The Devil's Blade

𝟺 || 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙰𝚕𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗: 𝙰 𝙽𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚄𝚗𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐

"Tyler!" we all exclaimed, Noé rushing to his side, panic once again surging through our veins.

Tyler's nosebleed came out of nowhere. Noé did his best to help him even though we didn't have any tissues or anything to staunch the bleeding with.

"Guys, I'm fine," Tyler assures, his words were unconvincing even to himself. The redness in his eyes had intensified, as if a vein had just popped into his eyes that spoke of something deeply troubling. His hands trembled as he tried to maintain his composure, wiping away the blood streaks across his pale cheeks. "It's just... it's just a nosebleed, okay? Happens to everyone."

"But it doesn't just 'happen' like that." Jude chimed in, his voice trembling as he cast a worried glance toward Tyler. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a crumpled tissue, handing it to Noé who gently pressed it against Tyler's bleeding nose.

Noé nodded in agreement with Jude, his brow furrowing in concern. "Yeah, and your eyes, man... they're turning seriously red. This isn't just some random nosebleed."

Tyler winced as Noé dabbed his nose with the tissues.

"It's nothing." he says, his voice unstable, betraying his anxiety. He pulls Noé's hand away from his nose, staring at the red blood stain that is now on the tissue. "I've had nosebleeds before, and my eyes.. they're just tired. I didn't sleep well last night."

His words were filled with determination, but none of us were buying it. Suspicion filled the room, and Jude's hand reaches out to gently touch Tyler's forehead. "You're burning up, Ty. Are you sure you're okay?"

Then suddenly, the redness in his eyes flared, and a sudden wave of uncontrollable anger surged through him. He pushes Noé and Jude away, the intensity of his emotions terrifying. "I said I'm fine!" he shouts, his voice carrying an otherworldly quality.

We all stared and watched in horror as his eyes started to get redder. Liam stands before me with a protective grip around my wrist while Jude stumbles back unable to comprehend Tyler's sudden outburst. When Tyler notices the fear in our faces, and our distancing behaviour, his eyes soften. "I'm— I'm sorry."

Noé steps towards him again, his expression filled with a mixture of worry and compassion. "Tyler, it's okay. We just want to help you."

Tyler's behaviour is now replaced with confusion and fear. He turns around and reaches out a trembling hand to his face when he sees his reflection in a nearby mirror. His eyes widened with shock as he no longer recognises the face he knew.

He carefully turns around to face us again. Tyler's voice quivered as he whispers, "What's happening to me?" 

Noé reaches out for Tyler's hands and holds them tightly. "Don't panic... it's going to be okay. We will—"

Noé's speech is interrupted by Tyler's words. "There's no way... right?, I'm not turning into one of them, right?"

Noé nods repeatedly, tears filling his eyes. Tyler shakes his head.

"I'm fine." he mutters. 

Noé still nodding.

Liam starts taking a step closer reaching for Noé, as he pulls him away from Tyler. His look is filled with confusion when he sees all of us backed up in a corner. Tyler reaches out a hand, "Noé..."

Tyler collaps knees first, the rest of his body following. Noé gasps staring at his body.

We all stood there, watching the nightmare unfolding. Tyler's transformation was sickening, his body was turning and folding in ways that defied the laws of nature, his eyes rolled into the back of his head, and veins protruding from his arms.

All of us were breathing heavly as we collectively expressed out concerns to each other.

"Fuck... what do we do?" I ask with a trembling voice.

Liam tightens his grip on wrist expressing his support and acknowledging my worries.

"What's happening to him..." Jude whispered in terror, his voice cracking.

Noé's face completely wet from all the tears falling from his eyes, could only shake his head in response to Jude's question. There was nothing any of us could do except watching this gruesome event take place in front of us.

After Tyler underwent his transformation, his eyes locked with ours, now coloured in deep red and filled with hunger. Saliva leaking from the sides of his mouth.

Liam grabs Noé by the arm as he tries to walk towards him, "Tyler..?"

The creature that had taken over Tyler's body let out an otherworldly growl, causing us to shudder in fear. As he lunges forward, all of us dodge to another side of the room causing us to split up. Tyler gets up quickly and jumps at Noé. His movements were unnaturally swift and aggressive. He was no longer the friend we knew but a savage force driven by something dark and otherworldly. Noé, panic-struck, barely manages to hold off Tyler's strength.

Liam rushes towards Tyler in attempt to get him off Noé. However, as he wrapped his arms around Tylers neck, Tyler's strength overwhelms him. Tyler turns to Liam, his eyes filled with an inhuman rage. Liam was trapped, desperately trying to break free from Tyler's relentless grip.

Watching Liam get attacked, I couldn't just stand idly by. I leaped into action, attempting to save Liam from Tyler's clutches. I basically jumped onto him, wrapping my legs around him, while I have his head into a headlock. Naturally he tries shaking me off, I lose my grip for a bit, giving him full acces to bite me hard in the underarm. I let out a painful cry, and let go off his head. I fall against the wall looking down at my arm uncontrollably bleeding.

Liam runs towards me in a worry. "Alex!"

Unknown to Tyler's presence, Liam gets grasped by Tyler again. Then in a swift moment, Jude runs towards the predicament with a broken broom stick in his hands and stabs Tyler through the back with it. Hearing Noé shouts from the otherside of the room, I watch this situation unfold, unable to utter a sound.

Tyler gasps and chokes, while stumbling back slowly, leaving a trail of blooddrops on its way. While trembling on his feet, he looks up to us, looking us all straight in the eyes before he collapses to the floor.

Gasps fill the deadly silent room as Tyler's lifeless body lays on the ground. Noé stood staring, frozen in place and visibly unsure how to react. Jude raises his blood stained hands and watches them in horror as he slowly takes in the fact that he just stabbed his friend.