Confusion and frustration were all but written on the Imp's face. what's happening?, why is my hand unable to touch this human?. Is she using her powers to prevent me from touching her? If so, then why use them now?. We literally beat the living daylights out of her and she decides to use her powers now?. Wait!... If I can't touch her, then how the hell I'm I able to touch her hair?. The situation was frustrating the Imp for he had no idea what was going on, they all didn't.
One of the Imps, one with blue skin, walked towards Ailani and tried to touch her shoulder, only for his hand to phase through her. He then tried to pierce her chest but the situation repeated itself, his hand just passed through. It was as if she was there but not there at the same time, it just didn't make any sense.
While all of this was going on, Ailani had her hair clutched by the black Imp. Her expression was that of pain while she looked oblivious to the situation happening around her.
The black Imp released Ailani's hair from his grasp, which made her collapse on the ground again. But... Something strange began to happen to Ailani's body. Her body started slowly melting into a murky red liquid, the sight was both appalling and repulsive to watch.
Frightened, the black Imp hurriedly stepped back along with the blue Imp. They all stood there, watching as the red jelly like 'thing' kept squirming and writhing on the ground. No one would believe that that was once a young beautiful woman.
"What is going on?". Asked one of the blue skinned Imps.
"Things just keep getting weird, we should have just killed her". Suggested a brown skinned Imp.
"And why didn't you do that?".
"Err... I was waiting for one of you to do it".
"And you couldn't because?".
"Can you two stop for devils sake!". One of the Imps, black skinned, decided to take up the leading position. "You" he pointed at a green skinned Imp.
"Me?", The Imp looked around to check if he was the one actually being called out. "Are you talking to me?".
"Yes you, you see that". He pointed at the squirming red blob on the ground "Deal with it".
"Uhh... How exactly?". The Imp scratched his bold little head. ' How the heck I'm I supposed to deal with that thing'.
The black Imp, covered his face and sighed. He then walked towards the green Imp and pushed him towards the squirming blob. "Think of something yourself!".
The green Imp stumbled towards the blob and stopped just before his foot touched it. He had a disgusted expression on his face as he gazed at the writhing blob. He stood there, confused at what to do. 'What now?'. He gazed at the other Imps who gave him fake encouraging looks, ' Bastard's, why don't you do it'.
'sigh'.
He then slowly approached the blob, ready for any sudden attacks. Once he was close enough, he began to think about what to do. When he came up with nothing, he decided to test something out. He brought his finger closer and then poked it with his claw.
'Poke'
'Poke'
Nothing happened. He then looked at the other Imps, "Any suggestion". He asked but received no reply. "What?, you aren't going to say anything?". He still received no reply. When he decided to carefully look at them, he noticed that they were looking at him with a weird expression. 'Is that pity?' . "What is it?".
One of the Imps pointed at him. "Look at your arm".
'My arm?' The green Imp looked at his arm and was immediately shocked by the sight he saw. His entire right arm was covered by the red blob, slowly making its way up towards his shoulder. 'When?, I didn't even feel anything'. As he focused on feeling his arm, he felt as if something was forcefully entering his body. In a frightened state, the green Imp tried to distance itself from the red blob whilst wildly shaking his arm but, the moment he tried to move back he was pulled back with even greater force, causing his face to plummet directly on the squirming blob.
When his face came into contact with the blob, it suddenly became lively. It moved in an erratic manner, forcefully entering the wide open mouth of the demon.
The Imp tried to get up only for the blob to form tentacles, wrapping them around the Imp and pinning him down. The Imp then tried to raise his hand, begging the other Imps to help him but they just watched with horrified expressions. His eyes rolled back as he felt the blob squirming inside of him, he couldn't even close his mouth, it was entering too quickly. Some of it coming out through his ear only to later return inside through his nose.
Within seconds, half of the blob was already inside the Imp, making the tiny creature's stomach bloat as if it was about to explode. After a few minutes of constant struggle, the Imp stopped moving while the blob continued coming out and re-entering his body. The Imp now layed lifeless on the road, it's once green skin now pale and shriveled, as if all the nutrients have been sucked away.
The Imps looked at their now lifeless former companion with pity in their eyes, glad that they weren't in his place. Some of them felt a little regret for not helping, only a little. Demon's die all the time, so seeing one lose it's life was but a common occurrence to them.
The black skinned Imp who had decided to take the lead took a step forward, he didn't show any pity for the now dead Imp. His skin was too thick for him to admit his mistake.
He then turned and faced all the Imps. While shrugging his shoulders he said "Well... At least now we know that that thing is dangerous, right". The Imps choose to stay silent, lest they be chosen to test out how much of a danger the squirming blob is. "Now that we've determined that this thing..." He pointed behind himself "... Is dangerous, we should just ignore it and let the humans deal with it. We still have our mission, we should—".
The black Imp stopped talking when he noticed that the Imps weren't listening to him, their frightened gazes focused behind him. The Imp felt a cold chill travel down his spine, his instincts screaming of danger. Like a rusted robot, he slowly turned his head behind him and what he saw made his blood run cold.
The green skinned Imp, now pale, was no longer laying on the ground. He stood in a groggy manner, as if he had no bones. His pale and shriveled skin leaking a red slime like substance while his sunken, lifeless eyes stared intently at the black Imp. The red slimy blob still clung to his body, refusing to let go.
The sight of the Imp scared they others as they all took a step back, including the black Imp. They saw him die and yet he still stands. Something is definitely wrong here.
Groggily, the lifeless Imp took a step forward. Causing small amounts of the red blob to splatter on the ground only for them to squirm back to him. The whole thing was unpleasant to watch.
Seeing their lifeless companion approach made all the Imps unknowingly take a step back out of fear. No one wanted to be near that disgusting thing. They also noticed that, it's gaze was only focused on the black Imp who decided to lead, who is also responsible for what happened to the green skinned Imp.
The pale skinned Imp took another step forward, stumbling and almost falling down. It's way of walking was both weird and awkward as if it didn't understand how to move it's feet.
It's clumsy way of walking made the Imps unconsciously lower their guard for a moment, which was a mistake. All of a sudden, the pale skinned Imp leaped over to the black Imp and hugged him. The black Imp was now in contact with the red blob and he could feel it trying to force it's way inside of him through his skin pores. Scared that what happened to the green Imp will repeat itself on him too. He quickly raised his arms, placing one hand on Imp's face and one on it's stomach before pushing back with all his might, only to later realise that the pale Imp wasn't budging. It felt like he was a human trying to push down a brick wall.
Just as the black skinned Imp was thinking of asking (ordering) the others to help him out. The pale Imp opened its mouth, which made the black Imp unconsciously look inside. He saw the red blob squirming within, "The hell—". Before he could finish talking the red blob shot out of the pale Imp's mouth, into the black Imp's open mouth, quickly moving down his throat.
As the seconds passed the Imps watched as the black Imp slowly turned skinny, his skin becoming pale and shriveled. The red blob was exiting through one hole and coming back inside through another.