Chapter 4: Find Me
"Grimm" - Grimm's 2nd voice
"Grimm!" - Grimm's 2nd Voice
Grimm opened his eyes, being in the very same room he was in a few nights ago.
"I found something…something that might intrigue you?" - Grimm's 2nd Voice
Grimm stood up slowly.
"What are you talking about?" - Grimm
"There are some things I left out in our past conversation, some things I chose not to tell you." - Grimm's 2nd Voice
"What kind of things?" - Grimm's 2nd Voice
"First I must show you something." - Grimm's 2nd Voice
***
Grimm caught his breath as he awoke in a white cell laying on the floor. He sat up slowly.
'Where am I?' - Grimm
'You were captured and so was Hal. Whoever that man was, he somehow beat both of you at the same time.'
Grimm thought back to before.
-The Night Before-
*Plop*
"That's all I needed to hear." - Julius
The man's head hit the floor as Julius stood over him.
"Now now now-" - Julius
Julius looked at the three who were all now standing up and were looking directly at him.
"What a reunion this is...who's the new guy?" - Julius
Julius smiled at them as they remained quiet with Naomi making the slightest look towards Julius.
"What do you want, Julius?" - Hal
"It's not what I want…It's what my dear cousin needs…" - Julius
"And that would be?" - Hal
"To be cleansed from whatever evil has infested her body."
Naomi dashed away from everyone as fast as she could. Her movement came to a halt as Julius grabbed her by the hair.
"It's okay Naomi I will save you." - Julius
Naomi looked at him with immense shock.
"Why…why…WHY!" - Naomi
She screeched, causing Hal and Grimm to cover their ears.
Julius smiled as his ears bled
*Snap*
The screaming then stopped after he snapped her neck.
"It'll be okay, besides you'll live through that now…hopefully. You also brought some interesting prisoners along with you so this will be fun."
Hal looked over as her ears rang, staring at Julius. Grimm could feel the temperature raising around her.
"Commander?" - Grimm
Hal's body went ablaze as she blitzed at Julius as he clashed with her as his clothes burned off his arm.
"Someone's hotheaded huh?" - Julius
"You said you would keep her safe?" - Hal
"I'm trying too." - Julius
Julius then backed off of Hal and stood as nothing was fazing him in the moment.
"I tried…but I did not fail, I can still fix her." - Julius
"How do you plan to do that huh?" - Hal
"I cannot tell you that. On another note though." - Julius
Julius took an odd position with him lifting his hand forward.
"You're on private property, not only that but you are a murderer and a demon. You might as well call yourself a prisoner."
"I'm not going anywhere!" - Hal
"Is that so?" - Julius
Julius then positioned his hand over the ground as a small knife formed in his hand.
"You're hereby under arrest!" - Julius
Hal dashed at him, as they clashed Hal's flames spiked around her. He brought the knife to take the brunt of it. Hal's flames then engulfed the both of them.
'He's human he'll be cooked in seconds!' - Hal
The flame began to burn around them as it got larger and larger. It was the size of a house now as Julius let out a laugh.
"HAHA I feel my skin peeling off by the second, my bones feel like they're on fire." - Julius
'What the hel-' - Hal
A sharp pain cut Hal's thoughts off. As a howling noise was let out as a bright white light shone through her abdomen. She was sent back slamming into a building. Her flames died as Julius stood there burnt to a crisp as he held that small bright white knife. His burnt skin started to flake off as his skin appeared to be reborn.
*Crash*
Julius was dragged across the ground as Grimm was hovering over him. Grimm looked at him as Julius' face was pretty much back to normal.
"There's a version of you I can't but hope to pray to beat," - jlius
Julius then appeared behind Grimm.
"But as you are now you stand no chance." - Julius
Grimm's vision went blurry as he looked down to the hole in his chest.
"Commander?" - Grimm
Hal laid lifeless as the naked Julius threw her over his shoulder. Julius started to walk over to Grimm. Everything went dark.
***
"Grimm? Snap back to me for a second." - 2nd voice of Grimm
Grimm looked over at him.
"The you that is now is wrong. Something happened to you when you turned human, something I couldn't have foreseen. The Grimm that was supposed to be born is you yes but you hid your true self away before being born. I don't know why but when you did you were born like a baby with thoughts and ideas but nothing else. In short You're Not you." - 2nd voice of Grimm
Grimm looked at him blankly.
"Commander is dead." - Grimm
"Perhaps, but if you wish to avenge her you must be born again." - 2nd voice of Grimm
"I don't understand?" - Grimm
"All I need you to do is trust me Grimm." - 2nd voice of Grimm
"Trust?" - Grimm
"I can't go with you but you must find the rest of you"- 2nd voice of Grimm
"Where?" - Grimm
Everything around them disappeared as so did the 2nd voice of Grimm.
"In your mind…" - 2nd voice of Grimm
It was silent now. Grimm looked around to see nothing but darkness. He looked left Darkness, He looked right Darkness, He looked up Darkness, He looked down Darkness. He looked behind him seeing nothing but endless darkness. He walked forward feeling an odd temptation to do so. NO thoughts could enter in or out of his head. The darkness start to touch him ever so slightly.
"Save me" - That Little girl
"HELP MEEE" - A woman screamed
"Please, don't kill me I have a wi-" - A man gunned down
"Hello is anyone out there?" - A woman
"I'm too young to die." - A young man
"Please save me?" - A receptionist
"Please?My kids?" - A businessman
"Please?" - A boy
A little girl appeared in front of Grimm with her hand out pointing towards him. Blood started to drip down her face.
"You could have saved me if you wanted to!" - The little Girl
"Who are you guys?" - Grimm
Grimm looked around at all the surrounding bodies piling ontop of eachother.
"They are the one's I helped." - Random Voice
*Slash*
The girl's body was split in half as a man walked over her body. He looked exactly like Grimm.
"You!" - New Grimm
His face was calm and dead.
"Me?" - Grimm
"You're me, I've been waiting for you so I could reclaim whats mine and get the hell out of here." - New Grimm
"What is yours?" - Grimm
He pointed out his Scythe.
"You." - New Grimm
Grimm put out his palm.
"I must save my Commander!" - Grimm
New Grimm stood there with a straight face.
"You can hold onto your musts and needs in the afterlife." - New Grimm
Grimm struck at his look alike but it was hopeless as his attack was dodge with ease. New Grimm made a flashy move with his scythe as he backed up seemingly.
'He's just a brute with feelings.' - New Grimm
He slashed at Grimm with might but Grimm hit the scythe to the side and attempted a kick, New Grimm grabbed the foot and pushed it causing a spin motion of sorts for Grimm losing balance he found himself be slashed by the scythe. He fell to the ground.
'Commander?' - Grimm
Just for a moment Grimm found strength beyond himself, strength he never knew he had. The tension between the two seemed to collapse as Grimm stood up with a dead look. New Grimm looked at him intently.
"I can see why people are scared of us, yet fear isn't an emotion we perceive. I didn't notice it till now but my strength is slowly coming back to me. This wi-" - New Grimm
Grimm palmed him hundreds of feet away.
"I'm going to save commander, and there's nothing that ca-" Grimm
*Shink*
"Can what?" - New Grimm
The scythe was directly through Grimm's chest.
"I realize now you're just a piece of me that was stripped away." - New Grimm
A piece of Grimm falls off and onto New Grimm.
"I'll be taking my strength back." - New Grimm
Grimm was slowly absorbed by New Grimm, the seer amount of strength cracked the air almost.
"My first fight as a mortal was with myself how interesting. I need to get out of here and see what the hell is going on!" - Grimm
New Grimm started to walk away as his scythe dragged behind him.
***
"You're back already?" - Grimm's 2nd Voice
Grimm looked at him with dead unbothered eyes. The 2nd voice of Grimm was shocked as he took a defensive position.
"You! explain this?." - Grimm
"H…how?" - The 2nd voice of Grimm
"Well I broke free out of the darkness of my own mind, what I don't understand is how my strength was stripped out of my body. I know that wouldn't be a natural occurrence, so tell me Xavier. How did most of my soul get sealed away and some of it put into physical form? And why are you here?" - Grimm
"When it all happened I thought that your power might destroy the mortal body so I took precautions." - Xavier the 2nd voice of Grimm
"Making my human body weak in return?" - Grimm
"You must hurry back Grimm!" - Xavier
A book started to float towards him.
"And why's that?" - Grimm
"The book will show you." - Xavier
The book reached his face as it latched onto him he saw everything from when Grimm was born to when Grimm woke up in the cell. He sliced the book in half with his scythe. Looking up at Xavier.
"This girl, why is she so important to you and I?" - Grimm
'Feels like a basically killed a new-born.' - Grimm
"Well to put it bluntly she freed us, why else would I care for a demon who acts like a brat? Something about that demon girl is special." - Xavier
"I don't know about all of this but what I do know is," - Grimm
Grimm made eye contact with Xavier.
"I don't trust you." - Grimm
"You are free to think freely but keep in mind I've kept this body alive long enough for you to be able to inhabit it!"- Xavier
"You wouldnt of had to if all of me was in it in the first place." - Grimm
Grimm sat down with his scythe disappearing. With one knee up he was looking down lost in thought.
'What is going on? This girl made me mortal? Why would I want to be mortal?'- Grimm
"How long until I'm back to the mortal world?" - Grimm
Xavier smiled slightly looking down at him.
***
Two guards stood at the end of a white hallway.
"Hey?" - Guard 1
"Yeah?" - Guard 2
"Boss seemed to be on edge today huh?" - Guard 1
"Yeah I think it's due to the new inmate in cell 3." - Guard 2
"Huh I wonder what kind of monster would have to cause the boss a stir." - Guard 1
"I'm sure it's nothing." - Guard 2
Their knees suddenly dropped to the ground as the air around them felt heavy.
*CRASH*
An alarm rang as one of the guards brought himself up to a kneeling position.
'What the?' - Guard 1
He looked down the hall to see one of the cells completely busted open. As a tall figure walked out slowly with a shadowy presence to him. His bones cracked and snapped as he walked.
'Cell 3??' - Guard 1
Grimm walked towards the guard as he was still on his knees looking up. The other guard was dead from the sudden amount of pressure being thrust onto the two. Grimm put his hand on the guard's face.
"I've never killed before, the feeling of murder and death has been present in my life on multiple occasions…"
Grimm touched his face gently swiping away the man's tears.
"And yet I've never known its feeling" - Grimm
The man began to scream as Grimm slowly pressed his finger into the man's eye with an expressionless look.
*Squelch*
The screaming ceased as Grimm removed his finger out of the guard's head. Grimm turned around walking down the hall as the cell mates looked at him with fear. He turned to a cell with interest.
"You?"
A girl in a fetal position turned to him slowly.
"You?" - Naomi
"Your cousin? Where can I find him?" - Grimm
"Why?" - Naomi
"I'm gonna kill him." - Grimm
Naomi had a shocked expression as she looked at his dead eyes. This was not the same man she fought previously.
'What happened to him?' - Naomi
*CREAK*
Grimm pushed apart the cell bars with one hand.
"You help me and you'll live." - Grimm
Naomi had recently forgotten what it was like to be alive. Now with her powers she could live forever but was it really living. She thought of a fond memory of her and her father eating lunch with Hal. Tears started to flow out of her eyes.
"You promise to kill him?" - Naomi
"I already promised."- Grimm
Grimm turned around and started to walk as she crept up behind him slowly.
"Hey man why don't you do us a favor and save us all?" - Random cell mate
Grimm looked over at the man.
"Naomi." - Grimm
"Yes?" - Naomi
"Kill him." - Grimm
'Wha!?' - Naomi
Naomi hesitated for a second looking at the man.
"What? Are you crazy?" - Random Cell Mate
Naomi slashed through the cell at the man's throat. The man held it tightly but it was no help.
"You…. mo..ters!" - The Random cell mate
He choked on his blood as he fell backwards the other cell mates fell silent and backed up in their cells. Grimm looked at the cell near them as the inmate backed up in fear.
"I'm no one's savior, I listen to what I'm ordered to do and nothing else. But now without those orders I live a life of the unknown, the feelings that were present in my past life I've only ever seen not felt; death, murder, choking, breathing, and feeling it's all new to me. The person who gave me this opportunity is Hal and I'll save her no matter what it takes even if I don't know what the feeling is like." - Grimm
Grimm walks past the cells and over the bodies of the guards. Naomi follows him hesitantly.
***
"Yo!" - Estranged Teen
The estranged man had wild black hair as it seemed to lay everywhere, he wore a tank top with baggy jeans.
"The Reaper escaped Julius. Can I fight him now?" - Estranged Teen
Julius didn't care to turn his head over at him while he was focused on something else in front of him. They were in a large domed room with a chair in the middle where Julius sat, the chair facing the window-part of the room as he could from miles from it. He wasn't looking in the distance he was looking at something in front of him.
"Go ahead if you die, I warned you already." - Julius
"HaHA! This going to be so much fun a demon vs the fucking Grim Reaper." - Estranged demon
"Damon!" - Julius
"Yes?" - Estranged "Damon" Teen
"Keep them busy for a bit, why don't you? I'd like to enjoy this image for a while longer." - Julius
*drip*
He said as Hal's blood dripped down as she was hung up like a Christmas ornament, a hook held the spine of her body. She slowly swayed back and forth. Damon chuckled as he left.
"You hear that Hal, your little pawn is coming to help you." - Julius
*drip*
Julius wished a piece of fire would spark up so he could put it out.
"Maybe in your next life Hal." - Julius
He watched her go limp as she was covered in blood and slashes.
'I can't wait to see the look on his face!' - Julius
He smiled in excitement and pleasure, tightening his grip on his chair arm. He loved every second of Hal's torture even if it had passed...
