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2024-10-29 19:42:56The grown-up demon Jackson had made the mistake of releasing me from the spiked braces, my ankles and wrists were free, well, my one ankle. The remnant of my left leg had been thrown to the black obsidian office door and rested in all its bloodless glory. I had no idea that body parts shriveled up and began to decay almost immediately after being removed from its host's blood flow.
When Jackson was born, I had grown excessively curious about what our lives would hold for us in the future. He was such a helpless and fussy little baby that it was hard for me to rationalize him growing up into an adult and becoming a full-fledged member of society with his own way of life and making grownup decisions.
I remember one time, it was his birthday, he was turning five. Jackson desperately wanted to open his colorfully decorated presents and move on with the party so he could continue to have fun and hold the day as his day for a
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The passage through the portal began with a sarcastic wave from me to my demon escorts. They did not seem pleased, but you have to follow orders, especially when the older sister of your boss is being taken into account. It was only when the suction of the portal began to cause me to levitate from the dirty, rock covered floor that I noticed the scars. While my wounds had healed, behind them were dozens of scars on my skin. Everything seemed to function normally, my fingers worked, the leg sustained weight, but I was covered in deep scarring. That scarring did impose a slight problem, the matter of explaining where they came from and how I had survived whatever situation it was that had found me in my life. My mind immediately went with a wild animal attack, it had to be something big and ferocious. Maybe a grizzly bear that got fended off at the last second before it c
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The entire alliance, every single one of them, stood and stared at me with awe in their eyes. I was getting the feeling that not one of them thought I would make it back from the portal to hell, at least not in one piece. Technically they were right but the intensive healing that took place before I entered the portal made me appear to be unharmed and victorious. Just wait until they heard the living torture I had to endure while down in the burning pits of hell. Jennifer could not contain herself and sprinted to me, she was healed from head to toe. The color had returned to her body, nothing appeared to be out of place or deformed. The closer she got, the greener my pendant grew. Safety and security was running at me faster than any human in the history of the world and I could not
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Before we continue on to Nurse Helen’s revelation about adult Jackson’s secretary, I needed to finish the details of the visit to hell I had endured, leaving out the adult Jackson part, obviously. I said, “Let me finish really quick because this may come in handy in the future. I could hear Jennifer saying my name the entire time until I was brought into the secretary’s office. That is not the interesting part. Right before we were about to enter the big boss's office, my pendant returned to normal, glow and all, and my hand became inscripted again. I had planned on launching an attack on the boss as soon as the spiked braces were removed but it just did not play out that way.” Todd took an interest in this particular detail as he finished writing in his notepad and injected himself into the story. He was very curious
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The group, my alliance, was waiting with bated breath for me to fill in the final details about my unfortunate journey to hell. There was no way to let the group know what I had seen in my final moments as a captive in hell with Jackson in the room, he would not be able to handle the words that were going to come out of my mouth. I took my seat at the table and began to prepare myself for what I had to tell everyone. This was harder than I could have imagined, the pain of knowing what I was about to talk about and let the group know was weighing heavily on my soul. I was not prepared for the possible responses and “solutions” to the issue that was inevitably going to come to fruition unless we had a way to prevent it. I said, “Team, the boss in the final room was not unidentifiable. I could clearly see and identify who I wa
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Now that the cat was out of the bag, that Jackson's destiny was possibly set to become a senior manager in hell, the first ever meeting of The Wall was adjourned. Jennifer, Jackson, and I had to get home before my parents returned from the football game. We had about twenty minutes and not too far to go so the urgency was not there yet but that meant we had to leave now and leave the others to resecure the shroud covering the portal so there would not be any more surprises, at least for the rest of the night. As you have all figured out already. The portal is not the only way for the demons to enter the land of the living. That portal, the one I fell into, the one in Mrs. Tannell’s house, was not even there when the demon boy and his mother found their way to me, beginning this entire venture. The thumping still had a meaning and we still had to determine if that meanin
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What could possibly come of all this? An officer with his blues flashing three underage kids walking home in the middle of the street obviously not coming home from the game since the roarous sounds of it echoed in the night’s air. Hopefully, we would have a chat and be on our way before we even realized we had stopped. The officer was tall and muscular, we could not see his face. It was dark out and he was behind the blinding lights of his patrol car. All I could make out was a tall man, gun on the hip, and a slight shimmer from a badge over his heart. If he had a partner, they did not exit the vehicle. Lucky for us, the big game was happening, and the red and blue swirling lights did not draw any attention from nosey neighbors or scared little old ladies. Even the oldest of t
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Jackson and I joined together to use our sibling's special ability to light up the night's sky as if the sun were at its peak, shining down on every living thing it could reach with its rays of heat. This was all fine and well, except for the fact that my parents had just turned the corner onto our road in the family station wagon. Soulless or not, this was going to take a fair amount of explaining. I knew they were not ready to handle the monumental truth that I was a ghost hunter and Jennifer, and Jackson were with me in an alliance called The Wall. The family station wagon screeched to a halt, sitting cattywampus in the middle of the road just fifteen feet from the three of us, the damaged police car, and the downed officer. In our house, we held a high regard for officers of the law, they performed a very brave duty for little pay but this particular officer was possessed by a
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The best plan of action would be to wait until my parents went to bed, which should be soon considering they were just out at a hot long football game, then the three of us, Jackson, Jennifer, and I, would need to stick together and check the house room by room, inch by inch, in search of anything that may be demonic or a way for the demons to interact with our normal human lives. From what the demon that possessed Officer Michaels, it was apparent that some sort of adaptation was taking place to where the demons were able to protect themselves from some of our weaker powers. My mother was slowing down by the second as she hand washed the dishes from the late night dinner she put on for the officer in need. My father, well, he was dozing off on the couch holding the day's paper ever so slightly. It was sagging so much that it was basically a blanket for him if he were to remain on the couch for the rest of the night. Jennifer, Jackson, and I waited pa
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Todd was in very severe pain, whatever was attacking him was clearly making sure this event was filled with pure pain and horrific suffering. With his pant leg ripped from its seam, Todd’s burn wound throbbed and pulsed with an alerting rhythm. His body was being manipulated by something, some sort of demon that we could not put our eyes on. This put the three of us at a severe disadvantage. It had become very obvious that we needed to act fast, but we had to act efficiently. Flying off the hinges would almost certainly result in a catastrophic failure, that was absolutely unacceptable. All we came here to do was secure demon Sarah where no one would think to find her and we ended up being attacked by an old demon woman, demon wolves, a huge mimicking demon, and I killed a man. This could not have gone any worse, except for some sort of death on our end. Now was not the time for reflection though, Todd needed us, and it was looking
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Todd, with his leg wound, would have to wait just a bit longer while we investigated what we thought was the man I killed as he ran into the light. Obviously, if I killed him, he would not be able to make moaning noises or anything like that, so it was fairly easy to discern that the dead man had been turned into a demon and he would certainly be looking for some sweet, delicious revenge. I mean, who would be alright with getting killed out of the blue? Jennifer and Jackson had taken the lead as I made a fine attempt at catching up to them as we headed towards the corner of the abandoned K-Mart. The moaning was like a mating call, this was not the typical ‘I am in pain’ moan. It resonated incessantly, calling us to come and see what was happening. Judging by previous experience, I had no clue about what may be around the corner, all I knew was that we were walking towards danger, and we had to be ready. I said, “Slow down, guys. Le
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The slaughtered body of the homeless drug addict that I split in two with a hellacious laser beam from my inscripted hand before we entered the darkness had disappeared. It was clearly splayed out for all to see and showed no obvious logical signs of going anywhere anytime soon. How it had magically disappeared was beyond me, there was not even a sign of blood or fragments of flesh lying about. It truly baffled my mind as to how a body that had been split into two distinct halves could have disappeared along with all the splattered pieces that went along with it. We had finally broken free from the darkness of the abandoned, decrepit K-Mart and had made our way into the light of the outside world. Todd’s van was still where we had left it, everything was still in place just as it was before we entered the darkness to save Todd and defeat the Haunting Naomi
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Navigating as effectively and efficiently around the poor homeless man that I had just split in half after he came running out of the darkness, the three of us walked briskly into the abandoned K-Mart ready for a fight to save Todd. On my way in, I snatched up the spotlight and made sure it illuminated every square inch of real estate in front of us, ensuring our path was clear or we would be able to see anything dangerous in our way so that we could work our way around it. Shining the light back and forth, covering my two counterparts from any attacks from drunks or druggies, we pushed in as fast as possible without risking any chance of injury or worse. Jennifer and Jackson led the charge, side by side, ready to get into the action and accomplish our goal of getting Todd back in one piece. I took up the rear, providing the light needed and also making sure nothing snuck up behind us as the darkness chased behind our feet. In the distance, as we ru
