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Nights of Babylon	By : kruemel Category: 1 through F > Alexander Views: 12920 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Here we go again...
Thanks for the reviews. You made my day, folks. *smiles happily*
hope you enyoy chapter 2 as well.
@ lucious: wonderful uniqueness, huh? *grins* you could also say: non-native speaker writing first fic ever in english.

Disclaimer: Nope, not mine.
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Chapter 2 - Lonely hearts
"You shouldn't have let the beasts go, Alexander", Cassander stated staring down at the destroyed body of the young girl to his feet. Her ripcage had been forced open, her heart was missing, the throat a dark hole of blood. "Why did you agree? We had the murderer! We outnumbered them!"
Alexander shrugged helplessly. He was used to fight against the unknown, used to challenge those who were thought to be stronger than him, but this time he simply didn't know whom he dealt with. He was angry with himself. Angry that he didn't attack but talk.
Hephaistion shook his head, not understanding how fast they could forget the fear that had conquered their hearts, when they had been confronted with the winged predator. His beauty and grace were of a dark but divine quality that had disarmed them. None of them had been able to resist his seduction. Hephaistion knew perfectly well that he had just met an extremely dangerous creature. And Alexis was not alone. There were more of his kind in this city. Did Alexander already regret he came to Babylon?
"We need to know more about them, before we can fight them", Hephaistion said quietly. He was eager to reveal the secrets surrounding their mysterious guest. He was eager to meet him again. His thoughts rushed back to the image of the winged beauty, the smile that was only meant for him, when he had touched the creature's silky hair, and a familiar warmth spread in his loins. "That's lunacy", he told himself. "Who would want to cuddle a full grown wild tiger? Or something even more dangerous?"
"A sword can hurt them, what more do I need to know?", Alexander asked. In moments like this he was like a roaring lion, proud and majestic. Hephaistion longed for touching his lover's golden hair and feel the warmth of his skin. He had to distract himself from the disturbing thoughts that haunted his mind, but he knew Alexander didn't like to show his affection in public. Except he was drunk.
"We do not want to anger any gods, do we?", Ptolemy said nervously, his fingers combing his hair. "Remember what happened to Oddysseus..."
Ptolemy had hit a nerve. Alexander honoured the heroes of Troy, especially Achilles, and he feared the wrath of the gods like anyone else in this room.
"If Darius has captured the beast called Tessos before, someone has to know about it", Hephaistion continued thoughtfully. "And as Alexis said, he has rescued him before, maybe he is known as well."
"Do not call him that name", Cleitus insisted. "It is an insult to our king."
"And how am I supposed to call him?" Hephaistion liked the sound of the name. It was special even if it resembled the one of his lover. "Maybe that's what makes it special", he thought.
"Guess, he regards this similarity as an insult, too", Alexander said with a smile at Hephaistion. "He will be a worthy opponent for sure. Why shouldn't he bear my name?"
"Beside all the name business, what do you intend to do?" Cassander pointed to the batterd corpse.
"Hephaistion", Alexander addressed his lover, "I want you to investigate this case. I rely on your diplomatic adroitness. You could talk a dog into miaowing, so you sure can squeeze the secrets of Babylon from its citizens."
Hephaistion smiled at the compliment. He indeed had been on some diplomatic missions for Alexander who was famous for losing his temper easily. "I will do as you ask." He bowed his head slightly, causing strands of his long hair to fall into his face. Alexander gently tucked the lose strands behind his general's ears again, patting his shoulder friendly, as he recognized the stare of his other comrades. After an awkward silence he cleared his throat. "Now, I think, we have business to see to."
When they left the room, Alexander fell back a few steps and Hephaistion, feeling his gaze on him, stayed at his side. "Be careful", Alexander whispered softly brushing his fingers against Hephaistion's. "I don't want to lose you."
"Don't wory, you will never lose me. I will always be yours." Hephaistion smiled at the king, his big blue eyes full of emotion. Alexander squeezed his hand gently in response, then he hurried to catch up with the others.
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"Everybody around here seems to know about these beasts", Hephaistion stated in anger. "Why has nobody told us?" It hadn't taken him long to find out about the winged predators. Darius's personal scholar, a fat old man with a wrinkled red face, was eager to spill all he knew about what he called Incubi and Succubi.
"Most of the citizens of Babylon don't know they really exist. Darius knew for sure after the monster called Tessos killed his fourth wife and some of the courtisans. The Incubus dwelt in the harem for too long after the crime. He had fallen asleep and was caught of guard. Still he put up a deadly fight. We knew at once what he was when we saw him. I admit, I was shocked to see a nightmare tale come true. Darius had him burnt at the stake, but he was rescued by two others of his kind, a female and a male. Once freed he rose to the air like a ball of fire, the flames still eating at him." The old man shook his white haired head sadly. "I didn't think, he would dare to come back."
Hephaistion shifted nervously in his seat. He didn't like what he heard. He felt the long forgotten fear of lonely childhood nights creep back to him, when he had lain awake, watching the macabre dance of the shadows on the walls of his room with increasing horror. He remembered how relieved he always had felt when the sun finally ran to his help like a fierce red dragon. "Tell me about these creatures, Incubi, and Succubi? What are they?"
"They are demons, lecherous beasts who know no mercy. Incubi the males are called, Succubi are the females. They bed their prey, then kill it by ripping their heart out. That's what they live on - human hearts. Their seductive powers break the will of every human. The victims willingly embrace their own death."
"Has nobody ever tried to hunt them down?" Hephaistion suddenly felt very cold. He remembered the burning gaze of amber eyes resting on his figure, the sensation he felt, when he had touched the soft silky strands of hair, and the somersault his stomach made when the Incubus had smiled at him. If death is a beauty who wouldn't invite him to a last dance?
"We do not know their hiding places. Except for Tessos and his two companions none of them was ever seen by a living soul. Those who could tell are dead. The city is too big to count all the corpses and nobody cares for the poor and unfortunate. I guess these are the primary prey of the demons."
"I see. Do they have any weakness?"
"Handsome humans", the scholar answered without hesitation. "So you better keep away from them, son. You would be a prey very much to their liking. If you ever meet one of them face to face, refuse him, if you can. They do not take their prey by force."
Hephaistion nodded. "I will not forget your advice." He felt sick when he thought about the raven haired beauty with eyes like molten gold. The scholar didn't know how helpful his advice might prove.
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"You look extremely pissed off, you know?" Serena lowered slowly to the roof of the temple, stretching out next to Alexis. The sun was setting down over Babylon bathing the roofs in a pink and orange light. The last warm rays felt comfortable on the Succubus's naked skin. She spread her wings, yawning.
"I am extremely pissed off", Alexis hissed, not happy at all about being disturbed in his gloomy thoughts. Serena shrugged.
"Ellestias was pleased to get her son back. You have earned her gratitude", she said dreamily with her smoky voice, her eyes shaded behind heavy lids.
Alexis snorted. "At least one appreciates my efforts." Tessos hadn't even thought about thanking him for his rescue.
"You didn't expect HIM to be grateful, did you?", Serena said, as if she had read his thoughts.
"That's like expecting the sun to shine at night. Ellestias can be glad she got him back alive. I felt like throtteling him with my very own hands."
Serena grinned knowingly. "Called you a sheep lover again, didn't he?"
"I do eat those beasts. I do NOT fuck them", Alexis snapped. This bloody rumour had swept through the colony after Jelaia had spied him feeding on animals instead of humans. Ever since he had been fighting for respect and some youngsters had by now taken enough beatings to learn their lessons. At least they didn't call it to his face. His kind couldn't understand his motives.
"Then why do you get so upset?"
Alexis sighed. She had a point with that. "Oh, I don't know. It's the second time I saved our dear prince's ass, appearing amongst humans in bright daylight. I thought he should have learnt his lesson after Darius sent him to the stake. But still he acts like a complete idiot."
"That's because he is a complete idiot", Serena soothed his anger. "Relax, beauty. The frown on your forehead doesn't suit you."
The way he looked right now was the last thing on Alexis's mind and obviously the only one on Serena's, as she began to brush his raven black hair with her claws. "Tessos talks about war against the humans of this city as if it was a child's game. He's so obsessed with the thought of a battle victory that he doesn't sense the danger he gets us in. His hatred will burn all of us."
"You take the war talk too serious." Serena now tended her own red curls.
"And you make ligth of it. Ellestias wants revenge for what humans did to her child even more than Tessos does. It is terrible what happened to him, still it was his own fault. We are superior in strenght, constitution and quickness, but there are only few of us. The city is full of humans, including thousands of Macedonian soldiers. It is madness even to think of war."
"I agree, despite I understand Tessos. He lost nature's greatest gift, his beauty. He cannot seduce his prey anymore, the hunt holds no pleasure for him. He is broken and he needs someone to blame. We have hidden underneath the city for a long time, hiding in catacombes while humans feast in palaces. Tessos thinks this is not fair and so do others."
"Humans have built this city. They have died to defend it. They give life to it. The only thing we do is feeding on the human race like parasites."
Serena stared at him, a shocked expression on her beautiful face. "You better keep those thoughts to yourself if you don't want to lose your pretty head, Alexis. This is blasphemic."
"We are no gods, Serena."
"Another opinion I wouldn't state aloud if I were you. Since Tessos got burnt to an ugly lump of flesh, tempers have risen and the warmongers stop at nothing. You know what happend to old Kasseiton. You don't really believe he crashed, do you?" She sighed. This banter got far too unpleasant. Serena enjoyed life and spared no place for sorrow or regret.
An expression of grief passed the Incubus's face and tears glitterd in his eyes. The news about Kasseiton's death had reached him when he had returned with Tessos. The old Incubus had been the most respected of their kind and a fierce opponent to Ellestias's and Tessos's plans. "They murdered him", he growled. "I know, but I cannot prove it."
Serena shrugged. "It has happened and you can't undo it. Just forget it, go get yourself some distraction, have some joy. At least that's what I'm going to do. There's a young carpenter near the market place. He is incredibly yummy. I wonder what he will taste like." She licked her cherry red lips with her pointy tongue. "Well, whatever you do, I'm off. Bye." And with a flap of her mighty black wings she took off into the night sky over Babylon.
Alexis bit his lower lip until he tasted blood. Serena was right. He couldn't help Kasseiton anymore. So the choice was between sitting on the roof of the temple with gloomy thoughts on his mind or taking Serena's advice to heart. "Distraction", he thought, his eyes searching for the palace's silhouette in the dark.
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His lover was already drunk, mumbling silly things in his ear or trailing wet kisses down his cheek. Hephaistion didn't feel like celebrating, he had hardly touched his food, the dancers didn't distract him nor did Cassander's parody of their old teacher Aristotele.
Alexander roared with laughter when Cassander got up to imitate Aristotele's way of speach full of sweeping gestures, made only by one hand, while the other one stayed firmly pressed to his aching back. Cassander pointed a finger at Alexander and his lover. "Now, now, Alexander, Hephaistion, pay attention, boys. How are you ever going to learn something, if you never listen, hm? Do you want to walk this world as the biggest morons ever heard of, lads? I don't think so!"
"That's him, that's exactly what he always said!" Alexander applauded to Cassander's performance, while Ptolemy could hardly breathe because of laughter. Even Hephaistion's soft lips were curled in a shy smile. Cassander bowed deeply to his audience. "You are welcome!"
Safely wrapped in Alexander's embrace Hephaistion felt much better than before in the cold library. He still couldn't shake his mind free from the picture of the handsome but deadly demon, but the threat of death had cooled his secret desires down a bit.
"What bothers you, dear Hephaistion?", Alexander murmured into his lover's ear, his warm breath caressing Hephaistion's skin. "You still go on about the demon brute, don't you?"
The brunette man noded but took his time before he answered in a low voice, nearly swept away by the music. "They are dangerous. We must not underestimate them."
Alexander snorted. "Just say no when they ask for a ride and they back of." He grinned naughtily, his voice a seductive whisper. "Tell them your ass belongs to me and nobody else." To punctuate his words his left hand started to caress Hephaistion's buttocks under his robe.
Hephaitstion sighed and then laughed at Alexander's broad drunken grin. There was no way the blond would take his fears serious tonight. And maybe he exaggerated things a bit. The demon had promised they would be left alone. Hephaistion finally relaxed against Alexander's chest, but the sudden intrusion of one of Alexander's fingers made him jump. "Now you should see the look on your face", the king laughed at his lover's shocked expression.
Hephaistion slapped him palyfully. "You could teach those demons a lesson", he moaned. "I do hope you will end what you have started?"
"I intend to." Alexander cupped the smaller man's face in both of his hands, and took a deep look into these incredibly blue eyes, deep and clear as the ocean on a sunny day. He lowered his head to kiss Hephaistion's soft lips, his doing eagerly accepted and returned.
Hephaistion felt complete next to Alexander. There was nothing he had to fear as long as his lover was next to him. This moment was perfect and nobody would spoil it. Nobody except Bagoas.
The Persian bitch suddenly turned up directly in front of Alexander, wearing nothing but a loincloth around his narrow hips. His dark eyed gaze was fixed on the king's drunken figure and never left there, while he started to swing his hips seductively like a bloody belly dancer. Hephaistion had to admit, the boy was pretty. But his fine features only put oil to the fire of Hephaistion's jealousy. This guy was a nuisance for sure.
Bagoas moved closer to the king. His body squirmed like a snake, bending like Hephaistion wouldn't have thought it possible. Always "accidentally" touching Alexander slightly, only a breeze of a touch, but enough to make the blond shiver with lust and the brunette with anger.
Still Hephaistion kept his mouth shut. "I'm too possessive", he told himself. He tried to snatch Alexander's attention from Bagoas who now held a goblet of wine in his hands, bending his back in a graceful arch and spilling the crimson liquid over his torso. Hephaistion knew instantly he had lost when Alexander shifted from his place to lick the wine from Bagoas's body.
Hephaistion stood up so abrubtly that Cassander looked at him startled. "Everything alright with you, Hephaistion?"
"I'm fine. I'm just tired. Good night." What he actually meant was: "I cannot bear to watch this!"
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Chapter 3 is on it's way. It's time for some action, huh?
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