Darkside - A Dreamnoblade Story

Chapter 28 ~ Fight Back

TW: Talking about rituals (is that a warning?idk), mention of death, implied torture, violence, knives, blood

Niki's POV:

"Whoa whoa whoa, let's back it up for a second," I hold my pointer finger out to stop him from talking. There's no way that I have a brother, all my life I had a loving family that stopped at nothing to make me happy. How, and most importantly when, was Ranboo born? And I'm also pretty sure that no one in my family is an enderman hybrid, both of my parents are cat hybrids so technically Ranboo being an enderman is impossible.

"How in the world are you an enderman then?" I have many questions but I think this one is the most confusing.

Ranboo sighs a bit, "I don't know. To be honest, I can't remember a lot these days. My memory is getting worse and worse, the hardest thing is that I can't remember why."

"Oh."

"It doesn't matter though, I can tell we're immediate family because you have memories of me being your brother. I've seen them," Ranboo continues. I raise an eyebrow, I don't know of any time where he was in my life. I feel like I would remember something as weird as an enderman, no offense but they're really rare hybrids.

"Fine, I'll accept the fact we're siblings even though I highly doubt it," I clearly state. There's no way my parents lied to me all my life, "So again, what's your plan?"

"Well, I know that you have to destroy the locket that contains my soul. The reason it has to be family is because you need a family member's blood to open the locket first then destroy it." Ranboo tried to explain but I wasn't comprehending any of it.

"So what? I cut myself and pour blood on the locket?"

"I don't know for sure but yeah, I guess you could do that," Ranboo shrugs while shoving his hands into his pockets. Geez, I thought he was supposed to know everything.

"I-.....you're literally zero help," I glare at Ranboo. He isn't making eye contact, making him look guilty of something, "What is it?"

Ranboo looks up and I swear that I see tears building in his eyes, "It hurts Niki, he hurts me and I need your help. Please, I only know so much. My-.....my life is in your hands because I have a feeling Schlatt will k-kill me soon."

His voice cracks multiple times which makes me feel bad for snapping at him. I will say that being under someone's control must be exhausting. A tear falls down Ranboo's face, it leaves a trail of smoke and burns as it travels down. I quickly get up and run over to where the enderman is standing, ready to help him.

I pull my long sleeve over my hand and reach up to Ranboo's face to wipe the tears so he doesn't get any more hurt. After a while the tears calm and Ranboo raises his eyes to meet mine,

"Thank you."

I nod, "It's nothing. I promise to he-"

BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP

An ear splitting alarm echoes through the cell and I stumble back while covering my ears. I vaguely hear footsteps running past the cell door over the blaring of the alarm. I look up to see that Ranboo has disappeared......weird.

I crouch down on the floor and try to block out the sound as much as possible. It's like they want to break my ear drums.

I wait in the cell for the next 10 minutes or so as footsteps run back and forth, screaming fills my ears and for the first time I'm scared as to what's going on. A loud bang, even louder than the alarm, erupts from the front of my cell. This might be the first time I'm thankful to be in the cell.