Escaping Darkness

Chapter 18

ZACK

Row row row your boat gently down the stream...

Isang boses ng lalaki ang umalingawngaw sa tahimik na kwarto. Zack hummed as he looked at the blood coating him. He murdered someone again. Nothing new. Nasanay na siya. Since Ara left, he's been losing his self more and more. A moment of sanity for every human he kills. He doesn't want to be engulfed by darkness so he killed. 

Merrily merrily merrily...

Zack softly laughed as he crushed the skull of the man he was chasing. Brain matter oozed out under his shoes.

"Life is but a dream..."Zack softly sang. A small smile could be seen from his lips as he stared at the corpses that littered the ground. 

Ara will come back soon. He knows it. It won't be long. He just have to endure until she returns. He just have to kill enough. 

He could feel it. The darkness coming. He tried to endure but he couldn't. Hindi niya gustong pumatay. Hindi niya gustong lamunin ng dilim. Natatakot siya. Habang tumatagal ay nararamdaman niyang mayroong unti unting nawawala sa kanya. Sa tuwing bumabalik siya sa katinuan ay nararamdaman niyang mayroong mali. Kailangan niyang pumatay. Iyon lang alam niya.

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He continued to kill. As his eyes darken, his expression becomes more eerily calm. The darkness takes away his sanity. As he killed more people, he gains a small time of sanity but at the same time the darkness gets darker. Its a vicious cycle but he just can't stop.  

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Pula. Isang napakagandang kulay. Nababalot ang paligid niya ng pula. 

No! Stop! Hindi niya gustong pumatay! He is losing his mind! Blood. He is bathing in it. The warm blood covering him. It scares him. It disgusts him. It... excites him? Is this normal?

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He must kill more...

The darkness does not take away his sanity. It doesn't.  He cant be more sane than now. A demon who suppresses his killing intent. He was stupid. It is his nature to plunder. It is his nature to kill. Why stop?

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A soft smile hangs on Zack's lips as he heard the shout of people around him. Bakit kailangan niyang tumigil? Napakasarap pumatay. It satisfies something in him. The feel of warm blood on his hands. The sound of their screams. The taste of their fear and despair. He wants more.

"Zack"a cold voice barely penetrated Zack's confused mind.

"Brother..."tugon ni Zack. Yohan stared at him. 

"Tama ka. Bakit ko kailangan pigilan?"nakangiting wika ni Zack. Yohan stared at his black eyes. 

"You lost."Yohan said soflty.

"I didn't. Tama ka. We are demons. Why pretend to be human?"nakangising tanong ni Zack. Zack laughed softly as if he found what he said funny. 

"Pinatay mo na ang karamihan sa kanila."tugon ni Yohan.

"So what?"tugon ni Zack.

"Nothing. I am just glad you are back my brother. My brother is back."Yohan answered with a relieved smile. Zack grinned in response. Two shadows flashed past as more blood was spilled and the two brothers finished what Zack started.