In the space between the realms in a place where the laws of reality bend a meeting of deadly intentions is about to begin....

His realm was cold. Cold and dark filled with swirling shifting darkness. It was the place where he gathered his own power and worked on his infernal magic's. It was the place he went to rework his calm and focus his power. His relationship to his world was a strange one.. He was bound to it and through him the great evil. If he released his grip on the world he would loose much of what he had spent eons gaining. So his realm was really just a part of his world. A part that was his only.. but a part nonetheless.
He came to it now for a new reason, however. After years of searching she had slipped through his grasp.. and by his own hand nonetheless. So once again he had searched, but for the first time he had turned his gaze to other worlds other frames of existence. Before he had been content to mealy prepare for the coming in his own world and the closely tied demon realms secure in the knowledge that there would be time later to ravage other planes of existence. She.. His love and his master piece, his pet.. She had been drawn away. Lost to him again. He would not stand for that.
So they had found each other. His master had helped him as always guiding his gaze giving him strength. Through his master he had found another primary servant. A fact that caused him anger, but he would suppress it for the moment. After all the one known as Seashi was not the one who had drawn a piece of the great evil itself in to the world.
So now he summoned the bridge knowing that on the other end seashi was working his own magic to break the barriers for a while. As he concentrated speaking true names and words of power binding forces to the task, a bridge made not of stone but of pure ethereal energy arose. It was huge a signature of the two powers that had briefly worked as one to summon it.
Smiling he calmly strode to the mid point and found himself facing his "ally"

Another, one as powerful as he, if not more. Hatred coiled through Seashi's blood at the thought of a more powerful dark one than himself. His choices though, opportunities as it were, plentiful and all laid out before him like a feast of delicacies. One in particular made his mouth water. And so his crystaline bridge of mystical energies rose between his own personal world and the private realm of the other. No sound eminated across the great black space between realms as Seashi stepped. A white grin of daggers met his gaze as he looked across the ligiment that connected each realm like a joint within a knee.

"You want her back, don't you?" A wide grin spread across his face, parting his jet black, shoulder length hair the slightest bit. His voice was emotoinless, Seashi had always been good at cloaking his speech. In his head he could hear the voices of certain souls waliing. Netroy, the father of Lamina in particular. "This servant of the great evil must be from the same realm." His golden eyes would be easily visible to the unidentifiable creature that stood before him. Seashi had never come across anything quite like this specimen, little did he know that Id had. "Seeing as I have leverage now I'll be proposing the terms of our agreement; that sound good to you?" He was speaking down to this supposed "ally" of his, but you'd never know it from his exquisetly masked voice.

His impeccable white fanged grin did not falter at the words
"You want her back, don't you?" but An invisible electric shiver traveled up and down his spine. His "friend" had no idea exactly just how much and to what degree he wanted her. His grin widened and he spoke "Leverage.. On me, Seashi, you have little." The only weight he placed on any of his words he placed on his ally's name. "I have already given her many incentives to come back to me. Our meeting is but one way of speeding our eventual reunion along. For this I am inclined to lend you some of my strength and that of our master." He flicked his ears and the sound of clinking metal followed. "He has told me to treat you as an equal and to allow you an honor no other has possessed in eons. He must like you." The last part of his sentence was delivered as a compliment but the sentiment behind it was not positive at all, and his words about their equality were exactly just that words. He was not lying when he said he had been told to treat seashi like an equal.. but he did not believe any to be on his level.
"Allow me to fully introduce myself." He slowly tilted his head to the side his eyes flashing coldly.
"My name is Sceleris Silenti Vox."

Seashi's ears burned just a bit at his name. He could tell already that this "man" was not used to speaking his own name, it had probably been eons since anyone called him anything but master. Seashi began devising his schemes immediately.

"You wish to bestow an honor upon my humble shoulders?" A fire lit behind his eyes, the second Sceleris spoke the wrong word, SEashi was prepared to remove this freak's head. "Equals, who the hell does he think he is? I will stand equal to no man, and no man will stand equal to me. I will rise above all others, God, black god, sages, and this Sceleris." He studied Sceleris' movements for a moment, paying infinite attention to his posture and positioning. An idea sparked within his head, he knew exactly how to get what he wanted from Sceleris. "And what of my desires? Do you think she means something only to you? I've seen her, and she bewitches me." That was the key, Seashi knew in his head now that he could get whatever he wanted.

Sceleris eyes filled with a fire of there own. The dark feral edge in them slowly crept into his smile although the change was not clearly discernible in comparison to how he had been mear moments ago there was a change.
There was one thing in this world he valued over his master's favor. That one thing was possessing DD. It infuriated him to no end that one man.. a mere child in comparison to himself, called Zack had dared to try and steal her from him. He had dared to claim a right to love her.
Sceleris did not take thievery kindly.
"My friend.. DarkDestiny is a women who is a rare and beautiful flame, and more then able to tempt any man to look at her in a romantic light. She can't help this for that is how I created her." The obsession and madness shone dark in his eyes. ", However.. She is my creation, and as such she belongs to me. Even she knows this. If you desire my assistance in any of your maneuvers think again about how you feel about her. Think very carefully about just exactly what you want, because I assure you the path to obtaining your goals lies elsewhere." His tone remained light but the dark undertone was now obvious to any who listened carefully. Sceleris was more then ready and willing to cleave seashi's head from his body if he made any more insinuation about what sceleris considered his property. When it came to Dark Destiny Sceleris was in love.. An emotion that he had never felt before in all of his existence and never would feel for anyone else. This emotion that he despised in himself had grown stronger with the dark intentions of his heart and only fed his madness. He knew only one thing, he would be ruler of all existence, and she would be his queen. Whether she wanted to be or not. The good spirits help any who stood in his way.

Seashi's tongue carressed the innards of his own teeth. He was accomplishing exactly what he had in mind. Emotion was a weakness, and to show it was an even bigger weakness. "Years of experience and the wisdom of eons mean nothing when your heart is vulnerable." He thought to himself, the words he had assured himself his entire life. Shigouri had taught him that, and the great evil had reinforced it.

"She's safe, don't worry. I'll make sure your precious is unharmed. But if you expect me to hand her over, you're going to have to give me something in exchange. So tell me Sceleris, what honor were you to bestow upon me so graciously?"

Sceleris was not so old as to not know when he was being treated as an inferior.
Still as always he kept his flashing dagger grin.. the smile that haunted DarkDestiny so much so that it was all she could see of his face.
Sceleris, however much he wanted Dark Destiny back in his grip, however much he longed and lusted after her, was still more then willing to be patient. This whelp of man who's great grandparents had not even been conceived in thought at the time Sceleris had first tasted the promise of power the great evil had shown him, had no idea the kind of patients Sceleris possessed.
His carefully manufactured smile became a smirk.
"I am confident DarkDestiny can take care of herself. After all if you already had her in your grasp then this would be a different sort of meeting indeed." He waved a hand in a seemingly meaningless gesture. "I am so confident of her.. survival instincts that I am willing to give you the aid you need to persuade her back to her rightful place." Next to the master what appeared to be a swirl of black smoke and raven feathers appeared. As the smoke and feathers vanished into nothing a young women appeared kneeling at his side. He placed one hand in a fatherly gesture on her head. Her ice blue eyes were bright with joy at the simple gesture. Her coal black lips curled into a lovelorn smile. She was clad in a cloak mad of black rags and feathers that ended at the small of her back. Her legs were clad in leather protectors and her left leg and arm were wrapped in light see through netting She wore a bikini style bottom with a set of feathers covering her rear and a slightly shredded leather piece in the front. on her right arm was a layered leather armlet and a metallic band wrapped around her upper arm.
She did not wear a shirt but rather a jagged edged piece of leather bound tightly to her chest by cords that wrapped around her back. On the right side of her body were a string of complicated black tattoos in strange patterns. Her hair was as black as her lips and around her head was a crown of thorny branches.
"Seashi meet hazel of the raven claw."

Seashi was instantly on guard when Sceleris began casting his magic. Out of pure habit he placed both hands on seperate hilts, ready to come at the magician in a haze of swirling blades. Seashi didn't lift his eyes from Sceleris as Hazel appeared, he didn't want to take the chance of some trace gaze from the feather-clad vixen. He caught one eyeful of her and that was all, he was careful not to make eye contact though, he found that women were most dangerous when your eyes and their's met.

"Servants. You bring servants into this world of the damned? She must be rather powerful to stand here." Seashi was already set to work his magic on Hazel as well, flatttering, maybe charming her to his cause. "This is your offer? A carbon copy of the other? Tell me, why you don't just keep this one instead of bothering me for the other?" Seashi finally got it then. "This one serves you willingly...you want your woman to struggle." In the back of his head he was cackling wildly; this creature was thousands, maybe millions of years old, and Seashi was still able to pinpoint every weekness and exploit it. An exquisite sense of victory ran through him as he had finally proven to himself what the rest of the planet was already assured of, Seashi was on his way to becoming more powerful than any that had been treated as a God. "Am I right? You want her to squeel and whimper don't you?"

With a knowing slightly condescending smile Sceleris shook his head sadly.
"Her song is a lovely as the rest of her. Yet you are wrong my friend. Dark Destiny is not a carbon copy of Hazel." His eyes took on a far away look as if seeing something only he could see. "Her powers and potential have yet to be tapped, and in the end she will come to me willingly. After all even now she does as I would have her do.. even if she doesn't know it. When she returns to me she will be broken and destroyed by her own nature and deeds. Her song will once again fill the air with a melody only her voice can obtain." Despite his preoccupation Sceleris had not failed to notice Seashis movements toward his swords. Such movement meant uncertainty. Seashi had openly revealed the fact that he was unsure. Sceleris fed off such emotions in a very literal sense. He caressed hazel's head once more like a favored hound and she reacted leaning into the gesture half closing her eyes as if in rapture.
"You have nothing to fear from Hazel here.. although you are right. Her powers are indeed.. unique and much stronger then one would think. She is one of my finer creations, despite the fact that she comes no where close to DarkDestiny's potential.. She has reached a peak in her power that is most pleasing to me. You see her nature is that of the wind and time itself.. change." He grinned as if at an inside joke. "She is more then capable of handling herself and has never failed me in carrying out my orders." As he spoke about hazel his tone was filled with an empty warmth. He spoke as if about a well used proven tool, rather then an intelligent being.
"Hazel has served me well and will serve you well also. Unlike her sister she has no desire to deny my ownership and superiority.. or yours." His smile almost faltered but he continued. "despite the fact that she is still too flawed for my ultimate goal."
Hazel's lovelorn smile faltered only once through out her master's speech. When he spoke about her undeniable flaw she felt as if pierced by an arrow. She could never have children and so she was ultimately useless to him. She would never forgive herself for that. She would die for him and be glad to do it. If pleasing him meant serving another pleasing another.. then she would do so, and be glad of it. His control over her was totall.

"So you offer this incomplete servant to me in exchange for the other?" THis was getting tiresome, SEashi had no use for DD besides bargaining with her master, and he truly didn't care what happened to her as long as long as he could finish his plans. However, DD, or Dkar as she was known in his world, was interfering with his war, and with him destroying Id. "And this one shall help me with my plans? With whatever I bid her to do?" Seashi was intrigued by this one's powers, this "Hazel" Another idea struck his mind, if he could infuriate Sceleris he'd have another advantage over the far too emotional magician. "Nevermind, I'll ask her directly. Hazel, will treat me with respect and follow my every order?" Again he didn't take his eyes of Sceleris for an instant; he didn't even blink.

Hazel did not move an inch or even blink. It was as if she could not even hear a word seashi had spoken.
Sceleris contained a laugh at seashi's attempt to bypass him.
"If you expect her to answer directly to you before you have finished dealing with me you are mistaken. She is far to well trained for that. I would not bother to offer her to you if she was less then perfect in that aspect. You may go ahead and answer my friend's question Hazel."
"If my master so demands I will follow your every whim and desire. I will hold you above all but him and freely give my life and soul in your service. I will do what you tell me to the letter and I shall never complain or voice an idea contrary to your own. I shall never fail you because failing you would mean failing him. Even in death I would not dare to do so."

"Such obedience." He thought to himself. "Maybe he does have some sort of power. The only one who would answer like that for me is Lamina." Sceleris promised that Hazel would fit his needs perfectly, and though Seashi did not trust the being's word one bit, he was inclined to accept whatever help he could get.

"So what exactly is it that you want me to do? If I accept this one, what do you plan on getting? And when do you plan on getting it?" Seashi spoke of DD and Hazel as objects, very few were more than objects in his eyes. He would use whoever he needed as a tool, or a weapon. Even Sceleris and, if all went according to his plan, the great evil would be his pawns one day.

Sceleris noted seashi's change in tactics. It seemed they had finally gotten down to business and past all the power plays. Despite his knowledge of his own superiority Seleris didn't really like small talk and preferred directness.
"What I want is your assurance that you will keep DarkDestiny at the very least alive. Hazel will then facilitate her transfer once you have captured her. As for the time I leave that up to your discretion. You may take however long you need in capturing her. Once you do I would expect you to transfer her as soon as possible." Simple direct and to the point. Sceleris stayed calm content that the deal would go down with out too much wrangling.

((sorry about the delay i plan to post in all the things i have neglected this weekend.))

"THan our agreement has been reached. I'll take this one to my world and use it to catch the other. Once I've got the other ensnared I will return it to you. And I suppose once I've used this one to my own satisfaction I'm expected to return it as well?" Seashi was ready to leave. He had a feeling that Obelisk would not hold very long at the gate. "Useless brute." Seashi made sure not to turn his back on Sceleris, a mistake such as that could, and probably would, cost him his life. This shrewd maniac had everything planned out now.

"Oh... no. I will have no further use for her." Sceleris said as he began withdrawing his own half of the bridge hovering backwards and keeping his eyes locked on seashi's. With out a visibale signal Hazel moved on all fours to Seashi's side of the bridge. She then bowed till her face was pressed agaisnt the floor.
"She is now yours to command and do with as you please. When you speak she will rise and obey your every whim." He smiled darkly and vanished backwards in to his own darkness leaving seashi to his own with only these parting words:
"As long as you hold up your end of our deal that is." Then he was gone completelty
((sorry no spell check comp being worked on so this was quick))