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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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@Queendel:

I like the idea of a strong and self-confident Hephaistion. He shouldn't just be the weak "female" part and always be dominated by his lover.

Unfortunately my boss is no fan of homoerotic fan-fiction... I would love to see the expression on his face if he read this story, though... It's a strange

thing that homophobia is so common...
@lucious

Wow, thank you so very much for your review. I can't say how much it menas to me...

Yeah, Serena is a wicked little beast. However she isn't meant to spoil your appetite. Although I have to admit I would become a vegitarian if a butcher told

me how much he likes the frightened look in a dying animal's eyes... uuugh... let's change the topic...
Weekend = no work = more time for writing = more updates. *grin*

Yeah, I know, the story's title is also the title of a computer game - it just fits too well.
Disclaimer: this starts to get boring: Not mine.
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Chapter 9 - Dawn of war
The moment the palace got into sight, Alexis knew something was wrong. The castle didn't lay in a deep slumber anymore, dots of fires now danced all over the

place, as soldiers with torches ran around everywhere. Yells and cries of alarm echoed through the night and the whole palace seemed as busy as a giant

anthill.
"Something has happened", Alexis said. "It won't be easy to get into the palace without being detected. Hold on." Hephaistion did as he was told. The winged

predator descended slowly until he passed the palace's outer walls. Then he dived down full speep, folding his wings to his back, only spreading them wide

again right before he reached the inner court to slow down.
The court was full of Macedonian soldiers armed with bows and arrows, but luckily their attention was fixed on Cleitus, who loudly barked orders at them.

Still some of them looked up at the flapping sound of the wings and cried out in alarm.
"Fuck", Alexis cursed, putting Hephaistion to the ground as soon as he had landed on the balcony. "I better get out of here." He was about to soar to the sky

again, but the sight of a familiar silhouette sitting on the edge of Hephaistion's bed caught his attention.
The crimson-haired succubus looked quite frightened - and so did Hephaistion. All colour had drained form his face. With a shocked yell he hurried towards

the blond man lying on the bed, examining the state he was in.
"Serena! What the fuck do you think you're doing?", Alexis hissed, his beautiful features plain with anger and alarm, as he grabbed Serena by her hair, not

too gently pulling her to her feet.
"Let go!", Serena snapped, flapping her wings in annoyance. "I'm hunting my prey down, that's what I'm doing! But the kill-joy has fallen asleep and I

couldn't wake him, I tried though. And now everybody is up and roaming about the place and I can't get out of here."
Hephaistion sighed with relief when he saw Alexander's peaceful face. Cuts and bruises were visible on his bare chest, some biting marks on his neck. "He's

hurt, but not dead", the human said. "And he's totally drunk. And sound asleep." He looked up and watched the two winged predators. The female was

breathtakingly beautiful. Her eyes were of the same golden colour as Alexis', her lips the same lewd shape. An unfamiliar sensation rose within the brunette

at the sight of the succubus, a blaze radiating from his loins.
He felt himself drawn towards the female. The young warrior shook his head bewildered. He had already forgotten the strange attraction of the demons' mere

presence, as the excitating and fascinating sensation Alexis caused within him was both welcomed and by now familiar. The succubus reminded him of the

demons' seductive danger again.

Meanwhile Alexis had stopped shaking the dainty succubus. "You're not supposed to hunt within the palace. You know that. Why did you come here?"
"You're such a kill-joy, too!", Serena sulked. She wrestled herself free and immediately started to take care of her crimson hair. "Actually I didn't come

here for a hunt. I watched Tessos entering the palace and I wanted to have an eye upon him. Then I saw you flying from the palace with this lad in your arms.

A very interessting sight, if I may state this. I stayed here to wait for your return. That's when he came in." She pointed at Alexander, whom Hehaistion had

wrapped in a caring embrace.
"Tessos is in the palace?" Alexis sounded shocked. "Why didn't you stop him?" It dawned on him that Tessos had set the soldiers on alarm and caused the

uproar Alexis and Serena now had to deal with. A hard knock at the door and somebody rattling at the handle made both demons jump.
"You know excatly I'm no match for him", Serena shouted. "But you are. If you had returned sooner, things wouldn't have gotten out of hand." She sounded

frantic, her voice higher than usual.
"You better hurry", Hephaistion said. He had abandoned the sleeping Alexander and rushed towards the door, which the soldiers outside by now tried to break

open. He could hear Cleitus shouting at the men to hurry. "I'll try to delay them!"
Alexis took hold of Serena's hand and dragged the female along towards the balcony. In that moment the door burst open and Cleitus and Cassander stormed in,

followed by a bunch of soldiers. Hephaistion stepped in their way to prevent them from attacking the demons, but Cleitus shoved him aside.
"Keep out of the way, Hephaistion. I'll deal with those beasts." Cleistus ran towards the balcony, whereto the winged predators had escaped. He arrived right

in time to see how both took off. "Archers! Shoot them!"
"The king!", Cassander suddenly shouted at the sight of Alexander's motionless form on Hephaistion's bed. "The king is dead!" His cry added an immense

portion of oil to the fire of rage and increased the confusion amongst the humans.
"Nonsense, he's not dead. He just sleeps it of!", Hephaistion grabbed Cassander's arm to prevent him from going after the fleeing demons. "Don't!", he shouted

at Cleistus, who himself aimed at the demons.
Alexis soared to the sky in a race, Serena at his heels. If they got out of the archers' reach they would be safe. The arrows didn't really hurt them, but if

their wings were hit, they wouldn't be able to fly anymore. And altough the demons were superior in strength and constitution, two of them certainly couldn't

defeat hundreds of humans.

Arrows whirred around the winged creatures with a buzzing sound, as the soldiers in the inner court strated to fire at them. Alexis dodged some of the

arrows with a quick turn, but one hit his thigh, causing him to cry out in pain. Meanwhile Serena was in serious trouble.

A few of the projectiles had pierced the soft skin of her wings and she started to tumble, flapping the air frantically. She shrieked when she raced towards

the ground, a high pitched desperate sound, which set Alexis' teeth on edge.
"Got her!", Cleitus roared triumphantly. "Aim for their wings!" He put another arrow to his bow, aiming a the black-haired incubus, who dived after the

dropping female in a suicidal rush.
Hephaistion pulled at Cleitus arm, and the arrow hit one of the marble lions in the court. "No!", he yelled. "Leave them alone."
Cleitus furiously smacked the brunette across his face, sending him to the ground. "What do you think you're doing?"
Hephaistion jumped to his feet again, punching Cleitus' jaw, as the older warrior reached for another arrow. "Stop it!", he shouted at the top of his voice.

"Stop shooting!"
Some of the soldiers below lowered their bows as Hephaistion's voice echoed through the night.

"Don't stop!", Cassander cried, trying to get hold of his companion. Hephaistion struggled against him, pulling free only to be attacked by Cleitus again.

He blocked the blow and stroke back.

"He's gone mad!", the bearded man shouted. "Go on! Shoot them down!"
"No!", Hephaistion screamed desperately, then the breath got pressed out of his lungs, when Cleitus' blow hit him in the stomach.
Most of the soldiers looked perplexed. They didn't know whose order they should follow, so they did absolutely nothing.
Meanwhile Alexis had overtaken Serena and managed to grab her by the wrist. The succubus screamed in pain at the sudden racking tug in her shoulder, flapping

her wings in panic.
"Stop that, Serena. I cannot hold you", Alexis yelled at her, trying to rise again to put distance between him and the soaring arrows. Thanks to Serena this

was a difficult task. The painstricken female didn't stay still, but squirmed in agony. The incubus had to put more strength to his wing-strokes, his

movements now lacking their natural flexibility.

He heard Serena cry out, when she was hit by another few arrows. He clenched his teeth, when one of his wings got hit. Flying got even more difficult, as now

he hardly cut push away the air anymore. A few more hits and both demons would crash. Then suddenly the rain of arrows stopped.

Alexis heard Hephaistion's desperate sounding voice below, followed by an uproar amongst the people assembled on the balcony. "Thank you", the incubus

thought. "Thank you, Hephaistion."
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"They escaped!" Cleitus stared at the night sky, littered with twinkling stars. He clenched his fists in anger. "Thanks to you, Hephaistion." He turned to

face the young warrior, who after the brawl with Cassander and Cleitus looked a little battered. Cleitus himself had a black eye and Cassander's nose was

bleeding.
"Why did you do that?", Cassander asked annoyed. He wiped the blood from his face. "Why did you help those beasts."
"They are no beasts. Not all of them", Hephaistion exclaimed. "Alexis isn't."
"Alexis?" Cleitus brought his face so close to Hephaistion's, their noses almost touched. "The black-haired beast who asked Alexander to spare this hideous

Tessos? What business do you have with him?"
"My business is none of your business", Hephaistion said, crimson with embarressement.
"It is if it is treachery", Cleitus spat. "Tessos is here, too. Ptolemy and the others try to chase him down. What is going on around here, Hehaistion?"
"I don't know." Hephaistion shrugged his shoulders. "And I have not committed treachery."
"You have helped these beasts to escape, but you have not committed treachery? How very interesting. I wonder how you are going to explain all this to

Alexander." Cleitus pricked his finger at Hephaistion's bare chest, putting emphasis to every word.

"By the way", Cassander remarked. "What about Alexander? Shouldn't we look after him? He might be hurt." They all went over to the bed, where the king was

still sound asleep.
"See, he's fine", Hephaistion said, although he was worried about Alexander as well.
"Except for the cuts and biting marks", Cassander corrected. "The beasts have tried to kill him. It's high time we exterminate these winged monsters."
"We have to wait for Alexander's decision. And, according to the state the king's in, I'm afraid we won't get it until tomorrow." Cleitus looked at

Hephaistion, his gaze cool and merciless. "You are under arrest, Hephaistion."
"You can't do that", Cassander said, before Hephaistion could defend himself. He felt a little sorry for the brunette, who looked so very unhappy. "Alexander

will freak out and you perfectly well know it. Let the king decide what should happen to his - oh, well - friend." Cleitus nodded, then he ordered that

Alexander should be carried to his own chambers.
When they all had left, Hephaistion sat down on the edge of his bed, tears welling from his ocean-blue eyes. He felt horrible and lonely. Within a few

moments his life had gone upside down and he found himself stuck between the front-lines. How could he possibly save Alexis and be faithful to his king?

Nobody would believe that Alexis wasn't the cruel monster they thought him to be. And what would the incubus do, if Alexander decided to wipe out his

race?

Hephaistion neither wanted to lose Alexis nor Alexander. However he couldn't think of a possibility how to prevent the loss he feared. After what had

happened between the king and him, the young warrior didn't expect Alexander to listen to him.
He wished he could just fly away and leave everything behind.
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With much effort Alexis managed to reach the high roof of the temple. The landing lacked its usual grace and both demons went head over heels in a heap of

limbs and wings.
The incubus was up again before Serena could even stir. He ripped the arrow out of his thigh, the wound immediately starting to heal, and broke the shafts to

pull the other projectiles from his wings. Then he took care of the injured succubus.

Serena looked bad, several arrows jutted out her body and wings, but she was alive. She blinked at him, her amber eyes clouded with tears. "Gods, that

hurts", she winced, since Alexis pulled the arrows from her flesh and wings.
"Sissy", Alexis teased. He was reliefed that she was well. She was an immense nuisance of a succubus, still he cared for her.
"Weirdo", she shot back, a weak smile crossing her rosy lips. "That's the second time you saved my life. You're starting to make a habit of this." She

interlaced her fingers with his. "Your behaviour is most unusual for a demon, beauty. The others would have left me to die."
"I'm not like the others." Alexis gently brushed a crimson strand from her damp forehead.
"No, you aren't. You have never been, as far as I can remember." She closed her eyes, waiting for her injuries to heal. Her thoughts travelled back to the

long ago incident, when Alexis had first saved her. Serena's blossoming beauty had annoyed her mother, a mighty good reason for the older succubus to slay

her daughter. As a matter of fact the winged predators didn't need much of a reason to kill each other, especially the weaker ones.

"Why did you help me against Mom?", Serena asked hardly audible. She had already been hurt badly, still the other demons had only watched the slaughter, some

with bored looks on their faces, some enjoying the fight. The older succubus had toyed with her like a cat toys with mice before it kills them. If Alexis

hadn't interfered, Serena would have been tortured to death - and absolutely nobody would have cared.
"She wanted to kill you", the golden-eyed incubus simply answered.
"You haven't understood the point about survival of the fittest, have you?" Serena smiled warmly. She sat up, snuggling against the incubus bare chest. "And

I'm glad you haven't. It's a really strange feeling, you know, but I guess I really do like you, although you are a loony." She shook her head bewildered. "I

guess, I'm a little loony myself."
Alexis grinned at her boyishly. "I take this as a compliment."
"I guess, that's what it is meant to be." She shook her head again. To care for anybody but herself was a brandnew experience to her. The demon pack didn't

have much of a social structure. Serena had often wondered why they actually stuck together. And she was sure, Alexis did, too. "Maybe it's because we're

pups of the same brood", Serena suggested thoughtfully. Madness was inheritable, she recalled.
"Sister and brother", Alexis said solemnly.
"These are human terms", the succubus snorted, looking as if she had just bitten into something rotten. "I'll never understand why you are so fascinated by

this filthy lot."
"We are very much alike them", Alexis answered. "At least we do share their negative characteristics, we lack their positive ones, though."
"Like?"
"Kindness, care, love."
Serena sighed, rolling her eyes. "You're such a weirdo!" She nodded towards the illuminated silhouette of the palace and picked up an arrow, waving it in

front of Alexis' face. "I've had enough of the kindness of men for tonight." She pricked at the wound on Alexis' thigh. "Neither you nor I did do them any

harm."
"YOU tried to kill their king!", Alexis cried.
"Did I? Oh, I knew there was something special about him. I liked the colour of his hair like ripe wheat in the sun." Serena fell silent, biting her lower

lip, eyeing her brother suspiciously. "Something troubles you. Is it about the cute brunette you've been with? Who is he?"
"Hephaistion", Alexis whispered. "I do hope he's alright. He'll be in trouble after he helped us to escape." The incubus sighed, watching the palace, a

worried expression plain on his beautiful face. "I don't believe the humans will put up with Tessos' assault. The bloody bastard gets his war in the end."

And war meant, that Hephaistion was in great danger. The demons were outnumbered by the humans, but the shadow of night was their ally, stealth was their

deadly weapon. They sneaked into the bedchambers like nightmares and paralysed their prey with their divine beauty. The humans wouldn't sleep well anymore,

as sleep now was their enemy.
Alexis knew, he would have to protect Hephaistion. But if he did, he would betray his own race, including his sister.
Serena came to the same conclusion. Despite all her negligence she owned a special empathy for her brother's thoughts and emotions. The way how the incubus

said the young man's name showed clearly how much he cared. Although Serena didn't understand his affection, she felt sorry for him. Tenderly she wrapped her

arms around his neck and placed a kiss on his lips. "Maybe we still can prevent things."
"We?", Alexis asked, rising a perfectly shaped eyebrow in surprise.
Serena blushed, her rosy cheeks making her even more beautiful. "Oh well, you know, with that life-saving habit of yours I guess I owe it to you. I mean,

what would I do without you?" She smiled shyly, deliberately not meeting his gaze, she watched the sun rising in the east - a soft fire blazing at the rim of

the sky. A new day dawned.
"We'll never make it back to the catacombes in time", Serena said. "If anybody sees us flying, they might remember our direction and we spoil our hiding

place."
Alexis took Serena's hand and helped her to get to her feet. "I know a place nearby, where we can hide."

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