Tears of Familiars

The pieces of walls are starting to fall apart. The glasses that are found in the VVVIP are slowly breaking. The light bulb inside started to pop. As the furious king with raven hair and glowing, blue eyes walked towards the bed, the woman on it started trembling and slowly curled her body in fear. She has felt that the man in front of her, was not human. She can only feel the terrifying aura that was being emitted from his body. She doesn't need her eyes to know that. Master Raven, was now on the floor, kneeling and begging for his life. He was glad that the bed has covered him slightly from the king's direct line of sight. He just hopes that he won't notice him.

No one was speaking in the room, but every one can hear the silent cries of Alex. He is now breathing heavy and hiccups are heard from time to time. They have all noticed that he is trying so hard to stop himself from crying but failed. The king watched him for a while before everyone in the room heard the cuffs that were binding him, were snapping by itself. Once Alex felt that he is free, he curled himself in a ball and started crying loudly. He was crying to the top of his lungs and keeps on saying, "Stop...I'm sorry..."

Hearing his words made the king of the night creatures angry once more. But he tried to control himself. He needs to keep his cool until he is dealt with properly. He removed his long, trench coat and used it to cover Alex before picking him up in his arms. He did not refused his warmth and allowed himself to be carried by him. The king started to walk out of the room.

He felt safe and warm. Now that he is holding him, he allowed himself to fall asleep.

Emily and Asher are about to follow them when Emily asked, "Your majesty, are you not going through the portal in the hidden room? That one is faster."

For a while, the king has forgotten the two familiars of the man in his arms. "Only one person can pass through that portal. And I have jobs for you. After we went out, lock the door of this room. Watch as well the hidden room and do not let these scumbags out of your sight." He stared at the trembling figures of the manager and the woman who violated Alex. "I am going to comeback and deal with them."

Emily hesitated to stay in the room and wants to follow Alex and the king. But she was stopped by Asher. "Sire is safe with him. Let's do his orders first because I want to play with them a little before the king do."

***

When the king went out of the room, he saw his own servant standing still. The servant stands at 5-feet and 8-inches. He has his shoulder length, brown hair tied lowly. His sharp, red eyes are silently observing the state of the boy in his master's arm. He looks pale and exhausted. He wonders what really happened inside.

He guided the king on the hidden passage from the VVVIP room. There is a pot next to the door of the said room. He moved it to see the hidden button. After pushing it, the wall at the end of the corridor moved down, allowing them to pass through. There was a secret lift that will take them to the underground garage.

As they moved down the floors, the king stared on Alex's face. He felt longing and sadness. He can't wait to go home and hold him in his arms all night. He gave him a kiss on the forehead while wishing that he could forget what happened in the VVVIP room. There were a lot of things that he wants to do with him but he should take it slow. He must be patient with him.

It is pitch black in the garage. The darkness would be no different when a human closed his eyes. But for the night creatures, this darkness is like walking in the broad daylight. They do not have a problem seeing in here.

The garage holds 10-luxurious cars. The servant just randomly grabbed a car key from the rack and pressed a button to unlock which car was it. When they heard the beeping sound of the car being unlocked, the servant opened the door for them and started driving away into the night.

"Where are we going sir?" The servant asked as he was driving. He took a peek on the reflection of two people from the rear view screen. He saw that Alex was still sleeping and was placed to sit next to his king.

"Let's go home first. I need to tend to his needs personally." He said as he wrapped his arms around Alex and placed his head on his chest. He rested his chin on the top of his head while thinking, 'What have they made you go through?'

***

The king went out from the portal in the hidden room. The portal connects his dungeon and the Night kiss bar that he owns. This is the secret of the VVVIP room. He built this portal so he can immediately lock the traitors in his dungeon. He just need to go through the tall, oval shaped mirror whenever it is open.

When he came into the room, he saw that the one eye of the woman who violated Alex was gone. He saw Asher literally biting on her nipples until it went off from her body. Emily was holding her down and his appointed manager was tied up on the chair using one of the spare cuffs that is supposed to be for role playing, watching the torture that was unfolding. The most surprising thing is, the supposed to be astral bodies of the familiars became a solid, human flesh. The king thought, 'Is this the power of a familiar binding?' Though Emily and Asher took after the look of their Master. They both had Silver hair and dull, blue eyes.

"Oh, your majesty. I am sorry for the the state that they are in. We thought of playing with them a little while we are waiting for you." Emily said upon acknowledging the presence of the king.

Both their blue eyes have a crazed look.

The woman's body on the floor was trembling. She keeps on crying the words "I'm sorry" to the two familiars as her own blood pools around her. The king sat on the bed and crossed his legs. His red eyes are focused on the bloody face of the woman.

She has purple hair and she looks like at least someone in her 40's. Her one eye was bloodshot. But you can see that her eye is brown. She is still wearing the black, night dress that was torn apart. The manager, on the other hand, was silent. His normally wild, lustful brown eyes are now cast down and fear is showing in there.

"You guys are silent." The king said as he leaned back a little. "You were not so quiet a while ago."

The moonlight sonata was still playing on the background. "How many times did you do that to him?"

In an attempt to save his own self, master Raven has said, "I am not involved with this! This is the first time that I have seen her doing that! I did not do anything to that boy! I did not touch him!" The king felt irritated with this so he stood up abruptly and punched him in the face. "But you thought dirty things, right? Saving yourself is pointless. I saw you sitting and watching the show." He then went to the woman that was trembling on the floor and repeated his question.

"Don't even try to lie..." He leaned his face forward "because I will know when you did."

"M-multiple times..." She can't read what this man is thinking. But she is afraid to lie to him. If possible, she wants to tell the truth to save a little of her own a*s.

The king squatted in front of her, "For how long?"

"S-seven years. We stopped coming 3 years ago because his mother found a better supplier..."

The king stretched out his hand and gently caressed the head of the woman. "Hmm...seven, long years..." He abruptly yanked the hair of the woman as he stood up straight. A huge chunk of her scalp came off from her head, she cried in pain and blood started to gush out.

"We are going back to my place. Guide these scums one at a time and lock them in." The king's eyes turned into bright blue. "We are going to have fun tomorrow night."

***

Meanwhile, the god of destiny has invited his two friends for a drink, the god of death and the god of earth. They are sitting on the porch of the god of destiny's shrine.

"Tell me, why did you invited me here? The god of earth asked. His hazel eyes are suspicious of him.

The god of destiny gave him a sly smile, "Oh, Ned, Ned, Ned...Don't be suspicious of me. I am just trying to have some fun with my old pals!"

The god of earth named Ned, did not believe it. He is the god of destiny. He knows that he has plans underneath his sleeves tonight and this get-together was a part of his plan. The cold air is biting on their skin, the leaves dancing along with it. The moon is full and bright, making their eyes shine green and hazel. You can feel the tension as the eyes of the two gods meet. But their silence was broken by the god of death, burping. "Shut up you wuss!" he slurred his words.

"I am one of the trinity gods but I have no shrine! Do you know how shameful it its?!" The god of death poured the whole content of the wine bottle into his bony mouth, making him more dizzy. "And here you are, worrying about mundane things when no one wants to build a shrine for me!"

The god of destiny wrapped his arms around the bony god and said in a childish voice, "Now, now.. Seeing you drunk and slurring your words are more shameful! You call yourself a god when you can't handle a little wine? And no human in their right mind wants to worship a god that symbolizes death!"

"Enough. I am leaving." Ned said as he stood up. He feels like he is wasting his time here. He wants to go back to the bar and do mundane things while watching for Alex at the same time. He finally found him. He is not going to let him get lost in his sight, neither will let that king take him away.

"Don't even try to meddle on the things that you were never a part of, specially that things have started moving on their own." The god of destiny said. Ned looked back and stared at his green eyes that are full of deceitfulness. "He has finally decided to stop running away. You, meddling will be like trying to stop the water from the water fall"

"Azheniii!" The god of earth shouted and his fist plummeted on the face of the god of destiny. "WHAT DID YOU DO THIS TIME?"

Blood has stained the lips of the god and he laughed his heart out. "I did nothing! I just let his destiny rolling by itself."

Veins are starting to pop on the face of Ned and his face are turning red. His fists are trembling in anger and he really wants to punch him more but he knows that doing that will not change the things that has happened. "I am going to watch him closely and make sure that he will not be killed." He threw Azheni on the floor and left the place in a blink of an eye.

"You should not provoke him further. You know that Alex is still a sensitive topic to him." The god of death said as his own familiar, made of tiger's bone, poured him another wine that was brought by the familiars of Azheni. He saw the fish familiar trying to fix the blood red hair of his.

"It is his own fault that he got provoked. No other god aside from me, should have anything to do with him. I don't understand why he wants to be involved with that guy." Azheni said as he drank his own wine.

The god of death placed his head on his bony hand, "It is called love. When you love someone, you would want to be involved with their life as much as you can."

"Eh, love...It feels weird for the god of death to talk about love. You are not cute, neither enticing to talk about it. Have you ever experienced that?"

An air of melancholy surrounded the god of death, "I just wish it died along with her."

***

The king went in Alex room the following early morning. Alex is still asleep but he saw his two familiars named Asher and Emily, laying at the foot of the bed and watching him silently. It was quiet, neither of them are speaking. But you can feel the regret being emanated from their new flesh.

He went straight on the bed and laid down beside Alex. He wrapped his arm around his torso and held him tightly, like he is going to be gone anytime.

Asher noticed the gesture of the king and he understood why he would act like that. They had a history together. Emily, on the other hand, was not aware of the reason of his action. So she said, "You should not hug sire. Specially when he is asleep." The king stared at her sharply and threateningly. But Emily was not fazed by it as he is not her master. "It has nothing to do with me being jealous." She remembered the times where she hugged him and connected that fear of him to the incident in the VVVIP room. For seven, long years...He experienced horrible things, that explains why he doesn't want anyone hugging him. "He just doesn't want someone wrapping his arms around him, specially on the area around his shoulder."

The king squinted his eyes and ignored her words. He hugged Alex more tight, "I am different than you."

Alex felt that he cannot breathe. Something is heavy on his chest. 'What is it again? Is it her?! Is she on top of me again?!'

Alex tried to move the weight away from his body but it is not bulging. The more he struggled, the more it held him down. It's suffocating. He shouted at the top of his lungs, "Get away from me! Get away! Nooo, please!"

The king immediately released his hold on him. Alex shoved his figure away from an unfamiliar presence until he fell off the bed. He covered his body with his arms and he crawled away until his back has hit the wall. His heart is beating fast. Tears are streaming down his face and his ears are ringing, his breathing are coming in short gasps. His skin feels cold and sticky sweat is starting to form. He is having a panic attack.

Emily went to him and held his hands tightly. She said in a slightly shaky voice, "Sire. Hear me out and focus on my voice only. Listen." She keeps on calling him 'sire' until he finally heard her. He is still lost in his own illusion that the woman is in front of him. But he noticed that the woman's voice with him right now sounded young. It is not her. Alex sat up properly.

"Sire. Listen. She is not here anymore. It is me, Emily. The ghost."

Emily? Ah..his Emily. Alex thought. He relaxed and rested his back on the wall while he hugged his own knees. "I am sorry..." She started. This is the first time in a while that she felt her own voice shaking and her face getting warm. Her own eyes are stinging and getting blurry with tears. This is the first time in a while that she felt what it feels like to be guilty. "We were not good enough to watch over you. We have failed you." She rested her forehead against his knees. "I...I was not watching close enough that time...I..." She cant continue her words anymore. She choked on her own and cried herself to him. Alex felt her warm tears flowing down from his knees to his legs. Asher came to them as well. He touched the top of his head first before he broke down in tears. He sat on the floor as well and leaned his forehead against his shoulder. He cant get the words out of his mouth as he chokes on his own emotions like her. The two of them cried their guilt to Alex.

This is a first for Alex. A first that he saw someone else crying for him. He felt warm inside. He decided that he will now treat them as his own. So, he slowly wrapped his one arm around Asher's head and hugged him to his chest. He Stretched his knees so he can let Emily lie her head on his lap. He remembered his father when he was alive. He always pat his head when he is upset, so he did the same with the two. He is still trembling, having someone close to his chest but he focused on the sound of their shaking voices. Their sound as they both cried kept his mind in the present. 'she is not here anymore.' He thought.

Alex didn't noticed that his own tears started falling down. 'They are gone now.'

He knows that the wounds of his past will not go away as soon as possible. But little by little, he wants to heal himself. He decided that he wanted to get out of that past. He still has no idea how to do it. But he will start with the two of them.

He will start by letting them in on his secret.

"10 years ago...when it all started."

The two familiar stopped to look at their master. "My mom was getting depressed with the loans that she had over the years, since my father died. So she sought help from those people. Drug dealers and men that are looking for quick pleasure come and go in that house." Emily sat up properly. The king sat on the bed as well, silently listening.