Chapter Twenty-Five: Mind Games

nini'What's going on,' I pulled at the restraints that kept me bound to my seat, 'Where am I?'

'Hello, Zen,' a light turned on, revealing a man in the dark room with me.

'You're no man,' examining him better, he looked like the demon who's powers I took upon his death.

'You're right,' he pulled at the restraints as well, 'My names Blood if you hadn't been listening.'

'So you're the previous user.'

He nodded, 'And I'll remain alive until I reach my dream.'

'Dream?'

'That is what I said.'

'What dream?'

He looked off in the abyss that surrounded us, 'I said I wanted to bring peace among the three tribes....but....but not anymore.'

'Does it have to so with that Annabelle lady you meet?'

'I want to be with her Zen,' he looked at me, 'But I had to go and die for my people thinking I could reason with angels.'

Attempting again to break free and failing, I folded my legs over eachother, 'Seeing as we have time, care to explain the specifics?'

'The demons grew tired of my failure to proceed with Satans plan. Wanting to wage a battle to determine which tribe lives, I asked Satan for a peace talk before hand, he allowed it. Utilizing it, I attempted to negotiate with them, right before-'

'-My cruise ship,' I added.

'Yup.'

'But weren't you looking for a successor?'

'I was, but Satan had changed. For the time I was absent, something must've occurred to make him harden like he did and out rule the idea, telling me to figure something out or he'll just kill everything and one. Of course, my death came close on that cruise ship. Growing close to tasting to my demise, I sensed you.'

'Me?'

'Somethings special about you, whether you knew that or not, you're not normal.'

'But what if I was a bad guy?'

'I saw you protecting Anne still, like a heaven you're a bad guy.'

'Don't you mean hell,' I raised a brow to his heaven remark.

'Demon.'

'Oh yeah,' I nervously laughed.

'Anyways,' He pulled again at the restraints that just tightened more, 'Because of that decisions, the Satan must've sent Cecile to kill us both, so these people conspiring to kill all heros could be working with him to sniff you out and end this superhuman society.'

'Thank you for clearing that up, but what about your dream then?'

'With the time I spent with Annabelle, I just wish to be with her, through you.'

'Huh? What do you mean, "Through you", like, did I hear you right?'

'Anne's also special.'

'No,' I straightened my face.

'She's Annabelle's reincarnated form.'

'Does that mean-'

'No, she doesn't have the same memories the Annabelle I knew did, but she told me that after her death, she'd comeback and would wait for me, but,' he looked at me with his scary smile filled with pain, 'I didn't want to take her from you.'

'And what if the angel champion who resided its powers to her?'

'A desperate nobody who wanted to continue even after death, but you already got ride of them.'

'One more thing,' I rocked my chair trying to break it, but it was proven to be pointless, 'Does that mean Anne has the same powers as Annabelle?'

'Yes.'

Our restraints opened up.

Coming out the darkness, a man without a shirt revealing his six pack, slicked back hair, golden teeth, crooked nose, baggy pants, metal fist, smirked at us, 'Hey you two! Wanna get out of my mind control?'

'Is that what's going on,' Blood extended his wings and made a sword and shield appear on his person.

'Makes sense too,' I made metal gauntlets cover my fist.

'Beat me in a duel, I'm tired of the two of you yapping while your body does the fighting,' he opened himself up, 'I want action too!'

'And when we beat you, you'll bring me to your leaders,' I shouted as Blood and I ran at him.

Going in low with punches, I kept him on his toes while he had to aviod Blood. Grabbing me, the man used me as a shield, making me take a strike from Blood's blade as he tossed me aside, grabbed him by the leg, and threw him into me. Healing my wound closed, I got up and so did Blood.

'I'm not done yet assholes!'

Running at him, I swept him by the legs as Blood swooped down from above and pierced him with his sword. The man proceed to grabbed Blood's arm and slammed his head against the butt of the sword before letting him go, grasping the blade, and using his fist to crush it. Throwing the handle at me, it hit me in the head and threw me off balance as he then swept me off balance. Throwing his shield at the man, Blood flew down and helped me up as the man stumbled back now. Blood now fabricated a spear and I increased my speed so he couldn't keep track of me for a tradeoff of how much my fist would hurt him.

Going at it for awhile, we all began to grow tired.

'Names Otis,' he panted, catching his breath as he held his hands on his knees.

'Fuck you,' I was panting as well, 'Otis.'

'That's the,' Blood pierced his spear through his torso, forcing hin to cough out blood, 'Spirrrrit,' his body slammed onto the ground.

'Foolish idiot,' Blood began to fade away, 'This will probably be the last time we fight together,' his eyes began to tear up, 'Even though I'm a demon, I have feelings.'

'I'll miss you too pal.'

'One more thing,' he was just a floating head now, 'Remember what I said, and also this man had taken control of your body. Whatever you see when you leave: it wasn't your fault,' he disappeared.

Blinking, I looked at my hands covered in blood. Looking up, I saw a injured Anne with T out cold in her arms. Looking around, I saw the bodies. 'Anne?'

'What the hell Zen,' she sounded disgusted.

'Is T alive?'

'And why would you care.'

I looked closer at the bodies, 'I told her I wouldn't let harm come her way. I was also under someones body possession power, but I beat it.'

'So you didn't betray us.'

'Never,' I looked at her.

'I knew it,' she began to cry with a limp T in her arms, 'Why does life have to be do unfair!'