[IC] Collision Point: Steam, Magic and Blood

[Voltus_Ventus]

Voltus rose from the table and plucked a scalpel from a tray, he dragged it across the inside is his hand and held it infront or Rhodri, it was an R. "you've made my life hell, you've taken everything I love." he told him looking into his eyes "but I can never deny someone their dignity.". Voltus walked towards Rhodri, calmly the scalpel held tight in his fist, he hugged Rhodri and levelled the knife to his heart, "I want you to know that you die in the arms of a friend..." he pushed the sharp blade through the skin if the assassin and lodged it between his ribs, he pulled Rhodri closer as he pushed the knife deeper, all the while, his face compassionate to Rhodri's pain.

[Totts]

Rhodri felt the cold steel enter his chest he sputtered "Thank you" before his soul began leaving his body, he felt his heart stop and his eyes droop, he fell over onto his side, eyes closed. At the moment Rhodri died something very curious began to happen, the necklace began to levitate. It shone purple, and a light seemed to drag its way from Voltus to the pendant, turning it a light purple, the gem in the centre shone in a blinding light, the aftermath left two things. A empty necklace, and a girl. Her face was the image of Jarmin, small nose, trademark eyebrows, apart from one thing, her eyes were electric blue, and almost identical to Voltus, she was petit in size, about as big as Jarmin, and looked to be about 14, but the thing that stood out most was her hair. It was as white and as brilliant as snow, it was almost blinding. She fluttered her eyes open and pushed herself up, she was wearing a small dress, one that looked almost regal. She ran into Voltus' arms and said 'Mum's told me all about you, Dad.'

[Voltus_Ventus]

"Khoroshiy den' moi brat'ya i sestry." Voltus mumbled to himself as he clutched on to the little girl, embracing her in his long, scarred arms. She looked up at him quirkily and asked bluntly "what?"
"it's a long story you wouldn't want to hear" he whispered pulling her away and looking into her eyes, his eyes. "you look just like your mother-" he stopped "ummmm, do you have a name"

[Totts]

"N-no. I-I don't, yet, sorry." Her long curly hair exactly matched Voltus, she looked up into his eyes and she knew, she was going to be daddy's girl, she wanted to follow in his footsteps, to become like him. She had almost ignored the fact his hands were covered in blood, she looked his hands closer, they were covered in scars, some of them were words, others were simply letters and others were lines.

[Voltus_Ventus]

"would you like a name?" he asked tentatively, stroking his hand through her silky white hair, letting it part between his fingers. "because if you do I can give you one." his eyes slipped from her to his arms, where he concentrated on a single line on his arm that was identical to the others. "I can give you one..." he murmured under his breath, feeling his eyes go misty as he looked at the scar for too long. He looked back up and watched as her eyes looked into his.

[Totts]

"Y-yes please" she said, she felt his big hands examining her hair, as through he was scrutinizing every last detail, something about Voltus just made her feel safe, as though, as long as she stayed with him, nothing in the world could hurt her. Her electric blue eyes scanned every detail on his face, his eyes, his ears, his nose, his scars, everything. Out of nowhere she felt this urge inside her, an uncontrollable urge to say something, out of the blue she said 'please don't hurt' me, although she didn't to say it, the urge was out of her control, she looked at him, eyes in shock of what she just said/

[Voltus_Ventus]

His hands began to tremble when she said those words and the back of his eyes started to sting with held back tears, "I'd never," he sobbed lightly "I'd never dream of hurting you," he looked deep into her eyes and with conviction "Never.", he wrapped his arms around the comparatively small girl and held her close to him, his heart thumping with a mixture of emotion, from fear to happiness, to anger and confusion. "I think I have a name for you, Karina. My dear little one."

[Totts]

"I-I'm sorry" she said, listening to his heart beat, it beated so strongly and quickly, as though it could never give up. As he held her in her arms she had to trust him immensley. "I-I like that name, Karina Ventus sounds as good as any name. I-I'm so sorry about back then. I-I was scared of you." She didn't notice his tears, because they were so light. She felt so safe in his arms, like she was home. "Please don't be angry at me, I knew I probably wouldn't have been your first choice, you would have probably wanted a boy or' she started to tear up 'not someone so short".

[Voltus_Ventus]

He let out a tearful chuckle "no," he said with a sniff "you're perfect as what you are, I wouldn't care if you were a boy or girl or an anything, I love you because you are you." he clutched her closer as if she were loose sheets of paper in the wind, he didn't want to lose her, not like he lost Jarmin. He relaxed his hug and looked back at her and turned red instantly, "ummm, do you mind if I get changed?" he looked away sheepishly, the only thing covering his body was the thin blanket from the operating table.

[Totts]

"Oh! S-so ss-sorry!" She quickly turned the opposite direction as he got changed, and it was quickly the worst point of her life so far, seeing Rhodri's lifeless corpse. He still had the scalpel in him, and his mouth was gaping wide open. Karina picked up the empty necklace, it had a snap shut mechanism now, she pulled the scalpel out of Rhodri's corpse as silently as possible, as to not be noticed by Voltus, she wiped the scalpel clean with a tissue, and cut some of Rhodri's hair off, she put in in her locket and wore it around her neck, after all, his hair was far too perfect not to collect. Out of the corner of her eye she could see Voltus' strong muscular back, it was crisscrossed in scars from war and knifes. "What are we gonna do now? where will we live?"

[Voltus_Ventus]

"i dont know" he replied as He slipt the shirt over his chest "but I have a few places in mind if you care to hear me." he turned around and took a few steps towards her and held her hand, hoisting her up as if she weighed nothing. He looked down at the dead Rhodri and frowned, 'such a waste' he thought to himself. They stepped out of the room and into the hallway together. It was dim, the the windows only conveying darkness outside, it must have been night, the only light indoors came from candles placed in small alcoves between the large, arched, green window. "let's go get my stuff" he said simply and with a smile "then we'll see what this places has to offer."

[Totts]

Karina didn't care what he was saying for the moment, all she wanted to feel was safe, and Voltus made her feel safe. Karina took her first impressions of Voltus, he seemed to have a short temper, but was kind and caring. Karina felt another uncontrollable urge to say 'please don't kill me' she was trying to suppress it intensly, but she couldn't in the end she only whispered it, hoping Voltus would't hear her. Karina couldn't see very well in the dark, so she held on to Voltus' hand all through the dark, he was her guide.

[Voltus_Ventus]

He heard Karina's soft whisper and memories came flooding back, suddenly he toppled to the floor unconscious.
-in voltus' dream-
The thrumming of zeppelin engines filled Voltus' ears. The cabin was dark, the only light coming from the dim red light above the rear exit, the light suddenly blinked green and the bay door started to open, revealing a stary night. Voltus neared the edge and stood calmly, his hands behind his back.
"Voltus, are you sure you want to do this?"
"I'm sure, Mildred," he replied to the woman behind him cooly, he turned around "before I go I need to tell you something."
"What?" she asked softly, taking a few steps towards him.
"if I don't come back, tell my sister I love her." with that he simply leaned back and fell off the edge of the bay door, into the dark night below.
-in real life-
Voltus woke up with a gasp, and started to thrash around, as it was dark and he thought and he didn't know where he was.

[Totts]

Karina shook Voltus in an attempt to wake him up, when he finally did he thrashed about, one of his hands caught her and knocked her over. Karina was struck right in the stomach and she felt as though she was going to throw up, she lay on the floor, weakened by his strong hit 'Sorry, I'm so sorry' she whispered. as she doubled over in pain. It was dark, but she grabbed on to one of Voltus' hands and pulled herself close, although she had just been hit by him, she could see that is was because he was frightened, and at the moment, so was she.

[Voltus_Ventus]

Voltus started to calm down when he noticed Karina in his arms, crying softly. He pulled her close and planted a kiss on her head and kept repeating into her ear things along the line of: I'm sorry and it was an accident. "are you ok?" he asked after the few minutes of apologizing.

[Totts]

"I-I'm fine" she lied. It was too dark for her to see, and she was feeling scared of the dark. She pulled herself closer to Voltus, although she was slightly scared of him too, he was the lesser of the two evils in this situation. She felt his long strong arms wrap around her, and she started shiverering, some from coldness, some from fear.

[Voltus_Ventus]

Voltus felt as if he wasn't welcome holding her, the way she tensed in his embrace was evidence enough. He sat up and leaned against the wall behind them whilst playing with Karina's hair.
"I know I'm not a good father," he said softly "I know I can look like a big brute, or seem scary but I try not to be." He looked into her eyes and saw his refection in them, he looked older, more weathered in these few days then he was over his entire career in the army. "I understand if you want a better life with someone else."

[Totts]

"You might not be a good father, and you may be a big scary brute" She said, his hands toying with her hair. "But you're the best I've got, and I wouldn't swap you for anything else" She moved across the wall so she was near a door and sat there for a moment.

Rhory had been biding his time, this was his moment, this was when he was going to strike, Voltus had killed his brother. Rhory may have been the leader of Steamland, but that wouldn't stop him from leaving his country to help his brother. He burst out the door and grabbed on to a fragile frightened little girl with snow white hair. Rhory took out a small dagger and whispered in her ear 'Any sudden movements' and said the same to Voltus.

Karina was quivering, almost passing out from fear, this man had a hold of her and a knife to her neck. She struggled against him but as he drew the knife closer she stopped.

Rhory said "Voltus, I don't care if you kill me, all I want is a good old fight."

[Voltus_Ventus]

"just give me my daughter, Rhori" he said slowly creeping forward "all I want is to live in peace." he reached forward to try and take his dear Karina from his hands, Rhori was unreadable, he couldn't tell an emotion by looking at him, but Voltus could only gather that he was angry about Rhodri. "Rhodri wanted to die" voltus said with finality "I gave him his wish"

[Totts]

Rhory took a few steps back 'Rhori died because of that stupid Silence girl' he said. His rage was boiling up inside of him, Rhory always had a short temper, and it matched his hair. His veins in his head started bulging as he put the knife closer to Karina's neck "I'll do it, I'll kill her, it'd be easy, like slicing butter' he gave a wry smile to Voltus before performing his namesake, his signature move. He roared as loud as he could, having it echo throughout the building.