Tainted Hearts

Nothing Less, Nothing More

Noche found himself in a space with countless small orbs floating around, but one more thing he noticed was Alex's physical body.

"Wh—.. Hey, wake up..! Where the hell are we?!"

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His voice was back to glitches.

Though still, Seeing the body of his friend returned his hope of what had happened wasn't reality.

"Answer me, dammit!"

"Fear not, demonic one."

A loud, booming voice startled the demon, he gazed above and saw one of the Higher Individuals, Orion.

"... What.. The hell are you?! What is this place?!"

"I've brought you here because simply that was not your time to face demise yet."

Noche glanced at Alex's body before returning to the Higher Individual.

"... Can you bring him back..?"

Orion shook his head, Noche's pupil shrunk. Well.. if he couldn't, maybe someone else could, right?

"I am sorry but there is no hope, no possible way to bring something that doesn't exist anymore."

"... What?! I... Then, I'll just find another way to."

"You can not."

Noche gritted his teeth, he stood up and faced the Higher Individual with straight posture.

"You don't know that! You call yourself a Higher Individual when you can't even do something as simple as bringing someone back!"

"That is not my call, I am no God."

Then, it flicked Noche.

"God... Yes, He can bring him back right? God made the rules, surely he can!"

Orion hung his head down, faltering Noche's form of hope a little.

"... A contact with God is impossible, even if you did succeed on face to face with Him, there is no changing God's will and mind. It is what it is."

Noche went silent, his void face returned. The demon then fell to his knee, he sighed before chuckling weakly and adjusted his hat.

"Yeah, that just destroyed everything."

Orion stuck out his gigantic index finger before slowly pulling the lifeless body of a person who once named Alex towards a vortex.

"... Where are you taking him?" Noche questioned, confusion and concern were visible.

"To a place that'll eradicate this body." Orion answered.

"What?! No, no! You can't do that!"

Noche ran up and grabbed the body by the arm before attempting to pull it, but to no avail.

"I am.. truly sorry, demonic one."

Orion harshly moved his finger before half of Alex's body was sucked into the vortex. The demon held on, gripping the hand of the spirit's body.

"... You are clinging to something that is not anymore, let go."