Hellspawn (part 6)

Hey peeps hope you had a good weekend and here is part 6 for your own consumption :)

Original prompt, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5

PART 6

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They sat in silence for the next 5 minutes, Patrick kept his head out of the window just in case although the aroma of blood that never seemed to dry didn't help him. The monsters seemed to have disappeared but that didn't stop Julie from being scared, if anything it only made her paranoid that something was wrong and they were playing tricks on them.

Wouldn't you like to know?

It had been giving her off the cuff remarks every few seconds now with seemingly no pause to its random ramblings. "Is it in your head?" Julie turned to Patrick who looked up at her "I mean... does it still speak to you?" There was a long pause, he was probably debating if he should lie to her or not.

"Yes" his gaze went back to the window, the bodies had more or less stopped now with the odd one hanging here or there. Sometimes they would be greeted with half a body only to see the rest of it hanging half a mile down the road.

"What does it say?" Julie asked him, he gave her a long pause again.

"Just... stuff, it knows about me"

I am in your head, I know you I know your darkest secrets there is nowhere you can run that will stop my torment

Julie ignored the monster once again, she didn't want to entertain it.

"What? what does it know?"

We know EVERYTHING

"Everything, it speaks to me about the wars, it knows the things I've seen the things I have done, things I could never tell you"

But I can, I can jump into the mind of my friend and I can see all that he sees, I can see all your husbands secrets, I can see it all

I looked to Patrick who had a sheepish look to him, he was half sunk into the seat with his head down like he had a hangover. I always avoided asking him about his deployments, he had told me numerous times that he would rather forget them when he is home like they never happened. Only now was I beginning to understand fully why, it seemed to turn him into a different person, hes usually always so strong and brave.

What are you called? Julie asked the monster, she got a mental image of the monster physically recoiling at her audacity.

What!? Why would I tell you that? What does it matter if you are to be devoured by me why would you want to know the name of your death? the monster put emphasis on death.

what are you so scared of?

scared? Who's saying I'm scared? Even if I wanted to tell you my name you would not be able to comprehend it, I am eons old I speak long forgotten languages, languages of ancient beings, beings that were far more impressive than you, being that I ripped apart and consumed

The monsters words scared the life out of Julie, how long had they terrorised the world for? How old are they? She attempted to feign ignorance to seem unphased by his words.

Do not play folly with me do not try trickery I am in your thoughts I know you fear me do NOT try to fool me

I will name you myself, Azrael

Him!? You would name me after such a lowly being?

The angel of death, I thought you would find it quite fitting

Silence. Azrael had stopped speaking to her, did she just offend him? Is he that arrogant?

"I called him Azrael" Patrick looked at her with a slight shocked expression.

"You named him? Why would you do that?" He looked angry.

"There are two of those things now, we might as well name them for clarity"

"Clarity? They are trying to eat us!" Patrick's face started to show hints of red, Julie ignored it.

"Morteus, a play on death" Julie told Patrick, he gave up trying to reason with her and limped back down into his seat hanging his head.

Tell me, Julie. What is your deepest darkest secret? Azrael spoke with a slight hint of glee in his voice, was this his revenge?

Julie's heart started racing, she never wanted to remember that secret. She had buried it deep inside her mind and kept it under lock and key where nobody would find it, not even herself.

ah yes, how juicy... you know Samantha is in here with me, I have her soul and boy is she angry

Julie's heart jumped into her throat.

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part 7