Shadows in the Dark: Rise of Three

Chapter VII

I go to pick it up and Jake stops me. "It could be dangerous." He says.

"Then give me a minute." I say. I focus on the knife, thinking about its passed and what value it could have.

I start to see flashes of death, fire, destruction. I see Michel, he's holding the knife and cutting little kids, like he did to me. I see the him cutting me again, then I look closer at the knife. It's the same one. At that moment I hear a voice in my head.

I felt your blood on my blade. Now you can wield me. Blood for blood. Touch for touch. Taste for death. I am not your. Thank you for relieving me from my past.

"Veronica?" Jake asks.

I see another flash. This time I see a vampire circling around Jake. I see the vampire cut a deep gash into his back. I see Isabelle come out of no where and cut the vampires head off. I see the face, they look familiar, but I can't quite place them.

I return to seeing the present and I look at Jake, then at the knife. I pick it up and hook it into the knife sheath sewn into my shorts. Jake looks at me in shock.

"You can hold it too. Only those who's blood it's drawn can carry it."

"I've never seen that knife."

"It gave you that scar on your back. I saw it this morning. I wasn't going to ask, but it showed up in the vision of all the bloodshed. Michel used the knife for centuries. Cutting and scaring kids. Another vampire had the knife when you were attacked. Isabelle cut their head off, but they cut you. Only you and I can hold it. I bought anyone else have been cut."

"Okay. Ahhhhh. So what do we do with it?"

"I'm not letting out of my sight. If Michel wants it I'm not letting him have it. It'll be safe with me."

"Okay. I trust you."

Isabelle, Jennifer, Zach, and several others ran into the training area a minute later. They look at Jake and I standing next to the locker room while a pool of blood by our feet.

"What the hell happened?" Isabelle asks first.

"Michel and my mom were here. They wanted to take this." I show them the knife. Isabelle comes closer and I step back. "Don't touch it. Only those who's blood it drew can touch it."

"And you were cut with it?" Jennifer asks.

"Yes. When I was five. The day my mom left. Long story." I say.

"Okay. So what are we going to do with it?" Zach asks.

"I'm going to guard it. Anyone who tries to take it goes through me. I'm not letting this knife out of my sight."

"Okay. Good plan." Says Isabelle.

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Jake takes me out demon hunting with Isabelle that night. Jennifer and Zach come along too. We first go to an ally about a kilometre from the Sanctuary. Jake says this ally constantly has demons. He thinks it's the London spawn point from other dimensions.

We stop at the corner, I hear some really gross noises coming from the ally. I poke my head around the corner and see about 30 different demon. They are so hard to describe. Part of me is stunned by how disgusting they look. I pull out my bow and an arrow. Jake points at his forehead then his heart. I nod and take aim.

I aim for the forehead of a slimy blue centipede looking thing. I fire and its slim sink down into the ground and disappears. I quickly come back around the corner before the other demons see me. Jake gives me a nod and a smile. I smile back.