Escape From Limbo
by Ben: The Vampire Hunter
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Impada was shoved roughly into the dark cell by William
the Bloody. "Hope you two get along." he grinned. "Scream if you
need anything. 'Course, I'll most likely ignore you. But scream
anyway." He walked off laughing.
Impada just sat on the floor, crying silently. She
supposed she deserved to be where she was. After all, she'd
killed just to stay alive. She'd even almost killed the boy she
loved.
A soft movement from the shadows startled her, but then a
pretty, young woman came out of the dark, smiling kindly.
"Don't worry dear." she said comfortingly. "We'll have
cakes and tea. That'll make you feel better. And besides," she
motioned Impada closer, as if to tell her a secret. "We'll be
leaving soon." she told the former Mummy. She'd whispered it in
her ear. "What's your name?"
"I'm Impada." she introduced herself. "What did you mean-"
"Shhhh!" the girl said frantically. "The walls are
terrible gossips. They might spoil the surprise."
"Who are you?" Impada asked.
"Once upon a time I was Drucilla." she said sadly. "But
a mean girl took over that role from me a long time ago. Now I'm
just me."
As time passed, Impada became accustomed to her surroundings,
and aquatinted with the fellow...inmates. A young boy named Colin, a
boy about her age called Jesse, both, along with Drucilla, and one of
their captors, William, had been victims of a Vampires.
Their souls had been imprisoned here in Limbo when the Demons
had taken over their bodies.
There was also a girl named Celia, she had been killed by a
Demon that drained the life force from children. When she'd been
"digested", she'd wound up here.
Later came Daryl, who in life had been a football player. But
when his soul had been ripped from the Other Side when his body was
restored to life, it had been unable to return after his second death.
Soon, William was joined by an exiled Demon named Eygon. He'd
been exorcised.
Not all lost souls or exorcised Demons came here. This was
only one of many domains of Limbo.
Every day, they were released from their cells once, to witness
the sport. The sport was the public torture of the soul Angelus. He'd
been imprisoned here once before, but had been ripped out and returned
to his body. But recently he'd been returned.
Finally, another soul arrived. She too had been taken by a
Vampire.
Theresa stared in shock at the man being tormented before her.
She recognized him even without the added demonic features. Here was
the soul of the man who'd condemned her!
"This is just weird!" she thought.
That night, back in their cell, Drucilla gathered Impada and
Theresa together.
"Tomorrow is the time." she whispered. "The stones speak.
Tomorrow the bad man will get his soul back, and we have to be ready."
"All right people!" William called. "It's that time again!"
"Time to learn today's moral?" Eygon joked.
"Sort of." William conceded. "It's time to torture the little
pansy Irishman."
Theresa and Impada stood tensely, looking for anything unusual.
The others were doing the same. Somehow, Angel's soul was about to
be returned to his body. And they intended to get the hell out of here
when that happened.
"What shall we start with today?" William asked himself,
studying the table of torture tools. Then, a familiar whooshing sound
reached his ears.
"Oh bloody hell." he growled, turning to see Angel surrounded
by a bright white light. "Not again."
"Now!" Drucilla cried. "Grab him!"
Theresa paused only to scoop Colin up in her arms before
joining the rush. She placed her hand on Angel, as did all the others,
and they found themselves engulfed in the light.
When her vision cleared, she found herself alone, on a dark
street. A white globe of light hovered next to her.
*Welcome.* the light said.
*Where am I?* she asked. *Where are the others?*
*Well, Angel is back in his body, unfortunately he's also been
sent to hell. But that's not your concern. Drucilla and Colin have
gone on to where they should have gone in the first place, as anyone
they've had to care about is gone. Celia, Jesse, Impada and Daryl have
gravitated to those who they most cared about. And here you are,
having done the same.*
A car pulled into the driveway of the house she stood before.
Suddenly she realized it was Joe's house. Joe himself got out of the
car and headed for the house.
Somehow, Theresa knew that he'd left his keys in the car. If
he let the door close, they'd be locked in there.
*Joe!* she called. *Your keys!*
Joe stopped short. "Oh shit!" he realized. "My keys!" He
turned and dove for the car. With an instinctive wave of her hand,
Theresa slowed the car door's motion enough for Joe to catch it.
"Whew!" Joe sighed. "That almost sucked."
*Congratulations.* the light said. *You're now a Guardian
Angel.*
The End
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