The Genie's Curse

Chapter 6

Night had fallen so quick while Evira and Allon has been spending time with Caron, Evira's mother. A sweet and caring woman is what she seemed throughout the whole time.

Evira brough Tsuru's lamp into her room, and left Tsuru on her own while she messed in the computer.

"What is that?" Tsuru asked, looking at the flimsy thing.

Evira turned in her seat towards her, "It's a computer... it's used for work and games. Almost like the phone we showed you, but it can do more things."

Tsuru took in the information and did not question further. She leaned over Evira's shoulder watching pictures go by and videos play.

Her thoughts still slightly on Allon, unable to concentrate as she tried to point out what he reminded her off, "Evira... anything you'd like? I don't normally go this long without providing anything."

The question caught her off guard, and she hummed thinking for a while, "I'm not sure. So many things i would like to do, i just don't know where to start."

"Anything is possible... well almost. Nothing that extends your lifespan is allowed." Tsuru reminded her and looked at the open door, believing she'd seen someone there.

But Evira was still quiet and Tsuru was getting annoyed, "Well, since you have no clue. Tell me about Allon."

Evira was unaware of Tsuru's true intentions at such an out of place question, "Why do you ask about him?" A smirk rose up in her face while looking at Tsuru, making assumptions like any young teenager of her age would, "Do you like him?" Evira asked the smirk in her face spreading wider.

Tsuru snorted in remark, "Oh please I'm simply curious," she took a pause to decide her next words as to not further her assumptions, "He asked questions about me, so I want to know why he's so interested I suppose."

Evira pondered the question biting her nails, "He's always been that way. Since I can remember him. He's really smart too, graduated school early and finished university quickly as well. He'll be twenty in a couple of months. A good two years ahead of me, sometimes I wonder how he's so smart and I'm so... well moving on."

Tsuru felt the ambient change, and her face became gloomy. She was curious as to how a simple conversation could turn Evira's personality so suddenly.

While Evira drifted to a different topic Tsuru put what she knew about him together. He's smart, questions everything and seems familiar. Small bits of her memory pointing towards one of her past masters. It wasnt right that would mean he'd been alive all these years. How could he? Making matters worse she could have sworn he had been killed.

It all happened right in front of her, she saw him die... but maybe. She could also just be wrong, finally losing her mind and making things up.

And as she kept thinking about all this Evira stared at her. Watching as he expressions changed and she seemed completely lost.

"Are you listening?" Evira questioned annoyed as to why Tsuru bothered asking a question and then just ignoring her, "at least try and pay attention."

She didn't really care what Evira had to say looking off ignoring her gestures. Her eyes darted back to the computer Evira had told her about earlier deciding to change the subject, "That looks old, wouldn't you want a new one?"

The subject brought up made its trick on her proving efficient as Evira smiled cheerful, "Yeah, that seems like a good place to start the wishes."

Tsuru faked a smile moving in the room, laying herself against the wall, her gaze still on the girl, "Well you'd just have to say the words."

"This one." Evira cheered looking up a picture from the computer and showing it to her. Her excitement was so great without even having the simple object.

Tsuru barely looked at the screen taking in the information on what she would give her, snapping her fingers making the computer appear in Evira's lap instantly exactly like the one seen. Her eyes followed the small object that was now on Evira's hands, small and fragile yet so valuable in these times.

"I've got to show Allon." She squealed, running out the room leaving the lamp behind. Unable to understand the gravity of such a simple mistake still.

Tsuru moved out of her spot, taking the lamp and silently going after Evira becoming a simple red smoke behind her. No form at all made it easy to travel out of sight in such a small house but it would have to do.

Now her plan was in motion, if she hadn't misunderstood them before their so-called technology used high amounts of electricity. This made things that much simpler, she would make the phone overcharge and electrocute her in the process, a plan that would surely succeed if everything went accordingly.

Just then Evira sat beside Allon in the guest room. Tsuru's form hidden in the shadows waiting for the perfect moment to strike, but patience wasn't one of her virtues. They were speaking to each other and weren't paying attention to anything else as Tsuru took the opportunity. She snapped her fingers making the voltage in everything of the room go high, lights flashed rapidly dimming before reaching full capacity.

Allon however was far too attentive, noticing as the light flashed the first time reacting by pushing the computer out of Evira's hands seeing as it popped and fizzled on the ground. The lightbulbs smashing into a million bits when not handling the voltage anymore. That's not what really sturred Tsuru's insides, but how he knew exactly where to look and spot her. She had a feeling Allon knew more than anyone what she was up to.

"Where's the lamp?" He looked at Evira as she laid still in a trance.

He knew something about the lamp, maybe he knew genies couldnt attack their masters if they had them. Her thoughts reminding her that there was something familiar about him. And after this she knew she wasn't imagining it.

"In... in my room," Evira answered stammering on her words from the shock of what had happened.

He stormed out the room pulling her behind him. She took a deep breath, and analyzing things correctly the shock from the previous moment had passed. Tsuru moved after them, just in time to see the numbers of her imprisonment years extend for her failure.

"It's not here!" He yelled pausing in place searching around the room for the next ambush. He was searching for her, knowing that if Evira saw her, the rest of her attempts would most certainly fail.

"What do you mean not there. It's where I left it." Evira explained looking around the room in case it had somehow fallen or Allon had missed it.

Allon took her hand and dragged her behind him as he explained, "Bad things happen when the master of a genie doesn't have the lamp."

Tsuru flew after them and kept snapping her fingers over and over again attempting different ways to murder the girl. Make the ceiling fall, make the drawers fly towards them, the kitchen knives launch towards her. Everything she saw was a weapon, and everything was an attempt to murder her. As long as she didn't her, the attempts could still succeed but the only thing that was succeeding was her own failure. The numbers going up every single time, only building up her rage. The final number she saw was forty thousand, then she simply didn't care if she was seen anymore, she just wanted to blow off steam.

Allon and Evira had miraculously dodged every single attempt with minor injuries. They stepped out of the house now being in an open area harder for Tsuru to sneak up on them. Caron inside trying to get out of her room with all the commotion. But her door was blocked by a wall that fell over.

Time to come out, no more things she could try, not without being seen. She floated out the shadows, her lamp in hand giving the most innocent face she could muster.

"Evira..." Tsuru called out in a worried tone she had perfected over the years walking out of nowhere.