I Scored Myself A Mate

Mark had watched a few horror movies in the past. In general he found them unpleasant and with no reason to exist, why make so many people anxious for nothing? That's what he always used to say. He also described them as unrealistic and annoying. 

Realistic or not, what followed could certainly be one of the scariest scenes in a horror movie. The redhead watching from the sidelines gasped, his eyes trying to follow everything that happened. 

The room was getting darker and that alone made it difficult. What he witnessed at first was Theseus getting incredibly mad. His violet eyes had turned clouded, shadows in them as his hands had formed firsts on his sides. The older elf had chosen the worst words to say, it was obvious and now everyone was scared for their lives. 

Allias turning his head towards his lover was the last thing that Mark managed to see clearly. After that a black smoke started to emit from Theseus' feet, dark black shadows sliding on the floor, surrounding him as they circled the men who were now standing back to back yelling for this to stop. 

Mark squeezed his eyes. He noticed Allias touch Theseus' shoulder, he didn't say anything though as one of the men was tossed high by one of the shadows that had turned like a huge hand. They shook him around, his screams spreading in the spacious room and Mark could hear the girl next to him whimper in fear. He didn't know what to do, he wanted to comfort her but at the same time he was too drawn to the sight before him to do anything. 

The man that had been captured by the shadows was released, his body messily falling and crashing to the hard floor. His head was smacked open, blood flooding the shiny tiles and the screams started to become even louder. The men began pushing each other, stepping on the ones that had fallen down as they tried to escape but no one was allowed to get out. 

Theseus' footsteps were heard. Heavy boots landed angrily on the ground and the smoke started lessening as he got to them. With his eyes he stared at the men's faces, one by one until he found the one who had dared to talk like that. He grabbed him by the neck and raised him in the air, his face serious while the man was desperately gasping for air. 

"He does not want to get married. Is that clear?" He asked him, his voice cold like ice as his furious eyes met with the man's. He obviously couldn't answer, Theseus didn't need him to either. He just wanted to torture him. He let go of him and instantly grabbed him again by his collar, removing him from the crowd and heading towards the throne. He got up the small stairs and his hand dived into the man's hair. He smashed his face on the seat of the throne, blood splattering everywhere. "I don't want any of you old pricks coming in here again and ruining my peace. This is the last time." Theseus told him as he hit his face one more.

"Please, I'm sorry…" the man cried as he felt the taste of his own blood.

"I was nice to you wasn't I? I let you do whatever you wanted didn't I? So tell me, why the fuck are you making things hard for me now?" Theseus said. He didn't sound like himself, deranged and strange he kept feeling pleasure from hearing this cocky royal beg for his mercy. He liked the sound, it gave him chills and he grinned.

"I'm sorry...we will leave...please" he said, barely conscious and the general three him back to his companions.

"Leave? But why? The fun it's just getting started. You remember what happened here before, right? I mean you must be fools to come here with such confidence"

"Please, show some mercy" another one begged. He fell to his knees, tears in his eyes. "Our king please save us" he asked for help, his eyes searching for Allias. 

The king stood to the side, his back on the wall, legs crossed and observed the scene. All of them turned towards him, repeating again and again for him to spare them. Allias tilted his head to the side, brown locks moving with his head. 

"I do not like women." Allias told them as if he was not participating in the same conversation. "Repeat with me. I do not like women" he said. The crowd stopped, their eyes looking stunned at the sadistic king as he had fun with them. "Say it!" 

"I do not like women" the crowd said in unison with trembling voices.

"Good. Now. We are all a bunch of idiotic fools. Come on if you say it Theseus might spare you" he told them with a gentle smile. It was a huge contradiction. That face, those eyes and his words were all like parts of different puzzles. The crowd nonetheless repeated after him. "Should we kill them, should we not? Tell me Theseus what do you think?" Allias asked and stared at his lover. 

"I think we should kill them" Theseus responded with a twisted grin. 

"No! Please stop!" The girl shouted, speaking up for the first time. "This is horrible." She continued while crying. Her eyes were red, her whole body was shaking and Mark turned to his side, noticing her. He had almost forgotten she was there. His eyes saddened and he took a step towards her, wanting to calm her down, feeling guilty but she stepped away. "You're worse than them!" She shouted and ran away, her body slamming on the double doors, pushing them open. 

Allias sighed and rubbed his temples. He looked at the men and shook his head.

"Get the fuck out. Also get that half corpse to a healer to restore him" he ordered a guard and two men picked up the man who had his head opened. The man rushed outside, running as if they were worried the king was going to change his mind. 

Once the room was empty Allias walked towards Theseus. The white haired general seemed to be tense still, his muscles hard as he faced the ground.

"I don't want them in here again. I know it's your palace. I know you are the king but…"

"This is your palace too." Allias said. "We will deal with them. I swear once and for all. When the time is right."

"I hope the right time comes soon because Allias you know they will come again. They will find ways to pressure you. You should have let them die. I don't care anymore." He said, his eyes filled with hate.

"We can't do that. Not again. I am sorry Theseus. But I promise I won't let them ruin this. I won't let them ruin us." He said and stood close. Their foreheads touched and Allias caressed his lover's cheek. Soft and cold skin underneath his palm. Theseus relaxing into his touch he nodded.

"I trust you." He said and the king smiled.

"We have to start planning. I need to be one step ahead of them. Also, there is a traitor in the palace."

"Can I kill them at least?" Theseus asked and the king giggled.

"Sure. You can torture him even"

"I think that will be necessary."

"Not if he is a coward and confesses everything."

"Well, let's hope he is brave then. It won't be satisfying if he isn't" Theseus said as they walked out of the room.

"Umm…" a faint voice was heard from the back of the room. "I'm still here." Mark said and rolled his eyes and he rushed outside catching up to them. "Hello! Thank God this time you didn't forget me upside down. Like you know that other time" Mark said.

"You were still there?" Allias asked.

"Yes but you were too in love to notice me." The redhead said with a frown.

"As you said dear friend, you are a big boy now. You don't need mommy anymore."

"I wasn't a big boy when I was hanged upside down in a stinky room waiting for someone to unclip me from the fucking ceiling. No remorse whatsoever."

"I said I was sorry!" Allias told him with a smile and Mark scoffed.

"Sorry my ass."

"How about I bring you some Chinese food here?"

"You're joking right? We can do that? I love Chinese food."

"Don't mention the room thing again and we can."

"You sir have a deal."

"Also help me find the traitor."

"Chinese food and frozen yogurt then."

"Deal"

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