Chapter 19 Deal with the Devil

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-Airmed-

I woke up to Kashi hissing and spitting. I rolled over and rubbed my eyes trying to rub out any sleep. As I sat up I asked him what was going on.

With a yawn, I finally got up. Kashi was hissing by the sliding glass door. Walking over to it I pulled back the curtain and saw red. Shino was on the walkway covered in blood from head to toe.

I ran out of my room not even bothering to close the door behind me. Running down the stairs almost skipping a few, I made it to the doorway and ran up to the limping man.

"Shino what happened?" I was almost unable to form words but he answered scruffily.

"I...I was jumped." Before he could say anything more, he dropped to the ground. I looked him over trying to find the source of the blood. But I couldn't see any cuts or gashes.

"Shin-" he pulled me down and covered my mouth with some cloth. I was scrambling trying to fight him off but instead, I started to get tired. I tried to fight my eyes open but it was no use, everything went black.

-Dabi-

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-Dabi-

"I could smell her the moment you stood outside my door." Her voice shook me to my core.

I could feel my teeth grinding against one another. This game I knew, I couldn't cheat my way out of this. I tried to play it cool and shoved my hands in my pockets and slouched.

"I don't know what you're talking about Scales." But my voice wasn't hiding my fear. I could see a Cheshire Cat-like grin spread across her face.

"Well if you don't then I can keep the girl I stole. After all, the sent that is on you smells..." She licked her lips like she was starving. "Delicious." My blood boiled and I was ready to fight for Airmed.

She stood up and run her hand up her stomach and under her breast, gently grasping it. "Ah, that smell...." She was moaning and tasting the air like the snake she was. "Innocence." The word slipped out of her mouth as she pinched her scaly nipple.

Finally, I snapped and charged at Viper. She quickly moved and punches me in the gut. I coughed up a little bit of blood and fell to my knees. I looked up through my lashes.

She moved her foot under my chin to make me look up at her face. "I seem to strike a nerve, haven't I, my little snakeling?" 

I sneered at her. I could feel flames coming out of stitches. "Now, now. If you burn this place down then you'll never find her." I felt everything stopped.

Her foot moved from my chin to my shoulder and pushed me back. "One of my litters lived with you. So of course he knew that smell as well."

My heart stop and jumped into my throat, clogging my airway. I couldn't breathe, I felt like the room was starting to spin but her standing still. "I sent him on a hunt for our little mouse."

My eyes were glued to the snake-like face. Her fangs dripped out venom as she licked around her teeth. "He should have found her by now." Her face tilts slightly up to look down at me.

For once my blood ran cold. I blinked hard and finally accepted I HAD to play her game. I had to play to get Air back. I cracked my neck and gave her a cock smile. "So what if he did are we gonna play a game for her? After all, she was my mouse first" I gave her a small deadpan chuckle.

Her smile slightly slipped away but quickly game back even wider. "why yes little ling, we are." She moved to put her wait on one side. "A bit of a race." My eyes narrowed at her. "You vs me. And let's add a bit more fun with it."

I pulled up one leg and then stood up. Her eyes watched every move I made. "vs time." Her smile couldn't go any wider. I let out a long sigh and steam came out. I was beyond livid. "We have to find our little prey before time run out and she runs out of air."

My eyes widen. "What?" The word came out like a rushed whisper.

"Yep. And you know my playground is the forest, so our mouse will be there." She took a step towards me. "no setting it a blaze. I know how you are." When she stood in front of me hands on her hips she looked up at me with a smug smile. "You're a sore loser."

I raised my hand ready to slap the shit out of her but I stop in mid-strike and closed my fist, clenching until the knuckles turned white. "That's what I thought." She walked around me and headed to the door as she redressed herself.

"Better get a move on, time is an essence." I bolted out the door and ran as fast as I could. I know her playground wasn't far from her club and knowing her she would have things up her sleeve. I wasn't the only sore loser.

-Airmed-

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-Airmed-

I felt heavy, like a bad, hangover that still hasn't run its course. I was about to light my hand to my face but hit something when my elbow bent. I quickly opened my eyes to darkness.

Both of my hands went in front of me, and I could feel like a wooden wall, but I knew I was laying down, or at least that's what it felt like.

I closed my eyes and tried to figure out what happened. Sounds as if my heartbeat was echoing in my ears. My breathing picked up with Shino ran through my head.

My eyes popped open and I could hear like a shovel above me. My heart started racing and I started hyperventilating. I screamed at top of my lungs threshing about in my wooden confinement.

"Please! Oh god please let me out! I'm scared!" I was screaming, pleading, begging to be let out. "Please!!!" The outside sound was getting more muffled.

"DAAAAAAABI!"

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