They Made Me Do It
By: Raven
Chapter Four- Dead
I groaned. My head hurt. Really bad. I saw a few muffled shapes near me. They were whispering.
"Are they the new ones?"
"Who knows!"
"Viana(1), go ask them!"
"Why me, Evershim(2)?"
"You have better social skills then us, Viana."
"Fine, fine!"
Viana approached me. "Hey, girl, what's your name?" She asked me. I tried to sit up. Blood splashed all over my arm. I tried to answer her, but I could not open my mouth. Like it was glued shut or something. My head gave a mighty throb. Viana gasped.
"Questaxx(3)!" Viana cried.
"What?"
"This girl needs your help!"
"No…don't tell me that doppelganger did it—"
"He did, Questaxx."
I heard some cursing, and someone fumbling through the dark. My head hurt a lot now. A new wave of dark blood splashed onto my arm. I tried to scream again.
"Questaxx! Hurry!"
"I can't!"
"She needs it now!"
"If I give it to her now she won't recover fully!"
"Better half recovered than dead!"
"But it's not at full!"
"She needs it now!"
"Fine, fine!"
I felt a strong zap, and my body burned with fire. I felt like I was being electrocuted. Later I found out I was. I was kind of dumb at the time. Oh, well. Anyway, when I managed to sit up, I saw that my arm wound had healed…sort of. I groaned, and reached out, feeling for Ashlie. When I felt her hand, my eyes had finally adjusted to the darkness.
I groped for her wrist, and found it, then pressed two fingers to her veins. I waited, and felt, for two long minutes.
There was not a pulse.
Ashlie was dead.
I suppose I did not realize how long I was in that dungeon. Time passed. I suppose it was a week. Maybe a day, maybe two days. Anyhow, by then, I was introduced to my 'cell mates'. There was Viana, Evershim, Questaxx, Flaina(4), Yiiana(5), Kiana(6), Itrici(7), Einthos(8), Lorilath(9), and Zirontha(10). After my first night there, a scaly, lizard demon had approached our cell. He opened the door, and roughly pulled me out. He had led me to a large chamber, looked like it was carved out of stone. I gulped. I mean, I might be calm on the outside, but I was soooo scared on the inside.
When the lizard person shoved me inside, I faced seven or so people. One was a blond, one was a young kid with brown hair, on had black glasses, and wore a red biker jacket, on had turquoise-ish hair. Wait, wait…that was only…one, two, three, four…five…SIX! There was a sixth person, all the way in the back. He was tall. Taller than the others. He had black hair, psychotic blue eyes, and something that looked like a gem in the middle of his forehead.
"Welcome, Artia (11)." He smirked. I fidgeted. "Please, make yourself comfortable." He gestured to several plush chairs. I stood, but eventually I sat down. I sat down, and fidgeted in my seat. Also, Artia? What kind of name was that? That wasn't even my REAL name.
When the tall guy sat down, he started talking. I guess I kinda zoned out during the middle of it, but I remembered most of it. I guess.
"Welcome, Artia. Yes, you may be thinking that isn't your real name. But your supposed 'real name' isn't your real name either. Artia is your real name…Sam. You are a controller of the shadows. You may have talked to the others in your dungeon. They have resisted all attempts to join my side…" That was when I zoned out, I guess. Therefore, the last thing I heard was… "You have two days, Artia, you make up your mind of which side to join. Also, Sniper will show you your new rooms. As well, my name is Sensui Shinobu."
Then he left. And I faced the red-jacket biker dude. He led me to my rooms. I plopped on to my extravagant bed, and click! I fell asleep.
End
Translations: Viana:-Tempest's Rage
Evershim: Fairy Dragon
Questaxx: Lightning Controller
Flaina: Freeze Frame
Yiiana: Silver Dragon
Kiana: Roaring Griffin
Itrici: Insomnia
Einthos: Raptor Claw
Lorilath: Winter Diamond
Zirontha: Black Dragon
Note: These are all females, just to let you know. And, yes, this takes place during Chapter Black if you haven't already noticed.