The Other Side

Deal With Demon

I straightened my shirt and looked into Andrew's black voids....

"No offense, 'Andy", you and I have very different definitions of fun...I don't hang out with the likes of you. Plus I have some stuff to do...so bye-bye", I once again grabbed Olivia's hand tried to squeeze through. 

Before I can go through, Andrew's hand slips in between our hands and he grabs me by my waist. My heart skipped a beat and I am pretty sure that I am sweating between my boobs. Andrew leaned in, his mouth near my ear, his hot breath tingling my neck making me feel even more suffocated. And then I hear his husky voice, "Don't move or your friend here dies this instant". I freeze. I know that he is completely capable of doing that. I just stay there awkwardly hanging in his arms, my hands dangling by my sides. Olivia clears her throat behind me.

Andrew looks up from my neck and gives Olly one of his dazzling smile. "Olivia sweetie, go home. I and my girl over here have something to talk about."

How does he get away with bewitching girls when he sounds like a pedophile?

Olivia just nods and gives me a suggestive eyebrow wiggle. In return, I try to keep my smile and give her a small wave.

I sign in relief as I see her walk out of the school. At least she is safe.

As soon as Olivia is gone, I shove Andrew away and take up a defensive stance. But he is not Andrew. Not anymore. The demon releases his complete form, black scales protruding out of his skin and black smoke circling around his feet from the recent transformation. This seems to attract the other demons as they begin to transform and surround me. My skin grows pale as I see hellhounds by Demon-Andrew's side. He must be a powerful one...I guess.

"Who are you, what are you doing here and what do you want from me?"

The demon cracked his neck and settled into his new form, his long fingers stroking the hell-hound's fur.

"Call me whatever, sweetheart...not in your place to know...But my king desires you and I am here to take you to him."

I froze flabbergasted. What did the king of hell wanted with me?

Andrew-Demon spoke up again, "You can either come willingly or I can possess you and force you into hell."

I came back from my frozen state. "W-what?" I stammered.

"You heard me", the chilly voice replied back.

I gulped and gathered some courage. "Okay. Listen here, Blackie", I emphasized on his new nickname. "I do not wish to acquaint with your king. And there is no way you are gonna be able to possess me. So forget about your little sunny dream and get lost. I already told you that I had some stuff to do." I dismissed him with a flick of my hand

I pulled my phone out of my back pocket and pretended to text someone but I was actually desperately trying to find the voice memo I had recorded a few months ago. This is not the first time I have encountered demons. But it is definitely the first time where I have met an entirety of them and they haven't tried to kill me.

My sigh inwardly in relief as I found the folder in my phone amidst all the other research folders I have put. I look up from my phone and shake my head.

"I thought I told you guys to leave...". As soon as those words leave my lips, one of the demons lunges towards me and at the same time, I press the play button. Voice flows loud and clear out of my speaker...

"Exorcizamus te, omnis immundus spiritus, omnis satanica potestas, omnis incursio infernalis adversarii, omnis..."

I smirk as I see demons around me evaporate and sizzle out of their host leaving heaps of unconscious bodies behind. I turn around looking for Blackie. It seemed like he was the leader. But instead, I see a trail of black gooey stuff leading into one of the classrooms. I run after it determined to exorcise the demon out of Andrew.

As soon as I bust into the chemistry lab, I see Blackie making a weird symbol onto the wall with his blood. I also see black plasma coming out of his nose and ears...He is not going to hang on any longer. I increase the volume of the voice memo and find that it is already at its loudest. I step a closer to the leader. He is now collapsed on the floor, hardly breathing. I keep the voice memo on as I bend down to check if the demon is gone. I hear a snap of fingers and feel a sudden crushing pain in my knee caps and I grip ono the nearest desk to not fall on my knees. It felt like someone had crushed my knees with a hammer. I looked up and saw the demon crawling towards the symbol he drew. The exorcism was weakening him but not banishing him from the vessel. I clung onto the desk for my dear life as spams on intense pain hit me making me lose my focus.

I hear the demon snicker. His deep husky voice traveling down my spine, "I will come back for you."

I just stared at him, half unconscious, as he slapped the symbol with bloody plam, giving me a smile, his bloody teeth fully on glorious display.

PUFF.

He disappeared into a billows of smoke, taking Andrew's body with him.

Then I felt it. A powerful tremor. The reaction of his spell. Hitting back. There was a large explosion. And everything flew into me. I was thrown across the room and hit my head hard but I was oblivious to pain now. I lean back into the wall as I laughed at myself, at such a loser I was.