The Soul King

Chapter 5

HIGHWAY I F 99 was a long and stretched road the highway extended 550 miles north or south with two straight forward front lanes going southbound and two straight forward lanes going northbound on the opposite side with a simple cement barricade implanted in the middle. Even before the strange apocalypse began to occur, this interstate was rarely used many folks complained about the tolls and fees and would resort to cheaper routes instead. Nevertheless, on a normal day you’d see more than just a few cars. Except for tonight driving down highway I F 99 was like taking your final ride through deaths throat. Cars can be seen burned in the distance while other vehicles can be seen splattered by blood. A few bodies can be observed on the road and inside many vehicles. Occasionally you would see a few humans in pacts, but they wouldn’t survive, too many things had conquered us. Our own sins came back for revenge.

People had changed and turned into wicked ones, Servants of something calling itself a God. Snowflakes drizzled down, and red lightning illuminated the road ahead of the two SUV’s that roadside by side. Massive pine trees, tall grass and a colossal forest rested on both sides of highway I F 99. Tiffany Elliot had fallen asleep, detained by the metal barricades Trinity had utilized on her. Martin Lloyd in the back seat had begun to suffer from a terrible withdrawal, it had started back in harmony hill when he had confessed to Daniel that he was not only hooked on cocaine but heroine as well. The adrenaline had kept Martin Lloyd from feeling any symptoms until now, he was feeling drowsy, nauseated and in an extremely bad mood.

Michael Cole was fully alert and would look at Tiffany and back to Trinity and wonder “Excuse me…When are you going to let her out of that?” said Michael to Trinity.

“When she’s calm” replied the woman dressed in red.

“She’s asleep… how calmer can you get?” asked Seth, the 16-year-old son of Michael Cole.

“She didn’t care, you saw how she killed Daniel back there, she’s probably strangling Tiff right now!” remarked a moody Martin Lloyd.

“Hush now Martin Lloyd…if you play nice maybe I’ll give you what you want” as both her eyes equally flashed red. Martin looked at Trinity with astonishment at her reply and said nothing.

Michael Cole also initiated to feel woozy and clammy, he was good at hiding the symptoms except the sweat still leaked from his forehead. Seth Cole being 16 years old and of course a kid, what do 16-year old’s think of? Skateboards, girls, what type of shoes they are going to buy, did they get the new I-phone, 16-year old’s typically have no worries except for Brandon and Seth, which was nothing typical about them being in the resistance, so came out the questions.

Seth leaned forward and asked “So what are you guys? Superheroes or something? I mean the car is driving itself.”

“Hush now Seth” said Michael.

“Come on dad…all this has to mean something right?” replied Seth.

“Ha…this doesn’t mean anything, sorry to piss on your super hero mood kid…we are all f****d…you see that s**t back there…that s**t was real…besides what type of super heroes run from their enemies?” stated Martin Lloyd.

“This all started because of the lights right? My dad always thought they were military…I knew they were aliens.” Asked Seth.

The car fell silent for a moment and then Trinity replied “No Seth…this all started because of something evil that escaped a prison that should’ve have never been in there to begin with and should have been killed. As there is good there is bad as there is light there is darkness.”

“You mean the V…o…C right?” said Seth in a teenage cocky tone…” I know about it because of Oscar…it’s a cursed land somewhere in deep dark space right?”

“It’s actually in supreme white space” replied Trinity, “what is happening to your world is very difficult to explain nothing can stop it from being destroyed.”

With this Trinity glanced at Tiffany and immediately the metal barricades retracted from her mouth and body. Without hesitation Tiffany Elliott went for Trinity’s neck and began to squeeze on her neckline tightly.

“Whoa…whoa…whoa…hold on there girl” said Michael.

“f**k off!” screamed Tiffany at Michael, red veins splattered across her face.

“That’s right Tiff…kill her…strangle that b***h!” encouraged Martin Lloyd.

Acid Murda sensed Trinity in turmoil and with his right leg pounded on the roof for the vehicle to halt. “What the f**k do you think he is trying to say?” said Ray to Brandon.

“I think he wants us to stop” replied Alice.

The unmarked SUV which Trinity and Tiffany along with the rest of the resistance drove in began to slide sideways down the road. The vehicle that Trinity was commanding via the mind link connection was severed by Tiffany’s aggression. Both SUV’s came to a stop nearly colliding.

“You f*****g b***h…you killed him!” screamed Tiffany as she pressed harder.

Trinity’s eyes began to flash from red to orange and settled on a pearl white. “Release me!”

Michael Cole went for his handgun pulled it, c****d it and aimed it at Tiffany. “Listen I don’t know what’s going on…and if she did let someone die…she’ll answer for it…but my kid is in this car and right now you are putting him in danger…so, let her go!”

Tiffany tilted her head and glanced at Michael and softly released a blue freezing mist which shattered Michael Cole’s gun in pieces.

“Tiffany don’t let it take over you” said Trinity in an echoed voice.

“It already has!”

With that the driver seat swung open and Acid Murda quickly gripped Tiffany by the hair and tossed her out of the vehicle. Alice disappeared from inside the first truck and reappeared next to Tiffany. “Already trying to control s**t…huh Trinity?” she said.

Brandon Griffin made his way to the altercation “we don’t have time for this” remarked the young sky keeper.

“God damn right we don’t have time for this!” said Lloyd from inside the truck.

“Listen do you hear that? Said Michael as he exited the vehicle. Acid murda felt it too. The road began to quake an enormous piece of the pavement was tossed in the air and tentacles sprouted from beneath, black and thick, they dripped with slimy ooze and a foul odor ejected from these tentacles black pores which roughly reached over 30 feet in length. Each tentacle contained its own unique face equipped with eyes to see and mouths to speak with black and reddish horns atop of the tentacle’s human like bald head.

“He’s here!” said Brandon as he stepped back and witnessed the red lightning above him.

Excalibur had been engaged with the night stalkers ever since he murdered their captain the vampire lord Gavis. The winged night stalkers carried Excalibur through the depressed night skies. With full force the night stalkers tried everything they could to overcome the council of tomb’s lieutenant none the less Excalibur Pryson wasn’t only a lieutenant in the red death army, but he was a spider soldier aligned with the nebula. As the creatures battled Excalibur murdered two of them in flight, he ripped one of the creatures heads off and the other his heart all of this as they soared midair. Excalibur along with the remaining two-night stalkers crash land in downtown Scarlett hill, Florida. They smash into a semi-truck and quickly all three smashed down to the street. Glass flew everywhere the hood of the semi-truck was mangled by the impact. None the less this was nothing compared to the bodies that laid scattered in downtown Scarlet Hills, Florida.

The tower of the V…O…A had begun to bulch outward from underneath the entire city of Advanced, Florida. The structure was enormous with an organic black heart which thumped at the very top attached to two snake symbols which criss crossed one another. The world had officially ended.

“I See you made it right on time…isn’t it beautiful” said the voice from behind Excalibur Pryson, the structure made a loud boom it caused an earthquake it resembled an egg hatching. Although what Advanced, Florida was giving birth to was nothing good.

“What is this” said Daniel Mikael as he stood next to Quinn Mitchel Carter, Alexis Cane, the executioner and of course the worst one had retracted back to the old, bald headed feeble body William Ofrain. “Brother this is the future we always wanted…a world with no laws”

“How did we get here? How come that fire didn’t kill us? Did you use that portal to get us here?” asked Daniel.

Excalibur was quickly surrounded by the two remaining night stalkers. Before any of them can make a move the executioner struck first. He bears hugged the first night stalker from behind he lifted him midair and broke his vampire body in two pieces, blood and guts were everywhere. The second night stalker growled launched at the executioner, the supernatural hitman released the Malkough a creature an alien parasitic demon who only he can command. The creature quickly consumed the night stalkers face and sucked it dry and entered through the mouth and exploded through the stomach while retrieving the vampire’s heart and presenting to the executioner as a gift. The executioner gently pats the Malkough and the creature quickly withdrawals back into the executioner’s organic body. The canvas mask wearing monster took great delight in eating his gift as he chewed down on the heart of the vampire.

Excalibur Pryson steps closer to Quinn Mitchel Carter… slightly bows…and moves to the back of the group. Daniel Mikael glanced around the chaos around him and felt agony and despair run through him.

“Why are we here Quinn?” asked Daniel in a more serious bizarre tone.

“There it is…that’s who I want to see…said Quinn.

“What are you talking about?” asked Daniel as his face appeared to glow and red veins began to take shape and criss cross his face.

“You think your destiny is with the girl…to protect her…to save her…unfortunately she will die, and you will become one of us…don’t fight it Daniel” said Quinn as his face morphed from a skeleton structure to an ancient witch equipped with white hair and all.

“Never!” screamed Daniel as he turned his face opposite to Quinn.

“Let’s just kill him now!” said William Ofrain inside his old feeble and disgusting body.

“Quiet…old man” said Alexis Cane.

“I know you are there!” yelled Quinn as the wind picked up.

“I can smell you.” Said Quinn.

The blood king began to step out of the shadows accompanied by Belmont and two of his vampiric elders.

“Once a criminal always a criminal…huh Daniel?” said Sirius Colfax the blood king to Daniel Mikael. “You must be one powerful legacy to survive Acid’s Murda attack” he continued…” switching side are we now Daniel?

Quinn Mitchel Carter glanced at the executioner and nodded his head. A command was set forth and that was to end the blood king once and for all. Excalibur Pryson and the executioner mutually began to walk towards the blood king. A battle was about to begin a small war was about to erupt. The blood king and Belmont along with his two vampiric elders were being surrounded by Excalibur Pryson, the executioner and Alexis Cane. A loud boom can be heard from a far. The blood king glanced around and said. “Perhaps we’ll all die tonight.” As his eyes beamed red.

The tentacles began to scream at each other and argue who they got to murder first. Brandon fired his orange dark plasma beams from his mouth as if he was blowing a soft kiss to someone he cared for deeply. The orange angelic fire made the tentacles screech and hiss, the retreated, down they went disappearing back into the darkness from which they came from. If Brandon Griffin’s flames didn’t destroy Excalibur Pryson than what was he really? It was a thought that haunted the sky keeper. Could he be like Acid Murda, could he be like himself but gone insane? Was Excalibur Pryson an angel?

“Look at this motherfucker dressed like Halloween” said Wally to Sophie as he pointed his black 9mm at Acid Murda. The pudgy African American Wally was not a criminal nor did he engage in any criminal activity before the 3:15 event. “Check their pockets Betty!” instructed Wally. Betty and Sophie were to suburban girls that have been riding with Wally since the red apocalypse had begun.

“You’re not f*****g serious? Are you?” said Michael Cole to the pudgy Wally. “These guys…these guys aint human, they will f**k you up…besides why you trying to rob us man? There are worst things out there, we should be helping each other!

“Yeah…good one dad…really good” said Seth as he bumped his father.

Trinity took this time to speak to tiffany in private the tentacles were gone they had retreated at least for the moment. There were three new survivors nevertheless Wally, Sophie and Betty weren’t resistance material.

“Tiffany listen to me…time has been murdered…the earth you once knew is gone…you’ve been hunting us…hunting the things you don’t understand…all your life, you are just like us…your father never made that deal…you know that…you made the deal and you were tired of your life, the abuse…a soul for a soul…remember? Said Trinity to Tiffany as Tiffany gently wept.

“Drop the f*****g gun! I won’t say it twice.” Said Brandon to Wally.

“f**k you, man…look at you…Mr. Tattoo ex con motherfucker with writings all over his body, I aint putting down s**t!”

Brandon Griffin quickly appeared in front of Wally took a hold of his throat with his right hand and shattered the pistol with his left hand. The two blond suburban girls Sophie and Betty looked at each other with wonderment as they bumped into Acid. Wally gasped for air, the growls can be heard and intensifying the moaning became louder and clearer, the undead has smelled the blood they had smelled fresh flesh and were coming. Brandon leaned his face closer to Wally’s and whispered. “Next time it will be your skull that I shatter.” And released him.

The undead returned had made their way onto highway I F 99 but they weren’t alone. They were in battle with the roaming V’s (roaming vampires). Many undead returned fell to the vampire who are much stronger, agile and intelligent. Yet the superior undead returned are a more sophisticated class of undead, capable of speech and human functions allowing them to fight back and retaliate against the roaming vampires.

“Dude I didn’t mean to hurt your feelings” said Wally from the floor.

“Save it!” said the sky keeper.

Wade Hawkins made his way down from the Cadillac escalade “How many people did you lose tonight? One…two…I’ve lost my brother Tim and my father…I’m a serial killer and the world ended. You come in here waving a gun at my friend?” as he pointed at Acid. “I should cut your f*****g throat!” said the shadow.

“So, what’s the point then?” said Tiffany. “Right?” as she slapped her hands on her jeans. “The world is gone!”

“The point is…there are other places you can go…it doesn’t have to be in this existence.” Said Trinity.

“What…no!” replied Tiff.

Martin Lloyd threw up all over Violet waking her up instantaneously, she had been asleep since the blood king had thrown her like a piece of nothing into the middle of the road. None the less she felt better, she gripped her handgun…took off her top black shirt exposing her sports bra. “You motherfucker!...you’re disgusting Martin!”

Martin wiped his lips from the green liquid that smeared his lips “How do you know my name?” he asked this in a state of tranquility.

“What do you think? I was asleep the whole-time ass wipe!” responded Violet.

“Great…you f*****g destroyed my gun…it’s the only gun we had!” said the hysterical pudgy Wally to Brandon as the growls grew louder.

“Tiffany listen…. whatever confusions you might be going through…understand that the power you have…can shift this balance and you need to trust me.” Said Trinity.

“I don’t trust anything! Not even myself…I don’t think I can ever trust you.” Said Tiffany as she walked back to Brandon, Acid Murda, Ray, Michael, Seth and the rest of the entourage.

“You guys had a nice chat?” said Wade to Tiffany.

“What’s that growling?” asked Tiffany in a concerned manner.

“That legacy…is death…whether it be ours or theirs that’s up to us.” Said the mysterious Alice.

A roaming vampire attacked Sophie dropping her to the ground, the young suburban girl shot the vampire twice with a revolver she had stolen from her dad when she discovered his corpse along with her mother in the garage, they had mutually committed suicide. The vampire shrieked and retreated.

“What the hell, Sophie…you lied to me…you had a gun this whole time?” asked Wally.

“You always said trust no one…aint that right Wally? Sophie said this while an inhuman arm pierced her backside and extracted through her chest, killing Sophie instantly. Seth was dragged by two vampires through the middle of the road his father Michael relentlessly kept his finger steady on the trigger and blasted but this wasn’t enough it took Acid Murda’s rapid movement of vicious killing to save Seth. The undead returned had begun to overwhelm the group and that’s when Trinity let out her blast, at first it felt as if the air came to a complete halt as if winds had vanished from the planet, Trinity’s blast illuminated a white glow so intense the spider god and Gammorath equally growled in the distance. Acid Murda released his fire ball of orange dark plasma from his fiery eyes while Trinity disengaged and protected the survivors and their automobiles, with her protective shield of omega. All roaming vampires along with the undead returned had been destroyed a devastation and a destruction of high magnitude.

“Jesus Christ!” said Wally and I thought Iran dropping nuclear bombs in California was crazy” said a pudgy Wally.

“What? What did you just say? Asked a concerned Michael.

“Yeah you motherfuckers are all supernatural and s**t and you aint got TV’s or radios? Iran bombed the f**k out of us…accused us of opening some type of s**t up with cern…said we released some demons …china is with them…so is Russia…there calling us evil like America is that woman that’s sitting on that beast in the bible, in revelations…like we are wicked.”

Michael stared back at wally and said” Maybe we are, we have been killing ourselves from the beginning over money, fame and pride…maybe we deserve this” as Michael said these six fighter jets with no emblem and no decals and no indication from what country they originated from. They flew in a star formation as they boomed through the clouds. Trinity and Acid both equally stood drained from the massive power which they both displayed, completed eradicating the undead and the roaming vampires while the protecting the seven Morpheus resistance.

“Hey f**k head…I know you didn’t come walking.” Said Michael to a stunned and visibly shaken Wally.

Ah… is he going to grab me by the neck and shatter my neck if I don’t.” as he pointed a Brandon.

“Maybe.” Replied Michael.

“Well then yeah…its right over there” replied Wally.

“Wally I’m going to ask you two questions” said Michael as walked along with Seth.

“Um…okay.” Replied Wally.

“One…are you gased up is your tank filled” …” Yeah.” “Good!” said Michael…” Second question is there anyone else in the car with you? Am I going to have to kill someone Wally?.”

“My sister is in there!” replied Betty Fix the twenty-two-year-old traveling companion of the apocalypse with Wally Moore.

Michael turned around and stared at Betty in the face and asked, “How old is your sister?”

“She is seventeen sir…and she is not a threat.” Answered Betty.

“Yeah…we will see about that.” Remarked Michael. “Is this it? As Michael pointed to the BMW X5.

“Oh my god dad…look at that car!” yelled Seth.

“Seth!...get back here…Seth!” yelled Michael as the the kid ran ahead of them.

As Michael approached the black BMW X5 he noticed Betty’s sister quietly sitting in the back of the vehicle. “She looks Chinese…I mean no offense, but how is he your sister?”

“She’s Korean and she is adopted… is that good enough for you?” replied Betty.

Michael shrugged his shoulders and strolled to the rear of the black BMW X5. “Why is there a wheelchair back here?” asked Michael calmly but curious.

“It belongs to Rebecca.” Responded Wally.

“And the clothes?” asked Michael.

“That’s me sir.” Responded Wally.

“f*****g Kids.” Replied Michael as he slammed the rear of the SUV.

“That’s a bad ass Metallica shirt!...you got some nice s**t back there!” said Seth.

“Yeah thanks…I haven’t had a chance to put on the Metallica shirt yet.” Said Wally.

“Guys! Are you serious? Said Michael to Seth and Wally.

Michael begins to take two steps back and opened the back-seat door. “Now that’s what I’m talking about.” As he observes weapons, winter clothing and a few canned goods stuffed in duffel bags.

Brandon Griffin climbs atop the Cadillac SUV and helms the Gatling gun while detective Ray Patterson and Wade Hawkins equally occupy the driver and passenger seat. Michael Cole convinced Wally Moore that he was the new designated driver of the BMW X5 with his son Seth riding shotgun. Betty and Rebecca were more than welcomed to come along with Wally which they did. Michael felt tired and his eyes began to show dark and puffy bags, Michael needed a hit badly.

“So, where you guys from?” asked Wally to Michael as the settled in vehicle.

“Kings landing, Georgia we’ve been driving all night! We have been trying to find my mom.” Said Seth.

“Oh, s**t that’s like 100 miles from here, how are things over there?” asked Wally.

“Same as here…terrible.” Replied Michael

Martin Lloyd appeared at the window of Michael Cole and relentlessly knocked everyone in the vehicle screamed even Michael was startled. Michael rolled down the SUV car window and proceeded to say. “What’s up bro?...tired of riding with them psychopaths, things aint too great in here.”

“Please man.” Drooled Martin…” I can’t take it,” responded Martin…” Metal barricades, f*****g dragon fire…I knew about the dream drifters’ man…I mean Charlie was into some s**t!”

“Who is Charlie? Replied Michael as Martin rambled on.

“Charlie man…Brandon’s dad he married my sister Emma, they like killed her in front of me! The kids got superpowers…the female dressed in red over there is like psychotic wonder woman!...and I’m feening so f*****g bad.”

“What?” replied Michael.

“I’m sick dude.” And he leaned his body closer to Michael and whispered “I’m jonesing man…. I need a fix…you understand what I’m saying?” said Martin.

A light bulb snapped on in Michaels cranium…he himself needed a hit tremendously bad and figured two heads was better than one to figure out where to find some. Both Martin and Michael had been haunted by the monster of addiction before the supernatural invasion.

“Hop in.”

“Thanks bro!” said Martin wiping the sweat from his forehead after all the BMW X5 was a bulky vehicle and had enough room for the duffel bags and its occupants.

Violet strolled her way into Michael new acquired BMW without saying a word and sat next to Rebecca…” Hi!” she said with a grin on her face.

“Hello.” Replied the young girl her tone was as if she almost wept.

“Alright that’s enough! No more f*****g passengers lock your f*****g doors! As a matter of fact, I will lock them…all of them!” yelled Michael.

Alice walked up to Trinity, Tiffany and Acid Murda as they stood in front of the SUV that Trinity previously had drove with her mind-link connection. “Besides that, monster ripping a whole on the other side of the highway and Brandon melting the asphalt…. we are good to go!...that farmhouse better be worth it…I don’t think there’s enough road left to get back!” said Alice. The group responded in silence. “In other words,…we are leaving…I trust you guys are going to follow?” as she turned and paced forward to the Cadillac escalade and climbed into to the back seat.

“Listen to me…I’m driving…none of your magical bullshit…let’s get this done and try to survive.” Said Tiffany.

Acid nodded in compliance and made his way to the sky keeper Brandon Griffin; Michael Cole pounded on the roof and flashed the beamers lights. Trinity and Tiffany both slid inside their designated vehicle. Red lightning struck the clouds as of a thousand hammers ponded the earthly walls. A figure began to emerge from the darkness, black trench coat, black boots, black gloves and no visible face along with a vintage cowboy hat.

“What the f**k?” who the hell is that now?” said Ray to Wade.

“Holy s**t dad!” said Seth to his father. “Who is that?.

“I don’t want to die man” said Wally.

“I don’t know son…I guess we’ll soon find out…you have your rifle off safety?”

“Yes sir!” responded Seth to his Father Michael Cole.

Michael Cole began to emerge from the BMW, “No!” whispered Trinity from inside the SUV she was occupying. Michael pulled his 45 automatics…cocked it…aimed it…” Who are you?” he asked the stranger.

“Get inside the car.” Whispered Trinity.

Michael Cole received the mind link connection message, but it was too faint to make out.

“Fearless…so much courage…willing to face the unknown.” Said the apocalypse man to Michael. Michael kept his gun aimed and steady at this bizarre individual.

“I don’t know who the hell you are, but as you can see were in the middle on the apocalypse here if you haven’t noticed there is an apocalypse going on here….and these people here are not the type of people to be messing with…I’m not the type of person to mess with.” As he squeezed on the trigger a bit tighter.

“Hey dad!”

“Get back inside Seth screamed Michael nervously as he held the gun.

“That’s your son…how sweet.” Responded the apocalypse man as he turned into a black mist and appeared behind Seth grabbing his throat displaying a 16inch jagged edge knife. “How about I slice your throat in front of daddy? And make him lick up your blood?”

“Let go of my kid or I…

“You’ll what?” said the apocalypse man as he pressed firmly on Seth’s throat.

Acid murda glanced at Trinity with disbelief that a new threat had emerged. “Help them!” whispered Trinity inside Acid’s mind and so the angel of the trance verse began his march to confront the apocalypse man.

Ruthless and devasting blows had landed on the vampire Sirius Colfax’s face. Quinn Mitchel Carter unmistakably had the upper hand. He kept screaming “You think you know me?” as he strangled Sirius Colfax. The executioner had murdered the two vampire elders which accompanied the blood king, he had decapitated them…mutilated them. The executioner was more than monster he was an embodiment of hell itself. Belmont had been reamed unconscious by vicious punches delivered by Excalibur Pryson. The worst one remained in his human form while he puffed on a Cuban cigar and laughed. The old feeble man sounded like an old witch being murdered. Alexis Cane is juggling fireballs looking quite bored as he says “don’t we have things to do? How long are we going to play?”

“Hush now…saint Nick slasher!” said the old and raggedy William Ofrain. “How long have you served the master a few years or so? Try hundreds” as he pointed at himself. “Souls after souls! Life is but a whimper, and this is quite enjoyable don’t you think?” within Sirius Colfax mind the vampire’s thoughts ran wild he actually being defeated by something he never knew existed. This master vampire from another dimension who ruled the kingdom of Jeremiah and its silver throne was about to meet his end.

“Come on DJ lets have some fun!” screamed Quinn as the blood king as he laid battered and bleeding.

“I can’t” replied Daniel. “it wasn’t supposed to be this way he added.

“It was always supposed to be this way…. you and I…life and in death! You are him Daniel. Embrace it!:” said Quinn.

“I knew it…I should’ve killed you…when I had the chance.” Said Sirius Colfax from the ground as he spit blood from his mouth.

“Just kill them…kill them all!” said Excalibur Pryson with a deep and demonic voice.

William Ofrain had begun to drag the unconscious Belmont and proceeded to pour gasoline around his body in a circular motion, the old geezer was preparing Belmont for a ritual. The inner dimensional demon... the worst one was tired of the feeble and fragile body of William Ofrain and wanted to jump ship.

“You are going to get rid of me aren’t ya?” screamed William Ofrain to the creature within him as he searched for a matchstick in his dirty old pockets. A cold heavy wind began to sweep through downtown Scarlett Hills, Florida.

“Who else knows you’re here? Asked Excalibur Pryson to Quinn Mitchel Carter the fourth horsemen,

“No one!” as Quinn kicked and rammed his leg in the blood kings face. DJ began to show red veins which criss crossed his face circular red blood spots appear on both cheeks. Excalibur glanced around and said, “Someone has used the dark fire!”

“Impossible…only Alexis has that ability and he is with us!...you’re being paranoid!” said Quinn.

“He is right!” remarked Alexis Cane the saint Nick slasher as he stepped forward and stood next to Excalibur.

Quinn quickly turned around and said, “who then?”

From the shadows arose Azra the water snake lady, submerged from head to toe in tribalistic tattoos, tattooed snakes all around her body as she wore a trench coat and nothing else, her breast bulged outward. Her long black hair shun in the night, syringes pierced every single inch of her body with black liquid within these needles.

“It’s you…how can it be? I killed you.” Said Alexis as two blades extracted from each of his hands and approached the water snake lady.

“Stop!” remarked Excalibur as he placed his left hand on Alexis chest. “She’s not the same Azra!...she’s made a deal…with the vex pyramid and the creatures that dwell within it.”

“Take your hand off me…I killed her once before!” replied Alexis.

“Cane!” said Excalibur. “She will kill you!” in a deep echoed voice.

“Listen to your friend Alexis and you might survive this night I’m not here for you.” Said Azra as she spread her hands and multiplied chained hooks extracted from her palms.

“What is this?” asked Quinn to Excalibur.

“She is here for the blood king…kill him!” replied Excalibur.

Azra released the chain hooks which flew at hyper speed through the air and penetrated through Alexis Cane’s liver and heart. The chains appeared to be mechanical as they began to spin inside his body and ripping it to shreds. His two black hearts smashed against the floor and remained thumping. The blood king slowly commenced to stand on both his feet.

“There you are.” Said William Ofrain as he found the matchstick and was about to light Belmont and commence the transfer ritual. Immediately is gripped by one of Azra’s metal chains, she pulled back and swung and threw William’s old and feeble body at least 70 feet away.

“We can do this all night! I can kill you all one by one.” Said Azra in her beautifully devilish echoed tone.

Excalibur stomped on Alexis’s twin black hearts... I think it’s safe to say he wasn’t fond of him.

Azra tilted her head and stretched her neck backwards. Her throat line began to glow neon orange until it settled on the color red. She released blue flames from her mouth, the fire shot straight into the sky and split in two. One portal took the blood king and the second took Belmont. The blue flames quickly turned into white lights that appeared over the skies which bring the question. Were these the lights observed by Michael Cole and his family? The white lights that seemed to haunt detective Noah Simmons and his partner.

“Don’t move! She can kill us all.” Said Excalibur.

By now William Ofrain’s malevolent spirit which dwelled inside his old body the worst one made his way back to his evil friends.

“Let’s kill this b***h! You saw what she did to me!” said the malicious worst one.

“Be quiet i***t!” said Excalibur.

But Azra felt threatened composed yet ready to attack, Azra quickly disappeared the blood king and Belmont before she exited the town of Scarlett Hills. She left them with a somber goodbye. “This place is the source…you will all die.. each and every one will be swallowed by the darkness.”

The apocalypse man held his nineteen-inch jagged blade to Seth’s throat. “I can spill your blood kid…all over this floor.”

“My dad will kill you” said Seth to the stranger while Acid Murda walked up behind him.

“Be still Angel! At last the one I really came for!” as the apocalypse man pushed Seth into his father’s arms and turned and faced towards Acid. He has one more thing to say to Seth.

“And by the way kid.” As he slanted his shadowy face towards Seth. “That’s how you die.”

Seth glanced down as if he felt these words were true.

“Brother…Lord Aeschylus demands you s*******r all these individuals immediately and returned with me back home.” Said the apocalypse man.

“You don’t think he’ll do it right?” asked Tiffany to Trinity

“I don’t know” …responded Trinity in a low voice.

The resurrected Mayan’s had begun to approach, supernatural in appearance they held weapons crafted of bone and metal.

“Holy f**k! What’s that?” as he pointed to the impending individuals. “Looks like a tribe of Indians!” said Martin with a confused face as he gestured with his hands.

“They are coming brother…the resurrected of the V…O…C…Slaughter these people! This world is in ruins.” Said the apocalypse man.

The travelers were a special kind of individuals somewhere human and some otherworldly a few deity’s and even some gods. The orbs of Xadin had been found by humans long ago whom funded a government project known as the dream drifters. This allowed human minds to connect to planets in space and connect to the core of each world as well. Dr. Kenneth Cross has surpassed just connecting to a planet core and had entered multiple dimensions, he discovered that an ancient god by the name of Gammorath had reached our stars and invaded our planet long ago. A creature who traded immortality for souls and would turn humans into supernatural beings and servants of his cause when needed.

In his findings Dr. Kenneth Cross in addition discovered the existence of a portal which led to the transverse and kingdom of vampires in one planet an army of grim reapers in another. Purgatory was confined to a planet in the dimension that the Dr. discovered. Even the angels who are among the first that fell are trapped in this intergalactically cosmic artery of interconnected roads that lead into the V…O…C…where the darkest and deepest creatures’ dwell. Acid murda launched at the apocalypse man while Michael Cole screamed at Seth.

” Let’s go! Get in the car! God damn it!”

Michael sped off with Seth, violet, betty her sister Rebecca who was paraplegic. Acid and the apocalypse man smashed against the side medium, Ray Patterson along with Brandon Griffin manning the Gatling gun, Wade Hawkins and Alice, Trinity and Tiffany followed. All three trucks sped off in continuance to Charles Griffins farmhouse. Tiffany glanced through the rear view and observed apocalypse man and Acid trading vicious blows.

“So that’s your thing huh? Leaving people behind? I’m not like you…I don’t leave people behind.” Said Tiffany to Trinity.

“He can take care of himself no one lives forever Tiffany.” Replied Trinity.

“I thought you said we could…isn’t that what you were telling me back at the highway? That me an DJ can live a happy life in a different existence,” she waved her hands in the air.

“Don’t mock me…what I said back there to you was all true, there is something better than this…you just have to give up everything you have…surrender…and all that you love will be yours.”

“Now that Sounds like some bullshit to me…we are alive now…we fight now…this world…this existence.” Replied Tiffany Marie Elliot.

The vehicle fell silent as both equally stared out the window, the three trucks in conjunction with one another as the red lightning illuminated the skies above them.

Charles Griffin moved swiftly from tree to tree as he hid from the night stalkers that roamed above. Jon was with him a gentle soul from the survivors out post which was recently burned down with Jon and Brandi’s family within it. Jon couldn’t help it and slid through the grass.

“Shhh.” Whispered Charles. “They’re above us.” He muttered.

“My family man, they were in there.” Said Jon

“Listen…maybe they made It out…maybe they are out there right now looking for you…I know my son is…my wife is…were going to get killed by these things we need to outsmart them.” Said Charles as he observed the cabin in the distance.

Between the cabin and these men was a long dark violent road, as Charles and Jon began to pace towards the cabin the night stalkers growled and hissed above.

“Dad?” Jon’s son appeared before him.

“Billy! Jon dropped his firearm.”

“That’s not him!” said Charles.

“f**k you!” replied Jon.

The kid was half burned one side was perfectly normal the other side appeared like it was hit a nuclear rocket, the boy was clearly dead.

“Listen to me Jon! That’s not your son!” said Charles.

Jon son suddenly duplicated next to himself and repeated the same words. “Of course, I am Dad…top notch.” Replied the second dead zombie kid.

Emma appeared to Charles. “Charlie I told you we lose…we couldn’t protect him…why did you try to convince me all those years? Asked the ghost of Emma Griffin.

“How can it use you…use your body unless you’re…” Charles stopped in his tracks while realizing something.

“That’s right Charles…I died back there…on the long violent road…but in a sense I was reborn.”

Emma fell backwards and smashed into the ground as she turned into water. Charles and Jon ran past the two entities pretending to be Jon’s kid and headed towards the cabin, but something was watching them.

You let her get away! Said Quinn Mitchel Carter while pacing back and forth and pointing at Excalibur. “And this sack of s**t couldn’t even put up a fight.” While pointing at the two black smashed hearts. He turned to the executioner and quickly glanced away. A feud with the executioner was pointless it would drag on until someone died.

“Daniel, Ofrain…Excalibur! Let’s take DJ to the V…O…C…let’s take him to Richmond’s diner, I think it’s time the dream king journeyed the wonderful lands and met the legion of graveyards.

“No Quinn! I’m going my own way…I have business to settle.” Replied Excalibur Pryson with his gas mask still attached to his face, beneath it a reptilian façade. Mechanical tubes fed dark plasma into his body, his skin beneath underneath his suit was that of a snake blended with a mosquito. The executioner stood by Excalibur and so did the worst one.

“Oh, I see…all three of you huh? That’s fine…go out and take care of your f*****g business…ill introduce Daniel to the queen…while you go out after some boy.”

“That boy can destroy us!” said Excalibur.

“Yeah I’m with him!” said the worst one in his spiritual form in a cocky and sarcastic manner. “Sorry Quinn.” Suddenly a blue lighting struck the skies and an orange circular portal ripped the atmosphere open all three stepped through.

“Cocksuckers!” said Quinn as he watched them exit this reality.

Daniel Mikael screamed in agony the red veins puffed outward from his face. Horns had begun to grow downward from the back of his skull, his tongue had chained and morphed that to snake a snake.

“Relax…it’s a process…I am very annoyed right now.” Said Quinn.

Daniel stood up and wrapped his both hand around Quinn’s neck and asked, “What’s happening to me?”

“You are becoming.” Said Quinn in a serious tone. “Come let me show you.” As Quinn Mitchel Carter the fourth horseman opened a portal to the V…O…C…the requiem of resurrection.

The three trucks drove past the lifeless bodies, screaming children, unrecognizable monsters, resurrected Mayans and unidentified crafts hung suspended in our night skies. The transmission began as a loud static via all three cars.

“What the f**k is that?” said Michael.

“I’ve heard that static before…before my friend Johnathan Case was killed…we heard it’s like a broadcast.” Said Violet. The radio burst came again louder this time more potent. Trinity tried to block the transmission none the less the SLEEPER establishes the connection.

“Can anyone hear me? Is there anyone out there? This is Chad…Chad Miller, I’ve used this time frequency before some of you know me as GORK. I might have contacted you at different points of your life, we are the resistance and the year is 2026…The dream king is he still with you?”

Trinity’s interference had begun to achieve its goal…GORKS voice started to fade, she was blocking his transmission.

“There are three-time lines…I know it’s confusing…three sets of reality…we weren’t supposed to know this.” The voice began to fade again.

“What are you doing?” asked a concerned Tiffany to Trinity. “Are you…are you blocking his transmission?”

“Why would I do that?” replied Trinity.

Another radio burst came in through all the vehicles speakers. “Is she still among you?” with panic in his voice. “She is going to…” the connection was lost.

“God damn it! How can we get him back?” said Michael.

“Why don’t you take a chill pill dad!” remarked Seth.

“We can’t!” replied Violet…sometimes they connect at random.”

“Is that from the future?” asked Michael with his head in reverse facing Violet.

“Yeah.” Reassured Violet.

(A few miles down the road)

So, this is it brother?...after all we have come to know about the seven Morpheus, the trance verse leads the way to billions and billions of worlds brother…you’d give all that up for a woman?” asked the apocalypse man as he laid on the ground bleeding with his right arm ripped out from the socket. His trench coat ripped; his nose broken while Acid murda stood over him.

“Not for a woman.” Said Acid murda with a deep demonic tone in his voice. “but to kill Aeschylus!”

“So then…go on with it brother…kill me on this road tonight…I will dance with the devils… the spider god and the tick are going to unite and that girl you love…she will kill you all.” Acid Murda plunged his gold sword through the apocalypse man’s chest and twisted it counterclockwise and pulled it and placed them back it their holster but not before licking the blood of the blade. A black on the outside and red in the inside of the long cloak, more like a cape extracted from Acid Murda’s chest plate vest which had turned from gold to red with seven diamonds in the center. Acid Murda felt the cloaks power flow within him. His new superhero cape had injected dark plasma in a super Metron phase six activity blend…in other words Acid Murda had grown stronger. In the speed of light, he was hovering over the black escalade protecting the three vehicles that belonged to the resistance.

Individuals from different realities, human beings with their own agendas, all ages female and male both alike thrown together, bonded by some type of destiny that was oblivious even to them.