A shrill scream rang out in the small alley as something transferred from myself into the girl through the wire. Suddenly the screaming stops and her head hangs as I keep her body from falling to the ground.
I see her eyes slowly blink open through her short hair before she lifts her head completely. A wide grin spreads across her face and I reciprocate the action.
"God damn it's a bloody mess of brainwashing and propaganda in here!"
"It's nice to see you too pain."[1]
Both jump at each other, kissing deeply.
"Hey is everything ok over here!" A man stands at the entrance of the alleyway and I feel a gun leave my hand.
A second later I hear a bang and a thump.
"What was that for!" I yell
"He interrupted." She said
"I'm already being hunted down and you've just made it worse!"
"It's ok, I'll kill anyone that would bother us."
"That is the opposite of what i want."
"Puuu"
"Don't you puuu me."
"What going on here!"
*BANG*
"You-"
"Beautiful woman?"
"Haa~"
"Let's go before you shoot someone again."
*BANG*
"Ugh"
I take her hand and drag her away before any more damage could be done. We walk around a bit until I completely give up and decide to ask around.
"Where's the nearest hotel?"
"Just down the road little lady." Says the random guy I asked
Behind me I can feel a sharp glare pointed at the guy and I sigh.
"Can you please control yourself for just a little while?" I say while turning around
"Maybe~" she says with a mischievous grin
"How did I ever come to know you."
"Oh you just-."
"Nope, that we was a rhetorical question."
A minute later and we arrived at an extremely shady and horribly made hotel. The sign was partly falling off and it seemed to have collected the smell of cigarettes and dead animals.
"Is that the smell of a person or a dead animal?" Pain said out loud without a care in the world
Several heads turned and I sent a glare to whoever was looking for one. When we walked in I was unsurprised to find a shit hole with actual holes in the walls and bugs crawling all around.
Standing at the counter was an overweight woman with a gross amount of makeup caked on her face. Her face was at first that of a smile but quickly changed to one of disdain. Her gaze focused solely on pain and I could practically see an invisible war go on between them.
"I refuse to do any business with someone like her!" She shouted while pointing to pain
A silent question was asked before I was leaning over her. I held one of the massive guns the barrel lightly tapping her head.
"You WILL let us stay here and YOU will NEVER point at her with your dirty fingers EVER again, are we clear?"
She nervously nodded and wrote the cost for a room for a night. I handed her the money and she hands me a key. It wasn't hard to find our room considering the place wasn't to big. To my surprise the room wasn't crawling with bugs or had giant patches of mold everywhere. Though the condition of the room looked decent the smell was quite bad.
It was like a rat died and sat there for weeks before someone took it and roasted it and ended up burning it. They then decided to chuck it into a garbage can along with whatever other gross thing they could find and let it all sit there for days.
Pain even made me run to the nearest store to get oder remover. It helped some but it was just too late for the place. We settled in and for the rest of the day we talked about what our next move would be and whatever else we thought interesting enough to talk about.
Eventually we both felt tired enough go to sleep. Neither of us had the courage to use the blankets so we just snuggled up underneath fathers lab coat. I couldn't help but feel some nostalgia as I drifted into sleep.
...
POV change:
'WHERE IS SHE!? WHY HASN'T SHE COME BACK YET!? IT'S BEEN HOURS SINCE SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE BACK!' I couldn't help but be worried for my love
She and I were both saved at the same time and I couldn't help but fall in love. She could only come second to our lord and savior! Our relationship hadn't progressed much further than friends but she would be mine, I was sure of it.
Today was the day, the day I would confess my feelings and make her mine. I had it all planned out, I would start off small and take her on dates frequently to which then I would grow our relationship enough to propose to her. Then I would marry her and we'd live the rest of our lives happily.
But something awful just had to happen! She went out on her rounds today and she still hasn't come back! People were sent out earlier to find her but they returned with nothing but a report of what happened before she disappeared.
Apparently she and the other followers that went with her were executing a blasphemer when she was interrupted by some pink devil. They got into a fight and every one but her was gunned down by the she devil. My precious was taken by that very same person and they did NOTHING to find her.
"Don't worry my love, I will find you." I say more to reassure myself than anyone else
...
It's taken me hours but I've finally tracked them down to a hotel. Thankfully they've already fallen asleep. That foolish devil I know your forcing my precious to go along with you but with two of us you'll be easy work.
I slowly open the door trying my best not to make it creak. I point the gun at the she devil and fire. I stumble back a pace from the recoil and when I look the the bed I see the she devil smiling. It was no normal smile it was that of someone who did not care for themselves or their surroundings. It was that of a mad person, someone who had stared into the abyss far too long.
She kept at me, her mouth wide open. In the background I could see my love lazily waking up as if all was normal. I suddenly felt a sharp pain as teeth sliced through my skin. The she devil bit my arm and tore a piece off. When I caught sight of her again she was spitting out the chunk of my arm she tore off.
The pain was unbearable and I just wanted to hold my wound but didn't for fear of hurting it more. I took the gun in my other hand, nearly dropping it from the shaking and pointed it at her. I fired until there was no more bullets left and there she stood, still smiling. I looked for help from my love and I was relieved to see her walk in my direction.
That relief was quickly crushed when she strode right past me. She bent down as the devil was on all fours and... hugged it. She whispered in its ear and it see to calm down. She turned her head to me but her look was that of hate and disdain.
I was utterly shocked, how could she look at me like that when I obviously came here to save her?
"You" she spoke, "How dare you!"
"W-what do you mean my love? I-I'm here t-to save you!"
"Love? Save me? The previous owner of this body barely knew you. You don't love her, you were obsessed with her. Hell you're practically her stalker!"
'Did she just say previous owner? N-no she's probably been brainwashed by that she devil.'
"C-come on honey. You can stop pretending now. We can take her if we just work together!"
"Work together? Why would I let anyone but me hurt my actual lover, hm?"
"It's not funny anymore, HELP ME!"
"How about no." She points a large handgun in my direction and I move out of the way the best I can.
The bullet punctured into my left abdomen and I couldn't help but cry out in pain. I couldn't help but make a dash for for the exit but those two were in the way. I made to shove them out of the way but as I went to move the pink devil it felt like I was trying to push a brick wall. Before I knew it I was on the ground my escape just inches away, the door still stood open.
Suddenly I felt a tug on my leg as the door was slammed shut before my eyes and I screamed.
Note: ending was a bit cliche but I thought it was quite fitting.
1: bet you didn't expect that
2: well I thought there was a second one but turns out there wasn't so here we are.
Anyways stay safe, stay healthy and have a good whatever time of day it is for you!