Chapter Five - Dark Ruminations
As Alucard continued navigating through Silent Hill, it was clear to him that the supernatural powers within Silent Hill were navigating Alucard's movements for an unknown purpose. It's true meaning illuded Alucard in ways that he could not comprehend. Despite this, Alucard pressed forward, determined to find the being that summoned him to this place. Suddenly, Alucard found himself in complete darkness. It wasn't long before a voice spoke out to Alucard.
???: Tell me, "Lord Impaler". Was it all worth it? Was all the pain and suffering worth it? Was every sacrifice you made to your people worth what you have become? Tell me. Did your promises come to pass? Where's your God? Where's your Kingdom?
Suddenly, Alucard found himself on the day that he was captured by the Ottomans and was set to be executed. Alucard watched as his Ottoman captives moved the chained Count to the executioner's block. Much to his shock, the executioner was Pyramid Head.
Executioner: Irredeemable. You are truly a monster beyond all salvation, Count.
Alucard watched silently as he watched himself drinking from the puddle of blood that was near him. He watched the moment Alucard ceased to be Vlad the Impaler and was reborn as the No Life King Dracula.
???: You wanted to see your Kingdom free, but look where that got you. You sacrificed your own humanity to become a monster.
Alucard suddenly found himself in chains and bound to be executed. Alucard attempts to free himself, but was unable to. Pyramid Head prepares his Great Knife to execute Alucard. But despite facing what was certain death, Alucard laughed.
Alucard: Ha! Do you think you could kill me?! Only a man can kill a monster!
???: You would know, Vlad. You who sacrificed your humanity to become the monster you thought you needed to be to see your kingdom free. Did you achieve the freedom you sought? Or did you simply damn your kingdom to be lost in the sands of time while you remain ageless?
Alucard looked to see a crowd cheering for his execution. But the crowd was not of Ottoman Soldiers, but they were of Alucard's victims, both living and undead. Alucard watched as all of his victims cheered. But one stood out above them all. Among the countless victims cheering for Alucard's impending death, one remained silent. And it was a face Alucard knew.
Alucard: Radu......
Radu: Look upon your sins, Vlad. Look upon what you have wrought.
Suddenly, the area turns into a field filled. Within that field were the impaled corpses of Alucard's victims. Radu walked up to the chained Alucard.
Radu: Your sins have come full circle, brother. Before the Sun rises, you will feel the pain and suffering you have wrought on each and every one of your victims. The souls you keep bound within your being will have their justice.
Alucard laughed at the words of his brother.
Alucard: Always the soft hearted fool, Radu. Even in death, you haven't changed a bit.
Radu: And in your undeath, you remain as arrogant as ever. Look around you, Vlad. Did all the bloodshed change anything?
Alucard: You of all people know of what the Ottomans did to us! You know of the suffering and abuse we endured at their hands!
Radu: And your lust for revenge and your warmongering led to the ruin of the kingdom you intend to rule! Look around you! What did all this savagery accomplish? You might've sewn terror within the ranks of the Ottomans, but you only incurred the wrath of the Sultan! You damned our people to not only death, but to be slaves within your tainted soul to fuel your immortality! And in the end, what did that accomplish?
Alucard: I did what I had to do!
Radu: And all your effort was for naught! The kingdom you built is all but dust, lost to the sands of time! And only you remain......
Radu looked upon the chained Alucard with contempt in his eyes. Alucard simply laughed as Pyramid Head plunges his Great Knife through Alucard's back. Alucard screamed in pain as he coughed up blood.
Radu: Look at you.....you are no man. You are a monster wearing the disguise of a man. Killing you would be a mercy. More than what you deserve.
Alucard: Then why hesitate, brother? Finish it!
Radu: You would like that, wouldn't you? To die. But we both know that a good death is what you don't deserve. You must be made to answer for all of your sins. And within this place, you will face them.
Pyramid Head pulled the Great Knife out of Alucard's back. Alucard coughed up blood as he found himself too weak to walk. Pyramid Head then grabs Alucard and begins dragging him with Radu following him.
Radu: For all flesh is as grass and all the glory thereof as the flower of the field. The grass withereth. The flower fadeth. But the word of our God abideth forever.
Pyramid Head then drags Alucard to a fresh stake. Without hesitation, Pyramid Head plunges Alucard onto the stake. Alucard screams in pain as he is impaled on the stake.
Radu: And now here you are.....a corpse among your Forest Of The Impaled. Just as you deserve.
With that, Radu and Pyramid Head leave Alucard impaled on a stake, leaving him to die like all the others. In that moment, Alucard was set to atone or die within the Forest Of The Impaled.
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