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Chapter Three: Prophecy
/Jail somewhere on Azarath/
"M-Malice?" I asked.
"Yeah I'm here. Any chance you can get me some food?" He asked. Typical.
"I brought you some shrimp." I pushed the plate through the bars.
"Food!" He said, excited. I heard him crunching hungrily and noisily on the shrimp. He finished about a minute later.
"What a display."
"I haven't eaten since they took me here. When am I getting out?"
"I don't know. When they feel you should be let out."
"Tell them it had better be soon."
"That's not going to get you let out any sooner."
"It might. They consider me the Dark One. It's only out of courtesy that I stay here."
"I still don't see how that'll help."
"Never mind. Just ask when I'm getting out please."
"Okay." I put my hand on his and he pulled me closer. He kissed my cheek. Before his lips left my cheek, his hand clenched mine.
"Thanks, and at the same time damn you."
"I'm going now" I left quickly, rubbing my cheek. "Ouch…" My hand hurt a lot.
I left for my mother's place. Once there, I went inside.
"Arella. Where are you?"
"Right here. What is it you want?"
"When are they going to let Malice out?"
"You mean the Dark One. It should be today."
"He. Malice is a person just like us."
"It doesn't matter."
"I'm going to the archives."
"Be back by dinner then."
I went to the Archives, and started when I saw Malice already there.
"Malice! What are you doing here?" I asked. He didn't look up from the file he was looking at.
"They let me out after you left."
"Well, as long as we're both here, we might as well look together right?"
"I guess so." It hurt a little to be pushed aside so easily by him of all people.
"You're looking in the wrong section."
"No I'm not."
"We're looking for information on Hell's Generals right?"
"We are, but not myself. I'm looking for information on the Dark One."
"Oh. What does it say?"
"Right here." He pointed to a certain section. It read: When the King of Carnage unifies in hand with the Queen of Despair, all life everywhere shall be consumed in the fires of darkness. But only if the 7 still exist.
"So it ties in with Hell's Generals?"
"Yes. And with you."
"Me? How?"
"You're the Queen of Despair."
"Me? How do you know?"
"It's under your profile."
"They have a profile on me?"
"Yes. On me too. On all of us."
"So how do they know?"
He shook his head. "I don't know."
"Well, let's look up Hell's Generals."
"Yes, let's." He closed that file. He quickly scanned through all the categories and brought one up classified as Hell. Looking through the files, he brought up Hell's Generals.
"Here we go…" The information was eerie. Hell has 7 Generals. In a battle that was waged long ago, Hell's Generals, the 7 Fel, were defeated by The Sinner, Seshra. After this battle, The Sinner sealed himself in a vault in an unknown location, so as to only let himself be released upon the inevitable return of Hell's Generals. Hell's 7 Generals are: Pain, Agony, Torment, Torture, Rage, Despair, and Destruction. They were said to be led by an unspeakable evil known only as General Gore. The Sinner defeated him as well, but not before laying a curse upon all that serve the light. 'Let all who serve the Light know that upon my return, you shall be consumed in the fires of Hell's darkest depths. You shall fall before the Wicked!' And he was then slain by The Sinner. Ever since, his curse is remembered, as he commanded quite a power over curses. However, this is considered his most powerful.
It is not known whence he will return, but there is no doubt his followers are working to bring him back. Only when his memory and followers are purged from existence will we be able to have no fear in his return. However, there are signs of his return: The return of Hell's Generals is the first. A flesh-eating mist consuming the worlds is the second, and the third is when people turn upon themselves and devour themselves from the inside out. When all three of these signs have come to pass, General Gore will once again be alive. Then all of existence will be doomed.
It is not known where the Sinner sealed himself, however, so any weaknesses Hell's Generals or General Gore possess are unknown. The Sinner took any knowledge of this to his secret vault. However, it is said that the vault is hidden somewhere on the planet known as Earth. In one of the oceans is said to be his resting place. Which ocean is unknown.
"That sheds quite a bit of light on the subject." He said, eyes still glued to the screen. It gave information on the demons and servants of the 7 Fel and Gore, but that was it on the 7 and Gore. Malice touched a button and it was transferred to a bracelet he was given.
"We should head back."
"Not yet, I wanna stay to look more stuff up." He said, not taking his eyes off the screen.
"Are we going to be here awhile?"
"Yes." I put my head on his shoulder, and let my head rest on his. I started to nod off and then feel asleep completely.
So… dark… it, I- what? That pillar of fire… what is it? What is coming from it?
Its hand reached towards me and crushed me.
And then I woke up.
"What time is it?"
"Time for us to go. That archivist has been on me for hours to get out…."
"Back to my mother's house. I'm so tired…"
"Just take it easy, I know the way back."
And he took me in his arms and took a running leap and leaped to the next building.