Unseen

Chapter 15

"And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light." (2 Corinthians 11:14)

"Shh," Jem shushed Ley and Star as he closed the small door behind them.  They had found themselves in a large room with a water tank in the middle.

Star started to jump up and down repeatedly.  Both boys turned to and shush her, but she pointed at the tank.  Upon closer glance, they could see someone inside.  It was Milly!

"Milly!" Jem cried loudly, only to be shushed by Star and Ley.  They worriedly glanced at each other.  Had that been too loud?

Milly had on some sort of diving mask on her face as she swam around in the small prison.  The glass was thick and she didn't seem to have heard Jem.

Jem ran up to the glass and pounded on it, much to Star and Ley's horror.  Milly spotted Jem from inside the tank and swam down to meet him.  Her eyes were filled with concern and she shook her head rapidly.

Jem put a hand up to the glass and Milly did the same.  

"I miss you," he mouthed.  

She nodded her head, but pointed to the doorway, gesturing for them to get out.

"We'll save you!" Jem mouthed to her, reaching for the lock next to the small door of the prison.  Milly shook her head repeatedly, she seemed to be panicking.

"Jem, stop!" Ley and Star cried simultaneously.  But it was too late.  Once Jem had touched the lock, an alarm sounded and the lights went out.

Everyone froze when they heard a door swing open.  Jem's eyes widened.  A demon threw open a door at the very back of the room, a door they hadn't noticed before.  

"I founndd youu!" the demon hissed.

"Run!" Jem yelled.  He sped towards the door, but the demon had already locked it.  Jem ran right into it, falling over.  The demon pulled out a giant net and swooped Jem up in it.

"Jem!" Ley yelled, and he pulled out his bow, firing arrows at the demon, but he morphed into a shadow and the arrows passed right through him.  Soon, Ley had run out of arrows, and the demon picked him up with the net.

"Oh no, oh no, oh no!" Star mumbled, frantically flying around the room.  The door was locked. Jem and Ley had been captured.  There was nowhere else to go.

"Kayta!  Eloise!  Help!" she cried at the top of her lungs as the shadow flew up and grabbed her.  "And run!"

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"Do you hear that?" Kayta asked.  

"What?"

All of a sudden, the lights  dimmed, making the balcony even darker than it already was.

"I heard screaming," Kayta whispered.  "And yelling."

"What?"

"I think they're in trouble." 

"What?" Eloise repeated, panicked.

"Kayta!  Eloise!  Help!" they heard a familiar voice cry.  It was Star.

"They must be in danger!" Kayta exclaimed loudly.  Too loudly.

"Uh oh. This isn't good," Eloise worried.

"That'sssss rightt."

The two froze, dreading what was behind them.  They turned around slowly, and sure enough, there was a demon.  A tall, dark demon, who had crimson red eyes and whose shadow loomed over the two of them.

"We'vee beenn expectinggg youuu.  Weee kneeew youu woulddd finddd ourr baseee.  Sssso weee ssssset uppp prisssonssss, esssspecially modeleddd for eachhh of youu," the demon hissed.

"Run!" Eloise cried.  They got up and ran down the twisting halls, the demon right on their trail.

"Youuuuu cannnnn runnnnnn, buuut youuuuuuu caaan't hideee," the demon said.

Kayta struggled to pull the walkie talkie from her belt. 

 "Ash!" she cried, out of breath.  "The elephant is in danger!  I repeat, elephant in danger!"

Kayta tripped and fell, dropping the walkie talkie.

"Kayta!" Eloise cried.  

She stopped, only to look up and see the demon closing in on them.  They were trapped.

"I'veeeee gottttttt youuuuuuuu nowwwwwwww," the demon hissed, grinning evilly as it inched closer and closer to the girls.

"Kayta?!" Ashim's voice echoed from the walkie talkie, startling the demon.  "Kayta, what happened? Are you-"  His voice was cut off as the demon stomped onto the walkie talkie, smashing it into pieces.