It took all of two seconds for Sanha to be out the door and down the stairs as loud crashing noises echoed from the first floor. She wasn't sure whose footsteps were following behind her but at this point it didn't really matter. Her eyes were to the front, and as she came into the room she saw a bolt of semi translucent green energy hurtling through the air at a familiar face she didn't place right away. She threw herself into the fray in time to reflect the energy off a bracelet and back at its sender, knocking him off his feet and throwing him through the opposite wall.
"Yikes." She winced sympathetically, even though she'd recognized the boy as the one Jinyoung had called a demon. He kinda deserved it, but he still looked human, so it was hard to not feel a twinge of sympathy.
"Yikes is right." Jackson glared between Sanha and the new hole in the wall. "What've I told you about running towards the danger?"
"Yeah yeah." She rolled her eyes.
"Thanks for the save." The boy in front of her looked slightly rattled, staring into the hole. "How'd you do that?"
"Peridot." She held out her bracelet. "I charmed it last night. It reflects spells back at their senders. It's quite useful." He nodded, and she turned to Jaebum. "Did you find anything that lets you see spirits?"
He shook his head. "Not yet. I'm not sure what even grants that power." She frowned, searching her own mental notes. "But we did figure one thing out."
"Hit me." She glanced at the hole to check if BamBam was up yet. He hadn't reappeared, and she wondered if maybe she'd accidentally knocked him out.
"We can see the kids without needing items if we find their bodies."
"Yeah, we figured that out as well. How'd you get there?"
"Well," Jaebum started, "I made the mistake of searching around while Youngjae was talking, and there was a body in the closet." Sanha flinched. "I thought it was a dead body at first, but turns out it wasn't."
"Wait, you found his body?"
"Yep." Yugyeom beamed. "I'm really enjoying being able to move stuff again."
"He's getting up!" Jinyoung warned from by the hole, sprinting back.
"Get ready." Sanha held the arm with peridot on it in front of her. "Yugyeom, would you like some protection?"
"That'd be nice." He didn't look afraid, but his voice shook a little.
She immediately dug around for the other protective item she'd packed. "When's your birthday?"
"November 17."
"Perfect, here." She thrust a bracelet at him as BamBam gained his feet, looking disoriented but uninjured. "Alexandrite, wear it on your left wrist for protection."
"For a demon, he doesn't bounce back very quickly," Jackson commented.
"Are you gonna try to fistfight a demon?" Sanha asked, amusedly noting his fighting stance.
"I left my magic wand at home."
The demon charged.
Despite Sanha's teasing, Jackson got the first hit. He faked right and broke left in a way Troy Bolton would've been proud of and socked the other boy in the jaw. She hadn't thought demons would have a physical body to hit, but with the testing complete and results reached she abandoned her previous plan and went for it.
The demon didn't seem to be hurt by anything they were throwing at him. He was even laughing, head thrown back and blue eyes glowing. He must've been casting some kind of spell, since despite their better numbers, they didn't seem to be doing much. Distracted, it took her awhile to realize Mark was calling her. Once she had, she quickly dropped out, taking a quick breather. "What's up?"
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Blink and You'll Miss It
De TodoSanha's been a curious shit her whole life. Jackson's always told her she's going to get herself killed at some point. She thought that was a bunch of bull, but he might've actually been right. She might be in way over her head on this one.
