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Scarlet Tears chapter 2

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Chapter 2 – Corruption

When he opened his eyes, he saw before him a great cloud tower of unfathomable height. As he approached the entrance of the massive spire, he heard a voice. "Don't go in there" A winged figure said. "Huh? Who are you? And why are you wearing those silly wings?" Faust asked. "I have many names... and as for these wings, I'm not wearing them, they're attached. And I wouldn't be calling them 'silly' if I were you, you have one too!" He said, pointing at the large, white, feathered protrusion, jutting out from Faust's left shoulder blade.
"What?!" He exclaimed as he examined his new wing. He also noticed that he was wearing a long, white, open fronted robe, with plain black pants, rather than his shorts and T-shirt. "Am I... dead!?" He asked with a stunned look. "Yes, this is 'Heaven' as you would call it, and I am the one your people refer to as 'God'." He said with a sort of omniscient smile. "What? heaven exists!?" He gasped. "Of course, but don't get used to it, you won't even be here long enough to earn your other wing." 'God' said with a serious look. "What? Why?!" Faust asked defensively. "Simply because you don't belong, you don't believe, and you are not pure. You were border-line, that's why you got so much as a glimpse of 'heaven'. Normally you would have been sent straight to the underworld. But I've made my decision. Hence, you will be cast into the underworld." As he said this, a dark figure surrounded in a thick black aura rose from the cloudy flooring. It was a soul reaper, a gruesome creature with a dark, torn, hooded cloak, and a very large silver scythe that looked well-used. The reaper drifted slowly towards Faust. Faust took a step back and stood his ground. "Stay back!" he warned, his fists clenched at his sides. "You cannot harm me, I am a spirit with no physical body. I'm already dead." Came a raspy, hissing voice, that seemed eerily calm. As Faust held up his arms defensively, the reaper vanished. "Where'd it go!?" he said with an angered look. but before he could speak even another word, he felt a cold flash come over his entire body, like his insides were frozen all the way through. The reaper had latched onto him from behind and was pulling him down. hundreds of thousands of feet it felt as though they were falling. down, down, to the pit of the abyss. As they plummeted from the heavens, Faust broke loose from the wretched creature's deathly grip, but the reaper's talon-like hands tore across Faust's chest and stomach, leaving two long, jagged wounds. He felt no pain, and when the two non-bloody wounds instantly healed he thought; "I really am dead..." And then suddenly it hit him. If you feel no pain and you don't bleed, how does a reaper take your soul? "If we're both bodiless souls, how can HE destroy ME?" He thought to himself as they fell through a thick layer of black fog which caused his white robe to turn a dark, ashy grey. They were now entering the underworld. "The scythe!" he realized with a grin on his face. "Gotcha!" he said as he thrust his right hand at the scythe's handle and smashed the reaper in the face with his left. The reaper, having been struck with such force, let go of the scythe. Faust's grin widened as he pulled the scythe toward him. he wouldn't have been smiling if he'd known that the only that the only time a reaper will ever let go of it's scythe, is when it's going to... Bite. the reaper grasped Faust's left arm with both hands, and opened it's mouth wide with a grin. As Faust peered into the reaper's putrid maw, he saw many tiny, jagged, razor sharp teeth, coated in a thick, black ooze he assumed was it's saliva... but he was wrong. As the reaper clamped his jaw down on Faust's wrist, Faust let out a scream of pain. "What!? How can I feel that?" he thought as he closed his eyes tightly and a single scarlet tear dripped from his right eye, and ran slowly down his cheek. "GET OFF'A ME!!" He yelled furiously as he opened his eyes and leered at the reaper with a burning intensity. he spun the scythe so quickly it looked as though it were a helicopter blade, and swung it on a rising arch, straight into the chest of the reaper, making a quick, hollow thump. the reaper, writhing in pain, released Faust's arm as the scythe pierced all the way through the reaper's hollow chest, they landed on a soot covered surface with a loud bang. The force of the landing caused the scythe to slide into the reaper's body half way down the handle. the reaper slowly bellowed out the words; "The transformation has begun" with a wicked sneer on his face. "...Transformation...?" Faust asked aloud while the reaper slowly started dissolving away, like grey sand, floating on the warm, sulfurous breeze. "I've injected dark matter into your bloodstream... you will become... a reaper..." It said with a large grin, before completely disintegrating.
the word 'reaper' echoing in Faust's mind. As he stood there holding the large silver scythe, he stared blankly across the dusty black plane. Suddenly, he felt a sharp pain jolt through the entire left side of his body. "The transformation...?" he thought with a stunned look as he inspected the pulsating black wound on his wrist. "My hand!" He shouted. he'd grown long, jagged fingernails of midnight black. In fact, his whole left arm had gone a very dark grey, as if that part of his soul had died. A thin black aura was coating his hand. As he inspected the rest of his body, he noticed his hair had faded to a dull white, and his wing had become black as charcoal. "It has begun... I'm a monster!!" He yelled as he clenched his fists and closed his eyes tightly. "No, yer a reaper" came a gruff, but friendly voice from behind. Faust turned around and saw a tall bald man, bulging with muscles, and covered in scars from head to toe. "Ya've been bitten by a reaper. They call it; 'the jaws of death'. the reaper uses it's fangs to inject dark matter inta yer soul's life stream. The dark matter then begins to corrupt yer soul, mutatin' yer body, bit by bit, until ya become the very thing that bit ya. but that wing... you must be an angel... which means ya should be fine... for now... only the affected parts of ya will change, like yer arm and wing." Said the scarred man. "who are you? and how do you know so much about reapers?" Faust asked with a curious look. "Th'name's Keno Dega and I'm a warrior with the anti-demon rebellion. And ta fight th'reapers, we gotta know everything about 'em. I see you've already figured out how ta kill 'em." He said with a wide grin. "yer smart kid. Ya found out that the only way ta kill a reaper, is ta use it's own scythe ta destroy it's soul... how long'd it take ya ta find that out?" He said in his deep gruff voice. "It just... I dunno, came to me i guess." Faust replied. "It just popped inta yer head?! you must be some kinda genius! we could use that kinda talent in our rebellion, Mr. uhm...?" He asked with an inquisitive look. "oh, Faust, my name's Faust Solence." he said with a smile. "We'll surely succeed with the skills and quick thinking of Faust, the angel of death!" Said Keno with a chuckle. "You want me to join you? wait... why are you laughing? are you mocking me?" he asked with squinted eyes. "No! I'm just laughin' 'cuz I'm Psyched! we're gonna take down those freaks!" Keno shouted with a big smile. "well, I can't argue with THAT!" Faust said with a laugh. "sure, I'll join you". "Great, but first we need ta do somethin' about that mutation." He said as he Held out his arm. in his hand was a glowing, golden bangle. "Wear this on yer wrist, it'll slow down the flow of the dark matter. It’s a bracelet made outta angel gold. Just one-a the many amazing things we've made ta fight off the monsters of the underworld" He said with a look of accomplishment. As Faust affixed the bangle to his wrist, he felt the pain of the transformation slowly subside. "When we get back ta the base, I'll hook ya up with some more cool equipment." He said as he turned around and began walking.   
Chapter 2 of my story Scarlet Tears. i missed the deadline again :( oh well, not that far off, and only like one person has read chapter 1 anyway XD
also, this chapter is all one big paragraph, because i never know where the paragraphs end... ^^;
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very nice XDD if you're into angels and stuff you'll probably really like crosses and clockwork. that's the one with Faggin...I really should post a picture of him with his wings on DA. I have a couple but I can't post them cause they have Koshi in them and Erica would kill me XDD

Faust is totally awesome though, you really should try role playing, your characters are awesome. annnnnd I can't frigging beleive I'm totally the only one reading this!