Satan's Child

12. Going

"Elaine, your power is only growing in strength. Your father will come to earth soon. He can sense your power now. I know that what I'm going to ask you is unforgivable." He takes a break and locks eyes with me before he continues. "I or we need you to go down to hell and kill Satan himself." My body freezes. I don't know if I can do that...

"You can't be serious!?" Andrew stands up beside me. I can't even wrap my head around what's happening right now, but Andrew beats me to it. "Andrew, I know you want to be with her and everything, but you have to understand that you can't. She must do this herself." Mats look at me. "I'm not going to force you. If you-"

"I'm going." I cut him off.

Thinking about this for a second I realize that I don't have much choice in the matter. I mean the exorcist wants to kill me and is only allowing me to live so I can defeat Satan. If I do this, I'll gain trust, and as Mats said he'll come to earth soon if I don't go down there and meet him. Even though I'm terrified at the thought of meeting him because not too long ago I never knew about any of this. I also understand that if I don't do this every human will be in danger and I'm too soft-hearted to let that happen.

"When will I be leaving?" Mats look down as he stands up. "You will be leaving tomorrow." Andrew leaves the room and I chase after him. "Andrew!" he doesn't stop until he gets to his room having slammed the door after him. I knock softly at the door.

"Andrew? Can I talk to you for a second?" I hear him walking across his bedroom. "Andrew?" the door goes up and I take a step back.

"What?" he looks at me with tears in his eyes. I wrap my arms around him I what I hope is a comforting hug. "You'll be fine. I'll be back I promise. Someday I'll be back. Don't worry he won't kill me. If he would I would have been dead years ago." with my face buried in his chest I feel him wrapping his arms around me too.

"How can you make it so easy?" he pulls back to look at me. "I don't know, but I think that deep down I knew that I'd have to face this someday. Not exactly like this, but I knew I couldn't go on like I usually do. Something bad was going to happen eventually and I'm glad it's about me and not you or Mats. I would never be able to live with myself if anything happened to you." I try to smile, and the tears that were threatening to fall just before run down his cheeks.

"Don't cry, it'll be fine. Trust me." I say and leave his door and walk into mine. I pack a little bag of things that I need. I grab the sword my mom gave me, which I had almost forgotten.

"Here." Mats come into my room with some knives. "I know you might not need them but take them with you for my sake." He smiles at me, a smile that doesn't reach his eyes. I start putting on some holsters that belong to some of the knives. After that, I take one more and puts it in my bag.

I lay down on my bed and look up at the ceiling. I wonder how hell is like? What does it feel like, the air, how does the sky look like? I've seen enough movies to come up with a couple of suggestions. I make up a couple of suggestions from what I expect it to be like. You know all the conspiracies that you see on tv. Which one of them is real, and if none of them are then how does it look like?

One of my ideas has a plain landscape with a red sky and dragons flying all over. Another one looks just like our world, but there are demons and spirits either running or flying all over. The one thing they all have in common is that it's always dark.

A soft knock on my door awakens me from my thoughts, and I sit up. "I brought you some food. I'll drive you to the gate tomorrow. Ok?" Mats come over to me with a plate of food. I nod and start eating. It's a hot stew, which I've eaten quite a lot since I came to live with Mats and Andrew. It's become one of my favorites. "See you tomorrow then." He walks out of the door and I quickly eat the dinner before going to bed. I need rest if I'll be able to keep my energy up for tomorrow. I have no idea what awaited me on the other side of the so-called gate.

When I wake up the next day, I get dressed in some black jeans a V-neck t-shirt, and a leather jacket. I might be going to hell, but I would still be putting off a killer style. I walk down with the bag over my shoulder. I put it down in the hallway before going to the kitchen for some food before going. I make myself a little meal before returning to the hallway. Andrew and Mats are there about to get out the door. "Perfect timing," Mats says and I nod. I take the bag with me and sit in the car.

It's quiet in the car to the gate. I don't know if I should say anything and I think mats and Andrew feel the same. We both know we may never see each other again. It hurts me to think about it so I punch the thought as far as I can back in my head.

We drive for about an hour before Mats stops the car. A man is standing in front of the car. He has the same cloak as the man who Mats yelled at yesterday. I think it's some kind of uniform of the exorcists.

"Well, it's here I'm going to leave you." He says and I give him a quick hug before going out of the car. Andrew follows me and the man into a facility. He stops in an empty room. I see some exorcists in the room as well. I turn to Andrew.

"I guess we'll part ways here." I look up at him. He has a sad smile on his face. "Look, I'm going to miss you." He takes something out of his pocket. It's a necklace with a ring on it. The necklace is made of leather and the pendant, which is a ring is of iron. It's a beautiful ring.

"May I?" he asks and puts the necklace in front of my face. "Of course." I smile as he puts it over my head. I take it in my hand and look at it closely. "I won't forget you," I say and give him a quick hug. He gets dragged away by the same man that took us here. He takes him so that Andrew can look through the window and I go through the portal the exorcists have opened for me. Wondering what to expect once I see the other side. A knot in my stomach telling me nothing good.