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Chapter V - Deceive me not [part5]
Chapter V - Deceive me not [part5]
Written by Tadi
“Jack get Alice back inside! NOW!” said Nathan.
Jack grabbed my hand and started running back towards the church with Edith
right behind us. Just as we got to the church the creature fell from the sky
and landed right in front of us. I stumbled backwards and fell on my back. The
creature reached for me but Edith used her magic just in time and burned its
hand. Jack pulled me up and pushed me behind him. Nathan was in front of us in
a second. He hit the creature with his sword and it sliced right through him,
leaving no trace behind. A bullet flew right past my head and hit the creature.
I turned around to find Faye with a gun in her hand. She smiled at me and ran
forward. She jumped and fired several bullets before landing in front of us. Jack
pulled me with him behind our jeep.
“I need you to stay here” he said “don’t
move.” He mumbled something else as he ran back to help them. I sat there
feeling helpless. I needed to help them but I have no idea what to do and if I
move I won’t hear the end of it from either Jack or worse, Nathan. I leaned
over the jeep to see what was happening. All of them were struggling to keep up
with it. Two more demons came running towards them from the forest to help. The
first one was Phillipe and the second one I didn’t know, it was a short girl
with long red hair pulled in to a low ponytail. Phillipe crashed in to the
creature, lifting it up and throwing it to the other side. I watched Faye as
she shot several more bullets to slow it down. Nathan ran to it and started
swinging his sword around, he was so fast I couldn’t even keep my eyes on the
sword. The creature hit Edith and sent her flying through the air landing hard
on the floor. I gasped and the creature noticed me, it locked its eyes with mine
and I quickly sat back down behind the jeep. I hit something hard and I moved
to see what it was but I didn’t find anything; that’s when I remembered I was
carrying a gun. It was nicely hidden under my top and behind my jeans. I pulled
it out and ran to Edith. I shook her but she didn’t wake up, she must have hit
herself hard and passed out. I heard a loud roar and turned around to see the
creature running towards me. I stood up and aimed at it with my gun. My hands
shook as I shot bullet after bullet. They all hit their target but it didn’t
hurt him, just slowed him down. He was next to me in seconds and reached out to
grab me but I was faster. I dodged under its hand and sprinted towards the
church. It was right behind me and I heard Nathan yell as I ran in to the
church. I went straight for the back and didn’t bother to look back. Suddenly
it was right in front of me. Jack and Nathan came running inside with Faye and
Edith, now back to normal, right behind them. It swung its hands at me and I
dogged just in time. I lifted the gun and fired several bullets while walking
backwards. I felt warm hands around my waist and the familiar tingles on my
neck. Nathan pulled me back and pushed me behind him.
“Now Edith” he yelled and she walked
forward. She lifted her hand and started mumbling something, a curse, in a
language I did not understand. The creature started screaming in agony. It was
pulling its hands and legs in almost like a rope was forming around it and
tying it down. She stopped talking and let out a harsh breath as she fell to
her knees. I pushed myself away from Nathan to run to her and help her up. She
could barely walk so I had to almost drag her out with me. We sat down on the
grass outside as Nathan and Jack lit the church on fire. We watched it burn and
listened to the agonizing screams of the creature.
Edith
and Jack were sitting on the couch watching a movie on the TV and sharing a
bowl of popcorn. He laughed at something she said and her cheeks turned red as
she looked down. It was pretty obvious she felt something for him, but she was
too afraid to admit it. It was really funny, she’s a witch and can fight a
corrupted demon but she can’t tell a guy she likes him. Nathan walked over and
leaned on the counter next to me.
“Everything is ready” he looked at me and
smiled “we leave tomorrow”. Going back to London gave me a hint of hope that
everything will go back to normal. Now that the creature was dead for good
there was nothing to be afraid of, nothing to run away from. But there was still
this unsettling feeling in my stomach but I couldn’t figure out what for. I
thought about going back to the hotel and trying to find Anna and Lacey but my
life has changed now, I have changed. I can’t go live in the past, it’s time to
move on and try to have a better life. I’m sure Anna and Lacey have found a way
to be happy. Lacey is strong enough to take care of both of them and I left
them enough money to survive. I need a fresh start away from all this, away
from the demons and witches, away from everything abnormal. I looked at Nathan
and I saw a pain in his eyes I’ve never seen before, he must have read my mind.
I didn’t think about what it would be like to live without him and just the
thought of it made me feel sick. I held his hand and smiled, he returned the
smile but it didn’t reach his eyes. I knew he would do anything to protect me
and to keep me but he would also do anything I wanted, anything that would make
me happy.
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