The new reality

The warm noon sun over the Sand City watched as Sienna awoke dizzily after a rather hot morning. She was lying on the soft carpet covered in velvety blankets. She looked around a bit dazed till she started to come to herself and remembered that Sarcos was back! Her heart began to beat faster at that realization and a happy smile appeared on her lips as she sat up. Her beautiful blue tiger-like eyes scanned the luxurious room in sweet expectation but Sarcos was nowhere to be seen...

Sienna stood up slowly, feeling slightly disappointed she shuffled to the bathroom on her trembling legs. She went to the toilet with her eyes almost closed and then she poured a hot bath for herself. She lay in the warm bubbles relaxing and thinking of her strong Scorpion King...

"Sarcos is back!" she whispered to herself."Finally! Everything will be well from now on...! Yes!" she giggled softly, eloped in her newly found happiness. 

"I wonder where he went..." she thought."Probably he is stuck in the office. He needs to check on his kingdom after such a long time." she let her mind wander as she lay with closed eyes in the warm water. It felt so nice and peaceful...

Suddenly she felt a gentle kiss on her lips...the Neroli flower scent hit her nose and Sienna breathed in Sarcos's presence. She felt his tongue invaded her mouth in a passionate kiss. "Sarcos!" she whispered into the kiss as she circled his neck and felt her hands swoop through the empty air!!!

Sienna opened her eyes abruptly. She expected to look at his cheekily smiling face, but he was not there!!

Sienna furrowed her brows."What was that?" She was so sure it was Sarcos!

"Am I going crazy imagining things?" she mumbled to herself as she shook her head in disbelief. "What is going on?"She was quite confused, "Did he kiss me and then disappear or I'm crazy for real? "She thought and sat in the bathtub to get out. Her relaxed mood was ruined anyway...

"Sarcos?"Sienna called out loudly but did not get any answer... He was not there! Sienna shook her head and chuckled to herself. "I'm crazy then! Imagining things. I must just miss Sarcos way too much!"She nodded to herself and stood in the bath to reach for a towel when it fell into her hand!

Sienna felt a cold shiver pass her body. She felt weird suddenly! She rather covered herself in that towel when she felt that the towel itself was wrapping tighter around her!!

"Aaah!"Sienna shrieked shocked as that towel suddenly lifted her off the bath as if flying, just over a meter over the ground!!

"Sarcos...Sarcos!"She yelled desperately but did not hear his voice at all!!!

"It must be that ghosts Sarcos was talking about!"Sienna freaked out as she was moved in the air by a strong force. She kicked her legs and tried to lose the tight grip on her body but the strong force pressed her onto her bed and she felt someone push her hands up over her head...

"It will eat me now!"Sienna shrieked in her head as she clearly felt a soft bite on her shoulder! She tried to fight it but it was way too strong.

Sienna was properly scared now..."Sarcos...help me!" she cried out as she felt an invisible touch hoovering over her body..."Stop, what is this?"She cried in helpless anger and fear. 

Suddenly the invisible force stopped! Sienna scrambled out of bed and tried to run out of the door covered in her towel when she felt someone grab her hand again!

"Wait, don't be scared...it was me!" the familiar voice sounded next to her and Sienna watched shocked as Sarcos appeared visible from the thin air!

"Sarcos? Why do you have to do this to me...? You scared me so much!!!"Sienna exploded in tears. "I was so scared! I was thinking the ghosts are going to eat me!!! This was not funny at all!!" she cried almost hysterically. Her heart hurted a lot. She definitely did not expect this from him!

"I'm so sorry my love..."Sarcos looked at her with a guilty face. "I was testing my new powers and it kind of went out of control." he bit his lips and hugged her tightly pressing her strongly to himself. He felt he hurted her by this and was upset as well.

"What? Do not test your powers on me next time!"Sienna stopped crying and lifted her head to him. But he just pushed her head back on his chest tightly as he held her in his arms quietly for a few more minutes while arguing within his mind....it was unexpected to him as well and he needed to calm down too.

"I'm really sorry, please forgive me." he rasped to Sienna worriedly.

 "Do not do this anymore! I need to see you..."Sienna looked into his eyes."How can you lose control over your own powers suddenly?" she asked him a bit suspiciously.

"It is not entirely my powers yet, but rather powers of Crystal Pincer. I need to control it better." Sarcos sighed. "I acquired a soul presence from the crystal I absorbed, he gave me access to crystal powers. He is a bit like my Flaming Scorpion but he lived before. I merged with him as I came back, he was part of my body already..."

"Ahm, so he did scare me and not you?"Sienna looked at him as a scolding teacher.

"Yes, I let him take over for a moment."Sarcos bit his lips. "I tried to stop him but I was stuck somehow because I was distracted with your body and could not concentrate my thoughts," he admitted a bit sheepishly.

Sarcos was initially thinking of keeping Crystal Pincer a secret and telling Sienna at a good time later on, but he rather said it straight away because he did not want her to be upset with him.

"I do not like it!" Sienna shook her head."Are you sure he is not using you instead?...she furrowed her brows...She was wary because his behaviour was way too strange....to scare her like that!

"No, we made a deal, I'm the strongest sorcerer in the land," Sarcos chuckled. "Do not worry my love..." he kissed her deeply.

"Crystal Pincer! Hm, I will ask Marath about it..."Sienna thought and kissed her Scorpion King back...

Sarcos picked her up and after another round of hot mating, Sienna snoozed off in Sarcos's embrace for a moment. He felt so happy as he looked at her beautiful relaxed face, long eyelashes and swollen red lips. " I made her that." he smiled in his head cheekily.

Sarcos closed his eyes and thought of his first morning with his mate after a long time...It was wonderful and strange at the same time. Wonderful because of her and strange because of the new presence which emerged within him...

Earlier that morning, after they mated for the first time, Sarcos was also watching Sienna rest when he felt a sharp pain over his body! Suddenly he felt his mind going blank...

"Wake up you fool!" the Flaming Scorpion screamed in his head. He was raging angry, fuming and frustrated. Sarcos's body was on fire, he felt as if his head was going to explode, so he placed Sienna's head on the soft carpet gently, covered her in the blanket and went to the bathroom to sober up...

Sarcos looked into the mirror. His Flaming Scorpion was visible making red flames in his eyes when suddenly Sarcos's eyes changed to icy blue with silvery bolts like sparks. It was staring at Sarcos in the mirror!

"Who are you?" Sarcos said in surprise...He had no idea of any presence within his body apart from Flaming Scorpion who was somehow quiet for a long time...

Suddenly an invisible man's outlines were becoming partly visible in his mind....

He was eloped in translucent blue light, tall and had a serious face from which was impossible to tell his age...he seemed to wear a long robe with crossed diamond spears on it and a diamond shape with a little ring inside...he stood next to the Flaming Scorpion with a cheeky smile but his legs were still covered in white smoky fog.

"How dare you?" The Flaming Scorpion raged. "I was frozen past month...almost the whole month and you did not notice Sarcos, calling me grumpy...How dare you!!!! What is wrong with your head!" he raged..."Mating with our Queen woke me up again..." This creature here," he pointed at the partly outlined see-through man..." he held me by invisible force... frozen." he raged..."Now, I will kill you for that..."The Flaming Scorpion had a golden sword in his hand suddenly.

"It is not my fault that I'm more powerful than you! You can't kill me, I'm part of this body too now." The see thru man-like presence said in a deep longing voice."I'm stronger than you and you can't even see me if I wish to stay concealed..." he disappeared again.

"Hey, come out!"Sarcos called a bit disturbed into the mirror..." Who are you?" he asked the man.

"Call me Crystal Pincer for now...I'm the soul of the crystal you absorbed..."The man smiled.

"Don't lie...you are the Crystal Emperor!"The Flaming Scorpion growled...."Only his power could freeze mine! Sarcos you levelled up way too fast making me weak..." he raged as he watched the man suspiciously with his flaming eyes.

"I'm simply older than you."the man smiled."I'm not an Emperor anymore...now I'm a part of a Scorpion King's soul and body. I can't be an Emperor inside of a King." He chuckled..."So I do need a new name..." he noted seriously...

"You are a vicious monster, I can't even see your heart..."The Flaming Scorpion raged.

"My heart is frozen in time...We all are monsters...it depends on who is in charge..."The Crystal Pincer smiled patiently.

"I'm in charge," Sarcos said to himself in the mirror...

"Well, so you are ...the most powerful sorcerer..." Crystal Pincer bowed a little..."I'm to your service...you can entrust me with everything...I bring powers to be invisible with me...if you wish, I can appear at places to do your bidding, so you can have eyes in two places at the same time and you can talk to stones and crystals...they will reveal to you everything, all the riches of the world will be yours. All the gold mines, diamonds...anything you want...I'm your best partner to take over the world." he smiled alluringly.

"We will see about that," Sarcos noted...

"I wish you could get him out...he is annoying..."I do not trust him, he is dangerous Sarcos."The Flaming Scorpion said.

"I'm in every part of your soul and body as well. You merged with me. You and I are the same now..." Silver Pincer smiled.

The Flaming Scorpion shook his head and turned away from him upset. He was not happy to have another presence in Sarcos's mind. He was used to being in two and the Crystal Pincer was an unwanted extra for him.

"Don't be bashful, you will not even know that I'm here."The Silver Pincer tried to ease him." I'm humble, happy to live again. Just call me when you need me, you cute Flaming Scorpion." the Crystal Pincer chuckled ."We will have fun..." he smiled.

"I do not like fun with other men!"Flaming Scorpion growled...

"But I like to play..."Crystal Pincer disappeared laughing in echoes making Sarcos's human form invisible as well!

"Hey!" Sarcos looked into the mirror with no reflection of himself suddenly.

"Why you did do that?" he felt a bit weird as he had not ordered it to him!

"Shhh, your Queen is coming..."Crystal Pincer appeared partly in his mind...

"And...?"Sarcos furrowed his brows. He did not like this. He was the one who should decide!

"Well, I thought you did not want her to see you like this...She might worry about you..." the Crystal Pincer said almost caringly.

"Hm, you are right...."Sarcos nodded."Thank you."Sarcos watched how Sienna passed him and disappeared to go toilet...

Sarcos was thinking of going out of the bathroom but was somehow stuck...His Queen passed him and did not feel his presence at all! It was disturbing to him, so he kind of waited thinking.

"Well, you can feel her..."Crystal Pincer chuckled..."Wait, I will show you what can I do...It will be fun...just let me take over for a bit, hm?"Crystal Pincer chuckled...

"Ok, "Sarcos nodded...He was curious to see what he meant...

Sarcos watched as the Crystal Pincer took over his body and started to scare Sienna but he was too distracted with her naked body and could not somehow change back...He was kind of blocked out of his mind!!

"That's enough!" the Flaming Scorpion attacked the Crystal Pincer with his sword because he could not bear him scaring his mate and that distracted him enough for Sarcos to take over and become visible again!!!

Sarcos held scared Sienna on his chest and listened to how his Flaming Scorpion was raging within him. He felt as if he had become crazy suddenly!

"How dare you to scare my mate!" Flaming Scorpion was raging at him.

"It was just innocent fun! Sarcos, did not you ask me to show you my powers a little, hm?"The Crystal Pincer chuckled."I can feel the lust you have for your queen...she is beautiful and hot but I know about one even more beautiful..." he said longingly...

"Not interested!"Sarcos let out an angry thought still clenching his mate." This was way too much!"

"Yes, we love only our mate...it will be better if you get out if you like someone else..."Flaming Scorpion noted coldly.

"I'm stuck with you..."The Crystal pincer chucked a bit desperately..."The same as you are stuck with me...We are merged, so let's work together...hm? I will help you to progress your magic powers and when the time comes, you will free my queen for me...hm?" he asked a bit hopefully.

"And then what?" the Flaming Scorpion asked...he was highly suspicious of him...

"Then I will be free again..."Crystal Pincer smiled..."It will be our little deal...hm? We are not bound by any laws, we all can do what we want. I really can use your help, Sarcos." he looked expectantly.

"Sure, I can help you..."Sarcos nodded..."I need your powers to protect my Sienna..."So after the Dragon King is dealt with, I will look for a way to let you go free."He noted...

"You will find it as you find my Queen. "The Crystal Pincer nodded..."Thank you for giving me a chance to live again...." he said quite gently and disappeared again.

"This all is your fault!!!" Flaming Scorpion shouted to Sarcos...

"Sshhh, I need his powers to protect my Sienna."Sarcos closed the conversation in his mind and looked into Sienna's eyes to apologize...She was his Queen and he wanted her to be happy with him...

Sarcos looked at Sienna's soft features. She was resting peacefully on the soft cushion." I will do anything for you! "he thought a bit worriedly. She was his heart, beautiful, soft and kind but clever even sneaky at times." My little puzzle!"Sarcos smiled gently.