The Devil's House

Chapter 7

Ryder

  Ryder panted, clutching his stomach as he reached the top of the stairs. Lucifer walked past him and looked down both hallways. Pointing to the right he said, "It's this way. Come on."

    Lucifer lead Ryder through the huge hallway. The tall ceiling towered above them. There were huge windows on their left and many red doors on their right. In between every red door, there was an electrical torch that lit up the hallway, allowing them to see ahead of them. Outside the windows it was dark and Ryder wondered how long he was passed out of the floor.

    I'm so lucky that Luci found me before the demons did, Ryder thought as he limped behind Luci.

    They continued walking and when Ryder thought he wouldn't be able to go any father, Luci said, "Here we are." He stopped in front of a black door and said, "This is where I have been staying."

    Luci opened the door to reveal the most beautiful and massive room Ryder had ever seen. Ryder stepped inside the room and looked inside. The walls were black and the ceiling was red. In the middle of the large, red ceiling was a chandilier. The chandilier was a little smaller than the one at the entrance but it was still huge.

    To Ryder's right, there was the biggest bed ever with black sheets and pillows. There were wooden pillars with beautiful designs on each corner of the bed that rose up to the high ceiling and long red curtains dropped from it. The ends of the curtains were tied to the wooden pillars leaving the right and left side of the bed open. There were beautiful red nightstands on each side of the bed with lamps on them. A huge mirror hung next to the nightstand on the right. In front of the bed was a small red couch with black pillows and a black rug underneath it.

    Ryder looked to his left and saw a black dresser with beautiful red gems creating beutiful designs on it. He then saw two massive sliding doors on the left of the dresser that led to the closet which Ryder assumed was huge. There was a smaller door on the right of the dresser and Ryder guessed it was the bathroom.

    He turned to look in front of him and saw a long window seat with a window that touched the ceiling. He could see the moon and stars outside the window.

    Luci walked inside and stood on Ryder's left. "Finally. It's almost a full moon."

    Ryder stopped looking at the room to look at Luci. "What happens at a full moon?" Luci stared out the window at the moon and didn't hear Ryder. "Luci? Luci?" Ryder snapped his fingers in front of him and that's when he finally realized that Ryder had been trying to get his attention.

    "I am sorry. I was not paying attention. What were you saying?" Luci asked, turning toward Ryder.

    "I was asking what happened at a full moon," Ryder said.

    "Oh... Nothing happens. I must have accidently spoken my thoughts out loud," Luci said. "Anyways this is where we can stay."

    "You seemed happy that it was close to a full moon. You even said finally like something was going to happen," Ryder said, not letting it go.

    "I... Uhm..." Luci moved his hands through his hair, revealing his face. Ryder noticed Luci's sharp jawline and round chin. That's when Ryder saw something that made him gasp. It was Luci's eyes.

    They were red. It wasn't like any normal red contacts peopel wore. Oh no. It was different. Luci's red eyes blinked from bright red to a dark red. It changed colors back and forth between the dark and light red every second.

    Luci ran his hand through the rest of his hair, making his hair fall back down on his face. Covering his red eyes. He noticed Ryder gasp and asked, "What is wrong?"

    Ryder pointed at Luci's face and said, "Your eyes. They're changing colors. Is that some kind of new contact?"

    Luci ignored Ryder's question and ran to the door on the right of the dresser. He opened the door and ran inside. Ryder didn't see what happened next, but he heard Luci yell loudly. He heard a crash and guessed that some things were thrown.

    Ryder walked toward the opened door and stopped outside, not looking inside. He wanted to give Luci some privacy but he wanted to know why he was so angry. "Are you ok, Luci?' Ryder asked, standing outside the door.

    He didn't hear a reply for a while and was about to ask again when he heard Luci say, "I am fine. I am just going through some things. So if you would not mind, I would like to be left alone... Go ahead and rest on the bed."

    Ryder was about to ask what Luci was angry about but decided against it. He wanted to ask what Luci was mad about but he wanted to rest more.

    Ryder limped to the bed and looked down at his bloody shirt. He walked over to the mirror next to the nightstand, clutching his stomach and looked at himself. His muscle shirt was covered in blood from the deep cut on his forehead. Ryder slowly lifted his fingers to touch the cut and winced. It wasn't bleeding anymore but it still hurt extremely bad... But not as bad as his broken ribs.

    Ryder lifted his muscle shirt to see a huge bruise on his left where his ribcage was. He touched the bruise and had to bite his lip to keep from yelling out in pain.

    Ryder sighed and sat down on the gigantic bed. He laid down on his back and stared up at the tall red ceiling. He turned on his left side and yelled as he felt the pressure on his bruised and broken rib. "FUCK!" Ryder yelled and immediatley turned on his right side.

    The pain hadn't eased yet but Ryder couldn't help laughing at himself for beign so stupid.

    "What's so funny?"

    Ryder screamed and rolled to the other side of the bed. He winced and clutched his stomach. He looked to Luci and said, "Fuck, man. You scared the shit out of me."

    Luci laughed and said, "I did not mean to. But your reaction was very funny and I would do it again." Once he stopped laughing, he said, "Anyways, I brought you some ice for your ribs and something to clean your cut. So come over here so I can help you."

    Ryder scooted to Luci and laid on his back again. He took off his bloody muscle shirt so Luci could put some ice on it. He then closed his eyes and fell asleep as Luci cleaned his wound.