The Labyrinth

It was darkness, nothing but darkness. If Leviathan wasn't there to guide her she would have been trapped in the pitch blackness. As they walked together side by side there was a faint blue light. As the light became brighter sounds followed next, the sound of agony and bliss. It grew louder and louder as the way became clearer. Once Merope was fully connected to the other side she felt almost overwhelmed by what was before her.

The place stank of blood and sex to the point were it made her gag. There was endless amounts of blood everywhere she looked, it might as well have been a massacre. On every inch of the walls, ceiling, and on the floor was human anatomy of suffering but, mostly severed members. Merope put her hand to her mouth to keep herself from screaming. "Oh…God!" gasped Merope, the smell getting to her. "My apologize Mimi, I would have liked to introduce my home in a better way but, the Labyrinth has a mind of its own."

"You mean…you can…" Merope bend over as the contents of her stomach spilled out of her, falling to the ground. As she was emptying what was left of her dinner she head several moans in the room. Before she could ask what the noise was coming from only to be answered as a skinless hand grabbed hold of her ankle. She screamed as she saw the hand try to drag her down with it but, was saved as Leviathan swept her off her feet. Merope wrapped her arms around his neck, her body trembling in terror. "W-What are they?" she asked briefly observing the room only to hide her face on his neck. What she saw was terrible, there were hands, heads, torsos and other parts all skinless coming out of the ground and the walls, all of them moaning in pain. "They're Prisoners, the lowest of the low. Their pain and suffering is the worst kind of pain to endure and yet they learn nothing."

Merope could tell they were moving by hearing her lover's footsteps on the ground. The sound was like a squishy wet carpet. Merope didn't dare pull away from his neck, her eyes shut so tight tears were springing. What she couldn't see, she could hear how vastly horrible this room was. Along with the moans of the damned, there were pleas of mercy, "please! Make it Stop! Help Me! Please Let Me Die" and so on. As Merope thought the terror wouldn't end, the noise stopped, the stench was gone. The smell of vanilla filled her senses, making her relax as Leviathan put her down.

Finally she opened her eyes, feeling thankful they weren't in that room anymore. Now they were in a hallway made of stone with doors of gold and black on either side. It was the same to the left and the right with no turns or corners. Merope was confused by this, wasn't a Labyrinth suppose to be a large maze? "I don't understand, I thought this was the Labyrinth?" Leviathan laughed at the question as if this was a joke. "This is the Labyrinth, Mimi. You just need to pick a door."

"A Door….Any door that I choose?"

"Of course," nodded Leviathan. Merope looked left to right, observing the doors. They were all of gold and black like the box that the fat man opened earlier. Merope walked to the left of the hall looking from side to side on which door to choose then she decided to close her eyes and pick a door. Before she put her hand on the handle she asked Leviathan, "You're coming with me, are you?" At this moment she was feeling scared. What if the room she opened was just as terrible or worse as the room they were in last. If she was going into a place horrendous at least he would be by her side to protect her.

As if to answer her prayers, Leviathan wrapped his arms around her waist, planting a kiss on her cheek. "I'll be by you're side no matter what. I won't let anything happen to you." Gaining her confidents, Merope pulled the door opened with her eyes closed excepting the worst. What contained in that room surprised her. Once she opened her eyes she beheld a chamber decorated in diamonds on the walls, ceiling, and floor. In the middle of the chamber was a bed fit enough for a dozen people. The bed had white silk sheets with bed curtains that shimmered. The sight took her breath away.

"Ahh, you made an excellent choice, my Mimi. I've never thought you've found my bedroom."