Blood, Bodies & Roses

Chapter 18; Nightmares

Darkness.

That's all there was around her. The sky was nothing but pitch black and the ground was like black glass, scratch marks and scuffs patterned it, only to have a dark void on the other end of it.

Keido walked through the dark void. She was quite familiar with the place as it resided inside her. Unfortunately, the only times she's come here are because he called her here whilst she slept.

As she walked through the darkness, she searched for him. The girl wore black cargo pants with a black belt that had double rows of silver holes in them. Two chains were attached to her belt, one of them being a slightly longer one which drooped down lower down the side if her leg. She wore a plain, black, cropped T-shirt along with black combat boots. Her long, white-streaked hair was let loose down her back except this time instead of light, pastel blue eyes, they were different.

In the void, her appearance was different. What it was supposed to be like, without her powers hiding it.

Her eyes were black and yellow, outlined in red and green. Her bright green scar was visible over her neon eye and black markings were visible on her face. Her wings, tail and horns were exposed to the windless air, blending in with the black space around her.

As she stepped through the abyss, she listened for any noise that he could make, any vibration in his steps.

"ꁝꏂ꒒꒒ꄲ ꀘꏂ꒐꒯ꄲ. ꁝꄲꅐ ꒒ꄲ꒦ꏂ꒒ꌦ ꒐꓄ ꒐ꇙ ꓄ꄲ ꇙꏂꏂ ꌦꄲ꒤ ꋬꍌꋬ꒐ꋊ."

Keido spun around on her heels, turning to face the entity that lurks in her mind. She matched his manipulative gaze with a cold glare.

"Ezekiel." She snarled.

Ezekiel towered over the cold girl who stood before her. He was around eight feet tall and looks like something that would lurk in the darkest of minds's nightmares.

He had no skin, as he was only a black skeleton could sickeningly bend to an extent to show emotion and expressions. He had a long black, barbed tail and two giant horns coming out the upper sides of his heads, as well as two smaller ones under them. There were also cracks all over his limbs and body, which glowed white. The entity's eye sockets and the inside of mouth were a blinding bright, white light as well. He wore nothing but a black cloak with a pendant securing it to his form. The pendant was black and in the shape of an eye, having a red gem for its pupil. his black cloak faded into a smoke at the end, trailing behind him. His eye sockets leaked black tar from an unknown source, as well as some of the glowing cracks in his bones, creating tiny little stream of black liquid trailing down his body.

He was only describable as one thing;

Horrifying.

"꒐꓄'ꇙ ꅐꄲꋊ꒯ꏂꋪꊰ꒤꒒ ꊰꄲꋪ ꌦꄲ꒤ ꓄ꄲ ꒦꒐ꇙ꒐꓄ ꂵꏂ ꄲꋊꉔꏂ ꋬꍌꋬ꒐ꋊ ꋬꊰ꓄ꏂꋪ ꋬ꒒꒒ ꓄ꁝ꒐ꇙ ꓄꒐ꂵꏂ ꄲꊰ
꒒ꏂꋬ꒦꒐ꋊꍌ ꂵꏂ ꋬ꒒ꄲꋊꏂ ꒐ꋊ ꁝꏂꋪꏂ."

Keido rolled her eyes and responded, crossing her arms over her chest:

"Oh cut the crap Ezekiel, the only way to shut your raspy-ass voice is with pills, lots of practice in ignoring people and feeding your gluttonous self. Now, what do you want, and if you're going to ask me to let you out, then I will shove your femur up your tailbone."

The dark entity shook his head, letting out a dark chuckle.

"ꄲꊰ ꋬ꒒꒒ ꓄ꁝꏂ ꉣꏂꄲꉣ꒒ꏂ ꅐꁝꄲꂵ ꋬꋪꏂ
ꉔꋬꉣꋬꃳ꒒ꏂ ꄲꊰ ꒐ꂵꉣꋪ꒐ꇙꄲꋊ꒐ꋊꍌ ꂵꏂ, ꋬ꓄ ꒒ꏂꋬꇙ꓄ ꓄ꁝꏂꌦ ꍌꋬ꒦ꏂ ꓄ꁝꏂꂵ ꋬ ꇙꏂꋊꇙꏂ ꄲꊰ ꁝ꒤ꂵꄲꋪ."