This next entry is dedicated to .:Ash~cloud:.
Dear SJ,
The jail is old and dusty, and I can smell the metal doors starting to rust.
Every once in a while, I heard guards clearing their throats or patrolling around.
I wondered who else was locked up here.
Then shuffling in the cell next to me got my attention.
"Hey you," a voice said.
I peeked out between the iron bars of my cell door.
"Uh, yeah?" I said.
Then a head poked out between the adjacent cell door bars.
And I couldn't believe who it was.
"Whoa! Basement ninja!" I exclaimed. "What're you doing here?"
He laughed at my nickname for him.
"Yep, it's me. So... you never got the job done, eh?"
I froze, remembering how he'd told me to kill Violet's family.
"Listen here," I said, my voice stern, "I'm not going to kill anyone. You're a fool to believe that I'd listen to you."
He chuckled again.
"And you're a fool to protest," he said darkly.
A strange feeling came over me; a darkness that started to consume my very soul.
Hateful thoughts entered my mind, and I felt as if the whole world was to blame for everything.
"Help me escape," I said, "and I'll help you get your revenge."
~Lux







