So here's another chapter of this exciting serie! You'll see again some numbres like this (1) down the chapter, they mean decisions, from this points the decisions you want to read are crucial for the type of ending you want.
Disclaimer: Henry, Murphy and Silent Hill are property of Konami, not mine
Warnings: Yaoi (Slash), use of rude words, violence, sexual themes
Previously on Assumption...
Henry was trapped upside down in his minivan; he unzipped the safety belt, only to bang his head against the minivan ceiling, he sprinted towards a figure, but as he was near reaching it. He stumbled on a random garbage bag on the floor. He then found a door in the very end of the floor, engraved in it was a circle in the centre of it depicting the figure of Jesus Christ all over it; his curiosity took over, and he took the circle causing him to fall into a fetal position, while everything around him went black, giving way to flashbacks he did not wish to see.
"Who the hell are you, and why am I here?" Henry asked
''My name is Belphegor'' the bum answered
"What are you doing?" Henry asked, but was caught in the middle of his sentence by Murphy's hands, each one at Henry's sides on his face, and instantly placed his lips on Henry's lips, it was better than any kiss that Eileen had ever given him.
"Alright, anything else you need?" Said Henry not paying attention to the last part of what Mammon said
"Just another thing, my "beloved" brother has stolen two precious objects from me, a music box, and its key. He's at the lake, so please bring me back those things, and I swear I'll help you with anything you will need." Mammon promised
"Sure cupcake" Murphy answered
They turned towards the exit, but when they were about to reach the door Mammon stopped them.
"Hey, I know a safer and quicker route to Toluca Lake, and to the record store I'm telling you." Mammon explained
They went up the ladder; Soon, Henry felt that something was dragging him.
"Murphy, help me!" Henry shouted
"Reach for my hand" He said extending his arm as far as he could. Henry was grabbing him but it was not enough.
Henry sighed and took a big gulp, before removing the disc from the bottom, all of his surroundings where turning around him, he shut his eyes, trying not to feel dizzy. After all of that, his surroundings became clearer, and he started to hear noises coming to him.
"And do you know where we can locate your parents?"
"And get out of this store?" Murphy added
"Well, I can show you a way to get out of this store" Enzo said
Suddenly, our guys were feeling dizzy, and as all was starting to get blurry, the house was returning to its original state which was the last thing Henry had seen before he blacked out. Henry gave Murphy the sweetest kiss he had ever given to someone, including his wife.
"There is one original prince, but somehow during his birth his evil self-split from his body, and that evil one escaped here, soon after the storms that aroused this place." Peter told them
"Sorry man, have you seen a hooker whose name is Leviathan?" Murphy said to the man leaning against the old fence
"And is he about five feet, brunette hair, and blue eyes?" The man said smiling. Suddenly the siren was heard
To his despair, when they were at the middle of the fight, the yacht crash against it, making the backpack sink to the water. Then, a blinding white light engulfed them.
"Please do what the lesser note says, and don't give that to Mammon, he will k-kill the inquisitor with it" Said Leviathan with his last breath
"Stupid mule, you have always been bad punching someone" Murphy said, between gasps
"And you have always been a stupidly stubborn, wild clodhopper that keeps secrets from their friends" Henry said giving Murphy a jab to the jawbone
"Well, I'll see you later" Enzo said, disappearing
"And now what?" Murphy asked
"We'll go down the sewers back to Mammon's store" Henry said
"But what Leviathan told you-" Murphy said
"We have unfinished business with him" Henry replied
"Alright, so this is it, we'll make that twat pay" Murphy said with a brand new Desert eagle "And I love you, sorry for everything I've done"
"Don't worry, I'm sorry too"
Chapter 10
Guess I'll die another day!
Henry hoped for everybody's health, for Damien to not find them before he could find whatever ammo he needed for the Ars Goetia. His prayers went for who he cared most, Enzo, that poor lil' kid bashed all his life like Henry. Step by step Henry felt his heartache grow, like some kind of premonition of what would happen next. Some kind of mental vomit pressed inside his brain. Murphy opened the lid, and as soon as Henry stepped in at the solid pavements, some kind of connection started. He yelled, and fell to the ground; he shut his eyes, concentrating in whatever was projecting at his head.
He was in a candle lit room, some fancy curtains were hanging around, they were made of velvet, or silk, either way it was a very nice fabric. Behind these were some tiles depicting pagan scenes. It looked like the whole place was some kind of twisted chapel with Salomon pillars where he was, at the end a serpent's head came out with a red shine in their eyes. He sat at the top of the black and red chapel. From what Henry could look he seated on a golden throne, looking to the front. He felt a sort of slayer impulse surge in his body, and was proud of that. He knew he was untouchable, and even if the twat could grab the shards, it wouldn't stop him from concluding the ritual already in progress. He snapped his fingers twice. If nobody was there for him, everyone will pay the consequences. Not even two seconds passed, and from the shadows on the wall three people came out, all with the same robes with hoodies as Damien.
"So, brothers, you know why you're here?" Henry said with an unnaturalBritish accent
"No… at all. And why isn't Amon here?" One of the figures asked, taking off his hoodie, revealing Mammon, who had a superb face.
"Amon isn't here because he disobeyed me, that's the reason we're here. If any of you twats attempts to disobey me, and help this 'inquisitor' of yours, you'll pay the consequences, as he shall" From his hands he showed what appeared to be a prison, where Amon was being torn apart by some Distant Mommies "Mammon, you know what to do" Now Henry went out of the head of this person, but he could see everything in a 360 perspective" And for fuck sake, get out of my fucking head!" He said, and Henry returned to reality
Murphy was by his side, now at the dusty streets, where the known ash was falling from the sky and the fog surrounding them. Henry laid down on the dirty pavements and stared at the sky, careful that the ashes didn't touch his two- coloured eyes. His head felt as if a penitentiary riot was happening at that exact moment. Murphy laid at his side, and he put the weight of his head on one arm. He looked directly at Henry surprised and concerned.
"What's wrong with you Henry? Could you explain what happened some minutes ago?"
"I-I really don't know" He said, blinking rapidly "First I was here getting out of those sewers and from one moment to the other I...don't know-I was in some kind of chapel, and I was inside someone else's head and he convoked a meeting, and Mammon was there, I really don't know how to express it, but somehow now my head is going to explode and" He sighed and closed his eyes shut with anger, then he hit the floor "Should I give up Murphy?"
"Why do you say that?"
"I- I really don't know, all of this nonsense is getting me tired. It's all rubbish, fucking rubbish and I'm going mental minute after minute"
"Henry, I will say what you said to me, we have unfinished business, right?" He helped Henry to stand up "It's not time for you to be a cry baby. You're MY hooker, and if it wasn't for you, I wouldn't follow this craziness."
He gave a long sigh, and rolled his eyes "Alright, but I'm not THAT hot, and I'm not worthy, I'm useless"
"Of course not, you hooker" Murphy sighed "Listen to what I'm going to say, and listen well. What my kid told me one day, you just have to let go, it's not your fault."
He gave a short pause "Alright" He smiled "Guess we'll die another day" He grabbed the magnum "And you know what, fuck you, I'll stay with this beauty"
"We'll do it your way" He just raised his shoulders "But good luck with the ammo" He said as they started to walk
"C'mon, give me the ammo"
"As you wish, even though, I didn't want it any way" Murphy said with an immature tone
Both walked their way to 'Hell station'. He checked the map, now dry of sewage filth, but changed, how lovely, even maps were changing, that just made him feel even more uncomfortable, and the idea of just being delusional, his rather fragile mind was being questioned every fraction of a second, and that didn't felt quite right. He checked and supposedly there were at Finney's and Elroy streets, as a placard showed. This town just decided to get them going to the most random places ever.
"So, this is what we're going to do" Said Henry a little bit restrained, leader's role didn't fit his personality "You'll have to follow me in order to survive, yes?"
"Still at Silent hill, huh?" Murphy said, preparing his Uzi
"You could say so"
Henry stretch his eyes to take a closer look, an entrance of a subway began to appear. With a heavy breath he approached it. With a hand he grabbed the axe, and with the other the magnum. It was a titanic labour to have both weapons at the same time, but he wouldn't skimp on using any recourse to protect himself, and Murphy. He saw the big announce of 'King Cross' line and he ran into it, prepared to attack anything in front of him,
"Or not" He said, quite uncomfortable
He ran onto the metro line. He saw several shades coming out of it, ghostly people, smoke and the smell of rotten flesh was overwhelming. Then Henry appeared, as he was holding a detonator, Henry ran to prevent Henry from doing some stupid rage attack in that crowded place; but as soon as he touched Henry, he just trespassed him and everything disappeared, returning both at old Silent Hill streets. The same old fifties cars with the same old boring, grey, old houses everywhere with the cracked pavements, and the ash falling from the sky, as if it has been like this since forever. Hyperventilating he returned with THE GUY, and he looked to one of the windows of a random house, that looked like the twin sibling of Amityville one. Throughout of one of the windows he clearly saw a resident smiling at him. He blank once time and suddenly he was gone. He felt uncomfortable with this, but continued his way where surely he would adjust counts with the person that made him go throughout hell just for some stupid records and a box that has no function at all and leave them at a random spot.
As they believed they were flying through the streets something about the place changed radically. Once again there were passing through the yard of Leon. Henry rolled his eyes, but didn't do anything. He continued on his way, but was stopped by a shadow that was getting closer to them. He prepared his axe as Murphy did with his golden pipe. Both walked the slowest they could, just to see a human shape coming out. In an ironical spin of situations, Leon was really there. At first he aimed at Murphy.
"Hey old man, stop it, or you'll be just dust when I finish with you" Murphy said, feeling the tip of the rifle under his chin
"Silly me, it's only you. Thought you were already dead" He aimed his rifle at the ground "Survivors you are, interesting, interesting it is. I was wondering" He said in a shadowy tone
"What, now what? Are you going to say we need to put the fucking fence again, or we have to paint your fucking wood fence of fucking white!?" Henry said in an unpredicted breakdown. He saw with the same assassin lust like Damien
"Petrov, Nikolai, Vadim, come here, we have a guest!" He said pointing his rifle again at Henry "Oh, you're so fucked, just wait for my comrades to end you"
Henry felt all the anger accumulating at his body, and felt great. Didn't knew how, but he could feel the power inside him. Or was he going nuts? Anyway, he couldn't afford a battle three against two, and he couldn't give himself the luxury to lose his companion and best friend of what apparently was the best thing that ever to happen to him. From the shadows three good looking and totally Russian guys came out. All of them were at least 5, 9 and all of them ripped. One was bald, like if he had recently shaved his head; the other had short red hair with an amazing pair of blue eyes, bluer than the seas itself, and the last one looked very much like Leon, but twenty years younger. Murphy went in front of Henry
"Stop it! For fuck sake, all of you hookers, can't you understand my friend ain't that demon of yours?" He said with a sassy black woman tone while snapping his fingers "He's just freaked out by the whole town and a little annoyed by Damien too. Ugh, people today" He said, with a dramatic finale
"You're saying his no Damien" The shaved man said
Murphy opened his mouth to talk, but Henry talked first "Lemme settle this down nice and softly, just for you, err" He pointed at the guy that looked like his boss
"Nikolai" The shaved guy said
"Interesting, you look way too much like my boss" He rolled his eyes "anyway, let me breathe a little" He gave a long, profound sigh "Alright Nikolai, and Leon, and you two too, err, no, I'M NOT FUCKING DAMIEN FOR GOD SAKE; HOW MUCH TIME WOULD IT TAKE FOR YOU TO GUESS THAT I'M JUST AN ORDINARY GUY THAT'S HERE BY ACCIDENT, YOU STUPID TWATS" He roaredangrily, with a tick in his eyes and heavy breathing. His fists already tense and the knuckles white for the pressure being applied on them. He took a deep breath yet again, and after a pause he recovered to a calm state of mind that characterized him, and resumed his soliloquy "God, that felt so good. Now I know why Heather does it all the time in front of a mirror. Alright, you four twats, just stop it, okay? Now, what favour do you want from us Leon...yet again? And if it's not a big bother, you two tell us your names" He said with an order tone, more than just a request
"I'm Vadim" The guy that looked like Leon said "I'm Leon's son"
"And I'm Petrov, nice to meet ya" The ginger said
"And the favour you want from us is?" Murphy said pissed off
"Please, our wheat field is ready for harvest, but we can't do it, if we enter there the fury of Damien will relay on us. If you trim it we'll give you a big reward" Nikolai said
"Whatever, at least I don't have to listen to Justin Bieber" Murphy said
"Or One Direction" Henry complemented laughing "Where are the tools?"
"At the back of our house, just look out, there are some things you wouldn't like to unleash" Leon warned
"Whatever" Henry rolled his eyes "How bad could it be?"
He grabbed Murphy by the arm, and literally dragged Murphy all the way. He was bored from being there, and he swore if someone would call him Damien, or if the twat appeared again, he wouldn't mind unloading a full barrel of bullets at that person. He saw the old dusty shed with a big lock at the front, and even though he wanted to call Nikolai, or Vadim, he didn't have the time. Each hour that passed, the crazier he felt he was getting. With his almighty rusty axe he gave powerful blows to the chain and the lock, expecting one of them to break first. How the hell didn't they notice there was a shed? It was a big mystery, but the answer could be just simple, there were in a rush getting all the bricks for the stupid fence. With three blows from his part and from Murphy's part they broke the lock, and entered it. It appeared to be just a simple shed, a little bigger from what appeared to be from the outside, but that was all. Henry turn the lights on, he couldn't afford to waste his light again as foolishly as he did.
What they looked traumatized them, in levels a normal human couldn't afford to see. Disembodied monsters, and what appeared to be human remains with the label 'Sloth', and another with the label 'envy' were also found. The first one was a hand, the second an eye. But what freaked them most were some pictures labelled as 'underground prison'. A brain extirpation, someone getting burned from the insides, a person being opened from the stomach, as the internal organs fell out were just some part of the collection of photos that were there. Henry felt awkward with the whole stuff, and the urgency to vomit was there, but he held it, he didn't want to mess the dusty floor. With a big sigh he continued his path, when he started to walk some images where he saw himself torturing some prisoners, and one of him being abused by his father, with the reality he was intercalate each other.
He felt dizzy again, but he kept his mind shut, trying the best he could to focus just where he was, trying not to give Murphy a bad impression. At the end of the garage they saw a scythe and a machete. Both saw the bags where they had to put the wheat and went to the field in front of the house. Henry felt a lot better when they left the vicinity of the shed. With an incredibly inhuman rate both ran to the ground they had to go and started their intense labour. Blow after blow all they saw was a sea of grains, and just that, golden hairs that went from beneath the ground. Henry had a vision, he was approaching the chapel were supposedly Enzo was safe. He emitted a loud grunt, and Murphy approached, he was on his knees.
"Now what man?"
"Think Enzo isn't safe, we have to be quick" He said concerned
Murphy doubled his efforts as he was trimming the field, as Henry did as well. Both were concerned for the security of their 'child', now he was one more of the family, and nothing would change that. Not even the fact he was married with someone that gave head to half of South Ashfield, even when they were married. This was enough for Henry to do the job four times quicker. He didn't know how, but now the job was finished and all the wheat inside the bags. As they walked away a sinister laugh was heard.
"Now what" Henry said, after a big sigh
"Just saying, if you want to be with your adored Enzo, you'll have to be quick with my brother. Trust me, he is not that stupid as his twin, and he has some special secrets"
"Fuck off, and don't even try to touch him, or else"
"Else what you little faggot? You're just a human, I'm a fucking god! And don't even try to send your faggot boyfriend here, I know you wouldn't want to lose both, but, it's your decision, to kill Mammon or make sure Enzo is safe" The voice went away with a sinister laugh
"Who were you talking to?" Murphy said looking at all the sides
"You, you didn't hear the, you have to be kidding me" Said, stuttering
"No, who you were talking to"
"Nobody, we just have to hurry up" Said with a rush tone
They walked as fast as they could; avoiding throwing the seeds they had inside. Henry started to worry about the fact he was the only one seeing all the ad things around the town. What if South Ashfield was just a product of his imagination and nothing more? He had to remove that doubt outside of his head, and decided to ask his mate. That would be the best he could do, really.
"Hey man"
"What bothers you now, hooker?"
"I don't really know" He said, doing some grimaces "First, do you think the monsters are monsters?"
"Yes, think so." He made a grimace "They look like monsters to you too, right?"
"Hope so. But the main thing I wanted to say was that when we get out of the sewers, when you asked me if we were at Silent Hill, did you saw the same place as me?"
"You refer to the Devil Pit's stop?"
"But it was South Ashfield, near to South Ashfield heights"
Murph made a short pause, grabbing his chin "Let's make a deal, we have to make sure to not shoot at each other, this place is really affecting us"
"Deal" He said, arriving to the house "So, here it is, now we fuck off and get out of here, hope you enjoy this" He said yelling
"You don't have to yell, I'm here" Nikolai said, smiling at Henry in a way that looked more than just a tonic smile "Silly you, inquisitor, and" He scanned Murphy "His friend" He said in a bitter tone "So, here's your reward" He gave a grail with a number two at its front. It was white with some pearls incrusted. "And come whenever you want, here I will be for you "He gave Henry a lustful look
"Thank you, your services are no longer needed" He said, clearly jealous
"Stop it Murphy. No, I think we need you Nick, it's cool if I call you that, right?" He smiled Nikolai in the same way
"It's cool however you want to call me Henry. So, what else can this good old fashioned boy can do for you?"
"There's a friend of mine who is been stalked by Damien at the Balkan church some meters away from here. If you really appreciate me, please, go there and protect him, and the father to, please"
"I'll do whatever for mister. Jones" He smiled, then without advice gave a rapid kiss to Henry and went running to the church.
"Disappearing will be just fine" Murphy said whispering
"What?" Henry asked
"Just, let's fucking go" Murphy said in the same jealousy tone
"Are you jealous of Nick?" Henry said, in an ironic way
"Fuck off, let's just go" He said, angry
Henry was delighted as much as he couldn't believe he enjoyed Nikolai's kiss. He just couldn't believe that he was attractive to more than just one man, which was just impossible bearing in mind it was him we are talking about. Now as they started to walk they saw Nikolai on the horizon and they continued their way to the part where each construction blended with the gas station. He stopped on his feet and grabbed Murphy by the arm. He gave him a small kiss.
"Alright, Mister Jones" Murphy scoffed "Now what?" He was silenced by another Henry kiss "Really, what do you want?"
"We have to make a plan. So, what about this? We bash the shit out of the fucker at the gas station and then we go for Enzo. Obviously we'll need someone else's help, so I think it would be great if Nikolai helps us"
"What you want is him by your side, and why not? He is really good looking, sexy, with a Russian exotic accent and he already gave you a kiss. I'll understand it if" Henry gave him a kiss "You want to go with him"
"Don't be so stupid Murphy; I only want him for his protection, not because I want to fuck with him" He rolled his eyes "But do you agree with my plan?"
"Yes, I have too much to say to him" He said as he cracked his knuckles
They walked all the way back to Hell station, it was a long way, they were just at the Liquor store, but if his man was at his side, Murphy said nothing, it was his man we were talking about, the reason to be in such deep shit, that quite didn't corresponded to him to be in, but he would do anything for him, even going through dark sewers all alone in the exact copy where Sewell tried to kill Frank, ultimately resulting in him in a wheelchair, and in the total loathe of Anne for him. That dyke, how helpful she had been soon after. Changing his name from Murphy Pendleton to Murphy Coleridge, not that intelligent, but he had full protection from the law, and living the life he always wanted, being a barman was all good. And now Henry, the last piece of the puzzle, now he knew he could settle down and pushing the drugs out of his life, and take it really slowly, maybe being a mechanic wasn't that bad, or well… He had always had some certain attraction to that Library back at the town, maybe a sexy librarian? He smiled and looked at Henry, who was focused on only getting to the gas station as quickly as possible.
"Hey look, it's Stacey!" Henry pointed at his Dodge
"Wow, lovely!" Murphy sarcastically said
"Don't be a bitch, now we'll just need the gas and we can travel faster."
"Right, right, we'll look for your fucking gas" He rolled his eyes "Gosh, but after this you'll give me head, hooker"
"But I can't, I'm straight" Henry said with a doubt tone
"Yeah, that's why you kissed me minutes ago"
"Well, I was just trying to shut you up, you talk way too much"
"Yeah, whatever, so, do we start searching houses, or what?"
"I think the canister is at the gas station just let me put a mark on where Stacey is" He grabbed a pen from his pocket
"You always had a pen?"
"Well, yes, I'm a reporter, if you remember well" He wrote a couple of annotations and both continued their paths "Hey, there's a drug store"
"So?" Murphy said in a sassy tone
"We can check for any med-kit, plus there's an alleyway nearby"
"Seems legit hooker" He raised his shoulders making a z movement with one of his hands, not in that exact order
They walked through what was left of Elroy and entered Matheson. He saw the alleyway and marked it on the map as 'important', and finally, the drug store was there, in front of him, a door extremely covered with wooden planks. He sighed and took out from his backpack his all mighty rusty axe, and after some minutes all the wooden was gone, and a hole with enough space for a man was there. He rushed to the door and entered first. The place was not that well; it was rusty, covered up with cobwebs and dust. The counter was falling apart right at the middle, and some places of the upper level were falling apart, threatening to collapse on them.
"Don't you think this is just filler for our trip?" Murphy asked
"This is important, you'll see"
"C'mon, our whole trip had had more fillers than Madonna's face!"
"Liar, you just procrastinate too much"
"So you say that helping Leon wasn't filler huh?" He said, interrupting his pace, leaning against a cupboard full of expired pills
"Whatever, just…" He rolled his eyes "Just, try to not harm yourself, again" He said going to the back of the store. "Oh, holy shit!" He yelled, widening his eyes. In front of him was one of the most amazing stacks of supplies. "C'mon over Murphy!"
"Already here" He said behind Henry
"For fuck sake, you scared me" He rolled his eyes "Take whatever you want and then let's run!"
They took everything they could handle, ammo for the uzi, for the magnum, med-kits, ampoules, health drinks, even some worthless maps of a re imagined Silent Hill, appeared that somehow some lunatic re imagined all over, another proof that the place changes with your mind all along.
"Alright, alors ma chérie" Murphy said with a perfect French accent
"You speak French, wow that's new to me" Henry said, opening his eyes
"I had to learn something at the prison"
Their talk was interrupted by some growls at the backdoor, then some deep war cries and high pitched screams. They looked back, just to see the monsters break the door, Murphy prepared his gun, but Henry seize him, telling him to run, but Murphy didn't understood, as always. He pushed him.
"What you're trying to say?"
He sighed "Just two words. Murphy, run"
Some flashbacks appeared at his mind, and back at him the world started to turn red, as his surroundings were like a prison. A huge black hole behind him appeared, ready to devour him. He took Henry by the hand and he ran, as fast as he could from there. Never the less, Henry wasn't in the same frequency, he looked normally at the store, and now with the sudden nervous crisis from his mate all he could see was the big blockage in front of him. He tried to free his hand, just in vain; it appeared the scarred man was stronger than what he might appear.
'Please, have mercy on my person, God, I have been a good husband, make this stupid mule to stop right now, please!' He thought, desperate, watching the blockage closer and closer.
Just when he was about some foots to hit it, Murphy turned, and Henry used this opportunity to pass through the hole. When both men were outside Murphy finally stopped, not exhausted, but fresh as a lettuce. The first thing Henry did was give him a proper punch to the chin, then looked to the store and watched how the monsters were going out, tearing down the wooden blockage. He ran to the alleyway, not caring for Murphy anymore, he knew he had to continue the journey with or without him. He felt breathing at his left side. He looked preparing his axe, just to see Murphy, back where they were monsters were after them, and when they thought it was over when a wall was in front of them, Henry slipped on a pool of unknown fluids, seeing a hole that was the exact size of a man. He crawled into it, followed by Murphy, some minutes passed and finally they were at the other side of the illogical tall wall.
"Why the fuck did you hit me, what for?"
"I almost hit the wooden blockage at the store, didn't you saw that?"
"But we were at the Other World, not at the drug store."
"Damn, this is really affecting us. Please next time if you have any vision don't hold me by the hand, just keep running"
"But you owe me something"
He rolled his eyes "I'm sorry"
"And" He said in an 'I expect something else' tone
"We're some meters away from the station, let's go" They walked towards it
"Do you like my surprises?" The same voice said again
"Are you hearing the same thing like me?" Murphy said, quite frightened
"Of course he is stupid mule! Now listen, you two fools, if both of you surrender and you give me Henry, then he will not be harmed, just talk!"
"H-Henry, Murphy, are you there? Please, I want to be with you, please, do what he says, it's the only way to be safe"
"Never in his life will Enzo talk like that! Now fuck off hooker, we are going to fuck up Mammon, and then we'll set fucking fire to your rain, and your place by the way"
"You just have decided your fate, well, if that's what you want, then let's set fire to the rain, just remember, Charlie is with me still, and you don't want him to be hurt in any way, right?" He laughed, and then the voice went out of their heads
"I'll set fire to his fucking place then I'll piss on his body while you're slaying him!" Murphy said, punching the wall.
"Chillax man, I know he'll pay" He embraced him "But let's go, someone is waiting for us, let's kick ass!"
Both walked their ways back at the store, where the buildings blended at the centre. Henry already prepared his guns, while he sang Ace of spades, to calm himself; this stuff of letting his mind go blank wasn't going well right now. It wasn't until he stumbled and fell on something that looked like a canister that he calmed down. He stood up again and saw a gasoline canister. Gladly he put this inside Dora's backpack, and gladly looked at Murphy.
"So wait, I have a plan" He smiled in a sinister way "Let's prepare our best weapons and I'll kick the door."
"Alright" He raise his shoulders "But what about we just casually enter and wait patiently and convince him not to kill us, giving him all the cd's."
Henry nodded, even though he wanted to do the things his way. They approached to the front door and opened it, Mammon was already at the counter waiting for them, and now the lights were on. He had a broad smile and just like Damien said, he was identical to Leviathan, just with brunette hair, and brown eyes. He gave a small grin at both, and walked to them, they prepared their guns for any possible trick of the other's part.
"Relax mates, I'm not here to cause trouble, yet. As I had heard, you brought me my full collection, maybe that'll pardon your pathetic uninteresting assess. So, where are my precious?"
"Tell me you didn't just paraphrase Golum, please" Said Henry, giving himself a facepalm
"Whatever" He rolled his eyes "Give them to me, and let's all finish with this rubbish!"
"Here they are" Murphy said, exploring Henry's backpack, giving one by one the vinyl.
"Interesting, interesting, you accomplished your mission well, and I didn't expect that you'll bring me all of them, so here it is your reward" He gave them two more grails, a white one with a golden 4 and a grey one with a white 3. "And the other thing I requested, where it is?"
"What other thing?" Said Henry, making like he had no other thing with him
"The box I told you"
"We didn't find any box, sorry" Said Murphy raising his shoulders
"Don't try to fool me kids, I can sense it from here" A siren was heard and everything went black, Henry felt something trying to open his backpack, failing at it "So, if I'm not having it, then I'll have to kill you to grab it" He said, with a heavily modified voice
Both turned on their flashlights and found no one around. Suddenly Murphy saw an amorphous shadow; he punched Henry in his ribs and pointed at it. Both grabbed their weapons, Henry his magnum and Murphy his trusty Uzi. They started firing at the object, causing no harm to it. Henry had a quick idea and he put his back against Murphy's, when he observed the monster itself. He started firing at it, infracting a little damage, just the right amount to slow it down.
"I don't think you understand, THIS is my world, don't you get it? South Ashfield, Devil's Pit, I can make you imagine whatever I want. Me and my brothers are waiting for you just to go nuts"
"But why?" Said Henry a feeling confused
"You're the weapon, us the holders, we're going to reinvent this world, outcasting weaklings people like you, taking only those who'll prove their hearts are strong enough to stay in this new planet" He laughed with the same distorted voice "And don't try to kill me with that, only the revelation box, and the lesser key, thing that I know you don't have, will kill me, but that Enzo guy, of course he is now in the realm of the death" He laughed again
"Murphy, cover me up from that twink, I'll try to figure it out this"
Murphy grabbed his golden pipe; he was willing to bash whoever wanted to hurt his best friend, soon to be boyfriend. 'Gosh, where's the switch' He thought, as he touched the supposed switch. He turned it on, just to find a circle of fire, yet again, surrounding them. Now Mammon, in his full shape indeed looked stunning, but not threatening. Then again how a giant red Buddha with horns and a Roman golden gown could be threatening?
"This, err-" He contained a laugh "Everything here is ridiculous, come on, I understand that this place was magically transformed into a mighty palace where you live, everything's wonderful, a golden castle, with a golden throne, and big ceilings with the-" He saw at all the gore scenes depicted "-Interesting pictures. But how in hell with just a fucking switch did I managed to enter in a fire circle to fight you, that really doesn't make sense"
"Hey kiddo, chillax mate, it wasn't the switch" He laughed, but then put a serious face "It was me" He grabbed two short axes before entering the circle "Prepare for your doom"
"I guess I'll die another day" He said, repeating the same phrase Henry said a few hours ago
Mammon delivered the first blow, directly to Murphy's head, he dodge it at the right time, almost beheaded. He gave a powerful blow to one of his legs. This only slowed him down, doing little like the bullets. Mammon throw down one axe and punched Murphy, making him fly outside the circle. He crashed against a wall, where some effective weapons could be, there were many types, but Murphy decided to handle the Katana, just for this time. With a deep inhale he ran, and jumped into the circle once again. He dodged one blow with the axe, and when Mammon's guard was open he slashed at the chest with his Katana, leaving a profound wound, ripping part of the gown, making the demon scream as loud as he could, the place again went dark, and some shadows appeared surrounding Murphy, that was the only thing his flashlight could project. He put the Japanese blade in his back and grabbed his Uzi, shooting the shades one by one, but it was stupid, there were merely projections of a monster nearby. He followed his instincts and some footsteps on his left he found the monster. A big black bear-like being with no enormous fangs, and no eyes was projecting all the shades. Murphy started to slay the monster, shooting him as fast as he could, not knowing exactly what to do, this didn't made anything to him, but indeed the shadows were causing him a lot of damage whenever they passed through his body. He thought for a while. So if this was a shadow monster, maybe some extra light? He grabbed his cell phone and pressed it into his body, indeed it appeared that the bear was struggling. He grabbed the flash-light and threw it inside of him. Some seconds passed before the monster exploded and Murphy grabbed his flash-light.
Meanwhile Henry was searching for the box and the key. It wasn't a big deal to find the box; it was large enough to be found easily. The real issue was finding the key, and the correct key, if he remembered well, he had two other more keys, plus more look a likes, the mentioned shards, or crystals, or whatever they were. All the noises out there were distracting him, but he closed his eyes to pull himself together and continue, this was his task and he had to accomplish it the flawless he could. Making a faith leap he blindly introduced his hand, as a voice was heard inside his head.
"Do you think you'll do it in time to save that pathetic piece of arse? Hear me very well, I can show you a new, bold world where both of us can rule at our own way, just you and I, no one else, and you don't have to worry about him, I'll spare his life, just if you agree to be with me"
"Never!" He said, as he took a key with 'Lesser' written on it.
He opened the box with difficulty with his shaky, and sweaty hands, just for the darkness to cover it all again. Silhouettes appeared everywhere, but it wasn't now his time to fight against whatever that was causing them, it was the time for him to resolve the mystery within, and end all of this, defeat the badass monster, the defeat of the boss will bring him back to reality, that or else die here by a monster or by getting old, just like Leon and Nikolai. Again a circle of fire appeared, lighting up again all the place that was covered in gold, he grabbed the box and jumped inside it, raising it.
"I opened it, now what?" He said, sassy
"Won't say anything" Mammon said, trying to grab the box, but with a quick movement Murphy grabbed it, then put it inside the backpack
"So you want to do this the bad way, huh? I'll teach you how to be a good, good boy" Said Henry, grabbing out his Uzi
Both started their attacks, Henry firing at him, Murphy giving powerful blows. While one slowed him down, the other took advantage of this and gave him powerful blows to his chest, or the parts that were defenceless. He suffered from quite a lot of injuries, and when Murphy was going to deliver the final blow, Mammon just disappeared, and appeared at their backs, grabbing their heads and bashing one head to another, but doing a more powerful trick. Disoriented, both saw in each other their worst fear, Henry saw Walter again, trying to kill him with his favourite guns and Murphy seeing Anne, now he wasn't the nice girl he knew after their experience, she was menacing again. Henry prepared his axe, if he was going to fight an immortal guy; he was going to do it with the same weapon he used to kill him. His instincts told him to first bash him until he was weak, and then strike him so badly his body was going to be restored in little cubes of flesh. Murphy thought the same; he was going to kill this bitch with his very own hands, choking her until the life went out of her angry eyes. Both started fighting each other, receiving some powerful punches, a voice was heard just when Murphy started to choke a weak Henry.
"Just remember, everything's in your head, search the light inside you" Said a voice, which was almost like Charlie's one
He closed his eyes; everything started to spin around him. He was no longer at the prison facility, he was at Mammon's, choking Henry, causing him to pass from a normal pale skin tone to a blue one. He quickly halted his action, and no other action he thought about just than slapping him, and not just a normal slap, the mentioned slap was that one from a sassy Mexican in a typical telenovela. Henry woke up from his trance. He looked at the bruised Murphy, giving him and himself a health drink. They walked away from Mammon to recover themselves, a nice corner where he couldn't reach them.
"What the hell happened to us?" He asked
"It was just a mind fuck, think that's his power, lame if you ask me"
"Enough! If you're not going to do my will, then you'll have to die"
"Already with fake promises" Murphy raised an eyebrow "Just a matter of time before you'll get screwed hooker" He said while grabbing his katana, and with no hesitation he pierced deep inside of him, pinning him to the ground "Think you don't have any other options, other than telling us the truth"
"Never, you faggots, never!" He said as he cast some shadows again, now, as Murphy was busy, all the responsibility laid on Henry's shoulders.
He prepared the magnum, and the shadow of a fox penetrated throughout his body, his internal organs felt like shit from the mere contact, like if nothing was at its exact place. He dodged another fox shadow and run. What Murphy did? He just made a shadow like these explode, but how? That was the question of the million pounds. He massaged his chin and frowned his eyebrows, then dodged another shadow without figure, they were shadows, in the other world, and they were not out casted whenever there was a fire, so if only he could found a way to start a fire.
"Gasoline!" But if he remembered he didn't had a lighter, not even a match
"Trust yourself, you're more than what you think" A voice, like Frank's one said
There was not another option than throw the flashlight at them, for sure that will be not so good, but at least it would be something. He dodged the figure of a woman and threw at her, half of the body disappeared. He thought about finding a lighter, but there was not suck thing, everything was just a lie. As he pick up his flashlight there were no other shadows, appeared it was the same shadow, changing appearance over and over again. Just a horde of monsters appeared, Timid Dogs, Responsible Fathers and Distant Mommies, at least twenty of them. He prepared his axe and his legs, a long run would be needed. A circle of fire again appeared and most of them disappeared, how funny, he thought of that, but it would be impossible, he was just a normal human, without powers, or a funny British accent, so how that could possibly happened? He didn't think of that a lot and prepared his axe to fight them. Just a Timid Dog, two Distant Mommies and a Responsible Father were there. He disposed first of the dog. He lunged at it and gave a secure blow to the ribcage, not without getting bitten after, and his shirt ripped a little by the flying monster. They would like it that way? So this was war, he prepared the Uzi and attacked the flying monster the best he could, two packages he used before it went to the floor. He kicked it in the head and kicked two the dog's ribs. The other monster was the tough one, but he was so just tired, that wasn't a big challenge. He ran at him with his axe prepared, giving a blow to the chest, then dodging a punch.
"I told you not to dodge!" The monster said
Quite puzzled, he continue attacking it, until a pool of slime and blood come out, he knew by heart he didn't had to continue stomping at it, he was already dead from the liquid loss. Calmly he went where the other two real persons were and looked at the pinned Demon. Was ridiculous how such a powerful entity was trapped by mere mortals.
"Alright, so" Henry gave a blow with the axe in his head, leaving a deep wound, which regenerated slowly "have you changed your mind?"
"I think that we'll have to be a little ruder, don't you think so Murph?"
"Yeah, whatever you're going to do"
"Poor of miss Janis Joplin though" He walked to a golden table near, where the vinyl records were, he grabbed one, pointing it with his magnum "And let me see "He saw the vinyl, it said legacy edition "It's a rare one, shame on you" He grab the trigger
"I will not say anything" Said Mammon, with a hesitating tone, he was going to surrender in any moment
"So this gives me no more choice than this" He saw how Mammon closed his eyes, he shot to the ceiling "This is a warning, next one I'll shoot this motherfucker"
"If you want to know, it's that..." Mammon paused "I'm not supposed to say this, but, err, all you have to do is sink your hand inside the box, if you grab whatever content is inside of it, you'll be the inquisitor, either way..."
"Either way what?" Both men asked
"Both of you will perish and we will have one more source to find the real one"
"Henry, c'mon, move your ass, put your hand inside of that shit and let's kill this one and save Enzo"
"In other news, three dead bodies had been found in the proximities of Silent Hill, just one had an I.D. with it, appears to be a young man named Henry Townshend. There were no survivors, and appears to be a multiple slaying, from what we can observe" A woman said, of what appeared radio broadcasting
Henry shook his head, he will not allow that Mammon continue his mental tricks on him again, and on Murphy too. He introduced his hand, deep down, only to find a little cartridge of golden ammo. He was confused. All he had to go through, deep down into hell and below, just for a golden cartridge? When he had more ammo than a military base? Yes, he didn't regret finding Enzo, or some kisses with Murphy, but just for this little piece of nothing he went for? He calmed down, and thought about it, so it was in a special box, and it was emitting some special eerie glow, so it could mean just only one thing, obviously it went with the unconventional Ars Goetia. He took it out and just put the ammo inside. Just for a test run he shot at one of Mammon's leg.
"So this is interesting, this stuff really, really works, but is unlimited" Mammon didn't say a word " I see I can't make you say, but my friend can" He gave Murphy the signal, and he started bashing him like no one ever had bashed him
"Yes, it's unlimited" He said, between panting.
"So, I have no other option than killing you, thank you for the info anyway" He said, with a mischievous grin
"Henry, please, if you spare me, I'll help you" Said Mammon, practically begging
(1) "Just one thing before you kill me, as you know, with the opening of the box you have summoned this place into the darkness, which no one can control, you'll have to figure out how to get out of it, or at least get covered from it" Yet again, Henry's kind nature decided to leave him, whether in his agony or not, to this kind of helpful villain.
"I'm not going to kill you, if what you're saying is true, I'll see you whenever you want to help me"
"This is a little snippet from my help" He said, going back to his normal shape, grabbing another shard, that had greed written on it, and another teaching, this one from Saint Ralph.
(2) "Anything you want to say before dying?" He said laughing like a mad man
"Just one thing before you kill me, as you know, with the opening of the box you have summoned this place into the darkness, which no one can control, you'll have to figure out how to get out of it, or at least get covered from it"
He thought about it twice 'kill them all, just do it' a voice said, deep inside his brain 'you won't regret it'
"Just this one" He shot at his torso, causing him to disappear. In the floor he found a crystal and another teaching, the crystal had written greed on it and the teaching was of Saint Ralph.
He walked away from the palace, regretting nothing, prepared to save Enzo and Nikolai from the paws of Damien or whoever was after them. When he got out, the world was again the fog world, just at time when the gas station started to devour itself. Either he spared his life or not, either way he would be devoured by his own place, that was just plain stupid, but he made his decision and it was a good decision. Now, he just had to go for his other crew boys, and take refugee inside the chapel, maybe some holy water would help him purify him from the voices he was hearing. But just to make himself sure this part of the nightmare was over, he approached Murphy and grabbed him by the hand, if he was going to go nuts eventually, at least he could enjoy the company of his best friend.
Another chapter, another step to the end (ings). We're just at the half right now, so stay tuned, it get's better. As you read, Henry is going mental chapter after chapter. Will he loose it at some point? How you see it? Who would you like Herny to be with, Murphy, Nikolai or Eileen? Will they finally make it safely to a place to end the 'Darkness' and already know what the shards are standing for? Now that he has the gun, what more uses it has? Please, please, please, I COMMAND YOU, leave me a review, your reviews are the only way I know what direction to take with the story (minor changes, the whole plot I already have it) with nothing more, until the next chapter.