MAN MADE

MAN MADE

By

La’Garyus

An Underground Lord named Lilith is at large and growing further down into darkness, she lives in a castle created within the earth. One of her soldiers is a man with a black book containing different locations to hidden money and different treasures, the soldier was one of her closest soldiers. She put acidic bombs in her soldiers without their knowledge. The Bomb liquidates the man’s insides, burning a whole in his chest that looks like a bullet wound.The traitor had been taking notes on Lilith and her evil plan for the people who have lived on her land. The traitor sacrifices himself to give the people a fighting chance knowing it would lead to his death. The Underground Lord follows the tracker to the traitor in the worst part of the neighborhood, the first person to find the traitor is someone from the area. A young man named Low, he pickpockets the traitor’s corps stealing 20,000 dollars in cash and in his hand is the black book. Low dashes around the corner grinning about how he just hit the biggest stain in history, he reads the book revealing different addresses where millions of dollars have been stored. Low alerts the block and they strategize an idea to rob this person. By the time the soldiers of the underground lord get to the traitor, the corps is left in a bloody tang top and boxers. Low strategizes with his military friend Will, where they come up with the idea to move quietly. They all agree to split the money among the four gangs, Low shows them the 20k to remove all doubt. Since there were 4 locations they decided to work together, they split the gangs up according to the book. Lilith only has 8 men; however, they are all supersoldiers. Low realizes he has an advantage in numbers, but a disadvantage in skill. The more Low read from the book the more obstacles would come up, so that his army wouldn’t be walking into the traps he rips out the pages from the book and gives it to his army. Most of Low’s soldiers weren’t really soldiers, they lacked the fight of a warrior. Most of them are thieves and fiends, but most of them know how to work a gun. Low has around 63 people who weren’t afraid to fight against the underground lord, the others who walked away feared death and Lilith. Low reads to his men the horrors that live inside the hidden locations, this exposes the dark truth behind The underground Lord. The neighborhood is built on an ancient burial ground where men have died by her hands, she has been living off of this ground since A.D. (After David) but she's been living longer than that. Low realizes that their neighborhood is just a feeding ground to keep her alive, he realizes that his life has never been his own. The news would always bring up issues involving missing people some were children, but no one was found. Low read the black book showing the reason why she is the way she is, she was betrayed by the people who created her. They used her and abused her, forcing her to become a woman when she was young. Her reaction started as just vengeance and has gone deeper into darkness, she sacrificed her human heart to an evil power that keeps her alive and strong. The only issue is she can't be around her heart. The ability to love takes her power since it was created by evil, it’s the only thing that could give her peace. The ability to feel will make her human again, Low and will make a game plan to go on a separate mission to retrieve the heart. The location of all the hidden spots are placed in the form of a large square, and in the middle is the entrance to the underground castle where gravity works differently. As Low and Will go down they pass a point where they realize they are for some reason going up and begin to wonder why. Inside of these locations are the tombs of the people she's killed throughout the generations, Lilith uses them as guardians since she can’t go to the heart. She doesn’t know that the traitor has given away all this information and doesn’t send soldiers to defend it till it’s too late, the traitor is very detailed in his description on how to get the heart. The traitor describes the guardians as undefeatable guides, they will take you to the next floor. The book says “do not fear them for they fear everything they cannot see, they don’t have eyes so they fear everything. Remain calm and they will take you to the next floor”; however, the book doesn't say how they transport them. The guy that comes with Will and Low dies because he was afraid, the ghouls surrounded them Low tells them to relax and they’ll take them to the heart. The ghouls start to make them sink into the ground, the sight of the ghouls leaves the side character terrified forcing him to lose his composure and he attacks the ghouls. As Will and Low sink into the ground they notice a flash of light coming from the guy, the ghouls who were lacking a soul killed him by sucking his soul out. Low begins to have visions of a woman as he is sunk into the underworld castle, the woman asks him what he wants. Why would he risk his life? Low responded with we’re already dying, he becomes infatuated with the woman and has fallen for her and her story. He wanted nothing more than to cure her of her pain, to kiss her wounds of all afflictions even from herself. Low realized Lilith was a victim herself and the only way to free himself was to free her, but how do you free someone who doesn’t want to be helped? Low figures this in the end, he takes the heart of The Underground Lord in his hands as it still beats. Low cuts a line below his ribs and above his abdomen, then he forces the heart into the wound. Low falls to the ground and begins to see things as he wakes up laying down on clear clean blue water, while the sky is red with black clouds and dead black trees in the distance. Low looks down and sees a reflection of a breathtaking woman wearing a red dress and long silver beautiful hair that hides one of her small horns, she pulls herself to the surface and stands before Low not knowing where to begin so Low waits for her to say something.

LILITH

Why did you do this? You could have killed yourself.

Lilith speaks with an innocent and enchanting voice.

LOW

You have been trapped in a never ending cycle of blood shed, it felt like the best way to free both of us. I can take it, pain is just something I’m used to. You don’t have to suffer anymore. We can share in the pain you feel we can carry it together, no matter how heavy.

LILITH

Who are you?

LOW

Leo, but my friends call me Low.

LILITH

Low, what do you want? Your friends already stole everything from me, what more can you take from me?

LOW

I want to spend whatever time we have, to make each other better people in the end.

Lilith notices Low is moving towards her, she watches as his hand lifts in her direction. Lilith is hesitant but allows Low to put his hand on her forearm as he speaks to her, he rubs his hand slowly to her hand. Low brings his palm under hers fingers then rotates his hand around till their fingertips meet, he does the same thing to the hand. Low slowly gains her trust by letting her in.

LOW

We can learn to love since hate and anger is something we know best, its not about lust or sex but to feel whole and full. I have always felt empty inside until today, will you honour me by letting me go on this journey with you.

Lilith is surprised by the level of maturity the youngman has, she finds comfort in his touch and lays her head on his chest and listens to their hearts beat in unison inside of him. She feels at peace as Low wraps his arms around her. Back in Low’s neighborhood which was the perfect image of a starving country is now rich in life, the world created inside of Lilith was projected into the world around her. By healing Lilith, Low has ended the generational curse plaguing his neighbor.

The End.