"Our sins are our demons. The stronger they are, the greater the demon by our side."262Please respect copyright.PENANALsMjlrDzED
-Anonymous
His skin was drenched in blood. The cool floor held the weight of his listless body, unable to hold himself up on his own. Moving was no longer an option. Living seemed futile. Time passed slowly, as if forever stuck in a loophole.
For a moment he thought he was in hell, living out his punishment for all the wrongs he had committed. The thought that he was at the end of the road seemed all that less daunting compared to the reality before him. But it was too cold for hell.
A black shadow enveloped his hunched form from behind him. The inky blackness swallowed him up, ready to eat him alive, flesh and all. He pictured his esophagus being ripped out and eaten before his eyes as he gasped for air and begged for mercy. No pain came. Instead he contorted his features in discomfort as the blood soaked into his pants and pooled around his ankles.
A throaty laugh came from behind him. He didn't dare spare a look back—not that he could. He was numb physically and mentally.
The thing behind him wrapped its rough, rugged fingers around his throat and began to squeeze. Unable to fight back or scream, the man's eyes widened as his life shortened. He knew he deserved what was coming to him. The guy was anything but a saint, and his hands were stained with the blood of innocents as much as the guilty. Whatever was trying to kill him didn't have to try very hard. He had given up on life ages ago. If there was anything he learned, it was this: Just because you love people, it doesn't mean they will love you in return.
He was a shell of a person awaiting his final departure.
Too bad he would never get it.
The chocking turned into a tight, uncomfortable embrace with words being softly whispered into his ear, sending a shiver down to the depths of his core. He was at hell's door, forced into a deal with the devil.
By the time the words processed in his mind, he had already forgotten them, forgotten everything.
He woke up chagrined, surrounded by corpses and covered in blood.262Please respect copyright.PENANA91RO4jIenZ
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His body was still there, but he was gone.