Book II: Kayako

Chapter Eleven: Master of All and None:

My followers and I ended up in a pitch-black world. No light. No sound. No air. No life. I was meant to waste away here. At least that was what I was led to believe.

Drip. Drip. Drip.

My eyes shifted upwards.

Drip. Drip. Drip.

What was that? I could see them, but the drops felt so cold on my face. There was no life here. I opened my mouth. The cool wetness hit my tongue. My whole body shivered. Where was this water coming from? Did father leave me with a parting gift out of sympathy? It didn’t seem like he would. I didn’t know what he was thinking anymore. Still, this water was a welcome gift from the darkness.

I didn’t know how long I had been down there in the darkness like this. The quiet was about to drive me crazy. I don’t know how many days the drops fell in my mouth, but I soon became aware that I wasn’t alone down here.

Voices filled my ears. Wait. I know them. They were here. They were all down here with me. I tried yelling to them, but no sound came out. We couldn’t see each other in the darkness. I wasn’t sure if they could even hear me. I needed them to come over to me. They needed this water dripping into my mouth.

I am here. Come to me. Come to me!

I didn’t even close my mouth.

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Sometime later, I felt hands all over my body. I tried to look around, but I couldn’t see a thing. But, I knew they had found their way to me. Even through their misery, they trusted me. I didn’t know whether to pity them or to feel great for myself. I could here their wailing louder than ever.

Lead us! We want revenge! Lead us! We are your army! Let us take back Heaven! Lead us! Lead us! Lead us!

I closed my eyes and smirked. If that is what they want, then so be it.

“My people!” I said aloud. “I will lead you back to glory! As we are right now, we cannot take Heaven! We must strengthen ourselves for the judgement day! For now, we will create our own kingdom and rule over there!” Cheering filled the air. I opened my eyes and shook my head. I didn’t really believe my own words at the time. They just sounded so good coming out of my mouth. In truth, there was no plan. I was all talk but let me roll with it anyway.

“Lend me your strength!” I shouted. “Grab onto my and will your desires to build our new kingdom!” I kept making up things as their hands grabbed onto my body as tight as they could. I didn’t think that it would work. I have only seen Father do it once. Tiny angels grabbed his body and tiny islands formed in the ocean. He opened his mouth and pure noise surrounded him. The space around me shook so much that my body held down to the ground. I felt like my whole body would break out and bleed from every pore.

In this emptiness, I opened my mouth and let out pure noise around us. I gritted my teeth as I felt the space shaking around us. I could feel my whole body would break out and bleed from every pore like before. My followers hung on as tightly as they could through this process. A giant red light opened up in the sky.

“I can feel it coming!” I shouted. My followers screamed loud enough to make my ears bleed. And then, we all passed out.

Within seven days, our kingdom was created.