The InkHeart

Chapter 20: Power

There was a massive plate that contained liquid like water, probably some magic potion. The blood of Resa was flowing into that plate. The water was turning to scarlet in no time and there were voices coming out of that. The liquid was turning into a clay sculptures, weird ones. It was like a skull popping out. A demon sticking his tongue out of that potion. 

Dustfinger was running, He wasn't focusing on anything else. All he wanted was to save Resa now. There were guards all over the ceremony place. Dustfinger ran into first two guards and gave them a hard punch right in the chin. But Dustfinger's fight wasn't enough to heavy armed guards. They clenched Dustfinger tightly and made him stand straight.Dustfinger remembered that they had guns at some point, now they didn't and he didn't know where those guns went. Probably to the world that they stole or probably that's why Capricorn wants to use magic to go to the Resa's world to gain control with his evil magic. Nevertheless, all that thinking was useless now with Dustfinger being caught, unable to move, unable to free himself.

"What?, you think you really can out done so many guards, Fire Dragon?" Capricorn started to mock Dustfinger. 

"It's not like you weren't invited to this ceremony, honey" 
"You're the most key part of this ceremony." 

Dustfinger's heart fell, he was now scared more than ever. He didn't know what to say, or what to feel. He just wanted to save Resa. She was still standing at the stairs, her one arm was held tight with a rope and another arm was bleeding badly, She was unconscious. Lisa was tied and so was Fenoglio and Darius. 

They were bleeding too, Fenoglio from his nose and Darius had his 3 fingers cut. He was crying and screaming but guards held their hands to his mouth, trying to keep him shut.

"Don't torture them, You coward!" Dustfinger remarked Capricorn. He didn't know from where did those words come from but he'd say million times if he had to now.

"Oh, I'm not torturing them. They did their part of this ceremony really well and now it's your turn." 

Dustfinger was in a state of shock, his mind rushed thinking about what parts could Fenoglio and Darius could do. All he could think was that Fenoglio might have written something and Darius might have read something to make it alive and Resa's blood was necessary to go to her world but what was his part. He couldn't stop thinking. The time moved slower than ever before. He could feel every millionth of second passing by, looking at his palm, he felt dizziness. It was as he was about to die, not just once but million times over and over.

"See, Resa's blood was important for us to go to her world. But I won't access that world without my demons, I'll unleash them so they could help me conquer the juicy world of Resa, and Oh she's gonna die soon. Woops spoiler alert, I mean."

Basta and Flatnose were smiling, laughing at those captives, their hopelessness.

"I'm just gonna cut your hand, eh. It's not gonna hurt that much, I'm gonna mix your blood that will unleash demons and Resa's blood so we could go afterwards to her world. I'll have to drink your drops of blood so I'll have full control of the demons, Oh boy Oh boy, It's gonna be so fun today ay!"

Before Dustfinger could speak, Basta cut his arm a bit. Capricorn took the drops of blood and mixed in a cup with Resa's blood. Capricorn was holding the cup.

"Wait, but why me." Dustfinger started to speak but was shortly cut afterwards. 

"I know, I know, Yadi Yada Ya. I knew you'd ask that. Your father had powers, Dustfinger." 

Capricorn was reacting like he didn't care about the statement he just made. But Dustfinger was trembling. 

"My....my father. He... he... had powers? . He died when I was a kid, what powers?!" 

"Well I have no intent to tell you your father's stupid story but as we are waiting for the moon, we might as well talk, eh boy. Your father worked for me, Dustfinger. A long time ago. You weren't born at that time, obviously. You're not like your father. Your father was brave and he'd do anything to make a just decision. I wanted to unleash the demons at that time. I'm the king, Dustfinger. I can do whatever the heck I want. I told him I want to, and he killed himself  before doing so, he told his wife to run from us. Little did she know, we were not stupid as your father, Dustfinger. We spotted the wife, your mother. Killed her too. Well, we tortured her first to tell the secret but she wouldn't just tell, She did have guts to refuse after we'd taken her damn eye  out. She managed to hide you somewhere. It took me more than you can think of to get to you now. I spotted you the first day I saw you. See the scar on your left hand. That wasn't just coincidence .It was from magical inheritance, you fool." 

Dustfinger's eyes filled with water, his eyes were red. He was crying. He could not imagine that they tortured his mother before killing her and his dad who seemed like a noble man, didn't want anyone to misuse his power. Dustfinger wanted to cry now. He did. But his eyes were filled with anger if not tears by now.

"YOU! ARE! GOING TO PAY!!!"

A scream, that was so powerful, broke castle's windows. It was of Dustfinger's. He had never seen that side of his. He was now brave, he still couldn't control his now-discovered powers but he knew one thing for sure that he's going to kill everyone in this room.