The Devils Son: Afterlife

9. Facing Inner Demons

"Charlotte" I hear Luke suddenly from somewhere in the darkness. I've opened my eyes but it doesn't make a difference, everything is so dark.

"Luke?" I say back when suddenly something grabs my arm and I scream.

"It's me shhh" he says immediately

I reach out for his hand and grab it, holding on to it, just so I know where he is.

"What happened? Where are we?" I say trying to look around hoping my eyes will adjust. I take my free hand and run it along the ground beside me, it's cold and damp. What the fuck? Are we in a cave? I feel my clothes and I'm wearing some dress I don't recognize

"I don't know" Luke says just as unsure.

A few moments pass when I can faintly hear something in the distance, followed by a faint light coming from a small hole across the room.

"What was that" I say backing further into the corner of the room. Suddenly Luke stands up.

"What ar-"

"Sshh" he cuts me off before slowly walking across the room towards the faint light. He seems to be wearing white boxers? It is dead silent now and all I can hear are faint foot steps that seem to be getting closer.

"Luke" I say quietly as the foot steps start to become clear and in range as the light gets brighter from the small hole.

Luke walks back over to me and crouches beside me as the light finally reaches our door and the foot steps stop. Holy shit.

I grab Lukes hand tightly as what sounds like a key going into a lock spins and opens followed by what appears to be a door opening across the room, this is a cell?

A man in all black holding a torch is left standing completely still on the other side, staring directly at me. What is this?

A moment passes before he takes a step in the small cold room and puts the torch on a holder on the wall beside him. He never takes his eyes off me.

"Charlotte" he finally says softly.

It finally hits me. Who else could this be. Where else could we be? This is him. This is the man who abused and manipulated me for a life time. This is the devils son. My grip tightens on Luke's arm. we're in hell.

The man steps closer and immediately Luke stands up to put himself between me and the man. He must have figured out who he is too.

"That's far enough" Luke says sternly.

The man finally looks away from me and shift his attention to Luke

"What?" He says almost blown away

"Your close enough pal" Luke says not showing any sign of weakness.

The man nods his head with a small grin of what looks like amusement before putting his hands up in surrender and stepping away slowly.

Just as he was going to grab the torch he quickly jolts forward again, punching Luke directly in the throat, making Luke fall to the ground gasping beside me.

"Luke!" I scream grabbing him quickly and pulling him up beside me.

The man then slowly crouches down right in front of us, now at eye level, still looking at Luke.

"That's your warning, don't fuck with me" he says sternly to Luke as he's still trying to breath right. After a few moments pass he then shift his gaze back to me. I only manage to keep eye contact for a few seconds before dropping my eyes down to the floor, he has piercing red eyes, they look like they could see into my soul if I stared long enough.

A few seconds later he reaches out and with his index finger he places it under my chin very carefully and tilts my head back up to look at him.

Suddenly Luke punches the man square in the face. The man barely budged but he quickly stands up and the next thing I know Luke is screaming bloody murder beside me. What the fuck is happening??

"Luke?!" I scream grabbing him as he is sprawled out on the floor whaling.

"What are you doing to him?! I scream standing up. "Stop!" I scream running at him and shoving him back.

Suddenly the screaming stops before the man turns his attention over to me and just stares at me almost shocked. Oh shit. Now he's gunna come for me. I back quickly into the corner and start crying as I know something is coming. I shouldn't have hit him but I had to.

He stares at me a moment longer before turning his attention back to Luke before reaching down and grabbing lukes arm as he begins dragging him out of the cell.

"What are you doing with him?!" I scream running across the cell grabbing Luke's leg pulling him back. "Let him go!" I scream but it's useless, Luke continues to struggle and I continue to pull him back but it proves to be a futile attempt as the man continue to drag him with no hesitation.

He drags Luke into a new dark cell before dropping him. I keep trying to drag him back when the man walks around Luke and grabs my hands and stops me.

"You bastard" I scream at him before punching him and kicking him. He just stands there and takes it before quickly throwing me over his shoulder as he begins walking out of the cell, shutting it behind him. I hear Luke yell back to me as I begin screaming and kicking and clawing at the man as we walk back into the first cell.

I then take my nails and dig them as deep into his back as I can and I can hear him hiss as he then pulls me off his shoulder and holds my wrists firmly as I stand in front of him.

"For fuck sales Charlotte" he says on the edge of raising his voice.

"Fuck you" I say just as I spit at his face. He lets go of my wrists and wipes it away, he looks pissed now.