Filed to story: Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel
‘I am not the one that makes the rules. I did what I was told to do. In truth, it was Hekate that pulled me from your mind. However, like the real Riviana, which is you, the shadow Riviana, which is me, did not listen to her all that much. I do not think that she cared for that development all that much.’
“Well, at least I was able to subconsciously stick it to the bitch.” I laughed at the idea of Hekate being pissed off about my dark side. “Hey, if you didn’t follow her rules, why did you continue to torment me?”
‘Well, that is because she took me to the Hall of Self-Reflection. I could defy orders from Hekate who is not a true ruler of this domain, but I cannot defy the orders of the others.’
“Others?” That wording scared me. “What others?”
‘Several religions have rulers of the underworld. Actually, pretty much all of them do. They all rule over a specific part of ‘Hell’ but most souls go to just one. They take their pick from the truly despicable of them all and torture them in their own personal domains.’
“That sounds quite.. uhm.. very.. it’s.. what the hell, that’s just fucking scary.” I was having a hard time saying it at first, but I got it out, eventually. “What others are here?”
‘Well, just to name a few, there is Hel, Yama, Mictlantecuhtli, Erlik, Mot, Supay, Ereshkigal, Batara Kala, Susanoo, Hades, Lucifer, and many more.’
“Oh shit!” I grabbed my head and shook it. I knew my mythology and I knew that most of those Gods were bad news.
‘It will be fine, Riviana. Just find the door to get out of here. That is all you can do.’
“Oh, yes, it will be that easy. And where is the door?”
‘I don’t know. But you will find it.’
With that, it felt like the other me was retreating to the back of my head. She was abandoning me. This was so not nice.
“TRAITOR!” I shouted at her, but she didn’t respond. “This is so not good.”
I looked around me once more. I looked at the kids that I was clinging to, and I looked at the millions of people that were moving so quickly around me. They weren’t carrying actual luggage, but those souls still looked like they were burdened by baggage: the baggage of regret.
“Do you three know where the door is in this world? Can you sense it like you did before?” These three little boys hadn’t made a peep since I asked for their help last time. Now though, they seemed to be looking around and thinking. Were they going to talk to me again?
“W..w..we c..can f..f..find it f..f..for y..you, M..m..mo..mommy.” Zayden’s voice sounded a little squeaky. They were probably afraid of this place.
“W..w..w..we c..can sen..sense it for y..you.” Zander nodded at me.
“W..we w..w..will h..he..help m..mommy.” Zachary stood tall and firm like he was trying to tell me that he wasn’t afraid.
“Thank you, all three of you. You’re Mommy’s big helpers.” I smiled at them and hugged them before standing up.
“C..c..come o..on m..m..mo..mommy.” Zayden tugged on my hand, which he had already been holding. “L..l..le..let’s g..go.”
“Thank you.”
The three of us started off in the directions that they were sensing the door. This caused more problems than when we were just sitting there. The people in the lines were so easy to move when we were not staying in one position. So, that meant that all of the souls kept bumping into me like I was an unpleasant obstacle. I know that the boys could feel it too, and they were scared when they were hit by the others.
Finally, I could see a door in the distance. It too is a lot longer to reach than it should have, considering how love it was to our original starting point, but we were buffeted around so much that it dragged out the time. I was just glad that we were about to leave this place and I didn’t have to come back here ever again.
“DO YOU TRULY THINK THAT I WILL LET YOU LEAVE JUST LIKE THAT!”
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Riviana
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I heard that very unpleasant voice ring out throughout the entire airport. The voice filled the entire Hall of Regrets, but it seemed like me and the boys were the only that had heard it. The millions of other souls surrounding us were still moving about like there was nothing at all happening.
“HEKATE!” I screamed her name into the vast room. “WHAT DO YOU WANT NOW? I AM ALREADY ON MY WAY TO YOU! CAN YOU NOT WAIT FOR ME TO COME AND DESTROY YOU? ARE YOU THAT EAGER TO FIGHT ME AGAIN!?”
I was pissed off. Mostly, because she was preparing to attack me with the boys so close to me again. I was on guard right now too, because I just knew that these people around me were going to turn violent and attack us.
“I WILL STOP YOU NOW AND HAVE YOUR SOUL BROUGHT TO ME! I WILL TAKE YOUR MAGIC, ESCAPE HELL, AND RULE THE MORTAL REALM!” She yelled out at me again.
“You are truly just like all the other megalomaniacal psychopaths. You’re telling me your whole plan. You’re basically going to tell me how to defeat you next.” I laughed and scoffed at her for what she was doing.
“NO ONE CAN DEFEAT ME! I AM INVINCIBLE! THAT IS WHY MY HUSBAND LOCKED ME IN THIS PRISON! THERE WAS NO ONE IN ANY OF THE REALMS THAT COULD DEFEAT ME! I WILL KILL YOU, RIVIANA! I WILL KILL YOU AND DESTROY ALL THAT YOU LOVE!”
“Well, I simply can’t let that happen now, can I?” I almost laughed at her, but I couldn’t. I needed to keep my cool.
I started to walk toward the door again, keeping the boys close to me. That was when I felt that cold start to spread through the area again. Once again, I wrapped the boys in protective barriers so that they would be safe until I got us out of here.
“ALL OF YOU! COME TO MY AID! I WILL REWARD THOSE THAT HELP ME WITH A SECOND LIFE! A SECOND CHANCE TO DO WHAT YOU NEVER HAD THE COURAGE TO DO BEFORE! ALL OF THOSE THAT FAIL ME WILL BE BROUGHT TO THE HALLS OF THE DAMNED FOR ETERNAL TORTURE!”
It was like everything in the Hall of Regret went still all at the same time. Every single person that had been speedily walking all around the airport for no reason at all came to an abrupt halt. They stood so still that they looked like statues that were going to a wax museum. Not only that, but that weird chattering chirruping noise that they were making stopped as well.
The hall was once creepily deafening in the noisiness that filled it. Now it was creepily deafening in the utter silence that was filling it.
