Elaine's if story
A/N : That's Ira and Invidia if story and that's a different parallel story of Acedia one. So every events in this last story never happened in this one. However hope you enjoy and reviews are welcomed!
Chapter 1
A dark room…where even the sun didn't come through the windows…
These windows…where the sun didn't come through to enter in the room, letting it into a dark light…
He remembered now…
That's how it began.
This dark room was just warmed by a faint light from a candle put down on a heavy stony slab. He could remember he saw nothing around him except this faint light…He just remembered the sounds of voices which enclosed him…That wasn't familiar voices…They sounded like a sinister chorus as he listened in these Churches.
For what he heard, he recalled this chorus which enclosed him actually recited some prayers, but in another kind. He didn't really understand what they meant…there were in Latin or in another ancient language. Around him, the shapes seemed to be sat down. He could understand he was a stranger for them. For the only reason he was the only one to not being dressed as they were. From what he saw earlier in the light, he could have seen all members from this place were dressed as from Ku Klux Klan sects' members he recently observed, as with long white dresses which hid all of their faces, except their eyes. However he could know that wasn't a KKK sect at all. From what he saw in Asia, he could now recognize everything.
Finally the chorus stopped. He jumped then looked up. Next to the slab where there was this candle, another shape, taller than others appeared before them. Like the others, his face was hidden but by a long and black dress unlike the others. He stopped in front of them then began to sing another chorus but different this time. That was a short and fast one, but it seemed to mean a lot for the others seeing by the manner which they moved. Finally the shape inclined then began to speak louder with a shivering and quavering voice. It seemed he was an old man.
"Brothers and sisters…"
He paused.
"My fathers and mothers, my cousins…The time has come."
Around him, people began to boil. The man made a gesture to make them stop.
"We have been banished. We have been persecuted…Our brothers and sisters have been burnt by fire…they have been beaten to death…stoned to death…and what for?"
Nobody answered. The man nodded apparently to himself.
"Because…our Church is the real one, a fact that the others Churches would never accept. These others religions…these others sects…these pagans…They just don't recognize our unity as they are convinced theirs is the right one. So they decided to suppress us…just in order to be right."
He coughed. The others shapes still didn't move.
"But…our Church is the right one…We're…the real apostles of God. He's our savior and we're determined to follow his orders in order to establish the truth and the faith. We're after all a great family and nothing stops a family."
The man began came closer by stepping off the slab where he was.
"God Our Father is with us. He's from our side and will protect us…Even if our brothers and sisters died…I'm sure God will welcome them in Heaven…and thank their soul for their help…"
The man then ended up by putting his hand on his chest, on his heart as if he believed in these words sincerely.
"Amen for them…I'm proud of them…God Is proud of them…"
This gesture made the others imitate him like puppets then began to put their hands on their heart as well as if they were prepared to a new prayer. The man then looked up at them again.
"But for this…For their sacrifice and torture…we'll must establish the faith by suppressing the ones who would be against us…if they don't want to be from our side…Even if death is necessary…God will welcome them then lead them to the right path…"
The voices around him echoed again as if they welcomed his saying. He didn't understand why…maybe these people were really brainwashed after all…The man ended.
"And afterward…our mission will be finished…and together as the family we are we will join our Savior who will welcome us to his paradise of heaven."
The man then stretched his arm around his assembly. The echoes of voices became louder and every shape stood up to welcome his speech. He was forced to stand up as well, even if that was unwillingly. He ended up by wondering if that was such a good idea to come there…This unhealthy atmosphere…definitely scared him.
"Now, BROTHERS AND SISTERS…LET'S CHORUS FOR OUR OWN SALVATION…"
However at the very instant where he said these words, the dark room which was enclosed for so long knew for the first time an opening…That wasn't an opening of light but the door which was closed for so long…opened up.
The old man stopped then looked up at the ones who opened the door. Behind his hidden face, he could see his eyes goggled with surprise. Every others shapes, that he could discern now, turned back toward the responsible of this trouble.
He couldn't perceive very well who the people were right now because he was blinded by light but he could just see there were two people. When it became clearer around him, he could now discern the shape that stood up before the door.
"…What's the meaning of this?" The man step off in order to come closer. The two people seemed just quietly to exchange some words with each other before one of them moved forward them.
"…Hi everyone…I'm not happy to meet you."
That was a girly voice. He could discern the woman who talked was long-haired and seemed rather tall. As the sun still blinded him a bit, he could just perceive her eyes who stared at them.
"What's the meaning of this?" The man cried out. "…Who are you?"
The other shape followed the first one and he could guess this one was a man.
"We're sent from Holy Office of Index, from Great Holy Johanna, the Pope of Vatican."
The man talked with a calm, quiet voice. However, this revelation made everyone echo with disdain and fear. Only the man stayed calm but he could see he was on the verge of anger.
"Index…Is that so? Wasn't it the so-called organization which condemned our peers and tortured them to death?"
The woman seemed to shrug, as if she didn't care.
"What's the matter? They, as well as your sect sinned deeply in their soul…Index erased them."
She talked about it emotionlessly. However it didn't calm the man.
"And Index is said to be right? Index is said having everything from this world?"
The woman just answered with a mocking tone.
"This sect of yours is well known to use…very deviant ways of morality…You burnt crucifix in front of their believers…and you are very well known to play with incest, polygamy, as well as an huge brainwashing on your own members…Do you call it right?"
She sounded sarcastic now. The other man added.
"And it said you're accustomed to make human sacrifice no matter the cost."
However it didn't bother the old man who sighed. Then he rose up the voice talking to his peers.
"My brothers and sisters…that are about it when I said we must suppress for our God. These people think they're in right path while they are damned and sinned…"
The others shapes echoed as response. The old man then pointed at them.
"Our mission…is beginning right now."
The shapes echoed in chorus again, seeming to accept this mission. However before they could reach these two people they thought killing easily, two of them stopped right, nearly at the same time. Then, before someone could react, the two bodies fell on the ground in a deep sound, as loudly as a stone.
The others stopped. The woman held a kind of long sword looking like a skeleton that she pointed in front of her.
"Index sent us to stop you. However we also have the right to kill you…And I will not last to follow this order…"
Then without any other word she ran toward others. She stopped before one of them then knocked him out heartlessly before turning back toward another and sent him flying away with a strike. He moved back…That wasn't good for him. Maybe he should leave now...
"…Sebas!" The woman turned back toward the man who make two another ones fall on the ground by a simple fist. "I leave the guru to you…Take care of."
The man nodded. "As you want."
The girl smirked before killing another one while the man passed through the others members to reach the guru who began to run away for his life.
He couldn't really react…The woman was very fast and he could do nothing but watching her taking down the shapes who enclosed him earlier. She seemed to be very crazy…He could just do nothing but running away…
Even if he didn't succeed his mission…he must run.
So…When the woman seemed to move away to kill others who tried to escape he headed hastily for the exit before him then ran away from this church where he had been sent earlier for his mission…That was such a dangerous place where he shouldn't stay.
Finally when he managed to be far enough from this slaughter, he ended up by calming himself down then headed finally for a phone booth close to him where he closed himself. Then he composed a number.
"…"
He waited for some minutes before a voice ended up by answering to him.
"Who is it?"
"…Sorry…That's me…"
"…" The person paused.
"What about you?"
He hesitated…He didn't know how to answer. He cleared his throat.
"…I failed."
"I said no failure!" The person cried out of anger to this sentence.
"I know but…"
"Didn't I tell you what would happen to you if you failed?"
"…I know but…I will try my best but…"
"You'd well advised to do...because…otherwise…"
However he couldn't answer anymore. Before he could, he felt a great pain in his back…He growled out of pain then turned his head back toward it…
Some blood ran down on the floor…
It came from his back.
Suddenly his view was covering then he felt himself let the phone go where the person stopped to talk…Then without any other word he fell on the ground silently.
Elaine stared down at the man on the ground. She seemed to be a bit suspicious. She saw him escaping from the church, and as good apostle she was, she didn't hesitate to follow him from behind…and when he was careless, she stabbed him from behind with her sword.
However…She didn't know why…but she had a kind of bad feeling about him…He seemed to be different from the others she saw…Maybe it was an innocent victim?
Her face frowned…She definitely didn't expect this…
Suddenly she heard a step coming toward her. However she wasn't afraid of. She could recognize Sebas's steps from all. He stopped in front of her. With a warm voice which was just destined to him, she asked:
"…Was it done?"
"Yes…I killed him instantaneity." Sebastianus glanced at his fists. Elaine smiled to this, pleased by the way he did.
"You really do it very well, Sebas." She then came closer to him before strentching a hand toward his cheek to caress it tenderly. However Sebastianus seemed to be preoccupied as well by the man who was on the ground:
"Who is he?"
"I don't know…I followed him and…he doesn't seem to be part of this sect…according to his look."
"…Maybe we should go to warn the others…?"
Elaine shrugged, chuckling again before kissing him on the cheek as response.
"…Nothing is urgent, Sebas…"
She however glanced at the corpse in front of her, that she looked with a kind of disgusted look. She had the feeling she really killed an innocent…She hoped to be wrong. Finally she caught Sebas's hand in her own then told him:
"…Let's go, Sebas…"
