Deliver Me
By: Miss Fi
Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters, I simply put them in new circumstances.
Chapter Three
Negative emotions poured from Xellos as he was held in his torpor. Like beacons they attracted all numbers of his brethren eager to feast on his misfortune, from the most insignificant to his former peers. They all were attracted to his weakness like sharks to blood. His condition was simply an opportunity to another Mazoku. Bitterly he was forced to flee these vultures as he was powerless to defend himself against even the most pathetic. After weeks of constant running and hiding he began to feel despondent. Xellos started becoming sloppy and careless when he hid. Almost as if he was hoping to be found and caught. He wondered why he bothered to run at all. There was no purpose for his continued existence. Pathetic, weak, insignificant, he had become everything he despised. He had taken to feeding off the negative emotions from himself, but these did little to nourish him and actually weakened his state. Xellos looked at how far he had sunk and retreated into his own black thoughts.
It was during one of these retreats into his mind that he failed to notice, or chose to ignore, the presence of another Mazoku. This one was finished with this game of cat and mouse, and was here to finish the miserable wretch off. The emotions that Xellos projected were so heady that if he could salivate, he would be standing in a puddle. The plans this monster had for his prey would catapult him into stardom! Xellos would be made to suffer like no monster ever had! A grudge that is nursed with hatred long enough is able to blossom into a creation that goes beyond sanity. This particular monster had been planning an end for Xellos for hundreds of years before his untimely downfall. He had scoured the planes for the perfect revenge for a slight that he didn't even remember. Finally he had found it, and now it wasn't even going to be work to destroy Xellos. It figured that Xellos was able to mess up his plans even in his pitiful state. He had so looked forward to destroying a healthy and powerful Xellos, but this would do anyhow.
With that final thought he launched his attack at the distracted Mazoku. Xellos knew the attack was coming, but he was tired and resolved to make his last move in the game. He knew he wouldn't survive the coming horror, but he figured it was only a matter of time before he was so weak from malnourishment that he wouldn't even be able to face his destroyer. It was a cosmic joke that his destroyer would be one that he had let live on sufferance simply because the fool had once made him laugh with his stupidity and ineptitude. A terrible renting pain sliced through his body as the monster attacked him with a fury born of insanity. He was tossed like a rag doll to and fro as the attacker ripped into him like an animal. Shreds of him were already bleeding away, it wouldn't be long now. Savagely he was being eviscerated and gobbled up. Xellos wasn't able to bear the searing agony any longer, and as the destroyer became frenzied in his feeding he cried out one final rending cry saturated with the despair, pain, torment, betrayal, and fear that he felt. Then he felt no more.