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Realms Converge	By : Candice Category: +G through L > Legacy of Kain Views: 3563 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
Disclaimer: I do not own Legacy of Kain, nor any of the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.Don't get to Nosgoth itself til chap 5

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I don't own any Legacy of Kain games, be cool if I did though... -wanders off muttering about finishing the series-

Here's the next chapter everyone! Hope you guys enjoy!

Chapter Seven: Conversation with a Drunk

"Human whelp! What do you think you are doing sneaking in here where you do not belong?"

Kain's harsh, angry sounding voice and the solid 'THUNK' of a body as it hit the wall near my room was what tore me from my almost peaceful slumber. I leapt out of the bed and to my feet out of instinct at a potential threat and after fighting off a wave of dizzying sickness caused by my sudden movement, I moved toward the door to try to figure out just why Kain was yelling at a... human? He said human... but some humans were here to help the Cabal from what I could remember so... maybe I was in an area that was off limits to humans? I opened the door quickly and moved into the main room in order to find the source of the commotion and try to figure out why the silver haired vampire was upset. A commotion which had been... directly to the right of the door to my own room. I jerked fully awake and my jaw dropped slightly at the sight that was in front of me.

It was the boy that I had saved from the Sarafan almost... well, almost three nights ago or more now? Vorador had said I had been here a few nights so far. 'A few' could mean that I had been out cold for three or more nights. Kain had the boy by the throat against the wall with fangs bared. The young man was trying to raise his blade in the futile hopes of striking at Kain, whereas Kain's right hand was poised to tear into the kid's chest and relieve him of his heart. I let out a shout of surprise that caused both of them to look, or in Kain's case to glance out of the corner of his eye, in my direction. I had no intention of just letting the kid die, but I wasn't quite sure how to convince Kain to not kill the boy while at the same time not lose what little of Kain's respect, if any, that I had built up so far. I leapt forward and tore the sword from the confused boy's grip with the momentary distraction my shout had caused and then slapped my hand over his mouth to keep him from saying anything decidedly stupid. From the scent of alcohol on him it would probably be something that would be lethally stupid. I looked at Kain a second later and ignored the muffled sounds the boy was making.

"Kain wait," I said slowly. "Please?"

Kain sneered at me but he did lower his right hand from its' kill-ready angle. He did not however release the boy from his iron grip even what with the kid squirming the way he was. I reflexively flicked the kids ear with the fingers of my free hand and ignored the resultant muffled squawk of indignation. Still the bizarre and instinctive move did give the boy the clue to shut up and hold still. Kain turned his cold blue-gold gaze fully upon me. There had been a hint of curiosity in his eyes as well as the usual calculating coldness that always seemed to be there during the games. It was as if he were... weighing my actions and my words and I had to fight back the urge to pull away, bare my throat in submission and just let him end the boy. I felt a tremor run through me as I struggled to hold my ground under his stare.

"This boy is a fool. Not only that but he has a death-wish in sneaking down here the way he has," he growled out in a low tone even as he raised a brow at me. "Why protect him if he is actively seeking his death?"

"Foolish or brave or what have you. That is not the important part here Kain," I said carefully. "He owes me a debt for having helped him... a number of nights ago and it appears he has enough honor in him to realize this. By the look of things he came down here intent, somehow, on helping me. Release him... please? I intend to collect on the debt that he owes at a later time, even if he is just a human."

I held my breath as I waited for Kain to decide what to do. All I could really do was plead a brief case to let the boy live and babbling incessantly wouldn't help my cause any. I could feel my heart as it pounded away with nervousness and fear. Nervousness; because I've always been a Legacy of Kain fan, well a fan of Kain mostly, I'll be honest and I kinda didn't want him thinking I was a weak fool. I didn't mind being called ignorant as there were always things that people might not be aware of and new things to learn every day. Ignorance could be fixed if you yet sought to learn. But I didn't consider myself weak, nor a fool, not after the kind of shit I'd been put through over the years. Fear; because I wasn't sure if he would simply kill the kid and be done with it even if the kid did owe a life debt to me. Thankfully the boy seemed to realize how much danger he was actually in and what I was trying to do as he maintained a wary, fear-scented stillness.

After a few more moments of tense silence Kain gave a slight nod and released the boy with a hard shove in my direction. I caught the kid and held him still as I forced his to keep his head down even as he tried to right himself. Eventually he stilled himself as he registered that he wasn't quite out of the woods yet. Kain gave a cold laugh and dark amusement flickered clearly in his eyes. He leaned close to the boy in his slightly bent, head down position. There had been a low growl in Kain's voice as he moved to seemingly whisper in the kids ear.

"Do anything foolish while under her care," he hissed out, "and debt or not, I shall feast upon your heart-blood whilst you watch on as the light dies in you eyes."

Kain's sneer grew as the boy visibly paled at his words. I could even feel the shudder run through him as I kept a firm grasp on his arm and the back of his neck. Kain let out a huff of breath before he turned and walked, excuse me stalked, off elsewhere. I eased away from the boy and let him go. I then held out a hand to steady him as he almost fell forward without my grip to hold him steady. His expression looked pale and bloodless, as if he had nearly collapsed in shocked relief that he survived a direct encounter with Kain. I shook my head slowly and let out a small sigh of relief myself.

"Kain was correct, at least in part," I said to the boy. "You should not have come down here kid. That was foolish indeed."

"I am not a kid," he responded as he straightened himself and tugged at the bottom of his tunic in a visible effort to regain his dignity. "My name is Nikolai... and I never leave a debt unpaid."

I had to smile at both his actions and words. Even after having almost being killed by Kain, the kid, Nikolai, managed to have a small air of confidence left about him... that or it was the remnants of the beer he'd obviously had now that I could catch a whiff of it as the adrenaline started to wear off. Then there was the fact that he'd also managed to get fairly far into Sanctuary without being detected by the other vampires besides Kain that should in the area. Though, as I glanced around the area, I began to come to the conclusion that my room was practically next to the entrance, so maybe him reaching this point wasn't actually saying much. Then again getting into Sanctuary at all without being caught was a feat in and of itself. I helped him into the room I'd been resting in and made him sit down on the bed while I grabbed the spare bandages that were laying on the table nearby and patched up the few visible wounds I could see on him. Namely the cuts and scratches around his neck left by Kain's sharp claws.

"You really did not have to come down here to find me Nikolai," I said to him in a soft voice. "I would not have initially sought you out to demand anything of you for helping you survive the Sarafan's attentions."

"Yes, I did have to come," he said with a stubborn shake of his head. I had to force his head still so that I could finish applying the bandages. "You saved my life when I was outnumbered by the Sarafan and instead of staying to help you, I left you behind to be wounded and then to be taken by vampires. Individuals who might or might not have been your allies. I've... I've lost enough to the Sarafan's and the Vampire's fighting, I wont loose at least one last chance to..."

"The chance to do what?" I frowned and tilted my head to the side slightly as I looked at him. "And what have the Sarafan done to you exactly? I did overhear you shouting at them about your family. Something about your family being blacklisted as traitors?"

Nikolai gave a soft, bitter laugh at my words and looked over to me with a faint, bitter grin. He looked at the bandages I'd placed around the wounds on his arm and then briefly brushed his fingers against the bandages at his throat before he turned to just stare at the ground. I kept quiet though and waited. I knew that if he wanted to tell me about what had happened he would do it in his own time and I couldn't, didn't want to, force it from him. Better that he tell me on his own.

"My family... was one of the lesser noble families here in Meridian," he sighed softly. "We stood by the Sarafan and the fight against the Vampire's in the beginning for generations because we truly did believe the Vampires to be a threat to all of humanity what with all the animalistic attacks. When the old Sarafan lord was killed though, and this new... boy, started to lead them, everything went crazy. Several of the lesser noble families were suddenly arrested in broad daylight. Most were actually killed on the spot as traitors when they were out doing something as simple as shopping for fabrics. The Sarafan kept saying that they were 'in league' with the Vampire menace! Which was not true!"

He looked up at me suddenly, the look in his eyes practically begged me to believe what he was saying. I nodded to him and then rested my hand on his lightly before I gave it a gentle squeeze. He took a deep breath and looked away again.

"I knew the people that they killed," he continued, "one of the... one of the people they killed was supposed to be my future wife. That's... that's when I started to think that maybe... maybe the Sarafan were wrong. Maybe our long history of backing them had been wrong the entire time. I mean... why would they kill so many who were known to be complete supporters of the Sarafan cause? It never made sense to me, the slaughters that they claimed were justified."

He shook his head slowly. I could see the faint glint of tears in his eyes, but they started to fade almost immediately as rage flowed over his features. Sorrow had been buried swiftly under his righteous anger at the complete betrayal he felt.

"Then... then they targeted my family. No bloody reason given for it, none at all! Instead of being killed outright, we had our titles and homes taken from us as we were rounded up and literally kicked out into the street! We had just enough money to our names to house ourselves temporarily in various inns. I left most of the money to my parents so they could stay at one of the better inns before moving to stay with family in another city but... Mother and Father were said to be killed in a vampire attack shortly after that, but I did not buy it! I could not!" he slammed his fist into the bed with a soft growl.

"Why do you say that?" I tilted my head curiously. "Why think it was anything but a vampire attack as the officials claimed?"

"Because... I followed a group of Sarafan two months back. Quiet like. The group of men came across one of the remaining members of another family that had gotten the same treatment as my own. Left homeless and destitute. They attacked him viciously without warning and they used some sort of Baghnakh," at my confused look he gave a faint chuckle and explained the term. "It's a weapon that goes on your hand, with blades styled to look like claws attached to it," I nodded my understanding and he looked away again with a small sigh. "They weren't exactly skilled with it, but skill did not matter with what they intended with their attack. They just used it to... to hack and slash the man's body up. Later it was reported as a vampire kill. They were feeding the fear and paranoia in the city with their own actions."

"There wasn't much you could do..." I started slowly. "You wouldn't have even been able to report it to officials. Not without being slain outright for witnessing something you should not have seen."

He waved a hand at me and leaned back on the bed with a small and pained groan.

"Yeah, I... suppose you're right. Anyway... after that I got took to getting drunk a lot. Reason why is that most people don't pay any mind to drunkards and their ramblings. I found that, well it's strange actually. In my acting the drunkard I was able to see Vampires as they fed from time to time. Most of 'em are... actually quite neat with their 'food'. Quick kills when they do kill, ya know? Most times though they just... take a nip, pardon the pun, and then leave their prey to sleep off the lethargy. The Sarafan have made them out for years to be torturers and monsters, and while I suppose they are the later and that some of them might even be the former, only a few that I've seen actually leave a huge mess like that Sarafan group did. Been makin' me... wonder about it all," he yawned suddenly and rubbed at his face with one hand. "What if vampires are... are people too? Dangerous ones, predators... but still maybe a vampire can be a person even while being a monster too?"

I smiled faintly at his words as I stood and moved back to the door. This kind of open mindedness... this was good, even if it had been the product of some pretty horrible events in Nikolai's life. His words meant that he might well be someone I might be able to trust... maybe. I decided to leave him to rest, I wanted to find Kain to make sure he was not too upset with my standing up to him, even if it was just a grunt of acknowledgement instead of outright hostility, and hopefully get something to eat after making sure the male vampire wasn't pissed. I turned to face Nikolai as I reached the doorway.

"You can repay me some other time. Stay in this room and sleep of the alcohol for now until I come to get you, unless you plan on leaving the same way you came in," I said to him with a shrug. "And if you do leave, then make certain that I can locate you when I need that debt repaid, yeah? I may not have intended to cash in on the debt before, but I will do so now. If you need to find me, ask for Katrina. Alright?"

He nodded his head at my words and waved a hand weakly before said hand fell listlessly onto the bed. A snore escaped him a moment later. I shook my head and left to find Kain. I did not wish to be on his bad side. Then again, did he even have a good side?

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