A Cold Night.

[Kudzu Aura]

Katrina looked around the outside of Flanoir, after Lucien had landed. The snow covered land was beautiful to her, and despite her being a bit cold, she put her gloved hand on Lucien's shoulder.

"Are you okay?" She asked, concerned, "I don't want you to hurt yourself." She then looked at the starry sky above them and sighed.

"We may be in for a long night."

[RedLyonArchfiend]

Lucien pulled his face out of the snow after a somewhat bumpy landing, his face covered in frozen water. "...I hate everything right now." He muttered with a disgruntled tone, as with one flick of his wrist he whiped his face clean. "...Tastes horrible D:"

[Kudzu Aura]

Katrina chuckled a little at Lucien's statement.

"Well, snow is frozen water...." she said, "as for hating everything, maybe we can find a place to eat? I'm sure you're probably hungry... right?"

[RedLyonArchfiend]

"...I know that, Katrina. I study alchemy and science. For about 200 years now." Lucien said with a bit of an angered tone, until he finally removed most of the snow from his visage. "...Oh my are you cold? D:"

[Kudzu Aura]

"A little, but nothing I can't handle." KAtrina said, poking Lucien's chest. "Besides, you didn't say whether or not you were hungry."

It was obvious that she didn't remember when Lucien fed off her in Asgard, as she then rubbed the side of her neck. "I mean you have to be, I think you were flying for quite a while."

[RedLyonArchfiend]

"...Maybe just a.. tiny bit." Lucien said with a deep, eerie breath. His eyes seemed to glaze over with a red, faint glow as he drew closer to her.

[Kudzu Aura]

Katrina sensed the eerieness in his breath, and was alarmed.

"Lucien, are you alright? You're starting to creep me out." she said, backing away from him until her back met the wall surrounding Flanoir.

[RedLyonArchfiend]

"Just lemme take a bite real quick, I'm a little... famished." He grunted, bearing his huge fangs and grinning. "I haven't eaten in what feels like days..."

[Kudzu Aura]

Katrina's alarm turned into full blown panic when she saw his fangs. She realized he was in an animalistic state of bloodlust, and she was, unfortunately, going to get eaten. But not without a fight. She quickly clenched her left fist, and threw a punch with the mechanical limb.

I really hope this hits. she thought, the fist heading towards Lucien while her eyes were shut.

[RedLyonArchfiend]

Lucien merely scoffed at her as he caught her fist, and bent it back just a tiny bit, in an attempt to show her who was in charge. "...Now now, we'll be having none of that, my dear."

[Kudzu Aura]

Katrina opened her eyes in surprised when her fist stopped moving, and looked at Lucien with fear in her eyes.

"What the hell has gotten into you?!" She said, moving her right arm to attempt to unscrew her fake limb in hopes to escape the hungry halfbreed's grip.

And why do I feel like this had happened before?

[RedLyonArchfiend]

Lucien simply grinned. "I'm hungry, my dear. Don't you know anything about what it's like to have gone without proper sustenance for so long?"

[Kudzu Aura]

Katrina didn't answer, fear had frozen her in place when she saw his grin, and it showed. Her eyes, the way she tried to unscrew her false arm off, she was frightened.

"Lucien, please, i-if you're hungry, I'll c-cook something for you..." she said, hoping that her statement would snap him out of his bloodlust, if not, she was screwed.

[RedLyonArchfiend]

"Just tilt your neck, honey, it'll be alright..." He said, and used his superhuman strength to force her into a position where he could calmly break the skin of her neck with his fangs and drink. "That's it, hold still... you'll feel just a slight pinch."

[Kudzu Aura]

Katrina, unable to fight back with her arms at least, was freaking out to the point that her voice was gone. She needed to do something to escape, to at least try to get away, and gulped before pulling back her knee.

Sorry Lucien, but you're scaring me to no end. she thought, and let loose a knee to the groin.

[RedLyonArchfiend]

Lucien recoiled in pain, but his grip on her only tightened. "WENCH! How DARE YOU!" He said, and immediately slammed his head into her shoulder, sinking his teeth in. After getting enough red liquid to sustain himself, he quickly realized what he'd done, and snapped to reality. "...N-no... I didn't..."

[Kudzu Aura]

Katrina screamed when the fangs sunk into her skin, and then looked with fear when he went back to normal.

"Y-yes... y-you did..." she said in a quiet voice, tears filling her eyes "Y-you bit me."

[RedLyonArchfiend]

"...NO! GODDAMNIT!" He shouted, as he smashed his fist into the ground, tears rolling down his face to mix with the fresh blood around his mouth. "...Katrina, please... I'm sorry... I can never say it enough to show how much I mean it... I never wanted to hurt you, I never wanted this to happen... I'm a monster... G-go! Run away! Before I go f*cking crazy again..." He said, but could only kneel down in the snow and sob.

The monster within had won, and hurt the woman he loved.

[Kudzu Aura]

Katrina though, probably against her better judgement, simply kneeled down next to him and put a hand on his shoulder.

"You... you did it before... didn't you? In Asgard? she asked her head feeling like a mental fog had lifted as memories of what happened back in that town started to leak through. She saw by his tears that he didn't want this to happen, that instincts had taken over, and the Lucien she cared for was back. She then closed her eyes and continued.

"I... I won't leave you Lucien, Not yet at least, I'll admit, there will be a time when I will leave, but... it won't be because of you, I'm sorry, that's all I can say about it."

[RedLyonArchfiend]

Lucien's cold arms wrapped her in a warm embrace that started the ancient gears of his lifeforce that he called his lungs and heart. "Don't ever leave me... please, don't ever leave... I'm dead inside without you..."