Elijah was draging himself along the walls of the Alley, He was panting hard, feeling hard to breathe. It was only fifteen minutes that he escaped and he already felt he would not make it with his current condition.
'How the hell I am supposed to go anywhere, I don't even have single penny on me.'
Elijah couldn't come up with a plan to escape out of city, so only viable option was to hide till things cooled down. but where could even hide? They probably already checked my house already and keeping watch so that if Alfrey comes there.
'Well its not like they know my hideout and I shouldn't be busted there for a while, The slums are best place to hide if one can blend in' And Elijah had no whatsoever problem in blending in with the slum people. Though he never stayed there but he spent most of his time there in his early year of being in a mafia. And he created a hideout there to keep his important stuff, it was a place where he practiced transmutation circles.
With that thought in mind Elijah headed to the slums.
....
In a dim lit room Alfrey stood holding his abdomen, He had just killed the two men who he had hierd, He did so to silence them, he couldn't let loose ends nor he would be able to handle if those two guys eye what was his.
Alfrey brought his suitcase on the table, and opened it, inside was a crude bone carved into a disc shape. It was placed in a soft black cloth, it looked like an antique. Alfrey could feel nothing special about it other than the black symbol on its center and something inscribed on the edges.
'what the heck am I supposed to do whith this? '
Alfrey was clueless what to do whith it. all he knew was it was the relic that was stolen from kanshi tomb. it had to be something magical. 'It is something special right? '
He was was getting worried now, he did all this in haste. he didn't had much time to prepare once he got the news that the relic was going to smuggled through the mafia he was in. He felt this was is chance, Finally something good was going to happen in his life. He expected something like a powerful relic that would help him and all he got from all his effort's was a piece of bone?
"It can't be just useless junk, maybe it needs some blood.. yes blood may work, I heard some artifact's need blood to activate"
Alfrey tried dripping his blood onto the bone but it had no reaction whatsoever.
"shit" Alfrey threw the suitcase Containing the relic on the wall. He was frustrated, he had just messed up his life for what? some useless piece of junk. He may soon loose his life as he had betrayed the mafia, and traitors of mafia were given the worst death. knowing all these he despaired .
As he was indulging himself in self pity he didn't notice the door opening nor the man standing there.
"Yo, so out of all places You actually came here, and how did you even know my place"
Alfrey got stunned by a voice because he thought he would never hear the voice of that guy again. he looked at the door to look at the young man looking at him with smile.
"Elijah? how... "
"How am I alive? Well you see I escaped... I came here to hide but I didn't expect you would be here too ,what a coincidence. You thought I'll never return so you decided to occupy my place? and how did you even know this place? "
"I once saw you here so.... " Alfrey answered in a dazed expression. He didn't believe Elijah could come out other than as a corpse as Alfrey had purposefully left him to die in the hands of mafia. He had thought they will waste some time investigating Elijah thus buying him some time.
"well whatever, I have nothing to say to you Alfrey, you disappointed me, atleast I will give you a swift death" Elijah spoke in a flat tone, his eyes had a dark look.
"Wait Elijah , We can fix this... we can.. we... please don't kill me!! please!!"Alfrey begged, he couldn't come up with any plausible excuse to preserve his life... not that it would change his fate even if he did of course.
Even though Elijah was extremely exhausted, he rushed towards Alfrey in sudden burst of speed. Alfrey was injured while fighting his helpers so he couldn't basically move. But that didnt mean he was helpless, he took out a gun aiming at Elijah but before he could pull the trigger his hands got sliced off buy a knife.
"Aaahhhhhh" Alfrey screamed in terror and pain , holding his hand that was bleeding heavily.
"wait please... " before he could say anything his throat got cut and blood sprayed every where.
Elijah stood there covered in blood of his former friend and sighed deeply.
sigh
Although though Alfrey had betrayed him, he was someone he spent lot of time with, whom he had memories of both good and bad. And the feeling of Absorbing a life... a soul of a man he once knew brought him a feeling of sorrow.... he stood there silently grieving his lost friendship which he didn't even knew was real or not.
sigh.... sighing again he looked around to see there were two more bodies and a round bone lying there.
"So was this what he stole? " Elijah picked up the bone. Alfrey had felt nothing while holding the bone but as soon as Elijah held it in his hands he threw it far way and looked at it warily.
Elijah instincts screamed that it was something he should not touch. It was just like the feeling he got from 'those' things he saw in his past life.
Elijah was full on alert and waited to see if any abnormality showed up. But nothing happened, just as he was going to relax and get the hell as far away from that thing someone spoke behind him.
"There is nothing to be so wary of me "
'what ' Elijah turned, he saw someone who was standing behind him. The mans whole eyes we're complete black including his sclera. He had black hair, short black coat over a white shirt and black trousers. The man looked quite regal and had an air of cryptic mystery around him.
"W-Who are you" Elijah asked cautiously, the man gave him chills and brought about some horror filled memories to surface that didn't belong to current him.
"Oh how rude of me, I didn't even introduce myself.. I am... well.. you can just call me... whatever you like" It looked like the man found it difficult to say who he was.
"Though all you need to know is that I am a being of void.. I am the one who watches and grant powers to those who seem to be interesting, And you are very very intriguing person"
"uhh.. very informative .. thanks..so..can you go back were you came from" Elijah replied with a stiff smile.