Demons Among Us

Chapter 22- Dylan

Dylan stood there with no words, the ruin was there, right in front of their eyes. He rubbed his eyes hard knowing it wouldn't help but was helpless to stop himself from trying, of all the things he thought he might encounter today this was not it.

The ruin looked like a crumbled old house, the walls were worn down from years of sandstorms battering it, the roof was caved in on one side exposing the top of the pillars that barely seem to hold up the ruin. He turned to look at Yazmina who had no expression at all, then he turned towards Jenna who was looking at the ruin with wide eyes and a slightly slacked jaw.

Dylan wasn't sure what to say next, he moved closer to Yazmina and gently touched her arm, he was surprised when she pulled her arm away. "Do you smell that"? she hissed at Dylan.

Yazmina instinctively reached for her sword and swore when she realized it wasn't there, she turned to Jenna and Dylan "get behind me now" she demanded at them. She got her fist up in the stance that V showed her and braced herself for a fight.

Dylan reached over to Jenna and gently pulled her closer to him and Yazmina, he didn't know what to expect but after seeing a ruin seemingly to appear from nowhere he wasn't going to take any chances, he was also feeling something, all his senses seemed to be fired up, he swore he could hear Jenna's heartbeat as if were up against his ear, it was so loud, he could hear the crabs scuttling around on the beach or maybe it was the neurons in his head slowly snapping from the energy that seemed to be flowing through him or maybe he was just going bath shit crazy, most likely crazy he thought to himself.

Then he heard it, a rustling from the bush, he moved up along side Yazmina with no idea what he was going to do then raised his fist in the same stance as her. She turned to him and frowned "what are you doing"? she snapped at him. He looked at her and said "I don't know, I just want to help". Yazmina rolled her eyes and steadied herself.

Suddenly out of the bush came the biggest person Dylan had ever seen, he had to look up to the male who looked to be about seven feet tall and had the look of a madman, he was wearing the same type of tattered material that Yazmina appeared in. He looked over at Yazmina who was lowing her fists and staring in disbelief at the male who was moving towards where they stood.

Dylan kept his fists up, his body seeming to vibrate as an unknown strength took over his senses, as the male rushed forward he looked at Yazmina and also lowered his hands but didn't release his fists until the male went down to one knee in front of Yazmina and said in excited shaky voice "My queen".

Dylan just stood there with his mouth open, he slowly turned his head towards Jenna who was staring in at the male on one knee, her expression was unreadable which Dylan found odd. Jenna was never unreadable, in fact Jenna was always able to convey what she was feeling whenever she felt it, it was a hallmark of Jenna's personality, wasn't it?