Chapter 5: Memory Frenzy (Part 3)

We were surrounded...

I couldn't move cause I've already over worked my body. Jordan and Eric barely had any stamina in them. I started to breathe hard because we weren't just surrounded we literally had no way out. They were all stronger than us even if we weren't exhausted.

"Humans do you wish to live?" A monster walked out of the jungle, it was shaped as a man but it had different features such as, it was taller than a human about 8 feet and had horns coming out of his arms and legs. It was pure black like a shadow. It radiated death and power. No one answered.

"Humans, do you wish to live? To have power?" It was growing impatient.

"What if we just want to leave?" Eric asked in a joking manner.

No one laughed.

"Do you want to live?" This was its final warning.

"Yes we do please let us live." Jordan knew he was dead if he didn't say yes. I couldn't speak due to being drained.

"This one is useless kill him and we leave." It turns away and walks into the jungle.

Jordan looks at me and a tear slides down his cheek. As soon as Jordan was about to slash at me, Eric grabs his shoulder, eyes widened. "What you doin' old friend?"

"I have to kill Joseph so we can live." He was choking on the words.

"No we don't, but one of us is going to die, I'll use my final skill but you two, I want your promise that you'll survive no matter what for my sake you two must live." Eric was dead serious.

"Yes brother we will, but what are you going to do you sound like your gonna sacrifice yourself." Jordan starts to laugh but as he does Eric uses two hand signs and says a quick incantation, "Prolode ugalanda doota, I sacrifice my life for these two."

Right as he does this he dissolves into space particles and radiates our body's. I felt full of energy, warmth as my wounds heal, and not just that but stronger too. This was Eric's energy... his life force.

Jordan cried...Eric just sacrificed himself for us...

"Jordan let's go." I clench my fist and walk out into the jungle. Jordan is confused why I'm not the same way as him but he knows he must go as he too stands up and walks into the thick jungle.

They were waiting for us. We walked further and deeper into the jungle. As I look back I can see the huge gap in the forest from the battle with the Ancestral Lion.

"Brother Joseph where do you think they are taking us?"

"I'm not sure it seems like we are being ventured straight into to the deepest part of the jungle. They may eat us themselves."

We finally arrive at a cave. It's entrance is huge as we enter there are markings everywhere in a language I do not understand.

"They are ancient text of our clan." A dark purple thing beside me starts to talk to Jordan and I.

"What clan is this?" Jordan asks as he already has a faint guess on where he is.

A smile creeps across the face of this thing. "Well of course the Great Demon Clan."

Just the demon talking about it made me shiver. I've never been scared in my life until we walked into the Demon Clan's home. There were millions of warriors practicing and preparing for a fight. Millions of different colors and different characteristics of every type of demon.

"They have millions of warriors, they could've destroyed the sanctum at any time they want." Jordan starts to shake just thinking about it.

"Is this to destroy the sanctum?" I'm curious cause I honestly doubt this would be used to destroy something so inferior to them.

"No we really don't care about them. They're just really a bother, but they don't cause us any trouble so we don't care." The demon was always very straight forward. We continued to walk to a huge thrown with one demon who was huge sat there.

"You two humans come here!!" His booming voice ringed throughout the whole cave. It sent shivers straight through our very soul, and not just Jordan and I, but through every demon in the cave.

Jordan and I approach the Demon King with fearful steps.

"Do you wish for power? To rule and do what you want?" The Demon King stands up and looks down on our much smaller bodys.

I kneel and so does Jordan as we said in unison, "We want to live and do what we want. If we need power then power is what we want."

The Demon King smiles, an evil grin, "Stand my two new disciples from today onwards you will forget what your human life was and become one of the Demon Clan."

He waved 4 demons over carrying a huge bucket that looks like it was just brought out of the furnace.

"Today you will be one of the Demon Clan's new disciples and to honor and remember this day we shall mark you!!" The Demon King gave out a loud roar and all the demons joined in unison to honor Jordan and I.

I walk over to the demons holding the huge bucket, a demon then appears from behind me to remover my under armor and tore my shirt. He turns me to face the Demon King as the demon picks up a hot branding stick with the crude symbol of the Demon Clan on it. He then presses it against my back making me fall to my knees in pain as he keeps it there so it can stay.

"Rise my new disciple for you have been reborn! Reborn as one of the Demon Clan!!"

All the demons roar in acceptance. Jordan got branded too and was accepted too as the disciple of the clan. We get shown to our rooms deep into the cave. I lay on my bed and Jordan stares at me.

"So we just joined the Demon Clan? We just forget our past lives and friends? What if we have to kill them?"

I get up and slap Jordan in the face. "Shut up!! Our past lives are over! We are demons now. We will do as we're told and live. We made a f***ing promise to Eric!! We will live and keep moving forward for him because he gave us this choice and don't you dare forget his sacrifice!!"

After I yelled at him, Jordan breaks down and cries, I let him cry on my shoulder. "I'm sorry brother Joseph I forgot, I will live on for Eric, with you always and forever."

I pat him on the shoulder and let him go, " Good, now let's get some rest. We need to start soon on this new technique from this clan..."