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Kaliko was then left with
these two tiny babies, and no way to raise them, no way to feed them. Her
search for their father intensified, and soon she was able to find him, living
in a lavish villa on the other end of the city. She explained what happened to
him, and handed her sons over to him, assuming that he would take care of
them. After all, they were his children weren’t they? She then left with a
heavy heart, hoping against all hopes that she had made the right decision. Kaliko didn’t know where to
go, but she couldn’t stay in Alexandria. She had no other choice but to
wander, living from hand to mouth. There was a few times where she took up
with the groups of gypsy wanderers that frequented the area, but she never
really fit in. Then one day she met a man by the name of Animosity Malefice.
She couldn’t quite understand it, nor could she control the overwhelming
attraction they felt toward each other. Love... yes, it must of been love. At
least that was what she told herself when she found herself once again
pregnant. Eventually she and Animosity settled in Rome. He was a rather
powerful person, though Kaliko didn’t know much about him or how he acquired
his riches. All she knew was that she had servants again, and she had a home,
and a place where her children could grow up. Now, more than ever, she thought
of the two she had left behind. Lance and Drake... were they even still alive?
how old would they be now? Should she look for them? No... no she couldn’t
look for them. She hadn’t even told Animosity of them, and she would keep it
that way. Once she had reached that decision, time seemed to move swiftly. She
had the two children, a boy and a girl... then there were four children... and
then six. By the time the youngest of the children were two, her eldest was
18, and she couldn’t of been more proud. But then tragedy hit. An attack... it
must of been on all of Rome. The last thing she remembered was scooping up her
two youngest, after seeing her eldest son cut down by a glimmering sword,
running away with them. An image, on a hill... a silhouette of a man, and
these monsters... crawling down the hill toward her and the children. These...
they weren’t human! She didn’t know what they were. And she didn’t have the
time to figure it out. She was hit from behind, and then it all went black.
Kaliko had died... and that image of the silhouette was forever burned in her
soul... ... That should of been the end of Kaliko. She had died, and she was at
peace. At least as much peace her soul could get. But then... thousands of
years later, she found herself once again alive. Summoned... as if she were
some reusable entity. Where was she? What was she doing here? Why did it all
seem so familiar? She was now alive in a time of automobiles, cell phones and
the internet. It should shock her, but it all seemed so simple, like she’d
been using them for the longest time. Nothing surprised her. Except for when
she found out that, not only were her youngest daughters, Mania and Astaroth
still alive... but so were her sons, Lance and Drake, the two she had given
up. She immediately tried to rectify her relationship with her sons, the sons
she never knew. But they knew less about her than she knew of them. And then
came these dreams... these haunting dreams, of the man on the hill, the
silhouette, the blood red sky... the man who killed her. Why... why was she
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