As the seconds passed, the Imps watched as the black Imp slowly turned skinny, his skin becoming pale and shriveled while his eyes sunk in. The red blob was exiting through one hole and coming back inside through another. The mouth, ears, nose and even the 'Ahem' wasn't spared. Before long, the black Imp stopped struggling. What followed next was a scene that would make your body feel like ants were crawling all over it.
The bodies of both Imps started to melt and fuse in a disgusting manner. You could even hear the sound of flesh being torn apart, just to mend itself seconds later. As their bodies fused, limbs would pop out where they shouldn't be, one second a whole arm would suddenly grow on the head only to melt back inside. Eyes would open on the arms and legs and start blinking before disappearing and appearing somewhere else. A huge mouth with sharp teeth would open on the stomach before disappearing. All this things kept repeating until only one creature stood where there was once two.
The new creature that stood where the were two demons was a weird disfigurement. It stood at a height of 165 cm, while it's skin still remained shriveled and pale. It had legs that were facing the opposite direction of where it was looking. Small horns that grew pointing down instead of up and lastly, Instead of arms on the side, it had four arms with sharp claws attached to it's back.
The red blob was leaking from every pore on the creature's body whilst at the same time re-entering through them. The creature that had it's head down slowly rose it up, displaying its sunken and dim eyes.
Seeing this bizarre but yet menacing creature did not frighten the little Imps, they've seen worse in hell, this was actually nothing. Though, they were careful not to come too close to the creature, who knows what it'll do?.
It was at that moment that the creature finally moved. It's head twisted around the neck, as if it had no bones before it's gaze locked on a blue Imp. As if sensing that he was next, the blue Imp took a step back, turned around and tried to run. Before the Imp could even go far, he suddenly felt a sharp pain on his chest, looking down he saw a shriveled arm piercing through him, it's claws dripping black blood.
Before the Imp could form proper thoughts, it's body started to dry up and within a few seconds, only an empty husk remained.The dried body dropped but instead of making a thud sound, it sounded like someone dropped a piece of dried wood. The creature loomed above the now dried up corpse of the Imp, if one payed close enough attention, they would notice that the creature had grown a little taller.
Seeing another one of their kind die, made the Imps realise that they have to get a way from here, else they might suffer the same fate.
"We need to—". Before an Imp could speak, an arm pierced through the back of his head and came out through his mouth, dislocating his jaw in the process . What followed was his body starting to slowly dry up and within a few seconds only a dried up corpse remained.
While the creature was busy sucking all the nutrients from the Imp, the others took the opportunity to disperse and hide. Once the creature was finished with it's 'task', it noticed that there was no one around it. The creature's head then began twisting around, looking all-over the street, before it's gaze locked on a blue van that had turned over.
'Huu'
'Haa'
Taking shallow breaths, the Imp tries hard not to attract the creature's attention towards it. 'Just what the heck is happening'. It asked itself before carefully raising it's small head and peaking at where the creature was, only to see nothing. ' It's gone!'.
'Sigh'.
He wiped the sweat from his forehead, relieved that the creature was no longer around. ' There's no way I'm surviving this, I'd rather be instantly killed by Lord Kraven than to be sucked dry by that 'thing'. The Imp then remembered a common belief held in the realm of demons 'He is always listening'. Preparing himself for what was to come, he whispered, careful not to be too loud: "Lord Kraven is a p*ssy". Immediately after saying that, the Imp tightly shut it's eyes and prepared for his end.
1 second...
3 seconds...
10 seconds...
'Nothing?'.
Nothing happened. 'Why hasn't anything happened to me yet?'. The Imp slowly opened his eyes, realising that he was still alive. 'Should I be relieved or worried...'. all of a sudden he felt his back hairs stand on end.
'Crap!'.
In a slow manner, he turned his head to the side and saw the creature with a crooked smile, crouching beside him. 'How long has it been there?'. The Imp suddenly found it hard to breathe as he watched the creature slowly extend it's hand towards him. It's movements purposely slow, as if to carefully capture every change in the Imps's expression.
"No! I refuse to die". The Imp tried to kick away from the creature just to realise that he couldn't move his legs. When he looked down he was shocked by what he saw. Both his legs had sunk knee deep within the road. "When?". Shocked, he questioned the creature only to receive no reply. Instead the creature pounced closer and held the Imp by the neck whilst pinning him to the ground, it's crooked smile widening, as if the despair visible on the Imp brought it great ecstacy.
The Imp couldn't even resist, due to the tremendous strength displayed by the creature. With it's vision beginning to blur, the Imp watched as the creature slowly lowered two of it's fingers towards it's eye. It was too weak to even beg for it's life. The creature's claws easily pierced through the eyes of the Imp, digging deep into it's eye socket, it then watched as the Imp wailed under extreme pain, making it smile further widen. Feeling that this wasn't enough, it began to twist it's fingers around the eye sockets.
"AAAHHH!".
The creature watched as the little Imp screamed and wailed in pain, desperately struggling to get out of it's hold only to fail due to the difference in strength. The wailing Imp's body slowly began to shrink and shrivel, followed by it's cries beginning to die down. The creature then pulled it's fingers out of the now dried up body and then began searching for it's next target.
What followed next was the brutal scene of the creature finding every Imp that was hiding and torturing them, before ending their lives, only leaving their dried up bodies behind. One of the Imp's last thoughts were: Where had things started to go wrong? It was when that woman from Yeager Corp's eye's glowed for a moment. But what did she do? Does her power turn her into a disgusting slime creature that takes over the bodies of others? Or is her power somehow related to—. The Imp couldn't finish it's thoughts as it's body gave out and it died.
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[Just after Ailani used her ability]
I stood Infront of the short demons and watched as their expression's slowly morphed into that of confusion, as they had no idea what was going on, unaware of the fact that the fight was over before it even began. Their bodies were frozen in place as the confusion slowly changed into excitement, as if they just discovered something interesting. To them, nothing seemed any different.
I observed as one of the small demon's, started drying up out of nowhere, only leaving behind a shrivelled body, it's body then dropped down, no longer frozen by my ability. It appears that the nightmare I've chosen for them was an interesting one. I saw another small demon dry out and fall. But the rest seemed to have suffered a lot more, visible through their pained and horrified expressions. One small demon suddenly had a gaping whole in it's chest. Another had it's head pierced by something sharp, a claw I think, beginning from the back of the head all the way to the mouth, with it's jaw visibly broken. While another suddenly had black blood leaking out of it's eyes, followed by the body drying up as well.
After a few minutes, Ailani found herself surrounded by the bodies of the now dead Imps. With her wakizashi resting on her shoulder, she watched as the tiny demon's bodies slowly turned into black dust. A process that occurs to all demons after they loose their lives.
'Hhaaa'.
With a yawn, Ailani began to move forward in an unhurried pace, making sure to avoid stepping on the small demons. ' Sometimes I feel like my power's a cheat. Which begs the question, why I'm I even using a weapon? When I could finish a mission without moving'. She questioned herself, before looking at her watch like device and tapping it.
"Eva, please locate the Gate for me".
[Accessing Moon City sensors...]
[Beginning search...]
[Gate located]
A holographic projection of moon city appeared on Ailani's device. It showed her position and the position of the gate.
"Hmm... It's close. Let's get this over with. After this mission, I'm sleeping for days".
'Hhaaa'.
"Damn I'm sleepy...".