I Was a Teenage Necromancer

Chapter 20-Necromancer vs. Daemon

"Kid! Kid, you gotta come help!" Evangeline screamed pleadingly into the phone, ducking as the brick wall she was using as cover burst apart.

"What!? Where?" Scott said.

"At the corner of..." She checked the signs. "Fear Street and Transylvania Boulevard!"

"Got it, on our way! Zombies, ho!" She watched Leo grunt and pick himself up.

"I'll not be bested so easily!" he boasted, darting forward again. Hastazemus laughed heartily and started lobbing fireballs at him. Leo, used to dodging linemen, managed to evade the fiery missiles, tumbled past the daemon's grasping arms and sank the sword nearly up to the cross guard in his gut. Hastazemus's smile turned to a frown.

"I see that fool Lagdinras has found another patsy." he growled. Grabbing the blade, he backhanded Leo away and pulled the sword out, grimacing. "You know, a few hours ago this might have actually done some actual damage." he said as he tossed the sword away. The wound started fizzing and closing. Hastazemus grinned. "But I'm afraid I'm far too powerful now. You never stood a chance." Leo groaned and tried to struggle upright. "Hah!" Hastazemus's fist came down on the back of Leo's head, driving it through the asphalt.

"No!" Eva screamed.

"Just lay down and die. It's better that way." Hastazemus sneered, then turned and grinned at Evangeline. "Now, what do we have here?" He stalked over, cracking his knuckles. She shivered and started backing away slowly, but Hastazemus stretched out his arm to grab her by the throat. A new, separate hand sprouted from his wrist, tilting her tear-streaked face up. "A little human girl. Or not so little, perhaps."

"L-Leo." she squeaked, before he clamped tighter.

"Silence. As conqueror, I have the right to do with my subjects as I will. And you, my dear-" He never finished the sentence. The flaming sword flew through the air, where Leo grabbed it, bringing it down and severing Hastazemus's arm. He caught Evangeline before she fell.

"Don't you lay a finger on her!" he roared, pointing the blade at the daemon, eyes and sword both ablaze. Hastazemus held up his stump and the arm regenerated.

"Oh really, and what will you do if I do." he said dully, as if boredly reciting a script.

"I'll cut you into atoms! No one hurts my girlfriend and gets away with it!" Leo flexed, shredding the last of his shirt, the sword as bright as the sun. He screamed and leapt forward, swinging for all he was worth. Another Hastazemus appeared behind him and grabbed his leg, making him fall.

"It's too much, really." Hastazemus said, sounding bored as he and his double started pounding on Leo's prone form, Eva watching in horror. "This is why you should be slaves to us daemons. We are obviously the superior creatures. I am not being racist; it is merely an objective, biological fact. Humanity will slowly thrive under the yoke of our rule. All your stupid, outdated beliefs will be done away with, and your species shall eventually be as enlightened as ours. You understand?" he said as lifted Leo by his throat, dismissing his clone. Leo groaned. "Pathetic." He threw Leo's body into the ground hard enough to crack it. He turned on Evangeline once more, dusting off his hands. "I do mean it. Your kind shall be taught our secrets as a slave race. Your kind shall become as us, and we shall conquer the rest of the universe." Hastazemus looked at the shaking Eva, suddenly thoughtful. "In fact..." He reached down and picked up his severed hand. "I wonder. With my new power, could it be possible to graft my flesh to yours, for an instant conversion? No time like the present to find out, I suppose." He advanced on her. She screamed and tried to run, but a burst of flame behind her nixed that idea. He chopped at her neck, collapsing her. "Oh, do relax. One way or another, this will be over in a moment."