Chapter 194 - Black Call

"So it that what the mortals are saying about Lord O'Brien?" He said with a nudge of his head referring to news.

"The press will say anything" Riley said walking in.

"Liam didn't kill up to that number of people... the rest was fabricated to cover the attack at the ball, the agencies doing" she adds.

"Ha mortals... they never seem to change" Anubis said staring into space.

"Race have you gotten any Intel on the Seth?" Riley asked.

"Yes ma'am... the ghoul killer was no where to be seen along with the Beast that attacked Boss" Race states as his fingers went fast against the keyboard.

"Hence the ghoul killer and the Beast might still be alive... the Beast is a whole ghoul in a whole new level" Race said as footage of the Beast crashing down from the ceiling showed.

"Such excellent device for discovering things" Anubis said rubbing the chin of his dog mask mask.

"I should get out more" he adds with a thought.

"You said your name was Anubis" Riley began facing him, her head tilting backwards to meet his face, due to his insane height.

"You knew of Liam... more you know about the black ghoul... you know Omari"

He faced her.

"Most certainly yes" he states.

"Who are you? You don't smell like a ghoul then what are you? I need answers, answers to why my husband is able to tap into the first ghoul power that has been dead for centuries" she demands.

"First of Lady O'Brien... I shall tell you of me" he states in amusement.

Riley folded her arms listening, others present were eager for an explanation too.

"I'm neither ghoul nor human" he said making them more confused.

"Aren't you like Anubis? The jackal-headed deity who presided over the embalming process and accompanied dead kings in the afterword?" Rory said making Race and Kayla turn to him in awe.

"What?" He shrugs.

"I pay attention to history"

"Certainly not that Anubis... I'm called many names in centuries of living... but I'm known mostly as Anubis by Omari... there is this saying that what you are called... you appear as the name" he states.

"So you look like this because Omari the first ghoul named you Anubis?" Kayla said getting more confused.

"It appears so" Anubis said with a shrug.

"Cut the chase,  what are you?"  Riley demands.

"I'm a druid... a ghoul druid to be precise" he said with a shrug.

"A druid?" Riley said.

"Yes I have been with the ghouls since the very beginning... Omari to be precise, I acted as his judge, teacher, container as you might add" he states.

"How come you weren't there for Liam until the very last minute, there were no mention of you even during Lucas Carter" Riley said puzzled.

"Ha Lucas Carter a fine man he was" he said staring into space before facing her.

"I only appear when there's a balance to be kept" he adds.

"A balance? So when my son was made into a killer and killed... there wasn't a balance to be made... or when Liam father did unspeakable things just to awaken the beings inside us... there wasn't a balance to be made" Riley said pissed.

"Where were you when all this happened?!".

"I was only awoken from my slumber when both of you awakened the divine being inside you... it was a call to all supernatural being... alerting everyone that the ghoul king and queen has been restored... but it was an indirect beacon, it wasn't positioned, it took sometime before I realize the location" he said.

"But still you disconnected yourself away from all this in the first place... how could you call yourself a druid if you were so naive" she states.

Silence brood around the operating room.

"Like I said lady O'Brien, I only come when a balance is to be made" he states.

Riley huffed, looking away.

"It's not in my nature to tell when there is a balance to be needed... we simply get called when there's a shift and Lord O'Brien is that right now... what he did should have never happened... its something even Lucas Carter wasn't capable of".

"What do you mean?!" Riley demands facing him.

"Lord O'Brien and Omari share a connection I do not understand and that not a good thing" he states.

Riley's eyes shakes at his words.

"It won't end well for any of us" he adds.

"But you sealed him back"

"That's the point lady O'Brien... there shouldn't be a seal to close because something like this shouldn't have happened, it's not possible... Lord O'Brien did something no other black ghoul should do... seal or not it can't be sure Omari is back to sleep.... he shouldn't be even in Lord O'Brien body to begin with... he tapped into the consciousness of Omari, there's this connection with the previous black ghouls and their ancestors,  its like a power lineage but its just there dominant... but this wants to consume him"

Riley gasps.

"Omari is still inside Liam" Riley said in realization.

Anubis gave a slight nod.

"Is this a good thing or a bad thing" Rory said.

"We can only hope its neither" he said facing Riley back.

"Have both of you consummate the right ritual for ghoul marriage?" Anubis asked.

"No we haven't... there was no need, we were both married in the human tradition" Riley explained.

"Alas I see why... you shouldn't have abandoned that important part... it is known throughout history for ghouls that as husband and wife, you both share part of your Claw... in most cases its a way of calming the dominant part of the man" he said.

"Then this is the way then... of calming Liam's berserk power?"

"I hope its still a useful trait for the deed has already been done" Anubis said sternly.

Riley gulps hard at his words.

***

Section 25

New Agency Location 

Medical Facility 

Vincent covered the sheets over Seth lifeless body.

"He's dead" Jade said gulping hard.

"What are we gonna do now?" She ask as her eyes drifts to Vincent unreadable ones.

"You said it was unlike anything you have ever seen" Vincent said as she walks to the wide tube in a corner... a gold fluid inside, the Beast within it undergoing treatment with several wires connected to his coil like body.

"Yes" Jade said with shaky eyes as her mind relieved what she saw. She saw the presence of Omari before he flew out of the building.

Making sure Riley and the strange masked man were nowhere to be seen... she then approached Seth but it was already too late.

"It was like I was in the presence of some kind of demonic being" she said in a shaky voice.

"Get some rest" Vincent said turning to leave.

***

Vincent sit on his chair, running his chin, he then turned it to face the window staring at the city of night lights of New York.

The lights in his office suddenly flickered. He smiled turning his seat.

"Anubis what a pleasant surprise" Vincent said in amusement, seeing the suited man wearing an Anubis mask, before him, his white gloves hands behind his back.

"I believe there's no need for introduction, as you already know who I'm" Anubis said sternly.

"Really there's no need... I know what you are and what you're capable of" Vincent said smirking.

"You appear to know more about ghouls than I thought" Anubis said.

"Is that why you purposely made Lord O'Brien go berserk" he adds.

Vincent's smirk broaden more.

"It was your plan wasn't it... you predicted all this will happen... the Jones family never seem to amaze me"

"Isn't it fun? I get just seat in my office and watch as Liam destroys everything he loves while I watch" Vincent said smirking.

"Once again you underestimate the black ghoul" Anubis said darkly.

In a blink of an eye Vincent brought out a gun, he fired a shot as the golden bullet came for Anubis but it passed through him like he was invisible... digging in the wall behind him.

Vincent stared amazed.

"Then it's true then... you're more than a ghoul and a human, a being known as the Druid" he said in awe.

"Your reign shall come to an end Vincent Jones... know that, the black ghoul shall be your downfall" Anubis said.

Vincent chuckled darkly as he rose to his feet.

"Why don't you save your precious king the trouble, and end me right here... right now" he states cocking his gun.

"You of all people shall know I don't meddle in an uncalled affair" Anubis said.

"Ha yes... you respond only to the duty you are given... pity it would have been an honor to fight a being such as you" he said laughing.

'The more...' Anubis thought sternly. 'The more he becomes a monster... perhaps this is what the stars have foreseen... is it time?... is time for the battle that is destined to shock the earth, I shall make sure of it' his hand behind his back tightens in a fist.

"It's was an unpleasant meeting seeing you" Anubis said as his body disappeared in a mirage.

Vincent looks around he was nowhere to be seen.

"This is only the beginning" Vincent said with a smirk against his lips, his plan shall be realized without him lifting a finger, he shall bring an end to the ghouls.