SEVEN: Cursed Souls

CHAPTER 51: NINTH CIRCLE OF HELL

At Anonymous' room, Ryder came alone. He was hesitating because he now knows who the person may be.

Soon as he got inside, he yelled. "You!" then pointed a knife at Anonymous. "A letter is addressed to you!" He threw the letter for the Sin of Pride.

Anonymous clapped, slowly. He clap with every step as he slowly go forward. "Congratulations! But can you kill me?!" he laughed.

He showed his face, revealing his identity.

"BROTHER!" said Ryder.

"NO! I'm the Angel of Death!" he imitated Ryder's face.

"You can't trick me, Richard!" Ryder paused. "Brother! There still is a chance. We don't have to do this!"

"Who told you that I am your brother?" his face changed again, now he looks like Victoria. "What if I am your mother?" then copied Rycardo, "or your father?" he then shifted looking like Jamila, copying her voice when he said, "You just don't know, my love!"

Ryder pulled Richard's hand and let him hold the knife then placed it in his neck. "If you aren't Richard, then you can freely kill me!"

Anonymous' hand started to shake while his face changes many times, as if uncontrolled. "Why are you doing this to me?" thought Anonymous. Anonymous gripped the knife tighter that slowly pierced through Ryder's skin, but he looked away and let go of the knife. "Go! Just go and leave me here!" he said, regret in his voice.

"Bro, we can still live a new life," Ryder offered his hand, "Come with me."

Anonymous couldn't look straight at him but he was slowly getting his hand near. Someone suddenly spoke. "You are all talk, I'm bored!" he yelled then hit Ryder's head. Ryder met the floor, unconscious.

Anonymous abruptly tried to stab the other man but he was fast and soon as the man recovered, he used the handle of his axe to hit Anonymous' head. He let go of the axe and punched Anonymous' stomach.

Anonymous' eyes grew wide while he starts to vomit blood. The man wasn't satisfied yet so he punched his face.

Anonymous lost his balance and fell down and as he reach the floor, his face changed back to that of Richard which now has a scar on his face.

"Weak!" the man said.

Now, both Ryder and Richard are unconscious so the man tied Richard's hands, and taped Ryder's mouth before dragging him out of the room.

***

Outside the lair, Meditrina pulled Hope and made sure that she is hidden outside the building.

"Hope, I'm sorry!" Wait for me here.

She went inside the lair and met James half way. "So you are also here?" James asked.

Ina rolled her eyes. "I'm here for my sister!"

"Since you are already here, why not take care of Techno? I already tied him up. You are here for your sister, right? She's with us so you must also be with us. Go while I'll make sure that no one else gets out of the other building," James said.

Meditrina smiled then ran to Techno's room.

When she got inside, she immediately saw a letter in the floor. Sin of Lust.

"Hello, Dan! Did James read this to you already? Let me pick it up and read my favorite part," she picked the letter, "Death be upon you!"

She looked at Techno and thought, "There is no hope for you because I know that you'll never change if you get out of here."

She took a contraption that Techno made, an electric chair but it is more cruel—the voltage starts low but gets high as a set timer ticks down.

My last letter must be given next, she pulled a letter from her pockets. Ryder trusted too much, maybe it is best that he hand this over. She looked behind the envelope and read what was written, the Ninth Circle of Hell: "Treachery".