Corruption at it's finest
There's a world within the shadows,a place were screams aren't heard. Where the only breath of life is when a mortal dies. Full of nightmares and terrors you could never imagine, Brutality with the highest of death tolls... this,is a place where corruption is at it's finest.This is the place from where I was born.
"Come on honey push."
A woman screams in agony,"I am you stupid bastard!!!" She screams even louder and clinches to her husbands hand,he winces in pain but knows better then to utter another word.The monitors start to go haywire,screeching and beeping. Terrified for her unborn child the woman becomes frantic,"What is that,W-WHAT'S GOING ON!?".No one acknowledges her so she grabs the by passing nurse by the collar of her shirt,"Tell me..right now,is there something wrong with my baby?" The nurse is shocked at her out burst and doesn't seem to know what to say,so a doctor intervenes,"It seems the umbilical cord is wrapped around it's throat.." The woman loses all her color in her face,her husband asks if there's something they can do."Hmm we could try and turn the child,but it's not a 100% effective it could still die." The woman remains silent,her husband speaks for her again."Well...it has more of a chance for survival if you turn it....right?" The doctor,"At this age and time it's pretty much the same percentage.." The husband agrees to the procedure,doctors gather around to try and turn the baby and get the cord off of it's neck,it fails and the woman gives birth to a dead baby.............
Dark deep laughter can be heard echoing through the halls,it speaks."Lovely isn't it,a mortal child dies and one of ours is given life." He pulls a child smoldering in smoke and ashes out of the shadows. A delicate voice comes into play,"Who will you burden with this one,my lord?" The man grins,"Why the king of course." The woman is shocked,"But he's tortured every child you've given him,he's even been known to kill them." He moves out of the shadows and chucks the baby at the woman,"What he does with them is none of my concern,he pays good money for them now deliver the damned thing!" She barely catches the child,"Y-yes sir.."
Sighing the moment she leaves and shuts the door to the incubator,she looks at the child so innocent and fragile in her arms. A voice snaps her out of her trance."You should get a move on Erika,you know the boss has other jobs for you." She looks up at the young man,"Yes I'm well aware of that,thank you.Do you have a pen or marker on you by any chance?" The young man looks puzzled,"Um sure" he hands her a marker. Erika moves quickly through the hall so she won't have to answer anymore questions. Again she catches herself staring at the bundle in her arms,she begins to whisper to it,"My lord won't let me have a child of my own....even though I've shown nothing but loyalty and undying devotion to him.So you,you my beautiful creature will by mine...only by way of giving name.You may die by the hand of the king.." a tear forms in her eye "but at least you will have a name...my dear Slater." She writes a name with the marker on the child's bare chest then covers it with the blanket and hurries to the castle.
Erika slowly and hesitantly approaches the court yard,before she can enter an old man starts to talk."They say even in the darkest of shadows,a glimmer of light can still be seen.........................but they lie,they have no clue what true darkness is",the old brittle man laughs. "They,they have no idea what awaits them...in the kings court". Erika scrunches up her nose at the old man,smelling of rotting flesh and bodily waste and tries to maneuver around him. The old man laughs again and gets closer then Erika cared for him to get,"Hmm you look so out of place, are you lost woman"? The stench of the old mans breath hits Erika so hard she thought she was going to pass out,backing up a bit,she replies, "I'm here to deliver precious cargo to the king now move you disgusting old man".He grins and his eyes seem to glow,"Is it truly me that is disgusting,as you just said or maybe it's really you,you're the one feeding our youth to this ungrateful bastard!" His voice seemed to shake at the last word. Frozen by the old mans words Erika stands there looking around at the castle. There isn't a single thing that doesn't have blood on it,the walls,rocks,statues,everything...everywhere blood the fountain was even tinted with blood. She looks to the ground and notices what looks to be children's bloody foot prints.Her eyes widen, so the rumors were true..the king had had made some of the children battle against each other.. Realizing all this and seeing the after math with her own eyes surely she couldn't give this baby boy to him not after naming him and already feeling so much love for him. So she got an idea,she didn't care if she got caught and killed she just wanted to make sure her child was safe. Though this plan meant she also had to kill the poor old man so there would be no eye witness. With nothing to lose she put her plan into action,she grabbed a thin piece of metal on the ground whipped around and shoved it into the mans throat. Beyond surprised he starts to panic and tried to remove the object. Continuing on with her plan,Erika grabs the dead body of a baby she spotted in the bushes and cleans it off with the water from the fountain in the courtyard. She unwraps the baby she was holding and hides him in a small hole near the exit and wraps the dead baby up with the blanket. Before she moves on to deliver the fake "new" born,she turns to the old man surprised by the smile on his face and with that smile he dove off the cliff. Staring wide eyed down the cliff she realizes, ".. the old man understood what I was doing...."
A woman screams in agony,"I am you stupid bastard!!!" She screams even louder and clinches to her husbands hand,he winces in pain but knows better then to utter another word.The monitors start to go haywire,screeching and beeping. Terrified for her unborn child the woman becomes frantic,"What is that,W-WHAT'S GOING ON!?".No one acknowledges her so she grabs the by passing nurse by the collar of her shirt,"Tell me..right now,is there something wrong with my baby?" The nurse is shocked at her out burst and doesn't seem to know what to say,so a doctor intervenes,"It seems the umbilical cord is wrapped around it's throat.." The woman loses all her color in her face,her husband asks if there's something they can do."Hmm we could try and turn the child,but it's not a 100% effective it could still die." The woman remains silent,her husband speaks for her again."Well...it has more of a chance for survival if you turn it....right?" The doctor,"At this age and time it's pretty much the same percentage.." The husband agrees to the procedure,doctors gather around to try and turn the baby and get the cord off of it's neck,it fails and the woman gives birth to a dead baby.............
Dark deep laughter can be heard echoing through the halls,it speaks."Lovely isn't it,a mortal child dies and one of ours is given life." He pulls a child smoldering in smoke and ashes out of the shadows. A delicate voice comes into play,"Who will you burden with this one,my lord?" The man grins,"Why the king of course." The woman is shocked,"But he's tortured every child you've given him,he's even been known to kill them." He moves out of the shadows and chucks the baby at the woman,"What he does with them is none of my concern,he pays good money for them now deliver the damned thing!" She barely catches the child,"Y-yes sir.."
Sighing the moment she leaves and shuts the door to the incubator,she looks at the child so innocent and fragile in her arms. A voice snaps her out of her trance."You should get a move on Erika,you know the boss has other jobs for you." She looks up at the young man,"Yes I'm well aware of that,thank you.Do you have a pen or marker on you by any chance?" The young man looks puzzled,"Um sure" he hands her a marker. Erika moves quickly through the hall so she won't have to answer anymore questions. Again she catches herself staring at the bundle in her arms,she begins to whisper to it,"My lord won't let me have a child of my own....even though I've shown nothing but loyalty and undying devotion to him.So you,you my beautiful creature will by mine...only by way of giving name.You may die by the hand of the king.." a tear forms in her eye "but at least you will have a name...my dear Slater." She writes a name with the marker on the child's bare chest then covers it with the blanket and hurries to the castle.
Erika slowly and hesitantly approaches the court yard,before she can enter an old man starts to talk."They say even in the darkest of shadows,a glimmer of light can still be seen.........................but they lie,they have no clue what true darkness is",the old brittle man laughs. "They,they have no idea what awaits them...in the kings court". Erika scrunches up her nose at the old man,smelling of rotting flesh and bodily waste and tries to maneuver around him. The old man laughs again and gets closer then Erika cared for him to get,"Hmm you look so out of place, are you lost woman"? The stench of the old mans breath hits Erika so hard she thought she was going to pass out,backing up a bit,she replies, "I'm here to deliver precious cargo to the king now move you disgusting old man".He grins and his eyes seem to glow,"Is it truly me that is disgusting,as you just said or maybe it's really you,you're the one feeding our youth to this ungrateful bastard!" His voice seemed to shake at the last word. Frozen by the old mans words Erika stands there looking around at the castle. There isn't a single thing that doesn't have blood on it,the walls,rocks,statues,everything...everywhere blood the fountain was even tinted with blood. She looks to the ground and notices what looks to be children's bloody foot prints.Her eyes widen, so the rumors were true..the king had had made some of the children battle against each other.. Realizing all this and seeing the after math with her own eyes surely she couldn't give this baby boy to him not after naming him and already feeling so much love for him. So she got an idea,she didn't care if she got caught and killed she just wanted to make sure her child was safe. Though this plan meant she also had to kill the poor old man so there would be no eye witness. With nothing to lose she put her plan into action,she grabbed a thin piece of metal on the ground whipped around and shoved it into the mans throat. Beyond surprised he starts to panic and tried to remove the object. Continuing on with her plan,Erika grabs the dead body of a baby she spotted in the bushes and cleans it off with the water from the fountain in the courtyard. She unwraps the baby she was holding and hides him in a small hole near the exit and wraps the dead baby up with the blanket. Before she moves on to deliver the fake "new" born,she turns to the old man surprised by the smile on his face and with that smile he dove off the cliff. Staring wide eyed down the cliff she realizes, ".. the old man understood what I was doing...."
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