The return

"Anna! Anna sweetheart, are you there!?" Joseph had finally returned to his home, pounding on the door to his house like a madman. However, to his surprise, A black-cloaked figure answered the door. They took their hood off, revealing that it was... Danny Green? But they didn't look the same, their eyes looked soulless and a lot like Death's. Joseph took a step back, worried about his nephew.

"D-Danny? Is that y-" But he was cut off by a sinister laugh coming from the boy, oh how that laugh reminded him of his captor. It was unnatural in every way.

"Why, hello there, puppet~ happy to see me again?" He stumbled backward, in shock and fear. His entire being shook with terror.

"B-But...HOW!? I KILLED Y-" But once again, he was cut off. Danny's possessed form put a hand over his mouth and held his fingers to his lips.

"Shhhh, Joseph. you don't want to wake Anna now, do you?  Hehe, let us go somewhere where no one can interfere. Shall we?" Danny snapped his fingers and Joseph's vision wavered.  When everything was clear again, they were in a dark, damp place. Just barely any light lit up the place. Danny slowly let his hand drop to his side, allowing Joseph to speak.

"Where are we? WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME AND MY FAMILY!?" Joseph roared with unbelievable rage and confusion.

"We are back where this all started, the capture room, this is where I held you until I thought you would wake up. As for what I want... I want you and only you. If you wouldn't have killed my old body, Danny here wouldn't have had to suffer."

"Why me? What makes me so special?"

"Isn't that obvious, puppet? You are the last bloodline true of Deaths. Yes, I know that dear Anna is adopted~"

"And the games, those innocent people that you killed?"

"That was all to appease a God.... MY GOD! LORD PHAK IS ALL THERE IS IN THIS WORLD!!"

You have lost your cotton-picking mind. "So why aren't I dead? Don't you want revenge?"

"Didn't you hear me?" Danny was forced to giggle evilly, "You are the last young Death there is. Danny here, he's not a Trueblood." Death suddenly made Danny draw a pocket knife from his pocket. He slid the blade along his arm, drawing blood. Joseph shook with rage and worry for his nephew.

"Now, what color is your blood?"

"Wh-what do you mean? My blood has always been the same color."

"LIER! I'll ask again, fail to answer truthfully and I'll draw more blood from this body. I wonder how much pain little Danny can take~"

"...black... my blood is black." Joseph hung his head low, he was giving in to the madness.

"Good puppet~ For that I will tell you my true name." Joseph tilted his head in interest.

"My name, it was originally Nic. That was my name before the lord of Death showed me what I was meant to do. What YOU are meant to do. Serve him!"

"I understand."

"Good~ now follow me~" Joseph followed the possessed boy to a hidden room, that was in the wall. Inside the room was a massive boney beast.

(Phak: https://wallpaperplay.com/walls/full/a/6/6/135104.jpg)

He gasped in wonder and felt the compelling urge to kneel to this beast. So he did, along with Death.

"My lord, I have brought the boy. He is ready."

"W̸e̵l̸l̶ ̴d̶o̴n̴e̸ ̴n̷i̶c̷,̸ ̷y̵o̵u̷ ̵h̴a̴v̷e̴ ̶s̶e̶r̶v̸e̷d̴ ̶m̵e̶ ̵w̶e̶l̸l̷,̵ ̶n̷o̵w̷ ̸l̶e̷a̷v̸e̴ ̷u̶s̸." Death nodded and walked out of the room, closing the door behind him.

"̵B̸o̴y̷,̶ ̸y̴o̴u̶ ̶a̴r̷e̸ ̶t̶h̷e̴ ̷o̶n̶e̴ ̸t̴h̴a̷t̷ ̵w̶i̵l̶l̸ ̸f̸r̴e̷e̴ ̶m̵e̸.̸ ̷L̵e̸t̵ ̵m̴e̸ ̷i̷n̸t̷o̷ ̵y̸o̴u̵r̷ ̸s̵o̷u̵l̴,̸ ̸a̸n̶d̵ ̶t̴o̷g̸e̷t̷h̸e̴r̸ ̵w̵e̶ ̶w̵i̴l̸l̸ ̴p̵u̴r̸g̸e̸ ̷t̷h̸i̶s̵ ̷l̴a̴n̷d̴!̵" he felt compelled to nod but did so hesitantly. Phak smiled slightly and crumpled to the ground as a light shot into Joseph. He was suddenly filled with a burning sensation, that was at the same time colder than ice. Then... it stopped. Joseph smiled and exited the room.