…. We landed on soft object, it wasn't land… sure it wasn't, anyone could feel it wasn't land.
"Where did we land?" I asked Lezan, who seemed to be having a tough time for some reason. He had a troubled expression, and it was inevitable that something was off if the devil himself was troubled. He slowly got up almost slipping over the soft furry ground we landed upon. Furry? Wait this sensation was…
"Don't move Akash boy, it's not a non-living thing... that you have landed upon... "Lezan said with an unusually serious face.
"Well yeah… grass and plants are living things too so we technically must have landed upon a… "I couldn't speak any further as Lezan held my mouth tight. His eyes, His eyes were saying I should be fearing, and believe me I wanted to fear… but for some reason, the only thing I felt was a feeling of emptiness. This feeling... The same feeling when I faced that huge wolf a few minutes ago… Now that I think we were supposed to be eating beef in that Kroft guy's house… where the heck is he?
"Hey… "When I said that Lezan looked at me with a look I have never seen before, he gestured a look that if you move or talk you will cease to exist the very next moment… I kept shut, and then it happened, the land started moving, Earthquake? But it wasn't…I could now clearly see that we were riding on the back of a huge furry monster. Doesn't it realise, we are over it? It started running now…. I don't know how we were able to balance in such a high speed but we did, maybe practicing martial arts for centuries was worth it after all, then I looked towards Lezan and saw his face becoming a shade darker every minute.
Finally, the huge thing stopped and it started lowering its stance. In a panic state I signalled Lezan to bow down because someone might be there who could see us, but he seemed to be lost somewhere, somewhere far from this world… masturbating hallucinations? No, I mean seriously you can't believe such a deviant, can you? But those weren't eyes of lust anymore, they were lost somewhere far away… so far I couldn't possibly get him out of there even if I wanted to. I took hold of his neck and pushed him down with me. I buried my face in that thick fur, for some unknown reason I felt as if it knew we were riding it but didn't attack us. Then I heard woman talking in a weird language, weird in a sense that I had never heard such a language… at least not on earth, maybe it's a new language in this world? The woman sounded like a particular lady in star wars but I couldn't remember whom though.. Not that it matters…
The woman left after saying some strange words… There was a silent atmosphere suddenly and that thing jiggled it's body, no you can't call that a jiggle, it was so huge that it was meant to be an earthquake if you asked me. We fell down, and finally Mr. Devil came back to this world. That was quick!
"Hey dude what fuck was wrong with you until a second ago, we're your peers calling you or something?" I asked him casually. But the dark expression was still there in his face.
"What's with that dark expression? Did they kick you out of the hell?" I asked.
He looked at me with a dubious look on that statement of mine. Well sorry if I hurt you, it was the only thing which came to my mind!
But soon enough I came to know that my premonition was right, he was abandoned from the hell he used to rule and now his wife took over the hell. Wow, serves you right though… cheating on a million other women with a billion other women! He told me that he was so dejected by seeing it that he didn't notice anything around him… So that explains that depressed look on his face back then..
"That women who was talking with Brooza was Rakharia my wife… "You forgot to use 'one of' my wife…
"Brooza?"
"Yup this little guy is my hell hound, Brooza… " He said while patting that wolf. That's not little by any sense my dude…
"So, you were scared that this hound dude, will kill you in the order of the queen? You don't believe anyone huh?" When I said that he didn't reply back but his calm demeanour said that he was depressed and heart broken. And what did he say to me again? You really have feelings in you immortal... Straight back at you immortal.
"So, what are crying about? Your wife? Your kingdom? The fun you had in such high temperatures?" I taunted him.
"I don't care about them… "he said immediately. Then what are you sad about? That they have made a Netflix series on you and haven't even used your name? Wait… no that was before the apocalypse I need to set my time right… what are you sad about damnit… In the midst of all that pathetic thoughts I realized the real reason that could be…
"Sad about Kriti?" I asked with no sympathy in my voice. I am not a human, remember?
"Show some sympathy dude… you were crying as well... "
"Nope I wasn't… some blood creeped inside my eyes that's all… "I answered without any hesitation. I don't care… I don't care… I have seen so many deaths then why should I care? I love you you know?! What? What was that sound? It was Kreya right? No, it's just my mind… Hey Akuuu, how do I look? Another voice? Nope, these are just hallucinations, need to get out of it… WHAT THE FUCKK DID YOU DO DUDE? YOU WROTE JUST ONE CHAPTER IN A MONTH? GET UP AND BACK TO WORK… Ankur? HUH? WHAT MORE COULD A PATHETIC GUY LIKE YOU COULD DO? Hey Shreya stop bullying me even in memories, will you? And then everyone's voice came running through my mind. But those memories stopped bothering me after one last voice saying, You will come back won't you?
"Hey I don't know what's going on, and how to feel about it but if you know what happened in your dimension then you have your powers back right?" I asked him without further ado.
"No… I thought the same but I was able to use the power because Brooza was here.. "
I looked at the huge dog sitting beside Lezan, it was looking straight at me, its body features were marvellous, well deserved to be a hell hound. The black fur must be worth Quintillions right? The huge dog came forward and licked with its massive tongue. The smell was horrible, it licked me with such force that I almost became it's dinner.
"Looks like my little girl has taken a liking to you.. "
Little girl? How do you determine its gender? Owww? Ughhhhh????
The huge dog suddenly vanished in thin air.
"Hey where did your little girl go?"
"Look beside you" I did what I was asked and found a naked lady. Ohhh.. Hmmm.. Hmmm.. Women are a piece of art..
"How long are you gonna stare? Your dead girlfriend will curse you, you know " she talked. Well, I appreciate art... and how do you know about her...
She clapped her hands and her body wasn't naked anymore, there was a cool black hoody and and a black jean covering her body.
"Nice boo… I mean hoody? Where did you get it?" I asked. She looked at me like was cursing some garbage box.
"It's not bought, it just attaches from our... I always wear one, haven't you noticed?" Lezan asked me. Nope sorry I haven't.
We all went silent after that. We started walking forward not even knowing where to go. My mind was filled with those past thoughts. Once again, I couldn't save anyone, huh? I am still as useless… With my powers I was useless and now I am just pathetic drag for everyone… I should have known something was off about that guy, but I just can't remember a thing after I saw Kreya punching that huge monster away…
"Hey, what do you remember before waking up in that room?" I asked Lezan.
"I just remember being punched by the Giant pup and then I woke up here… and saw everyone slashed to pieces, Sure I thought it was a joke and believe me I tried everything to do something but my powers weren't working "
"What about her? Can't she save them, by turning back time or something?"
"No, in this world… it next to impossible to reverse time... Because the strona we will need is impossibly large…" Brooza said.
"Why did you lick me back then? That felt gross you know?" I whispered in her ear. She got embarrassed on that.
"I am sick of licking dad, so wanted to lick someone else for a change… " That's grosss… That guy is beyond pathetic…
"You must be having rough time with that asshole dad of yours?" I gave her a look of pity.
"Well, he surely is an asshole but a great dad and a great king in our kingdom… he loves everyone equally, but recently due to some misunderstandings the situation is like this for him.. "It's obviously not 'some' misunderstanding for which your mum would like to kill him! I looked at him and for some time, I saw dad… Dad, you said you are not worried now that they are here… I lost again didn't I dad? I am just loosing even though you keep trusting me… Hmmphh… You told not to feel anything for humans, but I failed and did so many mistakes after that… I fell for that demon girl Shalini too didn't I? I helped her do everything she wanted and even helped her; her smile made me start writing…... I even promised her I would come back back, but where? Where do you go when the one you promises dies… she died, because of me… because of my stubbornness… and now I lost all the people whom were my family… WHY AM I STILL ALIVEEEE…
The rain started falling at that moment, as if covering my invisible tears which may hide even more in this rain. Then heard a clanking nearby. My vision got blurry because of the rain hitting directly into the eyes… I rubbed it and saw; a rather young couple being tortured and then I saw new born crying… The couple was caged and some brats were poking them with blade. Their bodies were full of bruises, it looked like they wouldn't survive any more…
"Hey matee, these two smart asses are done for… what to do with this kid?" one of the boys spoke.
"Throw him away with his parents in the river, of course... "another one said.
"P-Please don't kill him… let-let him live, it's o-our fault, don't kill him…. AHHHHH.. "The mom had some life left in her it seemed but they pinned her straight into the heart and she died on the spot. I couldn't care less about all this but…
"Hey bro, watch out where you stepping at… Wanna get killed like them?" One is of the boys said when I stepped on his foot. He tried to punch me but I dodged easily and then the other boy tried to kick me but I dodged that too. Hmm... Not bad, Martial arts training working... Maybe I celebrated too early... I misjudged the number of brats there were five not only two… they didn't kick or punch this time they used some kind of light, magic? It obviously wasn't enough to kill me but it really hurt bad. They were marching towards me with the intent to kill… I looked towards Devil and his little girl.. I saw devil but not his daughter, Then a huge drop if sticky liquid fell over my face… Yuckkkkk… It was the daughter… she licked me again with that large tongue of hers and just stood over me… those brats ran away looking at her… then she returned to her human form… yeah, still standing over me… well not technically over me but I could see everything… She's doing this on purpose isn't she? Or is it normal to greet everyone like this in hell? Hell if I care, let me enjoy the view while I can…
"HEYYY… KREYAAA I AM SEEING ANOTHER LADY NAKED… DOESN'T IT MATTER TO YOU ANYMORE? DON'T YOU LOVE ME ANYMORE…? HEYYYY… Come backkk… Everyone leaves me… Everyone single fucking one!" I got up and went to the river bank which was with an arm's reach. The rain started pouring again. Urghhh, I should have let that black matter kill me… I don't deserve it at all… Brooza sat beside me.
"If you have come here to comfort me, I am okay... You can leave... "I told her rather coldly.
"I sit wherever I want… "
"Don't stay with me, you will get killed soon… " I said.
"Who told you I am staying with you? I am just here for dad... "
"Then tell your dad to leave me alone and go somewhere else… "
"I have taken a liking to you bro… as I told you before, count me in as your bro… you want to get strong right? Let's get strong together… and about the magic they used, it obviously wasn't strona… it was something other worldly… I guess we can somehow absorb the power if someone attacks us and use that against them… "
"Yup count me in as well, well other than dad I had no friend… but I will be your friend… "
Devils are nice huh? Why do humans hate them? Because they drag them to hell? Well, they deserve to go to hell I must say… at least 55% of them…
"Devils are being hated everywhere… we are being called the summoners of death, apocalypse, all the bad things that happen around all the dimensions... "Devil took in deep sigh. "We would have never existed if your dad didn't barge in one of the meetings of creation… we were made to bring equality… but we never made humans feel bad or make them do evil stuff… Nor did your dad or any God does anything to make people feel good… Your dad wanted to let everyone know about this but couldn't do it, so he decided one day to send his kids to the world and look after them… "
"And I failed him… I failed dad, mom, brother, you guys everyone and now see what a mess I have made… the team was made to save the world, and I killed them… I destroyed the world again… " I took a pause, looked at the sky and got up, "I won't make any excuses like I tried my best… because I could have done a lot better to save everyone… so let me go alone… I have to find a way to make things right the next time… "
" Oiii… kid stop acting like a great protagonist… and you are wrong about everything here, no one sees you like that… but me saying that won't satisfy you, but we can bring the equilibrium of this universe and world back, by fighting together… isn't it kiddo?" Devil looked towards his daughter.
"Sure, thing dad… "
The rain stopped.