Deals Of The Past

Chapter 11: The Truth

Cherry kept glancing at her arm, debating if she should use the power her grandfather had given her. She stood up and starting passing back and forth. Cherry's mind was racing with all different thoughts. Suddenly she glanced at her arm to see it was starting to glow red. Quickly Cherry placed her hand over it and started to think of her grandfather.

Before Cherry could react, she was flung backwards towards a wall. She hit her head and knocked herself out. Cherry collapsed to the floor.

Frank and Matt walked back into the room. Both of them looked at each other confused. Frank walked over towards Cherry, picked her up and placed her on his shoulder. Matt done the same with Gabriel. They both walked out of the room and placed Cherry and Gabriel down on two separate chairs. Quickly they tied Cherry and Gabriel to the chair.

After a few moments Gabriel became conscious again. Quickly he shook his head to wake himself up. Slowly he glanced down at noticed he was tied to a chair.

"Frank you ba***rd" Shouted Gabriel as he started struggling.

"Oh I'd keep your cool if I were you Gabriel" Replied Frank as he stood behind Cherry's chair and placed a hand on the back of the chair.

"Or What?" Snapped Gabriel as he glared over at Frank, eyes filled with rage.

Suddenly Frank quickly pulled a knife from out of his pocket and rested it against Cherry's neck. Cherry shrieked as her eyes became filled with tears. Gabriel's eyed became filled with horror and fear.

"Or I stab this knife right into your pretty a*s sister" Replied Frank with a sinister grin grew across his face, as he placed the tip of the blade onto Cherry's heart.

Cherry gasped and started heavy breathing. She closed her eyes, a couple of tears fell down her face. Gabriel closed his eyes and looked down towards the ground.

"Fine... just please don't hurt my sister" begged Gabriel as a couple of tears stared to form in his eyes.

Frank started laughing and pulled the knife away from Cherry's chest. Slowly he stood up straight and looked down at Cherry behind him. Swiftfully Frank stabbed the knife into Cherry's leg. Cherry flinched and closed her eyes, a couple of tears fell down her face. Gabriel eyes went wide with horror. They all expected her to scream but nothing came out of her.

"How the hell can you not scream at that Cherry?" Said Matt as he lent up against the wall with the look of confusion on his face.

"Maybe because... my body... is to numb from the pain... and torture you two have... given me" Stuttered Cherry as she looked down towards the knife still stuck into her leg.

Frank jolted back slightly, could he really have caused her that much pain. Matt was looking over at Cherry thinking that he and his father had gone to far now.

"Putting my granddaughter through hell I see" Said a voice from behind them, within the shadows of the room.

"Who's there?" Shouted Frank as he spun around to look into the shadows.

The Devil stepped out of the shadows and into the light. Frank stepped back in shock, his face white like a ghost. Cherry and Gabriel turned their heads to look at their grandfather.

"Its... its... you" Stuttered Frank as he stepped back again, eyes wide with fear.

"Scared are we?" Replied the Devil as an evil grin grew across his face.

Frank felt rage and fear flowing through his body. All the memories of that night came flooding back to him.

"You f**ker... you killed my son" Shouted Frank as his mind started racing, tears started forming in his eyes.

The Devil started laughing histaricaly, Frank looked at him confused. Matt was looking over at his father worried. Cherry and Gabriel looked over at each other eyes wide with shock.

Rage started to cover Frank's eyes. Quickly he stepped closer to Cherry, swiftly he cut the ropes and grabbed Cherry's arm. Frank had an arm around Cherry's torso, pinning her to his body. The knife in her leg was now causing her pain. Quickly he pulled the knife out of her leg and pointed towards the Devil. Gabriel was struggling to try and break free. Matt's eyes were wide with horror.

"What... the f**k do you want?" Snapped Frank as he stepped, still having a strong grip on Cherry's torso.

"I've been summoned by my granddaughter... obviously she needs help" Replied the Devil as he took a step closer to him.

"Stay back" Snapped Frank as he took a step backwards, still the knife pointed towards the Devil.

"Father... Cherry's his granddaughter... she brought him here by that mark on her arm" Said Matt as a sudden urge of realisation came across his face.

Frank looked over at his son then at the mark on Cherry's arm. He grabbed Cherry tighter and pointed the knife to her neck.

"Alright... tell me this... what do these marks on your granddaughter do?" Said Frank in a calmer tone as he gave the Devil strong eye contact.

"The one on her arm is used to summon me when she needs me... the one on her eye is used to see details of any deal that has been made... happy?" Replied the Devil as he crossed his arms and lent against the wall.

"Alright" Said Frank as he took the knife away from Cherry's neck.

Gabriel was just sitting there, shock at how calm this was all being sorted out. Matt was standing by a wall, unimpressed by the whole situation. Slowly Cherry closed her eye without the pentagram in and started looking back over the memory.

Suddenly she saw the family begging for the Devil not to kill their son. Then she saw the child growing up. Cherry gasped and opened her eye. Frank grabbed Cherry tighter and rested the knife against her neck.

"What's the matter... Finally feeling the pain?" Said Frank as an evil grin grew across his face.

"Your son... he's alive" Replied Cherry as he breathing became heavy, her mind shock with how she had never realised it.

Frank dropped the knife. Matt's eyes wide with disbelief. Gabriel's jaw almost hit the floor. The Devil smiled and gave her a nod.

"Wh... what?" Said Frank his eyes started to fill up with tears, but he didn't let that get in the way.

"Your son... he was never killed... he's still alive" Replied Cherry as her mind was racing, she glanced towards the Devil.