The seven dark ones chanted wildly, making Fina shivered in fear.
They oozes total darkness. It was evident.
These were not just humans.
They were demons.
"I'm coming Peter, Jane, Jacqueline, Christopher. Death calls me and O Death I am here. You've succeeded. But not for long. Someone will beat you in the future. Someone will make you weep that you failed. Someone will prove your weakness. O Death! The enemy of man. The remover of loved ones, here I am. Take me"
Carly began to melt and she screamed in total agony.
"Choose wisely. It's the simplest choice and yet… the hardest"
The demons got on their knees and did what Fina was expecting and yet not anticipating.
They pulled on Carly's limbs one by one while she screamed and screamed in terrifying agony. Her scream pierced the air.
A demon removed her eyes like he was picking stones. Another removed her head so easily as if the human bone was the weakest thing on earth. They snapped her bones together until she was just a heap of broken bones.
Fina threw up on the floor and covered her mouth but it was already too late.
The demons were in front of her.
As she looked into their face, they became a haunting memory.
They began to chant again and Fina could feel an undeniable pain in her gut.
Every part of her was suddenly on fire and she began to scream.
The pain was unlike anything she had ever felt.
It was extreme and intensified every second.
Tears dripped down her face wildly.
Then coolness settled deep into her bones. Coolness from the gardenia beneath her collar bone.
It extended through her body until the pain left her body.
The demons caught fire at once as if she had transferred her pain to them.
They screamed in a hoarse voice and turned to wax before her eyes.
Fina choked on a sob as she tried to gather her wits.
This is not real. This is real.
She chanted repeatedly, the horror of it all making her weak.
Fina stood up shakily.
Carly's body was gone as so were the demons.
Except… for the ring, which had strangely appeared again.
Fina walked to the middle of the room and knelt in front of the ring.
The ring was dark with a ruby winged emblem on it.
Fina reached for the ring, her fingers only grazing it. The ruby lit up and knocked her out to the wall with so much force it's almost impossible.
Fina landed on the floor with a thump which almost knocked the life out of her.
She lay on the floor, feeling almost as if she was dying.
Her eyes opened and closed until she gave in to darkness but not before seeing an extremely familiar figure staring down at her.
A figure she couldn't remember anymore.