Tempt Me

Dinner With The Incubi

I truly didn't understand. Yes, I got that they were being attacked so they needed a place to hide, but what was happening to them to be so badly beaten?

"Oh um... How do we explain?" Lucas thought out loud.

"We were attacked. We came here to heal. What's so difficult to understand?" Zander asserted.

"Now you're just being rude, Zander." Derrik teased.

"I'm just saying! How is that difficult to understand?"

"Okay, I guess what I'm asking is, What specifically happened to you guys?"

Elijah then connected his eyes with mine, "Well you see, we've been traveling around for quite sometime, now. Just recently we came into this town, but we were jumped by this band of... misfits. So, in order to escape and heal, we came here for shelter. Again, we apologized for the mess we made."

"It's fine, I guess. So, you're all better now?" I guessed.

"Yup, all thanks to you!" Lucas bubbled out.

"Me?"

"You see, beautiful, we feed on sexual energy, but we don't just get it from kissing lovely ladies such as yourself. We can simply touch someone's hand to obtain sexual energy. Everyone carries sexual energy, you know," Derrik responded.

I was still in shock about their powers, but now, it wasn't just kisses that gave them energy, it was anything physical. No wonder I was out for a while. These incubi intrigued me, but at the same time I could almost hear a warning siren go off in my head.

"Is there anything else you wish to know?" Elijah asked.

"Well, what do you guys plan to do now?"

"Yeah, what do we plan to do Eli?" Lucas said very puzzled.

"That is a good question. We just got here and, surely, we'll be hunted again if we leave."

"We can take 'em, easily," Zander affirmed.

"Not without more training, Zander. The result of that was clearly evident in our last encounter with them," Derrik informed.

At that moment, I didn't know what came over me, but I suddenly felt sorry for them. They couldn't possibly survive out in the world. If they didn't know it was illegal to break into people's homes, they probably didn't know a bunch of other stuff. They could possibly cause chaos all over town. Or, on the flip side, they could be taken in for questioning and be poked and prodded like lab frogs for research. That thought was even worse and made me shudder.

I had the opportunity to help them, and I wanted to, but I wasn't sure if that was the best idea. Five demons living in my house wasn't exactly the living arrangement that I imagined when I first moved in. And even if they passed for humans, how would everyone react to five guys living in my house. Man, my mom would probably faint. I thought of what my grandfather would do in this situation and I decided to do what I think he would. Clenching my hands into a fist, I strengthened my resolve to speak up. 

"Well, um, you could..."

"What was that lovely lady?" Derrik asked.

"I was thinking..."

"Spit it out already!" Zander groaned.

"You all could stay here with me, if you'd like."

As soon as I finished my sentence, the room became still. I'm not sure what went through their heads with my words. The silence in the air cut like a knife until I finally spoke again.