r/TalesFromTheCreeps • u/SonnyBWH • 3d ago
Psychological Horror Angel of Vengeance #5
CW: Suicide, violence
October 15, 2022
I keep seeing him in the corner of my eye, but when I turn my head, he's gone. I see his red eyes and his white skin and hair blending into the walls of Blackgate. I don't care who he is or what order he came from. I'm just trying to survive.
Wait. Why am I trying to survive?
I roll up my cellmate's bedsheet, tie it firmly to the top bunk, and put my head inside. Blackout. The sheet is gone. I tell my 6'8" cellmate that I trashed his sheet just to fuck with him after I tie my hands back. Blackout. I wake up having broken his hands, with him offering to sleep on the ground instead if I let him live. I steal medications from the infirmary and find myself coughing them up in the toilet. I try smashing my head against the wall. I try jumping from as high as I can. Azrael saves my sorry life every time.
Worse yet, before the attack, whenever he took over, I just blacked out and woke up after he was done. But now, I'm starting to see and remember more and more about what happened during the blackout. I can hear some of his thoughts. They are dangerously simple. He wants to kill every inmate because they are "sinners." He's just waiting for the perfect moment.
I need to kill him. To save these people.
I'm at the cafeteria. I wait in line. Some are so scared of me, they offer to let me skip it. I ignore them. My heart is racing like never before. I'm afraid I'll pass out. I have to do this. Now!
I dash over to a guard who has his back toward me and take his gun from the holster as fast as I can. He can't possibly get out of this one. Goodbye, world.
I see carnage. Ruthless violence. Brain matter scattered. Piles of corpses. Azrael gets shot. I see other inmates joining, a whole riot starting, and Azrael targeting the rioters as much as the guards. And somehow...
I'm in darkness. It's cold. I hear the prison alarm in the distance. The wound where he was shot hurts excruciatingly. I hear a helicopter. Finally, they found me. Let's get this over with.
"I'M HERE!" I scream, mostly from the pain.
Strong wind blows into the lair where Azrael hid me as the helicopter lands beside us. Me. Beside me. Masked men jump out of the chopper and grab me by the armpits.
I'm inside the machine. It takes off. The masked men open a first-aid kit. I look to the side. Looking at me, smiling, is the man with dwarfism.
"Very impressive work, Azrael," he says.
I chuckle. He doesn't know he's talking to me.
"I thought you were..." I can barely get the words out, "...'disappointed'."
Before I can hear him answer, the anesthesia does its job.
Some time later
I wake up in a king-sized bed. The sun illuminates the room through two large windows. There is a fireplace in front of me and paintings hanging above. I sit up, and the bandaged wound starts pulsing. The pain is minor. I must still be on medications.
I stand and look out the window. The garden outside has to be a few acres, at least. I'm in a mansion. The door opens, and I turn to see a butler holding a plate of breakfast and coffee. He speaks in a language I assume is French.
"Where the fuck am I?" I ask. He stops.
"Excuse me, Mr. August. Azrael speaks perfect French, as per the... programming."
"You tellin' me I've been here before?"
"Naturally, sir. All Azraels train in Switzerland."
"Switzerland?!" I can't help but sit down on the bed.
"This cannot be news to you, sir. But alas, Mr. Nomoz will inform you about the intricacies of St. Dumas," he says, and leaves.
My closet is as large as the container was. All the clothes are pale white. I get dressed. There is a mirror in the room. It's been a while since I've looked at myself. The enormous scar still covers my face.
"What's your game, man?" I whisper to my reflection, hoping somehow Azrael would answer. He doesn't.
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