They Come in the Night

Part 2 Chapter 1: Commands

*An early present of posting for you all since the weekend isn't going to let me post on Saturday.*

Alex,

If you are reading this, it only means one thing. You have succeeded in your quest to bring about my demise. I applaud you. You have done your duty as citizen of this world to destroy an evil that plagued it.

It's funny. I have always known myself to be evil but never in the same manner that you did. I saw myself evil because I am an unnatural piece of this world. What I am was never supposed to be in existence. Perhaps I was supposed to be if a God truly does exist. He would have put me on this earth right? I have made the decision that He does not exist for the pure reason that I am built to kill and any righteous God would not put such a creature on this earth among man who is generally a good and well-meaning creature.

Now, I am sure that when I passed I left you with many questions. I have also left you with a thorough understanding of who I am. I do not like to simply give the answers to one's questions. I want you to come to the truth and the answers on your own. I have provided you many pieces of the truth. It is now your challenge, should you choose to continue reading, to read the later pages and understand the truths for yourself.

Some of these truths may spur you into new quests. I sincerely hope that you do move forward and continue your battle to rid the earth of evil. I also want you to realize that I am not referring to you when I speak of evil on this earth. Though you are no longer human you are not evil. I made sure of that when I conducted the change.

Some of these truths you may not believe but I ask you, what reason do I have to lie now? I am dead and have no control over how you take the following information. One thing I will assure you is that I am not the only evil in this world that has played with your life.

So please Alex, read on and find the truth. And remember as you begin reading, for one to understand the present one must know and understand the past.

My best regards,

Mecca

Chapter 1: Commands

I sit behind the mahogany desk trying to process the letter I have just read. What was this man planning? It's almost as if he had let me kill him. And for what? So that I could figure out these "truths" on my own?

I rub my temples, trying to knead away this headache that is growing. I close my eyes trying to focus on what has happened in the past hour.

Mecca showed me that my father was alive after all this time. Then, in typical Mecca fashion, he threatened the life of the man I love. Tony is a clever one though and he managed to get my mother's dagger to me. I killed Mecca as I had sworn to do many years ago.

James came in a moment later to find me covered in Mecca's blood and wielding the dagger. I expected him to call upon his comrades to kill me. He simply kneeled before me instead. This simple act telling me that Mecca's last words were true. His men were now my men to command as I wish.

I hadn't let James speak a word. Instead I told him to show me to Mecca's office. I began tearing through the papers looking for anything to help tell me what just happened and what Mecca's plans had been. Tony tried to calm me down but I threw him out instead. I told him to get some medical attention and come back in an hour.

I found nothing until I came to Mecca's desk. Sitting neatly in the middle was this leather bound journal. This inscription was waiting for me inside.

I slide open the desk drawers again but find them just as empty as they were ten minutes ago. I struggle to believe this journal is all Mecca left behind but so far that is all that has turned up.