[✔] Unknown (boyxboy werewolf)

Chapter 17. Another Way Out

_present time_

~Whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh, Whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh, Whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh, Whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh, I wish there was another way out~

This reminds him a lot of that night. His feet keep on stomping the ground, his heart is beating fast in suspense, his eyes are looking around frantically. He had run so fast he feels like his heart might drop to the ground. He needs to keep going. This is for his friends. Dead or alive, he will still complete the ritual. This is the only salvation for him.

~Voices won't go away, They stay for days and days, They say some awful things, ways to make you fade away, I don't think no one's home, And we're just here alone, I better find you first, before you find the phone~

Now he can't fight the tears that are fighting their way to burst out from behind his eyelids. They are winning. No. They've won. And he had lost. But even with his tears winning, he can't let the demon win over him too. He keeps trying to see in the dark to make sure that he is running on the right path. He must be at the exact place where Micah was killed. He can feel that Micah... No. The creature... is closing up on him. He must be quick.

~You better run, better run, better run, yeah I'm coming after you, When you're sleeping at night, yeah there's nothing you can do, There's no place you can hide cause I'm coming after you~

Winds are blowing strongly around him. It was like a storm is coming. Well, what's new? He thought sarcastically. It is a known fact that that creature will always bring eclipse and storm as it comes along. There are sounds of thunder filling the space above. And just as soon as he heard them, the rain finally pour down to the ground. He thinks he is near now. He rushes to the place where Micah had gotten killed in the raging storm. He must finish this once and for all.

~I wish there was another way ou-ou-ou-ou-oooouuuut for you, I wish there was another way ou-ou-ou-ou-oooouuuut for you~

As he reaches the place, he quickly kneels down to the ground and draws the pentagram by piercing the sand with the end of the scroll just as how he memorized it from the scroll. If he remembers correctly, he must stand in the middle of the drawn pentagram for the spell to work.

~I wish there was another way out (whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh), I wish there was another way out (whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh), I wish there was another way out~

Just as soon as he finishes drawing the pentagram, he hears a roar of a familiar evil laughter mixed with the sounds of the thunder and the pouring rain. And he knew at that instance that the creature had gotten there. He must go on. He puts all the three items he has with him before him. Be it death, if he has to face it, he will face death. But he must put an end to this madness. He sees the creature right in front of him now, towering him and looking down on him. But Dominic can sense that the creature is afraid to move forward towards the pentagram. It was like it is allergic to the drawing. As if the pentagram would hurt it. This is his chance. Dominic quickly chants the spell over and over. "Pace voua morti nostri, pace voua morti nostri, pace voua morti nostri." The storm that the creature brings with it had covered the moon light so Dominic knew that he has to chant the spell repeatedly until the moon rise and shine on the ground. At least he thinks so. He's not sure but he has no time to think of something else so he will not stop chanting the foreign words.

~You gave up, I'll check and see, No one cares less than me, Dead wrong I guess you'll be, These voices won't let you leave, Got you down on bended knee, What should my next weapon be?, It's over you can't breathe, Just sit down, rest in peace~

Now the creature is angry. The creature just growls in defense to the power of the pentagram and the chanting. It keeps on growling in anger. Dominic feels a little bit of confidence that the spell might be working and that he's probably doing something right. He is far from feeling afraid of the creature. There's no more room for fear in his heart. Just determination. The creature's growling got louder and it was at that moment that a bright light comes down from the sky towards the creature and strikes it down with just one blow.

~You better run, better run, better run, yeah I'm coming after you, When you're sleeping at night, yeah there's nothing you can do, There's no place you can hide cause I'm coming after you~

Dominic stops his chanting due to the shock in light of the situation and just stares at the creature's direction. Bright light is illuminating the creature and there's no more sounds of it growling. Just dead silence. No movement too. The storm also has subsided. Dominic notices moonlight shining the ground all around him. It's night time now? And he realizes that it wasn't the lightning that had strike the creature. It was the moonlight! The light around the creature slowly diminishes and the creature starts to grow smaller in its size and Dominic feels his heart rush a little as he realizes what the creature is turning back into. It turns back into Micah who's now looking back at him with tears in his eyes. "I'm sorry, Dome," Micah said and closes his eyes as he falls down to the ground in a loud thud.

~I wish there was another way ou-ou-ou-ou-oooouuuut for you, I wish there was another way ou-ou-ou-ou-oooouuuut for you~

Dominic just looks at Micah who seems like he's just beautifully only sleeping on the ground not that far away from him. He just stands there and stares blankly at the naked man on the ground. There's no expression shown at all on his face except maybe just the expression of all sense coming back to him. And slowly, just slowly, a smile beginning to appear on his face. A smile of realization. Like he had just awakened from a long deep sleep.

~I wish there was another way out (whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh), I wish there was another way out (whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh), I wish there was another way out~

He hears clapping now and the sounds of laughter. Familiar laughter. He sees people appearing from behind the trees. Three of them. Familiar faces. "Works every time," one of them said, with a huge grin on his face. Everyone else only laugh in unison, agreeing. Dominic snickers a little. How tricky his friends were... He walks out of the useless drawn pentagram on the ground and squats next to the man on the ground, running his fingers through the man's hair and leans down to kiss his forehead. "Welcome to the family, my soul mate," he said. The man opens his eyes slowly. He looks around at the familiar faces all around him. Dominic, Kyo, Tony, and Alec.

~Break you down, now put it back together again, I'll break you down, now put it back together again, Break you down, now put it back together again, I'll break you down, now put it back together again~

All of them quickly stands up. "Your highness," Micah, Tony, Alec, and Kyo called at once towards Dominic and bows down to him. Dominic only nods in acknowledgement and gestures for them to look up. They do as he gestured them to. Another successful cycle. Only, just this time, he adds Micah to his little family as his eternal soul mate which he had been looking for ever since his existence.

~I wish there was another way out (whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh), I wish there was another way out (whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh), I wish there was another way out~

"Well, it's time to feast," Dominic said with a hint of evilness in his tone and slowly, his bones started to crack, one by one, little by little, growing in size, tearing up his clothes. And the familiar creature rises up before them. And they follow. All of them. One by one, turns into the very similar creature, slowly, painfully. All of them have those glowing evil-looking eyes. But only Dominic with a pair of red eyes instead of yellow. For he is their King. And tonight, they will feast until the moon light is gone as the moon offers them strengths. It is the same cycle all over again. Every century, they will feast once before they all went back to sleep again. And this century, it's Brackish Ville. Every single living thing in Brackish Ville will fill their appetite.

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LYRICS CREDITS: Hollywood Undead – Another Way Out

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NEXT UPDATE: 2022/11/24