Ch6_first fragment, Jacob part 5_lost emotions

In the depths of a realm where no man could live , where a single breath can burn you to aches, where you can see some terrifying monsters that could devour the world in a few hours here and there

Some flying burning lizards , and weird looking creatures with black smoke coming out of their body, unleashing death, taking every life they touched

The dead creatures , which touched the smoke left no corpses , as it got cremated instantly leaving behind white dust

The creature inhaled the dust and let out a breath of smoke, looking satisfied , then it laid its Head down to rest , all of a sudden the ground shock, and the world trumped

The creature looked at the fare away shattered sky with fear and trumped, the terror taking hold of it , it shot away like lightning, leaving havoc and destruction on its way, bathing in layers of lava from the ground that looked to be bleeding it the monster shrugged it off , as if it was some dust

Far away in the distance the shadow of a huge behemoth that can cover the earth with a balm and snuff the sun by a breath,but it was strangely still as if being held by something, no there was really something holding it in place , crimson shackles all around its body tying it in place

Below the creature stood a palace-like structure, it installed fear into the hearts of the viewers, that's why no living organisms ever got close to the barren lands surrounding it

At least for the last thousand years or so

Inside the palace the sound of dropping water was echoing all around the surroundings , other than that it was terrifyingly quite

Then all of a sudden the air became thicker,

And an ancient being took a deep breath

That's when the world shook , the titanic behemoth body tumbled , the chains rattled, quacking both heaven and earth

Inside the palace the ancient being took another breath,then another, the chains rumpled as he opened his dark black eyes that looked like the gates of death itself

He was hanged by the chains, they passed through his body at several places, his blood dripping on them to be sucked away feeding the chains tying him to the behemoth

"What is going on , i shouldn't have woken up any time soon" he said with a quiet voice that somehow covered the sound of the quacking chains

Then he closed his eyes for a moment to open them in dark amusement "someone is touching my soul, at least what remains of it there" then he laughed

"What a rogue , didn't anyone teach him not to peek at other people's lives , does he think that small soul flame of his can be able to see through me , how amusing

Well he woke me up , and I haven't had a conversation in ages, let's play a little" then he closed his eyes

What welcomed him was the sea of stars , they looked too bright for someone who didn't open his eyes for the last thousand years so he released A bit of his aura which made the whole world dimmer

"Much better , now lets see who was courageous enough to touch my soul"

After that he had the weirdest conversation of his life

So simple and crude , a conversation he thought that the likes of him can't have anymore

That young soul sounded ignorant and naive which made no sense for it to be here to begin with, it was as if it was still alive, not for too long though, after all this is a place for the dead, but the young soul seemed to be dimming , losing hope, giving up on everything

Then the amusing bart came , it didn't fear him , and just wanted to hear a story, it was dying but it's instinct was pushing it to rediscover what it has lost, what belonged to it once

but failing measurably, it should have failed too many times for a young soul like that one to have this aura of death

And then came another shock, a weak soul like this witnessed all the inhabitants of this place and its flams was dying but not yet dead

" This little thing is kinda interesting, to be able to hold on this much is quite the feat for it's capabilities" he thought

"Well lets help it rediscover what it lost,and see what comes out of it"

"Well crazy one , let me show you what a real simulation is ,hahahahahaha" he laughed with a great amusement as if having the time of its Life

Then he snatched the soul and took it back with him

Nolan found himself in a dark hall , filled with status, those statues were wearing different expressions

Some were happy and smiling, some were crying,and some were angry

Each state has a defined shape, and a different body structure , they were so life like

as he moved forward he saw more statues, the happy ones stopped smiling, the crying ones were crumbling,and the angry ones were changing to something else, something alien

As he moved forward he saw more of the statues , all the crying ones died, and the happy ones started crying, while the angry ones had horns and sharp teeth

Then they all made a cycle, the angry ones were eating a stone heart , and the once happy ones were eating a heart that was so life like despite being made out of stone and they were weeping

Nolan felt his heart skip a beat when he saw how those crying statues looked while eating the heart , their sadness and grief overwhelmed him

Then he walked through a long corridor

He saw some of the angry ones shuttered and dying, some of them turned into harrowing monsters, then at some point all the remaining ones were the crying ones , the once happy and cheerful

They held their Heads in pain, the pain turned to anger,the anger turned to sorrow, the sorrow turned to deeper pain and so on

Their heads deformed as if something trying to come out of it

Some of them were left standing with shattered head

Some of them were butting their hands deep into their chest, and some of them were holding their nicks as if choking themselves , it seemed as if they couldn't handle the pain so they have chosen to end their lives

And only a few of them continued to the next hall

Their heads started splitting into two

A man's head and a monster's head ,and they started tearing each other apart

Nolan felt pain in his heart, and lump in his throat, he felt a dark feeling eating him but he didn't know what it was , he felt as if after this day he would never be the same person, neither the world would ever be the same

This place will tear something so important out of his soul , he felt like every breath was harder than the last

He was dragging his feet because of the suffocation but he didn't stop , he felt that he should see what happened to the statues no matter what, that can save him somehow,but he didn't know from what should he be saved ,so he continued forward

At the last Hall he saw two states, one of them was ethereal, the other one was ...

He was bound with chains that extracted his blood and devoured his heart , but for some reason he was smiling with glee

Nolan didn't notice that his head started deforming "so this is sadness" he thought as he felt the blades tearing his heart

The young soul remembered sadness

He tried to touch the ethereal one for his hand to bass through him

Then he held his head and screamed,he started trashing all around the ground and throwing up everywhere because of the pain

His head was splitting open, he saw red

Then he saw a hand passing through someone's chest and holding a heart

His eyes flashed and he saw a world painted in red , his eyes flashed and he saw someone crying tears of blood, he closed his eyes, screaming for help , then he felt a gentle touch on his cheeks,and a gentle voice saying,"i really didn't want to make you sad , but am i a terrible person to be happy that you are crying for me , well you can take this as my apology for being weak , what did you say once , a pathetic death fitting a pathetic person,no?"

The man couldn't alter a word

The voice sounded again " you know, I'm really happy to die between your arms " the voice sounded cheerful but filled him with pain and guilt

" You know i broke two promises to you , didn't i"

" Now let me break a third one,it is a promise I made to myself, I don't want to look ugly in your last memory of me, you said those of your kind don't forget, didn't you , let me heal this ugly wound, your Eve is really ruthless when it comes to you , isn't she " the voice was sopping

The man's tears ran like rivers

The voice sounded again

" ain't i beautiful " the voice whispered quietly

" So you will not say it till the end " there was a hint of disappointment in the voice

" ..... I'm sorry for hurting you , I'm sorry for not being at your side when you needed me

, I'm sorry for leaving that day , I'm sorry for not taking action " the sound was breaking

"I'm sorry for everything, but I'm still happy, i didn't think that you still loved me , so .... Don't be sad . I'm content with my life , place , forgive me " then the sound grew silent

Nolan's eyes flashed again to see the man holding a dead body, hugging it too close to his body while screaming

he opened his eyes for them to flash again, he saw a man hitting his head to the ground like a crazed beast, he did it countless times while screaming, his head shattered,but he continued, it split into two like the statues only for the monster half to eat the human half

Then the monster screamed with harrowing pain and he mumbled with a chilling voice," all of you , I'm coming for all of you , and he smiled a predatory smile, grinning from ear to ear, the flesh of his cheeks was torn open showing Long, sharp fangs like blades polished in the depths of hell, and his blood flows along the length of the fangs

But this terrifying monster could not hide the sadness and pain in its eyes

Or the intense hatred for himself and everyone who caused this event

He looked like he was ready to end the world with his own hands because it no longer held value

Everything became cheap

Cheaper than a prostitute selling her body for a few crumbs

Nolan held his head and screamed

It was too painful,he was trashing around while vomiting like crazy, he was hitting his head to the ground

That feeling from before intensified,

it will never be the same again

The world will never be the same again

It was too cruel for a single person to peer the pain of a whole world, so why not make the world peer the pain of a single man and see if it will hold on

Maybe due to the pain,or maybe due to the visions Nolan didn't realize that he was copying the man's grin

Nolan's head was being reformed like the man in his vision , and a scary face began to appear at the back of his head, with that predatory grin the man had

That's when he heard a rattling sound of a chain , then everything was gone , the statues,the pain, the fear , and the anger,all gone , even his features returned to normal

He sat there shacking with fear, trying to catch his breath

Nolan heard the sound of a drop hitting some metallic surface

Then he heard a sound full of dark amusement "that was true pain, don't forget it "

"That was true sadness, don't forget it"

"Come here , young one" the voice echoed from everywhere

Strangely Nolan knew where to go

He went deeper into the palace

He started seeing chains everywhere,he tried to touch the crimson chains to find his hand soaked in blood

All these chains were covered with blood

He continued forward until he arrived at a dimly lit room

He Saw a man held by chains everywhere

His body was dripping blood for the chains to suck it in

Then the man raised his head, Nolan recognized him , he was the chained statue he saw at the Hall

"Look into my eyes" the man said darkly

Nolan looked at his eyes

His body started shaking, his eyes,ears, nose and mouth bleeding,his shacking was intense

Nolan held his breath, he was chewing on his lips and made them bleed but he didn't feel the pain

His heart was leaping out of his chest,then he lost his couscous for his shaking body to wake him up , he tried to stand up for his legs to give up

He felt fear, for the first time in a while he feared death

Then the fear went away as fast as it came

"And that was true fear, don't ever forget again, those things define you" the man said

"So now tell me how did you entere the Elysium"