Hell

Sucked into the past

     I wake up back at the mansion. What happened? All I remember is entering the moon room and then... nothing. "Morning, sleepyhead." Gio says from the living room." I look around the room and see that I was on the couch. "Where's Eryk?" I ask. "I believe he is at a wedding right now." Gio answers. "I thought Lili's wedding was in a week." I say. "It is. He was forced to see his mom's best friend's wedding." He answers. I sigh at his mom's bullshittery streek. "So what did I miss while I was out?" I ask. "Well a gang almost killing us, a rescue team for a rescue team, and me learning Eryk was a demon." Gio says. I nod slowly. "Not much of a surprise to be honest." He continues. "You do know you are now surrounded by demons, right?" I ask. "What?" He asks. I point above his head. He looks up to see Lucifer staring him in the eyes nearly an inch from being face to face. "Sup." He says and jumps off the ceiling. "Spider boy wonder." I say with a laugh. "Laugh it up shining Silver." Lucifer says as he goes to the kitchen to bring me a drink. "I will never get use to that." Gio says. I laugh a bit at Gio's face and go back to minding my own business. Lucifer comes back into the room with a glass of Eryk's wine. I take the glass from Lucifer and he sits down next to me. As I sip Puppy's blood I feel wounds start to heal. "Is this what happens every time a demon drinks blood?" I ask. Lucifer nods and looks at his watch. "Time for me to run. I gotta be Eryk's plus one at the wedding." He says and disappears. I shake my head for a moment then begin to laugh to myself. "What's so funny?" G asks. "The fact that Eryk did not take Grim of all people to torment." "I find that displeasing as well, thought me and him had something special." Grim says sarcastically behind me. "Good to see you too honey. How's life?" I say back. He snickers and moves to go check for possessing spirits for... reasons. I stand up and walk into the kitchen and Gio follows me. "So what demon was that?" Gio asks. "The Angel of Death, better known as the Grim Reaper." I say. "Are there any other unbelievable people around, or am I good?" Gio asks. "Well we do have Nikola Tesla in our basement..." I say. Gio blinks then says, "Excuse me while I try to kill myself." He walks out of the room. "If you kill yourself, he will just trap you within his mind." Grim says from somewhere upstairs. "On second thought..." Gio walks back into the room. I laugh for a moment and I hear a knock at the door. I go to open it and once the door is wide enough to reach a hand through I feel a damning pain in my gut. I look down to see a hand holding a knife that was in my gut. I look to see the one person I never wanted to see again. The one person that did everything to stop me from liking Eryk. The one that stabbed me with a knife was his mother. As the world started fading to black I felt a gigantic wave of anger and looked to see Eryk with his wings fully extended walking towards his mom.

     What the hell is going on today? First the Bloody Axes survives and now my mother was possessed. I land in front of my mansion. I see her standing in an open doorway with a knife... a blood stained knife. When I was following her she picked up the knife used to cut the cake, but ran out of the church... I look into the doorway and see Silver with blood staining her gut. Enough is enough. First she has to yell at her and now she stabs her! I don't even care that she is possessed or my mother. All I care about is satisfying my blood lust. I land and walk towards the door. I see Silver look at me and smile before falling to her knees. I see my mom raise the knife into a position it can go into her skull. Before she can move an inch I appear in front of Silver and am stabbed in the chest. I grab her hands as she tries to stab me again. "Leave her be." I say. "I will never leave her. She is mine!" Leviathan yelled from within my mom. "She will never be yours nor will any of my family. You are the weakest demon I know.. Do not spoil your chance to live." I say. "WEAK??? I AM THE STRONGEST DEMON THERE IS!" Leviathan yells. "And the most melodramatic demon there is." I say as I force the spirit out of my mother. She staggers, then looks around. "Why are we... " She screams as she sees that she is holding a bloody knife and my chest is bleeding. "Next time, don't eat the expired shit." I say and turn to pick Silver up off the ground behind me. I saw my mom, in spite of everything smile. After struggling to control my anger I bring her inside and lay her on the couch. "Get the first aid kit G. Should be in the kitchen in one of the cabinets." I say. He rushes off and comes back a moment later and hands me the kit whispering, "Why not heal her with the demonic powers you possess?" I shift my gaze to my mom and he nods. "Come on, Mrs. Piwowarczyk let's make some drinks." G says and she nods. As they walk out I cut my palm with the scalpel from the kit and pour the blood into her mouth. The wounds on her stomach begins to heal. "You sure that is a good idea?" Lucifer asks. "Don't need your negative nancy status, bea." I say and he laughs. As her wounds heal she wakes up. "Ugh..." She says as she sits up. She looks around the room. "What happened?" She asks and looks at me. "Leviathan managed to possess my mom and she stabbed you." I say. "What? But I thought that you sealed the demon in the western realm." She says. I nod, but just as I am about to speak a piercing pain stabs me between the eyes. "What's wrong?" Silver asks and looks at me. "You're bleeding." I frown and touch my upper lip and see blood on my fingers. "Strange..." I say as another wave of pain begins. "Eryk... ER..." I slowly lose the sound of her voice as I am surrounded by the darkness again. "I warned you to just do what I said. You brought this upon yourself and all your allies." Tartarus says as I hear a voice again, but something seemed off. "...CE!" I open my eyes to find myself, once again back on the training field that I trained with Gawain and Percival, back in the 1300s. "LANCE!" I hear the officer scream again. "Here Sir!" I say and look around and see that it was the day that I first became a guard. I hear a snicker and don't need to turn my head because I know if I do I will lose my chance to duel him later. "Have you got cotton in your ears? I asked why did you join the guards, not whether you were here or not!" I take a quick breath and say, "I joined the guards to better serve the kingdom, the people, and the king." The officer nods and looks at the next person in line. "What about you Pamela?" "I joined because of my family's history of being in the guard." "If I remember correctly your father was the leader of a five man squad. Hopefully you will take after him." He looks to the next two. "I know the reason Anthony is here, troublemaker you are, but why are you here Jackson?" "I followed in my brothers footsteps for too long, I wanted to make a title for myself and have him see me get it." I hear a chuckle again and my anger rises. The officer notices and says, "What is so funny Chuckles?" "The fact that he thinks that he has a chance. Look at him weak, pathetic, worthless. He has no chance against us, the elite guards." Billie says. "We shall see, the test is a duel. If one so wishes he and/or she could duel one of you for rank and 'experience' not sure who would though." The officer said with his eyes meeting mine. He turns to the last person in line, a bloodied man from a beating he received not ten minutes ago by Chuckles. "Now Brandon, why are you here?" "I want to make a name for myself and because of him." He points to Chuckles. "I now have the bloody. I wish to get one by my squad mates. Not a stuck up brat, but the reason I joined was to prove that even peasants like myself can make it to the rank of elite guard and be as powerful as the 'purebred' ones." He says and the officer smiles. "I WOULD LIKE HIM BEATEN AS PUNISHMENT!" Chuckles yelled. "Permission denied." The officer says. "Now is the time for the test. Brandon who would you like to spar?" He looks around and says, "Maybell." The officer nods and looks to Anthony. "You?" He smiles a bit and says, "Jackson." Officer nods, somewhat relieved. "Pamela?" He asks. "Charlie." He nods once again. "What about you? I have a feeling I can guess but I still must ask." "Chuckles." I say and he nods ordering a clearing of the sparring area for me and Chuckles. "You are so dead rookie." He says as he has trouble drawing his sword. "I don't believe so, Billie or should I say Chuckles? Maybe even Unskilled?" I say and draw the little dagger I have strapped on my belt. "Why will you not draw your sword?" Katie, the archery trainer asks. "He deserves a small chance of victory." I answer and she laughs. Billie charges and I easily step beside him put the blade to his throat while locking his sword arm behind his back and forcing him to the ground. "If this is what the 'Elite' guards are made of, we are all dead." I say. "YOU WILL PAY FOR THIS INSOLENCE!" He screamed. "Who's the one with the dagger to his throat?" I ask. I look at the officer and he nods and I release him. "I PUNISH YOU BY DEATH!" He screamed as he swung at my neck. I simply ducked and punched him in the gut. "You will not win. You are just a brat that has been given power." I say and start to walk towards the stands again. I look at the clapping officers and bow. As I reach the stand a knife lands three feet from my head. I take the knife and toss it back and stab the ground in front of Billie's foot. "Work on your aim, sir." I say in a rude voice. "WHY I OTTA!" Billie screamed, but was cut off by a voice saying, "Now that is what an elite guard should be like, strong and undefeated." I turn to see Billie's dad walking to him. "Good to see you father and yes I really showed that roo..." His dad walks right past him and goes to me. "What's your name son?" I smile as I see Billie's face. "Lancelot, sir." I say. "Lancelot... A good name. Now tell me who taught you how to fight like that?" "A close friend of mine. Unfortunately her name will mean nothing to you." I say. He nods and says, "Well since you defeated my son you have two options. Lead the elite squad or lead those four." I stand there for a moment then say, "I will lead those four, Billie's squad would not agree with my methods and there would always be problems with leadership. Also now Billie will have a worthy rival." He frowns for a second and asks, "Why stick with those rookies? You could be instantly respected as a leader." I smile now. He wants his son replaced so he has to work for something. "Why claim something that I did not earn? He did not put up a fight for that title so I did not earn it." I say and he gets angry. "What do you mean he did not put up a fight?" "I mean that he has no combat skill whatsoever." I say and go to stand by the officer. "You should not speak to an officer with that tone." Anthony says. I nod. "You will pay for your insolence." Billie's dad said as he walked out of the barracks. "Now that we finished that up. Tell me captain, what four will you lead?" The officer asks. "Jackson, Anthony, Pamela, and Brandon." I say and they are all shocked except Pamela, for she knew that I would be on her squad. The officer nods and says, "You are dismissed captain. Take your squad to the armory and then to their quarters." I bow my head then lead the way to the armory.