Chapter 11: The Dance of Evil.
No sunlight was shown, but it was morning. The sky was nothing but cloudy.
Graviray groaned underneath his bed sheets, thanks to the bump on his head that he got when he was dropped down the laundry chute. But something was making his pain worse, but he couldn't tell what, or who was doing this.
Zofis's POV.
Wake up my host. Today's the day that I will return to the cursed world that you call home. Let me see through your eyes, and I'll guide you to my seed. Together, I'll let you both have... some fun, you both will perform the dark dance that will fully restore my powers. And then you're lips will meet, where I'll absorb myself into my seed's body. And last, I'll have a new body, more powerful than ever. And you will be my 'son'.
Graviray's POV.
No! Whoever you are, I won't let you do this. I won't let you use Kiko for your own twisted schemes. I won't let it happen! I WON'T!
Zofis's POV.
Foolish boy. You were born with a single purpose: To become the host that'll preserve my spirit. Destiny and fate had chosen you to bring me back to life. It's inevitable to deny what you were created to do. Now give me control over your mind!
Graviray POV.
NO! I can't! I won't let you!
Zofis's POV.
Give... Me... Control!
Graviray's POV.
NO!
Zofis's POV.
YES!
Graviray's POV.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Normal POV.
Graviray's head shot up in fear. He was sweating all over. What was happening to him? Why won't this evil spirit leave him alone?
Then it began. He gripped his head with his hands and rolled aggressively all over his bed. What ever this evil spirit is, it's starting to take control... and it was winning.
The struggle went on for seconds until the hybrid's body stopped. He raised his head from his bed. At first he was struggling and was in a lot of pain, but now, he seem to be... relaxed.
The hybrid's eyes slowly opened, but his normal red irises were gone, perhaps forever. Now all that was left in those eyes is nothing but colors of evil red and disgusting yellow. Zofis has won. Today, was the day.
The mind controlled hybrid got out of bed and began to move slowly to the wall of his bedroom. The body raised its hand up to the wallpaper and its fingernails began to grow into long sharp claws. The body stabbed its new grown claws into the wallpaper and began to write something.
Two Hours Later.
Reece was running around the mansion, looking for something... or someone.
"Mom. Have you seen Graviray? I can't find him anywhere." she spoke to her mother as she entered another room.
"Sorry, honey, I'm afraid I haven't" Sherry answered. Reece just shook her head in worry as she continued to run down a hallway.
"No running, Reece!" Sherry called out to her daughter.
Somewhere in the Forest.
Graviray was still wearing his black night shirt and night shorts. But good thing that he was wearing a black jacket. He was walking into the forest near the Belmond mansion, still under the evil spirit's control. The sky was still cloudy and a small breeze had just picked up. The grass was covered in morning dew was wetting his bare feet as he walked deeper into the forest.
He brushed bushes and tree branches out of his way. He didn't want this to happen, but the influence of the evil spirit inside him was pushing him to continue.
Within five minutes, he came into a small lake in the center of the forest. He had reached his destination, or the destination that the evil spirit wants him to be. He walked over to a large tree and sat cross legged next to it and he leaned his body against its trunk.
All that he had left to do is wait.
Back in the mansion.
"Father. Have you seen Graviray?" Reece asked Brago as she came into the living room where Brago is leaning against the big window.
"No." he answered his daughter's question.
"Where could he be?" Reece asked herself.
With Sherry.
"Mrs. Sherry?" Sherry's butler Jii spoke to her as he entered the room she was in.
"Yes, Jii,"
"Pardon me but I have discover some sort of... message I your son, master Graviray's bedroom." Jii spoke again.
Sherry was surprise when she heard what her butler said. She got up on her feet and faced him.
"Show me, Jii."
Back with Graviray five minutes later.
He felled asleep for a while, but was then woken up by a familiar voice.
"Graviray?"
He raised his head to see a girl with brown hair with a one streak that is orange. And those deep chocolatebrown eyes always made him remember who this girl is.
"Kiko." he responded as he got up to see her eye-to-eye. Kiko was still wearing her light purple night gown, but she was wearing a brown comfortable coat-like jacket over it. With that, it made her look exactly like her mom when she was mind-controlled by Zofis. They were both the same height, so they didn't have to look down or up at the other.
"What are you doing here?" she asked the hybrid child.
"I should be asking you the same question." he answered.
"Well I had a dream last night, and it was telling me something, something that involves this place. It told me that I should come here. I don't know why, but it said I should come." she responded.
"Same thing with me." Graviray spoke next as soon as Kiko was done.
She look into Graviray's eyes. They were different, they weren't the usual apple red color that he always had. It was now blood red and sun yellow colored. "Graviray, what's wrong with your eyes?" Kiko asked.
"Oh, I just don't feel like myself today." he answered. He stared back into Kiko's sweet face and sweet chocolate brown eyes. "Kiko, there's something that I wanted to tell you for a very long time, ever since we first met. It's just that I was too shy to tell you ever since. Kiko, I lo..." Graviray spoke to her, but then he was cut off by Kiko.
"I'm so cold." she said.
"I know what will take your mind off the freezing air." Graviray spoke to her again. He may still sound like himself, but the evil spirit was still in control of him.
"May I ask what it is?" she asked him.
"Will you honor me with a dance?" he offered.
Graviary's POV.
Kiko! Get away from me! It's a trap! The evil spirit wants you so it could have a body of its own! Get away before its too late!
Zofis's POV.
Silence! Today's the day that I return! And I won't let you stop me!
Normal POV.
"I would love to." Kiko spoke with happiness and warmth in her eyes. She took his hand, but he stopped her for a minute.
"I have a better idea ." he said to her, then he leaded her to the lake that they were in.
"But Graviary. It's tool early and too cold to go swimming." Kiko said to him.
"Who said anything about swimming?" he responded to her.
Graviray's body began to give off a small purple glow around himself. The same thing happen to Kiko's body. "I have the powers of gravity remember. Just stay with me and there'll be nothing to worry about." he said with insist in his voice.
Kiko trusted him and followed him to the lake, still holding his hand. She would of thought that they'll fall in and get soaked. But as soon as their bare feet touched the watery surface, their feet stayed on the surface instead of falling in. Kiko imagine this as a fantasy-come-alive. They continue to walk on the lake until they were in the very center. The surface may have still wet their bare feet, but to them, it felt like they were walking on solid ground. Only it was a bit wet and ripples were form for every step they take on the surface.
"This is the best moment of my life." Kiko said to Graviray.
"Me too." the hybrid responded.
Kiko wrapped her arms around Graviray's neck as he wrapped his around her waist. She was as happy as much as the evil spirit inside Graviray was. They began to move slowly back and forth and in circles around the lake.
"I always wonder how you do this?" she asked.
"With my powers. But most of all, with love." Graviray answered her.
Kiko smiled as she then rested her head on Graviray's chest, hearing his heart beat beside her ear. But it sounded so slow and so distant. Graviray then buried his head in her beautiful brown hair as they both continue to dance on the watery surface of the lake.
(Zofis's energy is what's making them stand on the lake's surface without falling in.)
Back at the mansion.
Sherry got Brago and Reece to follow them into Graviray's room. Both Sherry and her daughter gasped at what they found while Brago's eyes were wide open in shock.
"No." Reece spoke out first.
"It can't be." Sherry spoke next.
"It has already begun." Brago spoke last.
"We need to get Koko and stop them before it's too late." Sherry said as she started to leave the room while Brago and Reece followed.
Inside Graviray's room, there was writing on the wallpaper that gave out a both a message and warning. And it says:
My Daughter's the door.
Your Son's the key.
Today, I Return!
To Be Continued... next chapter: the kiss and the resurrection. (I promise this time.)