Befalling a fallen one – Chapter One
"Love befalls the fallen… eventually. Love befalls the fallen… never. A fallen one is too evil for heaven, but too good for hell. That's exactly what has happened to me. Too evil, but too good. So I`m stuck in the human world, as an immortal. The Earth is my purgatory."
I repeated that in my head over and over again. I felt the temperature drop even lower than before. I pulled the thin, black jacket tighter around my huddled form. Where was love now? Certainly not in this cold, damp, dark cell. Certainly not with me, while I wait for my fate to be decided by the elders, my enemies and my once upon a time allies. Suddenly, I hear the 'clud' of leather studded boots coming towards my room. I lifted my head slowly and turned my eyes towards the sound. Marik and Bakura, two of my so called 'friends'. Both faces are wearing identical, sadistic and psychotic smiles. My stomach growled with hunger and my throat with annoyance. Both of them laughed at my weakness. If they weren`t so scared of me and hadn`t told Akefia that I would be too strong if I was fed, then I would`ve been so grateful. But now, right now, if I had an ounce of power, then I would smash their heads together and leave them for the dead. Speaking of death and the dead, if only hmm? If only heaven or hell could take me in and show me what to do, I could be perfect for heaven, or I could be evil for hell.
It's Marik who stops my train of confused thought, with his own voice.
"Alex," he speaks to me, "Akefia has asked that we bring you to him." He paused, checking whether I had any objections so far, I didn`t, "Bakura is going to unlock your cell door, okay?" he finished with a small gesture towards the spiky, white head. Bakura walked towards the door with the keys in his hand. "No sudden moves runt!" Bakura threatened me. I snorted, but got up, slowly, all the same. I hissed at the pain that assaulted me and I put out a hand to the wall to steady myself. Bakura laughed at me and walked closer. If I had been fed, then I would be strong enough to kill him, then Marik and then possibly even Akefia. My stomach growled again, but louder. I had had no food for the past week and a half, and I had been here for only two weeks. Of course, I can`t die, not even from starvation. Heaven and hell won`t allow me to die. I`m not granted that luxury.
Bakura has walked across the cell room to where I now stand. Motioning for me to turn around, he pulled out a pair of handcuffs to secure my hands behind my back with. In doing so, I felt the freezing metal clamp tight around my wrists. I shifted uncomfortably, though only very slightly. If Bakura noticed my discomfort, he`d only make it worse. But luck is never on my side and Bakura grinned menacingly. He pulled the handcuffs as tight as he could, watching me groan in pain. I could feel the metal biting into the still fresh cuts around my wrists.
Tugging harshly on the bonds, he led me out of the cell to where Marik was waiting. Being up close to the two, I could see that they were both heavily armed with their favourite hunting gear. Bakura was laden with his deadly looking knives and Marik, with his large crossbow and twin swords strapped to his back. Bakura led the way down the all too familiar passageway whilst Marik followed me closely. I shuddered as the memories drifted before my eyes. One in particular making me stop in my tracks. The sounds of murder are all I can hear. Marik obviously wasn't paying attention and walked straight into me, jolting me out of my memories and back into reality. I cried out in fear of knowing how close we were to Akefia`s hall. The two escorting me grinned again, both knew what had been decided, and both had been told to keep silent about it to me. Marik shoved me forwards and we continued walking. Each step I took led me to unimaginable misery and torment of my newly decided fate.
We had reached the door. With growing dread, I could see claw marks littering the frame work. Obviously these belonged to Akefia`s previous victims, but what of me? Will my sharp claw work be shown among the others? I hope not, but at the moment that`s not my decision, is it?
