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Chapter 14: House of Pain
Axel remains with me while the female eats inside the diner, we both have concluded on the fact she is currently eating meat, although Axel couldn't care less.
Part of me is hoping she brings some out for me to try, but as she finishes up her meal and gives money to the waitress, my hopes are destroyed as she heads out of the diner and towards us, I sit back up on the branch.
Claire's POV:
Approaching where Amon was, I figure he is in the trees like he was last time. I look up and see a Galileus in the darkness right above me, not able to see much, I'm not sure if it is Amon or not. I back up and try to look for the wings that would be at his sides if it were Amon.
A deep growl from the Galileus tells me it isn't Amon, I feel the hair on the back of my neck stand, realizing I was literally right below the monster that killed Cujo and Katie.
Hearing a weight drop from the same tree tells me there are two of them and the other one must me Amon, since my eyes are glued on Axel as he stares back at me.
"You guys having a staring contest or something?" Amon's familiar voice says. I look over at Amon and move towards him, away from Axel.
"..Not really…" I say, looking at Axel again as he seems to be catching the scent of my fear.
Amon picks me up and looks at Axel, Amon looks away from him and takes flight as I hear a pair of wings flap behind us as Axel follows.
"…why is he following us…?" I ask.
"He wants to see something." Amon says.
I realize we aren't going in the same direction as we usually go to go back to Amon's. I look up at him, "Where are we going?"
"To Axel's lair. He calls it his House of Pain…for some reason. It sounds bad but its not really."
"…House of Pain…? Why is it called that…"
"You will see…" He says.
We soon see a small church surrounded by trees in the distance along the side of the road as we quickly approach it. I can't see any details of it though because of the trees surrounding it causing a lot of shade, my eyes widen as I begin hearing the sounds of crows cawing louder as we get closer.
There seems to be hundreds of crows in every direction as Amon lands in front of a large metal pipe sticking out of the Earth beside the church.
"Oh god…!" I say, the smell from beyond the pipe catching my nose as I cover it, hearing Axel land near us as I am still in Amon's arms being held bridal style.
"What is down there?!" I ask, looking at Amon while I continue to cover my nose.
Amon doesn't respond as he climbs onto the pipe, my eyes widen, "Amon what are you doing!" Immediately Amon slides down the pipe as he holds me close so I don't hit the sides of it as we go down. I feel the pipe end underneath Amon as he spreads his wings and slows our fall to the ground as he lands on his feet, slowly he places me on the ground, my shoes stepping on something soft.
I look down and see sand under my feet, the entire basement floor is covered in a light layer of warm sand. My attention is grabbed by a shape on the ground being illuminated by the dozens of candles inside the basement all over.
My eyes make out the shape as being something wrapped in a white sheet with some kind of stains on it. There are about 5 of them in random places on the ground below the pipe, all wrapped in rope.
I jump as I hear a flap of wings from above the pipe as the flaps grow quieter and quieter as I hear Axel fly away.
Amon seems to be observing me as I slowly kneel down beside one of the things wrapped in the sheet and rope, I look over at him, "What is this…please don't let me open this if there is a human in this…"
Amon watches, smirking slightly, "Okay, I will save you the pain. There is a dead human body in all of these." He says as he gives one a light kick with one of his clawed feet (his feet look like how Axel (or the creeper)'s did in JC2 while Axel's feet are still human-like since this takes place before the first film).
My eyes widen as I jump away from the body wrapped in the sheet, I look over at him again, "Why the hell are there bodies in here!?" I say.
Amon clears his throat and rubs his head slowly and says under his voice, "…well then you better not look around…"
I barely hear him and freeze, slowly looking up at the ceiling, A scream escapes my mouth as I see hundreds, or maybe even thousands of bodies all over the walls and ceiling of this cellar. I back up into a corner before something catches my attention beside me, I look over and see a face right next to mine, attached to another dead body. This causes another scream to erupt from my lungs as I move away from it without looking behind me. My foot runs into a body on the ground as I trip over it and my legs, but before my head slams down onto the concrete ground strong hands catch me and pull me back onto my feet.
I look at Amon, tears falling from my face as I cover my mouth with my hands, "..you said this place wasn't bad…"
"It isn't. The house he was in before this was worse, there were so many bodies that the walls and ceilings begun collapsing."
"That doesn't make me feel better, Amon…" I say, looking up the pipe, "Can we leave please…"
"Not yet. Come." He says as I feel his clawed hand take mine, my face heats up as I feel my blood rush to my face as I walk with him as he leads me deeper into the basement to where we are by a work table of some kind covered in cobwebs and numerous different items along with candles as this is the brightest area in the basement. I look at Amon as I can see all of his features now.
His eyes travel along my face as he takes in the appearance of my face as if he is checking me out for something. A smirk appears on his face as he raises his hand and strokes my cheek with his thumb while cupping the side of my head, "Your blood is rushing to your face, Claire."
"U-um..yea..I don't know why." I say as he continues to smirk.
He then moves his attention to my right arm, moving his hand down to my wrist as he slowly lifts my arm up and looks at it, I look down at it too and widen my eyes. My arm is still dangerously thin, shockingly I haven't noticed that I haven't been gaining my weight back.
"Remove your clothes." Amon says, my eyes widen as I look at him.
"What…?" I ask.
"Remove your clothes, I need to see your body to be sure my theory about you not taking in the proper nutrients and not gaining any weight is true."
"Uh…maybe I'm just not eating the right stuff…or not eating enough…" I say, looking up at him as I back away.
Amon sighs, "I have seen more female bodies than you can imagine, if you are worried that I will take advantage of you, I promise I won't."
I glance down at his crotch area, still extremely confused about how they reproduce if they have nothing down there, "Uhm…this might sound weird….but how do you guys reproduce anyway…if you don't have genitals…"
Amon smirks at me and chuckles a little, "We do, they are just inside our bodies…and come out when we need them to, instead of how human males have their genitals exposed, which could lead to injury even though it makes reproduction for humans a lot easier."
My eyes widen, "Wow…that is so weird…so it like, comes out when you need to pee and reproduce?"
Amon nods, smirking at my curiosity since the subject doesn't seem to bother him at all, or make him uneasy in the slightest since its nature.
"Even weirder question…while we are on the subject….since you guys eat body parts to replace your own…do you guys…produce waste…? Or do you guys just rip off the body part that isn't good anymore and regrow it without producing any kind of waste from the extra food you guys eat?"
"We don't produce waste, but we produce urine since our blood has a filtration system like humans do. We only eat enough to replace our injured or deceased body part, once the new meat or body part is eaten, we need to remove the old body part so once our stomachs are finished putting the body part together we can push the new limb or body part out of our body. Once it is out of our body and attached by the process, it doesn't matter what animal the meat came from originally, it will always revert back to our original body part except in a fully healed condition. Any extra meat that is consumed can be stored inside our body until it is needed, which comes in handy in urgent situations."
I listen to him, "Wow…so…even if you eat from a deer, your arm wont come out looking like a deer leg or something." I say, giggling.
"No. Our stomachs are designed to use what we put in it to our advantage in healing, as long as we eat what it requires. For example for an arm I would have to eat bone and muscle. If I swallow a deer's hove, it will come back up since my body cannot use it. It is a bit complex…" He says, "Are you done asking questions? I'm still concerned about you."
"Oh…yea…" I say, surprisingly what he is telling me doesn't scare me, instead it actually sounds extremely intriguing. Learning about these creatures is very interesting to me, since no one else has actually studied them before and I've never heard of such a regeneration method before. I take a deep breath and slowly release it as I remove my shirt and bra, his eyes seem focused on everything else other than my breasts. Slowly I remove my pants, leaving my underwear on. I cover my breasts with my arms and look around at the walls and ceiling, seeing all the thousands of eyes looking at me, a shiver runs up my spine.
"Don't look at them." He says as he approaches me, seeming to be looking at my rub cage showing through my skin.
I look at Amon as he looks over my body as his face seems to be showing that he is feeling worried.
A loud noise comes from the pipe, causing me to jump a good foot off the ground as I immediately run behind Amon, looking at the pipe as a body falls down it and onto the ground. My eyes widen as I see the body isn't wrapped up at all.
Amon and I watch as Axel climbs down the pipe and lands on top of the human body, standing on top of it. He walks off the body as his eyes lock on me from behind Amon since my head is peeking at him from behind Amon.
Axel grins at me, showing his large, sharp teeth. A different, deeper voice booms in my head, 'Now. Lets see you eat.'