We'll Let The Fires Just Bathe Us

“Jack..” David whispered.
“Shut up.” He snapped, looking furious. No one spoke but all their wide eyes stayed on me.
“To answer Alex’s question,” Jack said, “If Hell fell apart, we’d have deranged, tortured, insane souls running around destroying and killing everything.” Jack explained.
“To put that in simpler terms, the Apocalypse?” I spoke again, talking took every bit of energy I had. Jack glowered at me, his eyebrows knitted above abyss black eyes.
“Yes.” Amy replied, still looking a little shocked but a small smile played at her lips. It wasn’t a smirk of amusement, it was a genuine smile. As if she were pleasantly surprised at how stubborn I was being. Well guess what. I was surprised too.
“Alex I will-“ Jack started, stepping over to me but Amy interrupted him.
“Aw come on, Jack. This effects him too.” She said in a disregarding tone.
“He’s a slave. He’s dirt. He shouldn’t be speaking when Rulers are around.” Jack snarled, the darkness in his eyes threatening to spill over. I shrugged off the insults, over the years I’ve developed a tough skin to things like that.
“Okay fine I’m dirt, but I’m dirt that’s trying to save his own skin!” I cried, trying to not let my exhaustion show.
“I can make that very difficult seeing as you won’t have skin.” Jack seethed, a low growl escaping his chest.
“How is this kid alive?” Zack snorted.
“Because I know better than to kill Jack’s people before blaming it on someone else.” I replied, mentally face palming myself at my own stupidity.

You just can’t keep your damn mouth shut can you?

“You little shit.” Zack growled. I could tell he was going to inflict his hell on me but because of the exhaustion that filled me from being in the First Quarter, I wasn’t sure if I’d be able to stand the Third Quarter. Suddenly Jack stood between us.
“Move.” Zack said.
“You’re very lucky an apocalypse hangs above our heads. Unfortunately for me it does and we can’t handle a ruler going insane so we’re just stuck with you until all this ends, but rest assured, when all this is over, you will be punished.” Jack said. Zack flinched before stepping down.
“What are we going to do?” David asked, ignoring the altercation that just happened.
“I don’t know.” Jack replied, rubbing his face.
“What started this?” Amy asked.
“I don’t know that either.”
“When did it start?”
“Two days ago.” He answered. Jack bought me three days ago. My mind swam from all the things that had happened in the last three days.
“Alright well we’d better part ways to relieve some of the pressure off Hell but in the mean time, everyone try to figure out what could’ve started this and what we can do to prolong the inevitable.” Amy sighed before vanishing. Zack vanished almost as soon as Amy did and David stayed for a second just to give us a goodbye nod.
“You are so fucking stupid.” Jack snarled, whipping around to face me. I jumped and stepped back. “What the fuck are you doing talking to Rulers that way?” He asked. I swayed a bit but managed to stay on my feet. “I won’t always be here to protect you, you know.” He spat.
“W-when have you ever protected me?” I asked, talking was draining the small amount of strength I had but I was determined to hold my own in this argument, “Honestly I mean you’ve let my soul be sent to the First Quarter, you’ve hit me, you’ve yelled at me-“
“I didn’t let Zack touch you.” He snarled.
“That’s just cause you don’t like him.” I retorted.
“No you idiot!” He pushed me. Normally I probably would’ve taken a step or two back but this had me leaning against the wall. “I didn’t let him touch you because you wouldn’t have been able to handle it. Look at you! You went to only the the First Quarter and you look like death.”
“I would’ve been fine.” I replied through gritted teeth. His hand was at my throat, threatening to crush it.
“If you ever disobey me again, I will send you straight to Hell myself and when my shadow gets his hands on you, I will honestly pity you.” He spat before bringing his hand, still clasped around my throat forward, and hitting my head against the wall making me see flashes of light before everything was black.

Notes

Title Cred: The Sharpest Lives by My Chemical Romance


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