" the sins of men ? " her eyes filled with fear were fixed on the monster a massive humanoid monster with eight arms , the creatures head looked like a lantern covered with yellow eyes , the hunter walked towards lena she took a step back the man grabbed gentally and fixed her dislocated arm she bit her lips out of pain than he gave her handkerchief " clean your face from the blood your are going to feel discomfort in your arm for a while" the creature let out a scream it had no mouth yet lena clearly heard the scream

  " the goddesses know that men are weak we all sin we all have desires thats why they forgive those who repent of their sins but some sins are far to grave if a man sin than he must face punishment but when sins become morality and freedom than punishment will descend upon them and This is their punishment that you are witnessing child "

  The monster finally noticed their presence using its long arms and nails it climbed the wall with ease , lena fell back out of fear while the man stood calm , He slowly reached for his revolver, concealed in his long black coat "BANG" the creature fell to the ground

  the hunter jumped inside the arena with saw cleaver in his right hand and a gun in his left one , lena moved to the edge of the waterfall there she saw the hunter battling the monster " BANG BANG BANG " with each shot he fired the creature fell back and with every strike he cut through its flesh and bones

  - he is strong if he wished to kill me or thomas he could have done it with ease - RHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! the creature let out a scream of pain suddenly a strange tentacle burst out of its body launch towards lena causing her to fall into the arena

  before she could hit the ground a small headless snake pierced her left eye AHHHHHHHH Blood flowed from her eye BAAM she hit the ground, before she could scream headless snakes ripped her throat apart her blood veins grew five times their size her organs were being eaten away from the inside she cried tears of blood the pain was unbearable

  all of a sudden everything went black the pain was gone lena slowly opened her eyes she found herself in a poorly lit bathroom in front of a mirror , the reflection she saw wasn't lena but her former self she touched her face with blood-stained hand - if I look back I will die "NO" if I look back I will die "NO" if I look back I will die "NO NO NO NO NO " if I look back I will die " NO NO NO " I will die I will die I will die I will die " DIE " These words kept repeating inside her head causing her a headache , the buzzing of the lamp intensified and the light caused lena to go blind

  lying on the ground lena opened and closed her eyes three times while her senses slowly came back to her from she stood up with difficulty all her injuries heald looking around she noticed that the creature lost four of its eight arms yet it kept fighting , in one of the tunnel she saw thomas hiding with slow steps she walked towards him

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  " aaa...are you aaaa..alright " with gentle smile she said " I am fine don't worry " suddenly they heard a cry , the water turned red the body of the dead beast stood motionless next to it stood the hunter coverd in the monsters blood praying after awhile he extended his arm , the beast caught fire , the man took his weapon than walked towards them

  lena stood between the man and thomas " don't worry child I am not going to kill you nor your friend but I want him to answer my questions truthfully " lena stood aside and looked at thomas " good now tell me what is your name "

  _" tttt..thommmas "

  _" so thomas why did you help the creature and since when "

  _" III..I found it a long time ago he was small and he talked to me he asked me to help him and he told me that we were friends "

  _" you mean to tell me that you helped it because it told you that you were friends " the hunter asked with a mocking tone " don't mock him he spent all his life alone in this place " the hunter ignored lena " what did it ask you to do "

  _" he asked me to find the bodies of dead children and bring them to him " the hunter remained silent for few seconds " get lost both of you "

  _" wait hold on I still don't understand anything what the fuck was that thing and what did it do to those children " the man give her a serious look than said " it used the bodies of this children to get stronger turning them effectively into monster "

  _" I still don't know what is that thing "

  _" I told you child that thing is the sin of men where do you think those children come from usually the dead are buried in cemetery half of them come from abortion humans give in to their desires and refuse to face the consequences of their action the other half died in poverty and hunger while the rich waste their money and eat more than their fat ass can shit as for some they were killed by someone humans deny the consequences of their action after all thats why I am here but who am I to judge them I am just as much of a sinner as them perhaps more than some " the hunter walked away leaving them behind

  standing under the bridge lena stretched herself , thomas stood at the tunnel entrance " do you want to see the ocean .. the forest.. the sunrise " lena asked him " you never saw any of them right "

  _" but I heard about it you know I can hear people talk through the pipes "

  _ " then come with me we can go see the sunrise together "

  _" he told me that I was a monster that the world rejected my existence and that no one would like me that I can never make friends except him "

  _" and he was wrong I am your friend thomas so come we can go together " Thomas's face lit up with a smile as he followed lena

  as they walked inside the forest he played with butterflies and birds laughing like the child that he is after awhile they arrived at a beach thomas played inside the water with a smile on his face , lena sitting on a rock her legs between her arms watched him with a smile yet deep down she felt a mixture of fear and guilt she couldn't help but think about what she saw when the headless snake pierced her eye

  " thank you " thomas stood in front of her " thank you " with a smile like no other smile " thank you ... you are the kindest person in this world "

  _ " I am not as kind as you think I am truth be told I am selfish " thomas smile remained unchanged " no not to me " he took a small black ring out of his red cloak and gave it to her , the ring had strange patterns " what's that " thomas stood motionless lena blinked than realized he was dead

  after burying his body in a small grave she put a rock on to of it to mark it " Iif all life is meant to suffer and die than what's the point of living "