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Part 1 of the 1st series of my short story series.
#1
“The Reaper Unchained”
I lay there, half dead, on the cold, hard floor of this coliseum. I’m shaking in shock and fear, searing in pain, and there is blood everywhere I feel. On my clothes, on my skin, on the floor around, most of it is not even mine. There’s a large cut on my right cheek and left side. There are scratches and minor cuts all over chest and back. There’s a knife still in my right leg. My left arm and leg are covered in burns. I slowly open my eyes to the scene of slaughter this coliseum had become. Blood and corpses everywhere you would look. It’s enough to say I’m the only survivor.
I try to stand and walk to the best of my abilities. I finally get on my legs without wincing in pain and falling over to see 2 cloud of smoke in the distance. I start to head towards them, but as I get to the exit of the coliseum, the air gets more and more tense. I reach the exit only to be blocked by an invisible barrier and get knocked onto my ass. Just then, sharp pain intrudes into my head with these words.
“LEAVING ALREADY? BUT THE FUN HAS ONLY JUST BEGUN!”
I turn around and run back to the center of the coliseum. I turn and look every which way, expecting to see one living soul anywhere to be the owner of the voice. Then, the sharp pain begins again.
“YOU CAN LOOK ALL YOU WANT, BUT YOU WILL NEVER FIND ME! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!”
“Show yourself,” I screamed.
“OH SO NOW THE MORTAL GETS SOME BASE IN HIS VOICE? FINE…I’LL SHOW MY SELF. KILLJOY…”
“…………Ok, you can look now.”
I turn to my right to see an inhuman creature. One that I knew all too well.
“Thanatos…”
“Yes, this is the name of my true form, but you know me as 2 other names as well.”
He then changes his form to another familiar person.
“I’ve been know to you as Pharos, that kid you occasionally saw in your dreams.”
His form then changes again.
“The rest of the world knew me as Ryoji.”
“…Wait, you’re…!
I turn and my eyes widen to see a corpse next to me the look exactly like Ryoji.
“Yes. I’m the last one they made you kill.”
“You came about a while after I killed the last one. Why?”
“I appeared because Pharos merged with the spirits of the ones you killed. They each represented on of the 1st 12 arcana in the Tarot deck. Pharos was the spirit of #13, Death. Once the 13 merged, the representation of Arcana 13 appeared me.”
He changes back to his true form.
“Once you killed Ryoji, I was released, but, now, I’m through explaining shit.”
Something about his tone during that sentence triggered something in my mind and I took a defensive stance.
“Relax. My intentions are not to fight you.”
“HA! I don’t believe that for a second!”
“Believe what you choose, but the truth still stands. Now, I sense that you’re a lot more powerful that anyone that was here, so I will propose that you join me.”
“Join you? In what!?”
“The conquering and recreation of this pathetic world. If you join me, then it could be in your image. Join me! Be the black king on the throne of death alongside me. Every soul lost will add to our power. You’re reign begins once grab my hand and…”
Then, from out of nowhere…
“DON’T JOIN HIM!”
I turn to see every survivor in the village I lived in with, who basically forced me to awaken him, with weapons, pitchforks, torches, and holy items.
“Don’t JOIN that monstrosity!!!”
“Kill the unholy beast!”
“Kill him!!!”
Just then, I screamed louder than I think ever have or will.
“SHUT UP! JUST SHUT UP!!! ALL OF YOU!!!”
I surprised even myself with that one. I was always the quiet one.
“You people made me awaken him! Why should I even THINK about listening to your petty commands anymore!?”
“That’s it! Embrace the frustration! Feel the anger flowing through you! Let it control you!”
“I said SHUT UP! ALL of you!!!”
Just then, another sharp pain, but this one was different. I sensed a strange aura around me, and thing flashed before my eyes, both past and future alike. I saw a velvet room, and me and some scientist of something talking about…a new species? I also saw a kid that look like me and some other scientist creating some strange device, a very large group of people from…different world? Someone said “different worlds!?” Lastly, I saw…something…something that can’t even be described by mortal words. I then opened my eyes.
I see that Thanatos was overpowered by the mob and has changed to Ryoji to save his energy. He was being chained down and writhing with pain. From that, I saw a flash of the past. I small and familiar wolf caught in a hunter’s trap. He was calling my name. Then, I’m back in the real world to see Ryoji is now Pharos, and he is screaming for help from under the chains. My body reacted before my mind. I started rushing towards Pharos, then I stopped in my tracks and I feel something in me awaken. Was this what Ryoji sensed in me?
“Let him go,” I screamed.
My mind reacted to what I said and, out of nowhere, a Tarot card of The World arcana appeared before me. The crowd stared at me in complete confusion, but Pharos stared at me in awe.
“I knew it…” Pharos muttered under his breath.
Once again my body reacted before my mind. By my will, the card shattered and a being formed above me. Everyone stood the there in both amazement and fear. I immediately commanded the being to attack. While the mob ran from the being and his attacks, I freed Pharos. He immediately changed back to Thanatos. Apparently those chains were draining him of power. Thanatos then handed me an orb, and disappeared. He closed off all the exits as he did with me and rounded them up into the center. They looked every which way.
“Where are they!?”
The orb he’d given me had apparently made me invisible. Thanatos and I decided to have a little fun. I kept making scary noises while Thanatos would rapidly disappear, reappear disappear, and then disappear again. We scared them out of their shit to the point that they went insane. They started attacking thin air! Then, we said fuck it. We appeared behind them and they charged after us. Just as we wanted. We slaughtered them one by one as they all charged at us. A few were smart enough to retreat, but they forgot about the barrier. We gave chase and eventually killed them all. Silence had befallen the coliseum.
I break the silence.
“Huh…it’s over already?”
“I KNOW! It’s so hard to stop one you’ve started.”
We laughed.
I looked around to double-check if we killed them all. In that time, I see the decapitated head of my father. I pick his head up.
“You deserved worse you drunken shit. Way worse…”
I kick his head across the coliseum.
“You’ve done well.”
I turn around so Thanatos and I may talk face to face.
“Was that the power you sensed?”
“Yes. It is called “The Reaper.”
“The Reaper, huh? I like the sound of that.”
“I’m glad you like it…Master.”
“Master? I’m you’re master now?”
“Yes. You control The Reaper. I may be the god of death, but that kind of power is far beyond mine.”
“Alright, just…don’t call me master.”
“Why?”
“To call someone master give the receiver of the title a false sense of power. For that 1 person, he thinks he may control everyone without trying.”
“Hmm, I never thought of it like that. You’re smarter than you let on, and that’s impressive because you already look pretty smart.”
“I thank you the complement. Now, let us depart.”
“Depart? For where?”
“You said we recreate the world, right?”
“Yes…”
“Then let’s go do it.”
"So, you accept my offer?"
“I just slaughtered a whole village of idiots with you. Was that not enough of a sign?”
“Just making sure.”
“Alright, we shall start immediately. We’ve no time to waste, but first, one stop.”
“Where would that be?”
“My house. There’s something I must do before leaving.”
I hope you enjoyed it! Thank you so very much for reading and…
To be continued…
#1
“The Reaper Unchained”
I lay there, half dead, on the cold, hard floor of this coliseum. I’m shaking in shock and fear, searing in pain, and there is blood everywhere I feel. On my clothes, on my skin, on the floor around, most of it is not even mine. There’s a large cut on my right cheek and left side. There are scratches and minor cuts all over chest and back. There’s a knife still in my right leg. My left arm and leg are covered in burns. I slowly open my eyes to the scene of slaughter this coliseum had become. Blood and corpses everywhere you would look. It’s enough to say I’m the only survivor.
I try to stand and walk to the best of my abilities. I finally get on my legs without wincing in pain and falling over to see 2 cloud of smoke in the distance. I start to head towards them, but as I get to the exit of the coliseum, the air gets more and more tense. I reach the exit only to be blocked by an invisible barrier and get knocked onto my ass. Just then, sharp pain intrudes into my head with these words.
“LEAVING ALREADY? BUT THE FUN HAS ONLY JUST BEGUN!”
I turn around and run back to the center of the coliseum. I turn and look every which way, expecting to see one living soul anywhere to be the owner of the voice. Then, the sharp pain begins again.
“YOU CAN LOOK ALL YOU WANT, BUT YOU WILL NEVER FIND ME! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!”
“Show yourself,” I screamed.
“OH SO NOW THE MORTAL GETS SOME BASE IN HIS VOICE? FINE…I’LL SHOW MY SELF. KILLJOY…”
“…………Ok, you can look now.”
I turn to my right to see an inhuman creature. One that I knew all too well.
“Thanatos…”
“Yes, this is the name of my true form, but you know me as 2 other names as well.”
He then changes his form to another familiar person.
“I’ve been know to you as Pharos, that kid you occasionally saw in your dreams.”
His form then changes again.
“The rest of the world knew me as Ryoji.”
“…Wait, you’re…!
I turn and my eyes widen to see a corpse next to me the look exactly like Ryoji.
“Yes. I’m the last one they made you kill.”
“You came about a while after I killed the last one. Why?”
“I appeared because Pharos merged with the spirits of the ones you killed. They each represented on of the 1st 12 arcana in the Tarot deck. Pharos was the spirit of #13, Death. Once the 13 merged, the representation of Arcana 13 appeared me.”
He changes back to his true form.
“Once you killed Ryoji, I was released, but, now, I’m through explaining shit.”
Something about his tone during that sentence triggered something in my mind and I took a defensive stance.
“Relax. My intentions are not to fight you.”
“HA! I don’t believe that for a second!”
“Believe what you choose, but the truth still stands. Now, I sense that you’re a lot more powerful that anyone that was here, so I will propose that you join me.”
“Join you? In what!?”
“The conquering and recreation of this pathetic world. If you join me, then it could be in your image. Join me! Be the black king on the throne of death alongside me. Every soul lost will add to our power. You’re reign begins once grab my hand and…”
Then, from out of nowhere…
“DON’T JOIN HIM!”
I turn to see every survivor in the village I lived in with, who basically forced me to awaken him, with weapons, pitchforks, torches, and holy items.
“Don’t JOIN that monstrosity!!!”
“Kill the unholy beast!”
“Kill him!!!”
Just then, I screamed louder than I think ever have or will.
“SHUT UP! JUST SHUT UP!!! ALL OF YOU!!!”
I surprised even myself with that one. I was always the quiet one.
“You people made me awaken him! Why should I even THINK about listening to your petty commands anymore!?”
“That’s it! Embrace the frustration! Feel the anger flowing through you! Let it control you!”
“I said SHUT UP! ALL of you!!!”
Just then, another sharp pain, but this one was different. I sensed a strange aura around me, and thing flashed before my eyes, both past and future alike. I saw a velvet room, and me and some scientist of something talking about…a new species? I also saw a kid that look like me and some other scientist creating some strange device, a very large group of people from…different world? Someone said “different worlds!?” Lastly, I saw…something…something that can’t even be described by mortal words. I then opened my eyes.
I see that Thanatos was overpowered by the mob and has changed to Ryoji to save his energy. He was being chained down and writhing with pain. From that, I saw a flash of the past. I small and familiar wolf caught in a hunter’s trap. He was calling my name. Then, I’m back in the real world to see Ryoji is now Pharos, and he is screaming for help from under the chains. My body reacted before my mind. I started rushing towards Pharos, then I stopped in my tracks and I feel something in me awaken. Was this what Ryoji sensed in me?
“Let him go,” I screamed.
My mind reacted to what I said and, out of nowhere, a Tarot card of The World arcana appeared before me. The crowd stared at me in complete confusion, but Pharos stared at me in awe.
“I knew it…” Pharos muttered under his breath.
Once again my body reacted before my mind. By my will, the card shattered and a being formed above me. Everyone stood the there in both amazement and fear. I immediately commanded the being to attack. While the mob ran from the being and his attacks, I freed Pharos. He immediately changed back to Thanatos. Apparently those chains were draining him of power. Thanatos then handed me an orb, and disappeared. He closed off all the exits as he did with me and rounded them up into the center. They looked every which way.
“Where are they!?”
The orb he’d given me had apparently made me invisible. Thanatos and I decided to have a little fun. I kept making scary noises while Thanatos would rapidly disappear, reappear disappear, and then disappear again. We scared them out of their shit to the point that they went insane. They started attacking thin air! Then, we said fuck it. We appeared behind them and they charged after us. Just as we wanted. We slaughtered them one by one as they all charged at us. A few were smart enough to retreat, but they forgot about the barrier. We gave chase and eventually killed them all. Silence had befallen the coliseum.
I break the silence.
“Huh…it’s over already?”
“I KNOW! It’s so hard to stop one you’ve started.”
We laughed.
I looked around to double-check if we killed them all. In that time, I see the decapitated head of my father. I pick his head up.
“You deserved worse you drunken shit. Way worse…”
I kick his head across the coliseum.
“You’ve done well.”
I turn around so Thanatos and I may talk face to face.
“Was that the power you sensed?”
“Yes. It is called “The Reaper.”
“The Reaper, huh? I like the sound of that.”
“I’m glad you like it…Master.”
“Master? I’m you’re master now?”
“Yes. You control The Reaper. I may be the god of death, but that kind of power is far beyond mine.”
“Alright, just…don’t call me master.”
“Why?”
“To call someone master give the receiver of the title a false sense of power. For that 1 person, he thinks he may control everyone without trying.”
“Hmm, I never thought of it like that. You’re smarter than you let on, and that’s impressive because you already look pretty smart.”
“I thank you the complement. Now, let us depart.”
“Depart? For where?”
“You said we recreate the world, right?”
“Yes…”
“Then let’s go do it.”
"So, you accept my offer?"
“I just slaughtered a whole village of idiots with you. Was that not enough of a sign?”
“Just making sure.”
“Alright, we shall start immediately. We’ve no time to waste, but first, one stop.”
“Where would that be?”
“My house. There’s something I must do before leaving.”
I hope you enjoyed it! Thank you so very much for reading and…
To be continued…
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