14 Chapter 13: A House Divided (2/2)

Layla and Kevin both ran over and helped Keira off the ground as Keira just glared in open hostility. Keira just glared as she lifted herself off of the ground, ”Fine. Maybe your right Dominic, maybe he didn't kill Dane and maybe I am overreacting, but whatever he is, whatever he does from here on out, that's on you.”

She turned to walk away, and Dominic was ok with her leaving as Luca noticed he breathed a sigh of relief that they had been able to get through the altercation without any real bloodshed. That is until Keira did an almost instant about-face, her feet humming, vibrating faster than the eye could see as a green glow appeared about them. Faster than Dominic could move, she dived forward in a quickstep move and with a hail of movement drove the knife into Luca's side.

Dominic moved on his haunches, backhanding Keira away as she slammed into the wall of the Officer's Lounge, causing some of the posters to fall on the ground. ”Hey, Luca.” Shouted Dominic as he followed up, grabbing Keira's collapsed form by the head, and picking her up.

”Don't kill her Dominic, please.” Begged Layla as she stared uselessly at the devil-man and her sister. ”This isn't like her; something must be wrong. Kevin, help me, tell him this isn't like her.” But Kevin only stared, shocked at the turn of events and unsure how to react, frozen in the moment.

As for Luca, if Luca had still been a normal boy or even a normal player in the Genesis Game, the move would have killed him, but instead, all he felt was a faint burning sensation where Keira had tried to drive the knife into him. Tried? No, she definitely got me. Realized Luca as he looked down, seeing drops of blood on his shirt, but if he had been wounded, the signs of damage to his body were already gone.

Luca stood up, knowing that he needed to step in, his institution telling him that something was off about the situation. ”Dominic, I'm ok. She barely nicked me, but if what Layla and Kevin are saying is true, can you try using that Scan Spell on her to see if something is going on?”

Keira hissed at the suggestion, but judging from the affirmative nod that Luca received from Dominic, it was the right answer. ”It can't hurt to try,” admitted Dominic as he lifted her up and looked directly into her eyes as he began to use a boosted form of his scan spell that his bestial form granted him to cast.

”She has the mark of Oeviss on her.” Yelled Dominic as he grabbed hold of the elf with both of his arms to keep her still and unable to move as she twisted about and tried to attack. ”Layla, it's on her shoulder, I need you to cut it off. Kevin, tear off the shoulder piece so Layla can get it.”

Kevin just stared, terrified at the mere mention of Oeviss, but for Luca, the name was a name he recognized, igniting within him a fit of primal anger. ”I'll do it. Don't worry about it, Kevin.” Said Luca as he stepped forward, anger igniting his arms with strength as grabbed onto the green leather pauldron of Keira's gear and easily ripped it off. Beneath the armor, all of them gasped as they saw the mark, a double circle with an inner circle. It did not glow so much as bend the air around. Though Luca did not recognize the mark, he could still feel the otherworldly sensation of evil radiating off of it.

Layla, seeing the mark ran towards her sister, her own knife in her hand and slide it beneath the flesh with expert precision, cutting into the branding mark and slapped the bleeding piece of skin away. Dominic summoned infernal fire with both of his hands and burned away the brand, destroying in the process whatever dark enchantment was upon it.

Silence fell over the room, as all eyes turned to Keira, hoping the brand's destruction had returned her to her senses. ”I'm so sorry, I don't know what came over me.” She said as the tension in the room began to lessen, all of them wondering just what exactly had happened.

”Thank you, Dominic, you won't regret this,” said Layla as she collected the sobbing form of her sister and gently picked her up, carrying her to her quarters to sleep it off.

”Kevin, go with them, make sure Layla is ok, and be watching that spot, if it resurfaces, send for me immediately.” Commanded Dominic tiredly as his form began to gradually revert to normal.

”Where are you going to be if I need to send for you?” Asked Kevin, looking over his shoulder as he followed alongside his cousins .

”Getting a drink obviously, I need to introduce the new guy to the better part of being in a guild, the bar. If you hadn't seized up when I needed you to do something, you'd be having drinks with us too instead of playing baby sitter.” Responded Dominic as he motioned for Luca to follow him.

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”Listen kid.” Dominic said pulling him close, ”Things are a bit different down here, and you and I are about to get absolutely shit housed. I need it, and you probably do too.”