His Dark Place

Chapter 1

There was a dark place, located in an abnormally large castle. This dark place was large and cold, the air frigid to breathe. Of all the places someone could be there was a boy who was locked away in this shallow dark place.

At the moment, he was squatting down to the ground with his knees pulled to his chest. His only warmth was his own body heat and as the minutes pressed. He realized that his body heat wasn't going to be enough for the long cold night ahead. He now began to mumble aloud. They were dark thoughts about the people who placed him in here. At those thoughts he let out a shaky breath, it coming out in wisps of cold freezing air, cold dungeon air.

"This sucks." He muttered to the walls that imprisoned him. Closing bright ruby red eyes, he thought about a warm place but as he tried to, he realized that he could only picture the sun. He frowned. I mean sure the sun was great and all but not too pleasant to look at for a long period of time. Actually for some reason he couldn't stop picturing it. "This REALLY sucks." He spoke as it started to actually blind him.

"Idiot…you can come out now…" The boy realized that the door to his prison was wide open and a tall looming figure stood in the middle of it. Whoever it was they had a flashlight with them and they had the thing pointed towards his face. Shakily he placed an arm up, blocking the light as he tried to see the face of the person. "What are you gawking at dumb shit? What? Do you want to stay in here?" The boy's eyes went wide as he bounced upwards but with his legs being weak and all, he immediately fell forward in a heap of scrawny limbs in front of the person.

"Ahhh…" He gave out a cry of pain, only now realizing how truly weak he was.

Blowing away a lock of white hair in annoyance, he glanced up at the person who frowned in turn at him. Now upon closer inspection, he realized who stood before him. "Giriko…" He murmured in complete distain while his own face pulled into a grimace.

"The one and only brat." Giriko bent forward and stared at him for a few seconds…actually a few minutes and upon his close scrutiny, the boy unconsciously shifted away. "Hmm, wait are you that kid?"

"What kid?"

"That she wants." The tall man asked in a loud booming voice that he could have sworn shook his prison's walls.

"I don't know, am I?" He replied sarcastically. Honestly how should he know?

"I can't remember faces…" Giriko said aloud thoughtfully, as his eyes wandered upward.

"Jeez, I wonder why, short memory perhaps? You know sometimes having a small brain can do that to a person." Slowing he propped up a hand beneath his chin. Staring up at the idiotic man whose own expression was rather thoughtful.

"Ahhh, well…WAIT, I remember that cynical attitude from anywhere!" The idiotic man before him stood to his full height, towering over him in all his dumb ass glory. He smirked.

"Light bulb." He replied, flicking a finger upwards just as Giriko's face contorted in anger.

"Soul Eater Evans…that snobbish attitude comes full circle with that last name of yours. You Evans are all the same." A grin formed upon Giriko's face as he watched Soul go ridged.

"SHUT UP, I AIN'T LIKE THOSE…" Before he could finish a large boot came down upon his head, pressing his face into the cold dank floor of his prison. One he happened to be living in for two months.

"Now listen brat, I actually didn't come here to fight with you…"

"Oh really?" He hissed. Sharp teeth clenched as he struggled against the overwhelming force of weight being pressured against his cranium.

"No, rather I came to set you free…" Soul's ears suddenly perked at his words, and he stopped struggling underneath Giriko's foot. "Heh, that's better…"

"Why…?" He asked while his voice shook from the mere thought of freedom.

"She ordered and therefore I do…" The sides of Soul's mouth pulled down into a tight frown as he fully relaxed.

"So…she's going to use me right?" He lightly questioned as his eyes glazed over.

"How the hell should I know you shitty brat?" Giriko removed his foot and bent down again so he could be at level with him. "Anyways we better leave soon…I'm suspecting the guards are just noticing all the corpses." A menacing chuckle escaped from Giriko, making Soul freeze as his eyes widened. "WHAT? Why should you give a flying rat's ass if I killed some people…they were all jerks anyways…right?"

"You didn't have to kill anyone…" Soul whispered his eyes closed tight as he bared jagged teeth. Giriko laughed harshly at him while grabbing him by his shoulder and shook it.

"Come now, it would've been boring if I didn't."

"Sadist moron…" Wincing as Giriko clenched his hand into his shoulder the guy laughed. See SADISTIC!

"You really want to stay in here don't you kid?"

"NO!"

"Maybe you should learn to shut the hell up once and a while…wait, never mind don't even speak, I like you better that way." An insane grin formed on Giriko's features as he let go of his shoulder. He grimace, well that was going to bruise. "Any who, lets be off!" Giriko stood and waited for him but unfortunately, Soul could not move at all. Well he could if he tried but that involved over exerting himself and last time he did that…he didn't wake up for two days. "Hurry up kid, I can hear someone coming!"

"I…can't…" Soul started before he was hauled into the air. The sudden moment of vertigo made his vision sway terribly.

"Pathetic…" Loud, booming voices were heard as he was carted off, down the elongate passage. Being up so high and with the jerky movements made by Giriko, his stomach rumbled and clenched. "If you puke on me, I'll gut you open." The threat made Soul swallow a huge lump in his throat just as Giriko blasted through a wall. The cold damp air made him dizzy as they were now outside.

Outside…outside…outside! Soul was hit with such immense joy he forgot all too well that they were being chased.

"We ain't out of the woods yet brat." Just as Giriko spoke, Soul heard gunshots, lots of them too. Out of instinct, he ducked but only to get confused as to what was up and what was down for he suddenly was flipping in the air. He guessed the idiot went and threw him…

"YOU BASTARD-D!!"

AU