That Night

Part 8

*Jamien P.O.V.*
The Democh council has ordered me to come meet with them. I had to cut my date with Naliña short because they said it was urgent. After having dropped Nina off at her house and giving her a "See you later" kiss on the cheek, I made my way back to my car and began my journey to North Carolina. I didn't tell Nina where I was going but I did let her know that she wouldn't be able to see me for a few days. Its about 11:00pm ,the sun had retreated to shine elsewhere while letting the moon take its place in the dark blue sky. Its quiet along the road, the nice summer air flying in from the window and the wind wizzing through my hair. It's also hella hot down in Virginia, about 97 degrees. My shirt is off and I'm enjoying the summer breeze. I've been on the road for about 7 hours and I've got about 1 or more to go. High off caffeine and drunk off the exhilaration of my car zooming down the road. I love driving.

The Democh Council meetings are never in the same place. The Azards would be able to track down our location and start a war. Not that we don't want to fight the Azards, its just that we're not ready. We originally needed Tataéna to become Democh because she is the second most powerful in the universe, but I guess Tataéna had taken a rain check on meeting me the night of the initiation. And so coincidentally her younger sibling Naliña had undergone the transformation instead. Oh how I wonder the punishment I'll receive when I tell them the news.

I pulled up behind an old abandoned Wendy's and parked the car. I exited the car and started walking straight towards the drive through window. "gniteeM licnuoC hcomeD" (Read on mirror) I said through the empty window. Shortly after, a male voice responded "eman ruoy etats" I replied "swerdnA neimaJ." There was no response after, then the rotten wood that was near the opening of the window had split apart and started to slide away from each other revealing what was in the middle- a fingerprint scanner. I placed my thumb upon the scanner and the green gleam had thoroughly ran up and down several times before a green glow confirmed that I wasn't an imposter. "Step towards the window please," a female voice demanded. I did as I was told. She was a burgundy haired tall female, about 5'10. Gorgeous too with her full lips and one deep dimple on the right side of her fairly almond shaped face. She looked into my eyes carefully as if she was trying to reach into my soul. Her eyes were crimson red with a few tiny orange and yellow blotches scattered over the iris. Her eyes were scanners, Demochs like her don't exist anymore and are rare to find. Scanners have this power to memorize and remember exactly how a person's eyes look. They could tell the difference every time because well.. They were that good. "You're clear. Welcome back Mr. Andrews. I'm Adrienne and I'll be your escort." She kicked open the rotten wood that was holding the empty window and it flew open allowing me to enter. I followed behind Adrienne across the space to the plastic ball pit and watched as she jumped in. I jumped in shortly after her and was enormously grateful that plastic didn't decompose so easily nor quickly. My eyes were closed the entire time due to me trying to avoid contracting pink eye. The pit felt endless until about 5minutes later when I finally landed on a floor that made it look as if I were inside of an air vent. Adrienne called out from my left side "This way" and I followed her voice. I came up to a big metal slide that looked as if it also had no end like the ball pit. She called out again but this time in the direction below me "What are you waiting for? Slide down." By the sound of it, she was already sliding down. I responded "How did you know I didn't slide yet?" She replied sounding farther away than when she last spoke "I have eyes in the back of my head" her voice began to sound faint. With that I sat and began to slide down the metal slope of endlessness. The longer I was on it, the steeper it became until I was basically falling in a standing position. It wasn't long after that until I saw a hole that was pitch black. I followed Adrienne's colored hair as she flew through it. I caught up to her or should I say down to her while falling through the hole. Then a series of flashing lights went off. Making it "Scarier." The reason why there were so many obstacles to get to the meeting room at every location was to ensure that no human would get through and discover our kind. The scanners are not usually around all the time because frankly, they're hard to find. The obstacles were built to scare the humans away so they wouldn't want to go any farther down. And if they screamed because of the obstacles, we would know and automatically retreat. While we were still falling through the bottomless whole, I had to ask "You really have eyes behind your head?" Adrienne laughed "Yea. Look," she parted her hair down the middle in the back of her head then turned her back towards me. There they were, ice blue eyes that had a menacing look in them. "They can see through my hair and that's good because you can't see them while they're watching you. Plus keeps nosy people out of my hair." She snorted then laughed "Get it? Out of my hair!" She continued to laugh. About 5minutes after falling through the pitch black crater of a hole, we've finally ended the obstacles by landing on a floor full of pillows. Adrienne and I started pushing our way through the fluffiness and pushed ourselves up out off the pit of comfort. "Jamien Andrews" a male voice called out from far behind me. I turned around to see the Democh Council standing around a circular table "Adrienne you can go now, thank you for your assistance." Adrienne then bowed her head and left the room through a door that revealed an elevator. Well then, that's convenient. The Head Mistress responded to the thought that was said in my head "Yes it is isn't it?" I turned her way "A little mind privacy would be nice" she disregarded my comment and continued to speak. "Tataéna Estrada. Is she on our side?" I responded quickly "Well see-" she cut me off "She is not" I attempted to explain "Well if you just let me ex-" she cut me off again "Is the explanation helpful? If not then it needn't be said" I responded again "I did not get Tataéna Estrada to go through the initiation but I did get someone else that is fairly close to her." The Head Mistress arched her brow "And this is helpful to the situation how?" I spoke again "Her sister Naliña Estrada had undergone the transformation." A male council member began to shout "This is of no use! he is of no use! sentence him to 4 years of intense torture!" Two guards shot by my side and held me in a death grip. Shit. "Wait" the female member had called out. "This information is of some use Eyan" she gave the council member who was known as Eyan, a look of annoyance. She then turned her attention back to me "You must make Tataéna turn to our side whether she is democh or not. Convince Naliña to persuade her sister to become a member of our clan." The three guards released me from their tightened grip then disappeared from my sides. I responded quickly "Yes ma'am I will carry out this demand. How much time do I have?" She responded "How much do you need?" I replied "About a year or two, she might have to build up her trust with me first" the Head Mistress replied "Then you have two years. But if you do not carry out your duties, you will be punished severely" she bared her pointy shark like teeth that proved that she was a cannibal. My heart dropped to my stomach and I automatically became sick. She smiled, the pupils of her yellow eyes turning into slits just like a lizard's. "Yes ma'am" I replied while holding in the vomit that was making its way up my throat. "You're dismissed" She smiled. I turned away and began walking towards the elevator when she called out one last time, "Jamien" I turned in her direction "See you in two years." She pierced her snake like toungue with her sharp canine tooth. Silvery blue blood dripped down to her chin. Her reptilian tongue made its way to the metallic thick liquid dripping down her chin to prevent from staining her black robe. I hope I don't fuck up this time. She bit her lip and spoke "I hope you don't either."