Lucas (17)

 

I swear people need to get glasses or something, because now three people have run into me. What am I? A fricken magnet? I walked down the halls and passed the people I see every day, walked down this maze of halls. I started to get the feeling of being claustrophobic again and decided to go outside. The stars shown bright in the night sky like they always did, yet they seemed even brighter tonight. I sighed as my breath showed in the cold night air.

You know you can just leave a voice said in my head you don’t have to stay here. It’s not like they would notice that you’re gone

I actually did consider leaving this place, getting out of here and seeing the world, anything was more exciting than staying here. I couldn’t leave my sister here by herself with these jackals though. I would never forgive myself if I did. I walked across the lawn with my hands shoved in my jacket. My sister had a tough day today; I had stayed in her room while she cried about the pain she was in. Zoe had asked where I’d been all day, (after the nurses finally got me to leave) but I had just ignored her and continued walking like I didn’t even hear her.

I stood near the gates where the guards should have been but they must have been on break. I thought about earlier today. Before I ditched Zoe to go see my sister she was talking about me getting a haircut. A hair cut! What was wrong with it? My hair has been like this for how long? And she mentions it now. She told me that I should go down and get a haircut from Helga, but I told her that I was too paranoid to get a haircut. Helga hates me, maybe not as much as Zoe’s father but pretty close. If I went to go get a haircut from her I would probably lose an ear or worse she’d go all Sweeny Todd on me and cut my throat. I can see it now “How has your day been?” “Fine, you?” “Oh just perfect.” Slash and bye bye Lucas. Zoe just laughed when I told her that though.

A voice chuckled inside my head all of a sudden. Ok maybe I was going crazy but that voice didn’t sound like mine or a memory of Zoe’s at all….no it had to be one of the two. I really would be crazy then if it wasn’t. I walked back over to the building and laid in the grass. I looked up into the stars. If I looked to the right I could see the big dipper. I laid there thinking about my sister. I wanted to find this cure….but I knew it didn’t exist, so I was starting to give up. I had been in the library during Eve’s practice trying to find any kind of sign….but had found nothing. All I could do is try to be there for her then try to let her know that I care enough to stay with her to the end. I tried to hide my bad mood while around her but it was hard. I turned my head and thought I saw somebody along the line of the trees. I sat up and squinted my eyes to try and make out their features, but before I could they disappeared.

“Huh.” I said as I started to stand up but I fell back down.

I clutched at my chest as I breathed hard. It felt like an elephant was stepping on my chest. I tried to stand up again but I couldn’t. I fell over onto my back and watched as the stars now seemed to mock me. I closed my eyes and gritted my teeth in pain. My heart beat like a drum loudly in my ears. I tried not to yell out but it was hard not to, but when I tried to I found that I couldn’t. The world around me started spinning and then went completely black.X

I shot up trying to find my breath. When I finally did I looked around to find myself surrounded by nothing but black. No trees, no sky, not even dirt or grass beneath my feet. Just…darkness. A white light appeared like lightning behind me.

“Hello Luke,” a voice said “It is Luke right?”

I turned around to find a man dressed in all black. His brown hair was a mess (kind of like mine but shorter), his face was covered in blood and dirt, and yet he was wearing a cocky smile and acted like he looked like a million bucks.

                “Yah…” I said

                His smile grew but it wasn’t warm “Well then it’s good to finally meet you at last Luke.”

                “Who are you?” I asked him

                “That’s not important at this moment, but in due time I assure you.”

                “What do you mean?”

                “You see I need you to do a favor for me.”

                “Yah,” I scoffed “like I’m going to do a favor for someone who won’t even tell me their name.”

                “Do you want to find a cure or not?” he asked

                 I stopped. A cure….how would he know about my sister?

                He laughed “Yes I know about your sister’s leukemia,” he replied “You’ve been looking for a cure yes? Well, what if I could give it to you? Save you sister’s life?”

                “How?” I asked “There is no cure.”

                He smirked “I’m very powerful Lucas, it doesn’t matter if it did not exist at one time. I can make it exist if I want it to. All I need is one little favor.”

                I pondered on what he said and then replied “What do I have to do?”

                “I need you to free me,” he replied “You see for me to heal your sister I need to be set free. It is quite dark and depressing down here and I am powerless…unless you can set me free.”

                “What’s the catch?” I asked “there’s got to be more to it.”

                He smiled an evil grin “You’re a smart boy Luke,” he replied “that’s why I chose you.”

                That’s why I chose you….memories about the meeting and what I heard in the past started to come together. He said he was trapped….we were surrounded by darkness. His eyes were like the archangels except the purple was tinged in red….

                “Lucifer…” I whispered

                He smiled even more “Yes, I am Lucifer boy. I chose you and you will set me free.”

                I remembered the story of how Lucifer was sent down into hell by his brother Michael.

                “My brother’s betrayed me,” he replied “Father always liked Michael best out of all of us but I thought he’d be the one to understand me. Gabriel was too much of a goody goody, and Raphael…well we were never really that close. Anyways I tried to convince Michael to join me…to fight against our father but he refused. So instead he fought against me with the others. So in result I’m stuck in hell because I gave my own opinion while they are living in luxury in the light.”

                I almost felt sorry for him but I knew that he had wanted to destroy mankind. I think if I remembered right that is what they fought over. I should just tell him that there was no way I would agree to this but he had struck me in my most vulnerable spot….if I declined my sister would die sooner or later without the cure…but if I accepted….I could save her, yet I would be considered a traitor and I would be held responsible for destroying mankind….could I face my sister knowing that it was my fault yet again that her life was ruined? What would I rather have? Have her hate me and be alive? Or have her love her brother and be dead?

                “Time’s ticking by,” Lucifer said impatiently “You need to tell me before it’s too late.”

                “I-”

                My eyes snapped open when I felt someone kick me lightly in my side. I looked up and found the demon queen.

                “Why are you laying on the ground?” she asked sounding irritated

                I was silent for a second but re-gathered my thoughts “Because I felt like it,” I snapped as I stood up “You got a problem with that?”

                “I would really watch what you say to me human.” She snapped

                “Oh yah?” I laughed “What are you going to do? Snap my neck?”

                She grabbed the scuff of my shirt and rammed me into a tree “It’s an idea.” She replied

                I glared back at her and shoved her back. I really didn’t need any more crap from people, especially from a demon.

                Why take that from her then? His voice said in my head She’s just another demon.

                Just leave me alone I replied

                You can’t hide forever Lucas he said the truth will come out sooner or later.

                Not if I can help it

                His laughter shook me to the very bone. I tried to hide that I was talking to him since the demon queen (I think her name was Layla…yah that’s her name) was standing right in front of me as if trying to figure out what the hell was wrong with me.

                You’re my pure blood Lucas. You can’t change that. I control you now.

You can’t control me

                Can’t I?

                My body felt number for a second but then before I knew it my hand balled up into a fist without me even doing so. I tried to move but I couldn’t. It was like a movie; I was only watching what was going on. Before I knew it I my fist slammed into Layla’s face and she fell back. My body suddenly came back to life and I flexed my fingers. A second after that Layla rammed me into the tree again and held me by the throat.

                Need help? Lucifer laughed inside my head

                Not…from…you  I replied and grabbed a small knife from my pocket. I slashed the knife against her arm and she cursed as she let go. I backed up so I could get some distance between us. Great, just great. I was in a fight that I didn’t even start. Somehow Lucifer had taken over my body and made me hit Layla. How could he have done that? Before I could find out I ducked as Layla came at me.

                “Hey,” I said raising up my hands and backed up a few steps “I don’t want to fight you.”

                She laughed “Yah I can tell by the way you hit me.”

                “I didn’t mean to!” I yelled but regretted right after

 “Like I’m supposed to believe that,” she snapped  “Who else could it have been? The boogie man?”

                I hesitated (I guess in some way she was right) and hoped she didn’t notice but I replied “Ok I hit you.”

                I’d rather get my ass kicked right now then admit what I had just found out.

                She was a foot from me at one second and then next her leg kicked me across the face. I fell down but caught myself by holding out my hands. I spat on the ground and found blood. Shit. I stood up but Layla hit me across the face. Yah I was going to hurt in the morning. Ok if I want to get out of this I need to start fighting back. I dodged her next punch and hit her in the ribs. We continued hitting and dodging when we both stood a foot from each other hunched over. Our gazes were locked. A few seconds passed and she stood up. I followed in suit cautiously; getting ready for another attack. We stood there looking at each other for a few more moments when she came at me again. She jabbed me and I fell back, but she then grabbed me by the ankle and threw me ten feet from where she stood. I hit the ground and rolled. I pushed myself up so I was on my hands and knees. I stared at the ground. What had I gotten myself into?

                FIGHT Lucas! Lucifer yelled You have to fight!

                What do you think I’m doing?! I yelled in my mind

                This isn’t fighting, this is just pathetic….you’re weak. You are nothing. You don’t deserve half my soul. Maybe I did make a mistake in picking you.

                GET OUT OF MY HEAD THEN!!

                My body shook in anger, in being cold, and in fear. Layla came at me and lifted me up getting ready to punch me again, but something made her stop and realize that I wasn’t fighting back I suppose, because she lowered her fist and let me go.

“Think before you act when facing me Lucas.” She replied and walked away back to the building (or castle as some people liked to call it).

I stood there watching her walk into the building and wondered…what made her stop? Did she see something? Or did she just see that I wasn’t fighting back and thought I wasn’t worth it? I didn’t know and neither did I really care at this moment. The shock of what I had found out terrified me to the very core. No, there wasn’t another pure blood…I wasn’t pure. I was tainted. I shared my soul with the devil himself.X