AS EVERYONE in the group chat logged off, Max turns his phone off and continued cleaning up the table. Satisfied with seeing the clean dining room and kitchen, he then gets a glass of water and was about to drink when he heard Rheanne calls his name.
"M-max..?"
"Yeah?"
"Max?!" Rheanne yells his name again but this time with panic in her tone. He immediately puts the glass down and frantically went to Rheanne's bedroom.
He saw her there sitting on the bed, hugging her legs, and was being aware of her surroundings.
"Rhei, you okay?" Jimin goes beside her and immediately puts his arms around her. Rheanne was still looking around the room, then looks at Max.
"M-Max. T-there's something I need to tell you..."
Max's eyebrow furrowed as he looks intently at Rheanne, "What is it?"
She was about to answer when she heard it again. She was unable to speak up for a few moments.
"Rhei? Rhei??!"
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SHE WAS IN the darkness again. Fear immediately engulfs her. Rheanne cries easily, and this alone is already making her cry.
Suddenly, a figure appears not too far from her. She was unable to identify the figure, but then the figure goes slowly towards her direction. And there the figure was more clear to her. She already knew whose figure it was even if it was her first time seeing it.
"Rheanne, a church girl." The demon in front of her said. She didn't dare to answer the demon king in front of her. She was shaking in fear but was also praying for this to stop and for this demon to go away.
"Don't worry, I won't harm you and your friends...yet"
"W-what do you want?" She tries to ask bravely, but the tone came out with fear and unsureness. This just made the demon in front of her to chuckle deeply and with full of evilness.
"For all of you to pay the price. Your friend had already done so much and practically destroyed everything!"
"D-do you mean Tanner?" She says and angrily wipes away her tears, "He's already dead, right? Let him rest in heaven!!"
"Oh, are you sure he's in heaven?"
His teasing tone made Rheanne uneasy but just bravely replied with a, "Yes!"
Lucifer can only cackle so loudly, "You humans are clueless. Are you sure your friend already ascended to heaven?"
This made Rheanne also doubt. What if Taehyung hadn't really gone up to heaven? Was he still hurting? Where is he?
"Your friend is not in heaven. He is with me."
"Damn you!! Where is Tanner?! Bring our friend back, you bastard!!" It only made the devil's laugh aloud.
"For a church girl, I thought you'll throw some wise words from that Bible of yours, yet here you just shouted curse words that just made me happier."
"Whatever you did to Tanner, I'm sure God will find a way. He will protect us from your evilness!"
"Oh, will he?" The demon smirked, "Then he will. But remember this darling," The demon went closer to her. The name the demon just called her made her cringe. "I will spare your friend, but in exchange is one of you."
"You are so cruel."
"Oh yes, I am darling. That's why I'm called The Devil, Lucifer." The devil steps forward again, but it was like Rheanne was glued into place. The demon was now just a few inches in front of her but she still remained. The demon then puts his hand up and it went slowly close to Rheanne's face, "You have a beautiful face."
Rheanne immediately backed away in panic and the demon just chuckled at her, "But despite that beautiful face, you have a noisy mouth. So do not tell everyone what you saw, or it'll be harder for you."
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"M-Max. T-there's something I need to tell you..."
Max's eyebrow furrowed as he looks intently at Rheanne, "What is it?"
Rheanne was about to answer when she sees the devil again, this time she was conscious and it was just in front of her bed. The devil looks at her and says, "Speak, and you will be punished."
"Rhei? Rhei??!"
"Max something is wrong!! We need to be careful!" Rheanne shouts nonsense to Max, still looking at the devil and disregarding its warning.
"What do you mean, Rhei? Tell me!!" This time Rheanne starts crying and Max is practically shaking her. All he could do was call the others for help.
"A-Alex.. Rheanne is crying non-stop! I can't stop her! She kept saying she's afraid of something-- someone! She won't stop crying and shaking in fear. I'm worried, I don't know what to do--"
"NO PLEASE NO DON'T TAKE THEM, DON'T TAKE US, DON'T TAKE HER. PLEASE!! JIMIN HELP ME MAKE THEM STOP!!!" Rheanne starts yelling at the devil and its minions, though Max doesn't have any idea of it.
["Don't worry Max. We'll go there. We'll ask for Gina and Rena's help too."] Max heard Leila said on the other line as the call ended.
This made the devil smirk evilly. Rheanne was shaking her head as she continues to cry and cover her ears.
"Rhei, please tell me what's wrong. Look at me please." Seeing Rheanne's troubled look alone makes Max tear up. He can't even do anything. Heck, he doesn't even have any idea what's going on.
"M-Max," Rheanne calls in between sobs, "You have to warn them. There's something more. There's something bigger than last time. A bigger problem and a bigger-- oh gosh help us, God."
This all made the devil erase its smirk, "That's it, your mouth is getting annoying."
And with that, the demon casts a spell on Rheanne. Immediately, her body starts to calm down. The tears stopped flowing down. And there's sudden peace.
"R-rhei?" Max calls out her name, but Rheanne already passed out.
A few moments passed, Max heard the doorbell rang. He then looks at Rheanne's body one last time before going out. He answers the door and there was Jane, Yhael, Leila, June, Gina, and Rena standing.