The Room of Shadows

"What? I would rather not fight with you".

Agreas looks nervous looking Lucifer in the face. Lucifer's entire attitude shifts from lightness to thirst for blood.

"So what about telling us everything we need to know".

Agreas breathes deeply, staring at Beal and Lucifer.

"Okay, I helped him." Do what you must".

Lucifer quickly regained his light nature.

"It wasn't that hard now," he said.

Leviathan steps towards Agreas and Bael, his aura is menacing as he approaches.

"You two will pay for your actions, but first, this human is more important".

Leviathan keeps an eye on Bael, who goes to his desk. He sits down in his chair,

"Unfortunately, there is no exit without him completing the necessary stages". Bael looks over to Lucifer and Leviathan.

You can feel the intensity in the room between Leviathan and Bael. Lucifer notices the water on the floor, he looks down at Leviathan who is creating a puddle of water underneath him. Lucifer takes a few steps away as Leviathan takes a couple of steps toward Bael,

"Figure out how you will get this boy out or I will put you there myself".

Leviathan steps outside the room while Lucifer follows. The room starts to fill with water, Bael watches the water rise to his knees.

"We have to get this boy out, otherwise things will go bad for us".

Sitting in the maze I can't even start thinking about happy thoughts. Whispers are flooding the air around me as all hope of getting out fades from my mind. I close my eyes to avoid tears coming down. My stomach rumbles as I sit down in a fervor begging anyone to help me. I start falling into a soft sleep while everything around me becomes completely silent.

"Jason!"

A cry pierces my ears like somebody was standing in front of me. Surprised, I jump into a seated posture, looking all around me. I notice that everyone around me is different. The scenery has changed, all that was there is no more. I have shivers in my spinal column.

"Jason!"

Again, the scream comes from behind me, but when I look nothing or no one is there, just the emptiness of the area. At a distance, there is a small light. I get up and gain the courage to walk over to it after some pep talks to myself. I walk over as I can see a person standing there.

"Hello?" I shout out from a distance, hoping they can hear me.

"Hello?" I keep yelling as I approach.

The person starts running as I get closer as if he is keeping his distance with me. They turn around and my body is full of fear. That someone was me. I try to get close when all of a sudden a bus seems to hit my doppelganger. Blood spatter everywhere, and I can see the body flying across the dark room as it disappears. I'm standing here mortified at what I just saw. I step back a few steps while a little light in the distance appears before me. Too nervous to walk to it, I turn around only to be met face to face with myself. I hold in my scream as the other me walks through me.

I follow him with my gaze watching what ensues. Again he walks, looks back, and is hit by the same bus.

I turn back to run and again 've met face to face with myself.

"What kind of joke is this?"

The other me walks through me again, and again, and again, endlessly. Over and over I'm watching myself be hit by a bus in a bloody scene. I drop to my knees, and the back of my hands hit the floor, I look up and close my eyes and scream. I scream as loud as could, hoping someone, or anything can hear me. I fall to the floor, laying there, staring into the distance, watching the same scene of myself getting hit over and over.

"Just kill me" I whisper to myself.

"Why can't they just kill me?"

Everything stopped moving, and the scene I was endlessly watching ended its loop. I stare into the darkness as everything fades. Behind me, I can see another light appears. I turn my head to look behind me to see Brittany standing there expressionless. I lift my head a little off the floor.

Tears fall from my eyes as I stare at Brittany. Just to hug her again, just to speak with her would make me happy. I stare at Brittany when I can see myself standing behind her. I can see myself hugging her from behind and just then, I can see myself stabbing her multiple times. Blood flew everywhere, the smile on my face growing bigger with every stab. My face grows pale, and my body tenses up. I can't move or look away from the horrifying scene playing before me. Brittany's body hits the floor next to me. I can see the other me walk away. Brittany and I hold eye contact as she mouths out words.

"Why did you do this to me?"

I let out a wail of anguish. Tears uncontrollably fall. Why is this happening to me? Why is this happening to Brittany? Just then I can hear footsteps behind me. I can hear them get closer and closer and stop right behind me. It's quiet for a few seconds when I hear

"You're next"

Then a sudden screech pierced my ears, I'm still unable to move, so all I can do is endure the screech. I can fethe bloodood coming from my ears as I lay there. I can feel my body getting turned, I'm now on my back looking directly into the darkness above. An eerie silence fills the area.

A face appears in front of my vision. It was a man who was badly burned on half his face. His eyes were as dark as the room. I instantly felt dread as he looks into my eyes,

"You're next".

I scream and close my eyes shut. My body starts aggressively being shaken. I can feel claws digging into my skin. The pain is too much for me to even bare. I try to move to fighoff, butoff but I'm unable to move any part of my body. is fillednd fills with negative thoughts. This is it, this is how I'm going to die. I always thought I'd die with at least my family around me, but never alone. Suddenly, everything stops. I no longer feel pain, nor am I brutally shaken. I open my eyes and there's nothing, I watch and Brittany is no longer there. I can finally get back on my feet. I stand up and look into the darkness, in an empty room.

As I take one step, I can feel the pain return. I look downwards, but I can hardly see my body through the darkness. I feel my liquid dropping out of me. It's in my T-shirt and my pants. Vivid pictures play those horrible scenes again and again in my head. I no longer want to move because of the pain.

"Give up," I hear a voice from afar.

"Give yourself to me," the voice grows louder

I look around to see if I'll make an image of something or somebody.

"Who's here?" I forcibly shout through the pain.

"Surrender to me and we will be able to finish it", the voice becomes disturbing. The voice is disturbing in my ears.

I attempt to get up but the pain is too intense. I fall back on the floor looking everywhere.

"I should never have sat down," I muttered.

"It's not worth running away, you can't escape", the voice is getting louder and louder. It's a hoarse voice that rings like glass cut from a blackboard.

I again attempt to get up and I'm able to stand. Through the pain, I force myself to walk away from the voice. I can feel a presence all around me, I can feel the fear and suffering that comes with it.

"What's wrong? Do you not wish for this end?" I can hear the voice coming from right behind me. I'm not looking back while I keep trying to get away from what's here. I can feel the scratches pouring blood out with every inch I move. How deep is their depth? I can't stop moving, trying to ignore the presence and the voice behind me. I can hear whispers from all over the place. I can't tell one word apart, but they're getting stronger and stronger. I feel the blood quickly leaving my body. My vision is becoming blurred and I am becoming dizzy.

"I told you, you can't escape me."

I start to feel my body as it gets weaker and weaker. I try to force myself to keep moving, I don't know where I'm at or where I'm going but I have to try to escape.

"Now, you will give yourself to me".