The Devil's Pact - S01 E257

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The Devil's Pact - S01 E257

Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 257

"Drive carefully," I ordered Dennis. "No one can see us."

I saw the muzzle of the MP5 flash and...I was standing in shadows. I blinked, looking around in confusion. Everywhere I looked was a gray-black mist of nothingness. I frowned, no there was something over there. People? Huddled in a circle, maybe. They were mere forms in the shadowy haze. Seeing nothing else here, I walked towards them.

What was going on? Where am I?

As I drew nearer, the huddled forms resolved into 05 and 78. And just beyond them were 63 and 22. My heart churned. I last saw 63 lying dead next to Master, her face ruined by the bullet that struck her. And 22 was at the entrance when the SWAT poured in. Dread nibbled at my heart. Was dead? The flash of the MP5 filled my memory.

No, I could not be dead. Master and Mistress need me. They were under attack.

"Where are we?" I asked. They all turned to look at me. "63, you were shot. You looked dead?"

63 nodded sadly. "I protected Master," she whispered, pushing her aubum hair back behind her shoulders.

"This must be a dream," I protested. "I can't be..."

"Dead?" an ancient voice whispered from behind. "I am afraid you all are dead."

I turned to see an old man, dressed in gray robes, almost invisible in the shadows. "I can't be dead," I protested. "I have to save Mistress. She's under attack."

"You died trying to save your Mistress, Chasity Sarah Vinter." The man gave a tired smile.

"Who are you," 05 asked.

"I am Virgil, Dove Tawny Atterberry," Virgil answered, speaking 05's name. He paused, as if he expected us to know whom he was. Then he sighed. "Americans, none of you study the classics." Virgil shook his head in disgust. "None of you even played that bastard video game? No, well, that's for the best. You are all dead and this is Limbo, or the Shadow. The closet part of the Abyss to the Mortal World."

"The Abyss?" asked, in confusion.

"Hell, Gehenna, Tartarus, Sheol." Virgil answered. "The Abyss has been called by many names. You are here because Mark Glassner bound your souls to his. Here you shall await your Master's death, to spend eternity with him." Virgil focused his eyes, like he was peering into the shadows." I do not think you will have to wait long."

I frowned, it was almost like he was seeing Master. I concentrated, picturing Master and I could see through shadows and there was Master still dying on the ground. I thought of Mistress and the vision blurred and there was Mistress, tied up in the back of a SWAT van snarling at the sandy-blonde nun.

I wanted to ask Virgil questions, but he was gone, faded back into the shadows. I took 63 and 05's hands, squeezing them and sat down. "We will be reunited with Master," said, reassuringly to my women. "We just have to wait."

"Where are we?" a new voice asked in confusion.

I glanced over to see 34 appear. I held out my hand to her, letting go of 63's hand. "I have some sad news," I told her as she squeezed between 63 and myself.

I was falling into darkness.

I was dying.

Alice shot me and I was dying.

I never thought that this is how it would end. Getting shot by a jealous woman so she could have my fiancee. Mary would be joining me, soon, I realized sadly. Mary wished for youth and health for as long as I lived. When I died, so would she. Regret blossomed in my heart. I would never get to see my child that grew in Korina's belly. I would never get to make a child with Mary. And I wanted so very much to marry my sweet filly. To watch her walk radiant down the aisle towards me in her wedding dress. I pictured her, dressed in white, a veil obscuring her pretty face, flowers in her hand. Her auburn hair would have been a splash of color against the purity of her dress. She would have been so beautiful.

"You can still see her, Mark," a woman's voice floated out of the darkness. "You are not dead, yet."

To be continued....