Solomon Stone: Beyond

Chapter 16

"Lock the door" Solomon whispered to Sarah as they secretly and carefully move inside his office so that no one will notice them.

After she locked the door, Sarah turned the lights on of the office, so that they can see and move clearly inside.

Solomon rushed towards the vault that is placed on top of a metal filing cabinet located at the side of a bookshelf, and entered the number combination. Surprised of what he discovered, he pulled the medium sized vault, and turned it upside down, making all the things inside fell into the floor. "It's not here" he whispered, puzzled.

"What? You said you hid it there?" Sarah asked confused.

"That's what I thought" Solomon replied, confused as well.

Sarah walked closely to Solomon so that she can help him look for the ink container. One by one, she opened the metal filing cabinet and checked if what they are looking for is inside. She thought that Solomon may have just misplaced it somewhere, or forgot that he hid it in a different storage.

Trying to remember where he kept the ink container, Solomon walked towards his office table and sat onto his chair for a minute "Where could that possibly be?" He asked himself.

Suddenly the lights inside Solomon's office went off "really, a power outage?" Solomon said irritated.

'Sarah quickly moved towards Solomon like she just saw a ghost. "Solomon, at the corner" she said, asking his partner to turn his eyes towards one corner of the office.

Solomon gazed towards the corner Sarah pointed to him. Surprised of what he saw, he immediately stood up and pulled Sarah towards his back "don't do anything" he whispered.

A terrifying figure of a man carrying a machete, with a dark smoky aura is floating at the opposite corner of Solomon and Sarah.

Solomon examined the figure thoroughly, however, only the reddish demonic eyes of the creature can be seen clearly. He wanted to walk closer to the creature; but Sarah prevented him from doing so.

The figure on the corner lifted his hands and showed something to them "Looking for this?" a familiar voice of a man asked them.

Solomon Suddenly felt very angry after he heard the voice of the creature. He's very sure that the one floating on the corner is Clowny Jones

"It's you! The devilish murderer!"

"Thank you for the wonderful words!"

"Where did you get that ink?"

"Inside your vault of course..."

"Give that back to me or I swear, I will kill you."

"Give it back to you? Then what? Seal me again? I'm not stupid Solomon! Why not just try to take it back?" Clowny Jones is challenging Solomon to take the ink container from his hand.

Sarah tried to stop Solomon; however, she failed. The very angry detective charged into battle without even thinking that the one he's about to attack is a demon.

Solomon performed a round house kick to Clowny Jones hand that's holding the ink bottle, however, his right leg just passed through it like he just kicked a shadow. He's a good martial artist; but, melee skill without magic is nothing to demons like Clowny Jones.

"Nice try detective!" Clowny Jones said, laughing diabolically in high pitch.

Thinking that he can luckily hurt the demon, Solomon continued his attacks. He threw a lot of punches and kicks to Clowny Jones however, no matter what he does; he just can't hit the creature.

Tired of what he's doing, Solomon stopped for a while and moved a little backwards.

"Done already? I guess it's my turn!" Clowny Jones said, excited to make his first move.

Clowny Jones swings his machete vertically towards Solomon's position, luckily, Solomon managed to evade the attack "Ooops! That was close!" Solomon said.

"Impressive agility with a touch of luck, but can you dodge this one?" Clowny Jones said, and then, he slashed his machete vertically onto the air as quickly as he could.

Solomon quickly dodged the second attack; however, he felt a very sharp pain in his abdomen. He turned his eyes towards his belly and saw a huge cut that is bleeding badly. He can't believe of what just happened, because he knew that he dodged the second attack successfully, and that the machete did not even touched his body. "How could this be?" He asked very confused, suffering from a painful wound.

He fell onto the floor and can't even stand no matter how hard he tried. He dragged himself backwards towards Sarah and held his partner's hand. "Sarah, no matter what happens, do not engage, just run!"

The floor is now filled with Solomon's blood. He's losing a lot of it and badly needed a medical attention, if this will continue, he will die.

"Uh... What a sweet couple! Hihihihi! But! I'm afraid I need to kill you now, and then after I am finish with you, I will take her, and kill her slowly! I will torture her until she dies." Clowny Jones said in a very scary voice.

Sarah is shaking in fear as the demonic entity moved closely to them "No please!" Sarah said, begging for mercy.

Solomon raised his right hand in front of him to block any attack Clowny Jones might do any moment. He knew that his hand is nothing compared to a machete, but at least, he can block it to prevent any further damage.

Clowny Jones raised his machete onto the air, and quickly slashed it downwards to end Solomon.

Seconds away from death, Solomon uttered some words to Sarah "I love you" he said from the bottom of his heart.

Sarah kissed Solomon to the lips and then suddenly, a strong shockwave magically came out of Solomon's hand seconds away from being hit by the machete.

Clowny Jones propelled to the concrete wall of the office, badly injured and can't believe of what just happened. Terribly in pain, Clowny Jones stood up and vanished into thin air. "I will get back to you Solomon! Mark my words! I will kill you!" He said very angry, echoing on all corners of the room.

Solomon's vision became blurred in an instant, and after some few seconds, he passed out. "Solomon? Don't die please... I love you too, please do not die." Sarah said, crying.

Hoping to save Solomon, Sarah took his cellphone from his pocket and dialed Detective Lynch's number. After some few rings, Detective Lynch quickly answered "Hello?"

"Detective Lynch, Solomon is in great danger!" Sarah said in an urgent and worried tone.

Suddenly, Sarah and Solomon was teleported back to the mansion.

"Sarah, move away from Solomon quick!" Emily commanded.

Sarah stood up and moved towards Jerry, crying. The old butler comforted Sarah at the moment while Solomon's mother is trying to save her son.

Emily walked closely towards Solomon and casted "Primus Regento" a forbidden spell.