We sat there for a good bit, and the doors opened a while later, revealing a very tired looking guardian of mine.
"Juicy, I'm so glad to see you. What happened to you? Are you ok?"
"I'll be alright. That thing had something else on it's side, I don't know what. Whatever it is, we need to get-AAHH!!!!" Suddenly something wrapped around her middle and viciously yanked her backwards.
"JUICY!" Chory and I scramble out quickly. I freeze, and when I look around me I am not pleased. I see Hunters surrounding us, Thelda above us, and something invisible suspending Juicy about ten feet in the air. Not good. Chory steps in front of me, and what ever is holding Juicy must have squeezed her, because she made some sort of grunting sound.
"Choriandus, I strongly suggest thee to step away! Never mind, why do you not stay? The demon may receive more than he asked for!" She cackles. So there really is a demon that wants to eat my soul. Comforting. Chory ignores her, and stands his ground in front of me.
"Chory, you have to move! That thing is going to eat your soul!" I try to push him out of the way, but he doesn't budge.
"I will not move. I am aware of what the creature intends. And if I can not stop it, I shall go with you." No! That stupid, self-sacrificing fool!
"Don't be a hero, Chory. Please just....think about what you're doing! You would go to hell, after only a month of being free! Please Chory, don't do this. If I have to die than so be it, but you can have a life." I just want him to move! He doesn't have to do this, not for someone as useless as me.
"I am nothing without you, Simon. If you were not on this earth I would not wish to be on it any longer. Don't you see?" He turns to face me, placing his hands on my face, just like the first time we met. I place my hands over his, a determined look in my eyes.
"I can't let you do this Chory. No way in hel--nevermind." I remove his hands, and spin us around so that I am out in the open.
Juicy drops to the ground, crying out in pain as she lands on her ankle. I feel the spiders on my bones again, time seeming to slow. I don't know how, but I can tell when the demon and I are face to face. I shut my eyes, tears falling out of them as I do so.
I try to ignore Chory and Juicy's cries, calling me to them. I don't reply, and suddenly I am being lifted.
I feel something tight and extremely hot wrapping around my throat, my mouth opening as I gasp for breath. Then, two deep, black pools of what I assume to be the demon's eyes in front of mine.
I feel and hear it sucking deeply, like the world's most powerful vacuum cleaner.
As it inhales/sucks deeply, it feels like my stomach is shrinking, and the rest of me is deflating. My soul. It has to be. Slowly, I can feel it start to make me lose myself, and I have no way to grab on to, well, me and keep it from slipping away. My memories, my every thought dissipating into the demon.
My body goes limp, my eyes drifting.
Then BLAM! I feel a tremendous WHOOSH, but it's claws are still fastened around my throat. Something is slamming into the demon, knocking off it's concentration, also in front of me, blocking my view.
Well, it was invisible any way. I start regain consciousness, and feel more of the whooshing. All that it was taking seemed to be rushing back into me, in several big gulps, metaphorically speaking. The blur in my vision starts to lessen, and my eyes focus on something incredible.
Chory is floating like superman!
Nah, he's just riding on an invisible demon and pummeling it blindly, but it seems to be working!
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Sweet Torment (boyxboy)
RomanceSimon has grown up a pariah in his own home. When he leaves at eighteen, he thinks he's finally free. Adult life can't be so hard, right? If only he could get there without the trouble that always seems to find him. He stumbles upon an old lady, a t...
