Helluva Friend

Chapter 16

Loona and I were running towards Teviel's house, while hiding from the public for Loona's sake. After we learned that the copy of the Grimoire was in his hands and that he's been causing death and chaos, we fear that things are going to get much worse if we don't get it back.

As soon as we got close to his home, Loona stopped as she was sniffing something.

"What it is?" I asked.

Loona's eyes widened. "Blood. Blood from the police!"

I didn't ask her what she meant when we found many police cars surrounding the house. They were all empty, but they each had blood stains and body parts. The house was also covered in blood and guts on the outside. And there was a red flashing light coming from the inside. We even found one upper body half hanging on the car roof while the lower half is completely torn apart. I almost puked seeing this. This is horrible!

"Loona. Do you know if he's here?" I asked her quietly in an attempt to not get ourselves caught.

Loona took a good whiff, and then another. "He's inside. But I don't know where."

"Ok." I pulled out my Bow. "Lets move quietly behind here and see if there's an entrance."

Loona nodded and followed me. We were trying real hard not to step on anything that would make a loud noise. It wasn't easy. There was so much blood that several small ponds were formed on the ground. The smell was awful. Even Loona tried to hold her nose. As we got to the back, we nearly vomited: Chunks of organs and body parts scattered everywhere. Even the vultures were feeding on them. God, this is worse than we thought.

We've managed to reach to the basement on the ground. It was connected to the house, so it may be our chance to sneak in from behind. But the door was locked. Seems like Teviel didn't want to take any chances.

"Dammit. It's locked." I cursed silently.

"Here. Let me unlock it." Loona said as she was going through here pockets. She pulled a set of strange looking keys and inserted one into the lock. She turned the key and we heard a small clink: The door was unlocked. I'll have to ask her later about her keys. For now, we need to get her book and get the hell out of here.

The Basement was dark. Fortunately, I pulled out My phone light to shine the way. But I had to dim it enough so that we wouldn't be seen. The basement was large. Full of tools and unfinished wooden furniture. I was glad to not see anything gory, because I don't know how much more my stomach can take.

We looked around to see if anyone was there and if there was a door to get inside the house. Loona used her sense of smell to let me know it's clear, but we both knew that we need to be a lot more careful. If Teviel sees us or appears to us using dark magic, we would be in trouble, and not even a bow and arrow can help us.

As I slowly looked through the glass on the door, I can feel my heart pumping adrenaline throughout my body, making sure that if I see trouble, I'd be ready. So far. It was clear, and Loona used her special key to unlock the door.

As we entered, Loona covered her nose the moment she caught a scent. It felt so strong that she couldn't handle.

"Loona?" I whispered.

"I'm sorry Bogy." She whispered back. "But it smells like death in here."

I don't blame her. I also smelled it. While my scenes of smell was not as strong as hers, I was still able to smell it well. And god, I gagged. The smell has a mixture that made this house unbearable to live in: Death, urine, blood, and shit. What the hell is happening? Why is Tevile this vile? Was he always ruthless? Did the book amplified the cruel nature within his polluted heart?