Masquerade

Epilogue: Hope No More

Jean hugged me from the back. I felt something kinda like an adrenaline rush. I stopped stabbing Wade, who was lying in a pool of blood. With a half-crying voice, she asked me to stop. I dropped the knife. My heart beat faster than a lightning striking onto the earth. She let me go. I quickly crawled away from the lifeless body.

I laid my back at the wall. Jean joined me. She was still crying. I wiped my unstoppable tears using my sleeve. My hands were bloody and my clothes were blood-stained. What have I done?

I looked at her. "Jean?"

She looked at me. Without a word, she hugged me. Still with her crying voice, she said, "I'm so-sorry f-for getting you into this..."

I embraced her and then closed my eyes. "It wasn't your fault..."

"Good", she replied with an unbelievably hoarse voice. Her body was getting hotter. Literally hotter.

"What the heck?"

I opened my eyes, only to find out that he was hugging me. The ugly, horned, hooded, red humanoid. THE DEVIL. He gave me a creepy smile. I quickly pushed him away. I crawled to Wade's body and took the knife. I pointed the knife at his throat.

"WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?! WHERE IS SHE!!!!!", I asked him, in anger.

He lifted his hands. "You see, kid, I gave you what you wanted. I just need something in return. Just like what we agreed..."

He held my right hand. The heat was beyond compare. I could feel tears coming out from my eyes. Then, he stabbed himself in the throat as deep as he could. He pushed me hard, which made me fall.

"You think this stupid toy will help you?" he mocked me.

I grunted and then stood up.

"Kid, I'm just asking you to do a favor", he added.

"YOU DIDN'T ASK FOR ANYTHING BACK THEN!" I tried to remind him.

"People don't make deals when they're drunk. That's your mistake", he said while cutting his own palm using the knife.

"This red water is ticklish", he added.

"JUST SHUT UP!!! GO AWAY FROM MY FREAKIN' LIFE!!!"

"You won't remember, kid..."

He gave me a smirk. Then, he disappeared into the thin air.

Right after that, Wade stood up. i couldn't believe what I saw.

"Wade? You're alive?" I asked him in disbelief.

He chuckled, in the voice of the Devil, with bloodshot eyes. Shuck.

"...YOU AGREED TO JOIN ME IN HELL!!!!"