Woe of the chosen

Chapter 7: Consequences

    What the hell happened out here? Amelia's left arm is practically gone. Zeph is staring at something on the ground. Ugh, what is that smell? It smells like a rotting dead fish engulfed in a giant pile of human shit. I feel nauseous and proceed to vomit . Amelia then says, "Yeah, I don't blame you for puking. Honestly, it took me several hours to finally get used to the smell." I stopped vomiting, and out of pure shock I question, "Several Hours?" I look up at the sky and I notice that the sun is coming down. I then ask Amelia, "How long was I out for?." she answers, " I have no idea. I woke up to you holding my head on your thighs, so in return, I did the same." She started to play with her hair as she said that. I look at Zeph, and ask him, "Hey, what's wrong?" Zeph looks at me and points down to what he was staring at. What I saw next was something very disturbing, and horrifying. I stand up immediately to get closer. It was a corpse. It was fully burnt to a crisp, some of its flesh melted to the bone, one of its eyes was liquified, and its hair is completely gone. I exclaim, "WHAT THE FUCK?! WHO DID THIS?!" Wait a minute, I've seen that before. The way this person was killed. My mother died the same way, but how is this possible? The same incident? I look around and realize that the restaurant has been reduced to nothing but ashes. Zeph then says, "I don't know if you noticed, but Walter's dead." I turn around immediately and look at Zeph. I ask, "Is that dead body him?" Zeph turns to me with a blank expression "No shit." He clenches his fists and his jaw ticks. His blue eyes glow bright, The sky forms dark clouds all around us, and heavy rain starts to pour. Amelia groans as she tries to stand up, but she can't. I run to aid her ,and the rain pours heavier as I get closer. I put Amelia's arm around the back of my neck, and help her up. She says, "Thanks Pluto, now hold me while I cover for us." I do as she says and hold her waist. She proceeds to lift her right arm in the air, and a giant lily pad with a stem under it rose from the ground. Covering the two of us. Amelia then looks at Zeph and exclaims, "ZEPHILIOUS!!! CALM DOWN!!! YOU'RE CAUSING ANOTHER STORM TO EMERGE!!" Zeph then cries out, "GOD FUCKING DAMN IT!!! ITS HIM!!! THAT PILLAR WAS HIS DOING!!! HE USED ME!!! THAT PIECE OF SHIT!!!! HOW DARE YOU?! HOW DARE YOU?!?! YOU MURDERED INNOCENTS!!! YOU FUCKING BASTARD!!!!!" Zeph stops, and in a low sad tone says, "Who am I to judge? I'm not any different, right? Zeus?." He looks up to the sky, and rain gushes down through his face.

Thunder roars and echoes throughout the wasteland. Lightning starts to strike the ground every so often. Zephilious is crying out in pain and anger. Lightning starts to hit Zeph, over, and over, and over again. Blood starts to spew out from his eyes, and his clothing rips apart with each strike. Amelia then angrily says, "Alright, I'm tired of this bullshit." She gets rid of the lily pad and instead summons a giant batch of black flowers with white stripes. Zeph then says, "You never respond. You never communicate with me. How are you going to choose me, when I can't even know what you're thinking? You just say something when you need me. Why did you choose me? Why me? I always have to deal with the consequences of your actions. You're nothing, but a filthy God. You may have never actually done it, but you have more blood on your hands than I do. You absolute cryptic piece of filth. I swear one day you'l-." Before he could finish his sentence. The batch of black flowers smacks him, sending him flying a few meters back from where he was standing. Zeph is now lying on the ground motionless, but he's still conscious. The storm starts to fade away, and Amelia shouts, "YOU FUCKING DUMBASS!!! YOU COULDA KILLED US!!! GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER, AND LET'S GET A MOVE ON!!! IF YOU DON'T GET UP IN THE NEXT THREE SECONDS THEN I'LL BEAT YOU TO A DAMN PULP!!! YOU HEAR ME?!?!?!"  I shouldn't get in between these two, or else I'll get smacked with some flowers too. My body feels exhausted for some reason. I don't know why, but I'll ask Zeph later. As of now, I'll let Amelia take care of him.

    Amelia then stares at me and says, "Take me to
him now." I nod, and helped her make her way to Zeph. Zephilious stands up, and says, " You wouldn't understand. None of you know me." Amelia then replies, "You're right, we don't know you at all. You're just a stranger that attacked us in our front yard, but that can change. Let's get to know each other because trust me. We'll need each other. By the way, I do understand you. You're forgetting that I'm a chosen one too. So get up you whining baby we have to get moving." She then extends her hand out to Zephilious. He looks at it, and they do a handshake. He replies, "Yeah I guess you're right, but where would we go?" Amelia then points at me and says, "That's up to him." They both stare at me, and Zephilious asks, "Hey, you've been quiet this entire time with an emotionless expression." I reply, " Oh right, I think we should rest now. We'll go out tomorrow morning." Amelia then asks, "Where to?" I then turn around with my back facing them and reply with a serious tone, "That's what I'm gonna find out." We make our way back to Amelia's place to sleep. An hour later passes by and I'm already laying down in my bed. My entire room would be dark if it weren't for the moon lighting it up a bit through the window. I close my eyes, and just within a few seconds I fall asleep. I appear in the same plains where I met Morpheus for the first time. I look up, and I see him jump from the sun to a cloud with the shape of a flame, he then floats down and lands right in front of me. He then snaps his fingers, and everything disappears in the blink of an eye. It's all completely dark. He says, "Welcome back Pluto. Well then, shall we get started?"