Right, this is the second chapter of
'The Sword of Justice- Broken'
Please make sure you read the first chapter first!
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It dawns on you when you're special, the fear you can cause in other people. Once you advance a step, you leave all those you know behind and join others. however some people below will become jealous.
I had joined the 'Elitist' squad of the Sarafan. mortals who had powers far beyond that of normal people.
I was to fight alongside Weq, M'kelith and the woman I had also seen, Leksa.
We had returned from the Marketplace and gone into the Sarafan 'headquarters' in the heart of the city.
I saw all the soldiers around me, mighty commanders, renowned heroes and high powered soldiers I had heard my old comrades talk of before, they all stood in this place, like any other soldier.
We walked through; I had been silent on our journey to the Headquarters. I was scared. my life was changing; again my life was changing. what would happen this time?
I walked through the corridor, Weq in front of me, M'kelith and Leksa either side of him. Weq turned to me and said.
"Helgmer, welcome to Sarafan HQ, if you will follow me, I will tell you why I have brought you here."
I did not reply, I was too. amazed with the place, the richest fineries, soldiers everywhere; the Sarafan Lord was here somewhere too. I gave Weq a slow nod and continued to walk with him.
Now we could hear the true hustle and bustle of the place, rich nobles were talking an walking, soldiers were conversing and guarding. however no one approached us, they totally ignored us, as if we were not there. as if our very presence in the world was not worthy to be acknowledged.
Leksa, whose name I did not know at the began to speak to Weq, they seemed to have a private conversation a lot of the time, whispering ever so quietly and glancing back at me from time to time, M'kelith I had not seen speak a word. I wondered why, if I was to become their 'brother' why were they acting so distant. why was every acting so distant? I now realise, that distance is required for a working partnership. with distance you gain power.
At last, a skinny nobleman approached us, I expected him to walk right past, but he addressed Weq.
"Sir Weq, you wish to go into the headquarters?" said the old, weak looking Nobleman. To my surprise, Weq replied. "The illusion is not necessary Jenks. Remove this illusion, stop tricking the boy before he has even been trained."
The boy? Were they referring to me? And what illusion? I had been mystified at that point.
The old man sighed as he replied. "Aye m'lord."
The old man raised his hands and closed his eyes, the stick in one of his hands glowed slightly.
The room instantly began to change. the golden tapestries, the majestic paintings and the mighty soldiers all-disappearing.
The old man himself, lost his bright noble garments that adorned his body and showed his wealth, and were replaced by small brown rags, which even peasants would shy away from.
The room was now a damp, dark hallway. Grey bricks lined the walls, dripping water could be heard. This corridor was not as. . inviting . as the last location.
Weq turned to me, obviously understanding the confusion within me.
"Helgmer, this is the corridor to our HQ, once we get into the main room I shall explain EVERYTHING to you I promise." He then tapped me on the shoulder. "Do not worry. you will get the explanation that you deserve."
I nodded again, subtly, although still wondering how the hall had changed when the old man had put his hands up.
Now the old man walked with us too, we continued to the end of the dark corridor to a large wooden door.
"Jenks. I said ALL the illusions." Weq turned angrily at the old man. "Yes sire." Jenks looked down as he said this. he seemed like a comical man at the time. how wrong that impression was.
Jenks lifted his hand again, and the door faded from being a huge wooden door with carvings of holy items and Sarafan soldiers, to a small metallic door, no carvings, just a handle.
Jenks opened the door, and the group came in. the solemn silent M'kelith behind me.
I tagged behind and entered the room. Wondering what could be in this room? More illusions? Another dark damp, small room with a table?
We all entered into what appeared to be the entrance, a large table sat in the middle of the room, dark brown chairs on either side. At the far end of the room another doorway. This room was like that of mansion, green walls, each with an intricate golden pattern across them, simple candlesticks lit the room and were behind every chair.
Weq and the others sat down, I followed, sitting on the opposite side of the table.
"Helgmer." The woman addressed me for the first time. "You may have realised we are not normal Sarafan soldiers."
Jenks chuckled "My dear, he is not a new born mortal, I think he knows that."
Weq interrupted. "Allow me to introduce us, we are the Elitist squad of the Sarafan, us four are one squad of three, each of us have headquarters around the city similar to this."
"And you all have. powers?" I had replied.
"Gifts. they are gifts from God." Replied Leksa.
"If they are from God, then why are we shunted aside as dark beings by most idiotic soldiers? Why are we treated like peasants amongst our inferiors?" Jenks argued, but was silenced by Weq putting his hand up.
"We are blessed and cursed. Each of us carries a different blessing and a different curse. I possess telekinetic abilities and a strength that easily surpasses vampires, my powers advance quickly and injuries fail to hurt me. I was built to fight." Weq then glanced at his comrades. "Leksa here is blessed with an agility far beyond that of anyone. she can go faster than any creature, and is adept in close combat fighting and acrobatics. she's the perfect assassin."
"I fight for God and the Sarafan ONLY Weq." Leksa replied.
"Jenks here is blessed with the ability of the jester, his illusions and magics can both confuse and distort the world around him, some spells may even cause damage and sometimes death, the perfect magician." Weq explained.
"Nice to meet you, I look forward to making your world seem like a better place sir." Jenks greeted Helgmer.
"And finally, M'kelith, blessed with the power of accuracy, he has never missed a single shot from his arrow, he can hit from 3 streets away and still hit, you saw him yourself hitting that accursed beast in mid air. However he is cursed with silence. he cannot speak a word." Weq said.
M'kelith glanced around at me. a certain sadness in his eyes. "Alas we all have our curses too Helgmer. but I would prefer not to go into that." Weq said, he gazed into my eyes.
"But. why am I here?" I replied.
"You. have an ability too Helgmer. no ordinary soldier can take down a vampires such as her." Said Weq.
At that time, my 'strength' had seemed insignificant compared to the others in that room, powers of illusions, powers to be faster than sound, telekinesis and the power of illusion. why should strength mean anything? Little did I know at that time, that I was the most powerful of them all.
"But what of the Sarafan lord? Warriors of your type should be heroes. why are you not in his palace?" I questioned them then. I know the answers now.
"People are. easily confused by ours gifts." Weq said. he had been hiding something.
"Demons! They think us vampires!" Jenks shouted out.
"Quiet Jenks. we are secretive due to the fact of our danger. we kill ALL those who find out about us unless they are with us. If that includes killing fellow Sarafan we are forced to do so." Weq said.
"And what of the Sarafan Lord, does he know of us? Or are you working for him against his own will?" I had asked.
"He knows of all three squads, however he is the only one brother. Expect no fellowship from your former comrades. they will treat you as a monster. be wary of where you go. and follow what we tell you." Weq guided me.
It was too late for me to turn back now. too late for me to say 'Thanks, but no thanks.' If I did, they would kill me.
"As the first part of your training, you shall have to complete a dungeon, with your skills it should be childsplay for a soldier who has slain a vampire with no help." Weq said, urging me.
The group got up, and Weq beckoned me to follow him to the door. I rose, wondering what challenges I had in store, why I was here, how unbelievable this all was.
"Helgmer we will be watching you, some things in this dungeon are illusions provided by Jenks. Others ARE real. you will not be able to differentiate between the two, both can cause you pain, but only real monsters can kill. We shall be watching you, good luck my brother." With this Weq opened the door, I tried to struggle against him, but his strength was enormous. he pushed me into the door and slammed it shut, I could hear locking sounds from the other side.
So there I was, inside a long windy hallway, not sure whether it was real or an illusion. With the promise that if I did not succeed, I would die. Taken by a group of strangers who claimed to be allied with the Sarafan I fought for, yet also claimed to kill anyone who stood in their way, even one of their own brother's.
Alas what had I been doing there. because I had no choice, they threatened to kill me unless I joined them, they had moved too quickly for me to object or ask questions.
I stared into the hallway in front of me, wondering what to do. there was no exit or door anywhere that I could see. just a long, grey brick, hall way.
From there I heard a hissing, a hissing from the wall, a malevolent hissing of hatred, the hissing of a creature who wanted to feed, its primal instinct its only instinct.
Jumping through the wall at the far end of the corridor it hissed, a beast the size of a man, with claws and dark green rotting skin. It glared at me with its barely attached eyes, growling.
I took forth my sword, praying it was just an illusion. I lifted my sword up, as the creature watched me.
The creature twisted its small spindly head and rotated it, flicking its tongue out and gazing at me.
The creature very quickly jumped onto one side of the hallways wall, then jumped to the other and finally jumped onto me. It moved far too quickly for me to stop and so took me to the floor.
I managed to push it off, as it was quite light and threw it back onto the floor. The creature instantly back flipped up and hit the sword out of my hand, before turning around and kicking me. Again my 'power' came into play and I dodged the kick. then just tapping the creature it went flying back.
I picked up my sword a while, while the creature snarled at me from the other side of the room.
The sword seemed to beckon me to pick it up and place it forward. The creature snarling more jumped at me from the other side of the hallway, however time seemed to freeze as I picked up the sword and placed it upwards in front of my body. When time had seemed to return to normal, the creature was thrust on my sword. having jumped into it.
The creature let out a piercing, grappling scream and clawed around violently. I used my foot to dislodge it from my sword and left its body on the floor, the body still vibrating from convulsions and blood pouring from the wound.
I walked up the hole that the creature had made in the wall and went into it. Inside was a room that was spinning, colours were flashing everywhere and certain objects in the room appeared to be moving. A soft musical sound could be heard, like something from some form of circus, a soft bell tune, getting gradually louder.
I had started to lose my balance; the ground was rotating underneath me. This room must be an illusion.
I struggled to the door on the far side of the room, however as I put my hand on the door handle, metal bars fell from the top of the door, making entry impossible.
I turned around, wondering where. or what this room was. The colours were changing from yellow to red, to purple to green, from all along the room.
Then I heard a laughing, a maniacal laughing coming up from the floor in the centre of the room. I could see no one; just hear this horrible, depraving laughter.
Then the roof of the room ceased to rotate, and eyes, deep dark red eyes stared down at me, the look of anger and evil in their eyes pierced me. The whole room then turned a dark red; the roof formed into spikes and began to slowly fall down.
My mind was strong at that time, I had courage. this I was certain was an illusion, and the illusion could not kill me. I stood up straight, showing no signs of fear at all, not cowering back into the original room, I stood strong.
The spikes came down and as expected caused me pain and took me to the floor, however they stopped before they could crush me completely. I crawled towards the door, the metal bars had now lifted, and the roof of spikes ended where the door was. Crawling in agony, I wondered how Jenks had such power. finally I had reached the door, and opened it.
I was in a lot of pain, clutching my side. I looked into the room, a small table stood in the middle, a small candle lighting it. Again there was a door on the opposite side, but I waited a while, to regain my strength.
Through the door came a familiar face. the face of Denses. He had been killed; at the time I had thought this to be another illusion.
He looked terrible. his face was cut, parts of his skin were. missing. His armour was torn and scratched, his skin pale and white. he cackled manically. One of his eyes was missing, his hair was deathly white. he struggled through the door limping.
"GOD IS WITH ME HELGMER.. GOD!.GOD HAS TOLD ME. THAT TO SERVE HIM. KILL YOU. SER-V..E. KILL. I WILL KILL!" Denses limped toward me. I took a step back.
"Denses, comrade. what has happened to you? How are you alive? My friend, what do you speak of?!" I shouted. wondering what Denses was doing.
"My friend. I will send you closer to God hee hee.. CLOSER. Gaahahahah.. CLOSER THAN ANY OF US.. He REJECTED ME. but after this deed HE WILL ACCEPT ME INTO HIS FAMILY ONCE MORE!" Denses now advanced on me, taking out his sword and swinging it at me.
His movements were slow, he was incredibly injured. Denses had been devoutly loyal to God and the Sarafan, why was he trying to murder a comrade? I easily dodged his attack as it was so slow and predictable. His eyes, they physically scared me, Denses was gone. whatever this wreck was, it was not my former friend.
I took my sword and struck my friend down, in death he was not at rest. he shook violently as I cut him down.
His last words to me. "Helgmer. thank you. for the relea.se. to God. I give. my. l.l.lov." He died there and then. no, he died when he joined the Sarafan. his body stopped soon after.
Weq then came through the door, looking at me crouched over Denses's body.
I was angry. what had happened to Denses? THEY had done this, those who promised to kill me had I failed.
"Bravo Helgmer, bravo, you have passed our initiation test." Weq came in saying cheerfully.
"Weq don't give me that. what is this place? I want ANSWERS Weq, not threats. why is Denses here? What is going on?!" I had been very angry and rose face to face with Weq.
"We are underneath the Sarafan Palace, these are the cellars." Weq replied.
"And Denses? I suppose he just strode down here one day to gaze at the illusions?" I had replied.
"Your friend Denses, was. . . cursed. by his confrontation by the vampire, we found it necessary to deal with him." Weq had lied to me.
"Don't treat me like a child! I know as well as you, that the vampire KILLED Denses back then, why was he here, trying to kill me?!" I was shouting now.
"Denses died, we revived him, as a soldier of the Sarafan, I am confident he would have wanted to fight beyond death. we saved him from the uselessness of his own death." At that moment I saw my future overseer for the first time. A tall, dark mysterious man, dressed fully in black, his face had a certain look to it. He had entered through the door silently. His voice was deceptive. an incredibly noble voice.
"Master Anders." Weq had said, bowing before the man.
"Sir Helgmer, I am Lord Anders, the founder of the elitist groups of the Sarafan. I am here to welcome you to your new family, and to give you your first assignment."
"Lord Anders?" I had replied, too many new people I had met, all so much more important than myself. "My first assignment?"
"As you have passed the initiation test, your training now begins, I have found our members seem to train best when they are on a real mission." Anders replied, I was still angry. having realised how discourteous I had been I replied in a polite tone.
"Sir, what would this assignment entail?" I asked Anders.
"Weq will give you the details, on this assignment you will be working with him, he has all the information about this mission. May God be with you soldier, and welcome to our family." With this Lord Anders disappeared, a small purple light went around him and he vanished.
I glanced at Weq, and Weq looked at me.
"Helgmer, you may explore our headquarters until I call upon you, there are many of us down here. get to know your family. Do NOT venture outside unless ordered you. I shall call you when I am ready for the assignment." Weq rose and began to walk out the door.
"Weq. I'm sorry for shouting at you. you're just doing a job, it must be hard." I said.
Weq stopped for a moment and sighed, before walking out the door, the thumps of armour could be heard clanking at he walked up the stairs.
I walked up to the door, evaluating my life. I decided to have a look around, until Weq called me. how he would do that I did not know, perhaps he had some sort of power that allowed him to talk to people within their mind? Either way he would call me when he was ready, I needed not to worry about it.
I reached the stairs and began to walk up, preparing to explore my new home.
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The third chapter is coming soon! There will be a lot more action in that one I promise!!!
Thank you for reading!
Please make sure you read the first chapter first!
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It dawns on you when you're special, the fear you can cause in other people. Once you advance a step, you leave all those you know behind and join others. however some people below will become jealous.
I had joined the 'Elitist' squad of the Sarafan. mortals who had powers far beyond that of normal people.
I was to fight alongside Weq, M'kelith and the woman I had also seen, Leksa.
We had returned from the Marketplace and gone into the Sarafan 'headquarters' in the heart of the city.
I saw all the soldiers around me, mighty commanders, renowned heroes and high powered soldiers I had heard my old comrades talk of before, they all stood in this place, like any other soldier.
We walked through; I had been silent on our journey to the Headquarters. I was scared. my life was changing; again my life was changing. what would happen this time?
I walked through the corridor, Weq in front of me, M'kelith and Leksa either side of him. Weq turned to me and said.
"Helgmer, welcome to Sarafan HQ, if you will follow me, I will tell you why I have brought you here."
I did not reply, I was too. amazed with the place, the richest fineries, soldiers everywhere; the Sarafan Lord was here somewhere too. I gave Weq a slow nod and continued to walk with him.
Now we could hear the true hustle and bustle of the place, rich nobles were talking an walking, soldiers were conversing and guarding. however no one approached us, they totally ignored us, as if we were not there. as if our very presence in the world was not worthy to be acknowledged.
Leksa, whose name I did not know at the began to speak to Weq, they seemed to have a private conversation a lot of the time, whispering ever so quietly and glancing back at me from time to time, M'kelith I had not seen speak a word. I wondered why, if I was to become their 'brother' why were they acting so distant. why was every acting so distant? I now realise, that distance is required for a working partnership. with distance you gain power.
At last, a skinny nobleman approached us, I expected him to walk right past, but he addressed Weq.
"Sir Weq, you wish to go into the headquarters?" said the old, weak looking Nobleman. To my surprise, Weq replied. "The illusion is not necessary Jenks. Remove this illusion, stop tricking the boy before he has even been trained."
The boy? Were they referring to me? And what illusion? I had been mystified at that point.
The old man sighed as he replied. "Aye m'lord."
The old man raised his hands and closed his eyes, the stick in one of his hands glowed slightly.
The room instantly began to change. the golden tapestries, the majestic paintings and the mighty soldiers all-disappearing.
The old man himself, lost his bright noble garments that adorned his body and showed his wealth, and were replaced by small brown rags, which even peasants would shy away from.
The room was now a damp, dark hallway. Grey bricks lined the walls, dripping water could be heard. This corridor was not as. . inviting . as the last location.
Weq turned to me, obviously understanding the confusion within me.
"Helgmer, this is the corridor to our HQ, once we get into the main room I shall explain EVERYTHING to you I promise." He then tapped me on the shoulder. "Do not worry. you will get the explanation that you deserve."
I nodded again, subtly, although still wondering how the hall had changed when the old man had put his hands up.
Now the old man walked with us too, we continued to the end of the dark corridor to a large wooden door.
"Jenks. I said ALL the illusions." Weq turned angrily at the old man. "Yes sire." Jenks looked down as he said this. he seemed like a comical man at the time. how wrong that impression was.
Jenks lifted his hand again, and the door faded from being a huge wooden door with carvings of holy items and Sarafan soldiers, to a small metallic door, no carvings, just a handle.
Jenks opened the door, and the group came in. the solemn silent M'kelith behind me.
I tagged behind and entered the room. Wondering what could be in this room? More illusions? Another dark damp, small room with a table?
We all entered into what appeared to be the entrance, a large table sat in the middle of the room, dark brown chairs on either side. At the far end of the room another doorway. This room was like that of mansion, green walls, each with an intricate golden pattern across them, simple candlesticks lit the room and were behind every chair.
Weq and the others sat down, I followed, sitting on the opposite side of the table.
"Helgmer." The woman addressed me for the first time. "You may have realised we are not normal Sarafan soldiers."
Jenks chuckled "My dear, he is not a new born mortal, I think he knows that."
Weq interrupted. "Allow me to introduce us, we are the Elitist squad of the Sarafan, us four are one squad of three, each of us have headquarters around the city similar to this."
"And you all have. powers?" I had replied.
"Gifts. they are gifts from God." Replied Leksa.
"If they are from God, then why are we shunted aside as dark beings by most idiotic soldiers? Why are we treated like peasants amongst our inferiors?" Jenks argued, but was silenced by Weq putting his hand up.
"We are blessed and cursed. Each of us carries a different blessing and a different curse. I possess telekinetic abilities and a strength that easily surpasses vampires, my powers advance quickly and injuries fail to hurt me. I was built to fight." Weq then glanced at his comrades. "Leksa here is blessed with an agility far beyond that of anyone. she can go faster than any creature, and is adept in close combat fighting and acrobatics. she's the perfect assassin."
"I fight for God and the Sarafan ONLY Weq." Leksa replied.
"Jenks here is blessed with the ability of the jester, his illusions and magics can both confuse and distort the world around him, some spells may even cause damage and sometimes death, the perfect magician." Weq explained.
"Nice to meet you, I look forward to making your world seem like a better place sir." Jenks greeted Helgmer.
"And finally, M'kelith, blessed with the power of accuracy, he has never missed a single shot from his arrow, he can hit from 3 streets away and still hit, you saw him yourself hitting that accursed beast in mid air. However he is cursed with silence. he cannot speak a word." Weq said.
M'kelith glanced around at me. a certain sadness in his eyes. "Alas we all have our curses too Helgmer. but I would prefer not to go into that." Weq said, he gazed into my eyes.
"But. why am I here?" I replied.
"You. have an ability too Helgmer. no ordinary soldier can take down a vampires such as her." Said Weq.
At that time, my 'strength' had seemed insignificant compared to the others in that room, powers of illusions, powers to be faster than sound, telekinesis and the power of illusion. why should strength mean anything? Little did I know at that time, that I was the most powerful of them all.
"But what of the Sarafan lord? Warriors of your type should be heroes. why are you not in his palace?" I questioned them then. I know the answers now.
"People are. easily confused by ours gifts." Weq said. he had been hiding something.
"Demons! They think us vampires!" Jenks shouted out.
"Quiet Jenks. we are secretive due to the fact of our danger. we kill ALL those who find out about us unless they are with us. If that includes killing fellow Sarafan we are forced to do so." Weq said.
"And what of the Sarafan Lord, does he know of us? Or are you working for him against his own will?" I had asked.
"He knows of all three squads, however he is the only one brother. Expect no fellowship from your former comrades. they will treat you as a monster. be wary of where you go. and follow what we tell you." Weq guided me.
It was too late for me to turn back now. too late for me to say 'Thanks, but no thanks.' If I did, they would kill me.
"As the first part of your training, you shall have to complete a dungeon, with your skills it should be childsplay for a soldier who has slain a vampire with no help." Weq said, urging me.
The group got up, and Weq beckoned me to follow him to the door. I rose, wondering what challenges I had in store, why I was here, how unbelievable this all was.
"Helgmer we will be watching you, some things in this dungeon are illusions provided by Jenks. Others ARE real. you will not be able to differentiate between the two, both can cause you pain, but only real monsters can kill. We shall be watching you, good luck my brother." With this Weq opened the door, I tried to struggle against him, but his strength was enormous. he pushed me into the door and slammed it shut, I could hear locking sounds from the other side.
So there I was, inside a long windy hallway, not sure whether it was real or an illusion. With the promise that if I did not succeed, I would die. Taken by a group of strangers who claimed to be allied with the Sarafan I fought for, yet also claimed to kill anyone who stood in their way, even one of their own brother's.
Alas what had I been doing there. because I had no choice, they threatened to kill me unless I joined them, they had moved too quickly for me to object or ask questions.
I stared into the hallway in front of me, wondering what to do. there was no exit or door anywhere that I could see. just a long, grey brick, hall way.
From there I heard a hissing, a hissing from the wall, a malevolent hissing of hatred, the hissing of a creature who wanted to feed, its primal instinct its only instinct.
Jumping through the wall at the far end of the corridor it hissed, a beast the size of a man, with claws and dark green rotting skin. It glared at me with its barely attached eyes, growling.
I took forth my sword, praying it was just an illusion. I lifted my sword up, as the creature watched me.
The creature twisted its small spindly head and rotated it, flicking its tongue out and gazing at me.
The creature very quickly jumped onto one side of the hallways wall, then jumped to the other and finally jumped onto me. It moved far too quickly for me to stop and so took me to the floor.
I managed to push it off, as it was quite light and threw it back onto the floor. The creature instantly back flipped up and hit the sword out of my hand, before turning around and kicking me. Again my 'power' came into play and I dodged the kick. then just tapping the creature it went flying back.
I picked up my sword a while, while the creature snarled at me from the other side of the room.
The sword seemed to beckon me to pick it up and place it forward. The creature snarling more jumped at me from the other side of the hallway, however time seemed to freeze as I picked up the sword and placed it upwards in front of my body. When time had seemed to return to normal, the creature was thrust on my sword. having jumped into it.
The creature let out a piercing, grappling scream and clawed around violently. I used my foot to dislodge it from my sword and left its body on the floor, the body still vibrating from convulsions and blood pouring from the wound.
I walked up the hole that the creature had made in the wall and went into it. Inside was a room that was spinning, colours were flashing everywhere and certain objects in the room appeared to be moving. A soft musical sound could be heard, like something from some form of circus, a soft bell tune, getting gradually louder.
I had started to lose my balance; the ground was rotating underneath me. This room must be an illusion.
I struggled to the door on the far side of the room, however as I put my hand on the door handle, metal bars fell from the top of the door, making entry impossible.
I turned around, wondering where. or what this room was. The colours were changing from yellow to red, to purple to green, from all along the room.
Then I heard a laughing, a maniacal laughing coming up from the floor in the centre of the room. I could see no one; just hear this horrible, depraving laughter.
Then the roof of the room ceased to rotate, and eyes, deep dark red eyes stared down at me, the look of anger and evil in their eyes pierced me. The whole room then turned a dark red; the roof formed into spikes and began to slowly fall down.
My mind was strong at that time, I had courage. this I was certain was an illusion, and the illusion could not kill me. I stood up straight, showing no signs of fear at all, not cowering back into the original room, I stood strong.
The spikes came down and as expected caused me pain and took me to the floor, however they stopped before they could crush me completely. I crawled towards the door, the metal bars had now lifted, and the roof of spikes ended where the door was. Crawling in agony, I wondered how Jenks had such power. finally I had reached the door, and opened it.
I was in a lot of pain, clutching my side. I looked into the room, a small table stood in the middle, a small candle lighting it. Again there was a door on the opposite side, but I waited a while, to regain my strength.
Through the door came a familiar face. the face of Denses. He had been killed; at the time I had thought this to be another illusion.
He looked terrible. his face was cut, parts of his skin were. missing. His armour was torn and scratched, his skin pale and white. he cackled manically. One of his eyes was missing, his hair was deathly white. he struggled through the door limping.
"GOD IS WITH ME HELGMER.. GOD!.GOD HAS TOLD ME. THAT TO SERVE HIM. KILL YOU. SER-V..E. KILL. I WILL KILL!" Denses limped toward me. I took a step back.
"Denses, comrade. what has happened to you? How are you alive? My friend, what do you speak of?!" I shouted. wondering what Denses was doing.
"My friend. I will send you closer to God hee hee.. CLOSER. Gaahahahah.. CLOSER THAN ANY OF US.. He REJECTED ME. but after this deed HE WILL ACCEPT ME INTO HIS FAMILY ONCE MORE!" Denses now advanced on me, taking out his sword and swinging it at me.
His movements were slow, he was incredibly injured. Denses had been devoutly loyal to God and the Sarafan, why was he trying to murder a comrade? I easily dodged his attack as it was so slow and predictable. His eyes, they physically scared me, Denses was gone. whatever this wreck was, it was not my former friend.
I took my sword and struck my friend down, in death he was not at rest. he shook violently as I cut him down.
His last words to me. "Helgmer. thank you. for the relea.se. to God. I give. my. l.l.lov." He died there and then. no, he died when he joined the Sarafan. his body stopped soon after.
Weq then came through the door, looking at me crouched over Denses's body.
I was angry. what had happened to Denses? THEY had done this, those who promised to kill me had I failed.
"Bravo Helgmer, bravo, you have passed our initiation test." Weq came in saying cheerfully.
"Weq don't give me that. what is this place? I want ANSWERS Weq, not threats. why is Denses here? What is going on?!" I had been very angry and rose face to face with Weq.
"We are underneath the Sarafan Palace, these are the cellars." Weq replied.
"And Denses? I suppose he just strode down here one day to gaze at the illusions?" I had replied.
"Your friend Denses, was. . . cursed. by his confrontation by the vampire, we found it necessary to deal with him." Weq had lied to me.
"Don't treat me like a child! I know as well as you, that the vampire KILLED Denses back then, why was he here, trying to kill me?!" I was shouting now.
"Denses died, we revived him, as a soldier of the Sarafan, I am confident he would have wanted to fight beyond death. we saved him from the uselessness of his own death." At that moment I saw my future overseer for the first time. A tall, dark mysterious man, dressed fully in black, his face had a certain look to it. He had entered through the door silently. His voice was deceptive. an incredibly noble voice.
"Master Anders." Weq had said, bowing before the man.
"Sir Helgmer, I am Lord Anders, the founder of the elitist groups of the Sarafan. I am here to welcome you to your new family, and to give you your first assignment."
"Lord Anders?" I had replied, too many new people I had met, all so much more important than myself. "My first assignment?"
"As you have passed the initiation test, your training now begins, I have found our members seem to train best when they are on a real mission." Anders replied, I was still angry. having realised how discourteous I had been I replied in a polite tone.
"Sir, what would this assignment entail?" I asked Anders.
"Weq will give you the details, on this assignment you will be working with him, he has all the information about this mission. May God be with you soldier, and welcome to our family." With this Lord Anders disappeared, a small purple light went around him and he vanished.
I glanced at Weq, and Weq looked at me.
"Helgmer, you may explore our headquarters until I call upon you, there are many of us down here. get to know your family. Do NOT venture outside unless ordered you. I shall call you when I am ready for the assignment." Weq rose and began to walk out the door.
"Weq. I'm sorry for shouting at you. you're just doing a job, it must be hard." I said.
Weq stopped for a moment and sighed, before walking out the door, the thumps of armour could be heard clanking at he walked up the stairs.
I walked up to the door, evaluating my life. I decided to have a look around, until Weq called me. how he would do that I did not know, perhaps he had some sort of power that allowed him to talk to people within their mind? Either way he would call me when he was ready, I needed not to worry about it.
I reached the stairs and began to walk up, preparing to explore my new home.
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The third chapter is coming soon! There will be a lot more action in that one I promise!!!
Thank you for reading!