Otto

Elijah followed the man down the flight of stairs, he looked around for ways to escape the man, but at last, he found nothing. The two exited the building in front of a four-wheeled horse-driven carriage. Elijah tried to start small talk, but the man did not respond to any of it; the drive was long and awkward. By the time they reached, the sky was dark, and the street lamps as tall as the average man had lit up.

The two were in front of a dark and long ally. the way the giant bronze man led Elijah into the ally was silent, even the air itself. He didn't want to break the silence on the left corner of the wall, and he saw a black metal door with a small peephole.

The bronze man knocked on the door. The man wore a brown coat with a white linen shirt and some regular pants. The small peephole opened, and a scratchy voice asked, "For what reason are thou here?" The bronze man replied in a deep voice, "Life may end, but death is eternal," he answered.

a pale skeleton-looking man opened the door, the man's clothes were not the right size for him he looked as though three people could fit inside, who have you brought with you " the man said the voice was no longer scratchy it was just high pitched, it was like hear a rat trying to speak. "this kid was about to be one of Otto's victims but I got there in time, wheres Diana?" the skeleton looking man answered swiftly" shes in the back talking to Mr nine, I will go set up the cleansing " the man walked deeper inside the building, the inside looked like a bar in the back of the building there was a door that said staff only.

the two walked to the door. Elijah noticed that there were three exits: the front, the emergency exit, and the back door; a fragment of memories came flowing in the emergency exit made after the no-danger act. it was a law that prohibited any stores from not having any emergency exits for their costumers. the act was instated twelve years ago after a mysterious group attacked a parliament group. after entering the "staff room," the bronze man led Elijah to a couch; he sat on it. "Wait here. Someone will come to get you" The man was about to walk away when he added, "Don't touch anything if you don't wanna die." he nodded and then left the "staff room" The room itself was large in size it was somehow bigger than the outside, the inside of the "staff room" was as large as a courtroom, there were rows of sits, the rows created a circle around the couch.

Elijah thought back to that old man(didn't that big guy call him Otto?) the memory of ottos face was in his head, his face was filled with pus and maggots, the slowly scampered around the man's face, and the maggot had an unusual design the longer he looked at it the more compelled he became then the face descended into a black pit, the pit was endless, Elijah looked over the edge but saw nothing. a small shirming light began to glow at the bottom. Elijah needed to touch it, but something inside him told him not to.

Elijah shifted his thoughts to the man dying, a sticking feeling rose up in Elijah he felt as though he were about to realise his lunch after all, it was his first time seeing a dead body, right?

the black pit appeared once more in his head, and the shimmering light at the bottom grew larger in size, Elijah looked closer, the shimmering light was not a star but just a group of maggots taking hold of a man's form, The man had dirty blonde hair, his eyes were of a deep blue yet they were lifeless, the man had high cheekbones and a well-defined look.

Elijah's thoughts slowly became muttled; he could nearly think of a sentence, but he tried anyway(must….fir….) Elijah opened his mouth. He tried to speak, but noting came out, he tried again

[Ball …of ….fire]

Elijah's pinky bloomed to life with an orange color, he used the pinky to stab himself in the thigh, the burning sensation entered Elijah he tried to stay focused but the pain said no, his mind slowly faded into his subconscious when a voice entered his head it was of a young woman "that's a smart idea, distracting your self with pain" the voice was in a soft tone.

Elijah tried to open his eyes but they kept shut, the air around the room shivered, it was like a vile around Elijah was being made, it was like he was being placed into a cocoon.

his shoulders became warm as a feeling of bliss came over him; it was like he was running through a field of flowers in a sunset in the background. then all those feelings erupted. It was like he was being burnt by the sun itself

"kueeeek"

Elijah screamed, The maggots shifted and scherm to form a person but it was burnt away each time it created a new form the maggots would burn away this lasted for an hour,by this time, Elijah had already passed out. after a few seconds, the last maggots fell but there was still one. the woman stopped as she added"If I go anymore, then you will lose your mind" She said, Elijah's eyes fluttered awake, and the taste of blood filled his mouth. he sifted through the room. There was a woman sitting on one of the seats that made a circle.

"What happened to Otto?" Elijah asked, the woman got up from her seat, stretched her hands then came walking down, she answered "the thing is ..i could not get all of ottos enssce out because he has already imprinted himself unto your extence, but there is good news, he wont be able to control you because of me he lacks the power to do so, and there's bad news well there's two, the first is that otto will be stuck in your head there's nothing you can do about that.

"then there's the second, half of your existence has been corrupted, but I don't know the existence that has corrupted you, so there's no way I can help you, there is something keeping you alive but I don't know what" Elijah listened closely, he was about to ask something when he heard a voice in his head 'what..were am I?'.

the voice belonged to Otto, Elijah ignored the voice and then asked, "Your name is Diana, right?" she answered, "Yes"

"do you have any ideas on who might be the one that corrupted me?" she rubbed her chin and then answered, "The only idea I have as of now is the Black Blood ascetic cult; they are a cult that severs an unknown existence, I've heard that they could corrupt people, but it's very unusual to involve them self with a normal person" Elijah sighed then he thought back to the memory of the man he had met at the book store, the one that had called out his name (could that man have something to do with that cult?).

the woman spoke with a determined demeanor "I want to destroy that cult, I will help you become free from them" she stated, Elijah looked at her with confession "I have no power; what can I even help you with ?" the woman smiled then added " the apparent that you lived in got attacked right?" she said her deep blue eyes gazed into Elijah (how does she no-wait, could it be that the reason the apartment got attacked was because of black blood ascetic involvement? if so, then why was the church of Combat not involved with this….those men on that night…were they part of the church…..also Mars said that someone prayed at that time, who was the person that prayed) he gathered his thoughts and then added.

"why are you saying I live there? "

'help me,' Otto's voice echoed in his head Elijah ignored it

"Because I saw you leaving that place, more like jumping out of the window." she smiled at Elijah then nodded

"good dudition but I could have been stealing from that place and got caught, so I jumped out the window?" Elijah added; the woman sighed and then added

"it doesn't matter if you live there are not I just wanted to confirm my theory"

"what theory?"

"I had a theory that you were slightly involved in that cult, and I have confirmed that you were, but you betrayed them, then they did something to you to make you forget…. something along those lines," she added

(that theory could be true; the original Elijah had involved himself with something that caused him to be replaced by me …his roommate was also involved in this…i need to find that roommate to confirm this)

"good theory, but you are missing a piece to it…..we have similar goals …no, I wouldn't say similar…to be honest, I want power, and you want the destruction of the black blood cult…Since I have involvement in that cult, they might be the ones trying to find me if I got popular enough, but to do that, I need your help." The woman rubbed her chin, her blonde hair hanging down on her shoulders like a vile.

a few seconds of silence passed, but Diana went to the door and then left

(guess she disagreed with it)

'Help me'

"Will you just shut up!"