几ㄖㄒ 乇ᐯ乇几 ᗪ乇卂ㄒ卄 匚卂几 ᗪㄖ ㄩ丂 卂卩卂尺ㄒ ~ ㄒ卂Ҝ卂爪ㄖ尺丨

Chapter 2: Backstory II (Calliope)

<<Recap:>>

"Mind your own business, pig! Do you think I'm fine after all of this?! I've been feeling guilty that I took her time longer than any of you could have! You think you're the only one suffering but LET ME TELL you that all of us are!" I shouted back with tears spilling on my stone-cold face

I continued to punch him but not long after...

「That's enough, child.」a voice then was heard in my mind

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I froze.

I looked at my hands and saw a bit of blood staining it and Lucas unconscious on the ground.
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'No...no no no, what have I done? Lucas didn't deserve this, he was only blinded by anger. I-'
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"What the fuck happened here?!" Someone said with a shout that one call it as "deafening"

I then looked everywhere to find who that voice was, but then met the sight of the caretaker with her whip.

I widen my eyes and started to calculate my possible escape routes, but when I continued to do so, I was cornered and was harshly pulled towards the locked room underground where all the "discipline" happen.
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'GODDAMIT! AGH, FUCK MY LIFE!'
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(Location: Labyrinth underneath the orphanage)

We are right in front of the door and I could feel my stomach churn in disgust when I could smell the rotten blood that was in the knob. When we went inside, the walls were almost covered in fresh and dried blood of the kids that were caught misbehaving. I was tossed in a cell next to what I presume as crushed bones of the kids who were trapped here. Next to the caretaker was a table full of tools she can use. I instantly knew what she was going to do.

The 'care'taker then said "You are to stay here and receive your daily beatings until you learn your lesson. Got it bitch?!"
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'Fuck, I can take this anymore.'
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I thought that this was the last moment of me being alive so I mustered up my courage and slapped her hard in the face, making sure that the imprint of my hand stayed there for weeks.
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'Damn, that felt good.'
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But I was then greeted with a very nasty punch on my jaw and fell backwards, almost losing my balance.

"You ungrateful little bitch!" The caretaker then swiftly took a hammer from the table and walked towards me with a very menacing aura. Before I could run past her, she grabbed on the collar of my shirt and threw me to the floor.

"Ya know, I'll let you go if you promise to obey me. I'll overlook all the things you have done so no hard feelings, right?" She got close to me. Too close. So I spit on her hideous face while smiling and oh boy, she did not like that.

She raised her hammer and smashed my legs so hard that I could hear my bones break into pieces. I screamed out in pain but it later became muffled since my mouth was covered by her filthy hand. My tears flow uncontrollably while she continuously break my bones and scratch the crap out of my body with her long ass fingernails, blood oozing from everywhere I look at.

She proceeds to torture me for hours and hours, not even taking a small break. The sound of my screams gradually decreases as my whole body went numb from the beatings. Not being satisfied, she took out her scissors and stabbed both of my eye. I let out the loudest scream I could do and covered my eyes just to feel the blood ooze out of it like the waterfalls.

"This is what little bitches get when they misbehave, so I wanna ask, do you still want to disobey me?" I was unable to talk, still groaning in pain and just laid there unmoving. She then kicked me on the head one last time and the next thing I knew, her presence was gone, leaving me in my critical state that'll soon give up in a minute.
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Ah, finally I could now rest in peace. At least I did some damage to her.
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My body went numb and my blood-stained eyes were starting to close. I welcomed the cold-feeling that I felt from my body as I was near my end. I heard footsteps but I payed no mind to it, my thoughts we're all saying 'the quicker I die, the quicker I could feel at ease' and so, I died while smiling in contentment.

3RD PERSON POV

The body of Mori Calliope laid still in the cold concrete floor. The orb of her soul floated above her body, waiting to be claimed by Death itself. The person went to take a closer look and pitied the young latter for experiencing such a brutal punishment.
「I came here to make her my apprentice, but not with her current state. How brutal can a man be? I wonder.」The person sighed then took her soul and went to a place called the 'Underworld'. 「But luckily, I am prepared in situations like these.」

(Location: Underworld)

They are now in-front of the gates of the 'Underworld', majority of the rumors say that the place was all gloomy and depressing that no one wants to go to, it has also been said that when you step on its ground, your nightmares becomes real etc. So many conspiracy theories that weren't even true keeps spreading about the Underworld's location. The Underworld was far from those rumors, if one can get to see it, the place looks very similar to a fully developed city with mythical creatures and souls as its citizens.

The person contacted another using his telepathic mind, just like what he did earlier to stop Calli from killing anyone.
「Come pick me up at the gates, immediately.」was all he said before his chauffeur appeared out of nowhere in front of him. He entered the car and drove to his manor in silence.
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"Sir Death, may I ask why you suddenl—"
「Silence. 」'Death' interrupted, hinting that he'll talk about it later at the manor. The chauffeur wondered why his master took an interest from the girl's soul, usually he only guides the spirit orbs to his door (Underworld), doesn't matter if its damaged or not but as long as the orb accepts its fate. He never went all the way as bringing it home though.

They got out of the car as they reached their destination and many servants were at his door, bowing and greeting him in unison "Welcome back, Sir Death." But Death said nothing and proceeded to head to his lab at the bottom of his mansion. Death placed Calli's spirit orb in a jar on a box full of cotton to keep it safe and transported a structure of what seems to be a child with no face, made from his own power, and laid it on the lab's table.
「Here goes nothing.」Death took out the bottled spirit and forcefully used half of his power to push the orb to the body. The orb slowly sunk into the body, changing its appearance and giving it life little by little.

The humanoid begins to change to Calli's appearance but with a major improvement. Her brown hair became a nice shade of pink, her broken legs became fixed, and her blood-filled eyes became red due to Death's power that she inherited. Although the process was done, Calli remains to be unconscious and so Death ordered his servants to carry her to her room at the mansion.
「When she's awake, send her to me so I can speak to her. But at the meantime, keep her safe and within your vision. Am I clear?」

"Affirmative, sir Death" They all said in unison

「I'll be at my office then.」
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</End of Chp.2: Backstory II (Calliope)>

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