Kapitel 16: The last performer

Trying to make up for how the last one ended, the host of the show had to let out two beasts in an attempt to please the crowd. They now all had smiles on their faces looking at the scene in front of them.

Whatever hope the young boy had was dashed in an instant as he looked at two terrifying ugly creatures in front of him. His strength was gone, his body froze in fear. His knees buckled and he fell to his knees. His arms rested on the floor in front of him touching the blood of the other participants. Like a waterfall that flows incessantly, his tears dropped from his eyes.

"Dad, Goodbye," He muttered internally. In less than a second, the beasts were upon him, wasting no time to feed on their prey.

"AAAARGHH!!" Sounds of his screams and loud cries of agony followed by that of crushing bones filled the arena. Rasmus and Aella in a different room seeing what happened just watched on. The little girl still seated on the red velvet sofa with arms tied and mouth covered with a cloth already had red eyes from how much she had been crying.

"I want to go home. I want to see my mommy. I want to leave, somebody help me!" She could only say internally as the gag restricted her from speaking clearly, making her words and cries come out in muffled sounds.

After about three minutes of getting his flesh torn off his body and his insides pulled out, both beasts got blasted with the same laser beam that had gone through the last two with the exception of the beast had killed.

"The performer Richard Sundin has chosen death and this therefore is a passing." The announcer declared and there was an uproar from the audience.

Richard was still somewhat alive but couldn't speak or move. His breathing reduced with every second. His heartbeat dropped drastically as well. There was a pool of blood around him, and more still oozing from his body. He couldn't decipher what was happening only that the beasts were no more and he was left there.

"The time hadn't elapsed yet, will I be saved?" He thought to himself and whatever hopes he was beginning to have was soon to be dashed. He didn't fight back and they had declared a passing. This meant a feast was to happen and it was the seal of his death. His eyes closed slowly as he passed out and would drift into a sleep he would never wake up from.

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"Please don't do this, don't send me out there! Don't let me get eaten, please!" The little girl kept crying and pleading as Rasmus had taken off what was been used to keep her still.

"Oh honey, if only you knew that this is for the betterment of the world." Aella mumbled to herself.

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The viewers were pleased once more after the third being a disappointment, so the owners of the show carried on making it just one beast per performer and this young girl just happened to be the last performer for the day.

Just like the others, she had also been lifted on stage through a device which was right beneath it.

"Awwwn," the audience said simultaneously it sounded like a symphony . Her parted hair was tied up in ponytails falling at her sides, down to her spotted dress, white socks and shoes, not to talk of her already adorable looking self. She immediately drew the attention of the audience. She was the child picked by Madam G to go last.

"She really is such a beauty," Aella commented. "What a shame," She sighed sadly and stared at the screen.

The little girl stood with her body already shaky even before the beast was let out. As soon as she saw the doors to the cage lift slowly, she began taking slow steps backwards until she hit the wall.

"Help me, let me go. I don't want to get eaten, I don't want to die!" She cried and the audience just watched in with a smile.

As soon as the beast was released it quickly looked around and locked sight on its target. Wasting no time, it had moved all six of its limbs at once sprinting towards her. She slowly lifted the knife with both of her her small shaky hands with more tears leaving her eyes.

She closed her eyes shut not wanting to see what was coming at her. "Please, someone help me!" She shouted as the beast was now within range. After those words, the beast latched onto her with its claws and teeth.

Aella immediately turned her head and looked away from the screen not wanting to see anymore of it.

"AAAARGHH! AAAAH! AARGHH!" Her screams of pain went on as she was being fed on.

Roderick was losing his mind watching what was going on. He rocked his chair so much that it fell to the floor with a thud. "She's so young, so young, so so pure, so.." he stuttered softly. Knowing him too well, the other rulers could tell he was crying again. The audience was enjoying it so much so they left the beast to feed on her beyond the time limit.

"AAAH! AAAARGHH!!" Was the last sound that left her lips before she succumbed to the cruel cold hands of death.

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"Abby!" A lady screamed as she immediately rose from bed. She had a horrific look on her face. Tears were already escaping her eyeballs. She had just woken up from a nightmare concerning her daughter. The only other person she had in this world. The only person she carried on living for.

"Abby!" She shouted again pulling on her hair. "Abby!"

"M-Mommy? What's wrong?" A little girl who slept by her side asked with sleepy eyes. She was woken by the voice of her mother screaming her lungs out while calling for her. Her long black hair which she usually loved to part in two and tie up in ponytails were left to fall. Some of the strands fell over her face even.

"My baby, you're here." Abby's mother hugged her tightly. "You're safe, you're fine." She heaved a sigh of relief but still had a lot of worry on her mind. Her heart beat increased and she was stricken with fear. "You won't be taken away from me, my Abby. You'll stay with me," she placed a kiss on the little girl's forehead while still holding her seven year old daughter close to her chest.

She looked around the room for a while before finally letting her daughter lay back down to sleep.

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Hello, author here, participating in my first WPC. Giving the world of revenge a try, so here's a story about secrecy, greed, power, bloodshed, gods and demons, and a young man who finds himself between them all.

You can let me know your thoughts in the comment section.

I hope you enjoy reading.