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A clear lifeless path lay ahead and only I knew where it led. Some humans believe this path goes to Heaven or Hell but, their wrong. It either leads to a life of torment or to a life of immortality. Well, since I'm the only one of my kind that is good, I'll try to find new people to possess and help out against my fight. But, who could help me? I began walking the path and wondered on who to possess. "James! Where have you been?" yelled Jake. I turned to see him but, he was nowhere in sight. "Stop being invisible you idiot!" I yelled. "Well, excuse me for being a damn monster! Where's that child you told me you would have for me?" Jake asked. I shook my head and said "I don't have the child. She escaped me." Jake let out a long, low growl and said "Stupid idiot, bring me my VICTIM!" "I WILL. Be patient, Jake! Damn!" I yelled. I began to walk again and I heard Jake follow me to where I was going. His loud footsteps echoed through the forest and his deep breathing meant that he was pissed. I smiled, revealing my sharp teeth and I felt anger in Jake. "I'll get the girl and then you can eat her or do whatever you want with her. Okay, Mr. Pissy?" I said. "Fine! Have her by midnight tonight." Jake said. His presence disappeared and I finally got to be alone.
I finally walked into the city of Ozark. What a pitiful place, I thought. Nothing but, old people and idiots who walk the street. I walked to the school that was in session and made my way to the office. A woman was at the front desk and she asked "May I help you?" "Do you have a child by the name of Keyonna?" I asked. "Yes. Are you checking her out?" the lady asked. "Yes, her parents both were sent to the hospital and they put me in charge of Keyonna." I lied. "Okay." the lady said. She intercomed for Keyonna and in a short period of time, a young girl was walking up the hallway. She walked up to me and I said "Keyonna, I'm taking you to the hospital to see your parents."
She gasped and said "What happened?" I grabbed her hand and led her outside and into her doom. "They got into a car accident." I said. I lead her through the forest and onto the path. "Umm, the hospital is that way." Keyonna said pointing to the other direction. I felt Jake's presence and said "Okay Jake, here's your bitch." A loud thumping sound came from the trees and Jake appeared in his monster state. His leathery wings spread out, blocking the sunlight and his muscular gray arms reached out for Keyonna. She screamed as Jake pulled her closer to him. She stared up at his face and screamed some more. His blood red eye shined and his sharp, long fangs showed as he smiled. "Food!" he said, biting into her body. Blood flew everywhere and gore filled the scene as Jake began to eat the poor girl. "Pig." I said. Jake snarled at me and I just laughed at him. As he finished he let out a monstrous burp that shook the earth. Blood trickled down his pale face and bits of flesh was stuck in between his bloody teeth. "Your such a pig. You know how father feels about burping after eating. Should I tell him about this? Hm?" I questioned.
"If your trying to piss me off, James, well mission accomplished." Jake said, wiping the blood from his hands. He wiped it onto his pants and it smeared everywhere. "Your such a bitch to me James, just wait till dad dies and I can do whatever I like." Jake said. I hate smartasses, including Jake. He always says that and he keeps forgetting that all of us are immortal. I jumped up 600 feet into the air and touched a cloud and felt like not being. Simply as that. I, then spread open my leathery wings and darted across the sky like a bullet leaving a barrel of a gun. My gray hair fluttered in the wind and I closed my eyes to feel the full effect of flying. A loud roaring voice filled the air and it yelled "JAMES! WHERE ARE YOU? Come home! And bring Jake, too. We have an important matter to discuss." "Fine Father. I'll be home soon." I said. I flew low to the ground and landed on my feet. I whistled a high note and then Jake appeared like a dog would, ready to obey. "Dad needs us." I said. We both disappeared and then reappeared in an old abandoned water plantation. Our dad stood on top of a desk and he looked pissed. His red eyes glowed redder than ever and I knew it had to do with Jake. Father stepped down from the desk and slowly walked towards us. "Some one broke the law and I wanna know who did. Someone is a traitor and is telling all the humans our secrets." Father said. I looked at Jake and he looked paralyzed and scared. "Do you know what he looks like or who he comes to?" I asked. Father looked at me and narrowed his eyes at me. "Yes. It's a girl named Sarah and she must be used as a puppet to help destroy the traitor." Father said. "Use her? Why? Is that the only option?" I asked. Dad death stared me and said "There's other ways but, this way is funner and it'll be like a stakeout." "like NCIS?" Jake asked. Dad turned his anger to Jake because he hates it when monsters watch human shows and said "Damnit Jake. How many times am I going to tell you not to watch shit like that?" Jake lowered his head and said "Sorry."
After a while of talking we left to find Sarah. School was still in session so, I could go up there and check her out. A long growl came from nowhere and I looked to see who made that growl. "Jake? Is that you?" I asked, turning in every direction to see where it was coming from. "No. it's not Jake." a husky voice said. I began to run and heavy footsteps followed me. "I'll follow you and I won't stop till you do. I want to explain something to you about the law." it said. I ran as fast as I could and still the footsteps followed. A blow from behind knocked out all my breath and I fell to the ground in pain. The heavy footsteps stopped and I rolled onto my back. A tall, muscular man stood in front of me and he wore a policeman's uniform. His red eyes and black hair both shined in the light. "So, you finally decided to stop? Huh?" he said slowly. "You hit me! That's why I stopped!" I yelled. "Ya, that sometimes happens. I heard that someone broke the law and I'm the one whose gonna find out who did. You know what law is do you? It's something that cannot be broke or death will accompany you. Death is a horrible thing to see but, I like to see it. By the way, if you interfere with my operations you will die." he said. "Who are you?" I asked. "Salah Al-Din or Saladin for short." he said. I stood up slowly and looked at him carefully. He was taller than me by a foot and I was 5 foot 6 inches so, he was 6 foot 6. He analyzed me ,too, making sure that I wasn't a threat to him. "Saladin, are like a police cop or something?" I asked. He shifted slightly and said "Yeah, kinda like that but, I want to let you know something. I'll turn this whole monster nation into my own and I will have that child as my pet." He smiled at that thought and all of his sharp teeth showed and they all had blood stained onto their tips. His fangs were longer than mine and I got nervous when he stepped forward. "You want a human for a pet? Isn't that against the law?" I asked. "It doesn't say so in the ancient tomes." Saladin said.
"Why are you like this Saladin?" I asked. He stepped closer, letting his gaze pierce through me. "I'm doing this so I can establish new laws and new ways and my first decision is to make ourselves known. I'm going to attack that school Sarah goes to and eat all the kids there." Saladin said. I short of let a small smile out and Saladin saw that and smiled, too. The leaves rustled in the wind and I felt sick to my stomach. He's such an idiot. I hope he isn't that type of monster that can read thoughts. Saladin walked past me and said "I'm not an idiot only those who don't want to show themselves are the real idiots. Just like you." I got really pissed and swung at him and missed. Then, he swung at me and knocked me in my head, giving me a blistering headache. He kicked my shins and uppercut me in the chin. I was sent flying into the air and then a sharp pain entered my stomach. I laid on the ground and said "Stop! Mercy!" I curled up into a ball and covered my head. "Mercy is for the weak! I should kill you and eat your body but, since it's against the law, I won't. For now." Saladin said. He stood over me and nudged me in the back. "What are you waiting for? Kill me if you think your so big and mean!" I yelled. "I told you that it was against the law!" he said, kicking me. Saladin right now was acting like a bully, a big stronger bully than the human bullies. Saladin grabbed my shirt and hoisted me up and stood me up on my feet. But, he didn't let go of my shirt. I huffed and said "Please, let me go and I won't tell dad." "Fine. But, don't interfere with my operations." Saladin said, letting go of my shirt. I was curious at what he was doing even though he tried to kill me. "Can I come with you?" I asked. Saladin stared at me and said "Whatever, James, but if you interfere I will kill you." He began to walk off to the school and I followed like an obedient dog following it's master. I didn't know what was about to happen but, it was going to be bad.
We walked up to the school and I stopped. Kids were outside playing and they all looked happy. Kids were running around the schoolyard and playing basketball and other sports. Saladin walked into the school building and walked up to the ladies at the front desk. He grabbed a nearby painting and threw it at the ladies and it hit them. Then, Saladin hit the fire alarm and all the kids and staff members exited their classrooms. Saladin had a fierce look on his face and threw a huge fireball at the kids. The unfortunate kids that were caught in the blast burned to death. Screams of horror and anguish filled the air. I stood dumbfounded outside and then a large explosion destroyed the building. In the ruins, I could make out a figure standing with a girl in his hands. Saladin. He ran towards and past me yelling "Come boy!" I followed and I looked back. Ambulances and Fire trucks filled the scene. We hurriedly got to the forest and Saladin sat down with the girl in his lap. "Call all the monsters to the stadium and bring the elders, too." Saladin said. I felt tears running down my face and said "You didn't have to kill all those kids." Saladin got pissed and said "They were eventually gonna die anyways. So, why don't start now at killing?" I was shocked and I ran to get the elders to tell them what Saladin did.
I finally got their attention and told my long story about what happened. "Interesting. That's the first time that happened. What shall we do Elders?" Elder May asked. "Put him in the stadium and we will have the nation decide. And bring the child, too." Elder Jason said. Everyone disappeared and then a long high pitched whistle sounded through the air. I went to the stadium in the woods, hidden from humans and stood at the top of the tower. Saladin and the girl were in the center and Saladin was smiling. I felt a lot of anger and yelled "Traitor!" Saladin looked up at me and motioned for me to stand next to him. I did. The girl was almost dead and unconscious. She looked peaceful. Elder May silenced everyone and said "Saladin has done something no other would do and we want to know if he should be praised or exiled? Saladin, state why you kidnapped that girl." Saladin smiled at said "I wanted to bring the monsters up on the food pyramid. I also want to establish new order to this world of ours." I held in my anger and everyone in the stadium chanted " Praise! Praise!" Saladin held up the girl over his head and yelled in pride "Humans have just went to the bottom of the pyramid!" The girl woke up and looked down at Saladin and screamed. Saladin threw her to the ground and said to her "Your mine now, Sarah." Sarah looked up at him and tears fell from her eyes. She closed them and looked down, away from her threat. Saladin looked at me and said "Isn't this glorious?" I looked down at Sarah and then at Saladin. Everything went in slow motion for me and I just wanted it to stop. "This isn't glorious. How can you keep a human and take her away from those who love and care for her? Your sick and so is everyone else who admires this shit!" I yelled. Everyone went silent and all eyes were on me. The elders silently whispered to themselves and I stood there. I pointed at Sarah and said "What if this was you? If you won't new world laws then you can fucking have them! She belongs to no one, only to herself and her God. Leave her and the other humans alone! You're a sick monster Saladin!" Saladin's rage boiled over and he yelled "Why should we live in the shadows when humans can walk freely? That isn't fair to all of us!" "Why can't we meet with their president and make an agreement? Maybe that'll solve that!" I yelled. Everyone gasped as I said that and I didn't care. Sarah slowly stood up and hid behind me. She hugged me around the waist and Saladin growled. "Stupid human lover! If I was in charge, I would have you killed!" Saladin said. Then, he pointed at Sarah and yelled "That thing should be imprisoned and left to starve." I slowly shook my head and looked up at the elders. Elder Jason said "I think we should exile Saladin and do what James said to do. And that's the end of the Statements." Saladin completely lost his wits an ran at me, his eyes blank with rage. He swung as hard as he could at me and Sarah. We both fell to the ground and our bodies laid there. Saladin had killed us both with one swing. It was in slow motion the way we were hit and fell. Saladin smashed in both our skulls and that smashed our brains like jelly. Blood trickled from out of our noses and mouth. It pooled around us and everyone was scared. My body was draped over Sarah's. Saladin looked down at our dead bodies and said "That's what you get for loving a human." Mine and Sarah's spirits rose up from the dead bodies and we watched Saladin and the others stare at our dead bodies. Every thing began to fade and I said "We're going to a better place now." Sarah looked at me and said "I don't think as you as a monster just that you are …different."
I sadly grabbed Sarah's outstretched hand and held it tight. Everything faded away and peace came to our minds and we were both happy to know we were going to a better place. And here we are up in heaven looking down at the scene. Our bodies were so dead looking and Saladin was dragged away by 17 men. We heard his voice low and husky yelling "STUPID HUMAN LOVER!" I shook my head and an angel came to us. He looked down with us and said "Don't fear that man will go to hell for this. My name is Tyreal, by the way." the angel said. Sarah and I looked up at him. His face was hidden but we felt a warm smile and his wings were so beautiful. "Your wings. Their better than mine by the looks of it." I said. My leathery wings spread out and fluttered. Tyreal looked at me and then at Sarah and said "Your leathery wings can be replaced if you want." I smiled and said "Thanks. How is that done?" Tyreal waved his hand and my leathery wings turned to feathers and Sarah grew wings, too. Sarah looked happy but, her aura didn't feel happy. "I wasn't suppose to die. I'm only 14 years old!" Sarah said, gazing down at our dead bodies. I watched as Saladin was thrown into prison. I sat down and looked around Heaven. "How big is this place?" I asked. "It's big enough to hold a lot of people and beyond." Tyreal said. "No fair! Why can't they kill him?" Sarah asked. I remember what Saladin said about law and he broke it. I looked up at Sarah and said "They can't because he'll never leave them alone about breaking the laws even though he will be dead. Saladin is a hard headed idiot who just doesn't know the meaning of stop." Sarah smiled at me and I was happy to see her smile. Tyreal looked at both of us and said "I'll ask around if you can be resurrected from the dead." We both smiled and said "Thank You." Tyreal flew away and Me and Sarah were left alone in our Heaven. What will dad do? I stood up and said "I'll tell you why Saladin did that. Kidnapping I mean. He did it because I think because he loved you. Do you think he did that to get closer to you?" "I never had anyone kidnap me before because they loved me. I don't know but, we'll find out soon enough." Sarah said. Tyreal came back and said "You are allowed to be resurrected but. It'll be your only chance to get things right." Tyreal snapped his fingers and we both blacked out and then, we woke up in our own bodies. I sat up and looked around. I was in a casket and everyone was shocked to see me sitting up and I quickly got out and ran for the jail. Sarah was close behind following me. I wanted to know a whole bunch of shit that Saladin caused.
We finally got to the jail and sure enough there was Saladin in a jail cell bound by chains and had a sorrowful look on his face when he saw Sarah. "Sarah, your alive? How?" Saladin asked. Sarah looked at him and said "That's not important now. Why'd you do it?" she asked. I know that Saladin was like a rock but, when Sarah asked that question he eroded abit and he broke down crying. I never seen anyone cry not even my dad. But, this was great for me. "I did it because I love you, child!" Saladin said through tears. "Really? You love me? Why didn't just say so instead of kidnapping me?" Sarah said. Saladin lowered his head and continued on crying. I looked around and said "Saladin, you know your going to hell when you die for killing us." Saladin looked up at me a growled the longest, deepest growl I ever heard. I backed up a few steps and said "Sorry." Sarah didn't look scared anymore and she must of grew courage in her. Sarah sat in a nearby chair and just watched Saladin slowly rock back and forth. A guard came in and Sarah asked "Can I go in there with him?" The guard stared at Sarah and said "Sure?" He got out his keys and threw them at Sarah. Sarah found the right key and opened up the cell and went in. She kneeled besides Saladin and held his face with her hands. He smiled and the cell door closed itself and locked tightly. Saladin's chains unraveled themselves and he grabbed Sarah and bit down on her neck. "SARAH!" I yelled, trying to pull open up the cell. It wouldn't budge and I fell to my knees and thought of one thing to do to free Sarah. Kill Saladin. I grabbed a gun on the guard's uniform and aimed for Saladin's head. I pulled the trigger and the sound exploded out of the barrel and Saladin's head exploded and his dead body fell to the ground. Sarah just stood there stunned and then Saladin's spirit clawed at me through the bars. I fell to the ground and cried in pain. The scratch marks hurt like hell. Sarah slowly walked through the bars and fell to the ground, dead. "NOOO!" I yelled. I felt faint and dizzy. The world spun around me and I couldn't stop it. I saw Saladin and Sarah's spirits hug each other and fade away. I curled up into a ball on the ground and couldn't help but cry. The guard walked over to me and said "Hey, kid. Your dad's here." I didn't look up and my dad came in and sat next to me. I was expecting him to beat the shit out of me for crying over a human but, he didn't. He sung a sweet low hymn that I didn't know what it was. I looked up at my dad and then stood up to walk out but, something stopped me. I had to look at the dead bodies of Sarah and Saladin. They looked so scared and afraid. My dad stood up, too, and looked at me and then the dead bodies. "So, umm the elders are gonna make a treaty with the humans and everything's going to be fine, I guess." Father said. I began walking out and I heard Sarah's voice calling out to me but, I didn't want to listen to her or Saladin's screams of rage. I ran through the forest and ran to the forest's river that ran through it. I saw my reflection on the river's surface and threw a rock into the river to make that reflection disappear.
I huffed and kicked up some dirt and began to think hard about that decision. Will it make everyone happy? Or will it prove fatal to everyone? A sweet harmony of birds and the flowing river filled the sad air and slowly I began to walk home. Jake appeared next to me and asked "What happened Jamie?" "Stop calling me Jamie it's James. And nothing happened so, leave me alone, Mrs. Piggy." I said. Jake growled at me and I knocked him in the face, which made him even more mad at me, but I truly didn't care. I was really mad at Saladin for causing this whole mess but, I couldn't go back in time to fix this mess. Or could I? I got a brilliant idea and ran towards the elder's palace. Hopefully they would be there to help me. As I got there I heard them talking about something so, I hid behind a desk and listened. Elder Jason was saying something in a different tongue that I didn't know he could speak. All of the elders were talking weird and I couldn't understand until I heard some random person say "So, we're using the humans huh?" Oh crap. I slowly backed up only to back up into a guard that looked like he'd been eating kids for breakfast. He grabbed my shirt and yanked me up into the air and said "Sirs, I found this hiding behind the desk." The elders looked at me and then they just went back to talking. So, I guessed that meant for the guard to do away with me and throw me in prison till they could get to me. Instead, the guard told me to sit in the desk and wait till they were finished talking about whatever. I tried to figure out what they were saying but, the damn guard was breathing down my neck and always had his eyes on me. He gave me the super creeps and I tried to ignore his stares.
After a long while of boredom, the elders finally got done talking and they turned their attention to me. "Why were you hiding behind that there desk and listening onto our conversation?" elder Jason asked. "I was on my way to the this place anyways to ask you a question about going back in time to stop this from happening." I said. Elder Jason rubbed his beard and looked at the other elders and said "Time traveling? That sounds possible but, there's one thing wrong with that. We haven't invented time traveling yet." "Do you have a spell for it?" I asked, hopeful that there was a spell like that. Elder Jason looked at elder May and said "Is there?" Elder May looked through an old tome and said "Yes, but it'll only work once and it only lasts an hour." I stood up and said "I'll take that risk. I just want everything to go back to normal." I walked up to the elders and waited for their answer. "Fine, I'll gather up the ingredients but, if you screw up, there's no turning back. I hope you realize that, James." Elder May said. My happiness overflowed and I hugged elder May. "Thank you!" I yelled in happiness. Elder May had a very what-the-hell? Look on her face. I let go and said in a calm manor "Thank you for helping me Elder May. How can I help you?" Elder May fixed her dress and said "You can retrieve the ingredients for the potion." Elder May got the big tome and began reading it and she looked very sad as she got to the end of the page. "What?" I asked. "Well, there's this special ingredient that I'm afraid we might not be able to get." said Elder May. "What is it?" I asked, getting alittle bit annoyed. "It's human soul. A pure one at that but, with today's standards there's only one, his name is like yours James but, he isn't like you. Go get him and get his soul and bring it back to us." Elder May said. "How can I get his soul?" I asked. Elder Jason held up a long sword and handed it to me. "Stab him through the heart and his soul will magically be bind to this sword." he said. I grabbed the sword and put it in one of my belt loops and went of to find this James guy. I walked through the forest and Jake followed me. "Where are you going to?" he asked. "No where." I said. "Well, your walking and your going in a direction so, your going some where and why do you have a sword? And how come Dad didn't beat the shit out of you yet?" Jake asked. I got annoyed and sprouted my wings and flew high in the sky just to get away from him. The sound of wind whistling in my ear helped my concentrate and I just enjoyed the flight till Jake flew up next to me and punched me, causing me to fall abit. "HEY! What was that for?" I yelled. "For not telling me where your going." Jake said. I flew up as high as I could and ignored Jake yelling at me for flying so high. I just laughed at him and said to him "Fuck you!"
