This is based of an RP I did with a couple of my friends a while back, decided to write about one of my characters experiences and thoughts though it does also focus on other charecters aswell. Blep.
-Muerta_Roja-
LitaJade
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Tyler only had to worry about a few things in his life. Keeping his family safe, getting food on the table, and making sure to save up everything to get his family out of this hell hole.

You see, Tyler doesn't live in a nice neighborhood. There's always something going on and a couple of deaths by the end of the week. Being that Tyler was born and grew up here he had to adapt to this environment fairly quickly or he wouldn't make it to twenty. Even if he grew into the tough guys around town he still didn't make to twenty, he got jumped by a group of guys he pissed of earlier that week. He didn't care at first, a few bruises he could deal with, he kinda had to. He got a couple punches on them before his arms were being held back by two of the bastards that put him into this mess. First two punches were to the face, three to the chest and one to the stomach that made him double over and fall to the ground. The group kick him repeatedly making a few jabs at him as they did so before they eventually got bored and left him to rot.

Tyler let out a couple jagged breaths as he laid in a fetal position, not moving just incase the group came back. Even if he wanted to he wouldn't be able to get far without having to deal with large amounts of pain hitting him. Eventually he managed to turn over onto his back with a groan as his body screamed at him to stay still. He looked up at the sky as a bit of blood ran down the side of his face. With a couple broken bones and ribs, along with one of his lungs punctured he didn't have much time left on him. To say he was scared was an understatement, he was terrified. His mother always tried to warn him about what could happen if he continued with his actions. She tried so hard to warn him but he never listened. He was to focused on his family to even fathom the outcome of his methods of safety. Well this is his mom's words coming back to haunt him because now he's laying alone on his death bed at eighteen.

He can feel his eyes grow heavier as it gets harder and harder to breath. He had a lot to say before seeing the fiery pits of hell. Lot to say to his siblings, to the few friends that were able to put up with his bullshit, and especially his mom. Though he could only mutter two words before drifting off.

"Sorry ma"

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Tyler didn't really know what to expect after he died. Hes heard too much from too many people so he just decided to brace himself for the worse. So when the worse was a grey forest devoid of any color he was a bit more than confused. "What the hell?" he mumbled, the place was eerily quiet and looked like someone took a picture and placed him in it. He decided to walk forward to see if he could find anything or anyone but no matter how much he walked he always ended up back where he started which frustrated him to no end. In his anger and annoyance he punched a tree just to see some movement and to hear some sound. Since the tree was thick he didn't get neither, instead he got the predictable pain that spread throughout his hand which caused him to recoil quickly and hold onto his hand with a low hiss. He glared at the tree before continuing on his never ending trek. Soon enough he finally heard some voices in the distance. Seeing that he hasn't seen any signs of life for what felt like an hour tyler quickly headed over to where the voices were coming from. A clearing soon came into view along with a couple more people, this tall shady looking dude and a... dining table?

Tyler soon wandered over to the small group of people and looked them over. There was a short fair skinned red head, a pale blond, a pale-ish brunette, and lastly a freckled light skinned quiet girl. Tyler was about to ask if anyone knew where this place was but tall dark and shady beat him to it.

The man gave a smirk before outstretching his arms and announced "welcome everyone! You may call me Styx and as you can see you have the pleasure of enjoying this wonderful tea party set up by yours truly. Hope you enjoy." He gave a low chuckle and one last smirk before disappearing off to who knows where.

Tyler and the rest of the group glanced over at each other before sitting down at the table and cautiously grabbed a few things to eat.

"Thought we were supposed to be dead" the pale-ish brunette said 'so I did die' Tyler thought absentmindedly as he eyed the food suspiciously. He ended up pushing his plate away and instead laid his head on the table, he wasn't feeling that hungry anyway more tired if anything else. "I'm not sure if i'm comfortable eating this food. Wh-what if he poisoned it?" the redhead said with a wary look on her face. The brunette rolled his eyes and took a bite of his sandwich "dude, we're dead. It doesn't even matter anymore" he made his point clear by taking another bite of his sandwich. "This place probably just wants to scare you" Tyler mumbled while lifting his head up from his arms 'or make you go insane' he added in his head with a bitter grin on his face.

"Do we even have to be here where even is here?" the pale blond asked while glancing around at the silent forest. The redhead opened her mouth to answer before closing it again "I...I don't know" she finally mumbled. The rest of the group decided to actually eat the food laid out in front of them "so..." the red head began "who are you guys and how did you end up here?" she asked while putting down her half eaten cookie.

the group looked among them to see who would talk first. "Well i'm Reid, and I um... drowned" Reid gave an awkward chuckle at the end of his sentence as he rubbed the back of his neck. The atmosphere grew considerably tense and dreary as some sad looks were through his way. "Jesus Christ" the blond mumbled while running a hand through his hair. the redhead looked at him with wide eyes "I-I'm sorry that happened to you" she said softly. Reid shrugged a bit before leaning back into his seat "so how about you red? How'd you end up in this hellhole?" she looked down at her plate with a distant look on her face. "Shot in a fight" she began "well firstly my name is Esperanza, or Elena if you want to call me that and a group was chasing me and my brothers and I ended up getting shot while trying to escape." Reid visibly winced before hesitantly saying "that sounds painful... did your brothers make it. I mean they aren't here so probably? Sorry bad question." He rambled while sitting up in his seat. She looked up slightly before replying "my brothers made it to the car, I wasn't so lucky and got shot on the sidewalk" he nodded slightly before turning towards the blond and Tyler "okay blonde and silent type what's your cool stories?" "cool no, terribly brutal? Yes" Elena mumble before taking another bite of her cookie.

"Well I'm Liam and I died in a car crash, I was on the passengers side and I guess whoever was driving didn't see us I guess? I don't remember much of the actual crash, I just remember waking up here" he explained while messing around with his fingers. There were a few nods thrown his way along with a few frowns before the attention turned to Tyler.
He resisted the urge to roll his eyes before answering with a simple "name's Tyler and I died in a fist fight" Reid grinned slightly before getting out of his seat and walked over to him. "aww, your poor cute face" he cooed while pinching his cheeks. Tyler gave a low growl before swatting his hands away with a glare "I ain't cute got that?"

He backed away with his hands up in a surrender type still though still had a grin on his face which annoyed Tyler to no end though he wasn't really sure why it did. "someone's crabby today" Reid mused while pouring himself some tea which only got a soft huff from Tyler along with an annoyed expression.

Quinn and Liam started a quiet conversation and the tense atmosphere that was here before seemed to be dying down. That quickly changed once Styx came and slammed his hands down on the table which caused most to jump or quickly stare in his direction. Tyler rolled his eyes a bit and slowly turned towards him with the most uninterested face he could muster. 'I already don't like this guy, he seems like the person to suck you dry then back stab you once your no use to him' Tyler narrowed his eyes slightly at this thought 'all in the grin, and everything's in the eyes.'

"wow you all look terrified!" he said with a big grin before clapping his hands together "so how do you all like being dead?" the group shifted under his gaze a bit. "not really what I was expecting it to be" Liam said softly, Tyler only gave him a slight shrug and ate another sandwich. He gave a low hum before striding over to Quinn and leaned down to whisper in her ear "and you dear?" she squirmed away from him slightly "f-fine" was her quiet response. "h-hey I don't think she likes that" Liam said softly. Styx turned his attention to him and sat up straight with another grin "why aren't you the gentleman? I was only having a bit of fun" he said while waving him off. Liam nodded slightly and took a bite of his cookie. Esperanza, who still hasn't answered,  kept quiet and tried to calm her nerves by drinking some tea even if it wasn't working so well. Styx soon walked back to the head of the table with an amused expression on his face "well I only came over to check on you, goodbye darlings" he then walked off while chuckling under his breath.

Esperanza set down her cup with a slight glare "we aren't your darlings" she muttered while stirring the contents of her cup. "well that was weird" Liam said and glanced over towards where Styx wandered off to, Elena gave a shaky sigh as she set down the spoon "So basically we're in purgatory. He must rule this place so he decides if we go up or under" she said softly. 'wouldn't there be more people popping up then? or are we just a special case?' Tyler thought to himself before leaning back in his chair. "Truthfully I don't care where I go, just as long as I don't have to deal with reality then i'm good" 'along with the guilt that came along with said reality' he closed his eyes to try and block out the thought as guilt slowly ate away at him.

"What happened in reality Ty?" Tyler opened his eyes slightly and found that it was Reid who asked the question. Tyler let out a low sigh, the guilt lessening slightly "If ya ask me later I might tell you but for now..." memories of fights, threats, and tears went through his head "I don't want to talk about it."

Reid nodded slightly before standing up from his seat "this tea party is getting no where, I'm gonna head back to the manor."  He said while stretching his back a bit. Esperanza nodded in agreement and stood up as well "same, I don't really feel like staying out here anymore" she messed with her dog tags again as she walked over to him. Tyler shrugged a bit "guess there's a manor" he mumbled before standing up to follow after them, Liam and Quinn soon following later.

Once in the manor everyone dispersed, Reid heading to the library, Tyler and Esperanza walked of to go find their bedrooms, Quinn to the living room, and Liam to the kitchen to store the cookies he took from the party. As everyone relaxed and got settled a feeling of peace went through the air, even if it wouldn't last long. And it didn't.

A couple minutes after they walked in a sense of panic over came Reid, the panic doubled as his lungs burned for air and water rushed out of his mouth. Esperanza who was now out the shower rushed over to him and tried to see if he could respond "Reid? Reid!? Are you okay?" she asked frantically. the only response she got was a raspy 'help' and more water  flowing out of him. She got him to sit up and patted his back to get the rest of the water out of his lungs. Once the water stopped coming out him he took a huge gulp of air and gripped onto her tightly "what just happened?" he gasped out. She shrugged her shoulders with a fearful look on his face "you just started coughing up water" she said softly "are you okay?"

He shook his head a bit "I-I don't know. My lungs Just started burning and no matter how much I tried I kept breathing in more water than air... It was like I was drowning again."  

Esperanza nodded slightly "I don't know how it happened but it scar-" she cut herself off by letting out a cry of pain, the left side of her chest soon bloomed red as blood seeped out of the wound that killed her. she gripped her chest in an attempt to stop the bleeding and fell onto her side with a whimper. Liam having heard the commotion rushed into the library and looked over the scene with wide eyes before running over to Reid and Esperanza "Are you guys okay?" he asked frantically. before he could get an answer a laugh went through the library, "oh how pitiful" Styx covered his mouth to hide his smile as he watched over the scene. Liam  looked up at where Styx stood with wide eyes "what's going on? What's happening to them?" He asked quickly.

He waved him of before crossing his arms "Nothing too bad. they're just dying again" he said simply with a shrug "I don't like when souls plot against me so I had to teach them a lesson." Liam looked up at him in disbelief before putting pressure on her wound to try and stop the bleeding. "they weren't plotting against you! this is just a misunderstanding, they're just confused about this whole thing!" he exclaimed, Esperanza looked up at Styx weakly and curled up into herself more "p-please stop" she begged. "I didn't plan anything I-I swear. I'll do anything just stop please" she whimpered as the pain got worse.

Styx rolled his eyes slightly before waving his hand which made the wound and pain disappear from both Esperanza and Reid. "Oh I know, just a simple precaution" he explained with a small smirk. Reid brought his knees up to his chest and took a shaky breath while Esperanza stayed on the floor crying a bit as she glanced up at Styx. Liam frowned a bit and looked them over for any visible wounds "You guys alright?" he asked softly. Reid gave a short nod "y-yeah. i'm just... gonna go to my room." He mumbled while standing up with his arms wrapped around him before hurrying out the library. Liam waved him bye before offering to lead Esperanza to her room and guided her out the library.

Tyler soon wandered out his room after being woken up from all the shouting  and looked over the two once they were in the hallway with a confused look on his face. "what happened to you guys?" he mumbled, Reid simply walked passed him and whispered 'Styx' to answer his question. Tyler's anger flared at even the name of the dark ruler 'did they even do anything?' he asked himself which only seemed to make his anger rise. "That guy's abusing his power and we're on the receiving end of it. lets see how he likes it when he's on the receiving end of my-" his threat was cut off by a hand being placed on his shoulder. "Don't worry about it Ty. we don't want you getting hurt." Reid said softly.

'Why... why do you care if I get hurt?' He thought to himself as he turned to look at him "I don't care if I get hurt, I don't want anyone getting hurt for nothing if I can at least try to stop it." He muttered while letting his shoulders relax a bit. Reid shook his head slightly and let his hand fall from his shoulder "Ty, I said drop it. Elena's fine and I'm not worth it so it doesn't matter anymore" Tyler's shoulders quickly tensed up again as anger flashed through his eyes. He had many thoughts go through his head at those last few words but only a few sentences managed to come through.

"Fine, whatever you say. And just so you know, everyone's worth it. even if they don't see it they are so don't go sayin' that stuff" he mumbled before heading back down the hall and around a corner. Reid stayed silent before heading towards his room and closed the door behind him. Tyler let out an irritated sigh as he walked into the kitchen for anything to drink 'hopefully tomorrow won't be that bad' he grabbed a soda out from the fridge and popped it open. 'who am I kidding, this place will just get worse' Tyler glanced around at the manor with narrowed eyes. "Why do I have to let an insane ruler chose where I go? Besides..." He took a quick sip of his drink.

"I'm already in hell"

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TBC maybe.
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