Chapter 7: Evil Always Wins
"No!" Jordan yelled, running towards Axict. He smiled as she got closer. David ran after her and tackled her before she got herself killed. "No!" she screamed again. "He killed her! He killed my mother!"
"Foolish girl," Axict said, chuckling. "Don't worry though, you'll be joining your mom very soon."
"Don't be so sure about that," Charles said, boldly.
"Ah, my son," he said, almost proudly. "Why are you with these pathetic fools? Embrace your demonic half. No need to be a stupid witch like them." Though it was tempting to home more power, Charles refused.
"Never. I'll never turn into what you are."
"I don't want to kill you, Charles," Axict said, turning into his human half.
"You won't have to, I'm going to kill you."
"You've got that same spark that made me fall in love with your mother. I'm terribly sorry about killing her. Part of me will always love her. Her sisters had to get in the way of our love, and they tried to put a stop to us loving one another, but Sarah always loved me deep down."
"My mother would never love you!"
"Um…Charles," Sabrina said. "There are things that you don't know about your mom." Sabrina took a deep breath. "She was once deeply in love with him."
"See," Axict said. "Now, join me and you can have a taste of your first kill."
"No," Charles said firmly.
"Then I'll have to kill you along with these four. I'm terribly sorry" He changed into his demon form and hurled an energy ball at Charles. Sabrina shot a beam of light at the energy ball, causing it to explode. The force whipped both Axict and Charles backwards. Charles got up faster than Axict and used this opportunity to attack him first. He ran towards his demon father.
"Bastard!" Charles yelled, all the anger for him being releasedin that instant. Axict, having just gotten up, was thrust to the ground by Charles plummeting into him. They both landed on the ground, where Charles started punching him repeatedly in the face. Charles noticed that no matter how many times he hit him, Axict didn't bleed.
"That's right," Axict said, smiling. "Demons don't injure as easily. Another power you could have." He pushed his son off of him and stood up, brushing dirt off of himself. He then formed an energy ball in his hand. David rushed up behind him, tree branch in hand, and whacked Axict across the head. He groaned with pain as he was knocked to his knees. Sabrina shot another beam of light into his chest. Jordan was still kneeling down, sobbing uncontrollably while Annie tried to comfort her.
"Where's the potion?" David asked.
"I've got it," Sabrina said, holding it up. Axict threw an energy ball at her stomach. She fell back and to the ground. The potion rolled out of her hand.
"Sabrina!" Charles yelled. He didn't want to lose another family member. He ran over and knelt next to her. Axict chuckled a little as he walked over to them with another energy ball in his hand.
"Don't worry," he said. "She's not dead…yet. I didn't have enough time to form a high-power energy ball." Charles, Annie, David, and Jordan felt helpless. They didn't know what to do. Their only source of an active power was down, and they had nothing left they could do on him. Just as all hope seemed lost, a gust of wind pushed Axict about ten feet, into a tree.
"Mom!" Jordan yelled. Millie was standing on top of a nearby hill. She seemed too distracted to answer. She looked very, very angry. She made her way down to the hill and sent another whirlwind at Axict.
"Bastard," Millie said.
"Ah, Millie, so you are alive," Axict said. "I can take care of that for you." He threw an energy ball at her, but she blew it away. "That power is quite an annoyance."
"You're quite the annoyance," Millie said. "Where's the potion?"
"Got it," Charles said, grabbing it and stepping forward.
"Throw the potion," Millie told him.
"No, Charles," Axict said, sounding scared. "Please, don't! I'm sorry."
"Nothing you say will keep me from killing you," Charles said.
"Fine, be that way," Axict said, returning to his normal, fearless voice. "But, know this. Even if I am dead, the evil will soon consume you. It always does. The demon part of you will swell up and eventually, it will take control. Evil always wins."
"Evil doesn't win this battle," Charles said, throwing the vanquishing potion. It shattered at Axict's feet. He yelled in pain as fire started to engulf him. Soon, he exploded into nothingness.
No one moved for over a minute. They weren't sure if he was gone or not. Even Millie seemed fearful on whether he could shimmer back in at any moment and kill them all. Finally though, she moved. She stepped over to the scorch mark, which was all that was left of Axict.
"Is it over?" Annie asked.
"No," Millie said. "This is just the beginning."
"Come on," Charles said. "Let's go home."