Chapter 2

The music deafened me, pumping blood in my veins. Blinding neon lights smouldered like fireflies, with the difference that those fireflies reached dizzying speeds exceeding the speed of light. I saw a crowd of people in front of me that I couldn't recognize because their faces were covered with black fog. We all danced in the middle of a huge dance floor, listening to rhythmic music. The whole world swirled in front of my eyes, I got tremendous dizziness and I almost fall until I felt someone catch me. Until now I can't remember who that person was...

I felt carried by an angel, I just remember that she had unearthly smooth hands. We went to the next room, where the new dancer was preparing for a pole dance show, which no one has seen yet. I think her name was... Lola? I don't know for sure. Head hurts.

We sat at the bar, she ordered me a drink... which I pulled in a second. I tried hard not to vomit her on her feet. Alcohol was taking its toll.

I started looking around the room, I saw people watching Lola's show and the bitter perverts who, unable to resist, tried to grab the dancer by the buttock. They reminded pigs at the barn that was sprinkled with forage! Oblivious, fat and fabulously rich, capable of everything, full of insatiable excitement.

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw the toilet, forced by gag reflexes I staggered toward the toilet. I felt someone grab my arm again. It was the same woman, I couldn't recognize her face. I was really stoned. Damn those hard drugs...

She came closer to my ear and whispered 'Wait a minute, I'll go with you, handsome.', I fainted a little after these words and I was close to a puke whole room, but I can't remember anything... I woke up in one of the caress rooms in Eden. My head was cracking, I couldn't remember where I came from. This, however, was not my biggest problem, it turned out that I could not remember anything. Who I was? What did I do?

The most basic piece of information was a secret for me, name and surname, date of birth and place of residence. Even looking at the mirror on the wall opposite, it was hard for me to recognize my own face.

I got up from bed to carefully look at my own face. I stared into my blue eyes, felt my cheekbones and combed black strands of short-cut hair. 'What the fuck...', I said in a half voice, still feeling the effect of alcohol after last night. At least I thought so ... I didn't have any watch with me and there were no windows in any room to estimate how much I had slept on. Since the brothel Eden is deep underground, there was no option to look out the window. Don't ask me how I know it... I had no idea this place even existed until today. But how is it possible that I know only about this place? Everything is a blank space in which this brothel floats like a boat on a bottomless sea.

I dressed in clothes that I found scattered across the floor and left the room. I found myself in a long corridor separated by a door from the showroom, where loud music and people's cheers could be heard. I went out to the next room, passing by the bar, the sight of alcohol almost caused me to gag.

I was looking for some way out of the brothel, I wanted to get some fresh air and feel the sun's rays on my body. Being in the underground did not help me. Finally, I stood in front of the huge marble door. 'I think it's probably here ...', I thought and pushed the huge gate without much thought. Opening this monster was not the easiest thing to do. I am in quite a good shape myself, and it did a lot of trouble for me ...

He tried to get to the other side of the door, his efforts were interrupted by the terrible sound of broken bones mixed with the bubbling scream of a man suffocating with his own blood. Enigma stood dead, staring into the darkened corridor from which ghostly sounds came from the end. 'What a fucking shit am I hearing there...?', said Enigma, unable to raise his voice because of the icy fear that had overwhelmed him.

The monstrous echo of torn meat broken with a menacing growl caused disgust in Enigma. The man quickly backed out of the door and slammed it shut at a speed and strength he couldn't think of himself. He never found himself in a similar situation... at least he thought so because divine judgments are not investigated, especially in such a close presence, considering that he was just below the Vatican. 'The mind has to play tricks on me... you fucking have it back, bitch! That's for sure! I can't believe that I'm thinking about this place right now...', he crouched under the marble door and began to pat his face. 'Alcohol and hard drugs are never a good mix. I was deluded, nothing is happening there!', he rose with a sigh, brushing the dust off his shirt.

Enigma grabbed the massive door handle, sighed again before finding enough strength and courage for his final encounter with fate. 'I'm definitely going crazy from this fucking underground!', he screamed and slammed the gate with all his strength, opening it wide. The whole corridor was flooded with blood and remnants of Cleopas. Sierra stood in a pool of blood, looking at the man with black bloodshot eyes. The demoness began to lick her long and razor-sharp nails, staring and assessing Enigma with her piercing gaze. Luna crouched next to her, assessing Marina's condition, who was now leaning against the wall. Foam dripped from her mouth, the woman's eyes vibrated wildly and her whole body was shaking in convulsions. The priestess was all wet from the blood of her companion, Cleopas. Single drops of red substance slowly dripped from Marina's cheek. Luna realized that the mysterious guy was watching the whole performance. She rose to her feet and bent slightly, resting her hand on her hip. 'Oh fuck...', said the owner under her breath, rubbing her forehead with nerves. Enigma did not comment on the situation, probably did not even realize the presence of Marina, Sierra or Luna. He immediately fainted at the sight of the ocean of blood and fell to the tiles with a loud crash.

I don't remember my parents' faces... something must be wrong with me. I do not think that drugs give anything but the dizziness and terrible nausea. I stopped taking them ever since I left this awful place. I escaped from the institution at the age of sixteen. I remember someone was with me then. I remember holding that person's hand when we fled this insane doctor. I thought it was going to be worse... but thoughts disappeared when we managed to get out of this crazy hospital. I remember my first day when I crossed the walls of Kardencall for the first time. It was an extremely terrible day. The worst day of last summer.

"You must wake up! You must wake up! You must wake up! You must wake up! Wake up, Michael!"

"Just a second... Audio..."

'Wake the fuck up for the love of God!', Sierra's scream quickly revived Enigma and forced him to regain sobriety. There were four of them in the room: Luna, Sierra, Enigma and bartender Elias, who is a good friend of the Lozano family... or at least a friend of what is left of them.

'Finally, you are up...', said Luna, sitting on the bed where Enigma was lying. The girl turned to the bartender Elias to bring the mysterious guy something to drink. Then she grabbed the uninvited guest by the wrist and rolled up the sleeve of his shirt, revealing a bizarre tattoo showing the star of David against the background of a straight hand tangled with roses. 'I would like to know where you got it from?', silence reigned in Luna's words. The three of them stood staring at Enigma, waiting for his reply.

"Where did the damn thing come from?!", thought the confused man, then slowly got up from the bed and leaned back against the wall. There was thick sweat on his forehead and his whole body started shaking. 'I-I... n-no... *gulp*... I don't know!', he mumbled after a moment of confusion. There was complete silence again.

After a moment, Luna instinctively pulled out a gun and began to aim at Enigma. Sierra transformed the fingers on her right hand to use them to attack and Elias pulled out a long knife hidden in the hidden stash under the whiskey tray.

"Fucking hell! They're gonna fuck me up!"

Chapter 2 of "Sacred Whorehouse"