Those piercing red eyes glued Mai to the spot, they scared her, even if she was fused with a demon she would have been scared. She felt the demon inside of her freeze up as well, it was also scared.
"Mai, we can't fight this thing alone, it's too dangerous," the black eyes came back to Mai's side, trying to talk her out of it.
"I don't care, Oliver's in trouble and the others can't get here yet," she spoke back. Closing her eyes, Mai pushed the door shut behind her, and when she opened them, those red eyes were staring into her brown ones.
Slowly the figure began to take a more solid appearance; its hand reached into the air and came down on Mai, flinging her across the room. Mai screamed as she hit the wall, groaning as she fell to the ground.
SPR looked up, Mai's scream had reached their ears and now they were worried.
"We have to do something," Ayako spoke up.
"We can't go through there," John stated as he grabbed Ayako's hand, trying to stop her.
"We don't need to," the team turned to Lin. "There's a door here, look at the wall," he explained. SPR ran to him and looked at the wall, indeed there was a door shaped appearance to it.
Monk placed his hand on it and slowly pushed it in, a small clicking noise came and the door flew open the other way. John pulled Masako out of the way, quickly enough to she avoided getting hit with by it.
"We're going down," Monk ordered, it was the only thing they could do. No one disagreed with him; they all silently followed him into the darkness.
"You aren't going to leave this place, I won't let you," Mai spoke as her eyes began to glow a black colour, her hands became surrounded by the same darkness as she flung it towards the demon, who, in turn, dodged it.
Mai growled, she was pissed, no one attacked her and no one flung her into a god damned wall!
"I'm surprised at you, little girl," the voice spat, Mai glared at being called a 'little girl'. "Here I thought you were here to save you friend, but you haven't even checked to see if he is still breathing," Mai looked from the eyes to Naru's lifeless body. No movement since she had gotten into the room.
Quickly, Mai ran over to his body, ignoring the eyes as they watched her.
"Mai, you're not thinking right!" the eyes appeared next to her again. "If you touch him with the darkness he'll become consumed by it, fight this demon first and then check on him."
Mai's hands hovered above Naru's body as she tried her hardest to think of what to do. Her bond was weakening and this demon was tough, her friends couldn't get there and Naru would be dead by the end of it.
"Mai!" the voice yelled, Mai's eyes snapped wide open as she stood back to her feet. A sharp pain in her back told her she had just been hit by something.
She turned on her heel and flung the darkness at the demon, surrounding him in it. The demon fought and fought as it screamed in pain. Mai began chanting as she tried her hardest to concentrate, but all she could think of was Naru.
"Stupid love, go away!" Mai heard the voice yell in her mind. "Mai," Mai looked to her left, the eyes were back. "Look, you're not concentrating enough, your feelings for this guy are returning and they're taking over you mind, push them away," they ordered.
"Don't you think I'm trying?!" Mai almost screamed. A load roar came; the darkness surrounding the demon flew to each corner of the room then returned to Mai's hands.
"Shouldn't have done that," the demon hissed as it charged at Mai, claws pointing to her stomach.
Mai held her hands out, ready to create a barrier, but the darkness felt her hands, disappearing back into her body.
"What?" and then, there was nothing but pain, pain in every inch of her body. Mai gasped, blood spluttered out of her mouth as the demon removed it claws.
It smirked at her, licking the blood from its fingers then threw her into another wall. Mai glared as she stood back to her feet, she tried to create the darkness again, but the only thing that came into her mind was SPR and Naru and Lin.
"Mai, it's too late," a voice whispered inside her head, it was getting weaker and weaker with each word.
"It can't be," Mai whispered back as she held a hand over her stomach. She looked at the demon that stood there. If it charged once more, then Mai was done for and Naru would die.
"You can't save him," the demon laughed as he charged at Mai again. Mai closed her eyes, giving in and waiting for the attack to hit her.
But a loud whistling sound caught her ears, the demon hunched over in pain as white ghosts flew around it.
"Mai!" Mai looked up, Monk and the others ran to her. Lin rushed to Naru's side on the floor, ignoring the blood that would stain his trousers.
"What to do we do?" Monk asked, Mai fell to her knees.
"It's gone, the bond's gone, I can't do anything," she answered, tears escaped Mai's eyes as she looked over at Naru and Lin. Lin's face became increasingly worried as he began CPR on his best friend.
"Mai, what do you mean the bond's gone?" Ayako asked as she knelt down next to her. Mai cried harder.
"I let Gene out from where he was trapped and it released everything else, the bond I had with the demon's gone, I can't beat this thing," Ayako looked at the girl, she was a scared child, like she had been before.
"Our father, who art in heaven, hallowed by thy name," John began chanting as he spread holy water about the place. Lin's shiki returned to him as the demon fought them off.
Monk and Lin began their chants as they tried to get rid of the demon, but all they heard was a maniacal laugh. And then pain emitted throughout parts of their body, they had all been struck by the demon.
"No!" Mai yelled as she stood back to her feet, the darkness in cased her hands once more as she glared at the demon.
"I won't let you hurt my friends," she growled, the darkness soon enveloped her body and started shooting off into different places of the room. The demon attacked her, Mai bled, but she didn't fall down, she didn't flinch.
The darkness soon surrounded the room, surrounded Mai's friends, including Lin and Naru. Monk looked at everyone else and nodded his head. They all stood to their feet at the same time, Lin joining them.
"I will never, ever let demon scum like you; walk on this earth, ever! You're nothing, you're just a spirit that's turned evil and for that, we will send you back where you came from!" Mai called, the darkness started surrounding the demon who tried to fight it off.
It clawed and scratched at the darkness, trying to part it and escape from it, but nothing helped. The demon was surrounded and soon, charged at Mai. The SPR team watched in horror as Mai didn't try to defend herself.
Instead, she held her hand out and gripped the demon by the throat, throwing it back into the wall. The darkness acted as hands and held it there in place. Mai slowly opened her mouth and the words she spoke, were ones Lin had never heard before.
"I cast you out, unclean spirit, along with every Satanic power of the enemy, every spectre from hell, and all your fell companions; in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ," Mai had started off an exorcism she knew would be strong enough to weaken the demon and then drive it away finally.
"Begone and stay far from this creature of God. For it is He who commands you, He who flung you headlong from the heights of heaven into the depths of hell," Monk continued, allowing his body to be drained of some of his energy in order to help Mai with the final blow.
"It is He who commands you, He who once stilled the sea and the wind and the storm. Hearken, therefore, and tremble in fear, Satan, you enemy of the faith, you foe of the human race, you begetter of death, you robber of life, you corrupter of justice, you root of all evil and vice; seducer of men, betrayer of the nations, instigator of envy, font of avarice, fomentor of discord, author of pain and sorrow," Masako glared at the demon as she spoke the words, her energy had barely left her body, but she knew Mai had taken some.
"Why, then, do you stand and resist, knowing as you must that Christ the Lord brings your plans to nothing? Fear Him, who in Isaac was offered in sacrifice, in Joseph sold into bondage, slain as the paschal lamb, crucified as man, yet triumphed over the powers of hell," Ayako spoke up, her voice trembled as she spoke the words, not liking what would happen next. She had seen Mai do this once before and the end result was not pretty.
"Begone, then, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Give place to the Holy Spirit by this sign of the holy cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with the Father and the Holy Spirit, God, forever and ever, ahem," John finished the exorcism, his energy also being drained, Lin felt a slight pain within his chest where Mai had taken some from him also.
The demon had been weakened; it stopped struggling in the darkness that held it. The darkness surrounding SPR suddenly vanished and Mai walked closer and closer to the demon.
Her eyes had turned black and her body was devoured by the darkness, all that could have been seen were her hands, which reached out and wrapped themselves around the demons next.
The darkness then surrounded the both of them. Mai hissed as the darkness went from her to the demon and the demon soon began to vanish, disappearing.
It was pain, she had to admit, but it was worth it if it got rid of this demon. Mai screamed, her insides felt like they were being ripped out of her and her heart began beating fast, trying to keep up with her body, but it couldn't.
SPR watched in shock as the darkness began to fade, the demon had gone, Mai stood strong and tall, or so they thought. She suddenly collapsed onto the floor, Monk and the others ran to her side.
Ayako held her in her arms and felt for a pulse, it wasn't there. She began performing CPR but that was no help.
"Lin, get Naru, we have to go now!" Monk ordered, his voice was frantic and he tried his hardest to calm down. John reached for his cell phone and rang the doctor to come to the hospital to help them.
Lin picked Naru up in his arms, while Monk took Mai. The ground began to shake as the rest of SPR stood to their feet.
"What's happening?" Masako asked.
"Everything's coming down," John answered. "We need to go now!" he added, SPR nodded as they began running out of the pit, Monk and Lin going first with the unconscious Naru and Mai.
"Why's it coming down?" Ayako asked, John looked behind them at the collapsing room.
"I guess it was made to the demon's standards, getting rid of the demon meant getting rid of any evidence in the hospital," he answered.
The team ran back to the original room as fast as they could. Lin and Monk made it out; they set Naru and Mai on the floor and quickly pulled Masako and Ayako out, Monk's hand reached for John just as the ceiling began to collapse on him.
Monk pulled him out of the room, but his leg remained caught under the dirt. John hissed, feeling his foot twist and feeling a pop. Ayako and Masako began digging in the dirt to get his foot out.
Monk pulled him back, looking at his foot, it was covered in dirt and bent in a position that no foot should ever go in. But John sighed nevertheless, he was glad they were all out of there.
Ayako and Masako laid on the floor, trying to regain their breath, Lin began feeling Naru's neck for a pulse, it was there, but faint, they needed help now. As Lin was about to speak the wall caught his eye.
"Look," he whispered, everyone turned to the wall, there was no longer a door, no longer a passed, it was just a wall.
"How?" Ayako asked, but no one knew.
Footsteps were heard along the corridor and soon a group of doctors rushed into the room. Three of them took Naru and three took Mai, a nurse walked in behind them and offered assistance to the others.
Monk helped John to his feet and slowly they walked away from the room. Leaving the experience with the demon behind them. Each one hoping to forget it once and for all.
*hides from people*
Ayako: Did you just?
Naru: You did not just….
Monk: I can't believe you just….
Masako: How could you just…?
John: Why did you just…?
Cast: WHY?!
I needed to put something in about Mai, anyway, hope everyone liked it; please do not kill me for anything in this chapter for I will probably scream because they're around to kill me.
Naru: If you do not review this story I will kill every single one of you!
Lin: Calm down, Naru
Naru: NO! SHE JUST-
*slaps Naru's mouth* NO SPOILERS! Anyway, hope everyone enjoyed it, please review and I shall see you soon.
Cast: REVIEW!