"WHY DO WE PRAY TO YOU?!?! HUH?!?! MY SISTER IS DEAD!!"
"YOU ALL, YOU TAKE OUR FAITH! AND THEN TOY WITH OUR LIVES!"
"YOU BASTARDS! IT'S YOUR FAULT! YOU DID THIS! AHHHH!"
"Hey boss, I think this guy has gone crazy"
"Just finish him off so we can move on to the next house and see if their are prettier women"
"Alright"
The bandit holding Darwin down raised his sword and held it vertically over Darwin's throat. Then he plunged the sword down, intending to just cut his head off, in one smooth motion.
Darwin just cursed the gods as he felt the hair at the back of his neck stand up, the cool blade fast approaching his neck. Even in his final moments, he did not care about his life. As he looked at the lifeless bodies of his family, all he felt was hatred and anger at the gods.
The bandits thought it was over, but the sword did not cut his throat. It did not even reach him. It was like it had stopped in time. It was not just the sword, everything stopped. The entire village was frozen in time.
"They won't help you"
"Huh?"
Darwin looked up to see the creepiest creature he had ever seen, It had four eyes, two where they should be and two on the blood red horns that were extending from the creature's head.
It had a completely black body, and its eyes were completely white. Its arms and legs were also white which slowly changed to black, the seperation between the black and white parts of its body was weird. It was as if the white was a disease, which was slowly travelling up the arms and legs, becoming bubbles of black dotted on white skin before turning entirely black.
It had a smile on its face, its jagged teeth showing in a wide toothy grin. Its hair was messy and looked like blood.
This weird creature stared at Darwin, looking as if it was looking at an amusing little toy. At the same time, there was a little bit of admiration in its gaze.
It looked at the boy as if contemplating, before touching something in the air and slowly dragging its finger across the air. It stared at the space in front of it as if looking at something. But there was nothing there.
"Ah hah...I see...So this is a fixed outcome...Hahahah! No wonder they didn't want to interfere!"
"Ah, my curiosity has been satisfied...they usually would not sit still...and they didn't even detect my presence...Hahahaha!"
"They probably think it's better if you died here"
"Well, it will be interesting to see how they will react if I ruin their plans completely"
"Hello there boy! Let me ask you a question! Instead of relying on those useless gods, do you want power? Power to change your own fate? Your destiny?"
Darwin stared at this strange creature throughout its mumblings. Even after the question was asked, he remained silent and stared at it.
"Hahaha! You're no fun! We have a deadbeat here! Deadbeat Alert!"
"....."
"Alright alright, if you have been so traumatised that you cannot even speak anymore, which I think is highly unlikely, considering you were screaming your lungs out 3 seconds ago...then just nod or shake your head!"
Darwin just nodded. He didn't care about destiny or fate, he didn't care whether he lived or died, he didn't care what price he had to pay. The devil could take his soul for all he cared. He didn't even care about protecting what he loved, he had nothing left to protect.
All he wanted now was to make these people suffer through hell. He wanted revenge. He wanted to make them pay. He wanted to inflict as much pain on them as they had put him through.
"Hahahah! I can hear your evil thoughts you know?"
"...."
"Ah whatever, since you said yes, then lets begin!"
The village started moving again, people started moving and the sword again started to descend towards his neck.
Darwin believed that he had just dreamt hope before his life ended and closed his eyes.
"Mum, sis, I'm coming to you"
The sword dug into his neck and severed his head. Oh no, that didn't really happen, I was just imagining it. Phew, good thing that didn't come true.
The sword broke as soon as it hit his neck, getting crushed into tiny pieces. The bandit was startled. Darwin's eyes turned completely white and he jumped off the ground.
The men holding him to the ground were thrown backwards. He the instantly appeared above the person who tried to kill him.
"What the-"
He didn't get to finish his sentence as his head burst open like a watermelon. After smashing that person, he flashed to the other and slammed his joined hands on his head too.
"Hey, What are you-"
That man's head burst as well. The bandit leader and the rest of the members looked horrified.
"Retreat men! We can't let the son of a b*tch catch up to us! Be my shield!"
Darwin did not say a word, as if he was possessed, he crushed the bandit's heads one by one like watermelons. After he caught the man who had killed Diana and knocked him out, he went for the leader.
Unfortunately, to get to him, he had to get through the rest of the group. Good. He liked it this way. He could crush more skulls this way.
He killed methodically, one bandit at a time. Anytime he had to face more than one, he would zip to another place to kill another person who was alone.
"Gather together men!"
No matter how many times they tried to stick close to one another, he still picked them off, one by one. To make them feel true despair, he would fling the head of the people he killed at the bandits, making most of them lose their will.
Slowly but surely, he was getting closer and closer to the leader. He could feel it.
"NO! GET BACK!"
The leader desperately looked around to try and find out where the boy was coming from, but he was moving to fast for his eye to see. He flashed so quickly, like he was teleporting around them.
The weird creature, birthed from darkness just stood in the air and looked down upon his masterpiece, or at least, his future masterpiece.
"I look forward to all the things you will do in the future, Evil Incarnate"