Category : Books-Fiction

Sub Category : Fantasy

Lights started to get in view, the smell of the sewer was gone, but it still lingered, the aching pain on Boris has somewhat calmed down, and he felt no pain in his side somehow.
Suddenly, Boris got up and seemed to be in a bright room, withAlteredd lights, they were so expensive, only the richest nobles could even just buy one! Inside each lamp had an orb that glowed when you put some dust on it.
Boris looked around the room for Jack, but he was nowhere to be seen, Boris rubbed his chest to see if the scars from the mites were still there, but they were gone.
“Hello!” Boris yelled out vaguely as a man wearing a trench coat, formal gloves, winter pants, and a leather cap, came in the room.
But this man was wearing a mask that represented a ravens head.
“Hello my friend, I believe you're in pain?” The man said as he got a chair and sat down.
“Who are you?” Boris said weakly, he found it hard to speak.
“I am Nathaniel Forienke, But just call me Nathan please,” Nathan said as he pulled out a piece of paper.
The man closely inspected the paper, holding it sideways and upside down, moving it closer to his face and farther.
“You have a problem reading that?“Boris asked like he can see the confusion through the men mask.
“Yeah, its blank, it said something earlier, but I can`t recall,” Nathan said as he got up and crumbled the paper and threw it on Boris`s bed, as he put his hands on his waist like he was waiting.
The man sat back down, the eyes of the mask, glaring at Boris with a deceiving atmosphere around it, everything got dark, the memories of a man dressed like that, always coming to their house, like it needed to be there, its blank eyes intimidating him, sending him running to his room, soon a parade of them invaded his dreams, ravens would cry, Boris would shake violently as the bird masked men would come closer with their bleeding eyes.
“So, your name was Morrison,” Nathan asked as he put his hands on his head.
“Wait, what?” Boris said as his younger days just vanished.
“Oh, wait, it was Morrison, sorry for the mix-up,” Nathan said with a slight crackle.
Boris then grabbed his arm, he clenched his fist, sweat was pouring, everything started going weird ever since a man like Nathan showed up when they were younger, his eyes still wide, everything was paused, the only thought was on the bird masked men.
“How are you feeling, any rest?” Nathan asked as he clasped his hands and started to lean forward in his chair.
“Yeah, just in a little pain, how did you heal me?” Boris asked as he started to cool down.
The eyes of the mask still glaring at him, darkening everything but the eyes around them, but he blinked it away.
“My wife is an expert in the art of restoration, she healed you right up,” Nathan said chuckling, his raspy voice filling the quietness of the room.
“What are you? Some kind of doctor?” Boris asked as he felt stupid.
The man just slapped his head, he then gave a long sigh.
“Ima slaps you boy if you do not.,” Nathan said as he paused for a bit.
“Let's just say I am a type of doctor that practices magic, not your traditional Plague doctor, but with actual magic,” Nathan said as he swayed his hands around, almost hypnotizing.
He then got up and opened the door, but before he left, he (assuming) glared back at Boris, the atmosphere changed darker, he stood there as red liquids poured out of the eyes of the mask, then the walls behind him, the all around them, it was a good five minute before he said anything, the longer he stood there, more dangerous and eerie the atmosphere felt. He finally spoke, but his voice sounded more eerie, Gothic and raspy.
“Be a careful child, you do not want a connection with Cor...“But he paused right before he said “His” name.
“Let's just call him the devil, shall we,” Nathan said as he walked out, closing the door, slowly and eerie.
Soon the atmosphere changed back to its original state, bright and depressing.
Boris`s eyes grew weary, he started feeling more fatigue, the silhouette of the masked men came, more sweat came pouring, he started breathing heavily...It was like as if Nathan was invading his dreams.
The men were glaring at Boris with their decieiving eyes and beak, they would come closer each passing minute, each minute that passed, the atmosphere got dark, the lights would flicker, Boris would shake uncontrollably. The men chanted some words that sounded like giberish to the human ears.
¨What do you want from me!¨ Boris yelled out as he started sweating more and more, he soon froze in place, unable to move or make a sound.
Then, the men would take off their mask to reveal they're true hideous form, they would show their wolfish toothy grin, their scaly skin, falling off. They would use their bony hands to pick their skin up like a loose mask. Then they would take off their coat and vest to reveal line teeth that went vertically down from their chest to their stomach, like a huge mouth on their whole body.
Then, they started to take off their mask, the process began, Boris`s eyes were forced open, his head was stuck to look at one direction, he was like a frozen statue, just staring at the men until they came close enough to enjoy their meal, the mouth on their body opened like it just woke up from a deep slumber, its fork tongue slithering as the men came closer to him.
Finally, the men were right in front of him, the tongues were slithering all around him, the teeth started chewing slowly like it wanted to savor the taste.
Boris then quickly woke up from his night terror, afraid of any movement.
Boris then noticed Nathan sitting down in the oak chair he sat in before, just staring at him with the blank eyes of his, he didn’t say a word, he only started at him.
Then, Nathan tilted his head down and started snoring.
“Hes asleep?” Boris thought as he reached for the piece of paper that was at the foot of his bed.
He opened the crumbled mess to find his bounty on there, but the man couldn’t see it, it was like an illusion to him.
“Boy, you won't find anything but just a blank piece!” Nathan said as he got up from his chair, rubbing his bottom.
“Oh, I will just keep so I can write a note or something,” Boris said as he tried to put the piece away before Nathan could see what was on there.
But Nathan plucked the paper right out of Boris`s hands, looking at the paper to make sure he didn’t miss anything.
“Still blank, I think I am going insane, I could’ve sworn it wasn’t blank!” Nathan said as he threw the paper away, whilst sitting back down.
“So, who was this Lexi person? He a friend?” Nathan said as he leaned forward in his chair.
It took a while to get what Nathan was saying, but he had to think how were they connected.
“We are brothers actually, and the “II” part is just shown.” Boris lied as he laid back down in his bed, sighing.
"Ah, so you are brothers!" Nathan said as he wiped his head like he was sweating through his mask.
The room became silent, Nathan wasn't staring, yet playing with a doll that resembled a man wearing the same suit as him, except this doll had a mask that seemed metallic, it also wore a top hat than a leather cap, it wielded a dagger like it was protecting itself from him.
Then Nathan pulled out a couple pins with a skull, with each different colored eyes, that seemed to represent something.
One pin had orange/red eyes, they were glowing with a burning sensation.
Another pin had blue eyes, they were glowing with a cold stare
The last pin had green eyes, glowing with a corrosive stare.
He then started to ferociously stab the doll in its side and legs, like he hated that doll with his life. Then he put the pins away and pulled out a dagger, and slowly started to cut the doll's arm, leaving its stuffing revealed.
Then the skin of the doll somehow started to retract to its normal state, like it never happened before!
Boris just laid there, pretending to sleep, watching Nathan "Played" with his doll, then he put the doll away and stood up again rubbing his bum.
He then made his way to Boris, to make sure he was asleep or not.
The closer he got, Boris started to sweat more and more, just his presence made him scared for his life.
"Its okay Boy, your brother is just sick, he is in the right hands!" Nathan whispered as he rubbed his bum one more time before he closed the door.
Boris started to hyperventilate, the only thing he could think about was how weird and eerie he was, he was the exact thing he thought how the masked men were.
Each passing second felt like hours, he did not know whether it was night or day, or how was Jack doing.
Boris then got up off of his bed, swaying back and forth, a headache pounding on his head.
He then limped his way to the door, fumbling his hands, trying to reach for the door knob, it felt like he hasn't used his body for awhile, his legs started aching.
He finally opened the door, he then limped out of the room, a dim lit hallway was right in front of him, two doors on each side, and a single door at the end of the hallway. He tried walking quietly, but the floors were creaking loudly, each step was loud and creaky.
There was some talking in one of the rooms, it was Nathan`s voice, he seemed to be talking to someone, but the words couldn't be heard.
"What are you saying?" Boris thought as he limped slowly towards the door, but then he heard creaking trough the other room, he then limped back slowly without a sound back to his room, closing the door, until there was a slight crack.
The door opened, Nathan walked out, but he still faced the room, he then said: "Alright Lexi, you should be fine, just do what I say and you should be back to your normal state!"
He then walked towards the door at the end of the hall, then he stopped and smacked his head.
"Oh rats, I think I forgot something!" Nathan said as he touched his three pins.
Boris closed the door, he heard the footsteps through the door, he quickly glanced at a pin with a skull on it. But the eyes were staring with a Black, death like stare.
The door then slowly opened, Nathan walked in and saw Boris sitting up on his bed.
"Oh goody, you are getting better I presume?" Nathan said as he bent over and picked up the pin.
"You can't leave yet though, I haven't gotten any orders to discharge you yet," Nathan said as he opened the door.
Before he left, he grabbed his head and started groaning, he then dropped to his knees and started groaning louder, but then he stopped, and looked at his hands, his hands were violently shaking. He then stood up and pretended o wipe off the dust from his shoulder. He soon left the room, slamming the door.
Boris quickly limped towards the door, he slowly opened the door until it was a crack open, he peered through the crack to see Nathan grabbing his head again groaning louder than ever, he dropped to the floor screaming, then a group of people came and picked him up and left the hallway.
Boris then grew more sleepy, he started swaying back and forth again, he dropped to his bed and closed his eyes.
Boris woke up in a room, but it was his old room since when he was a child, he stood up and walked out.
He started to tear up when he saw his Pa, cutting fresh fruits and vegetables, he came in and tried to hug him, but he went through like a ghost.
Then, the same men came back, except they were walking into a room like they were luring him to see something.
Boris then followed them through the house, he saw himself and Jack playing outside, he saw his dad going outside to pick up more fruits and vegetables.
But then he saw his mother, in bed with empty bowls near her, blisters the size of rocks all around her, her eyes bloodshot red.
It was a horrible sight to see, he gagged and mourned at the thought of watching his mother suffering twice.
He then woke up from his dream.
He sat up, and rubbed his eyes, he felt tears rolled down his cheeks, he rubbed them off like he was trying to be brave.
Suddenly, loud stomping noises were creeping towards his room, he got scared wondering if it was Nathan.
The door opened slowly, and Nathan walked in, but he seemed different, his clothes sagged a bit, he limped towards his bed, he smelled of flowers instead of tobacco.
The door closed on its own, Nathan took off his hat and sat down and took off his mask.
But it wasn't Nathan, it was Alexa!
"So, hows your day going?" Alexa said as she crossed her legs and threw the mask at her feet.
Boris was dumbfounded, he did not expect Nathan to be actually Alexa!
"Oh, just so you know, Nathan is a whole different person, I just put him to sleep in the form of a painful headache!" Alexa said as she took off the trench coat, dropped it on the floor.
"Oh, I thought you were Nathan." Boris sighed as he laid back down.
"That creep! I do not want to be related to that thing!" Alexa exclaimed as she stood up, taking off the leather shoes.
There was an awkward silence between Boris ans Alexa while she was "Undressing", even though she had clothes under.
"Hey, were you also responsible for the "Blank" sheet of paper?" Boris asked as his face flushed red.
"Yeah, how`d you know?" Alexa asked as she leaned back in her chair.
Boris then pulled the piece of paper out showed it to Alexa.
"Oh that, I just used a spell, that is it," Alexa said as she pulled out a sweet roll and started eating it.
As Alexa kept eating, Boris was afraid of the thought of Nathan coming back, so he sat up and stretched out his arms and yawned, he then stood up and called Alexa.
"Have you seen Jack?" Boris asked as he cracked his knuckles.
"No, but I heard he is in the plague reach, something about having Rats Blight," Alexa said as she stood up.
Then, here was a loud noise outside the room, followed by loud stomping and shouting, coming towards the room.
"I got to go, see you later," Alexa said as she clenched her fist and let go, she then disappeared after she did that.
Boris then quickly went to his bed and pulled the covers, then the door opened, the person then stomped towards Boris`s bed and shook him.
Boris then sat up, and right in front of him was a man, probably in his 40`s, with silk light black hair and orange eyes staring at Boris with a deceiving stare, much like the bird mask eyes, he bared a scar at the left side of his throat, and cheek.
"Hey, wheres my uniform at!" The man said as he stepped back and stared at him.
Boris was confused, he did not know what to say to this man, but then the man gave a long sigh, following with his hands on his face.
"Right you do not know me." The man whispered to himself as he paced back and forth.
"Tis I, Nathaniel, Nathaniel Forienke." Nathan groaned as he sat back down in his chair.
Then he glanced over at a black lump of clothes, with a mask and hat.
"How the hell did this get in here?" He said as he picked the clothes up as he glared at Boris.
"Who did this boy?" Nathan yelled out as he stood up and dropped the clothes.
Boris started sweating more, he started breathing harder and harder, he did not know what to say, then he thought of a good way to lure Nathan out of the building so he and Jack could escape and finish their plan.
"I seen a man, he tried poisoning me!" Boris stammered as Nathan gave a dirty look at his clothes.
"Where did this man go?" Nathan asked as crossed his arms.
"I heard him leave the building itself."
"Alright, be safe, I am going on a man hunt!" Nathan said as he put on his whole suit while exchanging his other clothes he was wearing.
He then stomped out of the room, closing the door behind him, but he locked the door.
Boris paced back and forth, trying figure out, how to open the door without breaking it, he tried calling out for Alexa, but she was long gone, He tried calling out for Jack, but he was sure that he couldn't hear him.
He checked the pockets of the trouser, checking if there anything that can be used to open the door, but then, one of his pins caught his eye, it was the greened eyed one.
He picked it up and tried to lockpick it, but without another tool like a dagger, it was useless. But then he remembered he had a dagger, he frantically searched around his waist to see if he sheathed it or not, it was not there, so he searched around his cloak pockets, was not there, he finally searched for it in his trouser pockets, knowing it will not be there.
He gave up trying, he laid down, he gave up, he threw the pin at the wall, he just sighed, he started to cry.
Then, out of nowhere, Alexa reappeared holding his white dagger.
"Didn't you think I left for a reason, like this?" Alexa mocked as she handed the dagger to Boris, he was ready.
He grabbed the pin and went to the lock, he tried to unlock it, but the blade was too big, it wasn't possible and he would only break the lock.
¨Let me try!¨Alexa said as she pulled out a shiv, just small enough to fit in the small lock.
The sounds of the lock fiddling invaded Boris`s mind, he remembered lockpicking before when he was younger. Breaking into Manors while stealing their royal goods.
He was caught once, he was punished horribly. Six months of torture did teach him.
The door opened with a loud click, standing before them is the dark abyss of the unlit hallway.
"Let's continue, shall we?" Boris whispered as he limped out of the door.
Alexa just rolled her eyes as she slowly walked out of the room.
The Hallway gave off an eerie, and mysterious vibe as well. The walls looked like it was closing in on them, the floors creaked louder than ever, and some opera music was playing on these new music machines called the "Sound Generator" or the S.G for short
"Who is playing that music?" Alexa said as she tiptoed her way to a door with green light seeping through the cracks of the door.
Every second, the Music got louder and louder, the light through the cracks of the door got more dim and dim.
Boris`s eyes were caught by the light seeping through the door from the other side, radiating the darkened hallway. The scratchy sounds of the machine used to project the music started going slower and slower.
The machine stopped playing its music.
Alexa confronted the door, she slowly reached her hand out, scared of what was behind the door. She pulled her hand back.
"I think its Jacks room," Boris whispered as he stepped in closer and opened the door without hesitation, Alexa did not stop him, she was afraid of something.
The door opened with a creak, smoke escaped the room, hiding the room behind it.
Boris then limped into the smoke, to seewhat's's inside, waiting to see his brother.
Soon the smoked cleared, Jack was lying peacefully in bed that was encased in candles with green flames, lighting up the darkened room with its light aroma. The music machine spinning its disc, but no music was playing. A huge horn spiraling around the music machine, the needle on the machine was hanging above the disc. Someone stopped the music machine.
"Jack, you okay?" Boris said as he limped towards his bed, poking him, making sure he was okay. (By poking him?)
"Why'd you poke him?" Alexa asked as she slowly walked in, glancing over her shoulder.
Jack then sat up slowly, rubbing his eyes while yawning, he glanced at Alexa and Boris for a moment.
"Come on bud lets get you out of here!" Boris exclaimed as he helped Jack off of his bed, but he refused and got up on his own.
"I am fine, but I want to leave!" Jack exclaimed as he grabbed a satchel and started walking his way to the door.
Boris and Alexa both looked at each other and shrugged, but they just followed along since they want to leave the infirmary.
The three patients left the room, walking down the long, seemingly forever going hallway. The music started playing again, except it seemed to be some slow talk, like chanting, except it sounded gibberish.
Jack started glaring at Alexa, giving her dirty looks. He then stopped and glared at Boris.
"What happens, something wrong?" Asked Boris as he stopped to speak to him.
Jack gave off a huge sigh, then glared back at Boris and Alexa.
"I mean, its funny how Alexa is there to save you!" Jack yelled out as Alexa gave a confused look and Boris tried to shush Jack.
"You are being a little to a loud buddy, let's talk about this later!" Boris exclaimed as he tried to tiptoe away.
But Jack grabbed his shoulder faced him, he glared at Boris for five minutes.
"You have feelings for her, don`t you?" Jack whispered as he glanced at Alexa for one last time.
Alexa then walked past them, telling them to hurry up.
"That`s funny, I am not the one blabbering like a baby about Alexa visiting me!" Boris exclaimed as he tried not to yell out.
Jack was then dumbfounded at the thought of his own brother having the courage to insult him like that, so then he pushed his brother.
Boris then pushed back, they started fighting, throwing punches and kicks.
"You jealous bastard! So what if I do have feelings for her!" Boris yelled out as he threw Jack on the ground.
Jack got up as he looked up at Alexa, facepalming.
"It's not about that really, it's about something else, she's not...!" Jack stopped like something was forcing him to stop.
"That`s it you greedy asshole, you got guts to don`t ya!" Boris yelled out as he punched Jack in the face, dropping on the floor.
"Maybe Pa was right, you are corrupted inside!" Boris said as he walked away, grabbing Alexa`s hand.
They walked away together, looking for a way out.
Then out of nowhere, an invincible force came out of nowhere, pushing Boris and Alexa to the ground, next to Jack.
"Man, You probably would've escaped if it weren't for your brother jabbering!" Nathan said chuckling as he opened the door, walking in slowly towards the three patients.
Jack then gave off a downward gaze, trying to not make eye contact.
Nathan then laughed hysterically at the three friends laying on the floor.
"Alright, let's continue our research, shall we?" Nathan said as he cracked his knuckles, readjusting his mask and hat.