Bury a Friend

18. Enki or Eve?

Billie

I almost told her my plan and what I intended to do, but I can't. If I did, who knows who was watching and listening. Lucifer has his spies everywhere, and he knows nearly everything. Anything could've happened to her or to me. Then we'd both be screwed.

I'm about to visit Molly again, but first, I needed a breath of air. Looking at the book in my hands, I feel like crying. My plan has just begun, and already, I'm overwhelmed. The last two days have been such a struggle.

*TWO DAYS PRIOR*

I have to do some more research. All I could find was a name. Enki. I don't know who that is, or why they're significant.

That's why I'm currently seated at a very slow computer in a public library, searching for something on this name, but the computer starts to glitch before I can even finish typing in my search. "Ugh!" I let out a frustrated sigh.

"Can I help you with something, Miss?" an old librarian asks, brows furrowed in disapprovement. "Do you know anything about an Enki dude, or something? Or possibly have a computer that works? Because if not, then no, you can't help me," I said trying poorly to hide my annoyance.

"Enki? Like the Ancient God? I have a few books about him, if you want," she offers, to which I stand and urge her to take me to them.

I walk to an empty table with around ten books and slam them on the table, earning a few glares and several Shhhh's from people around me. I mumble a small 'sorry', and sit, picking up the first book.

~

After hours of searching, I've come to a couple of conclusions:

Enki is the Sumerian god of many things, most notably, mischief and creation

His symbols are a goat and a fish

And, he probably isn't real

But, he has a lot of parallels in other religions

The closest parallel being the story of Genesis in the Bible. In conclusion, I need to find Eve, in the Garden Eden, in order to defeat Lucifer.

"Shit," I mumble, realizing just how hard this is going to be.

So that brings me to today. Appearing before her, she is alone, sitting in bed. And when Molly finally notices me, she rolls her eyes. Ignoring it, I say, "Hey, how are you feeling?"

"I'm fine," she deadpans.

Sighing, I move to sit next to her. It's silent for a few moments. "I've been researching, and I think I know a way that I can help. But I can't promise anything, seeing as I don't even know if I can find the person I'm looking for," I explain. She glances down at my hands, and halfheartedly chuckles. "What?" I ask, genuinely confused.

"It's just funny that you've looked to God for the answers, you know, since you're the reason I started to doubt His existence in the first place. Never pegged you as a believer," she states.

"Well, guess what, even the Devil believes that God exists, but I'm sorry that I made you lose faith. Although, you never really were a believer before, but I guess being raised by different people will do that," I mumble, looking her in the eyes.

I hadn't even realized what I'd said until her surprised gaze met mine, "What do you mean 'raised by different people'? And I've been a believer my entire life, you of all people, or things, should know that."

I slipped. I shouldn't have said that. Clearing my throat, I decide to try and divert the conversation, rather than acknowledging my mistakes, "Anyways, I might not see you for a while, I probably won't make it back ever," I say truthfully, and sadly.

"Do you mean that?" she says hopefully.

I scoff, "hey, don't look too sad! Plus, Lucy seems to really be interested in your soul, so I'll just be replaced, and the next will be ruthless, because they won't feel what I do for you. But being serious, I probably won't make it back."

She inhales, deeply, contemplating something. "Do you really want to help me? Are you seriously doing all of this for me? You actually care?" she questions, to which I respond with a nod. "Then... then I'll help you. I'll go with," she says, confidently.

"No, you might die, I can't-" Molly cuts me off.

"I already want to die, so might as well go out with a bang. Plus, you could say that I died trying to get my life back together," she smiles, for the first time, Molly smiles at me.

And even though a simple smile shouldn't have that effect on me, I say, "fine", maybe because with that one smile, she took my breath away. And I can't breathe.

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Hey guys! I think I'm going to slowly, or quickly wrap this up. The amount of writing I get is becoming more scarce, especially with my summer English course. I also was thinking of maybe doing a character Q&A for next week? If you're interested, I will list the character options:

1. Molly

2. Billie

3. Lucifer

4. Hansol

5. Georgia

I ask for at least 3 questions per character for this to work, and a deadline of next Tuesday so that I can prepare thorough answers.

Also, because of restraints, I'm apologizing ahead if I accidentally miss an update. I will do my best to post as soon as I realize. Life has been hectic.

Anyways, Eat well, sleep well

Bye Lovelies!