Chapter 7
Bob walked around the cave nervously and Aiden let him. As long as he had control of Bob's skull, he had control of Bob. He could not get away.
"Harry will never give you that Relic. Even if he did find it, you wouldn't get it so you might as well just let me go."
Aiden looked up at the ghost and sneered. "If he knows what's good for the people and ghosts he cares about he better."
Bob shook his head. "He won't do it." Aiden didn't answer him.
"How do you expect him to do anything without his wizard's tools. Those demons will kill him and you'll never get what you want."
"I'll get what I want ghost or else."
"You need to give him his tools." Bob tried to reason with the dark wizard but he knew Aiden and it wouldn't do any good. "How did you get free anyway. Last I checked you were trapped in a void."
"I got out, that is all you need to know and when I get the crown, all those that had a part in trapping me will pay. I'll be all powerful. No one will be able to defeat me."
"Harry won't give you the crown. He'll destroy it first."
"If he does then I'll destroy you and everyone he cares about." Bob shook his head. He knew there was no use reasoning with the man. He was drunk with power, always had been, and there was no talking to him.
In the warehouse, Harry was sitting in the chair in the middle of the room and the bigger of the two demon's was pacing before him like a tiger in a cage. Harry figured out that this must be the leader of the little group that was all over the room. When he was first brought in, he saw two, but now there was at least six or seven, all pissed and all looking at Harry like they could rip him to shreds. This day was getting better and better, he thought sarcastically.
Not only that but his head continued to pound and there was a heaviness on his chest that felt like bricks.
The leader of the demons walked up to him and hit him hard in the face.
"What the hell did you do that for," said Harry and was knocked out of the chair. He was jerked back to his feet and shoved down into the chair and the leader glared down at him like he'd just committed the unpardonable sin.
"I told you that you were not aloud to speak."
Harry swallowed hard and closed his mouth once again. He felt blood from what he figured was a busted lip and wiped it off with the back of his hand.
"Now that's better." He looked at Harry in disgust. "I should just kill you, you know that?" The demon sighed. "My name is Damon, wizard and you're in a world of trouble."
"So what else is knew," he thought. It was the story of his life. He rubbed his neck where he had been knocked out of the chair. It, on top of everything else, was also beginning to hurt. He looked up at the demon standing before him. The others was forming a circle around him. "Shit," he thought.
"I've heard a rumor wizard." Harry looked up into Damon's face. He wanted so much to tell him off, but he didn't need to get beat half to death or he'd never get out of there. He held his tongue.
"I heard that you are looking for a particular item." He looked down at Harry angrily. "Is it true?"
He decided to play dumb. "I..don't know...what you mean." He braced for the hit but it didn't come. After all, Damon did ask him a question did he not. "I don't know what you're talking about."
"Of course you do. The crown is a treasure. Whoever has it, has power beyond belief. That power is almost unstoppable. Why do you want it?" Harry decided not to answer. He didn't want to give the demons too much information. Damon just grinned. "I'll tell you what wizard, you find the crown and bring it to me, and I'll let you live. I want even torture you that much. What do you say?"
Harry shook his head. Ok so this wasn't the demon that had it. That was just great, he thought angrily. "If they didn't have it then who the hell did. Aiden said that a demon had it. Harry knew there was many demons and trying to find the right one was going to be like looking for a needle in a haystack. He looked up at Damon and decided that he still was going to play dumb. He already had Aiden threatening him, he didn't need anybody else. "I don't..."
Damon screamed at him angrily. "Don't lie to me wizard!"
"I'm not lying. I don't know what you're talkiing about." Damon sneered at him and looked at those with him. Harry closed his eyes and with a burst of energy yelled, "Ventrio!" A blue light shot out from Harry and lit up the room. It knocked all the demon's back. Harry jumped to his feet and ran like hell. He had to get out of there. He knew that Damon wasn't going to be to happy when his head cleared. He ran for the door, but before he reached it, Damon lifted a hand and a burst of energy hit Harry in the back and knocked him into the wall. He crumpled to the ground and the other demons surrounded him. He was stunned but tried to speak the word again that would knock them back, but before he could he was hit across the face and almost lost consciousness.
Damon instructed those with him to pick him up. They did as they were told and jerked Harry to his feet, holding him between them. Damon got in his face. "Find the crown and bring it to me, or else." He nodded and the other's threw him out into the alley way. He got to his feet and ran. He had to get to his apartment and find out who had the Relic.
