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Chapter 8 - Demon in the form of a man

There she stood in front of us. Her hand clenched around a woman's throat, suspending her above the ground.

A petit asian stature.

Long blue-dyed hair stopping at her back, which framed her face.

Her skin, entirely wrapped in a thin fabric-like bandaid. Leaving only her face unwrapped.

Her feet, covered with long boots that stopped just below her knee. And a roughly permed skirt stopping below her thigh.

She wore a big hoodie-sweatshirt covering up her arms. But stopped right below her boobs. Her attractive shape and appealing aesthetics, could tell her story.

"Beware."

"What is wrong with you?" I yelled.

The woman, still shaking in her grip.

Her neck, covered completely in abnormal green pulsing veins.

Agata opened her palm, letting her fall to the ground. Possibly lifeless.

Then she turned towards me.

"Sweetheart, I'm just having fun" she said. Her lips slowly slanted crooked. Unboxing a smile revealing her 4 fang-like incisors. Her eyes then gently squinted. Like pleasure.

A blink of my eye and she stood an inch away from me.

Her presence is alarming.

"You're a cute one" She whispered, staring into my eyes.

"What did you do to my sister?" Mia yelled furiously.

"Uhn?," "Sister?."

She questioned turning her eyes towards Mia.

"Oh you mean the tied up brat?"

"Well, nothing 'yet'". "Although, I'm looking forward to seeing her inside very soon".

"Have you ever held a beating heart before?" She asked mimicking a grasp with her hand

"So warm, soft, full of hope." "Until...it does one final pump before it turns rigid then dies".

"You're insane!" Liam yelled.

"Oh come on darling". "Don't be like that" she whispered. Her seductive tone capturing our focus.

"Oh my, one never forgets the first day holding a live organ". "Let me have the honour of blessing you with such a glorious privilege".

She instantly moves towards Delina .

Swiftly on instincts, Mia reacted.

Swerving her bat mid air. About striking her in the head dead flat.

She swung her bat, instantly grazing thin air.

"What?" Her subconscious rung.

"Omg, that's some reflex" Agata's subjective voice echoed in the distance.

"Das kann nicht sein!" Mia's adrenaline wavered thin. Her eyes widened, fully dilated. Pacing in obscene curiosity and confusion whilst turning towards the direction of her voice.

Sitting on a table 5 feet away was Agata. Her eyes, relaxed, lust filled.

"Witchcraft!" Liam stated.

"Oh" she moaned. "I'm flattered". "But unfortunately," she added, unwrapping the band of fabric around her palm.

"You 3 bore me now". Her eyes instantly overwhelming.

"Mia grab Delina!" I yelled.

Agata grinned a demonic smile.

"I love it when they try".

Mia moved her body. Running to grab Delina.

Instantly a leg swung before her at impressive precision.

"Mia!" Liam yelled pushing her off the way.

The kick immediately sent him flying across the room. Slamming onto the worn out wall. Blood and saliva splashed out from his mouth.

"Liam" I yelled.

Picking up a piece of wood from the ground.

"You bitch" I screamed, pouncing on her.

She gazed at me. Seeming to defy physics.

Dodged.

Immediately grabbing me by the neck.

"Wait till it's your turn" she whispered.

Releasing me to the ground.

What is this sensation I began to feel. I...I can't breathe. It's like my blood is on fire.

I knelt there gasping, unable to move a single muscle.

Why can't I move god-dameit?. Am I paralyzed? did she paralyze me? But she's not holding any weapon.

My vision? It's becoming blurry? Why is everything slowly going dark?, somebody help me I can't move my lips.

My head instantly slammed on the floor.

"Are you still alive little one?" She asked placing her foot on my head.

"Get away from him!" Mia screamed.

With her might she swung her bat.

Agata caught it in a single grip.

"No one likes a screamer" she phrased.

Landing her fist on Mia's face and she fell flat on the ground.

"Nice bat by the way" Agata commented, briefly observing it before flinging it to the corner.

"Look at me" she added, squatting before Mia on the ground.

"Look at me."

"Come on don't be shy."

"Look at me".

Mia slowly rose up her head. Her hair shielding her expression.

"Come on darling," "don't make me force you" Agata whispered.

Mia then turned to her.

Her forehead bruised, bleeding from the mouth and nostrils.

"You...you...you bitch!" She muttered.

"Hmm, I'm sure there's a YouTube tutorial to fix your face up" she mocked, slowly arising from squatting.

Ahhhhhhhh!

Liam yelled. Immediately rushing after at her.

"Oh a suicide by anger!" I love these she added standing still calm.

"Go to hell you bitch!" he screamed pulling out a small knife.

Stabbing her in the chest.

A subtle silence echoed.

"That's what you get for messing with me and my friends" Liam spoke out loud, piercing the knife deeper.

The room stood dead silent. Only the sound of tearing flesh echoed.

"Uhhh...," a gentle exhale came from her mouth.

"How pathetic".

"What?" Liam fright response kicked in.

His eyes widen with unbelief.

With one hand, she slowly held his palm with the knife.

Dragging it out her skin.

"You should have gone for the heart" she whispered again before swopping him of his feet.

She raise her foot up high. Slamming it furiously on his head.

The second floor instantly came crashing down into the first on impact.

Dust blasted in all directions.

Gradually settling.

"Hmmm, I guess that's all it ever was" Agata whispered walking away admist the settling dust .

Towards unconscious Delina.

"What....are....you?" I muttered words with every ounce of strength.

"Oh still alive?"

"You must be in agonizing pain right now".

She turned towards me. Her unwrapped palm slowly produces dark purple spots.

A gentle vibration, planned the surroundings.

She looked up, observing the crooked motion of the building.

"Hmmm" she exclaimed, returning her gaze to her palm.

"Well I guess, the expulsion level was already peaking". She muttered to herself, then turned back towards Delina.

"You are not going anywhere!"

Mia spoke out, struggling to stand.

Agata stopped. Shifting gaze to her briefly, before they turned to Liam who laid on the ground.

She stared at him, withholding intents.

"Interesting."

She commented, walking away as the building began to collapse.

"I said come back here!" Mia screamed, preparing to chase after.

Someone suddenly grabbed her from behind.

"If you go you'll die!" "You will get her another day."

"Let me go!" Mia retaliated. Resisting.

"Markella, if we don't go now the building would kill us all" this person claimed.

"No I can't!" She burst out in tears.

"It's ok," this person comforted. "we will surely get her again". "But let's not lose anything else tonight".

"Ethan?" Mia whispered.

"Where is Ethan?" she yelled realising my absence.

"He's over there on the floor, help him into the car outside and I'll do the same for Liam".

Swiftly we dragged them out as the building collapsed behind us.

Entering the car.

Mia turned to see exactly who was with her.

"Teresa?" she questioned, curious about how she being here was possibly.

"Surprised?" Teresa questioned back.

"How?"

"Well Liam sent me an SOS a while ago, luckily for him I was already assigned to a medic section not too far from here" Teresa explained, igniting the car's engine.

Oh.

Liam began to cough.

Blood gushing out his mouth.

Liam? Mia screamed.

Its ok Mia, inject him quickly with this, Teresa said pulling out a liquid filled syringe from her coat's pocket.

She quickly took it and stabbed Liam in the chest.

Uhhh, Teresa? I don't think it's working she stated.

What!, what do mean it's not working she asked her expression changed.

Instantly Liam began to convulse.

Blood gushing out his eyes, nose and ears.

"Teresa?" Mia screamed.

"No...no...no, shit!" Teresa exclaimed, witnessing everything from the rearview mirror.

"Mia come take the wheel quickly" she yelled adjusting to go back.

Quickly exchanging positions, Swiftly attending to Liam's current predicament.

"Shit!" she whispered continuously, feeling his pulse gradually fading.

"Damn it!" she yelled. "That should have worked".

"But it didn't," Mia commented, constantly switching gazes from the rear view mirror to the road. "Don't you have another one?"

"Of course not, that was a heavy gram of 63trichloro-hypentobrimide." "It's not something you carry around". "It's like a universal inhaler".

"Yeah ok, but why did you have one on you if it's so special?"

Teresa then paused, briefly glancing eye contact with Mia.

"That's none of your business" she phrased.

Liam coughed even more, his condition seeming bad by the minute.

"Why are you rejecting it Liam?" She screamed.

She quickly tore ope his shirt.

Her eyes expanded wide. "what the fuck Liam!" She whispered seeing an unbelievable scene.

She stood calm, her hand gently rubbing around Liam's belly.

His side was covered with a fabric held tight with bandages.

Gently she peeled it off.

Underneath was a scar over grown with pulsing green veins.

Teresa looked at it. Her emotions dropped leaving only sadness behind.

Quicky she pulled out from her coat another syringe. Its content was a blue liquid.

"Teresa I think he's passing out!" Mia yelled.

Teresa immediately pierced him in the chest with the syringe and instantly the convulsing stopped.

"You stupid, arrogant big baby!" She whispered, wrapping her arms around him tightly.

Tears slowly rolling down her eyes.

"Imbecile!"

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