Φ Faced with the horde of people in front of us, I start to cry and say, “It’s hopeless.”
Grabbing me tighter. my brother says, “Don’t worry it will be ok.”
The boss says, “Go get me my next 100 meals,” Which causes all of the people in front of him to charge at us.
Running forward 45 degrees from where he was standing my brother started to clash with the people in front of him. He cuts one down, then another, then another, then another.
He keeps slashing at each one of them, but then he’s struck in the back. Hussain hasn’t recovered from all the blows he took earlier, so that attack causes him to scream in pain.
With blood trickling down his face, he looks me in the eyes and says, “It will be ok.”
But quickly he turns around and slashes his attacker, still, the group of people around keep going and then strike him directly on the head, taking him down to the floor.
While the both of us lay on the floor, we are kicked again and again until they run out of breath. Then through the crowd of people, the boss walks out and says, “You really cut down a good number of my people, all for your little shit stain of a brother; really not worth the trouble if you ask me.”
Kicking my brother in the face, he says, “But I don’t give a shit about your reasons or motivation, what I care about is how you are going to pay for that!!”
After kicking my brother, a bit more he picks up his head on the ground and says, “I take suggestions.”
My brother spits in his face, and says, “Hopefully that water will help you grow a brain, you idiot.”
“So, the hard way it is.” Slamming my brother's head into the ground, he says, “Take this waste of oxygen back to base.”
“Leave him alone.”
Turning to face me, he looks surprised for a moment then says, “Is that you, little prince?” After laughing for a bit, he says, “I almost didn’t recognize you from the dirt on the ground. What a shame, with your current appearance I probably won’t get shit for selling you.”
Turning to one of his people the boss says, “Kill this brat.”
“BOSS MOVE!” One of the boss’s people says.
Behind the boss, I see my brother swinging his sword directly at the man. The boss turning around takes out his own sword to block the attack, but my brother cuts throw and slashes the boss's arm off.
As the boss screams in pain my brother tries to cut off his head, but is stopped by his men who pile up on him and restrain him to the ground.
The people on top of him start to beat him while saying, “You’re going to pay for that, you bastard.”
The boss who has wrapped up his hand says, “MOVE YOU BASTARDS!!!”
Over my brother's body, he starts to stomp over him while saying, “I was going to sell you but fuck that, you won't be living another day. MARY GET OVER HERE!!”
“Yes, boss.”
“Where ripping him apart slowly.” Turning to me, he says, “And your going to watch you little shit.”
Holding me in front of my brother, the woman over him says, “Now first we start with your skin.”
From over all our heads I here, Katk let out a screech and then swoop down to attack Mary, but with a single slash she takes him out of the sky, “Don’t bother me birdy you will get your turn later.”
“NO!”
In front of my brother, I see them take off his skin, his finger and toenails, his hand, and his eye then his nose. They repeatedly cut into him which causes my brother to scream, and cry, though his cries are completely dominated by the laughter of the people around us.
It is all too much for me, and my mind starts to get woozy as the room spins, so I try to close my eyes, but they are forcibly held open as the boss says, “You’re going to watch every second of this, look at what has happened to the brother who came here to save you!!!”
After a horrendous amount of time the woman gets off my brother, and in front of me what I see is my mutilated brother with tears running down his face.
My brother had always been strong and proud, he is someone who was even more untouchable than father to me, he was always a never breaking pillar in my eyes. But the man in front of me was almost a different person, weak broken, and even more pathetic than I. Seeing my brother in such a state brings me to tears, “Hussain!!”
Over his body, Mary says, “Don’t cry out yet, since he is still alive, I left the finishing blow for you boss.”
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“Wonderful work Mary, you will be well rewarded.”
Taking me by the neck he holds me right in front of my brother and says, “He probably can’t even see anything right now, how pathetic.”
Dropping me in front of Hussain the boss says, “Now elder brother do you have any last words?”
As I lay in front of my brother I hear him say, “I-I-I don’t wa-a-a-ant to die.”
Chuckling a bit the boss says, “Too bad,” then cuts off my brother's head. Immediately after he does this, he throws my brother's head right into my arms, then says, “Say your goodbyes,” While bringing his sword close to my neck.
In the moment before my head flies off, I stare into my brother's face, his expression is full of pain and despair, something he has never shown in my entire time knowing him.
My brother who had lived his life trying to help me and others shouldn’t have such an expression, he shouldn’t have experienced such suffering, and he shouldn’t have died in this way.
The reason Hussain is no longer here is because of me, it is all my fault. My heart breaks even more as I realize this, this feeling is too heavy, too horrible for me to live with, a person like me should just die.
Feeling the sword come close to my neck I mutter, “But I won’t.”
Then from my right arm chains burst forward and shatter the sword.
The boss behind me says, “He’s a legacy!!”
Suddenly I see all the people around me arm themselves and try to attack me, but the chains burst out of my right arm and pierce each and every one of them.
Standing up, I say, “Death is the easy way out, a person like me needs to spend every last of his filthy breaths replacing what he has robbed, from the world.”
Holding up my right arm, I say, “As the new king of Jedidiah, my first decree is that all of you scum, abusers, filthy, people who are no different than me; should all die.”
My chains move through all of them around me striking them directly in their hearts or throats, and when most of them have fallen I walk up to the boss.
Looking at me from the floor he says, “Please I will give you anything you want just don’t kill me!!!”
“Too late.” With my chains, I pierce him through the heart.
Putting up my hand, I say, “KATK TO ME.”
-Break-
Walking through their base I break all of the cages open and say, “YOU’RE ALL FREE STARTING FROM NOW, YOU CAN COME WITH ME IF YOU HAVE NOWHERE TO GO!”
Stopping, I see the two kids in a cage. In the brother’s arms is the sister’s beaten body. As the boy sees me his face of hope turns to one of horror, upon his realization that I was the one freeing everyone.
Looking straight into his eyes, I see him look away from me, but then he says, “I am sorry for all that we did, but please save my sister!!”
“My brother just came to save me, but in the process of doing that he died.”
Bowing his head, he says, “Please take out any punishment on me just save my sister.”
“My brother’s death wasn’t a quick one they made sure to torture him right before he died, and made me watch all the while as he cried and screamed, do you know how that feels?”
With fright in his eyes, the little brother looks up at me. So, I say, “And now you want me to save your sister, funny isn’t it.”
With my chains I break the cage open and walk in, picking her up I say, “Let’s get you both some medical attention.”
“But I though-.”
“Don’t worry about it, because you simply did what you had to, to eat. I understand that feeling all too well.”
-Break-
In the palace of Jedidiah, I break open a special door in Thueban's room to reveal, Naji and his grandson Easifatan. In the room, Naji is hung and has a rather damaged body, while Easifatan lays in the room beside him.
Walking up to Naji I break all of his restraints off his body, then I give him my shoulder allowing him to walk.
“What happened here?”
“He had his fun with torturing me and brought Easifatan to watch.”
“Where are his parents?” Sadness overtakes Naji’s face, so I say, “I see, Scheherazade get Easifatan for me.”
“Right.”
“Who is this?”
“Just one of the many friends I have made.”
Picking up Easifatan, Scheherazade says, “It will be ok, come with me Ahmed will take care of everything.”
Looking at Scheherazade Easifatan says, “How pretty,” as he starts to hug her.
“Ahmed, what is wrong with this boy!?”
Laughing a bit, I say, “It seems Easifatan is still the same.”
Walking with Naji out the door, he looks over to a dead Thueban on his bed and says, “I see how you got in.”
Looking around the room Naji asks, “Where is Hussain?”
“He isn’t with us anymore. But don’t fret since from now on I will protect you and everyone in Jedidiah in his place.”
“Are you really Ahmed?”
-Break-
Walking through the crowds of people, Naji tells me, “Don’t do this.”
“I don’t have any other option Naji.”
Kneeling on the floor in front of the masses, I say, “Present them.”
One by one each of them takes off their shoes and I lick each of their feet. As I bring my tongue close to one of their feet, one man asks to ask, “Why are you doing this?”
“Because am I no different than any of you here, yet I have abused you all in such an awful way. So right here, right now, I will show you just the learned I am willing to go to earn your trust back.”
Holding his foot out in front of me, he says, “I see. Then show it to me, my king.” Before the day ends, every single citizen regardless of age had their feet licked by me.
And when I finished, I said, “From this moment on I won’t ever allow any of you to suffer again, I swear this to you not in my family's name but in my brother's name; the rightful king of Jedidiah.”
Throughout the crowd, cheers erupt. And in that moment, I made a promise, to never let anything bad fall upon this kingdom again.
So, I dived into the underground kingdom each day looking for more and more treasures to use as currency. I used the money to buy information and supplies.
I spent countless hours improving and reworking our economy, education, infrastructure, and military. The countless days I spent working almost killed me, but I was able to bring happiness to the people of Jedidiah.
“They where are all safe,” I say as I try to sleep.
But as I dream, in front of me appears my brother, who says, “It isn’t enough, if I was here, I would have done better. You robbed the world of my brilliance, yet this is all you can do. What a failure.”
Jumping up from my bed, I start to breathe heavily, and seconds later I get up and walk over to my desk and say, “I need to do more, I need to save more, I need to destroy all their worries, all of their uncertainties because as king I am sure he would have been able to.”
Deceased
Name: Hussain Abrahams
Age: 20
Birthday: Aries 9th
Hair: Gold
Eyes: Crimson
Height: 181 cm
Description: The first prince of Jedidiah and older brother of Ahmed Abrahams. He was a brilliant open-minded thinker who worked tirelessly to protect the abused people of his country. He resented his entire family with the exception of his younger brother, who he loved dearly.