{ AHT }
"Is that...? Er..." Theo stammers.
"A higher spirit," I murmur. The goldie... readies himself to launch his-!! "GET OUT OF THE CAR!"
The three of us hurry out and tumble on the asphalt-in a split second, Goldie throws his spear at the car, tearing it in half! The car creaks and melts in a gold liquid.
Theo struggles to stand. "God help us!"
"God won't help you after what they've done." Goldie shoots Ki and me a death glare.
"What have we done!?" Ki retaliates.
Goldie conjures another spear, and we both stand in front of Theo when—!
"Run!"
Taq, appearing out of thin air, leaps in and fights the spirit off with a glaive. Ki picks Theo up and we run down a street, looking for anywhere that is safe. An apartment construction site is just dozens of metres away and we pace to the field behind it.
"Who is that!? Where are we going?" Theo panics.
Ki shakes her head. "I don't know and I don't know. Either way, we have to hide somewhere safer. Why would Taq—?"
What appears in front of us is— "Hello, old friend," Esj greets.
No... "What are you doing here?" I ask in an even voice.
"Wow, your temper has been settled," he chuckles. "Can't I greet my former colleague?"
"Not after you danced with joy when I was banished."
His prideful face alters into the cruellest visage. "By hoping you'd learn your lesson! You have no shame in living this life."
"A life you have no business with," I snarl.
"No business?" Fucking great, Wuni shows up. "As I recall, Ki was dragged to banishment because of you."
...She pulls out my old fear.
Ki steps beside me and spits out, "I wanted to. You have no business in my life. Who are you to speak about my banishment?"
"We are Calamities—"
"I fuck one for fifty years. Big deal."
I bite my lip and stifle my laughter, given how affronted they are with curses. Wrong timing. Theo hides behind us, shaking and praying to God.
{ KI }
"No business!" I shout.
Numerous mobile spirits approach and encircle us. Their auras are a blend of anger, sadness, fear, and disgust.
Wuni harrumphs. "Because of that 'sex', it has put you in a spot and no way out." Her finger points to my... abdomen.
My Aht stares at my stomach, confused. I don't know what's going on either.
"The abomination," Wuni sneers, "growing inside you need to be exterminated."
....
The world shifts under my feet. Aht's eyes snap up to me, astonished. What on Earth—
"I'm pregnant??" Clutching my belly, I continue, "Impossible! I have no ova. Aht has no sperms."
"Don't care about whether you have or have not. And I don't think that thing has been growing for a day or two qualifies you to be called pregnant."
A sense of warm elation blooms in my chest. Aht's eyes water from happiness, but soon replaced with fear. I rub my belly softly as worry leaks in...
Aht chokes out, "That 'thing' is our child. What have they ever done to be exterminated?"
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Damnation Of Devotion ✔
Paranormal"I would've prayed for Them to go easy on you too." He moves and his eyes are on me, eyes where they are brimming with tears, but his soft smile confuses me. Gently caressing my temple, he gazes at me as if I'm the most delicate treasure. His lips k...
