Gateway To Hell (wlw)

Chapter 6 - The War Begins

My bow is tense in my hands and I aim at the upcoming demons in the sky, they are bigger the closer they get and my stomach tickles in excitement. I breath in deeply and hold my breath when I decide which demon I will go for first. It's painful to wait in silence but I'm trained to do so. I can't lose my control, my focus has to be fully on them and nothing else.

"Keep it steady" Dominic repeats for the fourth time and look over at me.

"Don't speak" I say keeping my eye on the target without looking at him. He annoys me when he opens his pretty mouth. If he purposes again I will politely decline with stabbing him through his heart.

I can clearly see the demons textures and body shapes by now. They all look the same except for the scars, horns and deformations. I count inside my head, reading their speed and exactly when I will need to release the arrow. I hold my breathing stable and my left eye is closed, I focus better when one of my eyes are closed. I tighten the string and pull the arrow further back aiming in a perfect direction. It tickles in my body of how much I want to kill them, they are a danger to the village and I won't let them kill the innocent children the lives there. I can clearly imagine the same things that happened to me when they invaded my previous village, I can't let it happen again because now I have the ability to defend unlike I had eleven years ago.

I release the arrow and the string strikes back in its place with a loud flick, I hear it swish through the air and a harsh sound when it buries deeper into its skin in the wing nerve and pierces through. It yell loudly and wakes the others wake up, the wing stops flapping and the demon starts falling, it twists in the air trying to get the control of the wing back until it splashes into the water with a bang. One down more to go.

"Nice shot" Dominic admits and nods.

"I know" I fish after another arrow and aim at another demon that yet hasn't understood what is going on. I release the arrow and prick it at the same spot as the previous demon and yet another one falls into the water. Their formation changes and I can feel their disgusting gaze piercing right though me. Dominic shoots and strikes them as well. I hear them speak in an antient language with their deep voices. I bite my tongue, desperately try to hold myself sane and not let their magic control me. Me and Dominic are the only alive creatures around, all the animals are gone and the grass turns gray, their energy is fleeing as well. The sky turns gray and the demons rage starts to fill every inch with a vibrating tension.

"Lumina..." Dominic says unsure. I meet his gaze with a stubborn expression. My entire body feels strange but I try to hold it back.

"You can flee like the rest, I will stay and fight" I hold my ground and aim at the incoming demon. "Be ready, now it all begins" The demon opens its mouth and exposes all the teeth's inside its gum. The demon sends an unpleasant vibration through the wind, that makes my grip loosen around the arrow. It is completely dark and my hair get caught in the cold wind. My breathing becomes quicker and my feet's are paralyzed. I begin to shake uncontrollably and my eyes beginning to tear up. I try to convince my body to move but the demon keeps on singing its manipulating song. An arrow swishes through the sky and strikes the demon that travels in full speed. It wiggles a bit but is still alive in the air, the singling softens and quickly release my arrow that drills deep into its gape and the black blood steams out before it begins fumbling to the ground.

My body retake its control and I jump down to the ground letting the sand catch me, I draw my sword and force the sharp sword through the demons head. It's difficult to get it through because of the hard scales, but when it slithers down it gives of a satisfying squealing sound.

I throw a look at Ben that joined, he has the gift to control the demonic magic inside his body. He is gifted in that sort of way and I don't even know what my gift is even though my eyes are different.