Through the Veil

Chapter Nine

Jynx shuddered as she felt an icy chill slowly crawl down her spine. Her chest burning with the rage she'd been holding back her entire life. She heard a click and spun on her heels, teeth bared and ready to tears flesh from bone as she saw the door slowly open. She walked towards it fast, pulling it open with such force she nearly tore it from its hinges. "Quinten!" She screamed at the top of her lungs, anger tainting what affection she'd held for him. He fucking left me in there to die! That fucking traitor! If he's off fucking someone else I'll kill him! Her green eyes, glowing with unnatural light, scanned the room in search of her friend.

Nothing.

She took a deep breath in through her nose and caught the scent of his body wash. Upstairs... She turned to take the stairs when she found herself face to face with a silvery-eyed creature at the base of the stairs, green saliva dripping from the corner of their thin, pale lips. They were hunched over, black hair hanging over their face, and had a chain hanging from their neck, the sound triggering something in Jynx. "It's you!" They put up opened their mouth and hissed, rows of tiny sharp teeth menacing and coated with goo. Jynx lunged at them and slammed their back into the wall, their skull making a sickening squish sound as it rammed into the wall hard enough to leave a smear of blood. "You're the monster! You're the reason I got called here!" They shoved her off, once again splitting open the gashes on her ribs which made Jynx that much angrier. She grabbed the chain and yanked hard, forcing them to make a loud choking sound as the collar around their neck pressed painfully against their trachea, "I'll fucking kill you!"

The creature gripped their collar, pulling it away from their neck and snarling at Jynx in pain and fear. Jynx sneered in disgust and hatred, pulling them up the stairs like they were dragging a dog on a leash. Scrambling to get away, they began desperately gripping the bannister in an attempt to resist her strength, claws digging into the railing and breaking off and leaving their fingers bloody. It was no use. Jynx's rage was in full swing as she wrapped the chain around one hand and yanked as hard as she could, reeling the creature in like a prize fish at the end of a line. Jynx's nostrils flared as a feral snarl contorted her face into an ugly expression, her muscles beginning to bulge, veins popping with the effort. The creature cried out in agony, their mouth blood and green saliva splattering everywhere as Jynx yanked once more, pulling them close enough that she could grab a fistful of their greasy hair and drag them up the stairs. "You are the one who started all this bullshit! If it weren't for you I would've never come here!"

Not even aware of why, Jynx dragged the creature slowly towards the back bedroom. They kicked and struggled in vain trying to run away, their strength quickly draining from their body as they got closer and closer to the end of the line. The creature saw the door and went limp, terror melting away they resigned themselves to what was coming next, eyes devoid of emotion as they let Jynx drag them into the middle of the room. Jynx mercilessly pulled them across the floor, their head wound leaving a smear of blood across the floor as she looked around for a weapon of some kind. Her gaze fell on a set of knives and an evil smirk pulled at the corner of her mouth, "Jackpot..."

Kneeling on the creature's chest she gripped their wrist and drove one of the blades through the palm of their hand and into the floor. They gasped in pain and let loose a shrill screech, their throat raw and bruised from being dragged around by their chain. Jynx grabbed their jaw and turned them to look into their eyes, her face contorted in an expression of cruel amusement, "You know nothing of pain, monster... You ruined everything! I worked so hard to keep my anger hidden and caged and now I've become this!" She clenched her teeth and slammed another blade through the creature's other hand, pinning it to the floor. The creature's eyes began to roll, their vision swimming from pain and blood loss. Jynx got to her feet and started looking over the blades to see if they were sharp. "I'm going to end this... No more anger. No more lust... I just wanna go back to how things were!" Jynx sneered and drove a blade through the creature's stomach, sinking it hilt deep into their gut. Their mouth fell open in a loud gasp of searing agony as Jynx's face fell into a blank expression and sank the final blade through the creature's chest, muttering to herself in a savage growl only she could hear. The creature stared at the ceiling, feeling the life draining from their body as a chill began creeping over them. They began to tremble as their vision went black, "T-thank... you..." they managed to whisper as the life drained from her eyes, finally being released to freedom beyond the veil.