Not Your Romeo and Juliet

Chapter 14

The sewers were warm, humid, dark.

Creepy, too. There might've been some vines and flowers somehow but the whispers and dark auras didn't help.

Small puddles of water splashed as I walked through them, hands in my pockets, carefree. I knew The Spider Queen would not attack me unless I looked threatening, so I tried my best to remain calm.

I could hear clinks, like footsteps darker down the sewer. I notice it's an open area, green and blue colours gleaming from it. I walk over, a snicker greets me.

"Red Boy?"

I look up to see the Queen, her spider mech making her ginormous, towering above me. "That is not my name! I am Red Son!"

She laughs, lowering herself down to be a little more at level with me. "Oh dear. What have you came for?"

I scowl, knowing she'd continue to call me Red Boy though it was my name no longer. I glance around, taking the environment.

There was another spider, human at most, but he had mechanical arms. Some clicked away at a keypad along with his hands. He must've felt my eyes on him, his head turning and giving me a judging look. He scoffs and turns back around, continuing to click-clack away.

Another spider-man, buff, not doing much but glancing around the place. Perhaps guarding. There wasn't much down here to guard, so I had to be right about where I was.

My gaze meets The Spider Queen's gaze once again, her head tilting curiously.

I let out a sigh and pull a small tablet out of my pocket, "Help.

I hear her pause. "Help? From little ole' me?" She hisses, staring as I click on the screen, "Why?"

"Not exactly you..." I mutter, "Another demon you are acquaintances with." I finally lift the tablet and turn it to her. The video shows Mk, if it is even Mk anymore, possessed and looking exactly like the Bone Demon yet in his own form. The video has a couple glitches, blue mist and fog scattering across the room he was trapped in. This footage went on for hours, but I edited it to the most interesting parts.

During one, Mk stared at the camera for an hour straight, twitching occasionally. But the glitches were less frequent here, yet when it happened, it was for a minute straight. Mk's face was white, boney, eyes glowing. No one would be able to misinterpret this behaviour.

"The Lady Bone Demon..." the Queen whispered, twirling a strand of her black stringy hair. Her face narrowed, looking to me as I put the tablet away. "What do you want with her? She's dangerous."

"Isn't it obvious? I want her help, and I know she is here with you. Don't deny it. I can hear the whispers and it's driving me crazy!"

She gives me a serious look, then smirks. "Try and live with that for more than twenty minutes, sweetheart. I think I am insane from em'!"

I don't laugh. This was a serious situation, and I wanted to save Mk. I have been afraid he'd escape and destroy the fortress, but he hasn't. He's barely moved after attempting to break the walls. He sort of went limp after, and it worried me, but he did glare at us for some reason. That frightened me.

The Queen sighs and turns away, mechanical legs clacking away as she walked off somewhere. Had she gotten tired of waiting for my response? I feel embarrassed, starting to go after her but I stopped when she stopped.

I notice now the eeriness was worse. I look through the legs of The Spider Queen and into a different room, the source of our fear. I walk over, under her, and into the room.

A child with dark hair was standing in the middle of a blue somewhat ritual circle, hands extended and flowing along as she moved through something spiritually. She seemed to be working on something, but it faded from existence when I got the second to look at it.