(edited to fit things that have happened since i orig wrote it)
(for this RP: viewtopic.php?f=28&t=844959#p21493892)Ramiel stooped down and pulled Ivar to his feet saying, “I’m so sorry Ivar. I’m so sorry I got you into this.” He suddenly stumbled to the side as pain blossomed across his face.
“Why must you defy me at every turn?”
He barely heard his father’s snarl through the ringing in his ears as he turned back to glare at the vampire, “This isn’t about you. It’s about me trying being happy for once.” Ivar backed away from them, joining the ranks of nearly a hundred other soldiers that were there, that had been assembled short notice after he’d learned of Ramiel’s betrayal readying them to attack Ramiel’s new family.
“Lair!” Merikh shouted, slamming a foot into his son’s stomach, sending him flying across the room till he slammed into a wall and fell to the ground coughing, his stomach protested the blow and pushed it’s meager contents up Ramiel’s throat, he could see and smell his own blood in the vomit on the floor in front of him as he gasped for air. “It’s always been about me. All I want to do is make a better future for our kind, and I wanted to bring you glory by letting you be a part of it, but you seem so intent on being as selfish as you can and rebelling against me every chance you get. You should’ve killed her the first time you saw her, she gave you every reason to but you had to go against me and bed her.”
“I never wanted that life,” Ramiel said slowly getting to his feet and forcing himself to not grip his aching stomach. He stood up tall and looked hatred into his father’s eyes, “All I’ve ever wanted was to have my own life, I would’ve stayed completely out of your way, and if you would’ve let me do that I probably would’ve never met her. So technically this is all your fault.” Ramiel had never actually talked back to during one of the beatings, but he figured one of them would die here so why not?
The comment brought out an outraged roar as Merikh slammed the heel of his hand into Ramiel’s chest. Already against the wall he couldn’t move with the blow and it brought the first cry of pain as his sternum shattered. “Don’t even try that you ungrateful, little leech. This is the last time you disobey me. I will see to that. You wouldn't have life if it weren't for me!”
"I would be okay with that!" Ramiel shouted in a strained voice. “You’re a rectal orifice you know that? You can’t handle the thought of anyone being happy since you can’t can you?” Another blow to the side of his head, snapping his cheek bone and sending him stumbling to the side again, but he didn’t stop there. “I just want to know, what is it that makes you so obsessed with controlling everyone around you? Is it because you couldn’t control the loss of her?”
Merikh stilled and narrowed his eyes as he glared at Ramiel, “What are you talking about?”
Ramiel leaned against the wall for support and returned his father’s hard gaze, “How many times have you told us--no,
warned us to never love anyone? Warned us like you’ve warned us to never loose our heads in a fight.”
“Love makes you weak,” Merikh snarled, “it clouds your mind and gives your enemies something to use against you.”
“I’ll tell you how many times,” Ramiel said, spiting a wad of bloody mucus to the floor, “you’ve told me enough times that I’ve realized, and I think I’ve known this a while now and just didn’t really think about it, I’ve realized that you’ve loved and lost.”
He’d struck a nerve, he could see it in his father’s face, unfortunately his father also struck a nerve when he slammed his fist into Ramiel’s solar plexus, drawing out another cry of pain as he slid to the floor. Ramiel lay there coughing a moment before he was finally able to let out a pained laugh, “Ah, so I was right. It’s surprising how much you can figure out about someone by just paying a little attention. So what was it?” He looked up at Merikh, “Did she leave you? Did she break your heart and go to another? Or was it that you couldn’t protect her? Did she die for you, someone use her against you? Or did you loose the werewolf you loved in a battle against another, one stronger than even you?”
Merikh roared in anger and slammed the toe of his steel-tipped boot into his son’s side, flipping him over. Ramiel could feel two or three shattered ribs, he couldn’t breath, collapsed lung. He started to get dizzy as he couldn’t get enough oxygen and his vision went blurry. This was it, he was going to die by his father’s hand and leave his child alone and parentless. His life flashed before his eyes, not the one he’d already lived but the one he was supposed to live, the one where he helped Vix raise their child and they had a happy life together. A tear slipped down his cheek and he whispered, “I’m sorry.”
Merikh dropped to one knee and grabbed Ramiel by the collar, “You will be an example to everyone here, and all those that come after. You get your wish,
son, I will allow you out of my army, and glory will never see your name. And to make sure your example runs deep I will find this girl, this
mongrel, and I won’t even give her the pleasure of meeting death. I will punish her for forcing me to kill my own son, and then I will give her to Lamia. Her pet scientists would love to have her and your bastard child. A what, three-quarters wolf and a child with all three species in it? Oh yes, they’ll have some fun with them.” He didn’t know what had happened.
NO! Ramiel pursed his lips and spit a wad of blood into his father’s face, making him drop Ramiel and curse as he wiped the blood from his eyes.
NO! Taking his chance, Ramiel gathered the last of his strength and rolled to his knees yanking the knife Vix had given him out of his boot and throwing it at his father. “
No.”
Merikh hissed his rage as he yanked the blade from his chest.
Good, directly in the heart, maybe the poison would work faster. “You really think something like a silver blade can kill
me?” He flung the knife back at Ramiel, but the half-breed had been expecting it and he was able to knock it away before it hit. He winced as he felt the blade bite into his hand and he looked at the thin line of red coming out of his hand.
Five minutes. Five minutes for what? He doubted there was any kind of antidote. He looked back at Merikh and said, “You know. She might still love you. Your wolf. You should’ve let go of your rage and found a way to win her back. She’s a very kind woman, and I would’ve loved to have had her as a mother, but I can settle for her as a grandmother. As she’s the grandmother of my mate and the great-grandmother of my son.” He had no clue what had happened to Vix's grandmother, just as his father had no clue what had happened to Vix.
Merikh hissed, enraged that his son would get the life he’d missed out on, Ramiel would leave it so that he didn't know his mate was dead, letting his father die in a jealous rage. Merikh started to lunge at him again, but it became just a stumble and a smile crossed Ramiel lips, it was already taking effect. The vampire shook his head and tried again but this time just fell to his knees
Ramiel got to his feet and glared down at him as he could see his father dieing, “My love for her has not made me weak, it has made me stronger than you will ever be, and you will die knowing your empire will fall to ruins and your ‘dreams’ will never be realized.”
He stared into his father’s eyes and watched the angry life quickly fade from him, Merikh fell the rest of the way to the ground. The poison had already taken enough effect for him to be too weak to struggle or even yell angry words, but he was able to whisper, as he stared up at Ramiel, “You will have what’s left of my army, my true soldiers, on your tail from now until eternity. Sooner or later one will kill you or her. And when your son has no one to raise him he will become just like me.” He smirked as he saw that his words hit home with his son and then gave up and let himself die. Ramiel stumbled back a step and fell to his butt, the world suddenly spinning as blood and oxygen loss and the poison all took their toll and he couldn’t concentrate enough to heal himself. He saw a blur of a shape standing over him just before everything went dark.