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Enzeru looked upon the face of the man that appeared out of the ground in front of him.
I know this man...I know him...he's my...my...father
"Father," Enzeru shouted as he rounded the corner to his father's shop carrying a plate of rice cakes and a glass of water "I've brought you some..."
clang
The boy dropped what he was carrying as he was met with the sight of his father dangling from metal hooks shoved through his sides three feet off the ground. A pool of blood had formed at the blacksmith's feet. Enzeru backed up a few feet, his face locked in a look of disbelief.
The man dangling from the chains looked up with swollen and bloodied eyes, he was severley beaten, and tried to shout the words "Run, Enzeru!" which came out as a muffled groan.
Hearing this, the five bandits responsible for the beating looked up from their looting to see the boy. They all smiled murderously and drew their weapons as they advanced towards the doorway. Enzeru simply stood there, paralyzed with fear.
As the bandits made there way towards the boy, they were surprised when the boy pulled a contraption from the back of his belt and a shot rang out from it, dropping the bandit to the far left. Four more shorts rang out in succession, causing the bandits to fall into lifeless heaps on the ground.
Enzeru shook violently as he looked on what he had just done, he was quickly snapped out of his trance though when his eyes met with those of his beaten father's. Enzeru ran to his father, gun in hand, and hugged his dangling leg tightly.
"Enzeru...I'm not going to make it.."
"Yes you will father, I'll run and get help, I'll..."
"Enzeru, you have one bullet left...use it on me...
"No...I can't..."
"Please...Enzeru...shoot me..."
"I CAN'T"
But you can...you have once before...and you're alive now...open your eyes you fool...WALK! a voice in Enzeru's head spoke, and it spoke truthfully.
When Enzeru opened his eyes, he was on his knees twenty yards from Draconis, sweat pouring down his forehead. He began to stand, and walk heavily towards the half-demon, taking a few steps, resting, then continuing on.
"Dra..con..is...pl..ease..jo..in..us" Enzeru begged as he crawled towards the shadowed man.
As Enzeru clawed his way towards the fiend, images of his dead father continued to resonate through his sub-concious. Finally, when Enzeru had crawled to within ten yards of the demon, he couldn't take it anymore and collapsed face-first into the black floor of the ampitheatre
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