The Devil's House

Chapter 14

Saanvi

    Saanvi and Justice ran out of the kitchen. Saanvi tried to run to the right toward the door but a demon came out of a room next to the kitchen. The demon that came out of the room blocked their way.

    Justice tugged on Saanvi’s arm, pulling her to the left through the hallway. There were no windows along the hallways. It was narrow with doors on their right and left but they didn’t go into any of them because the demons would see and follow them.

    Justice pulled Saanvi behind her as the demons chased behind them. Saanvi turned to see the demon from the room running on two feet. The other two demon that had followed the order of the taller demon were running on all fours behind the demon from the room.

    Saanvi couldn’t see the taller demon. Suddenly the demon that was running on two feet tried to pounce on Saanvi. She screamed. When it missed, it growled and ran on all fours like the other two demons behind it.

    That’s when Saanvi saw the taller demon. It was standing outside of the kitchen, looking at them running. It still had white eyes.

    Saanvi looked back in front of her and saw that there was a turn in the hallway ahead of them. “We might be able to run into a room quickly without them noticing. But we have to run faster. They’re not far behind,” Saanvi said.

    Justice nodded and ran faster. After they were a few feet away from the turn, they heard a ear splintering screech. Justice let go of Saanvi and plugged her ears. Saanvi did the same thing and fell to her knees.

    Tears streamed down her face and her ears ringed. Just as quick as the screech came, it ended. Saanvi got up from the floor and wobbled a bit before stabalizing herself.

    Saanvi looked behind her and saw the demons that were chasing them frozen. They had stood up on two feet and stood still. All of their eyes were white like the taller one’s had become in the kitchen. The demons stood still, staring into space.

    “J-Justice. What just h-happened?” Saanvi asked, looking at Justice who was also staring at the demons in shock.

    “I-I don’t know,” Justice replied. She shook her head and continued, “But it doesn’t matter. We need to run. We should see if we can find a way out over here. We shouldn’t try to walk past them.” Justice grabbed Saanvi’s arm and pulled her around the corner.

    Saanvi wasn’t paying attention until she heard Justice scream. She felt her let go of her arm too. She snapped back into reality and looked in front of her.

    There was a man holding onto Justice. He had a sword to her throat. The man looked about 6’6. He had straight black hair that flowed messily on his head. Saanvi looked at the man’s eyes and noticed that they were fully black, letting no other color in.

    The sword that was held on Justice’s throat was black with red flames on the sharp edge. She could see a bit of the handle which showed part of a skull head.

    Justice struggled but the sword was pushed deeper into her throat, making blood drip. She winced and stopped struggling. “Please help me, Saanvi,” Justice whispered.

    “Please let her go. Please. She didn’t do anything,” Saanvi begged, looking at the man.

    The man pushed the sword a little harder. Justice winced again.

    “No! Wait! Please don’t hurt her! Please!” Saanvi cried.

    The man smiled. “Just four more days Saanvi,” he said in a demonic voice. Just as he finished his sentence, he cut the sword across Justice’s throat and dropped her. Justice clutched her throat as blood spilled out of the large cut.

    “No!” Saanvi yelled, running to her. She dropped to the ground next to her. She held Justice in her arms and said, “I’m so sorry, Justice.”

    Justice began to cough up blood. She looked up into Saanvi’s eyes and said, “Run. Y-you need to escape. Goodb-”

    Justice began to cough up more blood. She went still as a tear drop fell from her eye.

    Saanvi held justice and cried. "Why did you do this? Why did you kill her?!"

    She looked up but the man was gone... And so were the demons.