My eyes fly wide open as I gain consciousness.
Where is Elicia? Is she safe?
I hear nothing except the roar of my heartbeat. It is so quiet here; where am I?
It feels like I am drowning in air. It is quite so dark in here.
Am I dead?
Is this hell?
It doesn't matter- but what about Elicia? Is she still with those punks-
"Relax."
I murmured to myself, "Who is here? Whose voice did I just hear? Am I listening things? If-"
"You're not listening things, kid. I'm here." A deep voice cuts through my thoughts. The voice feels as deep as an ocean- Ah, Elicia's eyes represent the ocean more. But who is this-
"You are honoured to be in my…presence" The pride in his words is something that is not found much. Many thugs have pride but of this level is something to be flexed. But who the hell is he?
And why am I honoured to be in his presence?
Does he think of himself as a god? A deity- isn't both of them same- leave it. Is he a devil? A saviour? Or king?
"Who the hell are you?" I shout in the dark, breaking the silence.
"The…" The voice became deeper than before and-
The darkness that had covered me changed. A bloody shade of red covered the upper part and the area I am currently in, while the lower part was still in darkness like it was too deep to even light to reach there- but the light in the upper is also not the very pleasing. I am basically floating in the air. In the middle. I-
A dark. A too dark gigantic figure appeared in front of me. It is so so big. Its feet are nowhere to be seen and its head doesn't look like a head at all. It looks like a demon who ran from hell. More like a demon expelled from hell.
It has wings. But not how I imagined them to be. Its wings are creepy, it feels like they are torn with their looks. My eyes are wide open, absorbing what is in front of me. I am getting goosebumps just by seeing. A normal person would've fainted for sure in his presence. A bloody aura surrounds him-
"…Devil of feelings" he continues. What the hell? I could accept the fact that demons exist but, what the hell is the devil of feelings?
"What the hell do you mean by devil of feelings" I shout. I don't have enough time. I have to get out from here and protect Elicia.
"You have got the nerves of steel, kid. Anyway, I am the devil of feelings, I can control feelings and things deeper than your field of knowledge." He spoke.
I don't know what to think, everything is happening at a moment but protecting Elicia is my first priority. I don't know why but I don't find much shocked by seeing a devil in front of me.
"But where am I?" I asked, knowing answer to this is really important if I want to escape.
"You are in my heart"
"What?! Why the hell will I be in the heart of a devil" I shout, why am in his heart of all places? How the hell I am supposed to escape from here?
"You are here because you borrowed my powers, kid" Me? Borrowed his powers? Nah.
"I don't remember taking your powers" I said simply.
He sighs, should I take this as accomplishment as I literally made a devil sigh at me and is still alive; he opens his mouth as he continues "You did take my powers but your body was too weak for even the 0.000000000000000000000000000001% of my powers if I am correct. Do you remember the dark mist?"
Well, the dark mist sure did surround me and then I passed out. Was it his powers, "Yes" I replied.
"That were my powers."
It was HIS powers? A number of questions are rising in my mind as I open my mouth to spill out a question, "How in the world did I came to use your powers?" I asked.
He sighs again, "Your questions seem to be endless." He pauses and then, he is dead serious as he says, "Your feelings, your emotions led you to use my powers. I don't like to actually stating it but your emotions were quite too strong, I don't what in the world you were thinking but it was pure instincts led you to my powers. Well, what was the last thing you were thinking before you awakened my powers?"
My body started shaking as I tried to remember what was the last thing I thought, all I could remember was how Elicia was bleeding. How much pain she felt-
I remember it now.
I speak, "Actually, I couldn't think of anything at that moment. The moment I saw my beloved one getting beaten. The moment I realised she can die at that moment. But… there was a thing that was repeating in my mind…"
"What was it kid?"
"Fight. The word fight kept repeating in my mind, every time in a different tone, in a different way, in a different meaning." I finished.
He stares deep into my eyes. His eyes are hollow. It is all most scaring me. I break the silence as I say, "By the way, how the hell and why the hell did my instincts lead me to your powers?" I asked.
His lips curve into a smile, and then to a horrifying laugh, "You are quite an interesting kid. I like you." He paused. "You know, some things are already so wrong inside you that I myself am shocked. I just can't understand you. You are made very wrongly. I am quite sure so one is knowledgeable enough to know what are you or how are you made and why are you made. Your existence is a riddle itself. Your whole being is questionable"
He is terrifying me. It is horrifying to be told by someone that I am made wrong, that my whole being is wrong. I gather up the courage and raise up my voice, "You still haven't answered my question."
"Kid, you really do not know when to say what. It's kind of rude but I will forget it this time." He pauses and the look that covers his face is the look of being confused, "Hey kid, why do you act like you don't know the reason yourself?"
"Why would I know" I said simply. Am I supposed to know it?
"You sure are full of surprises. Anyway, let me clear out your misunderstandings. Let's start from the very first thing; what do you think you are? I know that I am myself confused but what is the race you belong to?" he said.
"What the hell do you mean? Of course, I am a human!" I shouted.
The expression in his face is serious, "I knew it. The misunderstanding started from the seed. From the basics. You're not a human, kid. You're a devil. Just like me"
What. The. Hell?
What the hell does he mean by I am a devil.
It means Elicia and I share nothing in common.
It cannot be true.
I want to cry.
Well, it does make a kind of sense, that can be the reason why I am so ruthless.
Anyway, I have to leave now. I got to reach Elicia.
"Leave the talks. I have to go back to may body. I have to be with someone." I spoke.
"Urgh. I was having fun. Why do you have to leave so soon."
"You are really weird to be the devil of feelings. It is really important for me to go."
"Fine. I will let you go and as I enjoyed the conversation, I will grant you any one wish, but remember it should be related to feelings and emotions." She said while a smirk started to cover his face.
It is literally the perfect solution to my problem. Thank you, God!
Well, isn't it weird for a devil thank God?
A big smile covered my face as I say, "Ah… thank you so much! So my wish is can you please make Elicia, my beloved one, barely remember about me until we next meet because she will be very sad if I leave… and it's a weird thing to ask but can you please less my affection for her by a little because I guess I will not be able to survive if I am not able to meet her ever again in the worst situation."
He laughs. His laugh is terrifying to be honest, "You are really complicated kid. Anway, that are two wishes but as I am in a good mood, I will grant you both." He pauses, "And, you appear to really love that girl, I wish you good luck for her."
"Ah, thank you so much! And you're really soft to be a devil"
"Don't forget I am the devil of feelings, my behaviour changes with my mood" He pauses, "Well, bye!"
As soon as he finishes, the gravity that seemed to not exist that had me hanging in the air was no longer non-existent. I was going down fast. I closed my eyes and-
My eyes fly open.
I have returned to my body-
Why is Elicia hugging me and crying?
Who the hell made her cry?!