Stigma: Broken Keep

Chapter 10: answers,

Spear pov--

"What is such a young couple like y'all doin out in dis here storm?" The old man asked us,
"We got seperated from our friends when we where heading back to our house..." Eramis said exhaustedly,
"If so, then do did a big feller like you get so busted up like that?" He said to me,
"We got attacked by somethin, and i wasnt sure what is was but the after math wasnt pretty;" i respond with a yawn,
"Welp, i cant tell ya what ye got into out der, so ima let ya stay here tonight," the old man tells us with warmth,
"Hey... whats your name..?" I ask the old man,
"Ohh Folks Call me Grandfather mortis, but others call me morty." He says warmly,
"Ah, My name is Spear, and this is Eramis," i say introducing us to him,
"Well its a pleasure to meet yall, and well, i think the two of ya look cute together," he says with a big grin on his face,
I smile as i hear eramis snoozing off,
"Well i better get her to a bed, and same for me, We'll cya in the morning Morty," I say to him warmly,
"Aight I'll cya love birds in the mornin'!" He said back, as i enter the hall,
As i enter the guest room, i place Eramis gently into the bed and i tuck her in, and i get into be beside her, i get confortable as Eramis puts her arm ontop of me, and i slowly fall sleep...,

I slowly open my eyes into a dark red room, simular to the room i was almost killed in, i instinctively reach for my axe and pull out a dark blue crystal instead, its pretty heafty, but before i know it, it turns into a liquid, going into my body, i fall to my knees
as i feel like im being stabbed over and over again all over my body, and the next thing i see is that im in a small town of sorts and i cant controll my self, at all, I see my self launching torwards my friends Killing them all, one by one, even more grusome then the last, I finaly come across Eramis, who is wounded, I can feel my self taking over, i Claw at my self to hopefuly take this beast out, but i doesnt work, I feel someone stab me from behind, so this beast grabs Zen and slams him into the ground, my eyes open wide as this beast crushed his head in, i yet again turn to eramis who is being helped by plum, And this thing attacks them, I manage to stab my self in the gut, wounding my self to save them, I smell Echo and D'mantis sneak up behind me, I feel this thing grab Echo by the arm, And ripping it off, and sticking its hand into D'mantis's guts and tossing him aside, and i finaly see plum and eramis trying to run away, I catch up to plum who stabed me in the gut, break her self free, but she still gets hit by a stray claw to the leg, i feel this beast wearing out,
I realise its now or never, so i fight this thing within,
"ERAMIS....PLUM......RUN...." I tell them in a jagged and devastated voice,
Plum begins to run but eramis stands there, this thing begines to take over but i have to hold it off for as long as i can, i notic a sharp branch and i impail myself into it, i feel this darkness leave as i see eramis rush over to me,
I fade to black, but then quickly open my eyes with a jump as i fall off off what ever i was on making a loud thud on the ground,
"Spear!? Are you okay!?" Eramis said with concern,
"Eramis......Im...im....scared...." i tell her in a trembling voice,
"Spear,.. wanna come up here and talk about it, and if not, wanna come up here and hug it out?" She says warmly, so i climb my way onto the bed and huddle next to her,
"So, wanna start from the begining?" She asked,
"Well....."
"It started in the dark red room again.... and as i tried to pull out my axe, i pulled out a dark blue crystal, with turned into something and before i knew it i was in a small village and i couldnt controll my self anymore, and i started to kill my friends and innocent people,..."
I say in a teary voice,
"It started with zen,.... I....I crushed.... I crushed his head in.... then Echo and D'mantis,....I ripped.... Off Echo's Arm, and I... I slaughtered D'mantis....
And then i tried to kill you and plum, but i started to take controll, harming my self badly to make this thing leave,
I was getting more and more in controll, and i told you both to run, and....well, plum did,.. but you stood there, defiant as ever, trying to help, but before you could, i killed my seld by impailing my seld into a sharp branch.... and then this...." i say with grief,
"Spear, My love, you may be in a world of darkness, but remember you arnt alone, and you will never harm one of us, at all, and if you need a light in the dark, then think of me,... And Soar High my lovely graceful bird of prey," she says warmly, as she imbraces me into a hug,
"Thank..you.." i say with tears and a yawn as i fall asleep in her arms,

--to be continued--