Chapter 25: The Final Ceremony
Each man standing around the altar picked up a bucket and poured the contents over the man on the altar and the altar itself. The on the altar panic as he realized what the contents were. The man's body felt weak, he soon realized he had been beaten.
And all too soon he realized what was too happened to him.
He began pleading, threatening, calling down curses, blessings. He offered promises or power, wealth and woman.
"Men of the council...LET THE CLEANSING BEGIN!"
Silence
He begged to be freed.
He begged for death.
He called down curses on them. Until one Keller Unther cut out his tongue,
He screamed, he cried, he moaned.
His back was burning.
His body was burning.
The room was burning.
The catacomb was burning.
The world was burning.
He had long since gone unconscious, all the was left was his burnt up body. His once handsome and charming features were no longer recognizable. He smelt of smoke, chemicals, and blood.
Dominick Manchester's body was finally as disfigured as his soul.
The High Council Leader Keller Unther moved to his side and placed a dagger over Dominick's heart. But instead of stabbing it, he craved around it and opened Dominick's body and took out his heart.
Keller nodded towards one of his man who then relit the fire, consuming his body.
Keller walked over towards a basin and washed off the blood on the heart. He then went over to the wall with the boxes and opened the box that had the letter M on it and placed Dominick's heart inside of it with the other hearts from the Manchester family leader's.
The four men moved and each stood in front of the box which had the first letter of their family name on it and recited an old promise, the first one the founders of the Maoju said.
The one which was broken by their evil deeds.
"As sure as the moon rises with dust and the sun rises with dawn will we keep our sacred oath. We shall give are all, every effort, every part of our being to see to it that we rid the world of its evils. Let us not be consumed by the evil itself, but rather smite it out, and destroy it with the sacred fire."
All four men together raised their own daggers over their own hearts.
Keller stopped and spoke, "Please, all we ask is that we are placed with our families." and with the all four men stabbed their own hearts.
From the doorway, watching the entire ceremony was a young girl dressed in green. She walked over to the first body and granted their finally wishes.
Once Emerald had shut the last box and burnt the last body she left the room and just outside the thresholds of the door stood the four other women. Emerald nodded to them and they began sealing away the door.
The room was never entered again.
Sorry about the short chapters, but hey! I did give you two in one day! This is just a little note that i like to add that there will be about One more chapter, the epilogue, the credits (Cause I like to give credit where credit it due!) and then...The sequel!
The sequel is more going to be about Sherlock and (Most) John's recovery, a little about what happened to those who had flee from Lukas Manor, maybe a chapter about Anabiel and Myron.
If you like this story I have other stories as well which you should really check out!
Thank you all for reading! (Even though I know my story turned all dark and gory!)