Divinity

“Alright, we’re here…” – Edward

I walk up to the well and look down.

“It’s so deep…” – Alex

“Oh right, I almost forgot.” – Edward

He walks over to me and hands me a torch.

He pulls out a match and lights up the torch.

“There we go. It would probably be too dark to see anything down there without it.” – Edward

“Thanks.” – Alex

I hop on top off the well and just as I’m about to jump down, Edward asks me something.

“Isn’t anyone else going to join you? Will you be fine alone?” – Edward

“Yeah yeah, no worries.” – Alex

“He’s got it.” – Shin

“I see… Well then, I’ll let you get too it then.” – Edward

He turns around and walks over to the rest of the group.

“I’ll be back in a sec.” – Alex

“Alright.” – Illian

I jump down and start free falling.

It’s so deep…

It feels like I just keep falling.

Eventually, I see the bottom approaching me.

The well is pretty tight, so I break the fall by sticking my legs out.

Right before I touch the water, I fully stop.

“Let’s see… What do we have here…” – Alex

I move my torch closer to the water to see better.

There it is…

There’s a streak of cloudy darkness in the water; some of it even stretches into the air above.

It doesn’t look like it has mixed into the water in any way.

It’s like it’s just…

There.

Now that I think about it, how did it even get down there?

The monster must have jumped down, slashed its sword, then climbed back up.

Strange…

Anyways, let’s get rid of it.

I activate the void in my hand; the void capable to absorbing anything created with Divinity.

The instant my hand touches it, it gets sucked inside.

Nice!

It all disappeared.

Just to make sure, I put my hand in the water and move it around a little; sucking up any remains that might be there.

I cup my hand so that I can pick up a sample of the water.

I’ll have to test it just in case.

I drink it up and…

It tastes just like normal water.

Nice.

All done then!

Time to go back up then.

I start climbing back up, but it’s nowhere near as fast as jumping down.

I don’t want to destroy the walls, so I have to be very careful.

Just as I’m about to reach the top, I hear a scream.

“ALEX!!!!!!!!!” – Lett

I grab the top of the well and quickly pull myself out.

“What is it?!” – Alex

She’s breathing heavy and sweat is dripping down her forehead.

“What happened?!” – Alex

Wait…

Shin and Illian are missing…!

Just as she’s about to respond, I interrupt her.

“Where’s Shin and Illian?!!” – Alex

“It’s Edward…” – Lett

She’s having a hard time talking; her breathing is too frantic.

Is she having a panic attack?

“Edward?” – Alex

“Edward took them…” – Lett

What?

“I don’t get it. What do you mean Edward took them?” – Alex

She takes a moment to calm herself down before answering.

“Everything was a lie, Alex. There was never any escaped monster here…” – Lett

Does that mean that…

“As soon as you jumped down, Edward knocked out Shin and Illian. They had no time to react, he attacked them from behind. Just as he was about to do the same to me, I was just barely able to teleport away in time.” – Lett

“So-” – Alex

Before I get to finish my sentence, she cuts me off.

“I tried to save them! I really did! I swear!” – Lett

“I believe you, Lett.” – Alex

She starts crying and falls to her knees.

“He picked them up and was about to run away, so I teleported back in to stop him. As soon as I did that, he summoned a large greatsword and held it against their throats. He told me if I got any closer, he would kill them… I just froze, and watched as he ran away with them.” – Lett

Shit!

What the hell is going on?!

Why would he do that?

Who is he?

…

No.

None of that matters…

…

“Lett… Which way did he go?” – Alex

She points in the direction that he ran.

“Get up. We’re going after them.” – Alex

--- Somewhere else

“Rock, paper, scissors!” – Arthur and Alice

“Yay, I won again!” – Alice

“That you did…” – Arthur

Someone knocks on the door.

“Come in.” – Arthur

The door opens and a man enters.

“Stage two has been completed. We got two of his friends locked up. There was a third, but she had a tricky ability, so unfortunately, I couldn’t catch her.” – Edward

“I see… Good work Edward. I’m sure they’ll be here soon enough, so go prepare for that.” – Arthur

“Of course.” – Edward

He walks out and closes the door behind him.

“…” – Alice

“What?” – Arthur

“Are you fucking serious, Arthur? This shit again?” – Alice

She stands up and starts walking away.

“Alice…” – Arthur

“Just accept it already!” – Alice

“You know I can’t do tha-” – Arthur

“I DID!” – Alice

“…” – Arthur

“I can’t believe you’d do this…” – Alice