1 Prologue: Awakening

James Rose awakened to find himself shackled in the center of a dim stone chamber. A little panicked about the situation he looked around. A thick fog blanketed the floor and no matter where he looked he couldn't find the source of the light in the room nor could he find any apparent exits. He tried wracking his brain to figure out how he got here. The last thing he remembered was waving goodbye to his son and the babysitter as he headed off to work. He only traveled for maybe 5 minutes then everything went dark. He could only think 'What hell happened? Where am I?'

I soft chuckle next to his right ear snapped him out of his thoughts and drew a hair raising chill up his spine. Turning his head he found that the fog had risen and started taking a human form. Frozen in shock due to the situation he continued to watch as a floating ethereal woman was formed by the fog. Her head rested on his shoulder as she embraced him from behind paralyzing him with her touch. Unable to move or speak he could only stare into her eyes as she began to speak.

"Looks like you awakened quite quickly. No need to worry, you're safe for now. Of course if you make the wrong choice that can change quite quickly." She pauses and a dark chuckle escapes her lips again. "Darling you have to know that in the future you're quite the evil man. Seeing you so pure and innocent is quite surprising. You, the man known to be responsible for the near extinction of mankind. I can only wonder what trigger corrupted you so." Licking her lips in a manner akin to a predator about to devour prey she continues, "You have a choice to make now. You can serve me and continue to live your life albeit as my little slave, or you can die and be devoured. You still have to pay for what you've done in the future. Think carefully, it'd be terrible for your little one to become an orphan wouldn't it?" She stops and makes a slight look of pity.

James could feel the restriction paralyzing him loosen up a bit allowing him to speak. He barely took a second before answering, the thought of his child weighing heavily on his mind. His answer, "I choose to serve." Immediately the paralysis took full affect again. A devious smile bloomed across the woman's face. Reaching up she put her hands on his cheeks and looked him into the eyes before speaking again with a strong tone of possession, "You belong to me now." Leaning forward further she plants her lips on his causing his eyes to fill with confusion only to reflect pain immediately after. A terrifyingly cold energy entered through his mouth settling in his lungs momentarily before slowly entering his circulatory system. A pain as though slowly freezing to death assaulted his body as the energy went coursing through his veins. This only took minutes but for James it felt like hours before the pain went away.

When the pain finally ended she removed her lips from his and smiled wickedly while looking at his exhausted appearance. After a momentary pause she spoke to him again, "It'll be time for you to work soon so we'll have to put your future self's skills to work. Your main job will be to reap evil souls for me to devour. Your secondary job will be saving innocent souls, I'm sure you'll love this part. Sadly you'll find that both tend to go hand in hand more often than you'd like." A light sigh escapes her lips, "It's time for me to rest though and almost time for you to wake up and console your son." With that said she returned to a fog like form that slowly condensed and wrapped around his neck becoming a silver pendant with a large black gem. Her voice whispered within his mind as his vision slowly darkened, "My darling judgement reaper, we'll speak again soon." A light chuckle resounded only to be followed by darkness.