Ch 15: Uncontrollable Desires
Alex shook his head, eying the dark room he had somehow fallen into. He had no idea how he got there, but by the feeling of the room, it wasn't a good place. His hands touched a cold wall full of cracks and dust fell off onto him as he moved his fingers across the stone. "Ow!" He had touched something sharp. It was dull, but the thing still managed to draw blood. "Damn it. Where am I.." Alex's eyes had adjusted to the darkness slightly. He could make out silhouettes in the room that resembled a chair and table. Other than that, he could spy the outline of a door, but it looked like something was stuck in front of it. "Hey! Anybody in here, or out there!" He shouted. He froze when he heard a response. It was the faint sound of someone else on the outside of the wall. It sounded like they were talking to someone, but he couldn't here a second voice. "Shit, knowing my luck it's an executioner." He joked. Alex laughed a little to himself, but stopped abruptly when the door swung open, casting in a bright light. Standing in the doorway was a shadow grasping an axe. Alex's heart stopped, and he slid back against the wall. "What the fuck!"
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Tye had stumbled into a dimly lit cavern. There were two doors, one was half destroyed, and the other looked ready to fall apart. "Alright.. This is starting to get weird." He looked around the circular room he had walked into. It wasn't very big, in fact, it was probably the size of a standard bedroom. But it looked bigger somehow, most likely from the lack of furniture. Only a tiny table and two chairs sat in the room. Tye walked over to the crippling doorway and peered inside. His heart skipped a beat at the insides of the chamber. An older looking man sprawled out on the ground, dead, was gripping the door frame. The corpse looked to be a few weeks old, because there was still some lingering flesh. The stench of a dead body filled the smaller room, causing Tye to step back and cough. "Damn.. Poor guy." Taking a deep breath, he peaked back into the room. Something had caught his eye, and he had to make sure he wasn't just seeing things.
What is that? The swordsman leaned over and spied something in the man's grasp. He tugged at it, but to his dismay it wouldn't budge. "Sorry about this." Tye tugged again, then immediately yanked the thing out of the body's clutches, dragging the man's right arm with him. It was an axe, yet it looked different than what he had seen. A double bladed axe, but it was light enough to throw. And the handle had a curve to it, which felt odd in Tye's grip. The different look wasn't very effective, because when Tye swung the axe, it arched to the left, slamming into the wall. But it was stuck. Tye gripped the handle tightly and pulled, yet it remained locked in the cracking stone. "Damn it, you stupid thing! Cooperate!" With another hard pull, it came free, much to Tye's delight. But he wasn't expecting the second door to swing open. It startled him. That's.. a little creepy. Stepping into the doorway, with the axe in his grasp, he looked into the pitch black room. He could see someone else in there, but it was just a silhouette. Tye opened his mouth to speak, but was cut off by the shout from the figure, who Tye recognized instantly.
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"Ky, calm down! It's not like he forced me to do it." Brissa laughed a little at her sister, who was clearly angry. "I don't care! You two..did it!" Brissa sighed and placed her hand on her forehead. "Why do you always make big deals out of this stuff?" Aubrey and Shawn sat back, listening to the twins argue, and laughed to themselves. "I think it's about time you two pushed forward." Shawn's voice piped up between the girls, who both looked at him curiously. "Come on, it doesn't take a lot to realize you and Alex have had a thing for each other. But you guys hide it pretty well." Aubrey nodded in agreement, laughing a bit. "It's not a bad thing Ky." Kyrie looked at her friends, then to her sister. She crossed her arms and pouted, glaring at the closet where Tye and Alex had gone. "I still want to at least scare him." Brissa laughed again and gave her sister a tight hug. "You can scare him. But not to death." Kyrie returned the hug, and added in a big grin. "Yay!"
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A sharp tap woke Roy from his sleep. His eyes saw only black, and it took some time for him to adjust to the darkness of his hidey hole. That didn't sound like one of my traps.. But maybe it was the door. His suspicious were answered though, when he heard footsteps walking across the floor. Suddenly, Roy was fully awake and ready to surprise whoever had returned to the house. Scythe in hand, he placed his hand on one of the floor boards and pushed lightly, but didn't get very far. A heavy weight stepped onto the board, pushing it back into the floor, leaving Roy stuck in his hole. Damn it! Move you fat ass! "Hey. Look what I found." "What is it?" "Some kinda trap. Looks new too. It wasn't here when we left." "So then someone has been here, trying to catch us like rats." "Yep." "Search the place." Roy grunted silently in annoyance. Now they knew he was here. But the weight on the board hadn't lifted, so he would be safe for the time being. The prince could hear other voices, no doubt more men. It seemed like his guess on the home's occupants had been spot on.
"Hey man, I don't see anyone here.. Maybe they took off?" "After leaving all this shit behind? Yeah right! There's someone here! Keep lookin'" Roy eased his weight up against the board over his head again. It budged to his delight. Now, he just had to perfect the timing. He'd already memorized the layout of the small home, so it would be a tad easier for him to fight in. It was freezing under the floor, but that didn't stop the sweat that began to drip down his forehead. He huffed and blew a strand of hair out of his eyes, gripping his scythe tightly. It was now or never. Moving into a crouched position, he eased the board up an inch or so. Barely enough for him to glance around the lower portion of the room. Roy could make out a number of shoes, but they were all clustered together. No one was talking, just a bunch of sneering and laughing. What the hell is with these guys?
"Ey! You got her?" "Yeah, right here. But she's a real pain in the ass. Little bitch almost burned my hand off!" "Quit complaining and get her over here! We can't wait all night you know!" Roy had now grown rather curious. They had someone with them. Who it was though, he had no idea. But he had to stop them. Or did he? Let them have their fun, then when everyone is passed out, kill them.. Or be more chivalrous and save whoever this girl is.. He was beginning to choose the first option. After all, why should he interfere? It would only cause them to grow angry. And he'd rather fight half asleep rapists then angry ones. But his decision shifted almost immediately when he heard a voice that he couldn't resist seeing. "Hey you bastards! Let me go! Ow! Hey, you better watch it! Once I'm free, I'll singe you all to hell!"
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"Alex will you calm down." Tye dropped the axe, walking into the dark dungeon. "I swear, you scream like a little girl." Alex was still cringing, his grip tightly into the wall behind him. "Yeah right. You try getting scared the shit out of! What the hell is the matter with you?" Tye laughed a bit, dragging his friend out of the dark room. "Matter with me? More like what's wrong with you?" Alex stood, shaking a little. "What's wrong with me?" His friend looked at him stupidly for a second before shaking his head and walking around. "You left your new girlfriend to deal with Kyrie, Aubrey and Shawn. By herself." At the comment, Alex's face turned a light red. He coughed a little uneasily. "Why you gotta call her that?" Tye glanced over his shoulder, a smirk on his face. "Well it wasn't a one nighter was it?" Alex's face suddenly turned a darker red, but he was pissed off now. "Hell no! Why would I do that to her?" "Wow, did I hit a nerve?" Tye sneered, walking towards an archway that was oddly positioned in the room. "Relax. You can do whatever you want. But know that Kyrie wants to kill you." Alex slumped up behind him, glaring at nothing in particular. "Oh great. Just what I need.." Laughing again, Tye walked under the archway, only to be stopped by a sudden thud that echoed through the chambers. "What was that?" Alex shrugged, following close behind his friend. After a few moments in silence, the duo soon spied a stairway. The boards were rotting, and most had been broken off, but it was still sturdy enough to walk on. After a careful climb, they came to a narrow hallway with a light at the end. Reaching the light, Tye peered out, only to recognize that he and Alex had ended up at the back of the castle.
"Tye, where did we go.. And why are we here?" Alex poked his head out from over Tye's shoulder, a confused look on his face. "Beats me. But I'm more worried about what that noise was." Nodding, Alex stayed behind Tye as they ran into the castle. It didn't take them long to get back to Alex's room, where the door had been blown in. The occupants inside were alright, but one was missing. "Where the hell have you two been?" Tye looked at Aubrey, confused, and then to Brissa and Shawn. "We fell down into this weird dungeon beneath the castle.." After a second of more silence, both boys realized what had happened, and simultaneously shouted at the rest of the group: "Where's Kyrie!"