"Of course you will remember." The figure says and begins moving into the house.
After some seconds of questioning himself, Mercy follows the figure into the house. He freezes in horror and begins puking at the scene before him.
The figure pauses, turning around to look at him.
"Why?" Mercy asks, vomitting more.
The figure turns to the tons of butchered humans, human skeletons and blood. It looks back at Mercy. "They are done by humans not me." It says.
Mercy vomits more as the strong stench of dead humans rushes into his nose.
"You'll get used to it." The figure says in an irritated tone. "Hurry up. Let's get the sacrifice done before your family thinks you are dead." The figure continues moving into the house.
Mercy follows it, questioning if following the figure is a good idea.
The figure reaches a very wide space and stops. It turns around. "We have arrived."
"What am I going to do now?" Mercy asks, very weak and struggling not to vomit again.
"The ritual."
"What ritual?"
"The ritual that will give you access to my powers."
"You mean I'll have your abilities?" Mercy asks, dumbfounded but horrified.
"Yes. All of them."
"How?"
"The ritual."
"But-"
"Undress." The figure commands sharply, cutting Mercy short.
"What?!" Mercy shouts in horror. "Why?!"
"I want you bare before me. I want you to bring out everything in you and pour them before me."
"Can't we do it another way?"
"I have seen it a lot of times." The figure says dryly, causing Mercy to gasp. "So there's nothing to hide. Now undress."
"But-"
"Just undress!" The figure commands in a deep tone that makes the environment shrink in fear.
Mercy obeys and undresses completely.
"Good." The figure turns back around. "Can you guess how all this happened?" It says, referring to the scene before them. "Why there are so many human corpses all around."
Mercy doesn't move. The feeling of horror has drained him badly.
"It all started from a man who decided to offer human sacrifices here for worldly things out of his beliefs." The figure pauses. "Then he told another man who also did the same, sharing the same beliefs." The figure laughs aloud, sending shivers through Mercy's body. "I gave them what they wanted, but out of greediness and selfishness they brought more sacrifices and more friends. And so I became their god." It laughs again, sending fear throughout the environment. "They never get tired."
Mercy still still, tries to digest what the figure just said. "Why?" Is all Mercy could say as he falls on his knees. Hot tears begins running down his face. "Why-" He chokes as dark painful memories flashes before his eyes, causing his crying to intensify.
"Well, you can change all that. You can stop all that. Only if you do the ritual."
"How?"
"By cleaning them up. Wiping them from the face of earth." The figure walks to Mercy and places a hand on his shoulder. "All those your dreams will become a reality."
"But I don't want to be a killer." Mercy says with a shaky tone.
The figure walks some step backwards. "You will have to choose then." It says dryly. "Either I kill you now and send you to hell..." It trails off. "Or obey all my instructions and become the ultimate cleaning machine, wiping out such beings." It pauses. "It's left for you."
"I... Can't." Mercy manages to say.
"Very well then."
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Miss Emmanuella, Amanda and Mrs Anna arrive at their house in Mrs Anna's car.
Amanda comes down and walks to the door. She tries to open it but discovers it is locked. "He's not around." She says in a pained tone.
"What?!" Miss Emmanuella and Mrs Anna both shout in shock.
"I hope he isn't going to run away." Miss Emmanuella says as tears begins running down her face. "I hope he doesn't kill himself." She breaks down into serious tears. "Twelve and he's not home?"
Amanda also begins crying intensely. "I'm such an idiot." She falls on her knees.
Mrs Anna watch them both in pity. She cuddles Miss Emmanuella, tapping her back continuously. "It's okay, love. He is okay." She reassures. "Let's go look for him." She comes down from the car and walks to Amanda. She bends down and cuddles Amanda. "It's fine, love. He is okay." She reassures.
"I'm such an idiot." Amanda mumbles. "A very big one."
Mrs Anna shakes her head sideways. "No, you're not, hon. You are far from that. It was just an instinct of..." She trails off. "I dunno... Reflex?" She sighs. "Well, that doesn't matter. Let's go get him then." She releases Amanda.
Amanda nods and gets up.
They both walk to the car and enter.
"Are you guys ready?" Mrs Anna asks.
"Yes." Amanda and her mum both say with a nod.
"Good." Mrs Anna says with satisfaction and nods. She starts the car. "Let's go get that monkey." She zooms off as Amanda and Miss Emmanuella both chuckle a soft but bitter chuckle.
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Mercy is sitting on the floor, naked, still and quiet.
"Begin."
Mercy closes his eyes and begins chanting a language unknown to him.
Ten naked men suddenly enter the room and kneel before Mercy. One dips his hand into his pocket and begins bringing out things. When he is done, he lines them before Mercy.
Before Mercy is three different coloured human eye balls, four human canines, a human's bloodied blood red mouth and a very thin strong thread.
Mercy's chanting intensifies. He opens his eyes to reveal two completely white eyeballs.
The ten men get up and begin walking around Mercy, chanting in an unknown language too.
The chanting intensifies, increasing so much that it echoes around the house and spreads fear around.
After some minutes of chanting, Mercy begins crying blood, increasing his voice.
The ten men also begins crying blood, increasing their voices and their pace.
After some more minutes, the men's necks begins twisting as more blood begins coming out from their eyes, noses, mouths, ears and skins. They suddenly stop walking and all go on their knees, still chanting.
Mercy continues his chanting, not thinking of stopping. He picks up all the items before him, placing them on his palm and covering them with his other palm. His chanting changes into a much more wild one.
After some long minutes of chanting. The mens' necks suddenly turns three sixty degrees (360°) and snaps. They all fall to the ground, but continue chanting.
After more minutes, Mercy stops and the men also stop, dying immediately.
Mercy raises his hand to see a closed beautiful red mouth necklace on his palm. He vomits as the flash backs of what he just did flashes before his eyes. He struggles and gets up.
"Put on the necklace." The figure commands.
Mercy obeys and instantly falls on his knees, vomitting, as he begins seeing a lot of terrible, gut wrenching visions and flashbacks. He begins feeling something strange rushing into him.
"You will be able to use my powers through it. So, be careful. Don't be careless with it and don't let anyone know about it." The figure turns around but turns back. "And never take it off or allow anyone to take it off."
Mercy nods weakly.
"We are done here. Let's go."
"What about the bodies?" Mercy manages to ask.
"Creatures will handle that."
"Creatures?!"
"Yeah. They will feed on the humans. Let's get going." The figure begins walking.
Mercy moves a step but freezes as a long knife enters deep into his neck.
"Game over." A masked male says behind Mercy and pulls out the knife, causing a lot of blood to start rushing down Mercy's neck.
Mercy falls to the ground, struggling with the pain and vomitting a lot of blood as he struggles to breathe.
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"We have been searching for three hours!" Miss Emmanuella screams in pain while crying. "It's three O'Clock and there isn't a sign of Mercy." Her crying intensifies. "Coming back by twelve wasn't a good idea."
Amanda just sits like a lump of something as she stares off into space. She has been crying so badly for a long time. Now she's weak. So weak that she can't even talk.
Mrs Anna who is also weak from crying too much, too long, just stares at both of them in pity, too weak to console them like she has been doing.
"Why?!" Amanda manages to say. "If only I had followed him."
"Let's pray." Mrs Anna manages to say. "We will definitely find him.
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"He is dead." The masked male says dryly. "That was easier than I expected."
'"It's just beginning.'" A voice says in his head. '"I warned you, didn't I? This child is no longer human. If anything, he is worst than a monster."'
"I need to escape then." The man says with a panicking but calm tone.
"Can you satisfy my pleasure?" A voice asks gently from the male's behind, sending shivers and fear throughout the male's body.
"What... How..." The male trails off and gulps as ton of sweats instantly soaks his body. He wants to move but his survival instincts isn't coping with him. He looks down at where Mercy was lying in a pool of his own blood, but sees only the pool of blood.
Mercy walks to his front and smiles a soft sweet smile. "Can you?" He asks sweetly. "It seems like you can."
'"You can feel it too, right? The amount of darkness coming out from him."' The male asks his demon.
'"And there is no escaping for you."' The demon laughs aloud. "I did warned you. But it's too late."'
'"Please lend me as much of your power as you can. Please."' The male begs.
'"I'll try my best."'
"Is this the thing that will give you the power you are begging for?" Mercy asks sweetly as he dangles a lion's canine in front of the man, shocking the man more.
"How..." The man trails off, too scared to talk.
"It's okay." Mercy grins, handing it back to the male who takes it with shaking hands. "Now that your demon have given you power. Please me." Mercy smiles.
The male is starting to feel sick as the environment and Mercy's bloody appearance begins getting to him.
"Go on. Please me."
The male moves his hand swiftly, attempting to stab Mercy multiple times, but the knife bends on contact with Mercy's skin.
The male stares in horror. "How..." He begins crying. "Please let me go. I won't come back again. Please."
Mercy's smile begins reducing. "Not until you please me."
"But I'm not gay." The male manages to say.
Mercy chuckles, moving a step and placing a bloody palm on the man's chest. "I'm not too. Too bad because you would have make a pretty good toy." Mercy laughs a sweet laugh that screams doom. He hugs the male tightly. "You are so hot and muscular and you have made a lot of females beg and cry for you, for more." He pauses. "Can't you please me just this once. You have done it a lot and you are good at it." Mercy pulls off the mask to see a very handsome man staring back at him in disgust and fear.
"And if I say no?" The man asks worriedly.
"Then I trap you here, bring your wife and five kids here, torture you all and skin you all together." He smiles sweetly. "We will all spend time together as a family."
"What are you?"
Mercy sweet smile widens. "A human, silly. What do you think I am?"
"A monster. A demon. A beast."
Mercy licks his lips, tasting his own blood. "That's awesome coming from you." He sighs. "Well, enough talking. Start pleasing."
The man sighs in defeat as shame engulfs him. He can't believe he is cheating on his wife with a dark and messed up teenage demon job-gone-wrong male. He sighs tiredly and begins unbuckling his belt.
Mercy moves back, looking at the man in disgust. "What are you trying to do?" He asks, irritation in his tone.
"Please you."
Mercy frowns and sighs. "I see." He says dryly. "You are hopeless." He chuckles sweetly. "Run."
The man begins running at full speed but stops as everywhere suddenly turns black. He turns around but doesn't see Mercy.
"Since you can't please me. I'll please myself." A voice echoes through the environment.
Big human eyes appears all over the environment.
"Let's begin." Mercy says dryly.
The man begins screaming in pain as he feels creatures tearing him apart.
"Now this is pleasure." Mercy says with a light moan.
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Amanda rushes to the door as she hears a knocking. She opens the door, shock and joy filling her as she sees a smiling Mercy.
"Hello, sis." Mercy says sweetly and walks in. He walks straight to his room, locks the door and heads straight to his bathroom.
"Mum!" Amanda shouts at the top of her voice as she begins sobbing intensely. "Mercy's home!" She locks the door and rushes to her mum's room to tell her.
Mercy flushes his fifth round of vomit down the toilet, frowning and badly scared. He sits quietly in the bath tub that is filled with hot water and a sweet scenting liquid soap. "What have I done? What have I become?" He asks himself and begins sobbing.
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"He has done it!" A man shouts maniacally and begins laughing wildly. "He has finally done it!" He turns to face a corner of his room, staring at the two red eyes that are staring back at him.
"Your end is near." The demon says dryly.
The man laughs. "I will be prepared." The man grins. "Besides, I was the one who trained my son."