Death's Bitter Embrace (#Wattys2015)

Act II, Chapter VI: Demons In Us All

"Why?" I start talking but all that manages to come out is one word, I am lost for words, Heather cheated on me and I resented her for that, but I never wanted her to die.

"What had she done to deserve this?" My anger shining through my pores like pimples from an outbreak. My face burning deep red from the frustration.

"What did she do? Answer me." I scream at Him. He might be The Boss but I don't care, I wouldn't care if I screamed, yelled or even kicked him, I was staring at my ex girlfriends head!

Five long, lanky, new figures stalk out the darkness and into the light Alex created, their skin shone of all colours, one was shining baby blue, the others shone of violent violet, scorching red, earthly green and ...white? like an incandescent candle. "Why white?, all the other colours were glowing like a rainbow, then there was white ? I couldn't help but wonder. As all five crawl closer to Alex and I, I notice more details to them; They had horns from a top of their heads and curling around their necks; they had were hunched over and still close to eight feet tall; their glow wasn't just glowing in the same spot, it was flowing, like it was blood.

I grasp Raven again, She was my security, when I touched her, I knew I was alright... well at least going to be alright anyway. Alex puts her hand in front of my chest as if to say 'No, don't do it, we'll just get into more trouble' and she would have been right had she said it. I ask another time why Heather had been beheaded.

He wouldn't answer, he didn't answer.

My head hung low as I could not get any answers from Him, all three of us walk out of the room, Alex and I walk like we have our shoes tied together, but The Boss walks out casually. My face settled from the ticked off to a look of sadness, sorrow even. The 'demons' followed us out into the throne room, they never seemed to blink they seemed fixated on Alex and I as we marched on in front of them.

"There a five demons in each of us..." The boss starts "...Each represent a different side of our evil persona's, red, is destruction, violet - desire, green - envy, blue - aggression and finally white, white is..." He stops with a long pause, for dramatic effect I presume.

"White is-this may sound stupid but white is fantasy. Without these five demons we'd be boring as people with no imagination, we'd be utterly fucked. It is your turn Dante, your turn to show off your skillset, your weapon."

Raven would demonstrate herself, I am merely a pawn, I am the horse and she, she is the knight. The five demons adjust their posture; to battle stance I assume, they all pull out swords, each coloured the same as their blood, I take this as a hint to strike. I swing at blue first-how ironic! Taking off its head in a swift instant, with only a small cut in my arm, the demons were fast hunters... or maybe that was just blue.

In less than two minutes all the demons were disposed off with minor injuries, apart from the cut green gave me: I underestimated it, thinking that it could do not much harm to me because envy doesn't affect me, never have I been so wrong. Raven was now covered in their blood, in the gunk from the demons, She was the colour of a rainbow, She looked more beautiful than ever. Something tells me that this variety of colours was not going to wash off easily.

I was correct in my theory, the gloop didn't wash off, at all. Something stranger than it not washing off-yes stranger-was that it felt as if it was magnetized onto Raven, like it had been attracted by a magnetic field. Everyone cheered when I showed... when Raven showed what she could do.

"Well done Dante, well done, don't worry, I have thousands more just like them... all at my command. Oh and Dante, before I forget, you and Alex will be attending dinner with me tonight, this is non negotiable. We need to discuss a few... Opportunities." He says as he turns on his heal and walks off. It had been a while since I had heard my name, it felt weird.

"I wonder what he meant by a few opportunities? He can be so confusing sometimes... what am I saying? have I lost my mind? I have only just met him two days ago! Well, whatever it is I hope the 'things' mean good things" I think nervously.