Preview 01: Dark
Just a quick preview of my next Chase/Omi fic. I won't be able to work on this any further until the new year, so just a little snippet to show there is indeed something in the works. Please note this is a preview and may be subject to revision before posting:
“Omi?”
It is clearly Omi, but when he turns – quick footed as ever but sharper edged somehow, like a blade half raised for the downswing – it is also immediately apparent that this is NOT Omi. The form is familiar, unmistakable – for who but Omi could boast such a unique physique? But the similarities end at his body and ever-present Xiaolin robes, their pristine folds uncharacteristically rumpled. The nine lights burn crimson across the monk’s generous forehead, their configuration twisted, and his coal black eyes now gleam like white hot embers, a smirk curving at their corners.
The Ying Yo-Yo dangles from the hand not wearing the Golden Tiger Claws like a child’s toy, its pendulous swing betraying nothing of its more sinister nature. But Chase knows better.
So, too, did Omi.
