"Blake! Blake! Oh, God please wake up!" I kept repeating over and over. He finally stirred and woke up, is eyes wide. "What is it? What's wrong?" I asked. "He's coming. He's coming for you. He will not stop until he has you and your blood." He said in a rush. My body went cold. "Who did you say?" I asked. "I said ‘the succubus." And then he passed out.
My whole body went cold at what Blake said. I remember the succubus. He was one of my old clients for escaping Hell but there is always a price. I never actually paid and I guess he is coming to collect. Charly's body gasped and came up for air. I instantly ran over to her. "Charly, are you okay?" I screamed. She looked up at me with a confused look on her face and then her face was no longer hers.
"Why, Hello there, Anna." The succubus said. I jumped back. "You stay away from me!" I tried to run but it stopped me and pulled me back. "It’s payback time." And then it attached itself to my neck, drinking my life force.
Blake woke up in Hell. "Guys, he is awake!" A girl's voice alerted. He looked around and was surrounded by Fallen Angels, including Rebekah and Jayden. Kira was there as well. "What are you doing here?" He asked Kira. "Your girlfriend sent me here, remember?" He nodded. "Listen, I need you to send her a message. Tell her Kira says that The War is coming and she is the victor." He nodded and she flashed him back to the Earth Plane.
Blake awoke to a start when he was back on the Earth Plane and saw a succubus draining the life out of her and she was on the brink of death. He quickly threw the guy off of her and the man got angry but he said a few words before he left. "She is mine. I will drain every last ounce of life from her once I return. You can count on that." And then he was gone.
Chapter 12
I paced idly around my room, hoping to catch a glimpse of what Blake and Charly were discussing. They think that I need to get away from all of this, but what they don't realize is that no matter where I go, I will always be followed. "I will make the decision." I announced. They were all about to object, I could see. "You cannot sway my decision either. I needed to pay that Succubus so I paid the price or at least part of it. I can't just be a sitting duck. I have to do something. It's time we fight, the old fashioned way. We are going to war. It's no longer between Heaven and Hell. It's now between me and those on my side and the ones that aren't. It's time to fight."
"I totally agree with you. Someone needs to make a change and you are that person." Charly said with a proud glint in her eyes. "Wait. Who all is on our side? We need an army to go to war." Blake said. I smiled. "I already have one." They exchanged confused glances. 'Well first of all, I have you guys and Taylor. I may have Kira, I have some Demon friends and Fallen Angels and Heavenly Angels. I have every magical being that is willing to fight on my side and we have Joshua. We are ready." They nodded. "Alright, gather the troops." I smiled. "It’s already taken care of. They are at the battle field. C'mon!"
When we got to Hudson Valley, there were about 100,000 troops for my side. There were about 50,000 for the opposers. It's time to fight.
So, you can imagine that I actually just ran off without saying a word to fight, right? WRONG. What I did was, I called out to everyone and said, "I know we can never be on the same side. Is there anyone that opposes this War and wants it to never occur?" Kira jumped up. "I think this should never happen. It isn't right. It never will be. War is not the answer. If we would just work together-" She didn't get to finish as people on both of ours sides started arguing on whether the War should occur or not.
I believe no matter how people feel, it is inevitable to happen. Things started to get hectic so I yelled out to everyone "If you believe the War should never happen, step off to the side. You will not be a part of this. We will fight, but not everyone has to." Several people stepped off to the side. It was almost everyone, actually. Of course you can imagine that Rebekah and Jayden stayed on Hell's side along with the Succubus. Surprisingly, Lilith was one of the ones to step off to the side.
On my side, it was me, Blake, Charly, and Taylor. It seemed to be a face-off amongst each other. It was me against the Succubus, naturally. Then there was Charly vs. Rebekah (they obviously had to start somewhere) and Jayden vs. Taylor and Blake. I rushed the Succubus and had a knife that could kill basically everything and anything, but, of course, he was ready and stepped out of the way just in time for the knife to scrape, but not actually break skin, along his neck.
Charly had her angel killing blade with her and kept cutting skin all over Rebekah's body, which, in turn, left bloody burn marks that spread. All she had to do was get a chance to plunge it into Rebekah's heart and then she could help me. Blake and Taylor were doing stupendously well with their opponent, Jayden. They had almost plunged the knife into his chest when he swung around and tried to hit them but missed by quite a few inches.
The Succubus was battered and bloody where I had swiped at him several times and I wasn't without my share of bruises and scars either. I took my knife and was going to drive it through his heart when I saw Charly go down where Rebekah had punched her and knocked her unconscious. The Succubus saw the opportunity and went for it. He knocked the blade out of my hand and grabbed it for myself. He pushed me against a tree in the distance, as I had not seen how far we had gone. He went for my heart and it was right against my chest.
My heart was beating a million miles a minute and I saw his eyes filled with bloodlust. He swung the knife back and I shut my eyes because I did not want his ugly face to be the last thing I saw before I died. And you imagine Blake to be the prince to save his princess in the end like all fairytales right? Well, this is not a fairytale. This is my life which I am proud (okay, not really but it sounded cool) to say it is my own personal version of Hell. The saying is 'You dodged a bullet' but what mine is 'You dodged your own death'. I happen to do this quite frequently, actually.
I slid down like the flexible person I am and just slid beneath his legs and kicked up which just so happened to be his area where the sun doesn't shine. I then kicked him in the face, grabbed the knife, and stabbed him in the heart, right? Because my life is always so easy! WRONG. I kicked him where it hurts, he recovered, and he had me by the throat with a knife slashing it. I knew he would miss (I'm just that awesome I guess) and I did what I had to do.
I screamed, distracted Blake, and took the knife and stabbed myself in the throat. This really distracted everyone and caused a few more people to join the fight. Kira and Lilith joined with Kira and Lilith both on my side. Lilith got a cloth (which she tore from her shirt) and pressed it against my throat. "I got it," I hissed. Rebekah was so distracted that Charly came up behind her and slammed her against a tree, knocking her unconscious.
Blake got the upper hand with Jayden and kneed him in the stomach, which made Jayden drop like a ton of bricks. I slipped the cloth off and used my magic to heal myself. I revealed my throat being uncut, without even a scar. You would expect the battle to be over, right? The Succubus arose from where I could not see, as I had not realized he had dropped. He made his way over. "Isn't this what you want?" He asked in a hoarse whisper and held out a knife with the symbol of a five pointed star inside a circle.
It was the star of Lucifer, his symbol so I knew it was bad. It was, I believe, the knife that is, the only knife that can open the Gates of Hell. It was also the only knife to free prisoners in Hell. I reached for it and he held it back. "You have to promise to never open the Gates of Hell ever again. I do not know who did it, but you will find out. I am sure of that." I took the knife and promised exactly that. Why would I want to open them anyways? I thought. He nodded and walked into the Gates of Hell with every Demon that every crawled the Earth in town behind him.
I looked at the Gates and knew I would probably break that promise. I wasn't finished here yet. Now this is the part where I ponder over everything I learned. Well, I learned that I am to trust no one because they could end up dead or not who they say they are. I also learned that there is no other pain as excruciating as the pain of losing myself a
nd everything I care about. That will be the everlasting pain I will never forget. That is why they call me The Pain.
Something along those lines right? Well, it is not over. My time here is not up and I now know that no matter what I face, Joshua is on my side. Now it's time to pick up the mess I created. One piece at a time...One piece at a time I will pick up where someone else who looked way better than me changed the world...
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