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Name of Author : Sadagopan Govindan
Note on Author : A serial procrastinator. Self inspired writer with a cold feet. Avid reader and no-themed blogger.
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Chapter 5
I was tired. I was tired of running again and again. After an arduous effort, I ended up in front of Satan again. The hole on the wall which gave me hope of freedom was merely a game design. Satan and his accomplishes were deriving extreme sadistic pleasure out of my desperate efforts to escape. But now, I am done with running away from my fears. I may be called an idiot but I decided to stay put and fight my fear rather than running away from it. As Shakespeare rightly said, ‘a coward dies a thousand times before his death, but the valiant taste of death but once’.
‘What do you want from me, Satan? Of what value am I to you? You had killed your own daughter but I am still alive. I must be of some use to you.’
‘Ah! Smart Alec. Pun Intended’, guffawed Satan. ‘You are, indeed, a very important coin in my chessboard’
‘And how’s that?’
‘Alec! Alec! My boy! I am still amused that you do not remember anything about who you are or what you are capable of’
‘Can you tell me already? I do not have time for drama. I’m tired.’
‘Have you ever thought about why you torture women?’
‘May be, I’m a psychopath?’
‘Psychopath is the word coined by ordinary humans who do not comprehend paranormal behaviour. They do not understand what goes on in a so-called psychopath’s mind.
You, Alec, are not a psycho. You are one of the finest creature that I have ever seen. You were a natural. I guided you. You were far above everyone in your abilities. You would give hope to people so much so that they will do anything for you. People came binding under your spell quickly. You would then rip their soul off them slowly. Without knowing what’s happening to them, people used to die smiling. Their body turned grey and eyes blood red. You would then offer the deprived souls to me in reverence. You were so good, Alec! So, so good! I can’t tell you enough how much proud I was’
‘I don’t believe you. You are lying. Why don’t I remember anything then and why am I your prisoner now?’
‘Your biggest flaw was your friend Ramon. He was your weakness.’
‘Ramon?’
‘Yes. Ramon. You grew up together with him. He had no special abilities, or so I thought. He talked you out of your evil acts. He was convincing you that you will be happy when you stop being evil. And you started going against me Alec. I was your godfather. I taught you everything. Yet, you stood up against me for a mere human. You did not understand how valuable your contributions were to me. Each soul that you offered me moved me one step closer to becoming the most powerful evil of all netherworlds. Yet, you disappointed me by taking Ramon’s ill-advice. You let me down. So, I had to do what I had to do.’
‘You killed Ramon!’
‘Not just killed. I relished. He was the purest soul. He was staring at my eyes when I slowly sucked his soul out of his body. His eyes went on from expressing anger to immense fear to pleading to surrender. The most enjoyed prey of mine. ‘
‘You bastard!’
‘You turned up at the place uninvited. You saw me killing your dear friend Ramon. You were shocked to see what had happened. You lost your mind. You wanted to kill yourself, but that’s our curse isn’t it? We can take other people’s lives how many ever we want, but can’t take our own. In frustration, you took a dose of amnesiac and vanished. You thought erasing the memories of all that were taught will keep me away from you and will teach me a lesson. But, I guess, the dose was not enough to wipe your evil memories off completely. Deep inside you are still evil and that is why you are torturing others’
‘How do I know you are telling the truth? If you were as powerful as you say, you would have known where I was long back. Why didn’t you come after me all these years?’
‘Good question. You were harmless Alec. With your memories erased, you were nothing to me. I left you alone as you were neither useful nor threatening. But now, you are the top most threat to my life. My foreteller told me that I will be killed by you.’
‘A foreteller? You consult a foreteller?’
‘Everybody has their fetish, my friend. My foreteller had always helped me stay one step ahead of my enemies.’
‘It’s brilliant. I am supposed to kill you as per your foreteller. Yet you are having conversations here instead of killing me. The logic beats me.’
‘How I wish you have not had that amnesiac! It made you forget the basics. I am not here to have a nice chin-wag with my old student, Alec! I can’t kill you without The Jade Knife. ‘
Satan turned towards the direction of the approaching footsteps.
‘Say your last prayers, Alec’
Catalina was approaching Satan with glowing green Jade Knife in her hand.
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Now, I am going to try and end this story. Somehow.