Death's Bitter Embrace (#Wattys2015)

Chapter IX: Revelations

I am furious that the figure denied me my sweet death, I was accepting Death's embrace and I was ready to die in the comfort of Death's arms, but, no it denied me the pleasure of dying.

Raven and Maria has relentlessly been at my attention since I got stuck in this hellish inferno that is Looming Oaks, I deeply missed the touch of Raven and Maria, I feel incomplete without them. That gaping hole that closed up when I met Raven and Maria is rapidly splitting at the seams, burning me every inch it opens, I cannot cope without them.

I still can't evoke the memory of what happened to Maria, it's like something is holding the memory on purpose, not letting me look back into what happened.

The figure bursts into my field of view ruining my thought that i am so fixated on, but the figure got my attention straight away and I'm guessing it wanted it that way. It held Raven in its grip and it held her like a pro.

my breathing was heavy; it was tremendously hard to breathe like the weight of one hundred kilograms being placed on my chest, whilst I am winded. My mind i was obsessed with the thought; how did it get Raven? Where is my Jeep? How did it know I brought her with me?

The figure stands there boring its eyes into my skull like knives through hot butter; I'm guessing it got bored of staring at me and decided to knock me out unconscious with the butt of Raven. When I wake up I can't see a thing, the. The figure starts a monologue, here I was succumbing to Death's embrace, to her bitter hold and yet the figure wants to start a fucking monologue.

"Toby, Toby, Toby, haven't you figured it out yet? Well I am going to show you." Its voice starts turning into a young woman's voice.

The figure takes off my blindfold and I immediately look around to see locks of blonde hair and stunning, intense Jade eyes, I instantly recognise her... It was Maria.

"Quick Toby I haven't much time, they came for me; you were causing too much havoc so they sent me to kill you, I couldn't do anything to stop it, sorry" Maria says in a hurried and panicked tone.

"Maria, stop, who came got you? Who sent you? What am I supposed to do? Please just give me some answers, I don't need anymore questions, I have millions floating through my brain all at once." I asked the last question rhetorically

"Okay, okay, The Devil's Goons, they're the ones who came for me, The Devil was fuming when you killed your last victim, which, was your twenty thousandth victim without getting caught. The De-

I interjected, "You said something about that when you first showed yourself to me."

"As I was saying The Devil is wicked and evil don't get me wrong, but he is meant to keep the balance between justice and evil."

"If you had have said that about seventy-two hours earlier, I would have called you crazy, but you turned out to be s figure that was trying to kill me, so, I believe you."

"Your Jeep is around the corner, sorry I moved it, The Devil's address is 666 foul lane, pretty ironic if you ask me. You will know when you see it and if you see a Wendy's you've gone too far." Maria chuckles and then ends her laughing abruptly.

I graciously take Raven out of Maria's grasp and drive off leaving Maria behind in the terrifying forest that is Looming Oaks. I would need more than devine intervention to survive this ordeal, facing off with the Devil is not going to be an easy task.

As i walk to the enourmous 50 foot gates that seemed to made out of liquid metal, the metal bars were moving in different shapes, it was mesmorizing to say the least, I was struck by awe, well i would have been if this whole situation hadn't arised in the first place. i place my hands on the gates to push them open and it seared my hand, it was burning, the gates were on fire, i fiery orange glow then protruded from the gates to make it's temprature aparent to me as if to laugh. then they opened, still watching, still laughing.