Hunter x Isaiah : Trapped Cycles
TW: CONSENSUAL TURNED FORCED NON CONSENT FOR A QUICK BIT
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The screaming kept happening at night from 12am - 3am we didnt know what to do, my boyfriend and I had no where else to go as we have spent our money buying haunted items and had spent our life savings trying to make a ghost channel to have it support us.
It has gotten worse when we kept trying to exorcise the items we got and wasting even more money on spiritual cleansing equipment. When we burned sage whatever was haunting us flung Isaiah to the wall and you could hear a long deep scream which shook our whole apartment. The cops soon showed up and performed a wellness check due to neighbors hearing a loud slam to the wall.
"We got a call and we are here to ask you two a few questions." said the Cop. The cop asked his questions then Hunter let the cop know " Yeah we were just rough housing you know how it is with the boys, things can get a bit rough." The cop stared at us and noticed we were in our boxers and said "Yea, well that takes care of everything. Just be mindful of your neighbors, goodnight." Isaiah and I stared at eachother when we both realized we are the only ones that could hear the screams. The cop left after realizing nothing was out of the ordinary and went on his way.
We threw away the haunted items even though we spent thousands but even when we thought it was all over they would keep reappearing in our house or at the front door and none of us knew who brought the stuff back in. When we would leave the bag at the door we would hear knocking which would later become scratching. We would ignore it and had a sigh of relief when we started using bluetooth headphones that would be comfortable to sleep with and have our respective alarms wake us up whenever we needed to go to work.
This didnt last and we began to hear our names being called when the other was gone throughout the day thinking it was the other calling out to us. "Hunter, can you come open the door." I opened the door and Isaiah wasn't there and I would feel something pat my shoulder as if it were thanking me. Both of us had to text eachother if we were the one's knocking but it quickly learned and it would drain our phone's battery so that we wouldnt know if one of us was really there. Its gotten to the point we had to leave the door open as we felt getting a ring camera wouldnt do us any good either as it can mess with electronics.
Weeks of this tore us to bits as we were always on edge because we would never know what would happen. The shadows passing through our living room started in the evenings around 8pm while Isaiah and I were watching tv. We just learned to live with it as we gathered our money to move. The nights were the scariest as we would see a shadow at the corner of our bedroom which finally pissed Isaiah off enough for him to get up to rush the shadow and swing a punch at it. He yelled "This stops right no-" before he could even connect his fist with the shadow it grabbed him and held him up to the ceiling then to the wall Isaiah was thrown to the floor and dragged into the darkness of our living room. Everything happened quickly and I felt something grab me and I yelled "Stop please what do you want." The streetlights that allowed us to see a bit through the night all but vanished and all I could hear was Isaiah grunting and struggling "ISAIAH ISAIAH ARE YOU OKA-". I felt something cover my mouth and I felt the warmth of my tears run down my face. I soon woke up with Isaiah shaking me with tears running down his face and happy to see me open my eyes. "Hunter Hunter youre okay, thank God you're okay I thought I lost you." He gave me a passionate kiss and held my head. I told him I had the worst dream "I thought you were dead Isaiah, I thought you were de-." He gave me another passionate kiss then softly told me "I thought YOU were dead, I saw the shadow above you throughout the night and I didnt think it was doing anything bad until I woke up and saw that you weren't reacting to your alarm."
Isaiah still holding on to me in tears and I softly said "Lets just leave please, if it doesnt follow us we could just live at a motel or out of our car please." He looked at me and told me "Okay, lets leave as soon as possible babe." We quickly gathered our clothes and went to the cheapest Motel we can find. We both prayed and made love for the first time in weeks. "Isaiah please be gentle, its been a while." He nodded as it slowly went in. I gasp because I have forgotten how thick he was and scratched his back. He kept going faster and faster "Isaiah" I moaned "please dont get ahead of yourself, you're hurting me." He wouldnt listen and kept going faster and faster. "Isaiah stop, you're hurting me." As soon as I was about to yell at him thats when my heart dropped. This thing was watching us while Isaiah and I were making love. I would see half of its pale disfigured face peaking from behind the top of the doorframe. I yelled at Isaiah "Stop Isaiah PLEASE! SOMETHING IS LOOKING AT US." It knew how to instill fear in us it knew how to get what it wants, Isaiah wasnt listening as if in a trance like state he kept going and going until I slapped him and he asked what happened. I pointed at the figure and cried. Isaiah began to yell "WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM US!" The room was quiet that you could hear our breathing, then see our breathing.
The creature kept its gaze on us with a loud silence he lowered his hand and pointed to our bed then disappeared into the ceiling. Isaiah quickly looked under the bed and saw that the bag was there. He broke down and said "How...we both left it when we ran to the car. I dont remember having anything but a box of clothes." I told him "I didnt bring any bags when I brought our stuff into the room. I DON'T KNOW HOW IT FUCKING GOT THERE." I finally snapped and grabbed the bag then threw everything into the tub. I said "You pieces of shit im done with you." I went to the nearest market and bought lighter fluid and a box of matches.
When I got back I began dousing the stuff in lighter fluid and set it ablaze. The room began to violently shake and the deep yells happened again. We woke up gasping for air only to realize we had never left our place...let alone our room. We didnt know if anything was real anymore I noticed how the shadows quickly ran away from our bodies and that the disfigured creature was staring at us again while pointing at the bed. I looked under the bed and there was nothing under the bed. I looked towards the door frame only to notice it was gone. I told Isaiah "I think theres something under the floor boards." He sighed and said "No there isn't. this isn't some game. Listen to what you're sayi-" I cut him off "We cant just sit here and do nothing, that thing repeated the sam-" Isaiah yelled "LISTEN TO WHAT YOU ARE SAYING HUNTER! YOU SOUND LIKE YOURE MAKING A GAME OUT OF THIS! IS THIS FUN TO YOU!? NOTHING ABOUT THIS YELLS SCOOBY FUCKING DOO OR THE HARDY BOYS! I'm not going to induldge your delusions or fantasies." He walked towards the front door and sternly said "Knock yourself out and destroy our floor that we don't even own I am going to get us something from Denny's tell me what you want." as tears flowed down my face I quickly said "Okay, can you get me a Triple Patty Bacon Burger medium well." he replied "Okay, got it i'm going to pass to the store to pick you up some Mountain Dew." with his face on the floor he quietly said "I...I'm sorry for yelling at you." I smiled with tears flowing down my face and told him "Its okay we're both tired, while you're gone I'm going to see if theres actually something in these floor boards. We both saw it and we woke up back here." Isaiah muttered "I do not care. I'm starving, bye." He slammed the door and I began trying to feel if there was a loose floor board as I wiped the tears that have dripped down my face. I knew deep inside that there was something to be uncovered even if I have to force my way into these damned floor boards.
After glancing at each individual piece I managed to find something. A hole big enough for a screwdriver to fit into it was on one of the boards. I pulled it up with a flathead and the only thing I found was a dusty notebook with a sigil drawn on the front with a sharpie. I looked through the pages and it was just dates with short sentences.
"June 1st - We all have the devil inside us, only we can decide wether the demon we are bestowed upon is unleashed to the world. The rapid growth of demons populating the world is all that I see even the babies arent safe from them."
"June 2nd - The great hallway of gold with blinding lights covering the floor and its ceiling, its such a masterpiece that words cant describe the beauty I am seeing. I never want to leave but I must know my truth."
"June 3rd - After roaming the great halls and seeing its wonders I come across a door that leads to many doors but a beat pulses loud enough for my body to feel it as well "Ba-dum, Ba-dum, Ba-dum." It becomes slower and slower until it stops completely followed by a muffled scream. I enter the door from where the scream came from."
"June 4th - I am entangled by tentacles with no end to them. I see others as well, I can faintly see as if their bodies are charred. I see my hands and theyre bright as the sun's light with a golden hue surrounding them. I feel my life being drained from me and nothing but tentacles as far as the eye can see as if in a womb ready to be delivered or thrown away."
"June 5th - The skies are as black as if in a void, everything looks the same but the sky. I go outside to explore and gaze upon the sky. I see flying creatures but they dont seem to notice me. I feel unsafe being out here, it feels as if I can die just being out here. A few of these creatures were heading towards me and I decide to run back inside and close all the blinds."
"June 6th - If you find this that means the darkness has consumed me and I am no longer among the living. First it consumed the Sun and slowly myself. I have but mere hours left as my heart begins to beat slower and slower, we are nothing and everything to it we need to stop them from cleansing us."
"What the hell does this even mean." I said to myself. I got the floor board and saw how it had a make shift Ouija board carved into it. I dont even know if whats happening right now is even real. I lit one of the candles Isaiah bought for us and began to concentrate my energy onto the board. As my eyes closed the candle's flame began to rise and rise, high enough to where I can feel its warmth on my face. My eyes violently tilt to the back of my skull and I am able to see. The room brightened up with a light blue tint on everything. I hear a soft voice coming from behind me "Please do not be frightened as I am still too weak to conceal my true self. If you choose to gaze upon me go ahead. I...wouldnt want to burden you with something you cannot comprehend."
I told it "No...I want to see what the hell you are. You hurt the one I lov-." It interrupted "I apologize...but that was not me but a demon lord that took control of this apartment. It feeds off of what you brought home. Whatever you stuffed in that bag made it ignore me." I replied "Those are just haunte-." It tried to respond quickly but couldn't as if it were dazed "The souls attached to what you brought are keeping it occupied from draining me of my energy. It is something new for it and it has grown arrogant. It wont stay occupied for long... those spirits are being drained and erased from this plane of existence. The demon is but a blackhole draining the light from spirits and its hunger is never ending."
It softly said "I am sorry." As I took a deep breath and turned around "You- you-...you're an angel." The many wings were battered and chained. I stared with nothing but awe and before I could let out a word it quickly told me "You must continue to feed its hunger, be it with blood or more of whats in that ba-."
Isaiah opened the door and loudly yelled my name "Hunter! Babe! I'm back where are you." I regained consciousness and was back at the table. I softly told him "...I think I found something but I'm not sure you would believe me." He sarcastically replied and chuckled "I won't." I glared at him and he sighed then said "Fine, lets eat something first i'm starving." I took a bite and the bacon was crispy as it looked poking out of the burger. The juices from the burger flowed down my tongue and filled me with such ecstasy. Every bite I took along with the crunch from the bacon was filling my body with such pleasure as if I have not ate in weeks. I stared at Isaiah and saw him dig into his chicken sandwich. I saw that he had a bit of mayo on his beard. I laughed then reached over to wipe it off and licked what I managed to get off my fingers. I softly said "You're such a messy boy." He smirked at me while still devouring his crisp chicken sandwhich and said "You want a bite? I feel my stomach shrank especially with the sides I got I feel I wont be able to fi-." I interupted him and said "Dont make excuses you know I don't like that but yes I will gladly take a bite." The crispy toasted bread lathered in mayo mixed with the grease from the chicken was just perfection.
We finished up our food and got down to business. I told him what I found, the things I did and the angel I spoke with while he was gone. He started looking at the journal and had a stern look to him after he read everything in the journal, he glared at me and told me in a more irritated voice than usual "These are twisted loose descriptions of bible verses. But I dont know what this could mean in the grand scheme of things. Also shouldnt you be dead if you saw an angel...I I just don't trust what you saw and neither should you. Lets not make this worse, we are able to leave so thats a good start."
I wanted to tell him the last bit of what the angel said but I know in my heart he would think of it as a demonic being asking me to fulfill his ritual. I wanted to make things right especially since he was withholding the amazing sex we would have and I needed to fix that quickly. So I started buying more haunted things that I could easily hide from Isaiah like dolls, trinkets and bedsheets. The hauntings we would endure were but a distant memory.
As I kept the things hidden from him I knew it wouldnt last long and as the very observant person he is even if I were to fart in the wrong way would have him suspicious. He began asking me questions after he noticed I havent taken a bite from his food whenever we would eat dinner together.
He looked at me then held my hands and softly asked me if I was hiding anything from him. My lie was beginning to fall apart and I was unable to look him in the eyes. He said "If you're cheating on me I understand, I was a bit harsh on you and I can be better I just want you to open up to me...eventhough I may have hurt your feelings. Just know I love you and please don't throw this away, the many years we spent together and the elopement we had to do so that we could finally be together." The gentle strong eyes and the big lustful lips that I fell in love with were right in front of me, a sight that I couldn't resist. I leaned over, grabbed him and began kissing him. It started with the beautiful lips of his and I worked my way towards his neck.
It angered me that he would always wear his cute buttoned hawaiian shirts because it made it difficult to take it off of him...especially during moments like this. I didnt take the buttons off one after the other and tore him from his shirt with buttons flying everywhere. I threw away our finished wingstop to the floor and cleared the bed. I began kissing his chest then licking his abs with my tongue going lower and lower until I reached his belt. I unbuckled him and tossed his pants then had my way with him. I raised then bent his legs to his shoulders and I made him mine for tonight. Isaiah moaned and looked at me passionately then gasped as I kept getting as deep as I could. I would pound faster and harder as he clawed the sheets he yelled at me "HARDER HUNTER DONT FUCKING STOP DONT YOU FUCKING STOP OH GOD." his eyes rolled back and he was in total ecstacy as I made him into a beautiful piece of human Origami. I finished inside him and I threw my entire weight on him as we gasped for air and chuckling to eachother. In unison we said "Holy shit." we both started laughing and just stared into eachothers eyes.
After catching my breath I got up so that I can go shower and I looked back to see Isaiah laying on his stomach just so high from what we did. He gave me a smile and had his squint of approval. As he stretched like a cat he drunkedly said "You're such a whore, how are you this good." I laughed then reached for some wetwipes to give to Isaiah then shut the lights off in the bedroom and made my way to the bathroom.
I would be lying if I didn't say that me knowing he could lose me gave me an ego boost. I began planning on how to work this to my advantage. I was more worried about how we havent had anymore haunting experiences and he would start to ask questions. I started to wonder if this was real, was I in our actual reality or was I back in a comatose state that those shadow figures put me in like the last time. I hate that I feel like this, I just want to wake with Isaiah next to me. I love him but it feels like none of this is real. I broke down and yelled at the top of my lungs "I DONT WANT TO LIVE! I DONT WANT TO BREATHE! THIS LIFE IS NOT REAL NONE OF THIS IS REAL." Something white with dry strands of hair begun to come out the faucet like a baby being birthed. Its head started making its way through the tub's faucet first. I knew what I had to do and I ran out the bathroom and made my way to the kitchen to grab lighter fluid and the box of matches from under the sink. I tore the top and began pouring it all over the living room as I was pouring out everything I heard a faint voice call my name which sounded like Isaiah. "Ooooooh Huuuuuuunter." I shakenly responded to it "I...Isaiah is that you?" the voice came from behind me this time "What do you think you're doing." As I screamt I felt a strong force push me and I fell to my back covering myself in lighter fluid. I didnt have clothes on and I was holding the box of matches on one hand which made trying to get back up harder.
The invisible force grabbed me then tossed me to the end of the living room where the front door was at and where I had a clear view of the dark hallway that led to our bedroom. Isaiah was calling me almost as if he was looking for a dog "HUUUUUUNTER. WHEEEEEERE ARRRRRRRE YOOOOOOOU. HUUUUUUUUUNTER. WHEEEEEEERE ARRRRRE YOOOOOOU" The calls became longer and longer with his voice deepening after every call "HUUNNNNNNNTERRRRR. HUUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNTERRRRRR. HUUUUNNNNNTERRRRR."
A freakishly tall almost tree like pale figure came out from the bedroom and was rapidly running back and forth from the bathroom to the bedroom to the laundry room screeching my name "HUNNNNTTTERRRRRR HUUUUUUUUUUUNNTERRRRRR" It stopped dead in its tracks in the middle of the dark hallway with only the bathroom lights lightly illuminating the hallway and the figure collapsed face first to the floor.
"I SEE YOU!" the figure screeched and started crawling quickly towards me. I had nowhere left to go but I saw that a box of matches was a foot away from me. I threw myself towards it and lit myself on fire which started to spread to the livingroom and setting the creature ablaze. The pain and disgust of seeing my skin melting from my hands was met with me passing out and waking to the Angel I had spoken to. "Your work is finished and I thank you. I can deliver my findings successfully to the Old One...that which you call God and this part of the world shall finally be cleansed. That Demon you helped subdue was just a spirit from your world who had made a pact with one of the Exiled Ones and by giving it his life he was able to stop the cleansing from happening. With him unable to control his hunger I saw it as an oportunity to find a way to break free. Now that I have I will send you back and you will see The Old One's Great cleansing"
I awoke to Isaiah kissing me and crying barely able to see his face. I used every bit of energy to ask him what had happened. "You were in a coma for a week after we had sex. You went into the shower then slipped and hit your head. I couldnt let you stay here abandoned in the hospital. I am...I was prepared to die with you when the Hurricane hits. But now that you're awake we can make it out of Louisianna and head towards Mississippi." Dazed and weak I said "Wh...wh...what year is it? and what hurricane? what the fuck." Isaiah laughed "It's 2005 now lets go."
