Immortal. (Book One) ✔️

Chapter Two - The World In A New Light. (Edited)

Chapter Two:

The World In A New Light.

Part One:

       Toby had not seen this part of the world since he was taken to Aura. It was strange. Scary. Now he knew what could be lurking around any corner. A Demon. Werewolf, though they generally were not dangerous, it depends on their heritage.

As he had learned recently, some werewolves were part Demon, which made it scarier. Some demons were able to disguise themselves, put on a good act, like they were on your side, just to gain your trust, then they attack. Imagine a werewolf with the same mindset... Scary, right?

He stayed close to Zavier. He seemed to be the leader. Well, he was the one who talked the most. Although Jayden was the tallest, with muscles popping out of everywhere, he did not seem too dominant.

They were in a small park, with a small pond, with a few fish swimming around, and children playing on some swings on the toddler park. He wondered if they could see him, or the others.

"No." Samia said. "They can't see you, or us."

"How did you-"

"I'm good like that. I always know what people are thinking." She smirked. It was true. She was somehow psychic. Or maybe just clever. Good at reading people's facial expressions and determining what kind of thing they would be thinking.

But with the weird things Toby had seen since he had arrived in Aura, he would not be surprised if she were actually psychic. Zavier could even be made from steel; his abs were that hard. It is obvious that Toby was still so confused and overwhelmed by it all. His new life. His parents had been killed while he was at school. He had been told they had a car accident. Now, though, he was not so sure. Could it have been demons?

He had the demon hunter blood in him, it must have come from somewhere. He could see other demon hunters and shared their talents. One of his parents, if not both, must have had Demon hunter blood.

He jumped and shuddered at every noise. Someone closing a trash bin lid, a car backfiring, a guy whizzing past on a skateboard. Everything made him jump. He was naturally uneasy.

But that is the way the Demon's like it. There's nothing tastier than a scared, confused, trainee demon hunter.

But at the moment, this park seemed safe enough. The parents of the children playing had started to get them ready to go home for supper and bed. They had school the next morning. They had not been seen. "So why did we come here?"

"Well, there's practice in the Gym, then there's practice out here. Where it really matters. Where you could save someone's life." Samia told Toby, who looked distressed and scared.

"So what are we doing here then? Just waiting until something happens?" Toby asked.

"Well no, not really. Kinda just chilling, away from the Hall, away from Letitia's boring rules. We probably should be back by two though, she'll freak."

"Ummm.... Guys? There's someone over there, looking at us." Jayden said. "Straight at us."

The others followed his gaze and saw a man, maybe late thirties, staring straight into Toby's eyes.

"Do you know him?" Samia asked.

"No." Toby shook his head.

"Well, get ready, looks like it's time to fight." Zavier said, adjusting his belt so his weapons were easy to locate.

"Wait, I'm not ready for this." Toby said, his voice wavering.

"It'll be okay. One of him, six of us. I'm sure everything will be okay." Tria said, walking to stand beside Toby. He already thought of her as kind of a big sister, she seemed so protective and brave.

The man at the other side of the park began slowly walking towards them. His steps were more like stumbles. And when he got a little closer, they knew why.

Demon.

His face started to distort, becoming pale and the skin stretched. The teeth turned a yellow stained with red, possibly blood. His nails turned into claws and instead of standing, he was hunched over, a large hump in his back. His hair disappeared and suddenly, he started howling.

Zavier swung at him with a long sword, which shimmered like it was covered in glitter, and Tria tossed her throwing knife, missing the demon by inches.

It grabbed hold of Zavier's throat and picked him up, at least five feet off the ground, and stared into his eyes, breathing his nasty, bloody breath all over Jayden. Growling like a hound.

"Where are those guys?" Letitia asked, mainly to herself, but Katia overheard.

"They're still not back then?" Katia asked as she turned from her desk where she was writing yet another message to Jovah, who still had not got back to her.

"No... It's nearly one in the morning." Letitia sighed. "I can't even call them." She was about to leave to check their rooms once more. Then turned back to Katia who just finished sending the message to Jovah. "You don't think they've run into trouble, do you?"

"I doubt that. And if they did, I'm sure they'll be fine."

"What if they went venturing out of town? There's no telling what's going off in the rest of the world."

Katia stood, taking off her black-rimmed glasses. "Give them another hour, then go looking if you must."

Katia left Letitia standing in her office, not knowing where she would even start looking. The town? Or the rest of the City? It wasn't that large, but there was the possibility that if they weren't there, they could have been taken by someone, or something. Or had they gone off on their own, showing Toby the rest of the city?

Toby!

"Oh, what have they done?" She rushed out of the office.

Part Two:

Samia raised her sword, again, glittering like diamonds in the moonlight, and brought it down hard on the Demon's back. Instantly she was covered in a green-black liquid, sticky and slimy. Demon blood. It started to slide down her forehead into her eyes, she wiped it away with the back of her hand, smearing it over her forehead and into her hair. She raised the sword again as Kaine lunged forward with a small glinting knife, stabbing the Demon repeatedly.

After the third blow, the Demon reeled back and howled, an ugly and shrieking noise. So loud that Toby, who was not used to this, had to turn away and cover his ears. He shrank down in fear.

Jayden was released, and he pulled out a short, thin wand type weapon, that he pointed at the Demon and a bright, electric-blue light shot out the end of it. It burst into a bright white as it hit the Demon in the chest and propelled it backwards, at least six feet.

It landed with a thud on the ground, and Tria calmly walked over, pulled out a shimmering golden ring from her belt, and held it onto the Demon's head.

The Demon shrieked, and started twitching, like it was having some kind of epileptic fit, until steam, or smoke, Toby couldn't tell, started rising from its body as the shrieking grew louder, and more intense.

Suddenly it stopped. And the Demon lay motionless on the ground in front of them. Kaine kicked it, just to make sure. After a moment or so, it slowly disappeared, leaving just a pile of dust where he had lain.

They entered the Hall. Jayden, with red marks and claw imprints in his throat, Samia covered in Demon blood, Kaine was still silent as he had been all day, and Toby still shaking with fear.

"What the hell happened to you!?" Katia shrieked.

"Stealth Demon." Jayden said, with a shrug. "It grabbed me by the throat and squeezed. But I'm okay." He gasped. "It's all taken care of."