Elysium

God 28

The nightmares of Leo's mirror were now reflected into reality when his mirror suddenly appeared and seemed to follow me around everywhere I went. It was almost tempting me. It wouldn't leave me alone, it was almost begging me to enter it. I wouldn't, I won't let my world shatter, I glared at the mirror.

"Thank you for not giving into your temptations Reficul."

Leo said to me over the dinner table one night, eyeing the mirror nervously. He was on edge since I had told him it had started pestering me in my dreams. Why was this world so eager in ending in such a horrid way? I just couldn't figure it out, perhaps it was to destroy Lucifer for all the sins that he had caused. I sat in the garden now, tending to Sal and Lucius' graves, wishing them a happy new year in their eternal slumber. A pair of eyes appeared on their headstones, one big gray eye, one big green eye, and they watched me as I walked away. I felt their gaze seeping into my back, making me very aware of their presence. I slowly walked back towards the graves and grabbed a nearby stick.

"Go back to sleep now."

My voice doesn't feel like my own, I ram the stick into both of their eyes, and blood spurts from them. Their blood seemed to get absorbed by the graves and soon disappeared as if nothing peculiar happened to begin with. Was it possible that even after all this time Sal and Lucius still were not resting peacefully? I remember Lucius' expression when I released him from me, he was heartbroken. I bite my lip in unease, they should be happy now.... Right? I shake my head and start to head back into the mansion, to see that Lucifer's mirror was in front of me again, blocking my path. I narrow my eyes

"Why do you keep following me around? I'm not falling for it."

I push past it, continuing my way back home. Don't you want to know about me? It whispered into my ear, dark hands emerged from the glass reaching for me.

"No need, I know everything about you."

I push away the hands but they grab onto my legs immobilizing me. Hundreds of eyes start peering into the crevasses of the black stoned mirror. They were bright red, and looked disgusting. They all blinked simultaneously, and twitched uncontrollably. Are you really going to believe my lies? The hands latch onto my waist, pulling me slowly into the mirror. The eyes stared at me, it looked as if the mirror was going to consume me.

"Yeah! I think for today I will."

I smile brightly into the mirror, and I hear blood curling, screaming escaping from the glass. Leo stares back at me in the reflection, he seemed off, and he was glowing. I could show you everything about me.

"I can ask you myself."

I glare into this false Leo's eyes. He winced and blood began pouring from his eyes, I was wounding him. Whyareyousuchastupidgirljustcomeonalready. My eyes were soft,

"Why?"

The sound of my heartbeat was ringing in my ears,

"Because." thumping slowly, my lips feel so soft.

"I."

Ba-dump, time slows down, a pulsating heartbeat is the only thing that can be heard.

"Trust you."

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I sighed and brushed myself off,

"You won't fool me that easily God."

I smile to the sky.

What?

A cold breeze touches my neck.

"You did the same thing to Eve didn't you? You tried deceiving her for your sick entertainment. You tricked her into eating the apple. You created the snake on purpose, you destroyed the Garden Of Eden."

The wind is picking up now, my hair blew violently, I grinned.

"But you see, the difference between me and Eve is,"

I stop and pause for a second, hesitating, but finally...

"I'm not a brainless human."

My singing laughter rung through the sky, penetrating the heavens.

I was transported into the woods, a perfect opening waiting for me. A picnic table was peculiarly placed in the middle of the clearing. I sat on top of it, waiting.

Why didn't you step into the mirror Reficul? I thought that you were most curious of Lucifer. I rolled my eyes and stood on the table.

"Because mirrors don't work with the living."

Silence for a moment.

How did you know that? I twirl myself around and point to the sky.

"You told me yourself!" I smile sweetly.

God stared down at me, it's big hands reaching down at me. I sat on it's hand, huffing.

I don't understand you.

"Do you understand anything you've created?" I retort, my long blonde hair extending itself past God's hand.

God doesn't reply, its expression puzzled and bewildered.

"Exactly, you were always an idiot." I cross my arms over my chest.

God closed his palm crushing me like an insect. A few moments later I regenerated.

"See you haven't changed, always throwing a tantrum when things don't go your way." I brush myself off and jump off its' hand.

Leo is the Satan of the original world, why do you care if he lives or dies? He's nothing more than a mere demon, and so are you.

I shake my head softly

"That's what you never seemed to understand."

I was facing away.

What?

"Just because he's a demon, doesn't mean that he doesn't have feelings, and that he can't be good. And just because you are God, it doesn't mean that you are good or a savior."

I mumble, my face getting hot.

But I am-

I spin around angrily

"Are you really? What kind of good person plays around with everyone's lives just for fun? What kind of good person destroys the lives of everything that they created? What kind of person exiles his own kind to Hell?"

God's hand crushed itself into a fist and once again squashed me like a bug.

You are weak, and you will suffer for your choices.

I Regenerated once more.

"And I'll prove you wrong, I won't let you play my game."

You demons were always so stubborn and foolish, do as you wish, but just know I'm always watching.

"I don't care what you do, just stay out of my way." I cross my arms over my chest and notice that God was trying to squash me again.

"Not this time." I cut through its' wrist, forcing his hand to be cut clean off.

"Don't get cocky with me, remember that we are nearly equal in strength." I glare into the sky.

Reficul please stop deluding yourself.

You know that you've just been talking to yourself this whole time.