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Chapter Seven

ANAKIN

    If she is the one that is going to save us, all of Gehena is screwed. She has to be the one Kaizia was talking about in her letter, there is no other explanation. The princess of angels that is going to save little us, will die before she even gets a chance. I don't give a damn about her powers, she could barely save herself from a snag on the flooring.

I hate this already. We are not even thirty minutes in when she starts complaining. To give more perspective, we have yet to leave this shit-hole of a lair and she is already breaking her vow of silence that she obviously had made with herself. I genuinely want to jump off of Blade's mountain and bleed out into a pit of lava instead of spend any more time with this fucking pip-squeak.

    She does not shut up.

    No matter what I do or anyone else does, she just keeps going. There is no stopping her, her attitude, and her fucking mouth. The amount of times I have heard where are we going can make my ears bleed. I know damn well that she would much rather talk me to death instead of a simple stabbing to my chest. The latter is far less brutal.

    I cannot escape her voice.

    It's too gentle and angelic. I would compare it to being music to my ears if it wasn't so constant. Too much of anything can cause a man to go crazy and in the span of less than twenty minutes I feel as if I'm close to the edge. Although she talks a lot, it's still calm, collected, and fucking nerve-wracking.

    She is ruining a celebratory day for me. I am getting out of this Russa early. Knowing this is the day, I will be getting out of here makes me feel something that I can not pinpoint. Emotions. Something that fallen barely experience and have no control over. I have been angry for so long it feels strange to feel anything else. Yes, I am finally ready to get out of here. I just hope I don't end up dead by the end of it though.

    Maybe, just maybe, I can hitch a ride with her out of this damning mess. I have been trying to escape since I was a teenager. I tried and tried but every time I do, I end up failing and making a fool of myself. I cannot stand it. I held all the key components here. I have carried this one specific map since I first laid my hands on it in Blade's palace. I have been keeping it for a day that I would have a real chance. I can never seem to escape the challenge the map displays but maybe with Nerissa something can be done.

With her, at least I do not have to do the second challenge alone. I hate that man so very much. His very existence repulses me. There are certain lines you, as a being capable of care and love, never cross and he seems to cross all of them. How did he get away with it? I don't know. Would I be doing my best to figure it out? No. Because I don't care, I just want to get the fuck out.

    Once we finally reach the back palace door, I look behind me and realize we are being watched. Their eyes peer into my back when I turn my head. Clenching my jaw, I walk out with the risen girl following behind me like a lost dog. I can not believe this is my life. I am a glorified chauffeur.

    It is a hard realization to swallow when I remember that I was once a very happy kid. It is hard to believe and even harder to remember as the days go by. Both because my memory is fading from those early days and because looking back on happier times only leave me feeling more hallow than before. The delusion isn't going to save me now. I am too deep into it. I have failed myself and my people.

Nothing can save my people, not as long as Calytrix breathes. They are going to have to suffer for as long as they live. The rotten thing is, It is all my fault too.

They don't deserve it.

    The back pathway intersects with a small street. A group of kids wasting away play amongst each other. The kids in the street watch me from where I am standing now, they do not deserve to suffer. They had bright futures once upon a time.