5| The Cracked Rock

               WARNING!!!:

Goose bumping chapter ahead!!!

"Hmmm, but, I don't think my parents will like the idea of me killing someone. I don't also like the idea! " Nick suddenly spoke after a long pause. "I didn't say you should kill. I mean, destroy him! Let all his evil be reversed and come crashing back on him! Let him suffer for the lives he has wrecked and destroyed! To be honest with you, if I were still alive, I will walk up straight to him and tear him off with my bare hands! Unfortunately for me, life has no respect. Once taken, can never be returned... " The dead man explains with anger and bitterness in his voice. "Just leave me alone now! Leave me! I don't want to be killed like you  and the other innocent victims! I wanna live a normal life! As for the pearl..... I'll destroy it, crack it, smash it, even burn it! I can't stand this! " Nick shot back totally fed up with all this crap he didn't and would never want to have any knowledge about. " Haha! You make me laugh. Little boy, sorry to say this, but there is no turning back. The curse has been laid, on you.... your family.... and unfortunately, everyone around you. You have to stop this someday, somehow. I advise you to start now! "  Suddenly, three black, bloodthirsty panthers hopped out of the mirror, all growling fiercely looking at Nick. " Huh! " Nick screamed. The panthers walked in a circle around him, still growling fiercely like never before. Nick was trapped! He totally didn't understand this. He looked at the panthers one after the other as though greeting them—which he actually wasn't doing. The panthers greeted him back with an angry growl. Nick noticed their eyes were extremely red—blood red; bloodshot! —with a black skull shape in the middle and fire, in the middle of the skull shape. Someone cleared his throat behind him, trying to get his attention. Nick jerked with fear and quickly turned around. Who—no— what he saw, he couldn't believe. 'This can't be a human', he muttered to himself in fear. Right in front of him, a fiery figure stood. Its hands were pretty long with fire surrounding it. It looked more like a stick on fire. Its legs, the same; fiery! On what it stood on, looked more like a human sized tub, filled with blood and skulls, bones and some other body parts were afloat in the pool. 'This is a dream! I'm dead sure of it! '  Nick screamed with fear—but in his mind. Gently, he looked up to the face of the figure. What! A human face! 'This is extremely terrible! How am I going to survive this?!?! ' Nick screamed, yet again, in his mind. His heart was pounding so hard, heaving extremely heavily, back and forth. "Hello there! I'm Dr. Mario Mc'Vida! I'm the Duke of hell! I'm here to get my pearl back. So make it snappy, in order for you not visiting my golden hospitable home—Hell! Now pass it over, don't be scared. I'll do you no harm if you just give me without making a big fuss about it. " Dr. Mario teased evilly. Nick thought for a while; 'I guess I should just give him and avoid all this crap! —' 'No! This is Mr. Edrek! Don't try giving him, he'll destroy the world! The pearl has wonderful powers. He wants to use it to combine the earth with hell! I'm warning you! ' 'Hey! How are you talking to me in my mind? ' 'I know it sounds weird but.... I kind of possessed you without your consent. I did this to be with you and guide and protect you against the evil circle you are at the middle of. I'm here to guide your way out of this circle, and then, to destroy it—the circle! —'—"Are you giving me or not? I've got no time to waste here in this damn earth! I've got better things to do like swimming in my severely boiled tub of blood and play with my bath squishy skulls. One of them is named after my home—hell—" Mario cut short Nick's mind conversation and in return, Nick cut his evil stupid blabbing of his bath accessories which are extremely disgusting! "Shut up, Duke Hell or whatever your name is! I'm not giving you! Go away! I didn't want to get into this, but I've changed my mind! I'll keep fighting this war until I conquer and get rid of you! This is no joke! Even though I'm still young, it doesn't matter! " With that said, Nick angrily threw the pearl to the ground, summoming it's powers. Then, with the speed of lighting, the pearl shot it's bright blueish glow and it instantly engulfed the room. Dr. Mario Mc'Vida screamed with terror and he quickly jumped into the mirror, the panthers, following him like his tail. Nick vowed—"I planned a different normal life for myself, but it has been shattered, just like a cracked rock. I'll keep fighting this war, till I conquer! "