"'You're going to be happy,' said life, 'but first I'll make you strong.'"
I felt the explosions go off even before I heard them. The ground shook as dust flew from the ceiling settling down on the cold cobblestone floor.
"What's going on?" I heard the prisoners next to my cell ask.
Just then an explosion ripped the reinforced wooden door into the prison open. The door met an unlucky guard and its way killing him instantly from the force.
From the now open doorway, sounds of fighting and screams could be heard. Could this be a raid?
From the doorway three figures ran in all outfitted in leather armor that was dirty with dirt and blood. They all had their faces covered with masks and hoods. They each went their separate ways attacking guards on their way. One of the figures came towards my cell.
It was a female judging from the curves of her body and her small figure. She started looking into each cell checking its inhabitants.
She reached my cell and peered in, but walked away with a disgusted look on her face.
"Come back! Set me free!" I yelled rushing to the door. She didn't bother looking back ignoring my pleas.
"Open this damn door!" I said shaking the door making screeching noise from the rusted hinges that held tight.
Her two friends came over to check out the ruckus and smirked at me.
"Big boy can't get out?" One of them asked "Not so tough anymore huh?"
"Release me and I'll show you how tough I am" I said in a low tone.
"Trying to intimidate me? Not working boy" She replied while her companion watched with interest.
"Then why did you come?" I asked angry at them.
"Not for a dirty pig like you" The girl that passed my cell earlier returned joining in the conversation.
"We came for the man named Hoz. Where can I find him?" The other female asked.
"Release me from this cage and I'll show you his quarters" I lied
"Or you could just tell us and we don't kill you" She replied pulling out a dagger from behind her.
"None of the prisoners here have been long enough to memorize the layout of this hellhole. Only I know his location out of the prisoners and I doubt you left any of the guards alive" I explained
"Clever but we can just search the whole place. We have a lot of people coming in at this moment" She fought back twirling the dagger in her fingers.
"But by then Hoz will have used his escape tunnel and be gone, disappearing for the next few years"
"You know how to negotiate. I admire that barbarian. I'll set you free if you lead us to him" She said
"Okay" I said stepping away from the door as she came up to it and crouched and started working on the lock.
"Who are you guys anyways?" I asked
"We are a group of special people" The female that was silent the whole time spoke up.
"Meaning?"
"You could say we are like judges."
"By killing people?"
"By liberating others from their tyranny"
"Okay it's been done" The other female said standing up and opening the door.
"May I know the names of my saviors?" I asked
"Karliah" Said the girl that worked on the lock and argued with me earlier.
"Zoe" said the judging female. The last female stood silently with her back to us. Now that I was closer to them I saw their eye colors. Karliah had violet eye that resembled amethysts while Zoe had dark brown eyes the color of dark chocolate.
"And you?" I asked
"Someone you're seeing for the last time"
"Okay. Well then let's go" I said crouching down to pick up a dead guard's sword.
"What are you doing?" Karliah asked lifting her dagger
"Getting a weapon to defend myself with"
"No, no, no. We allowed you to lead us but with no weapons" She said pointing her dagger at me.
"Now now. The corridors are packed with guards that have been trained and have weapons. How am I supposed to survive that?" I asked standing back up.
"That's why you have us." Zoe said walking towards the third quiet female. On her back as she passed me I noticed she had a bow with a quiver.
"Wow you guys are going tactical." I said out loud
"what do you mean by that?" Karliah asked
"You have an archer for ranged battles, an assassin for surprise attacks and recon, and a sword fighter for direct combat" I said looking down at the unknown female's scabbard.
"So, you're not a dumb as you look like barbarian" Zoe said smirking
"I wasn't always a barbarian as you call me. I used to be a hunter. Until I was captured" I said, "anyways let's go the faster we get to Hoz the more time we can have with him" I said smirking going down the corridor.
"Hey buddy don't leave us!" I heard behind me the familiar voice of my neighboring prisoners.
"We can be of help."
"Sorry but we don't need bait. Maybe next time boys" I said shouting over my shoulder.
"No! Come back!" They screamed but I ignored them and leaded the group of females to Hoz."
0o0o0
After making my way through the tunnels of the underground arena we finally got to the doors that led to the chambers of Hoz
"We're here" I said waving my hand towards the double doors "These are the doors to Hoz's chambers"
"Thank you" Said the quiet female.
"What will you do to him?"
"Why kill him dummy. What else would we do to an evil man like him?" Said Zoe
'No, they can't kill him. I need to'
"Okay you can leave now before we bring the ceiling down on this place to erase it from history." The quiet female said. I finally noticed her eye color. They were sea green. An unusual eye color.
"You don't need my help anymore?" I asked
"No, now run off" She said
"Okay" I said turning around and started running down the corridor. Then I turned the closest corner and hugged it. After a few seconds, I heard Zoe speak up
"Won't he be killed by our people that are coming in?"
"Oops that slipped my tongue" I heard the quiet girl with a chuckle
'those bitches'
"Karliah can you start working on the lock?" Zoe asked
"Yeah just give me a moment. This lock is more complicated than the prison cell one."
A moment of silence lasted for a few seconds before Karliah gave off a squeal
"Yay I did it!" She said
"Okay lets go in" I heard the silent female say. I heard the doors open and then close. Peeking around the corner I saw the corridor empty. Making my way to the door way I made sure to not to run into a wandering guard or another female 'judge'.
Putting ear to the door I tried to listen to what was happening inside the room. Opening the door as slowly and quietly as possible I peered in.
All three girls were standing in front of Hoz's desk while he sat behind it. He was clearly afraid
"What are you doing here?" He asked them
"Oh, we are here to help you pay for your crimes" Zoe said
"Crimes? What crimes?" He asked
"Don't play innocent. Sex slavery, slavery, and this arena is all a crime" Karliah said
"I don't do them" He yelled
"Bullshit. Now you'll die" Said the silent one
While they were chatting I slowly made my way to them. Just as Zoe was about to notch an arrow into her quiver I got behind Karliah and pulled out her dagger from behind her and held it to her throat.
"Don't move or she'll die" I said pressing the dagger hard. "You're not killing Hoz"
They all looked at me in disbelief.
"But didn't he put in a cell and forced you to fight?" Zoe asked narrowing her eyes at me
"Yes he did and that's why I hate him" I said glaring at Hoz who shrunk in his seat.
"then why protect him?!" Zoe screamed
"Protect?" I asked then burst out laughing "I would never protect a man like Hoz"
"Then why don't you want us killing him?" The silent one asked
"Because YOU will kill him and I want my revenge on my whole clan that he killed" I said.
"So you want to kill him?" She asked me
"Not only. I want some time with him" I said
"Okay. Zoe put away your bow. Karliah relax"
"But-" Zoe started
"Not buts let us watch. If he does anything suspicious we'll kill him. Isn't the right Mr. Barbarian?"
"Yeah, I don't care what happens to me after I kill him. I have nothing to live for. Everyone I loved and knew were killed because of this bastard. I won't die until I kill him." I said taking the dagger away from Karliah's throat.
"Sorry Karliah. I hope you don't mind if I use this dagger?" I asked holding up.
She sighed "No go ahead. Do what you must just clean it afterwards." She said stepping away from me
"Thanks" I said smiling turning towards Hoz
"You don't know how long I've waited for this moment. You're going to fucking die by my hands bastard" I said
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I flipped the desk to the side. I grabbed Hoz by the hem of his shirt and lifted him
"I'll give you whatever you want just don't kill me!" He yelled
"Give me your heart" I said throwing him into a cabinet with glass doors. I walked over to him laying on a floor with shattered glass. I trust the dagger in his shoulder and pushed him against the cabinet.
He started to cry in pain as his back was cut by the shards. I looked down at his hands that were on the floor. I went over to his overturned desk and started looking through it. Not finding anything I wanted I went over to a suspicious closet. I opened it and gave a low whistle.
Inside the closet there were a lot of weapons. Reaching in I pulled out a war hammer. Giving off a sadistic smile I slowly walked over to the hunched over form of Hoz who was whining in pain as he crawled away from me.
I pulled back the war hammer and slammed it onto his hand hearing a satisfying crunch of bones and a scream of pain from him.
"Shut up. It's only one hand" I said as I lifted the hammer back up and slammed it on his other hand "Now you can scream because I destroyed both of your hands."
He quickly got unto his knees to not hurt his hands anymore. Using the war hammer again I slammed it into his legs snapping them causing him to scream in pain again causing him to fall unto his side.
"I think that's enough fun with the hammer. Am I right Hoz?" He just cried in pain. "Oh you still have the dagger impaled in your shoulder, let me pull it out for you" I said grabbing the hilt and pushing it deeper in and twosting it and pulling it out ripping more flesh.
"Sorry" I said laughing.
"Remember what happened to my mother Hoz?" I asked him
He just continued crying
"Answer me you piece of shit!" I screamed
"Y-y-yes" he said
"What happened to her?" I asked crouching down
"S-she di-d-died" He whined out
"No, no, no. Before she died what happened to her? By the hands of your men and maybe even yourself?" I asked
"W-we we- "
"You fucking raped her!" I screamed kicking him in his stomach "in front of me, her son! When he was still a little kid you sick bastard!" I trust the dagger into his stomach and sliced it open.
Then with a laugh I shoved my hand into him and rummaged around while he screamed in pain. I finally felt my hand touch something moving putting my whole hand around. The blood was spilling from the wound out onto the floor making a small puddle while Hoz thrashed in place.
It was warm inside his body. Hot. And very disgusting due to the slimy organs but I couldn't back down and pushed my hand deeper in. Now my hand was up to my elbow in him until I felt a firm beating muscle what was tougher than other organs I touched. Closing my hand around it I pulled. It moved but didn't come out. More blood started spilling out. I pulled harder and fell back as the organ gave way and the force made me tumble back. Now the blood was gushing out of his wound as he screamed in silence.
"Fuck you Hoz." I said showing him his heart in his dying seconds. I looked down at it and laughed "I guess my pull-out game is strong" I said laughing.
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I looked behind me at the girls.
"Oh, hi. Forgot you're there" I said getting up from the floor and looked at the girls. Zoe and Karliah had sickened faces as they looked at the corpse on the ground and at me while the silent one looked at me with respect.
"I think I had too much fun" I said shaking off the blood off my hand making it splatter across the floor.
"Persephone" The silent one said
"Huh?"
"Persephone. My name is Persephone. The swordmaster of the group." She said smirking
I might be back in the fanfiction business mates. That is until my Word trial doesn't end. A brief background on my life. I am taking a vacation in Poland and for that reason I bought a new laptop for work and fanfiction. My work? 3D modeling design and trying out game design with the program RPG Maker MV. I will have to get a full version for Word once I get make to the Americas but till then Ill be using the trial version.
Coincidently this is also a gaming laptop so of course of have some games on it while I'm away from my PC. In the daytime I play games but at night when I'm most active I write, or watch movies. Lately just saw a movie, one that I liked. And its not often I watch horror movies alone in the middle of the day. Liked it a lot. Maybe because it had a sexy actress covered in blood with a crazy glint in her eye smiling. I have a weak spot for psychopaths and insane girls that are sadistic and it will kill me one day.
Anyways, I'll try to make new chapters daily at 2 in the morning because that's when my mind starts to wander and lose itself in dreams.
I would also like to congratulate my Beta AnamariaJovel on graduating from high school. I'll miss you. A round of applause for her. One of the best friends I can ask for in this stupid world.
P.S. I put some easter eggs in this chapter. Comment down below if you found them ;P
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I like fanfiction. I'm able to escape this fucked up reality. It's my treatment for my depression. But sometimes the things I dream take too long to translate to words and my problem I have zero patience. So, thank you everyone that stayed with me throughout all my stories. Really means a lot.