"Thank you all for coming." I said into the microphone.
Immediately after, everyone in the crowd shot out questions.
"Are you here to take responsibility for your crimes?"
"Is there a cure to the poison within the miracle drug?"
"What kind of poison did you use?"
"Where have you been hiding all this time?"
"What are your demands?"
"Are you part of an organization?"
…
The crowd kept asking questions without pause, flashes from cameras went off nonstop…. I eventually raised my hand to signal them to stop. Surprisingly, the noise slowly began to die down.
"It is only natural that you would have many questions. However, I only came here to get one point across and will be answering only 3 questions." I began to speak as I raised three of my fingers.
The crowd then quickly discussed amongst themselves and came up with their questions. They were surprisingly very responsive. They seemed prepared to have limited time.
"What reasons did you have for wiping out half of humanity? Was there some sort of moral cause?" A reporter asked.
"No, I only did it to gain power, next." I quickly answered.
"Is there a cure to the poison you kept within the miracle drug?" Another reporter asked.
"Yes, I am the cure, next." I answered another question.
Upon realizing how vague the answers were, the crowd no longer wanted to ask the last question they all agreed to. They each wanted to quickly get their own questions across and now had many more.
"What do you mean by, 'I am the cure'?"
"What power do you gain by committing mass genocide?"
"Are you working with the government?"
"Do you even care about the lives you destroyed? What gives you the right? GIVE US THE DAMN CURE!"
***
The questions kept coming and the chaos within the conference hall showed no sign of stopping any time soon. That was, until a woman came barging into the hall breathless. Everyone's attention then shifted to her.
Catching her breath, she then screamed out with everything she had, "WHAT ARE YOU!"
This woman was none other than the manager who put together this press conference. Her white blouse was now drenched in her sweat. She most probably ran here from her office on the 15th floor.
As if to answer her question, my skin began to burn off as a dark cloud started to come out from underneath it. My eyes began to glow as the dark cloud slowly blanket my body. I gradually grew to a height of 8-feet.
Some in the crowd tried to run or scream in response to the fear they now felt; that fear froze most of them in place. Dry sweat could be seen all over their bodies as the air became more and more heavy.
I basked in the feeling of the life forces of everyone around me weakening.
With my arms stretched out, I said in a cold and raspy voice, "I am your reaper!"
***
"This must be the hall." Azrael said as he and the tailed Lilith approached the entrance of the hall. "It's rather quiet in there." He added.
"Why do I even have to be here? I have enough power to destroy this entire world, but am now subjected to security work. It's bloody degrading!" The tailed Lilith said.
"When the master gives an order, we follow, no questions asked." Azrael said to her calmly.
"Yeah yeah, you're a loyal dog, we all see that. Haven't you ever had something you wanted to do for yourself?" The tailed Lilith asked.
Azrael then took a short moment to think then finally said, "I want-." Azrael began to say then got abruptly cut off by numerous footsteps rushing towards them.
"What is that thing!" One of the 40 armed soldiers screamed out as they all pointed their weapons towards Azrael.
"Sir, there's a civilian next to it!" A soldier shouted.
"Wait, she has a tail!" Another soldier screamed out.
"Do not falter men…remember why you're here! To get that piece of shit inside the hall. We capture him alive. If he resists, anything else goes!" The commander said as he walked past the armed soldiers then confronted Azrael and the tailed Lilith.
"My master wishes to not be disturbed. He has ordered me to not let anyone inside whilst he's doing his business. As long as I'm alive, I will stop your advance!" Azrael said calmly as he conjured his long sword.
"You know you can't kill them, right?" The tailed Lilith said to Azrael.
"Right right…" Azrael calmly said in realization. He then allowed his sword to disappear.
"Would this master happen to be Grayson? If so, we have this building surrounded and you are greatly outnumbered. You are not our objective so step aside, if not, we will remove you by force!" The commander said with authority.
"No matter, there are other ways to deal with humans." Azrael said ignoring the commander.
"Fire."
The commander calmly said after seeing he wasn't being taken seriously. The soldiers then immediately placed their fingers on their triggers, ready to fire at Azrael and the tailed Lilith.
"Gunshots might disturb master." Azrael said then released his aura, putting a heavy pressure on the soldiers. It wasn't just the soldiers though, even the police outside the building were forced to drop flat on the floor due to the pressure. Azrael now had amazing control of his power, so the people inside the conference hall were unaffected by the pressure.
"I- I can't move!" The soldiers struggled to say.
"Azrael, you have to be selfish sometimes." The tailed Lilith said to him.
"That is the gravest betrayal I can commit against the master." Azrael said.
"Come on now. You were about to say what you wanted, tell me, then maybe we can help each other out." The tailed Lilith said mischievously.
"What I want? What I want is what the master wants. I wish to be by his side through every step of his journey; through his victories; through his pain. I wish to see him achieve all his goals and am delighted to help him do so, however I can. What I want is to be as useful as possible to the master. If I am not, then my existence is meaningless." Azrael said in one breath.
"This isn't something you should be helping me with, rather, it is something you should be doing yourself. Never forget your place Lilith…we belong to the master, and that in itself is an honour." Azrael added.
(AAAAAHHH!!!)
Screams were suddenly heard coming from within the hall.
"What's he doing now?" The tailed Lilith asked in an irritated tone.
***
"I am your reaper!" I said to the crowd.
"Keep the camera rolling." I told a cameraman who couldn't stop shaking.
He then struggled to raise his camera as I reverted back to my human form. This gave the crowd some breathing space. Most of them dropped to their knees, breathing heavily. Being around my reaper form was a suffocating feeling.
"Humanity has lived in their obliviousness long enough. You waste your lives either accomplishing nothing, or selfishly gratifying your self-interests. I am going to change all that by taking down the being that allows you, over-privileged vermin, to do whatever you want.
As you have seen, I am not a normal human being. I have travelled across the stars and obtained power you can only dream of. So, think of what I could do to you, before you decide to get in my way.
If you come after me, you die! You attack Elaine? You will definitely die! What gives me the right you ask? I am death; I am eternal. When you, your children, and your grandchildren pass on, I will be here. When this world comes to an end, I will be here. When all life ceases to exist, I will still be here.
There is no weapon that can kill me…" I began to say then conjured a hand grenade with my dark cloud. I then pulled out the safety pin and let the grenade explode as I contained the explosion within my hand.
"No ocean I cannot cross and no lengths I will not go to…" I said then stuck my hand inside the dark cloud and pulled out a man, who was sitting on his chair, watching me in the news.
"I-it's, it's the president?" Someone in the crowd exclaimed in disbelief.
I then lifted the man by his collar, then tapped his back with my finger. His spine immediately fractured from the force.
"Aaaah!" The man screamed out in pain.
"...to get what I want!" I continued then threw the man towards the crowd.
(AAAAAHHH!!!)
People began to scream as they watched their president on the floor twitching in pain.
"I am invulnerable; I am inevitable; I am death! Death is fair and it is just. It does not pick one and leave the other, eventually you will all be swept by it…you will all be swept by me! That is what gives me the right!" I said in conclusion.
Suddenly, something strange happened as soon as I finished speaking. The world was suddenly covered by a blinding light that most humans couldn't see. The light then suddenly disappeared just as quickly as it came.
"What the…" I said squinting my eyes.
I then took a look around the world and noticed something bizarre about the lifespans of the humans. The rate of my increasing strength then suddenly decreased, as a change began to take place around the world.
"Theós…you little…" I said with anger.