Waking up in somewhere you don't know is one of the most terrifying thing that exists. Even for me. I could feel the fear coming from inside and going out as hyperventilating breaths. The fear grew higher when I realized that I was handcuffed by tight chains in the ground, hands behind my back so I would not be able to move. Besides the darkness of the place, an inferno heat was making me feel tired and confused. Not to say powerless. I would make sure my men never know about that feeling or I would completely lose my authority over them. Not to mention the headache… It looked like I had the worse hangover ever, slept for over twelve hours and still was bad… A pill would be nice…

I couldn't say how many hours had passed until I hear something. Didn't know what, but I tried to call its attention. Screaming, of course. What else could I do?

Nothing happened and more hours passed by. If I could only reach out my phone… My men would come in a heartbeat and take me out of that place, but it'd be useless. I realized, by the echoes of my screams, that I was in a kind of a basement or something and nothing would have signal over there.

Suddenly I heard metallic steps coming closer to me, and a vain hope that I would get out of there came. Yes, vain, because they stood still beside me and did nothing. Saying that I have a good hearing, almost scared me to not hear their breaths or heartbeats, but that thought was replaced by fear once again when I heard a male and strong voice. Trying to concentrate my mind, I focused to hear his steps: heavy. He was a big man and nothing would come of me trying to fight him even if I had a chance.

"Enjoying your stay?" He asked. As no response came from me, he kept talking "Don't try to do this. I know you are scared."

"Where am I?" I hid the scare from my voice "Why am I here?" Tried my best to sound authoritarian.

"You are in a prison cell in Hell." He used a calm tone of voice that made me flinch a little, but before thinking a little while I could do nothing but laugh at the statement "What's the funny?"

"Hell? Really?" I laughed again.

"Can't you feel the putrid air around? The smell of sulfur?" By the way he was talking, I could notice that he was smiling.

"Ok, so I am in Hell" Irony that anyone could notice "Why?" Entering his 'game' was a strategy that I've learned through the years. Used to get so many information like that.

"Ah, little human. I think you slept for time enough to forget what happened." I noticed that he was circling around me "You have acknowledge, little one, and I am willing to have it."

"Acknowledge of what, man?" Strange talk.

"Of Heaven and Hell's fate." I felt his hands on my hair and a shiver came through my spine. "You've told it for other people, but unfortunately they are dead. The only one I got before the whole mass was over was you." He lowery laughed "What a misfortune, for you of course"

"Man, are you drugged? You're saying nonsense bullshit." I said as I tried to move, but the sound of the chains at my wrist made me stop "Do you know who I am? My men probably noticed I'm missing and won't take long until they find me and stop with this 'heaven and hell's fate' playing. So let me go before it is too late for you."

He laughed again and louder. "I know who you are. I know everything about you. But do you know who I am, human?" A brief silence followed by a sigh "Of course not. You're a mere human"

"So what the fuck do you want with me?"

"You already know what I want." He got really close to me and I could feel his breath on my face "And you will give it to me"

"I don't know what you want and you better let me go. If my men find me, it won't end well for you"

"See… I'm being patient, but if you don't cooperate, you'll be in a bad situation." He said, roughly pulling out the cuffs from my wrists and got me up "You didn't realize what is happening with you yet?" His grip in my arm was strong enough to hurt me as hell. A little more of strength and he'd break it. He was taking me somewhere and, as the sunrays hit me, my eyes started to burn. How long have I been there? We were in a place full covered in ashes and looked like a nuke had stroked the place.

"Whata…?"

"Earth is dead, human." Only when he started to speak I realized that we were flying. I wanted to look at him, but the way he was holding me didn't let me "Thanks for me, you're still alive, but the only one of your kind."

"Where are we?" A quick look around and all I could see were ashes "I don't remember deserts nearby where I live."

"Please, you're smarter than that." I heard him sighing.

"Ok, you can put me in the ground now and I'll go back to my home." I said, still don't knowing how we were flying. "It's a ridiculous joke and someone will be punished for this"

"You think that this is a joke, human?" His grip on my arms was stronger and I had to bite my lip to hide the pain. "You are alone in here. If you don't cooperate, I have many ways to break and heal you, giving you a never ending torture. You can decide if you will tell it for your own or if I'll have to introduce you to my ways."

I've already met this type of guys and I'll admit that almost a hundred per cent of them don't have the guts to do what they're saying they will. But this guy? I don't know how to explain. He was different in everything, and the way he was saying that… Coldly, calmly and even smirking. Few people talk about torture like he did, so, of course I started to be afraid.

"I want some time…" I tried to buy me time to call rescue or to run away from there. "I'll tell you what you want, but what I receive in exchange?"

"What would you ask?"

"Dã, don't kill me? Isn't that obvious?" I was not thinking to say like that, but as once it already passed through my mouth…

"Good luck on surviving this dead world. But maybe I'll consider your offer and even make you one of my pets instead of killing you…"

Less than a blink, I saw myself again cuffed and on the floor, back to that inferno heat. He let go off my arms, and an instant pain took shelter where his hands once were.

"Hey!" I called him "May I know your name?"

"Discover it for yourself, human" He gave me his back and started to walk away.

Being on such hot ground and area wasn't bringing me any pro, only cons. The dehydration started and more and more I felt weak, blacking out for twice or three times, to pass out on the fourth.

Never cared for dreams. But this one seemed really confused.

Was like a dream I had for several days in the past. I thought it had left me, but it came back only to confuse even more my mind.

That man, probably my raptor, was talking in my dream, and then somethings he had said came too. The destruction of the Earth and its return to the nature too. But that could not be real…

The dream unexpectedly changed and in this one, I could feel myself powered. Not the power I always wanted; the one to have influence over people. No, it was REAL power. I could feel the energy over my body and I felt someone's too. It was bigger and stronger than mine, but wow! That power, even in a dream, was an unthinkable thing.

After feeling the power flowing through my body, everything went black and I could feel the pain the other me was feeling in the dream. Claw marks over all my body, blood coming from all the trails, one of my feet twisted in a strange way that I know it wasn't supposed to, burn marks, already scarred, in my left arm and hand. My face I couldn't see, but the taste of blood coming from the corner of my mouth told me that I was bleeding there too.

Suddenly I saw a silhouette. I could not see who was, but with difficult I could see his –or her– moves and predict that he –or she– was fighting with something bigger. My vision was beginning to get clearer and allow me to see better the person that was fighting, but when I was just about to see, the darkness held me once more and the dream ended. Only blackness, and then nothing.