Vol. 10 - Chapter 12: The Headless Horseman

Part 1 – Roanodare, After Alexandria´s revival

Alexandria and El Muerto stand face to face; "I came here to talk to you, white witch." El Muerto says to Alexandria, Alexandria begins to release manna from her body; El Muerto looks at her and says:

"Please calm down, I mean you no harm, I have orders from my boss to make a request."

"Show more respect to me." Alexandria says with an angry expression. El Muerto begins to remove his mask. Alexandria begins to attack with manna in shape of ice pikes preventing El Muerto to remove his mask.

A pair of black wings emerges from El Muerto´s back and he begins to fly dodging the multiple attacks. Alexandria makes pillars of ice to appear in the ground attacking him head on.

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One of the pillars traps El Muerto in ice. Alexandria with a faceless expression begins to say; "Pathetic, he is just a waste of my time."

Alexandria begins to walk away, suddenly she begins to feel a powerful manna oming from the pillar. The pillar begins to crack until a great explosion shatters it.

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The pillar begins to fall, and huge purple colored manna emerges from the pillar, El Muerto begins to come out floating with his wings. Alexandria smiles and makes one hundred of the spears to emerge; she looks at El Muerto and says:

"Okay, you peeked my interest; let's see how you can dodge these."

Alexandria moves her hand forward and the hundred ice spears head towards El Muerto. El Muerto makes a black lance with a red spear appear; he begins to swing the lance at high speed. The spears begin to crash with the lance; however, they all shattered as they make contact.

Alexandria makes giant ball of ice appear and throws it towards El Muerto. El Muerto begins to charge manna in his spear, he changes the position of the spear in his arm ready to fire. El Muerto throws the spear and makes contact to the ice ball.

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The ice is destroyed; the lance heads towards Alexandria, she takes a small step to the right and avoids the spear hitting her.

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A giant hole is made, Alexandria floats away from the hole. El Muerto lands in front of Alexandria. She begins to say; "Impressive, now that you have proven to be strong I will now listen to you."

El Muerto extends his hand, the lance moves and heads to his hand. El Muerto grabs his lance and makes it disappear. He begins to remove his mask and hood, Alexandria smiles and says; "Well, well, who knew that you could be El Muerto."

A silver hair comes down from the hood; a pale skin is shown but not her face due to the rising sun. It is revealed that the red striped mask El Muerto is a woman. She begins to ask:

"So you know who I am?"

"Of course, I have the memories of this body and I can tell that Samantha did not like you."

The silver haired woman begins to laugh and says; "Well that´s too bad."

"So then, what do you want to talk about?" Alexandria says to her. The silver hair girl says:

"My master wants to speak to you. In one week, at Pilgrim Island, my master will be waiting for you."

"And you expect me to go? Why should I go?"Alexandria asks the woman, She puts on her hood and replies:

"Because, my Master needs you to open the gates of the Underworld in the city of Cibola."

Alexandria looks surprise, she begins to laugh and says; "So you are after the treasure hidden in the Golden City, you sure have a great ambition."

Alexandria takes a deep breath and says; " I refuse, go ask one of my sisters, I am sure they want to help you more than me."

"That would be impossible, because my Master thinks that you are the most gifted." El Muerto says to Alexandria who begins to laugh. She begins to release manna and says:

"Flattering me, will not give you an advantage."

The woman puts on the mask and says:

"I see, well I will give you a couple of days for you to think about it. In the mean time, I must retreat Uriel."

Alexandria looks angry and says; "What do you want with Uriel?"

"I must save him, because those were my orders." El Muerto says to Alexandria who begins to laugh. El Muerto begins to float as she says:

"I will be waiting for your answer."

Part 2 – Capital City; Present

"So are you willing to meet up with my master?" El Muerto says to Alexandria. Alexandria begins to walk away as she says:

"I refuse, now don't bother me anymore or I will kill you."

El Muerto begins to laugh and says; "I am sure that you will, I make sure of it." She begins to float away to the sky.

In the SIA HQ, Uriel looks down thinking at what Henry said, he begins to say:

"What should I do, I don't know if what I am doing is the correct thing."

"You look so cute when you are in pain." Uriel hears the voice of Alexandria coming from out of nowhere. Suddenly, the light begins to turn on and off, the room begins to feel colder, some parts begin to freeze. The light turns off for a few seconds, it turns back on, Uriel lifts his head and sees Alexandria standing in front of him.

"Hello Uriel, you look as handsome as always." Alexandria says putting a naughty expression. Uriel looks shocked to see Alexandria in front of him, he asks:

"Alexandria, what are you doing here?"

Alexandria smiles at him saying; "I came to talk to you."

'What do you want to talk to me about?" Uriel asks here as he feels his body getting colder. Alexandria looks at him shaking and says:

"Are you cold Uriel?"

She sits on his lap looking at him and says; "Don't worry, I will keep you warm."

Uriel looks at her with rage, Alexandria begins to chuckle; "You don't like it? I am only trying to please you."

Alexandria begins to warm the room up and sits in the chair that is in front of him. She begins to speak; "Now listen Uriel, I came here to warn you about my husband."

Uriel looks surprised and asks; "Are you referring to Ichabod?'

Alexandria nods in agreement, she lowers her head and explains; "His full name is Washington Ichabod, he was one of the general in the Revolutionary war of this country. During the war, I gave him the powers equal to the horsemen, more specifically; I gave him the power of the horseman of Conquest."

"What are you saying; you gave him the powers of a horseman? How is that possible?"

"I decided to store powers of the horseman over the years; he has the powers of conquest. This made him powerful enough to win the war with General Washington who later became president." Alexandria replies with tears in her eyes as she continues to speak:

He was a great man that I loved, however for that love that I had, I wanted to give him a blessing but I ended up giving him a curse."

"What do you mean by curse?" Uriel says to Alexandria, she continues to speak:

"He got obsessed with power, he began to change, and he sought war and fought the horseman of war. During that fight, he lost his head, however he never died. With his head missing, he started killing without mercy to everyone he came across searching for his head. His ruthless killings and the spread of terror gave him a name."

"What name did he receive?" Uriel asks Alexandria, she looks at Uriel and replies:

"The legend of the Headless Horseman was born."

Uriel is speechless, Alexandria explains; "With my revival, he was also revived. Now he is coming this way in search for the one who sealed him, the horseman of war."

"Alexandria, why does it look like that you are in pain?" Uriel asks Alexandria, she looks surprised and asks; "Why are you asking me that?"

"Because, I can see it in your eyes, you look like your suffering, why?"

Alexandria lowers her head, she gets angry and says; "STOP SAYING THAT, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU!"

Uriel gets angrier and screams; "OF COURSE IT IS MY PROBLEM, YOU TOOK AWAY SAMANTHA FORM ME, AND NOW YOU ARE IN PAIN. IT MAKES ME FURIOUS!"

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Alexandria's heart begins to beat faster; her head begins to feel pain. She begins to cry as she says; "This world has rejected me for over 500 years, I lost everything more than one time. I even lost my life, I feel so much pain, it is almost as if I was unwanted. I think I don't have a place in the world."

Uriel looks at her and asks; "Alexandria, I want to know your story, please tell me."

Part 3 – Outside Capital City

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A horse gallops at high speed; people who see the horse begin to feel ill. The headless horseman passes down the streets bringing sickness and pestilence. The trees wither as he passes down the road.

Those who look out seeing what was happening get their heads decapitated in an instance. The horseman stops in a hill near Capital City; he stops and gets down of his horse, his large cape moves as wind blows hard towards his direction. The horseman begins to sense Uriel and says:

"I HAVE FINNALLY FOUND YOU HORSEMAN OF WAR!"

The horseman gets on his horse and begins to gallop straight to Capital City as the full moon illuminates his path.