A taste of freedom

Chapter 33

    I awoke to the sound of music playing. Music? I could barely sit up but I managed. I sat up and felt a stinging in my side. I looked down to see blood stains all over my coat. My eyes widened and I remembered everything from last night- or what I think was last night. I soon started to panic. If the music is playing then I need to get somewhere safe so I can inspect my wound. I looked around me and saw an empty house not to far from me. Well, I guess I'm back to Goldy pond. I slowly stood and made my way over to the house, slouching onto the ground when I made it inside. I pulled my coat off and noticed that I haven't lost anymore blood since walking over here. There was no new blood, only dried. I was confused to say the least. I lifted up my shirt and jacket to a point above my bellybutton.

     "What the actual fuck?" I whispered to myself. Instead of seeing a deep gushing bullet wound, I saw what looked like a new scab. There is no humanly possible way that this is possible. Maybe it's from the same source as my blood manipulation? No, that wouldn't make enough sense because, when Ace accidentally shot me in the leg, it took a few weeks to heal. So, what's it from? I know that demons have regeneration but, I'm not a demon and my demon blood has never done this before. Unless... no, forget about that. It's not even a reasonable possibility. Right? I tried to figure what was going on but I soon heard the noises of a demon near me. 'Fuckfuckfuckfuckfuck' it's Levuis. Literally the only demon who has a chance of killing me. Look, I'm not overpowered, I'm just that good. (sparkles and dramatic hair flip ✨💅)

I held my breath as I heard Levuis walk past where I was hiding. 'Shit!' Didn't those vines take Emma too? I know they did. Damn it, now I have to find her and probably save her ass. It didn't sound like Levuis was near me anymore so I carefully stood and walked outside. I don't want to reopen what's left of my wound. I started to lightly jog around the town, looking for any signs of Emma. I soon found where most of the demons who hunted here surrounded Monica, Theo, and Jake. I was close enough that I could slip past the demons and stand protectively in front of the siblings. "Theo, Monica, Jake I need you to stay calm." All of the demons surrounding us where surprised to say the least. Luce- on the other hand was seething with anger.

They were about to charged and I revealed my guns. I pulled both pistols out and held them up in defense. Out of no where Emma showed up, axe in hand. She threw it straight a Luce but Levuis (who hand been hiding behind a tree) caught it. Due to him I started a rapid fire, hitting most of them with precision. "Emma! Get them to safety!" I yelled out over the loud sound of my guns. From the corner of my eye I saw her tell Jake, Monica and Theo to split up and run. Once the four of them were out of sight I started to back off, relinquishing my shooting before turning on my heels and running. I heard very heavy footsteps behind me but they were stopped my Levuis's voice talking to them. I ignored it and kept running. Luckily, the music should stop soon.

I found a good hiding spot to rest for the moment and checked out my stomach again. It was sore but now, even the scab had started to fade and scar over. 'What the hell is happening to me?' I couldn't make much sense of what was going on when the music finally stopped and the demons left. I left my spot in a small house and went looking for Emma again. Unfortunately I found Theo, crying over the bodies of his dead siblings. He seemed to be having a mental break down and I knelt next to him, trying to comfort him the best I could. I soothed him for almost an hour and his tears had soon turn into sniffles. I was going to help him up but he had fallen asleep. So I gently lifted him onto my back and headed towards the windmill.

It didn't take me long to get there and when I knocked on the door I was met with cries and gasps. I held my head slightly down as I walked into the newly silenced building. I slowly walked past everyone and into the sleeping room. I found my bed, exactly like I left it and layed Theo down in it. I went back into the main room and held my head up this time. "I said that I would be back in a week, did I not?" I said loudly so that Pepe and Violet could here me. They came forward and patted me on the back in congratulations. "I didn't doubt you for a second!" Pepe boasted "I thought you were dead." Violet replied bluntly and I sweat dropped. "Oh yeah,-" I scratched the back of my neck in embarrassment "I had to go do something away from here, but I'm back now!" I cheered and everyone ran at me with a full force, cheering and crying my name.

I was knocked down with the brute force of over twenty people and the air left my lungs. They were all dog piling on me. Oliver and Lily came bursting out of Lucas's office. "Shut up! We're trying to have a meeting in here!" Lily shouted and waited for everyone to get off the ground and be quiet. I wriggled out from under everyone and ran up to her and Oliver. "Yo! I'm back now!" I smiled at the two of them but they only looked at me in disbelief. "Ay, little sis is back from the dead!" Oliver yelled and gave me a quick hug. Lily on the other hand, slapped me. "Guess I deserved that" I mumbled before she embraced me with tears trickling from her eyes. "I thought you were dead you dipshit!" She squeezed me tighter and continued to cry. I was able to pry her off of me and enter Lucas's office.

"Hey," I looked around the room and saw Emma there too. "Oh, nice to see you aren't dead Emma." I commented and she made one of her weird faces. "You listen here Y/n-" I cut Lucas short "yeah, yeah whatever dad." I waved my hand at him dismissively. His face flushed just barely but he regained his composure and opened his mouth to speak. "Let me stop you there" I held up my palm facing him, and started to talk again. My faces darkened and an almost wicked smile crossed my face. "I know how to destroy this place and flee."

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