Jessica

(I got a post hehe, but it's kind of evil.)

They surrounded us and were chanting and shouting and screaming in our faces. I couldn't take it and fell to me knees covering my head and trying to keep the voice from coming.

"Why don't you like me Jessica?" The voice echoed through my mind and I snapped my head up. Everything seemed to moving in slow motion. "Why do you fight me? Why don't you embrace your power as all the others have embraced theirs?"

"Because you're evil!" I shouted, unintentionally out loud. The others looked at me like I was insane. I suppose I probably looked like I was possessed which wouldn't have helped our position any. "I hate you and you will not overpower me again."

"You're half right Jessica," The voice calmly replied. "But remember this rage is buried deep in your heart and I am simply a vessel to focus your desires. I don't just respond to hatred."

I was losing control and I knew what it would do. "Please Ivar..." I could barely whimper, "Please kill me before I do something awful."

The rage overwhelmed me and the flames encompassed my body and I lost control as the voice spoke. It had never spoken for me before but I think it was meant for me, "The sentence for your crimes is being met this day. I am not the harbinger of death of all, only the death of the guilty. Many of you have committed murder and slaughtered many innocent people. I sentence you to burn in the fire of your own guilt."

Almost all those in the mob burst into flames and in moments only a pile of ashes remained. The remaining members of the mob ran in fear. The flames subsided and I began to cry.

Ivar took me in his arms instantly, he had not been afraid. I glanced up and saw Daila and Marty also coming down to hold me.

"Now we know the burden you carry Jessica," Ivar whispered in my ear. "We all shared your pain a moment ago."

I cried in his arms and curled up for some time.