Chapter 252: Lord of Bloodsuckers... (1/2)

*Drip* *Drop* *Drip* *Drop* *Drip* *Drop*

In a deep dark cave, nothing in sight other than glowing purple flowers that only provided a dim light, the sound of droplets of water falling from the ceiling onto the damp, cold hard ground forming various puddles.

Suddenly, from the entrance of the cave, a small, glowing purple object was seen flying in deep at incredible speed, landing and stabbing into the ground in the form of a dagger.

Not even a second later, where the dagger once stood, a bright, purple light emerged seemingly out of nowhere, engulfing a large area.

Yet, as soon as that light appeared, it was immediately snuffed out… Now, in its place were 4 bodies, dropping on the ground with a large crash, splashing in one of the puddles.

”Huh!? W-where are we! Moby! Are you there! What's going on! How did we get here! Answer me please!”

The sound of Jayden's wild, terrified screaming echoed in the cave that was illuminated by her dark vision.

”Big brother! Big brother! W-what happened! Where are you!?”

The scream was followed by the mumble and cry of a small girl, Hikari in complete panic as all she was able to see was pitch black darkness before she infused light into her eyes-lids, allowing her to once again see.

”Calm down you two! Isn't it obvious? Our leader teleported us away so he could face the monster all by himself…”

Nags responded, not minding his now wet clothes, trying a rather calm and collected approach, yet, no matter how calm he tried to seem, the shakiness in his voice was still clear from the shock and fear of what he just witnessed.

”W-what!? B-but he'll die! Let's go! We need to go help him!”

”Hikari! Calm down! Have faith! You too bimbo idiot! For once I'll have to agree with Nags... He went out of his way to allow us to escape and you want to go back!? There's a reason for that! All we would be to him is a hindrance that would be taken hostage! There isn't much that even I could do against that monstrosity, even a scratch would be beyond my wildest dreams so what the hell do you think that a bunch of kids like you could do? We will just have to put our trust in him to be able to kill that fucking monster…”

Hikari was now gone, her hair and clothes now pitch black, her face looking rather odd as it was all red with hints of tears running down which completely contrasted with the seriousness of her expression.

”F-fuck! My brain isn't working right! What am I supposed to do then!? Wait here in this shit hole until my boyfriend dies like Alex!?”

”A-Alex…”

”Where's Alex!?”

Moby was the first thing on Jayden's mind, filling her entire brain. Yet, now the realization of Alex's death hit her once more, the reality of things setting in more and more as tears ran down her face once more and her hand tightly grasped her heart looking frantically around her.

”It's okay Alex… We're safe now… No one can hurt us anymore… No one can hurt us anymore... Now we can live together forever… You are now all I have… All I have… All I have…”

Suddenly, the sound of mumbles entered her ears, mumbles that had always been there ever since they arrived but that she had only just picked up on.

When she turned around to see where the voice was coming from, only to see Abby in a state unlike she ever saw her before, shaking immensely, bags under her eyes, her hair extremely messy as she continuously petted the charred face of Alex's burnt body, rubbing her hands on him over and over again…

”Abby!? Are you back!? Did you snap back to your senses! Is Alex still alive!? Speak to me!”

Slowly, Abby looked up at Jayden with tear-filled eyes and a blank look on her face that shook her down to her very core.

”Oh! Jayden… It's you… Don't worry! Alex is still alive! He promised to always be with me! Alex is no liar!”

When Jayden checked Abby's words, using her energy sense on Alex's body… It was confirmed to her that he was completely dead, breaking her heart even more, considering that the person he saved was unrecognizable, broken beyond belief…

”What about Moby!? He still cares for you! We all do! If he and us didn't then we wouldn't have risked everything to get you and he wouldn't have went as far as to teleport you away to safety with us!”

”Oh… I don't deserve him… I am a traitor… I threw everything away… I deserve no forgiveness… Maybe he even teleported me away just so he could punish me later… I deserve no one… All I bring is death and despair…”

*Slap*

”You idiot! Don't talk like that after everything we sacrificed to save you! Stop being selfish and fucking think! We all still care about you! We get that you were mind-controlled! It's okay! It's not your fault!”

Jayden roared, a waterfall of tears running down her face as she tried to snap Abby back to her senses, only for her to see something that she did not at all expect.

Abby looked away from her, looking back at Alex's corpse, rubbing her hands on him once again as she spoke.

”It's okay Jayden… Hit me more… Hit me more… I more than deserved it…I am trash, unworthy to be with anyone since all I do is hurt… I have nothing more to live for other than my Alex…”

Jayden was absolutely speechless, unsure of what to do as she just stared blankly at Abby once again.

”OH! My family is still alive! Maybe I can still kill them! Hey Alex! Do you want to help me out?”

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