Mal'Ahk "The Origin"

Chapter 3 (Rough Draft)

I closed my apartment door behind me. I placed my gear on the counter and plopped myself on my couch. My mind was so overwhelmed with everything that had happened over the last day. My supervisor is killed by a demon trying to stay in him, because hew as possessed. I've got demons coming after me for some samples I collected from the crime scene and God wants to use me as his Commander for his Army. To thwart Satan and his plans for world domination. No pressure right. I laid my head back on the couch cushion and heard a vibration. It was my cellphone ringing. I picked it up and noticed it was my Mom. I picked it up and answered it. "Hello." "Hey Mark, I was just checking if we were still on for lunch today? I heard the cafe is serving your favorite today. Those square pizzas with a side of Mac n cheese." On any given day I would be so happy about that, but not today. My Mom is a professor at Core University, it's a local college. She has been working there for quite some time. She is about 5'8" tall in her late 50's. She has brown hair and hazel eyes with a slight tan to her. Her family comes from England and I was told I even have a granddad alive over there, but I've never met him. "Uh, Mom is there anyway I can take a rain check today? I've not had a great day." "Well you and I don't get to see each other that much and you're father is away on a seminar. Please can we at least meet up." I could hear the desperation in her voice and could tell she really was disappointed. "Okay, give me a few and I'll be right there." "Great, well I'll save you a slice of pizza. Love you." "Love you too Mom." I pressed the end button and placed the phone in my pocket. As I looked out the two windows in my apartment I couldn't help, but noticed how beautiful the sky was today. It had the purest of blue I've ever seen and there was no clouds in sight. It was a beautiful day considering all things. I'm sure that any other person isn't faced with a life altering decision. Demons fighting angels, Satan fighting God. Yeah, that is not normal no matter how you say it. I got up and grabbed my keys and headed towards my Mom's university. As I was riding towards the school I was admiring all the people as they were going to and through the city. I couldn't help, but wonder who was possessed and who was normal, or at least what normal would be. As the Taxi Driver turned into the school property I was noticing the young college students out there on the green grass studying with there lab partners or friends. To think they are oblivious to everything that is going on this city. I was the same way before that night. The night I realized my supervisor was possessed by a demon and he was trying to turn his life towards God and the demon had other plans for him and decided to mutilate his body into thousands of pieces. The sad part is I can't even tell the Captain the truth about Johnson's death. No, I have to let Ken lead with the serial killer they had in custody or should I say the demon they had in custody. Because if I try to tell them what I know they will definitely lock me up in the loony bin and put the rubber ducky stamp on my forehead. No this information needed to stay with me. The taxi pulled up to the main campus entrance. It was a huge building with beautiful white columns and red brick on the outside. It had about 10 flights of white concrete stairs leading to through the columns and to the entrance door. It had a very Greek like feel to it, but overall a modern design. I opened the taxi door and headed towards the cafe. As I entered through the curved opening into the cafe I could see my Mom sitting there at the table. She waved me down and I approached her table. "Hey, so good to see you." She gave me a hug and a kiss on the cheek. I helped her back into her seat and then I sat down at the table. "Sorry it took me so long. Taxi drivers are getting harder to find." "It's okay. So let's eat the food hasn't been here that long. It should still be warm. I grabbed my napkin and opened it and begin to lower my head in prayer, and noticed my mom didn't join. I said my prayer and looked up at her to see her almost half way through with her slice. "You could have eaten without me. I wouldn't have mind." "Don't be silly I wanted to eat with you." I took a bite into the slice of square pizza and it brought me back to my high school days. Eating lunch with my friends with a carton of milk, a slice of square pizza and a side of Mac n cheese. It was heaven on a piece of dough. "So how is work?" I swallowed my bite of pizza and took a sip of water. "It is okay. I'll be glad when my internship is through and I can be a full fledged CSI agent." "I heard about the case on the news. How are you doing?" "Uh, you heard about that?" "It was all over the news. Wasn't it your supervisor who was the victim." "Yeah, it was. I didn't think the news released the information?" "So do you really think it is the serial killer they arrested?" "Uh, he got away." Something wasn't right with my mom. I knew that the station hadn't released that much information to the public. Especially since they are probably looking for the suspect since he broke free. "How did you hear about all this Mom?" "Have you been able to examine the samples you took from the crime scene." What did she say? Just like that I started to get an eery feeling about this. "Mom, how do you know all of this? This is information that hasn't been released to the public yet. Not even the news knows about that." Just then I felt this wind blow around me. "Oh, no. Not now." I watched as everything froze in place. I turned to see my Mom and she wasn't frozen. In fact she was moving her head in a eery way. "You've got something we want!" My mom said with a deep voice. So deep it sent chills down my neck to my spine. "Mom. Not you." "Oh, yes. We've had you're mom in our possession now for quite some time. In fact she was very open and willing to allow us to possess her." I felt this overwhelming anger start to swell up inside my chest. It was almost getting hard to breath. "You get out of her right now." "Oh and I suppose you're going to make us." The demon let out a chuckle and his eyes started to show forth through my mom's. I could see the same deep red color in them. Almost as it was pure blood filled inside them. "Now you're going to give us the samples." "I told the other two I don't have it, Michael took it." "That's very unfortunate for you, because if you're telling me the truth then there is no reason to keep you alive." Just then my Mom jumped up and landed on the table. She was poised to strike me with her hands. "Mom, snap out of this you can't be possessed." "Oh, she is believe me and you want to know something else?" I was afraid to know the answer. "What?" "We've got your Dad too." Just then I felt as if my whole world was crashing down on top of me. I felt so much emotion surge inside of me. My parents were slave to satan and were allow these hideous demons live inside them. What have they done, why would they do this? "You won't get away with this?" The demon laughed and replied "What are you going to do about it?". She was right, I was powerless and to make matters worse I forgot my bible. I started to back up slowly so I wouldn't provoke a quick attack. I tried to keep her pre-occupied so I could make a run for it. "So can I ask you a question. I noticed earlier that Michael took his sword and sliced the demon possessed human, but didn't kill the human. How was he able to do that?" "Well I guess I can tell you since you won't be alive much longer. You see we can't possess the humans for a long time, but our master designed this seal that would allow us to brand the human with and it allows for us to possess them for as long as we desire. The sword that Michael uses destroys that seal cause us to have to battle with our human host. It doesn't make for a good picture if there is a struggle. I'm sure you know this after you examined you're old boss." "So you mean the seal on my supervisors body was destroyed?" "Yes, it was. Which is why the demon destroyed the host." "I don't understand if the seal is permanent and it can only be removed by the sword what caused his seal to be destroyed?" The demon started to laugh, it felt so weird to see my mom's face, but with red eyes and a deep snarling voice. "Why it was Michael. You didn't know that did you?" My eyes were wide open when he said that. Michael was the one who released the seal on Johnson's body. He is the reason why he is dead now. "So why do you want that sample? What's so important about it?" "Because it's the seal from the body. You see it can't be destroyed, but it can fall off." "How can that be the seal. It was a liquid puddle. No way it could be a seal." The demon chuckled again. "You fool, don't you know that your human eyes are being tricked. It is designed to look that way so humans won't know what it is." Just then everything started to make sense. That's why they were after it and that's why Michael took it. All the pieces of the puzzle were starting to fall into play except one piece. Why would Michael cause the division of the demon knowing it would destroy him like it did? I needed to know the answer and I could feel that my time was starting to run out with this demon. "Well I think I've spared you enough and it's time you meet you're doom." I witnessed my Mom rear up like she was going to pounce me. Just then I bumped into the table behind me. I turned quickly to see if there was anything I could use to help me. Then I realized anything I did would hurt my Mom's body. The demon is protected inside of her. I realized I needed to try and get away. I saw a glass of water sitting on the table. I slid my hands behind my back and reached for the glass. Just then the demon pounced through the air. I chunked the water straight in his face. It blinded him for only a second, but enough time for me to get away. I bolted down the hallway passing by the locker doors. I could hear the demon growl out loud. I covered up my ears as I was running for my life. I had to dodge past the students who were frozen in time. I turned back around to see if the creature was following me. I couldn't see it, but I could here it's feet and hands pound the ground as it was running on all fours. I turn quickly to face me when I collided with a student. Just then we both fell to the floor. I landed on my side and the person landed on there side. I look over and see the girl frozen laying on here side. I get back up and keep running. I pass by an open locker door and a thought. Maybe I could hide in it. I didn't waste no time. I squeezed into the locker door and shut it. I was trying to calm my breathing as I was breathing really loud. Just then I could feel a cold chill in the air. I looked out the vent slates to see my Mom on her hands and feet as if she was an animal. She lifted her head and arms up and stood up. It looked as if she was sniffing in the air. I didn't think that she could smell me. She turned towards my locker and started to slowly walk towards it smelling the air. "You know I can smell you. You have this stench about you. What's it called again? Oh, yeah. Fear!" The demon started to chuckle as he was getting closer and closer to the locker. I was looking around the locker to see if there was anything I could do to throw the stench off of me. I then saw some cologne on the top shelf. I tried to reach for it with the tight space I had. I looked back through the vents to see how much closer she was and she was getting real close. I opened the lid off the cologne and sprayed my whole body. Just then the light that was coming through the vent went dark. I looked out and my mom's face was pressed to the adjacent locker. She was sniffing through the vents on the door. I knew she was going to find me and that was going to the end. Just then she went the opposite way, it seemed that the cologne may have worked. I waited in the locker room for what seemed like hours, but was only minutes. Just then I felt this wind come through the vents and I looked out and all the students were moving. It would seem the demon gave up on his search for me. Just then the locker door was opened. There stood a young jock with his letterman jacket on. "What the...." I squeezed my way out of his locker. I then bolted for the door. "Did you see that. Some guy was hiding in my locker." As I went out the door towards the parking lot. I called for a taxi to come and get me. As I stood there in the parking lot, everything started to sink in. My parents were demon possessed humans and they had been for some time. My heart was pounding so hard and I tried to see if I could control my breath to slow it down. To make matters worse Michael is the reason that Johnson my supervisor is dead. I didn't know what to do, but i knew I needed to get back to my apartment. A few minutes passed by and the Taxi had arrived. I got inside the car and told him where to take me.