ᑕᕼᗩᑭTᗴᖇ 15: ᴀ ɢʟɪᴍᴘsᴇ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴀsᴛ

"This is where Gammon used to live. And I'm afraid he wasn't by himself then." Lupin spoke as he gestured for Yalex to enter and old abandoned house.

The demon could tell right away that the house was inhabited by his little brother. His scent still freely reeks the house.

And it wasn't only his scent that lingers there.

"Black sorcerers..." Yalex mumbled and turned to look at the cabinet.

There was a phonograph placed on top of it. Beside it is a small frame of a family picture.

"That's his wife Trina. And his son Trevor." Lupin said when he saw Yalex staring at the frame.

"He married a purebred black sorceress. Her family leads their entire race so I wouldn't be more surprise that Gammon chose her. Yet according to our informant, Trina nor everyone who used to habit this area doesn't know that Gammon is one of us." He explained and approached Yalex. He handed him an image of a boy which is recently taken in a carnival.

"This is his son now. He ran away for some reason. Two days before Gammon disappeared and our people massacred this place." He said.

Yalex took the image and observe the boy in the picture.

"He looks exactly like his father..." Yalex chuckled and looked back at the family picture where Trevor still looks young.

"I can take you to the carnival now if you wishes to see him. Or I can just bring him down there for you." Lupin suggested and Yalex gently shook his head.

"Find Gammon! I'll take care of his son!" He said and left first with a blue fire casted all over him before he disappeared with it.

+×+

(The week before Yalex showed up to Trevor again...)

"Gammon had returned home and made an appeal to your father. I think your father still wants to take him in." Lupin said while pouring a wine on Yalex glass.

"Of course he will. It's been quiet at home for a while when he left. He probably missed me trying to kill my brothers and Gammon is the only one with the guts to go against me." Yalex laughed maniaclly and petted the stray bulldog he had found earlier on the streets.

Bulldogs are a good snacks for my baby hellhounds.

He thought and the poor dog's head cracked open with just one look from the demon.

Lupin gestured to one of the dead creature that stood on every corner as watchers. One of them approached to take the dead bulldog to the hounds.

"What about his son? Did you find him?" Lupin asked and Yalex nodded his head.

"I did. And surprisingly, that boy have my thousand trophies in him!" He snickered and threw the remaining wine on the chimney that fueled the fire more.

By thousand trophies. Yalex meant the thousand of souls he had gathered to his power in a span of just five decades. And those thousands of souls were stolen by Gammon. Second to the youngest among seven brothers.

Gammon abandoned hell and disappeared with the souls with him. So when Yalex met Trevor in the city, he could tell right away that he was Gammon's son.

Because almost every soul that Gammon had stolen was transferred to him the day when he was born.

And that's the sole reason why Trevor is very different among his people. Why he's the only one who have a natural kind and pure heart. Why he's the only one with a soul.

Because every soul that lives in the sorcerer's body, are all pure and good souls who were tricked by evil to do bad and was brought down to hell.

Yalex claims the souls as his property which is why he marked Trevor as his property as well until he figures out how to get them all back from him.

"If he learns that you marked his son, he will be totally outrageous." Lupin chuckled.

"Go ahead and tell him. I'm pretty sure everyone is dying to see both of us fight again." Yalex scoffed and stood up to walk to his room. Lupin immediately tailed behind.

A day after that.

Yalex returned to hell and was greeted by a fireball by his one and only thief brother.

"Welcome home." Yalex said with sarcasm all over his face. A smile slowly crept to his lips when he saw the rage on his brother's face.

It only means that he knows by now that Trevor is now a mate to Yalex.

"You never stop messing with other's property!" Gammon spat at him and a black burning spear appeared on his hand.

"And you never stopped talking with that loud mouth!" Yalex grinned as he slowly transforms into his original form.

The two began to fight and started clashing at each other like there's no tomorrow. Every creatures who watches them screamed and clamored. Screaming the name of the one and only champion of their chaotic world.

Yalex effortlessly dodge every attack.  Constantly mocking his brother about calling him uncle.

"Don't be sad Gammon! I'll make sure you'll be there when I fu** your son out of his wits!" Yalex stated as he cackled like a real demon he is. He knows exactly how to provoke everyone. And that's one of what he knows he do best.

The two fought longer than they did before. Maybe longer this time, now that another person is involved.

"If you think you can suck off those souls from my boy before me! Then you better think again!" Gammon glowered as he continues to push through Yalex.

"Watch me brother! And once I kill off your son! I'll bring him to hell with me and make him our father's slut! A token of appreciation, don't you agree!"

The fight went on until both demons had ran out of words to mock each other.

Both of them immediately traveled back to earth to get to Trevor. The day of Yalex return and he was quick to hurry to where he know the black sorcerer will be.

Yalex knew that Gammon will also be in the school to look for him. So he decided to take Trevor somewhere his own father will not expect him to be at.

After taking Trevor to hell. He waited until Gammon returns there as hell once the news from their underlings reach to him. So once Gammon had returned to hell, Yalex was already gone with Trevor to another place that even Gammon doesn't know it exists.

An old castle where Yalex brought Trina's dark soul before she could enter the world of purgatory.

There are many lost and forgotten souls in that castle. And Yalex kept them there with the castle serving as one of his trophy chest.

"Mother..." Trevor cried as he shiver upon gazing at his mother's spirit.

Old and painful memories came back to him.

Images of himself and his mother fighting. The voices that tells him to be evil like them.

And the very scream of his mom when he had finally taken her life.

"Why do you cry son? Shouldn't you be happy that you had done a great job by taking my life?" The words felt like stake on the heart.

His mother never changed even in death.

"I'm glad he had found you. You must return him his souls and we can be together forever!" She said and offered her hand.

Trevor stared at it as if it's the most interesting thing in the world.

"Why are you like this? Why do you all make me suffer? I've done nothing wrong to deserve this!" Trevor cried as he step back away from his mother's spirit.

"Sweetheart. The only way for you to be like us! Is if you give him your soul! Once you do then we can finally go home together!" She said and tried to walk towards Trevor but the boy was quick to crawl back. Closer to Yalex.

"He will bring me back to life and we can start all over again!"

This is such a drama. I need a popcorn!

The demon thought as he sat down a rock debris that fell from the roof due to time. A box of popcorn appeared on his hand and he started munching while watching the drama.

"Just bring us back please!" Yalex choked on the popcorn when Trevor suddenly spoke to him with his eyes pleading.

He was too immersed in the drama and Trevor just had to cut it.

"You won alright! I'm sorry! So please let's go back!" He sobbed and knelt in front of Yalex with his hands clasped together.

Yalex tsked and flicked his hand. Making both the mother's spirit and his popcorn to disappear.

"We haven't even got to the best part yet." He said in the most bored tone.

"I'm sorry. I won't do it again I promise. Let's go back please!" The boy pleaded and looked at the demon with his teary doe eyes.

He have his mother's eyes...

Yalex thought.

The demons scrunched his nose and walked towards the boy. He held him by his shoulder and casted a blue fire on them. Trevor flinched and gasped thinking he will burn. But the blue fire died out and he looked back to see himself in one of the guest room of Sate mansion where he usually stay whenever he stays late for Blue's lectures.

Trevor quickly crawled to his bed and buried his head on the pillow. Sobbing as he gripped the pillow tightly in his fist.

Yalex grinned as he watches how the sorcerer became so vulnerable. From when he saw the look on his face when Trevor saw the first phase of the entrance to hell. To the part where he had seen his mother whom he had killed with his own hands.

Seeing the boy crumbling down like this makes him feel so satisfied and he wished he could've captured every moment to remember it one day.

"Oh! You guys are here!"