The One They Couldn't Beat Pt 2
Through out the entire walk home Daemona kept a close eyes on her friend. Sure, he looked okay and everything, but the other pre-teen kept wincing every few steps. "Do you just want me to call a cab or something?"She offered. Casey chuckled. "Good luck. Not even my dad can get a cab around here."He smirked. On a corner, he flat out walked into a wall. "Stupid glasses."He muttered, cursing the bit of wire and glass. "Are you sure---" "Dae?", "what is it Casey?", "I think I'm gonna hurl or pass out, which ever comes first!". Casey ran down and alley, and the gross sound of his throwing up shattered the quiet evening. Then a cough, and a soft thud with a crash. "Casey!" she cried.
Running down the alley, she tried her hardest not to look at the retch that was puddling from an overturned garbage can. "That's it. I'm calling the Ghoul Mobile."She muttered. Pressing a button on a remote control, it would be there soon. Crouching on the wet dirt next to Casey, his back was bleeding slighty again. Turning him in his side, he coughed slightly again.
Back at the house, Jericho was having similar problems with Kira. "Hey Kira, you okay?"He called, banging on the bathroom door. All he got was a coughed out, "No!". 'She ate the school's burriots again...'He mentally sighed. "I DID NOT!"She screamed. He smacked himself on the forehead. Suddenly, the computer went haywire, and Daemona's face filled the screen partailly. From the downward left corner, Jericho could see Casey propped up on Daemona. "We're coming back. Casey's gotten worse. How's Kira?"She asked. "Look for yourself."He sighed. He used his telekenisis to open the bathroom door, to reveal Kira bent over the toilet. "Jericho! If I wasn't about the upchuck again I'd kick you butt!"She cried. Closing the door again, Daemona could hear the noise of someone throwing up again. "Her too then. We're coming back."She announced. "You'd better hurry then!"The telekenitic groaned.
Daemona closed the line as the Ghoul Mobile came to a slow stop infront of her. Lugging Casey up, she groaned. "You've gotta stop eating all the fast food!" She groaned. Heaving him gently into the back seat, she climbed into the drivers seat. Sighing, she stared boardly at the wet pavement ahead as she drove on. 'What could be causing this? A Ghoul? Mabye a Demon...or what if it could be an Elemental? I mean, if he could cause the fire and leave everything untouched...he could be one...'She thought to herself. In the rearview mirror, she glanced slighty at Casey. 'Geez, when I get my hands on what ever did this to Kira and Casey, their as dead as done.'She grumbled to her head. Driving up to the front door, Jericho was there waiting. "Kira's stil in the bathroom."He murmered. "Gimmie a hand here Jericho. He's not as light as he looks!"She whispered harshly, not to wake up Casey. He went to use his telekenisis, but she grabbed his arm. "Don't even think about it buster. Your still lucky to be standing."She grinned. Sighing, he picked up one arm from underneath and Daemona took the other. "Now here comes the big problem. Getting him up the stairs." Jericho sighed angrilly. "Now you can use the telekenisis to open the door."She said. Jericho closed his eyes, and consentraited as hard as he could. Sweat beaded on his forehead, and his temples throbbed, and the door opened an inch before he fell to his knees with a groan. Holding his head with one hand, he let out a slow breath. "It really took alot outta you then huh."Daemona sighed as she helped him up with her free hand. Muttering curses softly, he kicked open the door and set to bringing Casey up the stairs.
After two flights of stairs, avoiding Daemona's parents, and several trips and falls and dings and dents, they arrived at the threshhold. Tapping the door with his foot, Kira opened the door, looking slightly pale. "Him too huh Dae...figured."She sighed. The other girl only nodded, "can we get him in now? My arms are starting to go numb.". Kira opened the door wider and placed Casey on his side. Kira walked over the small sofa. "What are we gonna do now? Casey and me can barely stand on our own, Jericho's too weak for his own good, and you don't have any kind of powers."Kira groaned. Her friend shook her head in abandon. "We've got to beat this thing, no matter what it takes. We've just got to get you all back to one hundred percent. And then we'll go and fight this thing."She confirmed. Jericho and Kira nodded in unison. "We'll fight this thing together then."Jericho said. Casey, who had just woken up laughed. "Let's do it."He smirked softly. Sitting up, he unsteaidly stood up, and fell backwards. "Oww..."He muttered as he landed on his back. "Geeze Casey...your gonna hurt yourself even worse than before."Jericho sighed as he righted his friend. Casey only grinned as he said, "I feel better than I did in that alley, I'll tell you that!". Daemona and Kira sighed as the phone rang again. "How much do you wanna bet..."The redhead trailed.
"Phantom Investagors."
"Do you know who this is?"
Daemona blanched as the set the phone on speaker.
"No."
"Let me give you a hint. I'm big, I'm black, and I'll be the end of this dimension."
The other three in the room only paled faster than Daemona did.
"That was three. Thanks for the hints. What do you want?"
"To destroy the only four humans standing in my way of taking over this dimension."
"How lovely."
"Come to 5th street at one thirty tomorrow morning. Sharp."
"Right."
"Farewell Phantom Investagators."
As Daemona hung up the phone she fell her her knees. "He said meet him on 5th street tomorrow morning."She sighed. The other three nodded to eachother. "No time to go home, so we'll stay here."Kira said aloud. Jericho and Casey looked nervous at that. Daemona smirked. "Jericho, just call yor parents and say something like you sleeping in Casey's treehouse or something.". The boy nodded and dialed up his parents number as he walked into the bathroom. Kira laughed softly. "You do know his parents are New Agers...right?"She asked Daemona. When she shook her head, Casey laughed. "His parents raised him when they were Hippies. He lives in a Commune."He laughed. "I only knew that he lived IN a Commune! I didn't know his parents were Hippies."She shot back. "Mabye if we're quiet we can hear him!"Casey said. They remeaned as quiet as they could when they were almost bursting with laughter.
"Hi mom."
"Hi Jericho! What's up?"
"I won't be comming home tonight."
"Why? Dad's making his herbal tea for dinner tonight!"
"Save me some. I'm sleeping over a friends house out in their treehouse."
"Groovy! Fianally, your really starting to feel the groove of forest...have fun!"
"Yeah mom, be home tomorrow."
"Okay Jericho. Night."
"Bye mom."
When Jericho walked out of the bathroom, he was faced with three neaqrly hysterical friends. "G-groove of the forest?!"Kira burst out as she laughed. "Herb-bal tea?"Daemona asked. Casey only remeaind on Daemona's bed, his pale face bright red with holding in his laughter. "So my mom's a hippie. Big whoop."He grinned. Daemona only laughed once more before calling down, "mom! Kira's sleeping over!", "okay dear!". Once she retracted her head from the door, she nodded, "all clear.". Walking over to her closet, she rummaged through her Grandmothers' occult books, and pulled out three inflatable matresses and a bike pump. "This might take while."She confirmed.
Two hours and several laughes and failed attempts later, all three matresses were full. Daemona's sides hurt from laughing so hard as Jericho's attempts. The first was when the pump wouldn't go down, he stood ontop of Daemona's bookcase, and jumped. All he got was a sore butt and the pump went flying. Then he tried the pump upside down and then it shot up and cracked him in the chin. After that he gave up. Kira smriked as she sat cross legged on Daemonas' bed next to Casey, who was now able to sit up. He too was bright red from laughing. "You okay Jericho?"He fianally asked. The redhead nodded and rubbed his sore rear end. "Next time we do this, Casey's shifting into a pump or something."He resolved. "Are you gonna jump on him too?"Daemona asked him. Jericho only rolled his eyes. "Kira, you take the bed by the bathroom, Jericho, you take the one by my bed, and I'll take the one in the middle. Casey, you can use my bed since your already up there."Daemona sighed as she wiped her eyes. The other three nodded and set to removing their shoes. "Casey, what are you going to do with your glasses? Their cracked."Kira observed as he took them off. Taking the cracked glasses from him, she turned them over in her hands. "Your dad's gonna have a cow."She muttered. The boy shook his head, "I doubt he'll notice. He's not home that much."He admitted. "Oh yeah! Your dad's a teacher at the Junior High isn't he. But they don't get out untill late...Your dad isn't home much...is he?"Kira asked. Well THAT question was a flat statement. Casey nodded in his vision impared state, and flopped down on his stomache. "It's okay. I mean yeah, I get followed by the bullies and stuff, but they know their parents'll kill them if my dad flunks them, so they don't do anything really."He sighed. "What do you mean 'they don't do anything really.'."Kira asked him. "They take my lunch, give me swirlies, take my glasses, stupid stuff you know."He responded. Kira shook her head. "No, Casey, we DON'T know. How come you didn't tell us about this?"She asked him. Daemona and Jericho's attention had gotta pricked up when the convorsation had started. "What's going on?"Daemona fianally asked her. "Casey's letting himself get taken advantage of in school!"Kira burst out. Jericho looked at him oddly and Daemona arched an eyebrow. "They pick on you when we're not around?"Daemona asked fianally. When Casey nodded, Kira nearly flipped. Taking him firmly by the shoulders she shook him once. "How come you never told us these kids were picking on you?! We could've stopped it!"She cried. When Casey didn't respond, she shook him once more. "Casey tell me!"She said firmly. "Mabye he could talk if you stopped holding on so hard."Jericho pointed out. True to his word, her hands were gripping Casey's shoulders in a hold that could twist scrap metal. Letting go instantly, he rubbed his shoulders, grimacing. "Did I hurt you?"She asked him. Before he could answer, the phone rang once more.
"*yawn* Phantom Investators."
"It's back! The black thing is back!"
Daemona once more placed the phone on speaker.
"What do you mean the black thing is back?"
"It's on 5th! It's making all this water and fire come up everywhere!"
Jericho smacked his forehead with his palm. "Here we go again..."He sighed to himself. Kira checked Casey's shoulders, she had left marks. Joy. At the mention of water, Casey's face went vivid.
"We'll be there as soon as we can."
Daemona switched off the line. "Me and Kira'll go out the front, and you guys take the window.". Daemona glanced at the clock, ten thirty. "He's moving way to early."Daemona realized as she swapped her attire. As Kira and herself thudded down the stairs, the boys took Daemona's bedroom window. "Me and Kira are going out for a while mom! Be back soon!"She called. 'If we're lucky.'She thought. Running out the front door, they met the boys around back with Ghoul Mobile. Jericho had leaves in his hair and Casey had a few twigs. "You took from the window to the tree in the backyard?"Daemona asked. Jericho nodded moronicly. "Yup!"He declared. Rolling her blue eyes, Daemona climbed into the driverseat as Kira jumped up. "There's BLOOD on the seat!"She cried. Casey's hands felt the back of his shirt, "I'm bleeding again."He realized. 'No wonder I'm so dizzy...'He thought. With a swift wipe, the few crimson drops were off the seat and onto Casey's shirt sleeve. "Sorry."He sighed. Rubbing the painful marks from Kira's iron grip, he fell slowly back onto the seat. From where he was sitting, he could see Daemona's hands were shaking.
As Jericho climbed in on the passenger side, Daemona started the engine and started tward 5th. There was a certain jerkyness to her driving that night, and every few moments, the entire car would swerve. Jericho's eyes traveled over to Daemona, and found the source of the shaking. Daemona's hands were clenched onto the wheel, her pale hands shaking, the knuckles white. "Daemona? What's wrong?"He asked her. When she didn't respond, he took her by one shoulder. "Daemona talk to me. What's the matter. Your shaking."He pointed out. To his supirse, she shrugged him off. "Nothing's wrong. I'm fine."She responded. There was a certain point in her voice, was it fear? Was Daemona scared? "Daemona, I know you better than anyone. When your shaking, it's from two things: either your cold or your scared."Kira pointed out. "I'm just cold. The AC's on that's all."She said. Her right hand went to turn down the switch to find that it was already off. Shaking her head she suddenly had to swerve, knocked everyone off balance. Skidding to an abrupt stop, everyone had to take a moment to right themselves. "Geez Dae! Could you have turned any faster?!"Jericho cried out. With a single hand, Daemona pointed out. Infront of them, water and fire mixed mere two feet infront of the car. Then, the being from before landed with a thunk on the hood. "Welcome Phantom Invesagators. Welcome to my home."He grinned wickedly.
TBC...
Through out the entire walk home Daemona kept a close eyes on her friend. Sure, he looked okay and everything, but the other pre-teen kept wincing every few steps. "Do you just want me to call a cab or something?"She offered. Casey chuckled. "Good luck. Not even my dad can get a cab around here."He smirked. On a corner, he flat out walked into a wall. "Stupid glasses."He muttered, cursing the bit of wire and glass. "Are you sure---" "Dae?", "what is it Casey?", "I think I'm gonna hurl or pass out, which ever comes first!". Casey ran down and alley, and the gross sound of his throwing up shattered the quiet evening. Then a cough, and a soft thud with a crash. "Casey!" she cried.
Running down the alley, she tried her hardest not to look at the retch that was puddling from an overturned garbage can. "That's it. I'm calling the Ghoul Mobile."She muttered. Pressing a button on a remote control, it would be there soon. Crouching on the wet dirt next to Casey, his back was bleeding slighty again. Turning him in his side, he coughed slightly again.
Back at the house, Jericho was having similar problems with Kira. "Hey Kira, you okay?"He called, banging on the bathroom door. All he got was a coughed out, "No!". 'She ate the school's burriots again...'He mentally sighed. "I DID NOT!"She screamed. He smacked himself on the forehead. Suddenly, the computer went haywire, and Daemona's face filled the screen partailly. From the downward left corner, Jericho could see Casey propped up on Daemona. "We're coming back. Casey's gotten worse. How's Kira?"She asked. "Look for yourself."He sighed. He used his telekenisis to open the bathroom door, to reveal Kira bent over the toilet. "Jericho! If I wasn't about the upchuck again I'd kick you butt!"She cried. Closing the door again, Daemona could hear the noise of someone throwing up again. "Her too then. We're coming back."She announced. "You'd better hurry then!"The telekenitic groaned.
Daemona closed the line as the Ghoul Mobile came to a slow stop infront of her. Lugging Casey up, she groaned. "You've gotta stop eating all the fast food!" She groaned. Heaving him gently into the back seat, she climbed into the drivers seat. Sighing, she stared boardly at the wet pavement ahead as she drove on. 'What could be causing this? A Ghoul? Mabye a Demon...or what if it could be an Elemental? I mean, if he could cause the fire and leave everything untouched...he could be one...'She thought to herself. In the rearview mirror, she glanced slighty at Casey. 'Geez, when I get my hands on what ever did this to Kira and Casey, their as dead as done.'She grumbled to her head. Driving up to the front door, Jericho was there waiting. "Kira's stil in the bathroom."He murmered. "Gimmie a hand here Jericho. He's not as light as he looks!"She whispered harshly, not to wake up Casey. He went to use his telekenisis, but she grabbed his arm. "Don't even think about it buster. Your still lucky to be standing."She grinned. Sighing, he picked up one arm from underneath and Daemona took the other. "Now here comes the big problem. Getting him up the stairs." Jericho sighed angrilly. "Now you can use the telekenisis to open the door."She said. Jericho closed his eyes, and consentraited as hard as he could. Sweat beaded on his forehead, and his temples throbbed, and the door opened an inch before he fell to his knees with a groan. Holding his head with one hand, he let out a slow breath. "It really took alot outta you then huh."Daemona sighed as she helped him up with her free hand. Muttering curses softly, he kicked open the door and set to bringing Casey up the stairs.
After two flights of stairs, avoiding Daemona's parents, and several trips and falls and dings and dents, they arrived at the threshhold. Tapping the door with his foot, Kira opened the door, looking slightly pale. "Him too huh Dae...figured."She sighed. The other girl only nodded, "can we get him in now? My arms are starting to go numb.". Kira opened the door wider and placed Casey on his side. Kira walked over the small sofa. "What are we gonna do now? Casey and me can barely stand on our own, Jericho's too weak for his own good, and you don't have any kind of powers."Kira groaned. Her friend shook her head in abandon. "We've got to beat this thing, no matter what it takes. We've just got to get you all back to one hundred percent. And then we'll go and fight this thing."She confirmed. Jericho and Kira nodded in unison. "We'll fight this thing together then."Jericho said. Casey, who had just woken up laughed. "Let's do it."He smirked softly. Sitting up, he unsteaidly stood up, and fell backwards. "Oww..."He muttered as he landed on his back. "Geeze Casey...your gonna hurt yourself even worse than before."Jericho sighed as he righted his friend. Casey only grinned as he said, "I feel better than I did in that alley, I'll tell you that!". Daemona and Kira sighed as the phone rang again. "How much do you wanna bet..."The redhead trailed.
"Phantom Investagors."
"Do you know who this is?"
Daemona blanched as the set the phone on speaker.
"No."
"Let me give you a hint. I'm big, I'm black, and I'll be the end of this dimension."
The other three in the room only paled faster than Daemona did.
"That was three. Thanks for the hints. What do you want?"
"To destroy the only four humans standing in my way of taking over this dimension."
"How lovely."
"Come to 5th street at one thirty tomorrow morning. Sharp."
"Right."
"Farewell Phantom Investagators."
As Daemona hung up the phone she fell her her knees. "He said meet him on 5th street tomorrow morning."She sighed. The other three nodded to eachother. "No time to go home, so we'll stay here."Kira said aloud. Jericho and Casey looked nervous at that. Daemona smirked. "Jericho, just call yor parents and say something like you sleeping in Casey's treehouse or something.". The boy nodded and dialed up his parents number as he walked into the bathroom. Kira laughed softly. "You do know his parents are New Agers...right?"She asked Daemona. When she shook her head, Casey laughed. "His parents raised him when they were Hippies. He lives in a Commune."He laughed. "I only knew that he lived IN a Commune! I didn't know his parents were Hippies."She shot back. "Mabye if we're quiet we can hear him!"Casey said. They remeaned as quiet as they could when they were almost bursting with laughter.
"Hi mom."
"Hi Jericho! What's up?"
"I won't be comming home tonight."
"Why? Dad's making his herbal tea for dinner tonight!"
"Save me some. I'm sleeping over a friends house out in their treehouse."
"Groovy! Fianally, your really starting to feel the groove of forest...have fun!"
"Yeah mom, be home tomorrow."
"Okay Jericho. Night."
"Bye mom."
When Jericho walked out of the bathroom, he was faced with three neaqrly hysterical friends. "G-groove of the forest?!"Kira burst out as she laughed. "Herb-bal tea?"Daemona asked. Casey only remeaind on Daemona's bed, his pale face bright red with holding in his laughter. "So my mom's a hippie. Big whoop."He grinned. Daemona only laughed once more before calling down, "mom! Kira's sleeping over!", "okay dear!". Once she retracted her head from the door, she nodded, "all clear.". Walking over to her closet, she rummaged through her Grandmothers' occult books, and pulled out three inflatable matresses and a bike pump. "This might take while."She confirmed.
Two hours and several laughes and failed attempts later, all three matresses were full. Daemona's sides hurt from laughing so hard as Jericho's attempts. The first was when the pump wouldn't go down, he stood ontop of Daemona's bookcase, and jumped. All he got was a sore butt and the pump went flying. Then he tried the pump upside down and then it shot up and cracked him in the chin. After that he gave up. Kira smriked as she sat cross legged on Daemonas' bed next to Casey, who was now able to sit up. He too was bright red from laughing. "You okay Jericho?"He fianally asked. The redhead nodded and rubbed his sore rear end. "Next time we do this, Casey's shifting into a pump or something."He resolved. "Are you gonna jump on him too?"Daemona asked him. Jericho only rolled his eyes. "Kira, you take the bed by the bathroom, Jericho, you take the one by my bed, and I'll take the one in the middle. Casey, you can use my bed since your already up there."Daemona sighed as she wiped her eyes. The other three nodded and set to removing their shoes. "Casey, what are you going to do with your glasses? Their cracked."Kira observed as he took them off. Taking the cracked glasses from him, she turned them over in her hands. "Your dad's gonna have a cow."She muttered. The boy shook his head, "I doubt he'll notice. He's not home that much."He admitted. "Oh yeah! Your dad's a teacher at the Junior High isn't he. But they don't get out untill late...Your dad isn't home much...is he?"Kira asked. Well THAT question was a flat statement. Casey nodded in his vision impared state, and flopped down on his stomache. "It's okay. I mean yeah, I get followed by the bullies and stuff, but they know their parents'll kill them if my dad flunks them, so they don't do anything really."He sighed. "What do you mean 'they don't do anything really.'."Kira asked him. "They take my lunch, give me swirlies, take my glasses, stupid stuff you know."He responded. Kira shook her head. "No, Casey, we DON'T know. How come you didn't tell us about this?"She asked him. Daemona and Jericho's attention had gotta pricked up when the convorsation had started. "What's going on?"Daemona fianally asked her. "Casey's letting himself get taken advantage of in school!"Kira burst out. Jericho looked at him oddly and Daemona arched an eyebrow. "They pick on you when we're not around?"Daemona asked fianally. When Casey nodded, Kira nearly flipped. Taking him firmly by the shoulders she shook him once. "How come you never told us these kids were picking on you?! We could've stopped it!"She cried. When Casey didn't respond, she shook him once more. "Casey tell me!"She said firmly. "Mabye he could talk if you stopped holding on so hard."Jericho pointed out. True to his word, her hands were gripping Casey's shoulders in a hold that could twist scrap metal. Letting go instantly, he rubbed his shoulders, grimacing. "Did I hurt you?"She asked him. Before he could answer, the phone rang once more.
"*yawn* Phantom Investators."
"It's back! The black thing is back!"
Daemona once more placed the phone on speaker.
"What do you mean the black thing is back?"
"It's on 5th! It's making all this water and fire come up everywhere!"
Jericho smacked his forehead with his palm. "Here we go again..."He sighed to himself. Kira checked Casey's shoulders, she had left marks. Joy. At the mention of water, Casey's face went vivid.
"We'll be there as soon as we can."
Daemona switched off the line. "Me and Kira'll go out the front, and you guys take the window.". Daemona glanced at the clock, ten thirty. "He's moving way to early."Daemona realized as she swapped her attire. As Kira and herself thudded down the stairs, the boys took Daemona's bedroom window. "Me and Kira are going out for a while mom! Be back soon!"She called. 'If we're lucky.'She thought. Running out the front door, they met the boys around back with Ghoul Mobile. Jericho had leaves in his hair and Casey had a few twigs. "You took from the window to the tree in the backyard?"Daemona asked. Jericho nodded moronicly. "Yup!"He declared. Rolling her blue eyes, Daemona climbed into the driverseat as Kira jumped up. "There's BLOOD on the seat!"She cried. Casey's hands felt the back of his shirt, "I'm bleeding again."He realized. 'No wonder I'm so dizzy...'He thought. With a swift wipe, the few crimson drops were off the seat and onto Casey's shirt sleeve. "Sorry."He sighed. Rubbing the painful marks from Kira's iron grip, he fell slowly back onto the seat. From where he was sitting, he could see Daemona's hands were shaking.
As Jericho climbed in on the passenger side, Daemona started the engine and started tward 5th. There was a certain jerkyness to her driving that night, and every few moments, the entire car would swerve. Jericho's eyes traveled over to Daemona, and found the source of the shaking. Daemona's hands were clenched onto the wheel, her pale hands shaking, the knuckles white. "Daemona? What's wrong?"He asked her. When she didn't respond, he took her by one shoulder. "Daemona talk to me. What's the matter. Your shaking."He pointed out. To his supirse, she shrugged him off. "Nothing's wrong. I'm fine."She responded. There was a certain point in her voice, was it fear? Was Daemona scared? "Daemona, I know you better than anyone. When your shaking, it's from two things: either your cold or your scared."Kira pointed out. "I'm just cold. The AC's on that's all."She said. Her right hand went to turn down the switch to find that it was already off. Shaking her head she suddenly had to swerve, knocked everyone off balance. Skidding to an abrupt stop, everyone had to take a moment to right themselves. "Geez Dae! Could you have turned any faster?!"Jericho cried out. With a single hand, Daemona pointed out. Infront of them, water and fire mixed mere two feet infront of the car. Then, the being from before landed with a thunk on the hood. "Welcome Phantom Invesagators. Welcome to my home."He grinned wickedly.
TBC...
