance and stepped back to where Raziel stood. The ground beneath them shook violently and they could hardly keep their balance. Then, out of the symbols engraved on the Pillars, came what appeared to be souls. They all flew directly at Seacia. The souls seemed to lift Seacia’s body in the air, upright, and created a circle around her. Kain and Raziel could only watch in astounded emotion as the souls entered her and she was engulfed in a golden flame. From the flames sprouted wings like that of Janos, but they were also in golden flame. She appeared to regain consciousness and looked herself over. She seemed to understand. She landed back down on the ground and approached Raziel and Kain. Raziel seemed to have a look of terror on his face, but Kain was utterly calm. From behind Kain’s back, an orb of black mist appeared and Kain fell to the ground. Raziel looked at it with surprise and the orb flew straight towards Seacia.
Enraged, Raziel withdrew the Soul Reaver from its position, leapt to
the orb of mist, and slashed it. At the very same moment, Seacia raised her hand and a ray of light came from her clawed finger, piercing the orb and disintegrating it. Raziel looked at Seacia in wonder as she looked at him with mist rolling from her eyes, just the way that Raziel’s do. She placed
her hands on either side of Raziel’s face and he immediately thought that he would burn in the golden flame. But instead, it was warm and soothing and for the first time in a long time, he felt at ease. He suddenly felt a tingling feeling surge through his body and when looked at himself, he was restored to his former vampiric state, wings and all(A.N: Yes he has clothes for those of you with little devil minds out there). She then kissed Raziel.
He was about to pull her into a deeper one, but she pulled away. Then
she faced Kain. When she got to him, he knelt down on one knee and bowed
his head. She placed her hand on his bowed head and a dark mist seemed to generate from him. It gathered into a mass and finally into an orb that much was bigger than the last. Seacia stepped back a little, and then pointed both her hands at the orb and a tremendous amount of light came from them.
The black orb screamed, in sheer torture, in a high pitched voice. It,
too, dissolved. She took Kain’s hand and helped him on his feet.
“Sea...Seacia...” He appeared dazed. She nodded and began walking to
the Pillars. Raziel looked at Kain and he was different in appearance as
well. The veins that once appeared all over his skin were gone and he looked younger. The ground began to shake again and the Elder’s voice rang out.
“NO, I WILL NOT ALLOW ALL OF MY WORK TO BE DISSOLVED BEFORE MY
EYES!!!!!!!!!!” And his tentacles broke through the ground and grabbed
Seacia. But when he had touched her, he began to burn.
“AAAAAAAARRRRGGGHHHH!!!!!” he thundered as he quickly pull down the
burning tentacle into the water below to try to extinguish it. But the water did nothing to stop the burning. It engulfed the Elder’s squid-like body and he dissolved entirely. The earthquake ceased, and Raziel and Kain feared
that in releasing whatever this thing was that had engulfed Seacia, they
might have killed the very thing that gave and took all life. Seeing their horrified faces, Seacia spoke her first words since the golden flames covered her body. Her voice echoed in the clearing.
“Do not worry about the Wheel of Fate. The Elder was not the hub of
the wheel, as he so put it. I am,” they both had an expression
bewilderment.
“There is no reason to be so surprised. As Moebius was his cunning and
deceiving serpent, so was he.” “You wanted answers, Raziel? This is who will give them to you,” Kain
said to him. So many questions ran through his mind at that very moment, but only one stuck out in mind.
“Will you stay in this world, Seacia?” The look on Kain’s face was
priceless. He then laughed heartily, saying “So the Reaver of Souls has
grown attached to the Reaver of Fate!”
Seacia only smiled and said “If that is your wish, then it shall be
granted, but the Seacia that you knew will not remember anything that
has happened here.” She then flew up high, above Kain and Raziel’s line of sight from the ground. There, she stretched forth her hands towards the sky and nine beams of light shot out from her and headed in opposite
directions. The sky turned to a brilliant gold and everything was engulfed with white light. When the light finally dimmed, Seacia floated back to the ground and upon touching it, the golden flames receded, her wings dissolved, and fell unconscious to the ground.
Raziel went up to her, and hesitated to touch her. Kain yelled out “Oh
for the love of god, she’s not going burst into flame, Raziel!” Raziel
glared back at Kain in silence and picked her up in his arms. Kain had a small grin on his face. “There, you see? She isn’t dangerous. You act like she’s going to combust at any moment, Raziel!” He chuckled. Seacia made a noise and opened her eyes. Suddenly realizing what Raziel was doing, she tried to get
out of his arms, resulting in falling on her face.
As he helped her back to her feet, a question was aching to come from
his lips. Raziel asked “What did you mean by the Reaver of Fate?”
Kain was taken aback a touch, then responded “She was the edge of the
coin that could restore Nosgoth and at the same time, save our race. You
were merely the key to awakening her.”
“What are you two talking about?” Seacia asked “And what on earth
happened to the both of you?!”
“It is a long story in which we can tell when we return to our time.
Is that not so, Kain?”
“Yes, Raziel,” Kain sighed. “Yes, indeed.”

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