Darkness

Darkness Chapter 57 Conversation and Chaos

“Feles, do you remember seeing around town a certain tall and long dark haired man? He dressed similarly to me in black mercenary armor, with the arrogant manor of an aristocrat. Lord Seer’ Reign is searching for a young male elf with purple and silver hair, who took something valuable from him and he seeks to get it back. My lord has been missing for well over two weeks now, I am getting really concerned that something happened to him. It’s a possibility that the young elf, with his furious hatred of Seer’ Reign because of the wicked abusive treatment of him, might feel justified in harming my lord any way he can.”

Feles suddenly choked on the after-dinner Brandy he was sipping, as the strong burning liquid abruptly went down the wrong way. When he was sure he wasn’t going to choke anymore he took another long swallow of the powerful liquor, then carefully sat the fragile glass down on the table. How did he tell this powerful demon warrior that it wasn’t the beautiful besotted elf kid that had tried to kill his lord, but him, the cheap filthy thief and whore? It was something he was sure wouldn’t go over well with the tall redheaded demon. He didn’t want to feel those huge claw-like hands close around his neck and throttle him until his air was gone and he was dead. Terror gripped his heart so viciously, he felt as if he was going to pass out, all at once he was on his feet and ready to flee. In fact he moved several yards away from the table before the inhumanly fast demon caught up to him and grabbed him roughly by his new cloak clasp that fastened around his neck. He then dragged Feles like a naughty child back to the table and forced him to sit back down in the same chair he had just vacated seconds before. Red demon eyes stared back at him with a burning fury that basically said that they would brook no evasive lies. Darkk seemed totally unconcerned that many eyes in the bar were watching them and listening to their every word. The demon wanted the truth and he wanted it now.

“Feles you know something, don’t make me cruelly ring it from you, for surely I doubt very much you would enjoy that. Damn-it little whore tell me what you know… before I hurt you. I’d much rather make use of you in other ways that would be extremely more entertaining and even pleasurable.

“Please Drakk don’t hurt me… I’ll tell you the truth, if you promise not to kill me afterwards.”

“Okay Red tell me the truth or even the very worst of it, and don’t leave any part out.”

“Seer’ Reign was in this town some months before with that beautiful young elf, but he was wearing a conjured illusion of another man, and the elf didn’t know it then, for whatever reason their relationship was stormy and tremulous. I am only guessing, but something tells me that the elf had resisted his lust. So wearing the identity of Dresden, Seer’ Reign in a violent need to make him jealous, made my services part of the deal when they were selling magic items to my master Rasmus. The cool little elf acted like he didn’t give a shit, which only made the Dresden persona, your Seer’ Reign, even more furious and angry. As his paid whore he took his fury out on me, he whipped me, tortured me, and brutalized me… and he would have raped me without mercy if a small very smoky fire hadn’t broken out in the barn where we had gone to have privacy to do our coupling. We were forced abruptly to leave the barn because of the smoke… well one good thing, at least your master didn’t leave me there to suffocate in the smoke he dragged my belongings and my half naked bleeding body out into the filthy manure and mud covered grass that made up the barnyard and he left me there with a half dozen silver pieces for my trouble. Minutes later the smoky fire suddenly went out on its own, I learned later that it was the elf brat that had started the fire, which saved me from being raped or brutalized further. I hated your bastard master after that, especially the way he treated little Keylyn, I wanted revenge in the worst way, so when he came to town again I took it. As he forced his attention on poor little Keylyn up against a tree, I found that my knife throwing had never been so accurate for I actually managed to knife him in the back; I thought I killed him for there was blood running from the corners of his mouth. I thought my knife had pierced him deeply enough to destroy him, but I was wrong. Surprisingly, an outraged Keylyn in a total reversal of attitude was angry with me for trying to kill his Darkness, made me help him carry the half dead man back to my master Rasmus’ house, where Rasmus and the elf saved him. He has been resting comfortably in the little elf’s bed for well over a week and should be on his feet any day now… that is if the two finally come up from air, sometimes their numerous cries of pleasure waken me up from a sound sleep, even way back at the barn behind the house. All of them now seem to hate me, even though I thought I was doing the right thing at the time,” said Feles with a sigh and low sob, as several large tears ran down his face. His head lowered in depression and disgrace.

Feles was aware of the demon moving closer to him, and then the big redhead moved a hand toward him. Flinching in distress, he waited for the blow and the pain for his wicked misdeeds, but instead a hand gently caressed and fisted his shoulder length dark auburn hair and then stroked and massaged the back of his long slender neck.

“Poor Feles, It appears that you have been at the business end of my Bastard Lord’s wicked games as well as life’s many cruel mercies… truly it’s time for you to finally experience some true kindness and compassion. Really there is very little difference between a whore and a mercenary; we both do what’s necessary for gold and silver. Now Feles love, please take me to the house of Rasmus the Magic user, for I would check on my wayward Lord. I love my lord, my friend, and my master like my own bother, but there are times with his foul petty cruelties and evil games I would like nothing more than to slap him silly and just let him be the one that begs for mercy for a change. Truly it would be a learning experience for him. Now let us go Red, hopefully we will startle the hell out of them at this time a night, I think right now, I would find that most amusing!”

Ooooo

When they reached the Magick Shoppe immediately Drakk loudly pounded on the door while Feles stood behind him watching. It was well after midnight, so all inside would be startled wide awake by the demon’s fury, after the hell his friends had recently given him he more than enjoyed the fact that they would get a little back. But he couldn’t help but wonder what Darkness would do when he saw him, would he attack Feles with a fury because he tried to murder him? Would Drakk try to protect him? Would the beautiful elf still be angry with him for trying to kill his beloved Darkness?

With a loud crash the door was opened. Darkness stood in the doorway in only his black leather pants, his long messy midnight black hair falling about his body. He held a long sword in his right hand, while his left hand rubbed the sleep from his black squinting eyes.

“What the fuck do you want at this time a night, you nearly gave the old man a heart attack with all that banging and my sweet little elf nearly pissed himself, what’s so important that it couldn’t wait until morning.”

Drakk stood back in shadows as he spoke.

“It’s me Seer’ Reign. You do remember me, your second in command, you told me you’d see me in a couple days…. well it’s been over two fucking weeks I was worried about you. I feared that nasty El the vile bloodsucker had you in his clutches for only hell knows what. Instead I find you shacked up all nice comfortable and cozy with little Key, completely unconcerned about you’re worried men, officers, and me.

“Yeah Goddess forgive me, I should of sent a message that I was alright after my wound was mostly healed. I simply got so involved with my sweet little lover… and I forgot everything else! Who’s that behind you Drakk, one of my men I suppose?”

Feles suddenly bravely stepped from behind Drakk and moved forward, he wanted to get this over with. He wondered would Key’s Darkness try getting his revenge right away?

“So it’s my lovely attempted murderer. Did you come to get another chance at me, pretty little whore? But that’s right, you only stab people in the back when they’re not looking,” laughed Seer’ Reign as he turned around and presented his back and the small bandage that covered his almost completely healed wound. “So does that make a better target for you my sweet little killer? After all I did hurt you once, badly… so maybe I even deserved it.”

All at once a slender Keylyn ran out of the house, barely dressed in only a long white shirt open to his navel that hung to his knees. His long pale messy hair was like a wild halo around the fragile elf, he seemed all long legs and hair and moved like a graceful ghost that floated rather than walked through air. Key came to a stop before Feles and gently placed the warm palms of his hand on Feles’ new gray wool tunic, “Please don’t hurt him Fe. I love him, so I can’t do without him.”

“Don’t worry little elf I am here only to direct Drakk to his Lord, and perhaps to beg for My Lords Seer’ Reign forgiveness for trying to kill him. It was wrong no matter what he did to me. I promise I will never try it again, I promise,” Feles said, lowering his head in respect.

“Well I am not called Darkness for nothing. Perhaps forgiveness is not in my nature, perhaps lovely Feles if you gave yourself over to me for a time for my punishment… I could possible forgive you,” said Darkness grinning with an evil smirk. He reached out and grabbed a lock of the boy’s shiny auburn hair and teasingly let it run through his fingers, only to have Drakk reach out and grab his hand and pull it away from contact with Feles.

Then they both stepped back from the restored wizard as Drakk spoke, “My Lord leave him alone, haven’t you hurt him enough already? Can’t you be kind and accept his apology”

All at once an annoyed and angry Keylyn ran forward and pressed himself against Darkness broad chest and began to pound on it as if to emphasize his words, “Please stop being such a bastard just this once, Darkness, he helped me to save you, if you must punish someone to forgive him I will volunteer for his punishment!”

“Damn-it all of you are so bloody insistent, I will forgive Feles if I must… beside he had good reason to hate me, but hopefully he also will try to forgive me for hurting him too. I fear that will be harder, for I can be such a beast at times and you all know it,” laughed Darkness. Then he turned Feles with a silent question in his dark glittering eyes

With a polite nod, Feles smiled back and said quietly, “I will try my lord!”

“Really Keylyn and Drakk, it’s not nice for you two to gang up on me, and force me to be something I’m not. Good! Bah what foolishness, you’re simply taking all the fun out of me being evil, and really I can’t have that. You’ll ruin my well constructed nefarious reputation.”

Suddenly all their laughter was interrupted by a magick enhanced annoyed and pissed off old voice from inside the house, “FUCK YOU ALL, GO TO BED TOGETHER, OR SEPARATE, JUST GET THE HELL OFF MY PORCH AT THIS TIME OF NIGHT! I NEED MY SLEEP I AM AN OLD MAN…. OR SO HELP ME I’LL TURN YOU ALL INTO HUGE SLIMMY SNAILS…. NOW GOOD FUCKING NIGHT… ALREADY!!!!