A New Killer Is Born

Chapter 18: Hell's Celebration PART III

I didn't know what time it was, but I known it's been a while since we been here. I met a lot of people tonight, and according to my dad, everyone at this party was my family; Uncles', Aunts' and cousins. Some of these creatures was just unbelievable, especially to call them my family. Some of them were from Jeepers Creeper's side of the family like Uncle Vorx, who was the leader of the winged creatures. He was taller and much more bigger than the other winged creatures. Also what astonished me was that he talked just like a regular human unlike Jeepers Creepers and the other winged creatures. Uncle Vorx was so easy to talk to and very friendly. With Uncle Pinhead's approval, Uncle Vorx had put me on his back and flew me around and  showed me around Hell and told me about all the sights and places there was in Hell.
The first place we went to was the barn, also known as the jail house. In Hell, I wouldn't think that there would be a jail house, but the barn was used for torturing damned people who didn't follow Leviathan's orders. Uncle Pinhead, being the hell lord's favorite son, had a job here and he and some of the other Cenobites dealt with and tortured the jailed people.I didn't understand why though. In Hell, Hell was where the bad people went. If your bad, then what was the point of going to jail and being tortured or killed by other bad people? I didn't understand that one bit.
Next, Uncle Vorx flew me over to the East side of Hell and showed me the dark chamber. He flew down to the old steps and sat me down. I watched him as he flew up the steps and stopped at an old, wooden door. The door looked like it was about to fall off any minute as it just hung helplessly off the hinges.
On this side of Hell, it was much more brighter. The caves of Hell were lightened by an orange glow; a fiery, red-orange glow. The smell of sulfur was less strong than it was on the other side. The East side smelt of smoke.
"What is the dark chamber?", I asked Uncle Vorx.
I walked up the steps towards him. I watched as he threw the door open, causing the door to break off it's hinges and fall to the ground.
"The dark chamber is where souls are kept. If your doing wrong and break any of Leviathan's rules or orders, your body burns to ash and your soul is kept here for save keepings.", Uncle Vorx replied.
I shuddered at the thought and stood close to Uncle Vorx as we came to a flight of stairs that led down. I clutched the railing of the stairs as I walked down and made sure I stayed close beside Uncle Vorx. We made it to the bottom and suddenly, a light flashed on. I looked over and saw a goblet with fire burning out of it. The another goblet across the room had fire burning out of it also. The room was well lit. There were portraits of paintings hung on the wall. There was no furniture around except for a small globe-looking table that had stood in the center of the room. It was huge and tall. It looked like a crystal ball as there was a circular rim with gold designs running across it. I walked over to it with Uncle Vorx by my side.
I looked up at the glass and saw nothing, but fog. It was very interesting to look at. I raised my hand up, but stopped from myself from touching it.
I looked up at Uncle Vorx and said, "May I touch it?"
He nodded. "Of course child."
I raised my hand up and touched the glass. It was cold, icy cold and smooth. I ran my fingers over the rim and looked at the well marked designs. I didn't notice that there was something moving in the globe until I looked up and saw a face. I screamed. I quickly moved away from the globe and moved back against the wall.
"It's ok Ashley.", Uncle Vorx reassured me.
He walked over towards me and rubbed my head. "There's nothing more to them anymore child. There trapped inside.", he said, pointing back at the globe.
I looked over across the glass and saw that the face had disappeared. I looked back and forth between Uncle Vorx and then slowly, took a couple steps forward.
"How many of them are in there?", I asked.
"You mean how many souls?", Uncle Vorx chuckled.
I stood next to the globe and nodded. "Yeah."
"I can't really remember the exact number.", Uncle Vorx replied. "There's probably over two million though. You have to ask your Uncle Pinhead for the exact number because him and his fellow friend, Chatterer collects the souls."
I nodded my head and walked around the crystal ball, looking for any more faces that may pop up. Nothing came though. There was just fog.
"Come Ashley.", Uncle Vorx said, waving me over.
I ran over towards him and followed him out of the room. We walked back down the halls that led us both back outside. I looked over and saw that the door was still on the floor. I turned to Uncle Vorx who was looking down at me.
"We should get back to the party; I think your father misses you already.", he chuckled at the last part.
I smiled and nodded. "Yeah. we should."
Uncle Vorx reached over, picked me up and sat me on his back. Then his large wings expanded and began to flutter. Finally, we were up off the ground and heading back to the party.
After fifteen minutes, we were back at the quarters and entered the room where the party was at. When Uncle Vorx opened the doors, heat slapped in my face and the smell of smoke, sweat and longing had filled my nostrils. I walked in, following close behind Uncle Vorx as he led me over towards a table where all my family was. I saw four rectangular shape tables were put together to form one big table for the family to sit. I saw Princess Angelique and Uncle Pinhead sitting beside each other at one end and Uncle Michael and some woman with long, blonde wavy hair, wearing a black mermaid dress, sitting next to each other. Then there was Uncle Freddy along with Esther, than Uncle Hannibal, then Uncle Leatherface, Uncle Chucky, Aunt Tiffany, Glen and my other cousin Samara. Then sitting next to Samara was my other three Uncles who were known as the Cannibals: Three Finger, Preslow and Three Toe.
Then on the other side of the table sat my dad with a woman that looked the same as the one sitting to next to Uncle Michael. The two girls were twins and they must of been the Jennis Twins that Uncle Freddy told me about that my dad and Uncle Michael danced with. Sitting next to my dad and the Jennis twin was Jeepers Creepers, then Uncle IT, but everyone called him clowny. Then sitting next to Uncle IT was Uncle Boogey and the rest of the Cenobite clan.
Everyone was seated at the table and talking away. Uncle Vorx walked away for a minute to go get a chair. When he came back, I was already making my way towards my dad. I stood by his side, but he didn't seem to notice my presence as he talked to the twin. The twin was giggling about what my dad told her. I didn't quite catch what he said since he said it a little low. I went to tap my dad's shoulder until I heard someone call my name. I looked around the table and saw that everyone was in deep conversation.
"Ashley.", the voice said calmly.
I spun around and came across a tall man. He was dressed in a black suit and looked like one of those business men. He looked down at me with a stern look and said, "Follow me."
The man began walking away. I didn't move from my spot. I just stood right there and stared at him as he walked away. I didn't know who he was and I don't remember meeting him either. Who was this man and why did he tell me to follow him? I saw as the man stopped a few yards away from me and looked back.
Surprisingly, being so far away from him and having the whole room being so loud and noisy, I still could hear him. "Are you coming?", he asked.
I turned from him and looked back at my dad who was still talking to the twin. I raised an eyebrow wondering how he could not notice me yet. In fact, nobody did. Everyone was talking amongst themselves. I didn't know whether I should tell someone I was leaving for a minute, but I didn't find any reason not to; I was coming back anyway, I think.
I walked away from the family and followed the business-looking man out of the room and out the double doors. Out in the hallway was another man that paced back in forth. He wore a black robe with gold designs stitched in the material at the end. He lifted his head up towards me and the business man. When he saw me, a smile spread across his face and then he turned to the business man and said, "Thank you Axel. You may leave and join the party now."
The business man nodded and turned on his heel and went back to the party. I watched as the business man left, leaving me out alone in the hallway with the robe man. I turned to him and for some reason, I felt fear.
He must of sensed this as he walked slowly over towards me and said, "It's ok my dear daughter; I will not harm you."
'Daughter?, I thought. 'I'm not his daughter'.
He must of read my thoughts as he let out a chuckle and shook his head in disbelief. "Everyone in Hell is my child Ashley. I am your spirtal father, also known as your Hell God, your lord. I am Leviathan."
With those words said, I froze with fear. I never thought I would be standing right in front of my lord, Leviathan. I didn't know what to say. I was too speechless for words. Did anyone else know that he was here?
I quickly snapped out of my thoughts and looked at my lord that stood before me. Then, I did what any human being would do; I bowed down before my lord. I sat on my knees and bowed my head down.
"My lord.", I spoken. "It is a pleasure to finally meet you.", I said.
I heard Leviathan chuckle. Then, the sound of footsteps were heading my way. I felt a hand on head and that sent shivers down my spine.
"Please stand child.", he said, running his fingers through my hair.
With his hands tangled in my hair, I slowly rose my head and then body up so now I was standing. I looked up at Leviathan and saw his smile widen.
"You have no idea how happy I am to finally meet you.", Leviathan spoke. "You are quite the clever girl. Brave and smart I must say. You have the mind like Pinhead, the courage like your father and the creativity like Jigsaw from what I can see. From what I know, the family it teaching a ten year old, little human girl like you to be like one of them, am I correct?"
I nodded my head. "Yes sir, that is correct."
Leviathan smiled and then wrapped one of his arms around my shoulders. We started walking off down the hallway and towards another door that I've never seen. Leviathan mumbled a few words I quite didn't understand and the doors slid open automatically. He allowed me to step in first. He followed after and walked past me to walk over towards a desk.
"Tell me Ashley, are you by any chances ready for the job?", Leviathan asked.
I raised an eyebrow, wondering what job he was talking about. "I'm sorry my sir, what do you mean by job?"
"Murder.", he replied. He opened one of the drawers to his desk and pulled out what looked like a knife and a goblet. Fear spread over me as I caught a glimpse of how sharp the knife he held was. Then he took out a golden, wine bottle. At least I thought wine was in it.
He took the three items in his arms and walked back over towards me. He sat the three items on a stand that stood against the door. He sat them in a neat order; knife, then the wine bottle and then the goblet. He took a cloth out from his pocket and wiped the items clean. I wondered why he done that and what exactly he was going to do with those items. I hope it had nothing to deal with me.
"Tell me child.", Leviathan spoke. "Are you afraid of death?"
I thought for a moment. I never really thought about my death because death happened before me. I watched people die for years and never thought of loosing my life.
"Um.", I muttered. "I honestly never thought about my death sir, if that's what your referring too, but now that you brought it up, I guess in some ways that I am."
"What do you mean by some ways?"
Leviathan turned his whole body so that his full attention was focused on me. He had the knife in one hand and had a cloth in the other. He continued cleaning the blade and cast his eyes towards me, waiting for an answer.
"Um, ways that someone might kill me. If I was going to die, I wouldn't want nobody to take my life from me for their own risk. I rather die in my sleep or drown. My reasons for that is because, like I said, I wouldn't want nobody taking my life for me, I rather do it myself at my own risk."
Leviathan smirked and placed the knife down on the table and put his cloth back in his pocket. "Smart words Ashley, very smart words. I like your point of view."
I nodded my head in reply.
"Now, for the record, I heard you committed your first kill today. A cop am I correct?", he asked.
Again, I nodded.
Leviathan let out a soft chuckle and said, "Well, that most of been thrilling for you, especially for your age. Tell me Ashley, how did it feel when you killed him? Do you remember how you felt afterwards?"
I thought for a moment and thought back to my kill. I remembered I was scared; terribly scared. I didn't know what was going to happen or even know what the cop was going to do. I thought he was going to hurt me. Yeah, that was it! I thought he was going to hurt me and that's when I took the gun and shot him. It wasn't really a cold-blooded kill though, it was more like self defense.
"Um.", I began. "I-"
"You were afraid weren't ya?", he smirked.
I looked up at him. I knew he could read my thoughts, so there was no sense of lying. "Yes sir, very."
"I see." Leviathan let out a sigh and walked back over to his desk and took a seat. "Come over and have a seat Ashley."
I did as I was told and took a seat in a black, leather chair that stood on the other side of the desk across from him.
"Ashley.", Leviathan spoke. "For a girl your age, I understand that you were scared. I know how you felt and what you thought and I promise you my dear, there will be more times like this when you least expect it. When you receive more training from your family, the more older you'll get, you would be the killing machine you are meant to be."
I gulped. That wasn't something I really wanted to hear from my lord, but I knew now what was expected from me as I grew older. I had to be just like my family; a killing machine.
"My lord? I have a question and I've been thinking about it ever since I came to know the rest of my family.", I said.
"Please ask."
"Well, I...", I let out a sigh and thought about how I was going to ask this. I wanted to make sense to my lord so he could understand what I was saying and hopefully give me a correct and fair answer. "Well, I know I have to be a killer, but, why?"
I didn't know any other way to ask so I just came out with the word, why? I got to the main point and hopefully my lord would answer my question.
Leviathan stood up from his seat and walked slowly over towards me. He stood in front of me and then took a seat on the edge of his desk. "My child.", he said. "I cannot tell you why you have to kill. That answer will await for you in the future. When the time comes, you will find the answer to your question and understand why and I promise you, it is not for just any unnessicarily reasons."
I took in what my lord as spoken to me and then nodded my head. I didn't know what else to say. I was still wondering in my mind why I had to be trained to be a killer. I knew this question was going to haunt my mind for the rest of my life until the time comes like Leviathan said, and see what the answer is.
"Come my dear.", Leviathan said, standing up. "It is now time for the celebration."
Leviathan helped me up and led me over towards the door. He picked up the three items from the stand and gathered them in his arms. I offered to help him carry one of the items, but he quickly declined my offer and just told me to walk with him.
He shut his door and I walked close to his side as we walked back to the party. We reached the double doors and I could hear the people and music blaring loudly.
"It is time for the opening.", Leviathan smiled down at me.
I raised my eyebrow in wonder at what he meant by that. Just then, there was a sound of silence. The music stopped, the people stopped talking. Suddenly, I heard someone spoke. The voice was loud, but the words were too hard to make out.
"Come child, it is time to welcome you.", Leviathan said.
Just then, the doors flew open and Leviathan walked in. I walked close behind him. Suddenly all eyes were on Leviathan and then me. I could see my family on the other side of the room. Uncle Freddy was standing up on the table along with Uncle Vorx, Jeepers Creepers, Uncle Chucky and also Uncle Leatherface. I bit my lip nervously as I followed my lord up onto a little stage. There was a table and there he sat down the materials. He spun around then looked at me with a smirk.
"Now Ashley, it is time for you to become one."
Within a blink of an eye, Leviathan, with the snap of his finger transformed himself into the hideous, ugliest and scariest creature I had ever seen. His skin was red, his eyes were a black, he had a spikey tail and along with that, had the similar face outline to Uncle Vorx's; he had three horns sticking out his head, long, sharp teeth with what looked like dried blood stained on the points. I froze at the sight as I starred in horror at the real version of Leviathan.
"Everyone gather around!", he yelled in his demonic voice. "It is now time to welcome a new member to our family; Ashley Voorhees."
Everyone in the room gathered close to the stage where the lord and I was. Leviathan held out his hand for me, waiting for me to take it. I slipped my hand in his and walked with me as he led me over to the table. He picked up the wine bottle and shook it. I heard the liquid shake from the inside. I looked up at him.
"Now Ashley. I have a contract.", he said and then magically, with the snap of his finger, a paper popped up. It was floating and then lowered slowly into Leviathan's hands. He opened the document and from I saw, there was small, cursive writing scribbled all over the paper.
"This contract is about becoming part of our family. It tells the rules and laws you have to follow and what you have to do and all of that. Now, I would like for you to sign at the bottom, your name here.", he said, pointing down to a spot below someone else's signature. "And once you sign this contract you are then apart of this cult."
I nodded my head in agreement. Leviathan took my answer and smiled. He then picked up what I thought would a pen for me to sign with, but instead a knife.
"Hold out your hand dear.", he said.
I did as I was told and held out my hand to him. I bit my lip, knowing what he was going to do. He pressed the tip of the blade to my finger. It hurted a little, but not as much as I thought it would.
"There you go, now sign."
I didn't know exactly how to sign with just blood on my finger. I pressed my finger to the paper and dotted my blood. I pulled my finger back and watched as my blood magically transformed into my name, written in fancy cursive. I smiled as so did my lord.
"Very good.", he smiled. "Now, you are one."
Just then, the whole room applaud and I could hear Uncle Freddy and Aunt Esther cheering for me. I looked over my shoulder and saw Aunt Esther sitting on Uncle Freddy's shoulder. I gave them both a small wave and smile.
"Now Ashley.", Leviathan said.
I turned my attention back to him and gave him a questioning look.
"Now here comes the tricky part.", he smirked. "Ashley, your family thought it would good for you to have this."
Before I could ask any questions, the wine bottle was placed in front of me. I took the bottle in my hands and out of the corner of my eye, I saw one by one, my dad, Uncles and Aunts come up on the stage. My dad stood next to me one side as Uncle Pinhead stood on the other side of me. Leviathan stood across from me and we all formed a circle. Leviathan passed the knife and the goblet to to Jeepers Creepers first. Jeepers Creepers took the knife and pressed the blade to his arm. He drew a short slit in his arm and blood oozed out. Jeepers Creepers handed the knife to Aunt Esther and then squeezed his arm to pour the blood in the goblet.
After there was no more blood left to pour, Jeepers Creepers handed the goblet to Aunt Esther to take a turn. She did the same as Jeepers Creepers did and then Uncle Freddy took a turn, then Uncle Michael, then Uncle Leatherface, then Uncle Pinhead, then my dad, then Uncle Chucky, Aunt Tiffany, Uncle Hannibal and then my three cannibal Uncles, Three Finger, Three Toe and Preslow.
All of the poured their blood into the goblet. I didn't understand why they all did that, but I soon found out.
After Uncle Preslow was finished, he handed the cup to Leviathan and Leviathan took it and looked down at the liquid inside. He eyes casted over towards me. A smirk grew on his face as he took a few steps towards me and handed me the goblet.
"You family's blood is mixed all together Ashley. When you drink this, you will have a little bit of everyone's power and soul in you. You would be more powerful and stronger than what you are now. There blood...", Leviathan said pointing to everyone in the circle. "Is your blood."
"My lord?", Aunt Esther spoke up. "May I have a few words to say?"
Leviathan turned towards Aunt Esther with a smile and nodded. "Yes, please finish the rest."
Aunt Esther turned to me and smiled. "Ashley, before you drink our blood, we would need to get a shot of yours. With your blood is our bodies, we would know what your feeling whether your hurt or not, and also we can sense your thoughts, your energy and your emotions. Now, with our blood in your body, you will only sense our feelings whether were in pain or not and then of course, you will have every little bit of powers to protect yourself from others outside our shield."
"So...", I said. "If ya'll drink my blood and I get hurt like, falling down the stairs or something, ya'll would feel it?"
Everyone in the circle except for Leviathan nodded.
"Same thing goes for us.", Uncle Pinhead spoke. "If your father or your Uncle Freddy gets into another fight and start slashing at each other, that would be double the pain for you."
I gulped at the thought and pushed that thought away as I saw Leviathan walked over to me with another goblet.
"Let's get you done first before you drink.", Leviathan said. He took my arm and placed the blade to my arm. He cut a slit across my arm and blood began to ooze out from the skin. I bit my lip in pain and watched as he put my arm to the goblet and gave my arm a hard squeeze. The blood poured out heavy and poured straight into the goblet. When it came to Leviathan's decision when he thought there was enough blood, he let my arm go and handed the goblet to Uncle Pinhead first.
"Drink up my son.", Leviathan said to Pinhead.
Uncle Pinhead took the goblet and put it to his lips. He took a sip and sighed in pleasure. He handed the goblet next to my dad. My dad slipped his mask up a little only to show his decayed lips. He put the goblet to his lips and took a sip. Then it was my cannibal Uncle's turn, then Uncle Chucky and Aunt Tiffany, then Uncle Freddy, Aunt Esther, Jeepers Creepers, Uncle Leatherface, Uncle Michael and then Uncle Hannibal.
Uncle Hannibal handed the goblet back to Leviathan. Leviathan turned to me and raised his hand, motioning to me that it was now my turn.
All eyes were on me now. I gulped and looked down at the dark liquid inside. I brought the goblet to my face and took a whiff. It smelt horrible. It smelt like the dead corpses that my dad had hanging around back at the camp. I licked my lips and pressed the edge of the goblet to my lips. I took a sip, and then another, and then another. I drank the liquid until it was all gone. Suddenly, this warmth, deadly feeling rose inside of me. Then, my head twitched and something hit my head. It felt like a ton of bricks had hit me. I collapsed on the floor, clutched my head in one hand and my stomach in the other. A mixture of pain and pleasure was shaking throughout my entire body.
I didn't know what was happening to me. I looked around and all I saw was fades of red. Blood was what I thought it was. A bloody world; a cold deadly bloody world was what I was in. Drinking blood was the sinnnests thing I could have ever done because now at this moment, I was now one; I was now a killer.