Origin of Virtue (Cardinal City One Shot)

It feels like yesterday that this all began. It was a day I will never forget. Waking up that day, I never imagined it would end up being the worst day of my life. Everything was normal. Go to work, come home, whatever. I go to bed with my fiancé Alexandra. What I wasn't prepared for was the nightmare that I would wake up to. Startled by a night terror, I woke up.. But I wasn't in bed. I was in my living room, lying down on the couch. I turn a nearby lamp on, and look at my hands. I have blood on my hands. But whose blood? Noticing the trail of blood on the floor, I follow it until I found myself in the kitchen. On the kitchen table was my soon to be wife.. Rushing over, I felt for her pulse, not trying to assume the worst. No pulse. Multiple stab wounds in her chest. The tears wouldn't stop after that. I cried, holding her lifeless corpse in my arms.

 

What have I done?! I yelled out.

 

Who said you were the one to do it?

 

William, I'm scared.

 

SHUT UP BILLY!! Nobody cares if you're scared or not.

 

Damnit, they're at it again..

 

"If it wasn't me, why do I have blood on my hands?"

 

Well cause it was me.

 

"WHAT? Why would you do that? You knew she was the love of my life.. How could you Tengu?!"

 

She was getting in the way of our mission. Don't you see? She was only a distraction.. Nothing more..

 

"WHY CAN'T YOU JUST LEAVE ME ALONE?! I'm sick, and tired of having to deal with this day in and day out."

 

Not gonna happen. We are part of you. Always have, always will."

 

Why can't we just all get along for once?

 

 

"I'M DONE!" I scream slamming my fist into the table. There's this red aura that surrounds me as my fist smashes through the table with ease.

 

"You took her away from me.. Now I have to atone for the rest of my life."

 

That was the day Virtue was born.

Done