The Binding of Isaac belongs to Edmund McMillen and NICALiS
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Later, the four were taking a break after five rooms worth of monsters were slain. "You think your friend is still alive?" Isaac asked.
"Pretty sure," Eve answered, "He's a coward, but he somehow finds a way to stay alive."
"Who is your friend, anyway?" Maggie asked.
"His name's Judas," She explained, "He wears a stupid fez and carries a weird book everywhere he goes. He gets real weird when I wanna look at the book; almost down right monstrous."
"Might be his diary," Cain suggested, "Or some sort of stamp collection."
"Dunno," Eve pondered, "It looked weird to begin with. It was grey the last time I saw it, with an upside-down pentagram star."
"Sounds kinda scary…" Isaac admitted.
"Ooh, look out for the book of evil!" Cain joked, "It will give you a thousand papercuts with a turn of the page!"
"Meh, I just want to find him so I can kick his ass!" Eve grumbled.
"Why?" Maggie asked.
"True to his name," She began, "He betrayed me and left me for dead while he ran off to who knows where!"
"So, Judas is a traitor," Isaac said, "And your Judas is a big coward."
"Pretty much." Eve said.
"Let's get going," Cain interrupted, "We're burning light." The three stood and continued their journey, running into the left room. The door slammed shut and they were facing a group of large, fat creatures, slowly advancing with a jiggly gait. "Great," He sighed, "The Fatties again…How many of these things did we face again?"
"Twice." Maggie reminded as she opened fire. One of the creatures jumped into the air, causing the four to scatter before it landed on them. "Be careful!" She said, "They're trying to separate us!"
"We can see that," Cain said as he walked from a chasing fatty, "These things are more annoying than threatening…Eve, why don't you go demon on these bozos?"
"I'm not gonna kill myself to clean a whole room," She said as she shot down another Fatty, "Why don't you do something instead of running like a wiener?"
"I'm not a wiener!" Cain argued as he opened fire, "I'm givin' it my all! My ass is on the line too!"
"Sure, and I'm Lady Godiva," She uttered, "I'm already naked; just need a pony."
"That's another thing," He said, "You keep flaunting all this knowledge like you're a walkin' dictionary!"
"You mean an encyclopedia!" She corrected.
"Proof right there!" Cain barked, "Book smarts ain't enough to live in the world!"
"At least I have smarts," Eve argued, "You're dumber than dirt."
"Am not!" Cain argued.
"Are too." Eve answered.
"Can you two stop arguing?" Maggie butted in, "We defeated the Fatties already." The two children huffed as Maggie shook her head. "You two really need to work together," she began, "All this arguing isn't going to help us find the exit any faster."
"It's not my fault!" Both children claimed.
"I don't care whose fault it is," Maggie said, "Just kiss and make up already."
"Maggie's right," Isaac piped up, "We need to work together. No one knows exactly where the exit is, and we're not gonna find it any faster if we all can't get along."
"Fine, cut the preschool crap," Cain said, "We'll work together."
"At least until we get out of here." Eve uttered.
"Now that that's settled," Maggie said, "Where do we go from here?"
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Later, the four children had crossed the threshold of the skull door, seeing a giant monster cornering another person. "Help!" he shouted.
"Wait," Eve uttered, "Judas!?"
"Eve!" He shouted, "Save me! Please same me! I'm at the end of my rope!"
"What the hell is that thing?" Cain asked.
"Looks like one of those conjoined twins I've heard about." Maggie answered.
"Whatever it is," Eve said as she opened fire, "It's not gonna kill Judas before I get a turn!" Her tears struck the larger of the twins, causing it to turn its attention to the kids.
"It's heading this way…" Cain said.
"So shoot it!" Isaac said as he opened fire. Maggie and Cain joined the squad and pelted the larger twin in a barrage of tears.
"It ain't slowing!" Cain uttered.
"Judas, stop being useless and help us!" Eve shouted.
"The smaller guy's still after me!" Judas answered.
"Hey, you got that book?" She asked. "Use it!"
"Look out!" Cain shouted as he dragged Eve away from the larger twin. The two ran as the larger one followed. Maggie and Isaac turned their attention to the smaller twin and opened fire on it, causing it to unleash a barrage of blood bullets on them.
"Geez!" Isaac uttered as the two took shelter behind a rock.
"We gotta take out the little guy first." Maggie said.
"What about Cain and Eve?" Isaac asked.
"Yeah, what about us?" Cain asked, causing the two to look to see the other kids took shelter behind the same rock.
"Oh crud…" Maggie uttered. The rocks were tossed away and the four were face to face with the twins.
"We can still run." Isaac said.
"Where?" Cain said, "We're cornered!"
"My only regret is I didn't trick-or-treating as a super hero…" Eve uttered, "And kicking Judas' ass."
"Judas!" Maggie shouted, "Save us!"
"You crazy?!" Judas shouted, "Every guy for himself!"
"Please!" Isaac shouted.
"We were saving your sorry ass!" Cain shouted, "Save our asses or we'll haunt your ass until you die on the crapper!" Judas stared at the monster and the kids, then took out a grey book with an upside-down pentacle.
"Don't hate me…" he muttered as he opened the book and set it on the dirt floor. "O Belial of the Underworld; grant me the strength to slay all I hate!" A loud scream was heard and the cord was suddenly ripped apart, causing the twin monsters to shriek.
"The hell?" Cain asked as he leaned over, feeling his heart drop. The kid known as Judas held the cord in his hands, eyes dyed black as an inverted cross split across his head. He unleashed a roar and leapt onto the smaller twin, starting to rip apart as the monster screeched in pain, trying to throw him off.
"Get the big guy!" Maggie shouted.
"Right!" Cain said as the four kids continued their attack, driving the larger twin back. It screeched and tried to swat away the tear barrage, but it tripped and fell backwards, smashing its head on a rock. It screeched and writhed until it stilled.
"That was…anticlimactic." Eve uttered.
"Best not look a gift horse in the mouth, so to speak." Cain said, "Big guy's dead." A splat was heard, and the four watched as the demonic Judas ripped the brain of the smaller twin out. "Little guy's dead too, apparently…" He uttered, "All because of that book…?"
"He said something about Belial, right?" Isaac asked.
"The book of Belial…" Eve uttered, "Shit, didn't know he had that kind of book."
"What do we do about him?" Maggie asked.
"I got it." Eve sighed as she walked over to Judas as he ripped the body up. She grabbed him by the head and slammed it into the ground.
"Did he die?" Isaac asked. A groan uttered from Judas as he stood up, holding his head.
"Why'ja do that?" He asked.
"Consider that part one of your punishment." Eve said.
"Crap…" Judas uttered.
"Any who," She continued, "You're gonna stick with us, and be nice to everybody. The bald kid's Isaac, the blonde's Maggie, and eye patch is Cain."
"Hi." Isaac greeted.
"Thanks for saving my ass." Judas said.
"Same to you." Cain said.
"Next order of business," Eve said, "Why the hell didn't you tell me you had the book of Belial!?"
"What's the book of Belial?" Maggie asked, "It's an evil book, isn't it?"
"Yeah, isn't it like the Necronomicon or something?" Cain asked.
"The book of Belial is one of the books of the Satanic bible," Judas explained, "It's a spell book of sorts."
"A spell book?" Isaac asked, "So you can do magic or something? Can you use it to get us out of here!?"
"It doesn't work that way," The fez-wearing boy said as he walked over to pick the book up, "I can't translate most of the book; only parts of it that grant me demonic power that allows me to defeat enemies. Even if there is a teleportation spell, it may come at a horrific cost. Every time I use this book, I lose a little of myself each time…"
"So that's why you don't fight much." Eve said, "But I'm still gonna kick your ass for leaving me behind."
"I know." Judas moaned.
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To be continued.