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Life's Passing

Without a heart

Still sitting on the ground I nearly freaked out when I felt it rumble. I then saw vines come up from the ground and began to wrap themselves around my legs. I reached for them trying to pull them away but they didn't stop there force. I was slowly pulled underground my whole body being rolled around the dirt as it slowly started to fill my lungs as I screamed. The ground slowly started heating up as I was pulled further down. Finally though I broke through to the other side.

It looked like a cave. Dimmed lit, hotter than any summer day back in L.A. I peeled my shirt off and looked around seeing not much. i threw my shirt down to the ground and watched as it burst into flame upon touching the ground. I jumped back from the flames and stared in amazement. I then heard foot steps and looked quickly to see who it might be though I saw nothing other than shadows cascaded against the walls of the cave. I took off running. Fuck this. I had to get out of here. I had to get back to the guys and make sure they were alright. I ran and ran all the while it grew hotter.

Eventually I came upon what I thought was the sound of a river. It would be amazing to find some in this heat. I ran towards the sound to see one alright. A river of fire that burned its way throughout the rock that layed under it. I heard the foot steps then and I was sure that something was chasing me. Jesus fucking Christ what was this place! I tried to run again as the foot steps came closer and closer but eventually I couldn't anymore. I stopped and leaned on one of the caves walls it stung my flesh with the heat but there wasn't anything here that wasn't hot already. Then slowly I saw it as he came up upon me. It was Andy.

I ran to him immediately. "Jesus Christ Andy! How did you get here? I asked as he pushed me away from him. "Get the fuck away from me you piece of shit." I looked up to see Andy's face was different. His eyes were darkened and red and his skin wasn't as bright. "What are you talking about?" I asked trying to make sure he was okay. " You fucking pussy he said grabbing my arm and began to pull my back down the cave I had come from. I tried to pull away from him but there was no hope of getting away from him. "God danm it Andy let go of me!" I screamed at him. He had both of my wrist dragging me down the hall way as I soon realized where he was taking me. We came back to the river of fire and the fear came through me then. "Oh, by the way, your in hell!" Andy said and threw me into the air with and unexplained amount of strength. Right before I was doused by flames I looked back to see Andy in his horrific state. He seemed to laugh.

I felt my skin burning off and becoming part of the fire around me. All I felt was pain. I tried to scream out but only to be burned more. I fell deeper and deeper into the fire yet never loosing conscience. I kept falling until the fire soon disappeared and I was laying on a slab of stone. Pain coursed through my body as I looked around. My vision was sharp. Almost hyper aware of everything that was going on around me. Jake stood above me , his eyes black. He wore a long black cape and held a dagger in his hand looking down at me and smiling.

There were candles lit spewing there smoke all around me. Jake started talking in some other language as he hovered the knife above me. What are you doing?" I tried to ask him in my horse voice. He payed no attention to me as he continued speaking and waving the knife about. It looked like some scene from a bad cult movie. He stopped waving after a while and hovered the knife above my lungs for a moment. I was scared. What the fuck did he plan to do? "Jake! Please! " I yelled at him with all my might, all the effort that I had left. With that Jake slammed down the knife into my chest. There was a ripping sound as it slide though what was left of me. The white hot pain that followed surged through out my body making me cry out again. Slowly Jake started to move the knife though out my body pulling out an organ. I screamed loudly and writhed in pain. I was too weak though to get away. Jake held what looked like my heart to his mouth and started to eat it. What the fucking hell?! God damn it! God damn this place!