Episode 6: Loose Integrity

The Greater Ghouls have lived a very long life. The Reaper still faces the double crossing.

Scene 1

 

It is now night time and the Reaper has his hands tied up. A man holds onto the rope as he rides his horse. Big Teddy has his whip and hits him in every other second. They all ride their horses but the Reaper walks with the whipping on his back. He is shirtless. His equiptment is on a wagon. All the men laugh at him.

 

Big Teddy: Suppose everyone got a weakness after all. You were the most feared man of the whole world. But I don't buy that. You are just one pathetic bounty hunter.

 

The Reaper's bloody face is still straight. He does not react to the whipping.

 

Man: Big Teddy, This one aint ammusin us. We should just kill em.

 

Big Teddy: Use your brain boy. I got an idea.

 

Big Teddy pulls out his gun and shoots the ground. The Reaper moves his feet.

 

Big Teddy: COME ON REAPER. DANCE.

 

The Reaper keeps on leaping over the bullets. The men shoot the ground too. When they run out of bullets they start to laugh again. The scene cuts to the town. The four of the Greater Ghouls walk alone in the middle of the night.

 

Silvia: Every citizen here must be very happy

 

Maxwell: Yes dear. They all must be very hungry by now.

 

Stock: Where is the Reaper? I wanna clobber that human so badly!

 

Maxwell: If he aint comin tonight, then he come tommorow night. We just have the advantage of a head start.

 

Silvia: Oh dear, I just can't wait to take out that man.

 

Maxwell: Don't worry...we all will. And the citizens will.

 

Stock: but they haven't lived long as we have. They don't understand about anythin as a Ghoul yet!

 

Maxwell: You are right, we lived through torment and hell. But they sure will be hungry! In fact I just can't stop rememberin the first time we even became a Ghoul. 

 

Silvia: Oh please, you are spoiling the dream and fun I was havin with that story.

 

Maxwell: Im sorry dear, but I remember many centuries ago, we use to be below them. But I best not tell it again since you are bothered by it. And we all have been.

 

The scene transitions to the llth century. There are knights and holy warriors fighting the Pagans. Maxwell was a knight. He stabs and cuts down many warriors. There are screams of agony and pain in the battlefield. Heads are flying and rolling away from their bodies. Arms and legs are being chopped off. Arrows rain onto the knights and pagans. One of the arrows hit a knight's eye and another hits the other eye. The knight is then stabbed by the spear. Many knights are impaled by the spears and help up. The blood splatters onto Maxwell. The Pagans capture Maxwell. There are women and children captured by the pagans. Maxwell starts to black out. When he wakes up he finds himself locked in a cage with other warriors and women. They are in a temple. A woman holds him in her arms.

 

Maxwell: JUSTINE.... IS THAT YOU MY LOVE!

 

Justine: (hugging him tightly) Yes it is! but don't look my dear.

 

The Pagans grab a prisoner and puts him on a table. Another Pagan reads a book and the other holds a skull dagger. The pagan with the dagger grabs a torch and burns him. The prisoner screams in pain. The Pagan with the book reads more quickly. The other pagan then stabs the prisoner in the heart. Maxwell looks up to observe the torment. The Pagan opens Maxwell's cage and grabs Justine.

 

Maxwell: JUSTINE....NNNOOOO!!

 

Maxwell sees Justine get tied up on the table. The pagan still reads from the book. Another pagan throw the torch on Justine. Maxwell hears her scream in the fire and beats the cage screaming. His hands are bleeding.  The Pagan executes her with the dagger. Maxwell no longer moves his body and only cries. The Pagans then select him and are about to peform the ritual. Maxwell gets torched and then stabbed in the heart. In about half a minute later, he does not burn anymore. His burning wounds heal. The Pagan are shocked by the lack of fire. Maxwell opens his hands which create a wound on each hand. Blood exits from the palms and splatters onto one of the Pagans. The Pagan's body burns. He jumps out of the table and throws his blood onto every Pagan he sees. They all run away but Maxwell sprints onto them and kills them. They instantly get disintegrated by the blood. Maxwell then frees the prisoners. He screams loudly as an animal. The giant liters of blood orbit around him. He cries blood from his eyes.

 

Scene 2  

 

The scene transitions to back to the present where the Reaper is captured by Big Teddy. The horses stop moving and the Reaper is on his knees. Big Teddy whips the Reaper over and over again until he gets tired. The Reaper's face is all pale. The laughing sounds from the demonic voices start to get louder in the Reaper's ears

 

Voices: You felt for that trick Reaper....but we are suprised that a hunter like you would fall for that.  

 

Reaper: Why do you now talk about her? She is nothing.

 

Big Teddy: What....is this Reaper insane?

 

Voices: We have your soul as you get whipped.

 

Big Teddy: Oh boy, I know what "her" means? He still likes that Cali! Listen up boy, you can weep for her all you want, but she aint comin back for you.

 

The Reaper sees dark figures passing by. He listens beyond the laughing and hears the footsteps of the Brute Ghouls.

 

Voices: You see them too Reaper...those stupid Ghouls. They don't know what they are doing!

 

Reaper: Do you like to eat other humans Big Teddy?

 

Big Teddy: What you say boy?

 

A brute ghoul grabs a man off the horse and rips his face off with its teeth.

 

Big Teddy: WHAT THE HELL?

 

The brute ghoul makes a loud roar. More Brute Ghouls come in and tear the men apart. They devour their victims. Big Teddy is left alive with the Reaper. Big Teddy runs away but a Brute Ghoul punches his head. The others grab his limbs and tear them apart. The Reaper still kneels down with the ropes on his hands.

 

Voices: Whats the matter Reaper? They are here to kill you!

 

Reaper: Why should I fight now? I shouldn't bother saving humanity. They all don't know what I do, and they bite the hand that feeds them. I have already had my soul devoured. Cali can live in her own happy life just like the rest of humanity. The Greater Ghouls have already won. I will be damned, and some day, they will be damned with me.

 

The Brute Ghouls charge onto the Reaper as he shuts his eyes. The scene is now pitch dark. He hears shotgun fire and whipping sounds. He also hears the Brute Ghouls dying and disintegrating. A moment later he wakes up in a wagon where is armor, bow and arrow, machete, and pistol are. He sees Banshee pulling the wagon. Cali rides her own horse.

 

Reaper: Is there another set of men that I will be taken to?

 

Cali: Mister....You are awake! Oh boy you alright?

 

Reaper: that is not your concern. you should have left me there to die.

 

Cali: (turning to the Reaper) Look boy I am terribly sorry of what I done to you. I just couldn't stomach it anymore.

 

Reaper: You are not different from humans after all.

 

Cali: Please don't hate on our kind Mister Reaper. And you should stop hatin yourself.

 

The Reaper puts on his weapons and equiptment. He jumps onto Banshee and cuts the wagon off.

 

Cali: Mister wait! Mister!!

 

Reaper: We are not going to cross paths again Cali. I have my own journey, and you should never intefere with it any longer. You are the only human that has ever lived from knowing the the existence of Ghouls. You also are the only one to understand me. Do yourself a favor...never hunt Ghouls again, and don't follow me! You humans make me sick.

 

Cali: but I didn't make you sick before.

 

Reaper: That was all deception, and you knew that. You are a bounty hunter, and you should use your intelligence and skills for yourself. I don't care for what humans do after I kill the Greater Ghouls. There is no world to save, but only evil to kill.

 

Cali: (moves up to the Reaper) but Mister, I....I.....

 

Reaper: (pulls out the pistol and points it to Cali) GO AWAY OR DESCEND INTO MY DARKNESS! YOU CANNOT CHOOSE PEACE WITH ME, AND YOU CANNOT CHOOSE TO EARN PROFIT OUT OF MY TORMENT!

 

The Reaper struggles between whether he should shoot her or not. His finger is shaking and it slowly moves away from the trigger. He screams and blindly fires it on the sky, He rushes to ride away from Cali. Cali then starts to tear.

 

Cali: I loved you...mister Reaper! I hope you hear that!

 

To be continued

Author's Note

The backstory of the Greater Ghouls are revealed. This is a pretty big Episode but what do you think from here. Pretty unpredictable? but it still continues

Reviews

[Taylor H.]

His equiptment is on a wagon----equipment

he come tommorow night----tomorrow

You are right, we lived through torment---right;


select him and are about to peform the ritual---perform


The Pagan are shocked by the lack of fire----is not are

but we are suprised that a hunter ----surprised

Whats the matter Reaper? ---What's

The scene is now pitch dark----The scene is now pitch-dark

up in a wagon where is armor, ----his

weapons and equiptment. ----equipment


you should never intefere with it any longer----interfere


fires it on the sky, He rushes ---sky;


another great chapter :)

[RachelReaper]

I loooooooove the last little part, very epic. The only thing I would say is.... well, I'll message you about it.