Holy Bullets

Chapter 3: The Rivals

14 years later..

My name is August Christopher; Age, 24, born and raise in the outskirt of New York. It has been 14 years since that incedent when I lost someone so dear to me. Since then, I realized what I have to do. Babylons, who are they? I only knew that they're the ones to blame for all bad things happening around. I was trained to fight not humans but demons.

but I really enjoy peacefull times like this.

August is walking down the street with the crowd. People were happy, children were dancing and musicians are playing music. It was a different day for him, he's wearing a smile and a bright face while walking arround, untill...

"Someone's following me."
"Opss..he stopped by the pole and run across towards the tree."
He keeps walking and mumbling these words, that he seem to have eyes behind his head. He hasen't felt any evil entention in this stranger following him. August went to the ruins, and get himself to the corner. The stranger run so gracefull that a regular man won't notice, and stabbed August in the back.
But, he's not too weak to fall that easy. August turned so quick and grab the stranger's hand and bring him down to the ground. The stranger got unmasked, and he was surprised that his pursuer is a lady, a beautiful lady.

"Who are you?" He ask.
"It doesn't matter, because I will end you now!." the girl shouted.
"What? I don't even know you and you don't seem to be one of the Babylons."
"What babylons?, I'm just here to take your head August Christopher!"

He wonders who was this lady, and why she hated him so much. She continue struggling and he just release her. She was catching her breathe.

"You'll regret that you spare me."

She was furious and attact him with her knife. This lady really know how to fight but August is just dodging all her attacts. August realize something that this lady is not one of the babylons. But why she hated him so much? that's what bugs him.

"Hey...why do you hate me so much? I haven't even met you before."
"Why don't you just fight me, and shut up." she angerly said
"But, you can't even hit me." he replied and laugh.

Her anger towards him has gone too far now, but August is just toying with her in their fight. She really intend to kill him but August could see it through that this lady hasn't killed anyone yet. He could see the hesitance in her swing. August grab her and did something in her vital point that paralised her. August take her weapons. She has two knives and a gun.

"These are not toys lady." he said to her
"I can't move, what have you done to me, and give me back my weapons." she replied.
"I'm gonna take it with me for your safety."
"Safety huh?what are you saying? You don't even have the right to hold those!"she agerly said.
"By the way, it would only take 5 to 10 minutes, and you can move again, but I have to go now."

August just left the girl paralised in the ruins, well atleast he knows she's safe. But one thing bugs him while he heads back to the sanctum; the weapon she use is something only the pursuer had. These weapons were created by his father, and holy bullets will not work against human, he assumed that lady he encountered is posibly one of them, the pursuer. He went back to the sanctum and look for his father. He's confuse and mad that he couldn't even think right. He head directly to the room of the leaders.

"Is father and the doctor here?" he ask the guard
"August, you are not allowed to enter the room at this moment." the guard answer
"Please, let me in this will just take few minutes." August insisted
"No, important things can interfere them."the guard said
"Well, this is more important than your life."August said with a low and angry voice
"Hold it boy, I don't care if you are the son of Mr. Christopher." he hold his knife while saying these words
"I am mr. Christopher my self, and are you sure you want to draw your weapon?" You dont wanna be in trouble do you?"

The tension between them rised too far. Other members of the pursuer label August as arrogant over confident kid, but he always get the job done. He is short tempered and selfish most of the time, but kind hearted at the same time.

The door openned.
"What is going on here?" it's Jonathan...
"Nothing, there is just something I have discovered that would get you into trouble, father.
" And the doctor? he's here right?"
"What are you talking about?" his father ask him.
I need to speak with you and the doctor, just the 3 of us.

He was allowed to entered the room and speak with his father and Ricardo. He dropped the weapons in the table, and the tension is rising too high.

"Take a look at these..these are the weapons of the person who tried to kill me earlier." August said
"Are you behind all this doctor? Your initial are graved in these weapons."
"Where did you get these?" Ricardo ask him
"From someone you might know, and don't tell me that somebody stole it from you because I cant picture it out."
"And you can't say she's an enemy, since she uses holy bullets." "So, tell me doctor, are you trying to kill me?"
"Watch you words August, I don't have any reason to kill you." Ricardo said
"So tell me what is going on?" He agreely ask him
"Look August, your mad and you don't look good, take it easy."his father said.
"You said she?go get her, make sure to bring her back alive." Ricardo commanded him.

On his way in search for that lady he encountered, he went downtown because the girl is no longger in the ruins. He encountered two men in black coat, August sense a powerful evil aura. He was so shocked and worried because these men just went out from the city hall. He knew that they're babylons, he wanted to chase them but he heared noises inside the hall. He rushed into the hall and notice that everyone don't normally. He talked to one of the workers, the man acted right but his eyes looks dead. All people in the hall looks the same. He was wondering how it happened, that they possesed all employee in the hall. He hears a siren in a very low volume and hes vision starting to get blurry, now he understand that they were not being posesed by rather controlled. When hes about to close his eyes he stab himself in his legs so he could avoid being controlled. He never encountered such powerfull demon before, he have to find the head to bring everyone back to normal. He draw a seal using gun powder anf sealed it with a four crosses to release everyone from being controlled. Because of his weak faith faith August could barely handle the seal, it cuts him in in his arm, legs and and face. He make a prayer.

"Jesus Christ died in the cross to release everyone from the curse of death, and by his blood everyone will be free from all demons"

He kept on saying this prayer while standing in the seal. That means that he is sacrificing himself because thd seal requires blood of a literal lamb. He never know if his blood will work, but he just have no choice.
The seal opened and everyone are being release, they strugle a bit but they're all safe. The demon who controlled them was the babylons he met earlier. The ears of those babylons just suddenly bleed then they hear a very loud siren that it almost break their heads.

"That August Christpher, he keeps getting in our way. We have to end him." said the babylon

They did not succeed in controlling the mayor, thanks to this young August.

Meanwhile, August lost consiousness and when he wakes up hes in his room, full of bandage.

"You've been sleeping for 2 days now." It was his father..."You almost died back there, you're always reckless August."
"Who brought me here?" he ask
"A girl named Caitlyn." His father answer
"A girl?"..."I was lucky then"
His father laugh and said....
"you could have been in a very bad luck...she's the who is pursuing you, she could kill you if she wish the moment."
"I know she couldn't kill, it's obvious that she haven't killed anyone yet."..."then who is she?she's not one of us right?"
"She's not." a voice from the door, it is Ricardo who interfered their conversation..."She tried to kill you out of jealousy, she thinks that she's the one whose supposed to be in your place. She's Caitlyn Vera, my daughter.

To be contunued...