Its been about three days now,trapped in a cramped cage made of rusted metal. The winged demon took me to some sort of dark cave and put me in here. It was a lot cooler in this cave, so that was an up-side. I looked at the small object the hooded figure handed me before the demon took me away. It looked like a gold pendant with a large blood red stone in the middle. I had no idea what it was or why it gave it to me, but I kept it safe. Every once in awhile a minor demon would wander into the cave, but leave immediately. This has given me a lot of time to think. Not like I didnt have plenty of time to do that already.
Now i was really missing them,the boys. I missed the meals Russle made, especially when i was not in a good mood and he would make cookies or taiyaki, my favorite. I missed Murdoc's drunken rants, usually they would just be rubbish, but once in awhile some pretty interesting things came up. And who else would teach a 13 year old how to gamble. And of course there was 2D, I missed playing video games with him,our pointless, but entertaining talks and his ever present smell of butterscotch. And of course the time we all spent together. Recordings that went well into the night,being able to share and make music. And even though none of us would admit it, we were a family. A broken,strange family,but we would do anything for each other.
Something disturbed my thoughts. I looked up. Standing there was a tall dark figure in a cape, wearing a gas mask like thing on its face. Its presence was disturbing, and familiar. Right before the El manana shoot, kong had this same type of uneasing presence. I just sat there looking up into its eyes. The thing took out a key and began to open the cage. It reached into the cage and tried to grab me. I began lashing my arms and legs and screaming. Not working. All i could do was hold my arms in front of my face. Just as the thing began to lay its cold hands on me, it flinched, and took its hand off me. I looked up, there was a faint red glow in the cave.
The light was coming from the small pendant in my hand. The demon thing was trying to hide behind its cape. The pendant was keeping it away. Thats why all the other demos left the cave so quickly. I held out the pendant towards the caped demon, moving forward to try and make it leave. It was only working a bit. The thing let down its cape and began to move toward me again hesitantly. I was in serious trouble again.
I did not know what it wanted, but it probably didn't have any good intentions. It lunged toward me, but I avoided him. I kicked him to the ground, but it grabbed my leg and pulled me down. It pined me to the ground,and i could not get up. It put its long finger up to my forehead, and I began to feel week. It was draining my soul. I thought it was officially over. I closed my eyes, and began to relax more and more. All of a sudden the caped demon lifted off of me. I opened my eyes. Standing above me was the hooded figure. It had scared the caped demon away, seeing how it was fleeing the cave.
I was still groggy, but my energy was returning slightly. The hooded figure held out its hand to help me up. I dusted off my shirt, the same one from El manana. I looked at the pendant in my hand, then back at the hooded figure. "What was that ?" I asked it. Of course no response. But after a moment it pointed at a picture on the wall of the cave. I never noticed it . I walked over and studied the image . It was the caped demon,and under it read " The boogieman?" i asked to my self. The hooded figure walked over to me and put its hand on my shoulder. I turned to look at it. It held up a pendant identical to the one it gave me. I held up mine and the two pendants glowed ever so slightly." Thank you" I whispered. It just nodded and grabbed my hand,then began lo lead me out of the cave. I was still studying the small pendant. Now i was sure this thing was trying to help me. And I was going to give it all my trust.