Love Spreads Like Fire - Demon

Ch. 3: Falling into Discovery

Starchild, Demon, and I went off to the Hall of KISStory to check over the place. I had never been in there and it was interesting. A lot of memorabilia from the years.

"This is amazing." I slowly twirled around, looking at everything. I was smiling.

"Ha. Thanks." Starchild said. They were chuckling at me. I quickly turned away from them because of the blush on my face.

"Welcome." I started to walk around the room looking for clues. As I came near one of the guitar cases I heard mumbling. I glanced over in the direction to see Starchild and Demon talking quietly. Unlike the first time, I didn't hear what they said.

"Nothing's going on!" I heard Demon growl slightly. Out of my peripheral vision I saw them look at me. Once they thought I didn't notice they went back to whispering.

"Hmm." While they were distracted, I decided to use my powers to speed this up. I conjured up a spark of light. I shined the light around the section of the room. The light reflected off a small object near the base of a display case. I walked over to it and saw a small tube of lip gloss.

"What is it?" I looked up at Demon.

"Lip gloss. It's Daphne's."

"How do you know?" Starchild asked. I got up and showed them the tube.

"Her initials." I pointed to the D.B. on the end of it. "All of her makeup has her initials. Gifts from her dad."

"Well that's convenient."

"Yep." I started to walk around again. "A black glow? What could have made it?"

"I don't know. Nothing in here could set off that type of light." Demon was looking through one of the cases. Starchild and he starting to converse about the situation.

"Black glow. Black glow." I walked around toward an empty spot in the floor. As I walked across it, a hollow thud sounded. "Huh." I moved back over it and tapped the floor with my foot. Another hollow thud. "Hey guys?"

"Yeah." They looked over at me. I tapped the floor again.

"I think it..." Before I could finish, the floor gave way. "Ah!"

"Flare!" I fell through the hole and down some sort of slide. I slid for a few seconds before I came to a halt against a vent.

"Oww." I looked up the slide. "That was a mean slide." I looked to the vent and pushed against it. It moved a little. I pushed harder and it gave way. I crawled out and stood out. I brushed my hands off. "Where am I?"

The place looked like the catacombs but long forgotten. It was cold and dark. I created a ball of light in my hand. There was old brick arch ways and metal gates here and there.

"Why do I feel like I just walked into the TMNT lair?" A reflection caught my attention. I walked over and knelt down next to the object. It was a small charm like thing. A scream ripped through the halls. I jumped, stuck the charm in my pocket, and ran toward the sound.

"Leave me alone!" I slowly rounded a corner and saw Daphne cornered. There was a black shape in front of her. I growled and shot the light in my hand toward it. Daphne screamed as it disappeared.

"Daphne, calm down. It's gone." I ran over to her.

"Flare? Oh my god. That thing was scary."

"I could tell."

"Jeepers, where are we?"

"I don't know." I grabbed her hand and said. "But let's find a way out of this place!"

"For sure." We went running down corridors trying to find a way out.

"Flare! Daphne!"

Demon's POV

We stood there shocked after Flare fell through the floor. The sound of her yelling echoed up before the hatch closed. I knelt down and examined the floor and it didn't look out the ordinary.

"What was that?" Star said behind me.

"I don't know but..." I hit the floor with my fist. "But the floor is sold now. No echo."

"How is that possible?"

"I don't know. Now we have two people missing." I stood up. "We better find the others." We walked out and took off. 

"Let's find Cat first." We searched until we found him. We told him the situation and he told us the rest had regrouped. We landed off to the side in the shadows. They all looked at us as we walked out.

"Hey guys."

"Where's Flare?" Fred asked. Star and I shared a look.

"Missing."