6 Chapter 5: Face to Faceless (1/2)

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My eyes twitched open to the sound of something next to me. I tried to feel my arms yet I could only feel my fingers twitching. I tried to raise my head only to feel a throbbing pain on the back of my head. Yet I slowly raised my head and blinked before closing my eyes to help clear my vision. When I opened my eyes, I was met with a horrifying scene. Mutilated body parts lay scattered around me and I was covered from head to toe with an unfamiliar words written in blood.

I tried to move my hands once again only to find them chained to the wall. It was then I heard footsteps approaching. I held my breath and waited for the approaching person. A door opened in the back of the room and Madison stepped inside grinning from ear to ear followed by Kayla. She stopped a few feet away from me. ”Morning sleepyhead. How was your nap?.” She said in a sing song tone.

I struggled to speak due to the pain but I managed ask this ”Why?”. Madison giggled before she started to circle around me. ”Let me tell you a little story. The town that we stand on was founded by a cardinal who was exiled by the Vatican after he was suspected of witchcraft. Now they didn't have enough proof yet so they only exiled him to quell the masses. The priest who was now vulnerable gathered his followers from all over Asia, Africa and Europe and set sail to the newly discovered America. His entourage consisted of witches and warlocks from different races and cultures. Each of whom who were brought together due to their common goals.

When they had arrived the natives of this land and the colonial forces were more or less at war. So it was pretty easy for us to lay down our roots in this valley. Eventually they even allied with a native tribe who were practicing witchcraft themselves.”

At this point I was getting impatient as I wanted a clear answer not a history lesson. I glared at her before hissing ” What does that have to do with my situation?” Madison looked at me with irritation before retorting ”I'm getting to it. Calm down. Anyways the priest and his followers spent years experimenting with dark magic while the colonials and other tribes were none the wiser. The slaves brought by the Europeans provided ample amounts of lab rats for their cause. Their blood allowed us to summon a demon straight from hell to our world. It is called Inferus or the Faceless. A unique kind of demon who is an amalgamation of several species of demons. With ”it” by our side they would have been nothing that could stop us from bringing the entire world to our knees.

However, something went wrong with the ritual and Inferus came out with its soul splintered. This enraged Inferus and he slaughtered a lot of our my people. To atone for our mistake ”it” gave us exactly 2 centuries to collect all fragments of its soul. Otherwise ”it” would kill every living thing in this valley. So our people set out to recover the soul fragments and we succeeded in gathering all fragments except for one. No matter how much we searched, we could never find it and eventually we gave up and waited for our inevitable demise. Until fate led you to us. You arrived to this town like at moth to the flame with the last fragment embedded in you body a day before the deadline.” Madison cupped my face as she said the last sentence.

She then pulled back her hands before saying ” I know it's hard to believe but it doesn't matter anyways. Once the clock strikes 3 at midnight, Inferus will arrive and none of it will matter anymore. Once Inferus becomes complete, our brotherhood will rise once more and the world will tremble before us.” Madison started to laugh maniacally before turning to Kayla. ”Clean and bandage his wound. We cannot have him die before the ritual.” Madison giggled once more before leaving me with Kayla.

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I was still trying to register what had happened in my head. So I remained quiet the entire time Kayla spent bandaging my head. However, I was brought back to my senses by what happend next. Kayla brought her face close to me as she whispered. ”Listen to me. The cultists will leave the cabin half an hour before the the clock strikes 12. I have hidden something for you on the shelf opposite to the fireplace.” I tried to to talk before he put her hand over my mouth. ”Don't talk. Make sure you get out before ”it” comes then come to the place marked on this map. I'll be waiting there for 3 days.” She then took out a piece of paper and put it inside one of my pockets. ”Don't be late or I'll leave without you. I'll leave one of the shackles unlocked.” She then unlocked one of my shackles with a key before putting the key inside my pocket with the map before leaving the room.

I wanted to escape immediately but I could still hear people outside the room. Moreover, I was still disoriented due to my wound so I stayed put. Unfortunately, it was the very same wound that caused me to doze off.