He forced himself to settle down at the low table while he watched the video."It's probably nothing." He muttered resting a palm on his cheek. Tapping the table.***Emily hopped down from her old Harley bike. She sighed. Her heart was pounding, beads of sweat shimmered on her face, they turned into icecaps once the breeze touched her face. "That's odd. I'm not always this nervous." She sighed.She hoped the Lees would be gracious enough to give her a job. She had nothing else to fall back on and she needed to keep her hands dirty. For Maks's sake and for hers. The society had a lot of demands these days and she had to survive.She sighed and pocketed her keys then strolled into the large foyer.There were arches and columns. A few Chinese Earth dragon vases were placed by the arches with flowers, there were open squares gardens with more cacti plants and red mats.She whistled at the interiors and winced at the lion statues by the large oak door. "Woo. Fancy place you got here."Ma
"I told you to stay down." Jessica played with her hands."That's what I said when you tried to play with my porcelain. I mean your father's porcelain." She groaned settling down. Maks sat up from the couch. "What's wrong?"Doreen looked pale. "It's nothing. I'm just feeling a little lightheaded.""Oh, good, just stay down. I'll help with the rest of the work." He muttered.Doreen marvelled at his offer and his physical strength. She blushed and rubbed her wrist. "Chivalry. Those classes of yours really do help, don't they?" "I suppose." He served lunch. Mashed potatoes with peas on the side, turkey sandwich and pot pie. He snorted. His dad was out making arrangements for a course overseas next week. That left three of them in the house again. Jessica stayed on a high chair at the dinning table swinging her legs. "I'll be turning five next week. I've been counting." She faced him. "October.""That's fantastic, Jess." He recited drily from the corner of his mouth. Sometimes, she wa
It laughed in a high pitched voice and Ping slinked. The others laughed with him. "You have got to be joking." Ping gritted his teeth. He thought the flaming ghoulish being had been what it was before. His robe was made of gold so the flickering was plausible enough to believe. "Who are you? And H_how do you know my name? And why do you wish to h_help me?" He stammered. He stood a big chance of getting killed just like the driver. The demon was repulsive. So many unsavoury thoughts crossed his mind when he saw those claws. Run. Run for you dear life. He thought."You may call me, Hu." He spelt out and these are my subjects. One looked like a dead twisted tree trunk with its branches spread out like antlers, those were the only graceful parts of it, it had a mouth gaping open and close with sharp teeth on its stomach, another one had the face of a bat, a lean skeletal structure, long drooping bat wings, its talons were so long that they almost touched the ground.He shuddered thinkin
After all that shopping and moping, Maks strolled around the mall to style his rough hair, get manicures. He wanted to buy a nice surprise gift for Jessica for her birthday with the money he had literally saved up for the winter. He figured she would cherish a new bag or drawing book and some colouring pencil sets to 'channel her creativity' or whatever Doreen had been talking about the day she doodled on his wall. He got fed up with that and he decided to draw the line. He wanted to blow some steam after the fight with his dad, he knew that bringing her up would cause a minor rift between them especially now that staying together was best for the two of them. He hated his dad. He hated how he closed up about everything and shut him off. He decided that he just wanted to go outside until he got his head clear. Otherwise it was a battlefield in the house.The mall was large, there were showrooms for clothes, jewelry, tools, mobile phones and accessories. He grinned deciding to go windo
Maks worked less than 8 hours a week now, it was the middle of September and he marked a day off his phone calender. He was dizzy from staring at it for too long. He gazed at the ceiling of his room while he laid back. He might have considered going to the party because he had nowhere else to be.He was more easygoing these days. He had time to train up at the academy and make up for last month's minimum guarantee at work that had he lost due to August's accident. Leo was still considerate."2 weeks and 5 days to go." He grinned to himself and rubbed his hands together. He grabbed his backpack ready to leave. He stopped abruptly at the doors."Going somewhere?" Leo said shrugging into his coat. He had dreadlocks pressed down by a white headband and his nose was ruddy. He snorted and gave Maks a confused look. His eyes were sunken."Uh... I'm heading home?" Maks shrugged and pointed thumbs outside the doors. "Are you head my way?""No, of course not. I have a meeting with my therapist
"Give it up and it'll be over before you know it." Ping said with a harsh voice. He stretched a hand toward Irma's hair. She turned pale when nothing happened yet and gasped. "I demand that you let us go. Get back!" Victor threatened and the beasts coming jumped back. "Time's wasting." The bat chided."I know what I am doing." Ping reminded through clenched teeth. He whirled at the sudden interruption. Maks stepped up. "No. You can't be sure if those beans will work on you." He said in his defence. "You seem better off with your powers.""That is none of your concern." Ping gripped the bag and pushed Irma down. "Pleasure doing business with you." He smirked.Victor took up her arm. Her eyes tilted and she looked down.A minion grinned. "The master will be very pleased." "I wonder what happens if I take two of these." He held it up like pills and they wilted falling out of like his hands.Victor gasped and Maks grimaced. "Pardon me." He turned off his powers. "Get me out of here
"Maybe so. I've only heard of a vessel that contains and unleashes monsters if it gets into the wrong hands_""It's a malevolent flavour of a Jackass Genie, Victor, try to keep up." Maks said speedily. "Except this one's controlled. It's dead. The end.""Is it?" Irma added. "If Ping releases that jinn the third time...I don't know." Irma touched her head. "That's your department.""You know, you're onto something..." Maks said."Goodluck."He winced when she closed the door. "Dude, you blew it."... "In the legends, the Zaipei dou were interpreted by dozens as strangely colored legumes that were 'chewy' and 'sweet'. I have no doubt that they were ahead of their time. Until now. Don't you agree bat-face?"The demon mumbled in flight."I'll take that as a yes." He took out the blue one and scrutinized it carefully. What would a little ice hurt? He took it and coughed. "Nothing's happening." He gasped at Maks flapping after them. His expression grew harsher."Chew on this!" He kicked hi
Maks wiped his forehead. His bones were chilling, he still had to look out for the golden-robed demon. Something was unsettling about his eyes but at least he knew where Ping had been getting help from."At least it's over." Maks turned around to face his former adversary who tried to kill him yesterday. The Leopard-Man stood dutifully like a somewhat naturalistic automaton. It waited for the orders."We're not done yet. Get rid of the bodies." He watched as it turned around and began to crush the ice with the devils inside it. It stomped on the ice corpses, kicking away and scattering their remains all over the grade. Maks held the jar. His irises glowed.[ Congratulations. You have not only defeated the predator but you have contained it. ][ Reward: Level up by 6. 3 surprise beasts of burden. x a slave creature. ]"Wow."[ You have a New quest: Defeat Lord Hu. ][ Reward: Skill: Pending... ]"He puffed. "Now come on Hugh Jack-Man. We have another demon to catch. Oh um...here." He