(AN: This is my first novel so please don't expect anything out of me)
Heat was blasting down as mid noon came. Three ruffians were walking down an alley, one was tall and well build with black hair, black eyes, and brown skin tone. His hands were in his pocket as he strode forward with two people behind him, to his left was a blond male with calm eyes and a smile, he wasn't as tall as the first guy but he was tall none the less. His hands were behind his head as he kept humming a tune, to the right was a short brown haired male, unlike the other two, he wasn't that much eye catching but he had a gaze. All three of them we're s a school uniform with a white pollo, black trousers, and black shoes indication they skipped school.
*step* *step*
They have been walking for the past hour, without knowing their destination except the one in front.
"Dan, we've been walking for hours now! You sure this is the way?" Asked the blonde.
"First off we've only been walking for an hour, second yes, third and most importantly don't you dare say that dead meme!" The black haired male said.
"But what is it anyway? You've been keeping it a secret... wait don't tell me?!" The blonde responded.
Dan short for Daniel, looked behind him to the blonde with a gaze filled not woth anger but disappointment.
"We're not peeking at women's restroom Jerry! It's completely normal and NOT something out your ass!"
"Fine fine"
Jerry or Jeremy averted his gaze into the dirty alley way.
"But i have to ask, what is it Dan? what are we doing that's worth skipping school over?" Finally the brown haired man spoke.
"Steph... we're going to a cafe, heard they got this tropical drinks and sorts."
"But couldn't we have gone after school?"
"Steph... just shut up."
"Yeah shut up steph"
"But... *sigh* why me..."
After minutes of walking, a shop entered their view. It wasn't amazing or had a unique design, it just looked like a normal cafe shop.
As they opened the door they were met with a sweet and fragrant smell.
"Yo Dan!"
A random man from the cafe said.
"Sup"
Daniel waved his hand.
It wasn't the first time Daniel was here but it was definitely his first time with Jeremy and Stephen. Daniel is the type of friend who knows a guy.
Jeremy also noticed a few people in the cafe that he recognised, some were even wearing the same school uniform.
Stephen... he was trying to get out of everyone's view by hiding behind Daniel and Jeremy. He was very shy and self conscious guy.
Daniel walked up to the counter to find a woman wearing a uniform and a hair net.
"Id like my usual please. By the way, is Ralph gonna..."
"He's running late but he'll be here" The woman gave a professional smile.
"Alright."
"Oh id like a brown coffee and a slice pf chocolate cake." Jeremy places his order after staring at the menu above.
"Anything's fine for me... got any suggestion Dan?" Stephen was... Stephen.
"Make that 2 miss"
After placing their orders they went off to find a seat. Daniel began explaining on why they're here.
The Cafe wasn't a vibrant or stylish one and it was usually half full. But what made this Cafe special was the individual Ralph Hilton, a weapons dealer who often sold hand guns at reasonable prices. What made it more enticing was the guns sold were brand new.
Now it is a bad idea to sell firearms to children if it wasn't for the fact that he actually teaches self defence and how to use a gun, well that's what Ralph says anyway.
"So were buying gun?"
"Yup"
"In this Cafe"
"Yes"
While Jeremy and Daniel were having a conversation on why they were here and why shouldn't Jeremy toss Daniel out the window, Stephen was doing what he does best, shutting up.
"But why though?"
"..."
Jeremy stared at Daniels eyes as if to ask him "Why do you need this?".
"Ralph also sells optic scopes that can zoom in for about a kilometer away."
"IM SOLD!"
Stephen wasn't surprise in the least. Jeremy has a habit of peeking at women's restroom. Although he gets caught everytime, Jeremy's passion for his habit never faded. But now that he was given an option to watch naked women in a safe distance, what's stopping him from choosing?
As for Steph, a gun for self defence doesn't seem too bad. He's shy and other's bully him from being too shy but Daniel and Jeremy always had his back, but with a gun... he was pretty sure just showing it would warn anyone to back off.
*Screeeee*
A long screeching sound was heard outside and not long after a truck came smashing in the cafe.
Daniel, Jeremy, amd Stephen managed to got under the table in time, this confused them.
"THE HELL!"
Daniel was annoyed, who in god's name drove a truck on a cafe? But that wasn't the end as several people in motorbikes arrived and brought out their pistols. It was blurry and Daniel couldn't see clearly through the crack made by the truck, but he knew what a gun looked like.
"Get down! its a shootout!"
Stephen, who also wanted to know what was going on stood up but before he heard Daniel's cry, he got shot on his chest and shoulder.
*Bang* *Bang* *Bang*
Jeremy was holding his head down while being as close to the as possible while Daniel was looking straight into Stephen's dying eyes.
Stephen wasn't interesting at the least. He was actually a loser, but Daniel never really saw stephen as a friend. What Daniel saw at Stephen was a brother, watching him bleed through his chest and shoulder made his heart ache.
As for Jeremy, though his head is on the ground. He was secretly crying, Stephen was also like a brother to him. He didn't raise his head because of the bullet, he was afraid to look at Stephen. They bully him, sure, but it was just for friendly banter. He never though that Stephen would die. Anger, Hatred, and spite filled his heart.
'BASTARDS!'
One moment they were laughing together the next Stephen's dead.
Stephen on the other hand, looked at Daniel's teary eyes. He felt... Cold.
Stephen's body went limp.
Smashing his fist on the ground, Daniel silently whimpered.
'Why! Why! Why! WHY! WHY DID I HAVE TO HAVE A STUPID IDEA TO COME HERE!'
Regret, guilt, and shame. Three emotions swirled in Daniel's heart.
*Vrooommm*
The truck that was riddled with holes moved. Trying to back away, however, it was the only thing keeping the ceiling from collapsing. When it got out, the entire building caved in on itself.
Most of the people died from being buried alive including the three friends.
When the people managed to dig the entire building out, they found three corpses mashed into one, they identified it as three people due to the skulls and ribcages, everything else was smashed into an amalgamation of organs, flesh, and bones.
Stephen's parent were horrifies to know that he was one of the victims on the accident. They mourned over his death, though they couldn't separate the body into three, the family of both Stephen and Jeremy just agreed to give them a singular funeral. As for Daniel's family, though they were sad, the couldn't really be bothered, they had longed disowned him.
It was a sad day for 2 and a half family. A slight rain came, not enough to soak a person wet but enough to give a cool temperature to the surroundings. It was truly a sad day, even the heavens agreed.
****
In a place where a large river of magma flowed, multiple pieces of light rained down. It seemed to have been a cavern as the ceiling had large stalactites hanging down.
Suddenly creatures of unknown origin came flying out of the magma. And out came a gigantic monster, it had large bat like wings, a long curved goat horns on its forehead, and crimson red skin.
It held out its hand on the rain of light and grabbed three specific lights before submerging down into the magma once again.
***
Now in a smaller cavern, three lights fell down from the ceiling and landed on the solid ice on the bottom of the cavern.
{Awaken from your sleep, foolish souls}
The three pieces of light reshaped themselves into Daniel, Stephen, and Jeremy.
"Wha-"
"Huh?"
"Wait..."
All three of them looked at each other. Daniel was confused but had his heart felt relieved seeing Stephen, the same goes for Jeremy as well.
They wanted to say something until they noticed a large entity to their side. It had multiple bat like wings, multiple curved horns in its head, a hairy body, red skin, and long flesh like beard.
It was straight nightmare fuel, but strangely enough, they felt nothing. Now that they noticed it, they don't seem to feel anything (literally).
{Welcome mortals, name's Lucifer, Satan, Lord of Hell!}
The gigantic entity that had its lower half trapped under the ice spoke in a prideful voice as the cavern shook from just the sound of the entity speaking.
Ch1: End