Chapter 2 - A Forgotten Past & A New Family
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With the soul that fell by itself, after it had formed. They looked into a window to see what they looked like. Their gender was a young male, most likely preteen maybe 11 or 12. Species wise they were an anthropomorphic wolf with a pure snow-white coat, small claws, very fluffy, and blue eyes. He was also buck naked.
Upon seeing that he was butt naked, the albino wolf quickly hid from sight before looking around for clothing. Only finding a pair of baggy pants.
???: What is going on...?
The young pup scratched his head, looked at his hands, and counted his fingers, then he did some small math problems in his head, he then said the alphabet to himself first forwards then backward.
???: Hmm... Hola. ¿Cómo estás hoy? Lo estoy haciendo bien. ¿Y usted? Estoy bien.
A/N: If you want any Spanish translated, talk ask Zakku, he knows the language.
After suddenly speaking Spanish, the young pup scratched his head again.
???: Okay, I know a lot of things, but... (starts pacing) Why don't I know anything about me?
As the young pup paces, the fourth wall moves to his front, but he continued further coming back and ran into the fourth wall.
???: OW! What the!?
The fourth wall moves from its spot to behind the young pup, who looked around to see what he had just walked into but saw nothing in front of him. Until he looked at the ground, on the ground was a large dark grey book on the ground with a glowing symbol on the front. Around it was black ooze that was gathering toward it as if it was making it.
???: What's this?
The young pup picked up the book and suddenly began clutching his head as it began throbbing pain when sounds began running through his mind. It sounded like he was talking to someone, or rather someone talking to him.
???: Hey, Linc! Come here and gimme a hand!
???: Sure Luna, what do you need?
???: Just help me get this out of the way.
When the noises stopped, the young pup rubbed his head as he picked the book back up.
???: Is... My name... Linc?
'Linc' scratched his head, despite suddenly remembering something, he was only left with more questions. Why did he suddenly remember something after touching this book? What is this book? Who was this "Luna" woman? Was the name spelled L-U-N-A, like the Spanish word for moon, or some other way? And why did he feel calm when hearing that name?
Linc was pulled out of his thoughts when a horn blared over speakers throughout the town outside the alleyway he was in.
Speakers: Attention! The annual Extermination will be ending in 3 hours! Repeat! The annual Extermination will be ending in 3 hours!
Linc: Extermination? What is that like a mass bug genocide?
Linc laughed at the silly idea of an annual event being dedicated to killing bugs of all things. He stepped out of the alleyway to see an empty street. Linc looked around before noticing something that sent chills up his spine, down the street, a red-skinned creature being brutally tortured by a group. Linc backed away only to knock a trash can over, drawing the group's attention.
Linc: Oh crapbaskets... Why did I say that?
They appeared to have a fairly uniform appearance each being black, white, and grey humanoids with the only color being on their faces. They possess two large goat-like horns on their head above which sits a halo with a central gem and three smaller crystals on both sides. Along with two large wings on their backs allowing them flight. Their face is covered with an LED screen mask capable of various expressions.
Linc: Um... Hi.
Linc then bolted down the alleyway, with the creatures following after him. Linc zigzagged down the alleyway, trying and failing to lose his chasers. The young pup ended up running into a group of more red-skinned horned creatures. All sneaking around, trying to avoid detection, until Linc came running up to them with the killer creatures on his tail.
Female Creature: What the hell!? Hey, don't bring Exorcists this way!
Male Creature: Stupid Hellhound! This is why Imps have more jobs than you retarded mutts!
Suddenly an "Exorcist" threw a spear, missing Linc but embedding into the chest of male "Imp". Linc had no choice but to run past, the Imp tried to run too but were swiftly caught and killed. Linc didn't look back as the screams of terror and pain were enough for him to paint a picture in his mind.
Linc:(thinking) Have to keep running... Have to keep running... Have to keep running... (becoming tired) Have to keep... Have to... Have... To... Rest...
Linc started to slow down from exhaustion, and that was when an arrow pierced his lower torso. Linc fell to the ground as blood poured from his open wound, as he lay there bleeding out, an Exorcist with a spear came running to pierce Linc's chest.
At that moment, the book unleashed out an ear rupturing shriek, every glass window in a mile radius shattered and the Exorcist used its wings to fly away from the book and Linc. Then the book began to float on its own before opening to reveal text that belonged to no Earthly language.
Book: I¬å߆.
Suddenly, the text glowed, and a blast of black lightless energy shot from the pages, aimed at the spear-wielding Exorcist. It tried to block the blast but it barreled through the ax and then straight into the Exorcist's LED mask. Blowing a hole big enough to fit an apple without touching the inside. Then the Exorcist's blood lifted off the ground and went into the book, covering its pages before it was absorbed into the ink.
But that's not all, a Soul came out of the body and floated to the book, where it turned to a completely blank page. The soul entered the page and blood became ink as it wrote. An Exorcist on top of the nearby buildings attempted a surprise attack on the book.
Book: Òå˜ç'.
The book's text glowed once more before creating a lance out of the same energy its previous attack was made from. It aimed up then launched the lance at the Exorcist, with the power to blast through the Exorcist like a tank shell to a skinny man. The book noticed that Linc was gone and all that was left was a blood trail. The book then saw that two more Imps were dragging him away, but unlike the Exorcists, it felt no hostile intentions, one of the Imps was trying to stop the bleeding. The book absorbed its blood and soul, writing down something new then dodged a sword slash from an Exorcist.
Book: Óå˜∂.
After its text glowed again, the energy formed two giant hands, before using them to catch the blade, snapping it, and throwing it into the Exorcist's skull. After the book did its thing of absorbing the blood and soul once more, it then grabbed the dead Exorcist and made a taunting motion with it toward the other Exorcists, as if to make them angry. Which worked, as their LED masks changed to show an enraged face.
With the two creatures, one removed the arrow by pushing it through completely until it was out the other side, instead of trying to pull the arrow back out. They took off the cloaks and revealed themselves.
One was a male Imp Demon with red skin and white freckles on his cheeks. His white pointy hair leads up to his curvy black and white striped horns. He also has a yellow sclera with black slit pupils. The imp has a long red thin tail with a quadrilateral barb at the end, as well as lanky digitigrade legs ending in what appears to be cloven red hooves, reminiscent of artiodactyls. Imp's outfit consists of a navy-black coat with red buttons and white cuffs, black pants a white shirt that has a black turtleneck, a large red bow-tie, and fingerless gloves.
The other was a female short Imp with a long demonic tail and white markings. She has red skin, eyes with yellow scleras and black pupils, and long black eyelashes that extend beyond the sides of her hair. She has two black horns with three thin white stripes and greyish-black hair worn in a messy bob style and bangs that cover half of her right horn. She has a beauty mark on her left cheek and a gap between her front teeth. She was lacking the pointed upper lip that the other Imps had. Her teeth also usually appear flatter than the sharp conical teeth most Imps have. Her attire consists of black lipstick, a simple black choker, a cold-shoulder black crop top with gold buttons where the straps at the top meet the torso piece, torn black pants, fingerless black gloves, and black footwear that does not cover her hoof-like toes. She also has a black tattoo in the shape of a heart on her left shoulder, and two white splotches on the insides and outsides of each of her elbows.
Male Imp:(tears his cloak) Okay, Millie, keep pressure on his wound while I wrap the cloth around him.
'Millie': Your really something Moxxie, don't know many Imps that would help others, especially during the Extermination.
'Moxxie': Thanks, I just didn't want someone so young dying to an Exorcist.
Millie: And that's why I love you.
Millie rubbed Moxxie's cheek as he tightened the cloth around Linc's wound.
Moxxie: Okay, that should be good for now, just need to get him to our apartment. There are 2 and a half hours left to the Extermination
Millie: (sees something) I don't think that's gonna be too difficult.
Millie then pointed behind Moxxie, when the Imp looked he saw the book was floating behind him. It was drenched in blood that was still being absorbed into its ink, there were even some entrails being absorbed.
Moxxie: Uh... Can you help us get home? (thinking) I am talking to a book, I can't believe I just spoke to a- Did it just nod!?
Millie: Great! Let's get going!
Millie picked up Linc bridal style and started walking, Moxxie and the book followed her. An Exorcist reared the corner and was immediately blown to pieces by the book's strange magic blast. It added to its already overfilled blood amount, it also absorbed the Soul, but Moxxie and Millie had no clue what they were looking at.
Moxxie: (thinking) A floating grimoire that understands when it's being spoken to and can act on its own? It even feeds on blood and some other thing that I've never seen before. I've seen tons of grimoires before but nothing that can do any of those things!
The four got to an apartment building but the back door was blocked by a rolling security door shutter.
Moxxie: Dammit! How are we supposed to get in!?
The 'grimoire' then created one of its hands and ripped the metal shutter clean.
Millie: Problem solved.
Millie then handed Linc over to Moxxie, who quickly went inside to properly tend to Linc's wound. The grimoire tried to enter but Millie stopped him.
Millie: I don't know if you understand me or if you can. But you ain't entering this building covered in blood and guts, I may not be a fancy sort but I know when to, so either spit it all out or chug it all down.
The grimoire then made a growling noise before going into a gargling noise, the grimoire then spat out all the blood and guts it had covering it from both inside and out. All onto a nearby wall.
Millie: Good, now cover the door when you come in so Exorcists don't get in.
The grimoire looked around for something to cover the back door with. It then created two hands before digging them into an adjacent building and ripping a large chunk of the building's wall. Using it to cover the back door, imps that were inside the other building stuck their heads out, confused as to what just happened.
Imp: What the in name Lucifer?!
Confusion soon turned into terror as Exorcists that were following the trail of blood left behind by the grimoire entered the building and began brutally murdering everyone inside.
Inside Moxxie's and Millie's apartment, which was a fairly basic apartment, not much. Moxxie was changing Linc's cloth bandage to a proper medical bandage, along with cleaning and properly disinfecting his wound. Linc winched in pain as the disinfectant stung him.
Linc: Ah! Where- Ah!
Moxxie tightened the bandage then gently pushed Linc back down.
Moxxie: Easy now, you were shot with an arrow. Just calm down, what's your name? Or why you were outside during the Extermination?
Linc: Linc... I think... I don't know anything else. And what's the Extermination, is it why those 'Exsorsits' where?
Moxxie: (thinking) Amnesia? Must've gotten hit in the head hard before the Extermination started. Doesn't even know what an Exorcist is.
Millie then walked into the room, followed by the book.
Millie: You're awake! You're probably hungry.
Moxxie: I'll go make something. Millie, can you keep him company?
Millie: So what's your name kiddo?
Linc: Linc, Miss.
Millie: You can just call me Millie, I ain't one for formalities.
Linc: Yes, Mis- I mean, Millie.
Millie giggled at Linc's slip of the tongue. Linc then looked at the book, which just continued to float next to him.
Linc: How... Long has this book been floating?
Millie: About since you passed out, it killed a bunch of Exorcists too. Might not wanna touch it, it was covered in blood a little while ago. Was trying to drink the stuff by the gallon!
Linc flinched when he heard that.
Linc: (thinking) This thing kills others and drinks blood!?
Millie: It seems like it wanted to protect you,
Linc: (thinking) I appreciate the effort but that doesn't make this thing any less scary.
Moxxie then came back with three plates of Shrimp Stir Fry, although the shrimp didn't come from Earth.
Moxxie: Alright, three plates of Devil Shrimp Stir Fry! Hot and ready! Enjoy!
The grimoire created a hand to take one of the plates, then two more to hold the fork and spoon.
Millie: Hey, that's pretty handy!
Linc and Moxxie boo'd Millie's pun.
Moxxie: I don't think we've introduced ourselves, I'm Moxxie and this is my... (suddenly nervous) Lover, Millie.
Millie gave Moxxie a playful look.
Millie: We're just dating, but we've been dating for about 3 years now.
Linc: That's again, for the food and saving me. When I'm able to move again, I'll get out of your hair.
Moxxie: Kid, you barely even recall your name, let alone anything else about yourself, you don't even remember what the Extermination is, something that is taught to be feared at the age of two! You can stay here until you're able to remember yourself again.
Millie: Who knows, we may just decide to keep ya!
Millie wrapped Linc's neck in a hug, that was when Millie soon found that Linc's fur was incredibly soft.
Millie: Ooooo! You are like hugging a cloud!
Linc:(muffled) It's really hard to swallow like this...
Moxxie laughed at the two's actions.
(Location: Pentagram City)
Surrounding 9 female figures, all of different and various ages. They were surrounded by dozens of corpses of Exorcists. Bullet cases and diced Exorcist parts laid everywhere, strangely enough, there were also several small piles of ice around too.
Oldest Figure: (bossy tone) Dammit! We've looked all over this place and we can't find Lincoln anywhere!
3rd Oldest Figure: (British accent, same voice from Linc's single memory) Think dudes. Linc's a smart little dude, he'd probably find someplace to hide. If we can't find him that's probably for the best. It just means these things can't find him.
Youngest Figure: (smart tone) We still know nothing about this place, we need to search for the area. We need the information about this area.
3rd Youngest Figure: (monotoned) All I know is that we're in the Pride Ring of Hell.
Youngest Figure: I refuse to believe that we are in a fictional location!
Oldest Figure: Oh my god shut up! Both of you! I don't care where we are, I just wanna get off the street!
An Exorcist reared the corner only to be suddenly impaled by a spear made of ice. The sudden action kicked upwind, causing fliers on the floor to fly into the air. Causing the figures to see fliers for a location called, "Happy Hotel".
[Time Skip]
After about half of a month later, Linc was able to move around again as his wound finally closed. He decided to stay at M&M's (a small nickname he used whenever referring to both Millie and Moxxie) apartment since he didn't have anywhere else to go. Hell, he didn't even know where in hell he was right now, stepping outside would be like stepping Deepnest in Hollow Knight without a Lanturn! Pain and death at every turn.
Linc: Okay, I feel like your referencing something, and I don't get it, and that's not fair.
Linc also began to sense the fourth wall, mainly just where it is, sometimes he can hear me. Currently, Linc was helping Moxxie with cooking breakfast. Something that he found to be oddly good at, on his first day able to move again, he cooked (Lynn Sr.'s) lasagna perfectly, despite never hearing the recipe or ever eating the dish before.
Millie: Mmmh! That's smells so good.
Linc was warming tortillas and cooking sausages while Moxxie was making seasoned eggs with cheese and bacon, the two then brought the four together to make a wonderful and delectable breakfast burrito.
Moxxie: This dish came out great, kiddo!
Linc: Thanks, D- I mean, Moxxie.
Linc quickly started to eat, while Moxxie and Millie just chuckled before joining in the meal.
Millie: (thinking) He keeps almost calling me and Mox, mom and dad.
Moxxie: (thinking) I can't blame him though, even if he didn't forget who he was, I doubt he would've ever met his parents. Hellhounds only keep the best of their litter, then abandon the rest. You can always find at least 30 Hellhounds up for adoption at a kennel. Or dying out on the streets, if they are the unlucky ones.
Moxxie then looked up at the clock.
Moxxie: Oh crumbs, we should get going. The Employment Agencies lines get too long if we don't hurry! It's hard enough to get a job without long lines!
Millie quickly stuffed the breakfast burrito in her mouth, while Moxxie just wrapped his in tinfoil. Linc watched the two leave, his Grimoire entered soon after.
Linc: Where were you?
The grimoire began making eerie noises. While a normal person wouldn't be able to make out anything being said, Linc could somehow understand it perfectly.
Linc: Out? Do you mean across the street waiting for Imps and Sinners looking to steal something?
Thanks to Moxxie, Linc had learned a lot about where he was. Hell was home to many demons and beings from Earth known as Sinners, which were only found in the Pride Ring, where he was now.
Linc: So... Do you have a name? For a living magic book, I think somebody would give you a name.
The grimoire went quiet for a minute before replying with a groaning noise.
Linc: Grimoire Void, or Void for short? That's a weird name.
The grimoire growled then fluttered its pages.
Linc: Hey, my name isn't weird!
Linc swung wide at Void, which simply floated out of reach. Linc chased Void around the apartment.
That's all for this chapter, I hope you enjoyed it! Leave any questions in the comments.
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