Chapter 4 The Red Eyes that promise Chaos (2/2)

”Suitable...”

”Yes...”

”...Make the pact”.

”...Form the Seal!”

Various voices spoke around Rassa, all of them sounded dark and threatening. And each time they spoke their words were echoed my so many others that Rassa's best guess of how many creatures were in that cave with him was in the hundreds if not the thousands. As their words reached a climax, a feint hissing arose and grewlouder before stopping right in front of Rassa, and two blood red and glowing eyes opened inches in front of his face.

Rassa shouted in surprise, trying to pull away but unable to move.

”Boy”.

There was no mouth or nose or even a face, only red eyes in the darkness, but Rassa knew it was the eyes that spoke to him.

”Please, let me go,” Rassa begged, ”I'm sorry if I trespassed, really I am. I was only looking for the bunny!”

The dark chuckle Rassa had heard earlier echoed through the cavern, and was then repeated by various voices which cut off with the eyes' next words.

”You may leave freely...but only once we have made a pact with you boy”.

”Pact? What can I possibly offer you? I have nothing, my family are poor,” he replied.

”Material objects are not our goal”.

Rassa did not quite understand what the eyes meant, only that money was not what it desired.

”What is your name boy?”

”R...Rassa”.

”Rassa,” the eyes echoed, and the name was passed around the chamber in various chilling voices.

”And what race do you belong to?”

Rassa frowned in confusion, was it not obvious? Did the eyes not see him?

”Answer!” snapped the eyes, causing Rassa to flinch in fright.

”Human,” Rassa replied quickly, ”Please don't hurt me”.

”Oh, Rassa, dear boy, we don't want to hurt you, quite the opposite”.

The eyes faded, then Rassa felt a presence at his back, but was unable to turn his head to see. But the voice let him know that red eyes was not behind him.

”You see, we have been locked in the shadows for so long that my people are quite forgotten by the world, and we have no knowledge of what the world has now become, but once, in a time known as the Chaos, we were one of the most powerful races to exist. Our court was akin to a god's, dazzling and blinding and rich beyond reason, yet our...habits...drew negative attention. The others feared us and our potential, so they locked us away, banished us to the shadows where we have remained ever since”.