Rain was pouring, drumming down upon the muddy road. Zelgadis was
fleeing as fast as he could, running from everything that still mattered.
//They will never understand you, we are all you have Zelgadis. //
Zelgadis's eyes shot open. "Who are you?" he said aloud.
//Have you forgotten me already? This simply will not do. //
"Get out of my head" roared Zelgadis.
//That's it, feel the anger, the hate, set me free. //
"Show yourself" stammered Zelgadis.
//Do you see that puddle off the side of the road? Gaze upon it. Know me, and know thyself. //
Zelgadis warily approached the large puddle, and looked into it. The sight that greeted him made him gasp in shock, for in it he saw a brau demon, a demon whose features mirrored his own.
//You see? I knew you still remembered me. I won't let you forget, not in a million years. //
"What do you want?"
//You know what I want. Freedom, give me my freedom. //
"You shall never be free you fiend."
//Fiend? FIEND? I HAVE A NAME YOU SELF-RIGHTEOUS BASTARD! From now on you WILL refer to me as Gargauth. //
"Since when did you have a name? Did you make it up yourself?" said Zelgadis in a sarcastic tone that could cut teak.
//If I didn't share your body, I would cut you down where you stood. Selfish bastard, do you think the entire multiverse revolves around you? I had a life too, do you think I wanted to become a hideous stitched-up rag- doll? You are just like Rezo. //
"WHAT? HOW DARE YOU! I AM NOTHING LIKE HIM" roared Zelgadis.
//Is that so? // sneered Gargauth, //You both were willing to sacrifice anything, or anyone, fore your cure. You both have no regard for the innocents caught within your inner turmoil. You are both damned beyond redemption. //
"LIAR! You are just trying to trick me, to feed off of my misery."
//I know it hurts, it hurts to realize that you are just an accident, nothing except a threat to those that matter. I hear your thoughts, I know the memories that rise to haunt you in the still hours of twilight. I can hear the screams, the screams of those who you heartlessly butchered. You hear them too. I know you do. I am not wholly evil, you know, at least, no more than you. I can feel your pain, and let me tell you, I cannot feed off it. No matter how much you deny it, I am a part of you, as you are a part of me. It truly pains me to see you like this. Let me help you, all I ask, is just one day a week, one day out of every week to be myself, unhindered. Not so high a price to end the torment. //
"What must I do?" asked Zelgadis.
\\NO, I WILL NOT LET YOU DO THIS. \\ thundered a gravelly voice.
//You stay out of this you stupid statue. //
\\YOU KNOW THIS IS WRONG ZELGADIS, DO NOT LET YOURSELF BE FOOLED BY THIS TRICKSTER. I AM YOUR SERVANT, YOUR FRIEND. EVER HAVE I SERVED YOU FAITHFULLY, SO DO I NOW PROTECT YOU FROM YOUR OWN FOLLY. A PART OF US HE MAY BE, BUT HE IS STILL MAZOKU. YOU ARE NOT DAMNED YET, BUT IF YOU FOLLOW GARGAUTH'S PATH, YOU WILL BE. \\ Said Zelgadis's golem aspect.
"Grumbaar? Is that you?" asked Zelgadis.
\\AS ALWAYS, MASTER \\ said the golem, respectfully.
//Why must you always interfere you damnable sculpture?// growled Gargauth.
\\TO KEEP YOU CONTAINED, WHERE YOU BELONG. \\ growled Grumbaar, his voice as solid and final as a tombstone.
//I will be back, you cannot protect him forever Grumbaar. //
\\IF NOT FOREVER, THEN AT LEAST LONG ENOUGH. \\
//We shall see. //
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One-and-Many: Dramatic, isn't it. I know it's not my best work, but I am trying. I NEED MORE REVIEWS. Please, take pity upon a delusional maniac, and give me POSITIVE feedback.
//They will never understand you, we are all you have Zelgadis. //
Zelgadis's eyes shot open. "Who are you?" he said aloud.
//Have you forgotten me already? This simply will not do. //
"Get out of my head" roared Zelgadis.
//That's it, feel the anger, the hate, set me free. //
"Show yourself" stammered Zelgadis.
//Do you see that puddle off the side of the road? Gaze upon it. Know me, and know thyself. //
Zelgadis warily approached the large puddle, and looked into it. The sight that greeted him made him gasp in shock, for in it he saw a brau demon, a demon whose features mirrored his own.
//You see? I knew you still remembered me. I won't let you forget, not in a million years. //
"What do you want?"
//You know what I want. Freedom, give me my freedom. //
"You shall never be free you fiend."
//Fiend? FIEND? I HAVE A NAME YOU SELF-RIGHTEOUS BASTARD! From now on you WILL refer to me as Gargauth. //
"Since when did you have a name? Did you make it up yourself?" said Zelgadis in a sarcastic tone that could cut teak.
//If I didn't share your body, I would cut you down where you stood. Selfish bastard, do you think the entire multiverse revolves around you? I had a life too, do you think I wanted to become a hideous stitched-up rag- doll? You are just like Rezo. //
"WHAT? HOW DARE YOU! I AM NOTHING LIKE HIM" roared Zelgadis.
//Is that so? // sneered Gargauth, //You both were willing to sacrifice anything, or anyone, fore your cure. You both have no regard for the innocents caught within your inner turmoil. You are both damned beyond redemption. //
"LIAR! You are just trying to trick me, to feed off of my misery."
//I know it hurts, it hurts to realize that you are just an accident, nothing except a threat to those that matter. I hear your thoughts, I know the memories that rise to haunt you in the still hours of twilight. I can hear the screams, the screams of those who you heartlessly butchered. You hear them too. I know you do. I am not wholly evil, you know, at least, no more than you. I can feel your pain, and let me tell you, I cannot feed off it. No matter how much you deny it, I am a part of you, as you are a part of me. It truly pains me to see you like this. Let me help you, all I ask, is just one day a week, one day out of every week to be myself, unhindered. Not so high a price to end the torment. //
"What must I do?" asked Zelgadis.
\\NO, I WILL NOT LET YOU DO THIS. \\ thundered a gravelly voice.
//You stay out of this you stupid statue. //
\\YOU KNOW THIS IS WRONG ZELGADIS, DO NOT LET YOURSELF BE FOOLED BY THIS TRICKSTER. I AM YOUR SERVANT, YOUR FRIEND. EVER HAVE I SERVED YOU FAITHFULLY, SO DO I NOW PROTECT YOU FROM YOUR OWN FOLLY. A PART OF US HE MAY BE, BUT HE IS STILL MAZOKU. YOU ARE NOT DAMNED YET, BUT IF YOU FOLLOW GARGAUTH'S PATH, YOU WILL BE. \\ Said Zelgadis's golem aspect.
"Grumbaar? Is that you?" asked Zelgadis.
\\AS ALWAYS, MASTER \\ said the golem, respectfully.
//Why must you always interfere you damnable sculpture?// growled Gargauth.
\\TO KEEP YOU CONTAINED, WHERE YOU BELONG. \\ growled Grumbaar, his voice as solid and final as a tombstone.
//I will be back, you cannot protect him forever Grumbaar. //
\\IF NOT FOREVER, THEN AT LEAST LONG ENOUGH. \\
//We shall see. //
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One-and-Many: Dramatic, isn't it. I know it's not my best work, but I am trying. I NEED MORE REVIEWS. Please, take pity upon a delusional maniac, and give me POSITIVE feedback.