Running With a Demon *hiatus*

Chapter Ten: Gotta Go My Own Way

Tessa's POV:

After the encounter of the seven deadly demons, Calypso and I decided that we should go on our own for a bit.

If Ruby has been watching the boys, then she'll be watching me. Especially because I know her name. I never met Ruby, I didn't even know her.

But Calypso did.

A long time ago in hell.

..

Calypso was walking around the dark, gloomy, yet fiery depths of hell. The damned souls that were still human begged and pleaded for her to stop the torture.

Looking wearily ahead of her, she ignored the cries. Moments passed, and Cal bumped into another twisted soul.

Ruby.

She looked at Cal and cocked her head to the side a bit.

"You remember don't you?" she whispered.

"Pardon?" Calypso growled.

Ruby snorted. "You remember life as a human, don't you?"

"Yea right," Cal faked, "Me? A human? That's funny."

"I remember too," Ruby told her quietly.

"Oh."

"Come with me," she demanded.

Cal followed Ruby, and they ventured into the deeper parts of hell.

Which is massively dangerous and most demons don't dare try.

You see, the deeper into hell you go, the older the demons, the more deadly the demons and etc. They say at the bottom is Lucifer himself chained up unable to escape.

But that's just a story to scare you.

Ruby and Cal snuck around, avoiding the old demons as they would rip them apart, limb by limb.

As they wandered Ruby revealed that in a deep part of hell, there are weapons that can kill demons. They were buried and hidden so no demon or brave soul can find them and use them against other demons.

But Ruby wanted them.

It got a lot warmer the farther down they went; like sun beating on you in a desert.

"Now where could they be?" Ruby said aloud.

Cal shrugged her shoulders.

But Cal felt something. A tugging in her abdomen. She turned and followed the tugging until she found a small hole, barely enough for anyone to get through.

"Ruby.." she said softly.

Ruby turned and looked in Cal's direction, then followed her into the small hole. The crawled through until it gave out into a large grand room.

It was beautiful, for something that existed in hell at least.

A statue of a gleaming knight stood in the center, and at it's feet was a chest. Cal and Ruby walked over to the chest and lifted the giant heavy lid. Inside they found the knife Ruby now has today, the two long slim swords that I carry, and one beautiful double edged sword.

Ruby grabbed the knife and slipped it into her belt. Cal picked up the twin Chinese swords and hung them through her belt. Ruby bent over to pick up the sword, but then demons burst in through the rock.

Old demons.

"No! You cannot take those! They are forbidden!" they hissed.

The demons came at them, and Ruby slipped the knife out and ran at the demons. A fight began. The older demons were faster. What made it possible was the fear that had when the knife went near them. Cal pulled out my swords and danced across the floor, the blades swung and sang in the humid air. A couple of the demons jumped back as the blades neared them. As the blades entered or sliced the demons, their flesh crackled and spat sparks before their bodies just died. Cal backed up and slipped the swords back through her belt. Picking up the grand blade, she raised it up, hilt high in the air. Suddenly the knight statue came to life, and reached out with one gleaming arm. It plucked the blade from Cal's hand, and swung it out at the remaining demons. They had no time to move as the were stunned by the statue, and the blade passed through them like butter. The knight placed the tip of the sword on the ground at it's feet, it's hands resting on the hilt.