The Crown Made Of Darkness

Absolute Anger

"TALK, YOU INSOLENT PIECE OF SHIT!!!" Kyungsoo yelled as he slapped Chanyeol once more. Chan was tied down in the basement of the house and not saying a word. Xiumin slowly opened the basement door and casually walked down the stairs.

"Leave us." He said gently.

"B- but boss he hasn't said any-"

Xiumin shot him a glare unlike anything else.

"R- right..." the boys left, leaving Xiumin and Chanyeol alone in the basement.

"You will tell me everything." Xiumin said as he grabbed a knife.

"What do you think a knife is going to do to me?" Chanyeol smirked.

"Nothing, obviously. You're so high on black magic right now, I think very few things could actually hurt you. But Mae is in pain, and I need her to be okay. So I'll have to resort to somethings I wouldn't normally use." Xiumin made a huge slice around his arm and poured the blood on to Chanyeols neck.

"You know, the blood of a pure vampire has amazing qualities." He drew a small symbol in the blood. "It just might help you talk."

Suddenly, the blood began burning off chanyeols skin resulting in huge screams of pain.

"S- stop!"

Xiumin kept going.

"PLEASE STOP!"

"FINE!!"

The burning stopped.

"The rune on Mae, what is it?" Xiumin whispered.

"It's a connection rune." He exhaled.

"And what does it connect?" Xiumin gritted out of his teeth.

Chanyeol grinned and said nothing but tears came flowing from his eyes.

"I can't say."

——

"Your speech should be coming back soon, make sure you sleep well tonight." The nurse said and left. It had been a week and Mae had gotten back enough mobility to walk with help but had not gained her speech back. Visitor hours had been long ended even though Xiumin had just left. He went everyday for as long as he could until the nurses forced him to leave.

She closed her eyes to sleep.

Mae.

Her eyes shot open and she sat up to look around.

Mae, don't worry. I'm a friend of yours now.

She couldn't see anyone. She decided to lay back down and plug her ears with her fingers. Almost immediately, she heard breathing in her ears. Or in her head? That was impossible. She was covering her ears.

You can't block me out. Just come to the mirror and talk to me.

She desperately tried to press the nurse call button but her hand stopped centimeters away. It was within reach but her body was just not acting correctly.

I tried to be polite.

Suddenly Maes body began moving on its own. It walked to the bathroom and to the mirror. She looked into it and saw herself.

We have a lot to talk about, don't we.

——

"Chanyeol. Just say it. He's not around to hurt you, only I am. Come on, you're gonna die soon if Xiumin continues to do this to you. Tell me." Baekhyun was on the next shift of interrogation.

"I CANT! It's not that I'm afraid or I don't want to, I LITERALLY CANNOT SAY THE WORDS!!" Chanyeol screamed, his body in immense pain. Baekhyun sighed.

"Well, what can you tell me about him? Do I know this person?"

Chanyeol shook his head.
"No. But Xiumin has known him ALL HIS LIFE."

"Why does he want Mae?"

Chanyeols speech suddenly dissolved. It was gone just like that. He couldn't say a word.