A Dance With Demons

Chapter 7

Chapter 7

Rykers POV

He was close.. I could smell him. He's hidden himself in one of the rooms, and my beloved was with him. I walked in front of each of the doors and stopped outside room 6. This is the room that coward was hiding in. I kicked down the door and stepped inside.

Empty...

This can't be right... I took a few more steps inside. The room was dark and had a single bed along the side wall. Taking a few more steps in, I could see the bathroom door was closed. I reached for the handle..

"You've lost your touch Ryker. I  thought you would have noticed me by now." A voice chuckled.

I froze. I let a small smile creep across my face. "About time you showed your face, xeroxis... I figured it was you.. After all, you've been trailing my beloved for years.."

"Indeed I have, and now he's mine."

"Like hell he is.." I turned and lunged at xeroxis, grabbing him by the throat and slamming him into the wall. Xeroxis's head collied with the wall with a loud bang. I smiled when I saw a little blood.

Authors POV

Xerxis let out a growl and swung at Rykers head. Ryker ducked in time to punch xeroxis in the side, causing him to double over gasping for air. Ryker took advantage of his helplessness and kneed him in the face.

Xeroxis yelped from the pain and grabbed Rykers leg. He dug his claws deep into his flesh. Ryker held back any expressions of pain and kicked hard, his foot colliding with xeroxis's ribcage. Ryker smiled hearing a satisfying crack.

"Gah!!! Damn you Ryker!!!" Xeroxis gasped. He quickly ran for the door as best he could. Ryker smiled.

"I'm not letting you off so easily Xeroxis!" Just as he was about to run after the other demon, a faint noise stopped him. It was a faint moan mixed with a whimper of pain and he knew who it belonged too. His beloved Jasper...

Rykers POV

I stopped in my tracks and looked around the old dirty room. "Jasper!?" I called out. No response. "Jasper where are you!?" Again, no response.

I ran for the bathroom door and flung it open. The smell of blood hit me like a punch in the face. I looked in horror as I saw Jasper laying on his back in a pool of his own blood on the cold tile floor.

"Jasper!!!"