Black eye child

9

-Elizabeth's POV-

I laid down in bed... Escanor and a women named Merlin had given me a room that I can have until this was all over or I wanted to go home, but... I don't have any home anymore...

This is the best I can get...

Another cough found it's way up, making me slightly irritated.

I'm still sick, not as bad as before, but still. I'm coughing, my throat hurts and I'm freezing all the time... but I guess... it's better than to have fever too.

A knock interrupted me, making me say "Come in." as I snuggled into my pillow.

"How are you feeling?"

"A bit better." I answered Merlin. She nodded and pulled out a chair to sit on.

"Well, you don't know much about us, we haven't really told you much, so I'm here to fill you in at some parts." She said, sitting cross legged.

I nodded, asking "Who are you actually?"

"Well, like we have told you, we are an organisation that wants to eliminate BEC. They are threat to humanity and if this continues on, they might wipe us out."

I nodded, asking "What more?"

"It's easier to just start from the beginning." She said, making me nod.

"Well, I was the one starting this organisation. The reason for that being...

~Flashback~ (-Merlin's POV-)

I was walking down the street, hugging myself tightly to not let the cold get to me that much. I looked up at the sun as more snow started falling down the sky.

I have always hated the winter, but this year is even worse. Mother and father kicked me out some days ago... just after I turned 6. I was too expensive for them to take care of... and I have nowhere to live now...

I looked around for some place to rest when I saw a couple more kids in an alley. Some was eating, maybe I could as for some food? I'm starving...

Slowly walking over to them, I just went over and asked some random kid "C-can I have s-some of your f-food? I-I haven't eaten in d-days..."

He looked up at me, quickly eating it up himself before mumbling "I don't have any."

Walking over to someone else, I asked him too "C-Can I have a bit f-food?"

She did the same and stuffed her mouth fill with the food until there was nothing left.

"I don't have any, sorry..."

"I-it's fine..." I whispered, giving up and just deciding to go and sit somewhere else. I curled up in a ball, trying to at least get some sleep when I heard a voice.

"Here, you can have some of mine."

I looked up at the person, a blonde boy standing there. He has the most beautiful green eyes...

He was stretching his hands towards me, full with food.

I looked at the apple and piece of bread he had in hand. Slowly taking it, I started eating the bread, feeling warm inside.

"T-hand yooou ooo muh!" I said with my mouth full with food. He smiled at me and said "Maybe I will see you some day again."

I nodded with a big smile on my face. He grinned back before walking over to a black haired boy with the same eyes.

They hugged each other as everyone just tried to take care of themselves.

"I'm going to try and get some more food." I heard the blonde boy's voice. He then went away, coming back a couple of hours later with an orange...

He went over to the black haired boy and gave him the orange. Then a scream was heard, making me stand up.

Looking around the alley, I was about to run as most of the other kids when I saw what was happening...

A girl was attacked by another girl with black eyes...

Freezing in place, I just stared at them. I was pulled away from the alley and once I recovered from the shock, I looked at the one helping me... to see the same blonde.

He stopped, looking around "Zeldoris?!"

"Zeldoris?!" He yelled.

"U-Um-"

"Just run!" He said to me before he ran into the allay again, but I couldn't. Slowly following him, I peeked into the allay to see the blonde attacking one of the girls that was pinning a black haired boy to the ground.

I watched in horror as I saw the easily pinning then both down. That's when I decided to run... run for my life...

. . . . .

"Happy birthday Merlin." I heard a voice as I sat up in bed. I looked at Gowther (Demon Gowther), my new parent. I used to have an adoptive mother too, but she died two years ago.

I sat up in my bed, seeing Gowther in his wheelchair with a cake in his lap. A cake with 16 candles.

"You are 16 now, how do you feel?"

Smiling, I blew out the candles and was just about to make a wish when the  lights started to flicker on and off.

"What's that?" I asked. Gowther just replied "I will take a look onto it. Here, take the cake. It's probably something with the electricity."

I nodded as he gave me the cake. He then went out of my room to check onto it. Waiting for him, I just stared down at the cake.

A crash was heard, making me immediately jump up, the cake falling onto the floor. Running out of my room, I just looked in the hallway to see some black eyed kid holding Gowther in place as some smoke came out of his mouth.

I wanted to scream, but held it in as the kid hadn't noticed me yet.

The wheelchair was on the floor as Gowther was pinned to the wall. Gowther's eyes slowly turned darker and darker until they was completely black. Right after that, his skin turned paler before he fell lifeless onto the floor.

I ran back into my room, not being able to do anything as I hid in my closet.

After hours of sitting there, I slowly went out.

"Gowther!" I yelled and ran up to him, checking his pulse. He was dead...

That's when I decided to eliminate all the black eyed children. They have only caused trouble.

~Now~ (-Elizabeth's POV-)

"That's horrible!" I replied.

"Well, now you know about how this organisation was created. I understand that you must have questions and I believe you know about what BEC is, so you could ask what you need to know."