The dark lord tilted his head to the side, rushing towards Elika with precise speed and aim; stopping only inches away from her as he spoke. “I only give people the truth; they do what they wish with it. I do not influence what they do with the information at all. Yes, I am a monster, but I am a monster with morals and ideals; not just a creature with the lust for war and death. You need to understand that not everything is in black and white; you need to find the hidden messages in everything that goes on in life. An example is why you are here or your mother. Instead of allowing your hate to cloud your judgement and make you blind to the real world, you must search for the things that not everyone can see.”
She shook her head, hurriedly snapping away from him as he growled, forcing her tone to appear confident and strong. “And yet sir, you always allow your hatred to cloud your judgement, changing your views on the world. And I don’t believe that I w
The princess woke slowly, sighing softly as she curled into a tighter ball on her side, willing the folds of sleep to take her once more. Only it was no use, her mind already alert as she blinked rapidly, her vision slightly blurred. Taking a deep breath, Elika moved into a seated position on the couch, her eyes scanning the room for any signs of the dark lord. She relaxed instantly when she realised that he was nowhere to be found, leaning back slightly as she lazily scanned the living room once more, noticing that Robert was sat by the fire, watching her every move in suspicious curiosity.“Good morning Robert.” She smiled, carefully shuffling forward on the couch; surprised that her pain had faded.“Hello little one. He replied, bobbing his head as he snarled lightly; baring his teeth.The princess smile grew as she heard his pet name for her, tilting her head to the side as she mimicked his animalistic movements. She spoke hes
The blood began to corrupt the lion-like beast as he snarled, tearing into the second mans chest and ripping out his still-beating heart; killing him almost instantly. She watched as the intruders eyes dulled, all life draining from his large form as the last moments before his horrific death played across his features; filling her with nothing but fear. Dragging her gaze away from the corpse, Elika watched her one friend in hell turn his demonic red eyes pleased when she saw nothing but caring and love towards her.“Run now little one, the blood calls me and I may not be able to stop. If I lose myself I will not remember who you are. I need you to leave now.” He growled heinously, turning towards the third intruder as he drew his weapon, pointing it towards the beast.Adrenalin pumped through Elika’s veins as she leapt around the men, recklessly stumbling towards the door. Breathing heavily, the princess turned to look back as shouts erupted in the l
Elika did as he ordered, already wishing the day was over as she stepped towards him; his mechanical white eyes lifeless. He tugged her closer when she stopped, examining her wounded back; his hands shaking as his fury only increased. Closing her eyes, the princess waited for her punishment to come, only it never did.The dark lord stepped around her and knelt before the man, his tone littered with a new hate. “You will not die today good sir. But you will die. And when you do, you would have begged for it.”“Fuck you.” The man gasped, causing the princess to smile as she opened her eyes; knowing that he would regret those words in the days to come.She turned to watch as Darkous raised his fists, knocking the man out in one blow before rising back to his feet, his eyes now locked solely on the princess. She shivered suddenly, knowing that she must have done something wrong, something to anger her uncle.“How long after death
“You are a murderer.” Michael snapped suddenly, “You should have fought sooner.”The Princess gasped, a murderer? Is that because she had ran? Robert had told her to! He had insisted that she leave, sprint to safety. It wasn’t her fault. She was not to blame.“You should have stopped them, we all know you have to power to.” He added, shaking his head as he rose back to his feet.Tears formed in her eyes. “I only did as Robert commanded.”“You should have saved him!” Michael screamed at her, quickly slapping her across the face.Elika gasped again, clutching her cheek. “I couldn’t!” she cried.Her uncles comrade struck her again, knocking her to the ground as she whimpered. She didn’t even know how to use her abilities, let alone anything about close combat, she had simply 'winged it’ her abilities had nothing to do with it. But what had he wanted
The demon within Darkous’ mind howled with laughter, “You apologized to Her?! Why in the fuck would you do that?”“silence.” He growled in response to the demon. “I have my reasons.”Rashly turning his attention away from the creature within him, he noticed that the girls jaw had dropped, her expression littered with confusion at his sudden kindness; and to be honest, the immortal Lord was also bewildered by his own actions. No longer knowing what to say to her, kindness wasn’t his strong suit, nor was apologising. But strangely he had meant it, he felt outraged that Michael would lay a hand on her for no reason, disgusted even that he wasn’t their to prevent it.“lift your jaw before I rip it off.” He growled once the silence began to bug him, his temper once again bettering him.“I’m sorry sir.” The girl whispered, recoiling at his tone.“Yes. I apologized f
The walk through the darkened halls was silent, neither of them had a word to say to each other; the echoing of servants voices the only sound in the entire mansion. But none dare to come up close to the Lord of hell, nor inform them of where Hades was. They reached the large door that lead to where the laboratory was within ten minutes, but that was not soon enough for Darkous, he hated when time was wasted waiting for the girl to keep up with his steps. She was useless, unable to hold up her own weight for long before her legs trembled.“Enter.” Was all they heard when Darkous knocked, neither one of them knowing what to expect when the door opened.The girl kept her eyes lowered, her frame perfectly still as the Lord of hell searched the room for his brother, noticing him hunched over a computer typing away. He smiled once more, his brother knew how to work humans technology better than anyone else that Darkous knew, but sometimes he feared his bro
Three of the men shifted their eyes toward her, clearly furious that she would be invading their battle training. The first one was the first to find his voice, his yellow-brown eyes alive with hatred and vengeance. “Why must we train with the enemies daughter? This does not make sense sir.”Michael smiled vilely, his eyes remaining on the young immortal princess as he spoke; his tone lightening in the promise of what was to come. “Because soldier, this will be your chance to take her down, to break her as often and as brutally as you wish. Does that not make sense to you?”“In that case sir, we are pleased that you brought her to us.” Another soldier uttered, laughing deeply as he turned to glance at her; overjoyed that he would get an ounce of revenge for the friends he had lost at the hands of her father.The princess took a step back, sheer terror coursing through her as all eyes landed on her slightly shaking form; her mi
“There, feeling better?” He questioned, a small smirk appearing at the corners of his mouth as he rose back to his feet; placing the small cloth back into his pocket.The young immortal princess nodded once, lightly cracking her aching bones as she closed her eyes, allowing the adrenalin to take effect. “Yes sir.”“Good. Now get out there and show us that you aren’t just a pretty face.” He commanded, carelessly dragging the girl back to her feet.Elika looked over at the mat, her shoulders deflating as she watched three more soldiers approach it, each one more than ready to cause her pain. She looked back up at Michael before slowly stumbling forward, barely having the strength to fight back, to stop the men from injuring her. Perhaps she should just let them get the anger and hate for her father off their chest, after all; this was not the first time that she had been brutally beaten and she was more than sure that it w
Elika’s eyes snapped open as she bolted upright, her heart racing as she recalled the event of the last day, knowing that she would pay for what she did to Hades, along with aiding in Persephone’s escape. She imagined that the dark Lord would make her suffer for what she had done, but she had seen no other way, she had to help the goddess. She turned her head from side to side, the mattress of a large canopy bed soft beneath her frame as she searched the room she had been assigned when she had first been forced to stay with Hades. Relieved that the guards had placed her there rather than in the dungeons below the mansion. Only, she had not truly meant to harm her uncle so much, it had been as though she was trapped within her own body, a passenger forced to watch as someone else steered you into danger; unable to do anything to prevent it. The young immortal felt different somehow, something inside her twisting and changing, making room for something she had yet to under
The young immortal princess whimpered, her vision blurring as her mind fought to regain control, her abilities appearing utterly useless against her uncles vast power; proving to be more than she could handle alone. Her muscles wailed in response to the agony, every bone in her body quivering in terror and apprehension of what was to come. She pitied Cerberus as she thought of the three headed dog being treat the same way as she was now, knowing in her heart that the beast would only follow his commands out of necessity, riddled with horror of what would occur if it did not do as its owner ordered. She wondered for a brief moment if she would grow to be the same, blindly following the will of those around her so that she might avoid a consequence that her ID creates.Breathing deeply, she clenched her jaw and closed her eyes, willing herself to be still; to not react to the pain. You have faced enough torment to know that there is always an end to the pain, all you have to do
The young immortals hand snapped up to cover her cheek as it erupted in pain, her eyes widening in shock as she took another step back, silenced by Darren’s outburst, his tone and mannerisms something she had only ever seen from the others.Michael stepped forward, placing a hand on Darren’s shoulder in order to calm his comrade down, his tone stern and unforgiving. “How did you get out, pup? I am really interested to learn how you got back to this dimension without the help of someone who can summon a portal. So please enlighten me, who helped you escape?”Elika bit her bottom lip, cautiously attempting to think of a lie that would aid her; knowing that she couldn’t tell the truth. No matter how badly they wished for it. “I don’t know, I woke up in the forest and then ... “ She paused, glancing around the throne room in sadness, her chest contracting in worry for her family. “I found my home destroyed and my people
Elika was deserted, alone in the darkness. Her whole frame trembling as she stood, desperately searching the eerie black room; praying that there would be someone to appear and help her. Someone who could save her from her never ending fate. The fate the creator had so savagely forced upon her. She repeatedly glanced in every direction; paranoid of what she suspected would come to her in the endless blackness, petrified that it would be the creature of her nightmares. The one thing she feared above all else. The thing that always won. Sending her back into the pits of fire where she was deemed to belong. The walls seemed to close in around her, appearing so lively that something might reach out and take a hold of her; dragging her back down into the pits of hell. The immortal princess gasped, her legs quaking in fear and apprehension, now barely able to sustain their own weight against the darkness.The distant sobbing wails of her family assaulted her ears, pushing Eli
Elika stared down at the note, her mind racing at all that entailed, at what exactly the words suggested. She folded the small paper, placing it into one of the small compartments in her gown, before quickly opening the pack; grateful at what it held. She pulled out a simply crafted hunting knife and a 9mm pistol, carelessly tying the black holder around her ankle with the supply belt and loading the gun. Whatever her saviour believed waited for her, the immortal princess had to be ready; prepared for what she may find beyond the folds of the forest.She connected with her surroundings, allowing the worlds to swarm around her as she always had when she was a young child, the trees smiling as she greeted them, and the wind hissing with joy at her return. Because this was it, Elika had made it home, made it back to the place where she had been raised; the place her family continued to reside in. All she wanted now was see her brothers once more, her mother and her father. She n
She asked herself, her heart rate intensifying as she pushed herself back up, one again ready to face the unpredictable crowd that rushed around seemingly aimlessly.After a few moments the princess forced herself to walk back into the busy street, instantly forgetting the direction she had come from as she entered the crowd. Biting her lip, the young immortal princess shrugged; randomly deciding to turn left as she accepted that she was in fact lost; not knowing where she would end up in the overwhelmingly large city. She stumbled slightly as she bumped into someone, quickly catching herself before she fell; shaking her head as she moved to regain her full balance. She looked up at the stranger, gasping when she realised who it was; taking a fearful step back as her apprehension of what would come rose.“Hey! Watch where you are...” Joey stopped, looking down at her, his eyes filling with confusion as he realised who it was who had bumped into him. His exp
Elika stood leant against the windowsill, staring out into the busy streets of hell, her mind racing as she watched people smiling as they walked; carefree as they continued with their day to day lives. She sighed contentedly, happily gazing down at the people her father sort to kill, but why was that his plan? These people didn’t seem evil at all, in fact they seemed quite the opposite. Caring and simple. So why did her father want to kill them all, rid the world of these innocent people? What had they done to him that was so bad? The princess closed her eyes briefly, wishing that the world was different somehow, that all the evil in the universe would just vanish and leave the people alone. Leave her alone. She knew that banishing the nasty and cruel would also mean her father, but the worlds would be better off without people like him.The city was larger than any Elika had ever seen, the building reaching high into the clouds, each one having what the princess
The unknown realm was layered with the enemy, a kingdom that no one had ever heard of, until now...Deep within a dark forest the psychopathic lord crouched low behind a tree, lying in wait for those who caused this, for the monsters that killed without purpose, without cause. He snarled, pushing himself to remain silent; almost predatory.Darkous had followed the trail that the dead men around his home had left, following it to a strange dimension, the land coated in thick forests and rivers, the lord barely finding any life within the new place. Yet, the demon within him urged him forward, promising that there would be vengeance, that he would kill those responsible for Roberts death. He crouched lower, watching and waiting as one would if they were about to pounce, ready to tear their enemy apart. Someone was close, moving in from all sides, he could sense them. Hear the beat of their heart as he turned his head to the side, the demonic creatur
“Come on, pup, I’m not waiting around for a limp.”Elika nodded, moving to stand beside Darren as Michael created a portal, limping on her injured leg as it burned in strain. She winced when she stopped, applying more pressure to the ankle than she had meant, worsening the pain.Michael ignored her pain as he turned towards his comrade, his voice once again becoming stern and unforgiving. “She has of yet seen nothing of the city, keep it that way. The portal will take you to your flat.”“Yeah, yeah, yeah. Don’t let her see the city, I get it. Now can we please go?” Darren huffed, his tone appearing uncaring as he glanced towards Michael; slowly beginning to lose his temper.“Yes, you can go, if you lose the attitude, this is serious and she is not just one of your whores. I will come and get her after I have finished training the soldiers.” Her uncles comrade snarled lightly, scowling at the medi