He was lost, the trees were so densely packed together, their trunks gnarled and twisted, intertwined with each other in perfect chaos, it was as if the entire forest was one giant organism. He acutely felt all of the scratches from the tree bark as he clambered through one tiny crevice after another.
He could no longer see the dog, was that it barking? He pressed on, he cried out desperately.
“You won’t defeat me, I’ll never give up!”
The fervour and conviction in his voice took him by surprise, as they didn’t match what he felt internally.
Internal, is that something that even applies to me anymore? Am I even me; or am I Legion?
“You’re not even aware of the significance of that name are you?”
K-Rox was pinned by vine-like branches to a mighty oak tree, his neck was squeezed tight, as were his hands and feet, they were in a clearing, Gladstone stood in front of him.
“You see, we spared you all of that nonsense, do you realise how far back religion held the human race in that time you find so fascinating? Of course you don’t, we took care of that by editing the entire ludicrous episode out of history, or at least the part of history that mattered to us.”
Gladstone stepped close enough to K-Rox that he could feel the old man’s breath on his face. His neck was still so tightly strapped to the tree that he couldn’t tell what Gladstone was standing on to allow him such proximity.
“And Jesus said to the demon, DEMON! What is thy name? And the demon spake upon to him and said ‘You may call me Legion, for I am many!’ And Jesus did cast the demons into a near by pig, which ran screaming to its death as it hurled itself from the cliff.
What about the poor fucking pig I say!?”
K-Rox head turned at the noise he heard to his left, he watched as a small pink pig ran squealing into the forest, he turned back to look at Gladstone.
“You’re stalling for time; what are you afraid of old man?”
“That’s not the question you should be asking right now, you should be asking yourself; how am I doing this; what makes me special?”
The vines released their grip on him and he dropped to the ground, within the next heartbeat the three of them stood in their perfect triangle. Gladstone looked at Stillman but spoke to K-Rox.
“Well; would you like to know the answer to those questions? Though of course before you answer you should consider the fact that I feel like I’m going to show you whether you like it or not.”
Previous Chapters
Asimov's Ghost - Chapter 59 - Quantum ReunionAsimov's Ghost - Chapter 58 - Filling The Void
Asimov's Ghost - Chapter 57 - Asimov Returns
Asimov's Ghost - Chapter 56 - Face Of Redemption
Asimov's Ghost - Chapter 55 - Infernal Baptism
Asimov's Ghost - Chapter 54 - Asimov's Inferno
Asimov's Ghost - Chapter 53 - Hell Reborn
Asimov's Ghost - Chapter 52 - A Chance At Paradise
Asimov's Ghost - Chapter 51 - A Time For Death
Asimov's Ghost Summary and Chapter Links 41-50
Asimov's Ghost Summary and Chapter Links 31-40
Asimov's Ghost Summary And Chapter links 21-30
Original artwork by @fr3eze
Original words by Cryptogee