Cu covered her up in her blankets and adjusted her head slightly so she would be more comfortable. He was running his fingers through her hair waiting wondering where she was in her mind. He had tried a few times to link their thoughts together but was forced out by a scream and pain. Veda was replaying some painful things from her past right now, occasionally she would whimper or whisper words he couldn't understand. But he was there to comfort her when she needed it even in her unconscious state.

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"Again....3....2....1."

The sound of a heavy switch and then a shock, it ran through her body causing her to convulse and shake, foam dripping down her mouth through the brown leather belt her teeth were sunken onto. It lasted a few seconds then stopped.

She leaned forward vomiting up blood as it spewed it out down her chin into the already blood filled water below. She dropped her head, it swayed back and forth as she tried to regain consciousness. Two more shocks and she would see the reaper again.

"Now Medea!....3....2....1."

Another sound of a heavy switch then a short scream then silence except for the sound of belts clanging against a metal object.

Veda lifted her head and looked to the right towards Medea her head was hanging down blood dripping from out of the large purple hood.

"Medea...." she managed to choke out through blood filled lungs. Then blackness.

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She was floating now, dark blue streaks of light glistening off the glass walls. Below her blackness and above her light. Her hair was weightless it prickled her when ever it touched skin. It was colder the farther down she went and she let her body take her where it wanted to go. A few more minutes and she would see the reaper.
She let out a choking breath in sucking the blue into her lungs. Then drifted off into the darkness.

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It was dark in the room, the only light was a hole in the ceiling above her leading up to the city. There was a smell of wood rotting and metal rusting. She had been here before many times, they called it the hole, a place where they put test subjects that haven't changed into the cursed.....yet.

She was alone, of course she was, the only one who was still alive. Chains wrapped around her arms and legs locked into an old metal fold out chair. She would rather be in this room than anywhere else they put her, at least she wasn't being torn apart by spells or other experiments.

She closed her eyes relaxing her muscles and let out a long breath which was cut short to the sound of footsteps.

The door behind her opened. She was suddenly sucked into another room sitting on a white chair unchained. The lights were blinding, she could barely see. As her vision focused she saw Caster sitting in front of her. Only she looked different, she had lost the use of her legs now, the experiments must have taken their tole on her, she was sitting in a wheel chair with a faceless man behind her. Veda had never seen her face before, she was always draped in purple robes with a large hood covering her eyes. But this time she could see her.

She was a beautiful woman, with long, straight, iridescent white hair, it shon a purplish hue in the the light, with a braid down the left side. Her skin was fair with a flawless texture. She had piercing blue eyes that seemed to store its own source of power. She felt a familiar comfort in her for some reason, like she had seen her before in a previous life.

"I see you have found your purpose Veda. You are stronger than I thought you would be." She had an evil smile on her face.

"Let me go Medea, please!" She replied.

"I will but we have some things to discuss first." She waived her hand at the man behind her. He pushed her closer in the wheel chair. "You and I are in similar situations, the only difference is you are free and I am not."

"What do you want Medea?" She interrupted. Veda didn't have the patience for her.

She laughed. "What do all servants want?"

Veda didn't respond.

"We all want to be free Veda. I want to be free! Free from this hell I was forced into! I thought the curse would rid myself of my master but he has avoided the infection and is still torturing my spirit. Please I ask you, help me and I will lift the curse and restore your world." Tears we're dripping off her cheeks. Veda felt sorry for her, she hadn't chosen this fate, it was forced on Medea just like it was forced on herself.

"Where are you now?" Veda asked.

"I'm being held in a nuclear power plant but that's all I know. I can guide you to me if you let me into your thoughts.... I see you're a master now."

"And I see you're not." Veda smiled at her.

"Yes....impressive you and your servants were able to take Spartacus down. Are you commanding all three servants?"

How did she know there was three of them with me? She thought.

"I don't command all three, one is mine the other two follow me at their own will. I don't need any trinkets or spells to make that happen." She glared at Medea.

She gave her a sinister laugh.
"I can see why, they must be completely enamored by you. For myself, I need to use what ever I can to get what I want. I have always been on the darker opposing side of the Holy Grail Wars.....You know there are two servants left who are not under your command?."

"Yes I know." She replied.

"You must persuade them to your side, you won't be able to defeat me or Hisaki without them."

"You are just one servant Medea. I highly doubt you could take on that many servants." She laughed at her.

"You're right I am just one servant, but I am also several demons. Hisaki has been using a Japanese book of the dead summoning demons all around Japan. He used the same book on you to make you what you are now."

"The book of the dead". She thought. No wonder everything had gotten so evil and dead.

"Do you know where the other servants are?"

Medea tilted her head. "Yes, one is in Hiroshima and the other in Fukuoka. They have masters already."

"I guess I'll start in Hiroshima." She replied. "And once I have them both I'm coming for you."

Medea let out a loud witchy cackle.
"I look forward to it my dear. I must go now, but one more thing. I have a gift for you." Her faceless assistant came around to the back of her chair, she handed her a long twisted dagger. Veda knew exactly what that was.

"Ruler Breaker." She whispered.

"Veda, use this wisely, I believe you know what it is." The faceless man handed it over to her and retreated back to Medea. He turned her around in her chair and began moving towards the light. Veda examines the object in her hands.

"Wait!....What about the Grail?"

Medea was facing away from her now. She turned her head slightly towards Veda with that evil smile still on her face. "The Grail will find you. Keep your eyes open."

"How will it find me? I don't understand?" She called to her but she disappeared before Veda could get an answer.

She was suddenly pulled out of the white room and into darkness.

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Cu had dozed off, his head resting on Veda's bedside. He was dreaming of her.

She was sitting in his lap wearing a complete set of black lingerie. He was running his hands along the soft skin of her shoulders, down her back, and over that round ass of hers. She was rolling her hips, her hands pulling on his hair as she whispered sweet nothings into his ear. She hovers her lips over his, he can smell the scent of roses and vanilla, it was intoxicating.

He didn't want this dream to end it was everything he wanted. She pulled his head back by his ponytail and looked into his eyes.

"Cu? Wake up!" She said.

"Wake up?" He was already awake......in more ways than one.

Her voice was louder now.
"Wake up, Cu!"

He snapped out of the wonderful dream he was having and looked up to see Veda's heart crushing smile.

"Veda!" He pounced on her, half on half off the bed holding her so tightly.

"Hey....Cu! You're...crushing...me!" She whispered through gulps of air. She managed to tuck the dagger down one of her thigh straps before Cu could see it.

He sat up and looked at her. "Sorry, you've been unconscious for hours." He held the side of her cheek and put his forehead against hers.

"That was some dream you had." She raised her eyebrows at him.

"Shit....you saw that hey?." He could feel his face flushing red. "Are you ok now?"

She giggled at him, "Ya I think so, I have a bit of a head ache but I'll be fine." Her stomach growled loudly at them. "I'm starving!"

He still couldn't understand how a girl as small as she was could out eat most of the men around here. He laughed.

"I can go get you something."

"Its ok, I can wait a few minutes." She replied.

She sat up looking at her dusty leather outfit, then scooted by him. "I want this off now."

"You should rest princess. I can help you with what ever you need." But she wasn't listening, she never really does.

"I'm not sure if I want you picking out my underwear for me." She winked at him.

She stood stumbling a bit but regained her balance and started to walk over to her dresser. He watched her struggle with the zipper on the back of her leather suit.

"Cuuuuu! Can you halp?!" She said whining.

"Well you did say earlier I could take that leather suit off." He reminded her.

"I did didn't I....I guess it's your lucky day." She waived him over.

He laughed and walked over to help. Her blonde hair was draped across her back covering up the zipper. He pushed it to the side and grabbed the top of the zipper and slowly pulled it down. He got mid way down her back and stopped, he could see five circles scarred into her starting from the base of her neck down to her lower back. She pulled the leather off her shoulders which revealed a tattoo on her right shoulder, it read
"TS009" in blue ink.

She turned her head towards him. "You're wondering what that means?.....That's my test subject number and the scars are where they used to connect the electrical probes. They went into my spine, it was the best way to control the shock to make sure they could bring me back to life."

He could barely listen to what she was saying, thinking of what they did to her infuriated him. He unzipped her the rest of the way and she pulled the leather down further exposing her back completely to him. He was trying his best to keep his hands from touching her but it was dam hard not to. He stepped back to give her some room to get dressed.

She flipped her hair across her back hiding the scars and continued to take the rest of the black leather off of her flawless body. Of course she was only wearing a black thong underneath, he ran a hand through his hair, a habit he does when he's frustrated or annoyed and he was a little of both right now.

But he knew the drill when it came to top less Veda. Cu took a deep breath and made his way over to the chair by her bed facing away from her like a good boy. He was getting really tired of being a "good boy."

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She regret telling him about her scars immediately. He was strangely silent after that, with no witty comments or flirtatious moves towards her even though she was standing there topless. She pushed her hair back and pulled open the top drawer.

"Did I do something wrong Cu?" She could barely get the words out, scared of his response.

"What? No, why would you say that." He sounded annoyed at her question.

"You're quiet. You're never quiet."

"I just don't like what they did to you that's all." He replied.

"It's in the past, don't worry about it." She replied.

"Are you dressed yet? I'm getting board of staring at the wall."

"Almost." She said sadly. He seemed so cold right now, maybe he wasn't attracted to her anymore, maybe the scars turned him off, she wasn't sure. She decided to change the mood. She put on a blue Lacey push up bra and matching panties. Her heart was racing as she walked over to him. He was sitting there patiently waiting for her to finish as she climbed onto the bed and sat in front of him. She was on her knees with her hands in her lap pushing her breasts together trying to look desirable.

"I thought you were getting dressed?" He said confused.

She didn't respond, instead she grabbed his hands and placed them on her hips. She leaned forward onto her palms looking into his eyes.

"Veda?" He whispered.

"Shhh." She said.
She placed her hands around the nape of his neck feeling his hair between her fingers, her lips hovered over his mouth for a moment barely touching, she held off just enough for him to squeeze her thighs and let out an annoyed sigh, then she kissed him. She sat up higher tilting his head back and moved in closer. She touched her tongue to his, then suddenly he kissed her deeper. It lasted a few minutes before he pulled away and lied her back onto her pillow.

He came over top of her, kissing her again. His hands moving aggressively from her hips up to her breasts. He cupped them and brushed his thumbs across her nipples. She was loving every sensation of it letting out small whimpers of pleasure through their kisses. He moved down her neck giving her gentle bites along the way sending shivers through her nerves that made her body tremble and her breathe short.

He was holding out on her, she didn't want this to be just a hot make out session. She wanted more than that, no she needed more than that. She stopped him for a moment.

"Cu......I want you." Her heart filled with desire and lust . "I......I want to know what you feel like."
Then she opened her legs further, knitted her fists in his shirt and pulled him closer squeezing his sides with her thighs. He let out a soft groan with a breathy. "Are you sure?"

"Mmhmm." She replied nodding and biting her lip.

He sat back looking her up and down. "Veda, You are the most beautiful woman I..." They were suddenly interrupted by a loud knock on the bedroom door. There was a short cringing silence as a second knock came.

"Dammit." They both whispered at the same time.

"What do you want?!." Cu snapped.

"It's Fergus! Is Veda awake?"

"Ya she is, but she....umm...she's getting dressed!." He was stuttering over words which made her giggle.

"Getting dressed?...What the hell are YOU doing in there then? ...Wait...CU!! Get your ass out here right now!" Fergus sounded furious with him.

She raised her eyebrows at him and smiled.
"Uh oh." She whispered.

He stood up and rolled his eyes letting out a long frustrated sigh. "Fuck sake.....Hold that thought, I'll go speak to the cock block behind the door."

She laughed at him covering herself up with her blankets.

He squeezed out her door barely keeping Fergus from peeking in then shut it behind him.

She closed her eyes and licked her lips, savoring his taste as she held onto the lingering scent he left behind.
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