Diary of a Red Reaper

(10) Return

"Wake up Kid. It's time for your first assignment." Dank said rudely.

With a sigh, I quickly sat up from my bed, not wanting to get kicked like before. "What do I have to do?" I ask.

"It's really simple, you just need to, reap a soul..." Dank said happily.

"What does that mean?" I ask.

"All you have to do is go to the human world, and kill someone. Thats as simple as it gets, lucky you." Dank explained.

"How do I get there?" I ask.

Without hesitation Dank lifts his hand high in the air, flashing a single claw. He slowly moved the claw through the air, down to the ground from where it had been.

Just as I was about to ask what he was doing, some sort of light appeared in the space where he had moved his claw Seemingly ripping a tear in the middle of the room, as the light faded I could see the woods, a forest.

"Dank! What is this?" I ask in awe.

"I just opened a portal to the human world, once you have completed your mission another portal shall open near you. You are to immediately step through the portal and return to this world. Understood?" Asked Dank.

I nodded in silence.

"Before you go, I have a present for you." Dank said quietly.

"Really? What is it?" I ask curiously, squatting down to be at eye level with Dank.

From nowhere Dank retrieved a long stick with a curved blade on the end, jutting out from its side. It's handle was very worn where dank was holding it and the blade had several chips in it.

"This is a traditional Reaper weapon, Its an old reaper scythe. I used to use it when I was a reaper, I've got no use for it any more so I figured you might as well have it, since you have to have one anyway. Don't get any ideas like we are friends or something, damn kid." Dank explained.

"Whoa! This is awesome! Wait, you were a reaper? What happened?" I ask.

Dank was silent for a while.

"Enough wasting time! Get going already! Use the scythe to harvest the soul, follow your instincts to find the guy you kill. Now get out of here!" Dank yelled as he abruptly hands me the weapon and pushes me through the portal, I land on some grass as the wind blows in my face.

"But Dank I-" The portal closed before I could finish my sentence. "Fine be like that." I say to myself.

"Hey, Scythe. Can you absorb this weapon?" I ask, looking at my wrist.

"Hmmm, this is interesting. I did not expect you to find such a powerful weapon. A soul weapon to be exact. Extremely rare. But yes, I can absorb it." Scythe stated.

"What is a soul weapon? I ask, as a black liquid stretches from the bracelt that Scythe inhabits.

"A soul weapon is a very speacial weapon that gets more powerful the more souls that are havested with it, they're almost always in the form of a scythe. Thats actually how I got my name, The first weapon I took the form of was a Scythe... But this weapon... This has reaped many... Many souls." Scythe explained.

"Alright, I'll remember that. Let's get going. We need to find someone to kill..." I say as I start walking.

As I walked farther and farther into the woods, guided by my instincts, I couldn't help but think about my assignment. I'm about to kill a human, why aren't I more worried about this? Why is this instinct to kill them coming so easily to me? I shouldn't do this, but do I have a chose in the matter? No, probably not...