The Beginning

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[Emily's POV]

I feel a tightening entity wrapping around me. I am bound to something I am unaware of. Be it chains or a rope. I couldnt even differentiate, I wouldnt even care.

I struggle to escape this clustering obscurance. Each movement and struggle, it gets tighter. What's worse is I cant even see anything, I am blinfolded.

I can hear muffled noises beside me and shackling chains. I have a companion? I ask to myself and try to speak up. It's no use. I also have something around my mouth, preventing my voice to roar.

A maniacal laugh roared through the place. Followed by a musky voice. "Well well... If it isn't the two hindrances to your precious the Beginning's. A perfect problem to your friends. Especially when they realize you are gone. Oh wait... they won't."

"Because I am certain, He will destory them... all of them."

I struggle to the gag on my mouth and bite as hard as I can to free. I shake my head a few times and then the gag falls off, hanging to my neck.

"You wont get away with this! We will get out and we will destroy you" I scream at him. He laughs at my statement. How dare he.

"We? You mean both of you?" He points at me and Amelia "I severely doubt it. Pitiful."

"You f*cker! Let us go or I'll slash your freaking fingers one by one, picking them and shoving it down your throat!" Amelia screams furiously. The boy just laughs at what she said.

"Laugh? Let's see who's laughing once I get out" She continues and simultaneously winks at me , showing her knife between her fingers.

"I am amused." He scoffs "but every Beg I find... must die. And whoever helps the Beg's shall die as well. That is my Philosophy and so shall you, Emily."

Me? Why me?

"Don't think I am not aware of your intentions, your goals. Laying with a wound in the street 'coincidentally' being found by our Waterboy? Well, Its no coincidence and no fate. For you may cause Amelia's demise as well?"

What is he talking about? What does he mean? *You* An image appears in my mind. A woman, we share the same height, age and characteristics. She's holding a knife, dancing with a boy, a familiar boy. She lifts her knife and slowly drops it to the boy's neck. Blood spurts out of the slit and kills the boy. The image disappears leaving a wet feeling, Water.

"I didnt do it!" I shout with no control of my actions.

"Didnt do what?" Amelia asks as she stare, doubtful of me. "What he said was true? It was all a designed plan?"

"No! Its not... I just..."

"See. Hesitation. Very Guilty, Emily. You have caused your friends life and Amelia's life. You deserve to die." He takes a weird looking gun and points it at me. "This contains Archeknide. One hit from it would cause death... you know why? Gunpowder isnt the Archeknide's best friend. And clearly not yours." He places his finger by the trigger. Im gonna die. I wont be able to help my friends... I will... be useless even at my death. He pushes his hand slowly... and...

"F*ck you!" Amelia screams as she free from her chains and stabs the boy in the cheek. He counters by kicking Amelia into the wall. Feeling my chains loosen up, I carried my body toward him and use the chains to wrap around his neck. I strangle him, tighter, tighter. He's loosing breath. He is dying. I wont be useless anymore...

"Blow" He screamed under his groans as his neck start to bruise. I laugh at him as Amelia stare from afar, she grasped the knife looking toward the man's chest. I nod at her.

As she rage toward us, with her arms furiously swiging as the knife shine it's deadly blade. Her hand pointing at the target and she stabs the man. The knife tears the man's shirt and slowly damage the bloody skin. Before Amelia could push it deeper, she falls to the ground.

I start to get dizzy as well, What? Wait... Blow... Gas? He emitted gas from the Ventilation systems, for security purposes. Of course he is not alone. How could I be so stupid. I let go of his neck and the chains that bound him . I start to see vaguely. Blurry images. I lose my sense of sight and fall to the ground.

"You are meant to die... like how the Beginning killed my parents..." He screamed... I should be unconscious now.. Why can I hear him?

"The gas contains a chemical the paralyzes your whole body, all the sytems and organs and whatnot. Leaving the Ears and the sense of Hearing, untouched. So you can still hear me, both of you."

"Youll be a great addition to my trophy room. And a good blackmail for the Four Beginning's. Remaining Beginning's. We killed all except those special, stupid four. And I, Mors Pieper, will kill them. Bar will be dead as well and I will rule the Archeknights and then the world. I will be king. And both of you will be my queens, or maybe only you, Emily. Because you are far more beautiful than Amelia, at least that's what you think? And Amelia, you think Emily is a huge hindrance and a useless b*tch. I suppose. Glad to see you two as Friends... or Enemies? Well. Either way. I will still win."