The hall was dark. Selene created a ball of over in her to create light in the room for them to walk forward. Zayn's eyes caught on the different scary sculptures and he took his eyes off. The place was more like a shrine than a hall but who cared. This was who they were. The door closed behind them when they reached a distance.
"Get ready" Selene whispered and pushed the door and it creaked open and the both of them pushed it widely open. Zayn stood close to her waiting but the sight that greeted wasn't what he expected.
"Hi spy"
His eyes went to the person he stilled, the grumpy guy—ash was standing close to a man that sat on a throne at the head of the room cloaked in all black and a crown that looked more like a skull's head. He scanned the room but they were alone, just the four of them.
"Hi dad" Selene greeted the man sitting on the throne and he knew then what he had gotten himself into. He was her dad . Ok, the resemblance was not there, only the black eyes were his replica.
He flicked his hands and she drew forward close to him like the wind was pushing her to him. Her chest forward and her head backward she groaned loudly which released a chuckle from ash who had stepped away from the man on the throne.
His hair black , not brown like Selene. He moved on his legs. He heard noises and his eyes went to the father-daughter duo and he thought back to his mother. What if his father hadn't died and she gave birth to a girl and a daughter to his father, would they be this way?.
"Staring at her that way may get good eyes plucked out from the socket, so better shove whatever thought into your pants" the ash guy said from his back. When had he reached there?
His muscles flexed and he had an urge to flex it back and fight but he held Indy his arm like an armor. Since he stepped into the place. Strange things had been happening to him, he moved away from the person and the voice.
"Hmm, quite the shy and quiet spy. The one who sneaks up on people fighting and trying to get the prettiest girl attention playing victim and all" he tsked and left to Selene which was when she turned to him.
Her black gown depicting his soul right now to torture them and make them take him back to his mom. He shook his head, flexing it. Evil thoughts. He wasn't someone who had those kinds of thoughts.
"This is my father zayn" she introduced, staring straight into his eyes, smiling softly and turning back to her father "dad this is zayn who is not a spy" Ash cleared his throat.
"Every spy who has tried penetrating this place is always the victim princess. Maybe you don't think it is time for you to go back to your playroom, hmm darling?" He touched her cheek with the back of his gloved hand and her father watched everything before also clearing his throat and air. "You need to rest Selene. I only let you out because you promised me that. Don't make me kill him" and zayn shivered internally at the voice and command.
Was it him who was here they were talking about they were going to kill? He breathed in and out.
'Kill him' a voice whispered in his head and he stumbled back which earned him some glares from the other three people in the room. He pushed to his feet from the wall he had leaned on close to him.
"Are you okay zayn?" Selene came to stand in front of him, he nodded not saying a word. The tension in the room seemed to increase with only quietness and the stare everyone gave to him.
"What am I here for or supposed to do to go back to my realm?" He asked no one in particular but they all understood the question. Selene turned to her father and he answered "Selene you need to rest as we said. However, since I know you would want to know what was happening, why don't Ash take him up and he rests before we talk about his deal tomorrow?"
"I would like that" she said and smiled back at him before leaving, leaving him to a grumpy guy and her father. Ash smiled smugly at him before pushing at his shoulders shoving him forward then dragging him back and clasping his hands on his shoulders "you should be careful boy boy. This place is not good for you. You could get killed and poof" he wiggled his fingers in his face and laughed loudly walking with him, all the while zayn didn't show any emotions on his face.
While they walked past the dark hallways of molded creatures he hadn't seen by the side. Sculptures on the wall, no light and he wasn't able to see properly however he wasn't leading ash was and he saw.
The intricate writings and design really were scary and he blocked them out, taking his eyes away from them before focusing on the batter at hand. How he needed to find a way and go back.
'Strangle the answer out from him' that same voice spoke loudly in his head and jolted at Ash's hand on his shoulder but he didn't notice or try to listen to what he talked about.
'NOW' the animated tiny voice said this time, more commanding and his head whipped to ash and the urge to stop the smile on his face while he talked with his voice he blocked out in his head swallowed him whole…he…
"Here we are," Ash said and pushed a door. He breathed out , he almost did something he knew definitely he would regret. Ash helped him settle into the room and left telling him to be careful.
His head was full as he stared at the ceiling. Wondering how and when Ash became friendly and quite the talker, not much knowing him but he knew he wasn't much of a talker from their first encounter. He was more action. Doing what he saw was fit to do right.
He closed his eyes praying for this to end and he left. The image of his mom in his head as he slept off.