The Devil's Promise

The Devils Promise Episode 4

*EPISODE 4:

A drop of blood fell on the floor and instantly turned into smoke and disappeared.

Ariz was standing in the middle of the ruined library. His black chains were slowly going back inside his skin.

Ariz: "You are not safe here at all. Both of you. Get out of the library, right now."

Mehro and Shayan didn't ask anything. They ran. As soon as they stepped out of the library, a small blast happened inside. Almost half of the books fell from the shelves.

*Later. 3:15 AM. Mehro's house.*

Everything was silent. The whole house was asleep. Mehro was in her room, still shaking because of what happened in the library.

Then... _tuk tuk tuk_.

Someone was knocking on her window.

Mehro got scared. She slowly opened the window. Outside, Ariz was standing in the dark. His clothes were torn. He had wounds on his arms, but the wounds were healing fast.

Ariz: "Are they coming?"

Mehro: "Who? Who is coming?"

Ariz didn't answer. He looked up at the roof of her house.

And then Mehro saw it too.

On the wall of her own bedroom, black handprints started appearing. One, two, ten, twenty... dozens of black handprints, like someone was putting their burnt hands on the wall. The window glass cracked on its own.

Ariz shouted, "DOWN! SIT DOWN NOW!"

Black chains shot out from his hands and covered the window. A strange sound came - _ssss... ssss..._ - like many snakes were hissing. And then, suddenly, everything went silent.

Ariz breathed slowly and whispered, "They are gone... for now."

The chains came back inside his hands. Shayan, who was hiding behind the door, came forward.

Shayan: "How long has this been happening? Who were those people? And what list? What were you talking about?"

Ariz closed his eyes for a second. He looked very tired.

Ariz: "I locked them 800 years ago. Those shadows... they are not human. They are a curse."

Mehro looked at the marks on the wall. She was scared to touch them.

Mehro: "But why are they on my wall? Where is this list?"

Ariz opened the chain on his chest and showed them. On his chest, there was a mark. It looked like an old book, and on that book, names were glowing in black ink.

Ariz pointed to the top of the list.

Ariz: "Mehro... your name is now on the top."

Mehro's heart stopped.

Mehro: "What did I do? Why me?"

Ariz looked at her with soft eyes and said quietly, "You helped me. When you helped me in the library, your name got written. Anyone who sees them, their name comes on the list."

Mehro stood up and went to the window. She looked outside.

Outside, everything looked normal at first. But then she saw it. The sky, which was clear a minute ago, was now filled with black, smoky clouds.

Ariz also looked up and his face became serious.

Ariz: "Until your names are on the top of that list, their sky will be above you too."

In the sky, opposite Mehro's house, one big shadow was standing. And slowly, behind it, two, three more shadows started to appear.

Shayan panicked.

Shayan: "What do we do now?"

Ariz started walking towards the door. He was going to leave.

Ariz: "I have to go now."

Mehro: "Where?"

Ariz looked back at both of them.

Ariz: "To stop them. Otherwise they will kill both of you. Just... protect yourselves. And whatever happens, do NOT go out of this room tonight."

He said it, and jumped out of the window. His black chains disappeared into the dark night sky.

Mehro and Shayan were left alone in the room, with the black handprints still glowing on their wall.