Chapter 8- He Gained my Trust
As I walked out, I noticed that the strange blonde man wasn't there anymore. "Weird.." I thought to myself. I began to walk like a normal person back home. No one was outside at the moment. Everyone is still inside of Smack N' Shack cleaning. So it was only me who was walking around. I still felt odd. It wasn't the same feeling that I had earlier. It's the type of feeling that I felt as if I was in trouble. I began to slow down a little but more as I walked, and then suddenly, "Where do you think you're going?" A strange voice has said. I frozen right at the spot to those words. It sounded dangerous and threat like, it sounded like a teenage man was speaking to me. I turned around and I see a man with red-like hair. His eyes were yellow and he had a black robe on with symbols all over it. "Wh-Who a-are you?" I asked shaking in fear. "I'm Elliot Jackson. I am an assassin angel. You don't have to introduce me to yourself. I know who you are, exactly. You're Amy Castello, the princess of hell." Elliot said. He takes steps closer to me. I couldn't stop shaking in fear that I fell back attempting to try to run. I couldn't move cause I was frozen! I couldn't stop shaking in fear, every step he took made my heart beat grow stronger and stronger. "Since that petty little James couldn't do the job right, I guess I have no other choice but to kill you myself!" Elliot said. As he stood against me, face to face, he looked at me with a shock look. "Impossible! How do you have the looks of someone who is pure when you worship the devil?" Elliot said with a shock look. He pulled out a large sword, "guess I still have no other choice though!" Elliot said. "What do you want from me?!" I squealed, shaking in fear. "Silence!" Elliot screams as he raised his hand. He smacked me as hard as he could across my face. I felt myself fall to the ground, holding my cheek. I felt it inflammating from such pain from one little smack. "I don't want to hurt you," Elliot said, "but it's my job." He continues. He raised his sword in the air as I was still lying down, I look up and he looked at me with a scary face. I was still frozen that I could barely move! "You're end is here!" Elliot says, as he threw the sword downward, I felt time slowing down. I closed my eyes tightly shut, prepared for whats about to happen. I couldn't believe that I was about to die at this exact spot, over something I didn't have any control of! At the last second, I knew that it was coming, and then I heard something as if it was groaning in pain, but it wasn't me. I slowly opened my eyes and I see Elliot on his hands and knees as he dropped the sword. "James?!" Elliot said with a shocked face. I turned around and I see James standing there, holding out one arm as if he was controlling Elliot. "Well, well, well, if it isn't Elliot." James said with a cheeky voice, "what do you think you're doing?!" Elliot yelled. "What I'm doing is protecting Amy. I can't possibly let anyone harm her. You wouldn't understand even if explained it to you." James said. James looks at me with these emerald green eyes. I still laid there, shaking in fear. I couldn't say a single word at all. "Amy," James said with a smile, I felt my face heat up a bit as he said my name with such a gentle tone. I look straight into his eyes as he spoke, "close your eyes. I wouldn't want you to see this." James said with a smile. As I closed my eyes, I heard Elliot scream "you traitor!" at the top of his lungs. After he said that, I could hear bones cackling and Elliot screaming in agony. I kept shutting my eyes tighter and tighter as he was screaming even more. I began to get more scared just by the sound of it. I couldn't take anymore gruesome noises! I began to panic and I took my hands and cuffed them over my ears tightly, and then I heard a large intense, nasty snap that has echoed. Then it went dead silent. I removed my hand from my ears, afraid to open my eyes. "You can open your eyes now." James said. I slowly opened my eyes and looked around. I see James pick up Elliot's sword, "it's a shame that I had to get rid of you." James said. He looked as thought he was sad that he did it, but he didn't look like he regretted murdering Elliot. I look over and I see Elliot's lifeless body. His limbs were twisted and some bones were twisted at some areas where it shouldn't be twisted at. His back looks as if a monster grabbed him and kneed him in half, just as simple as breaking a twig in half. I shaked in fear knowing that he was dead. I looked at James who kept starring at Elliot's sword. He began walking towards me and I was still frozen. I kept blinking nonstop, and he got closer and closer everything I blinked. I couldn't stop shaking in fear after that horrible moment. He held out one hand and I leaned back a little, gasping in fear. "Are you okay?" James said as he still held out his hand. I began to regain my strength as he spoke with me with his gentle voice. I looked at his hand and looked at him, giving him a glare. "I can get up myself!" I said, as I got up. "Why did you save me?" I asked, James looked away blushing a little bit on his cheeks. "Answer me! You we're suppose to assassinate me! Not save me, why did you save me? Why did you come for me to save me from Elliot?" I asked all confused, James still looked away blushing. "You wouldn't understand." James said, blushing more. "I don't know what has gotten into me. Even though I assassinated many people, and even murdered one of my own people, I can't hurt you. I know that you can be a good person. I just know." James said, without looking at me. "What are you trying to say?" I asked, I couldn't understand what was going on. He looks at with with his cheeks are red. He began to grin a little and looked straight at me with his green eyes. He got on one knee and bowed his head down to my feet. "What I'm trying to say is, I know you're a good person. I know you're not like the other princesses of hell. I know that you're being FORCED to worship that demon. But, I will never let a single living creature touch you or harm you. Since I know your true nature, I'll stand by your side and protect you till the end. I can't let such a beautiful woman go to waste over something she had no control of." James said with sincere. "Amy," James said looking up to me. His eyes turned golden yellow and his smile grew wider. "May I have permission to stand by your side and protect you till the end?" James said. He believes that I am truly a good person. He knows that I really am forced to worship the demon. I couldn't believe what was going on. I was be hunted down by James at first, but now he wants to protect me. "James.." I said, completely speechless. "I won't leave you out of my sight, no matter what." James said. My heart began to race faster. I felt my face heat up and I felt a strange feeling that I have never experienced before. My heart was pounding like crazy, and my hands were shaking. It wasn't fear or anything like that. He still looked at me with these golden eyes, waiting for my reply. I took a deep breath and looked straight at him, "Okay." I said, James looked at with such a generous look and a amazing smile. He got up and looked around. "It's extremely dark. It's too dark for you to even go home. Lillie will freak out if you came home this late. It's best that we find a place to stay at for the night. And then we'll try to find out a excuse. We could say that Andrew wanted you to take a night shift." James said. "How do you know about my job and my mom?" I asked. James jumped a little as if he gave away something that he shouldn't of have. "That's not something to worry about now. Come with me." James said as he grabbed my hand. We began to walk towards a street where I have never been at before.