Neil woke up fast and pointed his revolver at the man behind the wheel.The man sighed accelerated the car then stopped knocking Neil off balance.
"You're out of bullets Neil we will be there soon,"He sighed looking down at Neil whose face pressed against the glove compartment
"What happened ?where are you taking me ?where is my car ?who are you?" He asked scared trying to regain his composure .The driver looked back at him and smiled.He continued driving without looking at Neil .Being a former soldier Neil detected sincerity .
"Sir ,I have a family to get back to ,"he begged the guy who was very quiet as if in his own world and didn't reply.He just drove silently.Neil searched his pockets for his phone to call back home but it wasn't in his pockets .It was probably lost from the fight with whatever creature he fought.
Neil quickly remembered everything he had seen on the previous night and without hesitation he took out his penknife and tried stabbing the silent driver who at this point was starting to break his nonchalant character .He got agitated and slapped back at the knife knocking it out of the window .Neil hit his chin with his elbow and kicked his thigh causing him to steer off the road into a tree.He knocked the steering wheel and lay there motionless as Neil crawled out of the car .He was sure he had a concussion already but he used all of his strength to walk away from the car as fast as he could .A branch then fell on the hood of the car startling him he moved back a bit to see if the driver was still alive and to his surprise he wasn't there .He turned to flee and there he was knocking him squarely on his face causing him to loose consciousness.He dropped to the ground and the man once again put him on the shoulder and walked deeper into the woods.Neil was of heavy build but the man carried him like he was weightless.He arrived at a cave and placed Neil on the ground and uttered "arcadis,ardis ," and suddenly two men appeared from the thickets .He then ordered them to carry Neil inside and care for him.
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Neil was woken up by chants followed by a bright light and some quarrels .He quickly woke up to a council of 12 people 6 men and 6 women.Before the council was him ,the man who rescued him and hundreds of other men darkly dressed .The man who had shown dominance all the way was humble and he had actually taken off his hood and his face could be clearly seen. He was heavily bearded and scarred but quite quiet and submissive.Neil wished he could knock him back for the blow for earlier.
One of the council women slightly raised her arm and everything was engulfed in ominous silence.It suddenly got dark and she was illuminated by an anonymous light.
"Is general Asül amongst us today ?" Another asked as soon as everyone went silent .Asül who was in the crowd walked up front and looked back at the people.
"Brothers!As we all know Molik has broken free and is causing chaos amongst our towns .We are not safe as a rat walks amongst us."
He then looked at the crowd as Augurs got dragged to the front .Her head was covered with a black bag but her wings and battle armor were still visible and intact.
"We have amongst us the Time Demon herself,princess Augurs !Now we are noblemen and we wouldn't kill royal blood be it human ,demon or deity.We will however have to ask Augurs to tell us who the rat is ,and then we will set her free.As simple as that ," he smiled
"I already told you,you sick bastard I don't have any connection with this .You kidnapped my family and had my husband detained,I will never forgive you for this."Asül smiled and with one swing of his backhand he smacked her and sent her flying across the ground.
"You will talk and you will talk now!"he grunted."Bring him out !"He shouted ,prompting a few guards who dragged up the tied up Samael into the podium.A soft emotional gasp was seen on one of the council members faces.She then frowned and banged on the table hard with a thud that silenced everyone in the council,even Asül kept quiet .She stood up together with all the other council members and they all walked to the front of Asül who quickly genuflected and held that position.Samael remained kneeling as Lana who had now taken her human form stayed on the ground half dead .
"We are creatures of light set to bring light to the world ,we are angels and humans ,torturing these demons makes us no different from them,from now on we as the council will do the interrogation ,"she growled .
"Permission to speak your maj...," the lady Cut in sharply
"Permission not granted!"she said then continued in a much softer voice,"now are we clear general !"
She squatted down and looked at Asül straight in the eyes then touched the back of his robe scorching it on contact.The hood disintegrated and all he was left with was his inner cloak.
"Understood !"He answered and dissapeared so fast that everyone besides the council could see him walk outside.She then ushered at the rest of the crowd who quickly carried Samael and Lana into the next room.Neil sat rooted to the spot until the man who brought him there held him up and walked him outside.He had never experienced such aura of power and fear.
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Back at the hospital ,Milly was getting better she had stopped screaming and was finally eating her meals without help.Molly had never left her side even late at night she would get into her bed sleep next to her and cuddle her up.Mrs McEwen continuously searched for Neil but never found him.She resorted to going to Samaels residence where she found the house ransacked and in bad shape .A few hours later she received a call from the police department.They had found Neil's car but no one was in it it was carefully parked in the middle of the road ,in the middle of nowhere .There was no traces of Neil but there were signs of a fight and blood on the trees beside the road.
When the news reached Molly she was heart broken but she kept her cool because she didn't want to tell Milly .Her mother and her both believed that telling her would hinder her healing process.They instead lied to her that Neil was stuck at the office that night and is very busy .They also promised her that he would visit her as soon as she healed .Milly was young but not stupid ,but she didn't want to tell them that she didn't buy any of what they said .Nevertheless she didn't want to worry them so she also kept her cool and pretended to believe them.
That night as she slept Molly cuddled close to her wrapping her tightly.She liked the warmth.Suddenly the wrap got loose and before she knew it Molly was out of the bed.As Milly rolled over to look she saw her .Molly stood there quiet and stiff as a board .Her arms were dusty as if she had been digging dirt.In her hand she held her fathers head.Maggots and centipedes walked out of the eye sockets of the head she held and it drooled .Her fathers head opened its mouth and said ,"I'm sorry,"
Molly then held the head up to her face and kissed its lips deeply and when she detatched from the kiss she held his tongue between her teeth .With a great force she smashed the head on the ground and it burst into pieces of rotten ,maggot infested flesh.Milly gagged and felt the urge to vomit.Molly then appeared from the door to the bathroom and she looked straight into her evil doppelgänger's face.It smiled and turning around it came face with Mrs McEwen who tried to knock it but she missed .The creature then walked through her like an apparition and disappeared.It appeared behind Molly and before Milly could warn her it dragged her into the bathroom and locked the door .Milly tried to get out of bed but her mom held her down.She then rushed to open the bathroom door but it was jammed and wouldn't open.She screamed for help but no sound came out. The room went dark and its walls were suddenly fluid like. Milly sunk into her bed as her mother tried so hard to pull her out she got sucked in even more .At that moment the screams inside the bathroom got louder and Mrs McEwen was stuck on who to help.Just then the ground below her became fluid and hands grabbed her .As she started to sink a chain came through the door and wrapped around her pulling her from the fluid and scorching the ominous hands to disintegration.The man behind the chains was Samael and as soon as he put her aside he sent the next chain through the bathroom door breaking it into pieces .He dived in grabbed an exhausted Molly and carried her out.He was too late as he failed to grab Milly who had now completely disappeared into the sheets .He sent his chain after her but the portal closed and the chain just broke the bed into pieces.Mrs McEwen hugged Molly into her arms as she slowly watched the room go back to normal without Milly in it .Samael then held both their shoulder and said ,
"it is not safe here anymore,follow me !"
"But what about my daughter!"
"She isn't here anymore,but where we are going we will have better chances of getting her ,now lets leave ,"He said and walked away fast ,the two women stood on the spot looking at the bed before turning around and running after Samael who was now halfway across the hallway.