fall into temptation [Russell Peterson]

December 19, 2015.

inside of a house there are many people having a wild party. in one of the rooms Russell is having fun with three ladies, and one guy. Russell gets a call from his brother. he puts his pants on. with a sad smile he tells them to continue without him.

Russell was thinking about having an orgy. he was even going to call some guys and ladies that he knows. Russell leaves the house before answering the phone.

"hello dear brother. may I know why I have the pleasure of being summon by your divine voice? and holy soul."

"are you drunk? are you high? oh, never mind. I know you are a lose case. I am only calling because mom is sick. she is dying. she wants to see you a last time."

"are you sure that is our mother? last time I check I was dead and buried for her. I only bring dishonor to her. you are the perfect son."

"Russ I don't fucking care about your horrible acting. you can keep playing the victim as much as you want. I am only delivering you the news. like they say don't shot the messenger. I mean it is not like you have much to do."

the call ends. Russell laughs. a girl that was passing by gives him a beer. Russell drinks the beer like if it was water. Russell returns to finish what he started.

after a long night of sex, drugs, and liquor Russell was lying down on the floor. he was completely unconscious. it was until the next day at noon that he woke up. Russell could barely walk with a heavy hangover.

he receives some calls from friends and bitches. Russell feels melancholic to know that his own family pushes him far from them. but are the strangers who keep calling him trying to know how is he doing. Russell puts a cigar on his mouth.

that day he took a shower. he drove for two hours until he arrived in front of the woods. he didn't do much. Russell stayed in there for a long while clearing his ideas. he had a cigar on his mouth. but he didn't smoke.

.....

Now.

Russell is walking on the desert. the cult people are coming closer to him. they all are covering their faces under hoods. the High Priest walks in front like always leading his herd of loyal followers.

Elijah Hatt has some things to say. he needs of Russell to take his place as the next voice and head of the cult. Elijah is thinking of a few words to persuade the successor. he will even made some promises.

"I don't want to take your place." Russell yields feeling frustration.

"but you must. it is your duty to accept that you are my successor. you are the next head of this beautiful herd."

Russell refuses to hear anymore from the cult leader. he can't accept something so twisted like becoming part of a cult that kills humans. a cult that adores a monster like if it was a God. it all sounds wrong to Russell.

Elijah Hatt takes his robes off. he pass the robes to Russell. he then winks at him. Elijah is wearing jeans and a t-shirt. he tells Russell that destiny is something he can't fight. he can't stop the world from taking its given course.

Russell demands an explanation of why everyone had a brutal death. why everyone had a different death in front of the Darkness. that is something he can't forget. that way everyone has died so far is different and too gruesome for some of them.

"okay. I can do that. each Deity represents something in particular. ours represents strong emotions, desires, fears. it is a Deity who loved humans too much. it was love the reason of its fall out of the divine mountain."

"what does that has to do with the question?"

"a man afraid of aging, turns into an elderly man on seconds. a vain woman who truly loved, loses her heart and beauty. a man who wanted to be gone, became dust, and then became part of our lord. finally there was a man who wanted to be the center of attention, to be seen by his brother. well you know how that one ended."

"wait are you?..... but that has nothing to do with the other deaths."

"the scarecrows are unfaithful husbands and wives. the stone people, those are the ones who died on our lord's territory and won the Lord's love. and finally there was a woman who was eaten by a sun. it is simple, she was the most wicked of you all."

"her? Wendy wicked? I mean, yeah she was annoying. but between you and I, Karla is winning the race for the wicked queen."

"oh, you didn't know? that woman was a child murderer and her hobby was turning the dead corpses into dolls. she had a museum of dolls on her basement."

Russell is in shock. he can't believe that person could do something like that. what scared him the most is that the High Priest seems to know everything about everyone. how can a cult knew everything about them. how much do they know? he asks himself.

Elijah Hatt's knowledge about them comes from the Lord. the Darkness shows at night images of those who died, it shows their actions and emotions. every night when someone dies, Elijah has a dream about them.

Elijah asks Russell if his plan is to leave by using the green door. Russell stays silent giving to Elijah his answer. Elijah explains that Russell's family belongs to the cult. since ten generations ago the Peterson family works for the cult.

Russell doesn't understand what the High Priest is trying to insinuate. then he remembers hearing that people from his family had disappear. he believed that those people were kicked out of the family. maybe they were sacrifices.

Elijah Hatt explains that Ed Peterson send him here as a sacrifice. even if he ever escapes it won't end there. his family will try to erased him from earth. anywhere he goes there would be a target on his back.

.....

December 28, 1015.

Russell is driving. he drinks a beer while driving. he stops in front of a mansion. he gets out of his car. he walks inside of the mansion. in there he is welcomed by Ed Peterson, his lovely brother. he said hello to Ed, to Ed's girlfriend.

later that day Russell said hello to his father and visited his mother's room. indeed his mother was dying. she was bony. she looks more like a corpse, than a human. the woman smiled at Russell. then she whispered some words 'the perfect sacrifice.'

but at the moment Russell didn't understood what his mother said. on his eyes she was a crazy dying woman. there was nothing to understand about her. he was always the black sheep of the family. the hated son.

Russell talked to his mother for some time. he didn't had much to say. some lies were added here and there. some wash up half trues. some exaggerated trues. Russell knew that his mother won't believe him anyways, or would ignore him.

Russell left the room. he then goes to the dinning room. in there he was eating alone. after some minutes his brother's girlfriend enters on the dinning room. Russell was too busy dealing with his own issues.

the girlfriend starts to talk about her boyfriend. about the man who is never there. a man who is always too busy with something. a man who always forgets about her. she talked about how lonely she usually feels at Ed's side.

Russell was silently listening. the woman asked for forgiveness once she realized she had talked too much. what could be the worse day for Russell, became an opportunity. Ed has always taken from him, this felt like the perfect opportunity to return the favor.

Russell asked her if she wanted to know what true love feels like. of course at first she slapped him and asked him to be respectful. but the seed of doubt was already there. it was a question of seconds before she accepts Russell's offer.

later that day Russell was by himself drinking a fine wine on a room. there was so little to do on this ancient and creepy mansion. it was intoxicating to breathe the same air. it was hard to live for a second among his own family.

after some hours of drinking someone knocks on the door. Russell knew who it was. of course Ed is too busy to be a good boyfriend. Russell opens the door. at the surprise of no one there she was asking if it was too late to take his offer.

.....

Now.

Russell runs away from the cult. he stops in front of Rose Anne's car. the keys are inside of the car. he looks up. it becomes night time on seconds. at first Russell was afraid. he expected to die, but the Darkness ignored him.

Elijah steps behind him. Elijah explains that the Darkness can't touch the High Priest, nor the successor of the High Priest. they are untouchable. they were chosen by the Darkness to serve. Elijah keeps explaining.

Russell is between two options. he can either find the exit, and to live the rest of his life running away from his own family, or killing them. or he can accept Elijah's offer to become the next High Priest.

Russell struggles. he wants to be a decent human being. the choices he needs to take are either about leaving behind his humanity, or to live the rest of days running away.

"i don't want that. I want to be a normal human. I don't even believe on God. I had live my days as an atheist. how do I become a believer? no, this is wrong."

"it doesn't matter. this goes beyond you. the choice is yours, and it isn't at the same time. this isn't just about you. it is about our Lord. our people."

"but why me? I am not a good person. I had done so much wrong. I am worse than Jacob, or Jane. I am worse than most of the people here. not jet on Karla level. that is a hardcore level I don't do."

"no one here is innocent Russell. not even me. I have sexual fantasies with my dead mother. I have impure thoughts. I am as impure as you are."

Russell is silent. he falls on his knees. he cries thinking about the idea of accepting. Russell know what it means to become part of the cult. there is a part of him that refuses to become like his family. he wants to be different.

on the darkness Russell sees something. he then thinks that maybe he isn't as different. maybe in reality he was cut from the same cloth. he is a Peterson after all. he just didn't accepted it until now.

.....

July 4, 2017.

Russell wakes up on his room. it is about six am. Russell looks at the lady sleeping next to him on the bed. she is Ed's girlfriend. it has been two years since Russell started to sleep with her. Russell thinks at times if he should end the relationship.

true to be told. he has feeling for her. at first it was just part of his small vengeance against Ed and his family. but now he feels something for her. Russell doesn't want to hurt her because of some stupid vengeance.

Russell stands up. he takes a cold shower. then he eats some chocolate flavor cereal on the dinning room. Russell returns to his room to watch something on the TV. he has some calls from his brother. he ignores the calls.

after about twelve lost calls Russell answers. Ed sounds so desperate and angry trying to find his girlfriend. it is like if Ed knew she was with Russell right now. then Ed tells him that he is in front of the door. the door of Russell's apartment.

Russell freaks out. he tries to wake her up. there is no answer from her. she seems to be on a deep dream. then someone knocks the door. there is no need of drama when it is obvious who is on the other side. Ed is waiting for Russell to open the door.

Russell walks towards the door. he breathes in. breathes out. Russell opens the door with a friendly smile. the first thing he sees is a fist to the face. Russell falls on the ground bleeding from his mouth.

Ed gets inside of the department. he looks at his girlfriend on his brother's bed. he then looks at Russell the scoundrel trying to find an excuse. there was no explanation.

Russell tries to apologize. Ed starts to kick him and calls him by names. he screams furiously feeling deeply hurt. Ed with teary eyes tells him that they are no longer family, Ed leaves without looking back.

twenty minutes later Russell gets a call from his father. he is told that he no longer belongs to that family. his name will be officially erased from the testament.

"fuck. I fucked up once more."

after that day she disappeared. Russell never heard anything about her. the last thing that she told him was that she loves him. she promised to see him on their next date. but then she was gone like the wind.

at first Russell felt betrayed. he felt bad to know that she only used him, or that she felt regret and returned to his brother's side. a year later Russell heard that Ed was dating a different person. and the next year he was given the invitation to the wedding.

.....

Now.

out of nowhere Russell starts to feel strong emotions. he feels an extreme sadness. he feels so much rage. he is confuse by his own emotions. he feels so much fear. blood tears fall from his eyes. he looks directly at the black cloud, at the Darkness.

"it won't kill you. but I never said you wouldn't feel affected by it. like I say before, our Lord represents what we secretly desire or fear the most. the deeper, stronger, most corrupted human emotions."

"what a beauty. what does it make you feel, or do. this strong waves of emotions can really push a human to say, or do anything. I fear what it can do to me."

Elijah didn't say anything. right now he is fighting with his inner desires. he wants to touch himself and explore his own body. the desperation of his sexual desires shakes him almost forcing him to fall.

"how can you get use to this? I feel like dying. it is so aggressive. I can barely breath with the pressure those waves exert over my body."

"I haven't overcome it. it affects me now, it has always affected me. you just become better at hiding what it provokes on you. so are you ready to join us?"

"I am not sure. give me some time to think about it."

Elijah Hatt smiles. he turns around. he walks away. he feels so weak. he is about to fall on the ground. his two trusted guards come forward. they help him to keep moving. Elijah is thankful as he looks at his pants that are stained. he feels shame.

Russell is on the ground. he is unable to stand up. that explosion of emotions are tearing him apart from inside. Russell throws up blood. he has enough strength to open the car's door. he gets inside. he closes the door. once inside he faints.

Russell has nightmares about his family. he opens his eyes. he sits down. Russell thinks about Elijah's offer. he is thinking about accepting. this can be the perfect opportunity to eliminate his family once and for all. a cruel thing to think, but something he has to do.

if he is going to do it. he will start with his brother. Ed is the first one that needs to go. then he will go after the rest of his family leaving his father to be the last one. he smiles with sorrow. he really wanted to be loved by his family on the past.

be aware of the Darkness, the Pagan God who looks after the mortals. he was exiled because of his love for mortals. but his love is not a human love. the love a Deity feels is nothing like our kind of love. the Darkness' love is twisted and dark.

the Darkness awaits patiently for the next meal to fall on the table.