When Cindy got home, it was horrible. Her parents screamed at her for going to the principal's office and getting horrible scores on her tests. They expected her to be at her best when going back to school, but she was going to fail every class if she kept this up.
"Cynthia Aurora Vortex, you are disgracing this family with your careless behavior, and after all we have done for you!" Mrs. Vortex hollered, making Cindy flinch under her harsh tone.
"What have you done for me? Half the time you are gone, and the other half you are just yelling at me and pointing out my imperfections!" Cindy yelled back, causing her mother to jump back.
"Cynthia, what has happened to you? You are completely out of control!" Mrs. Vortex screamed, causing Cindy's father to step in to avoid things getting out of hand.
"Cindy that is enough, I think it's time you remember who is in charge of this household!" Mr. Vortex boomed, as he flexed his hand squeezing the belt he had at the ready.
"I am not afraid of you," Cindy said, clenching her teeth, not believing the fact that she was standing up to her parents.
"You will be," Cindy's father said.
Mr. Vortex hadn't struck Cindy for a long time, but after her last comment, his sanity and patience went down the drain. The first strike, hit Cindy in the head with her father's belt buckle, making her scream out in pain, as the metal dug into her skull.
Mr. Vortex stood over her, rage and merciless eyes staring at his mistake. Cindy cowered in the corner, she no longer wanted to stand up, they could make her life horrible if they wanted, she was sorry, so sorry.
The second strike, hit Cindy on her ribcage, with such force it made the air get knocked out of her. Cindy put her hands up, with tears streaming down her face, she hated her life, she hated every minute of it.
Mr. Vortex threw his belt on the floor, before going into the kitchen to get something. Cindy's mother stood silently, not standing up for her beaten and broken daughter who was sobbing and protecting her face with shaking hands.
Cindy's angry father returned with a metal crowbar, this time his entire body was shaking with fury.
"Dear, I think she has learned her lesson, perhaps we should call it a night." Cindy's mother pleaded, putting her hand on her husband's shoulder.
Mr. Vortex angrily shook her hand off of him, "no, she needs to feel this, and remember this night for the rest of her life!"
Mr. Vortex approached Cindy, before lifting his arm to strike her with his weapon. Cindy pleaded, and shook with fear, begging her father to forget everything and let her try again.
Cindy's father ignored her as he brought his arm down, making contact with something that was not Cindy's flesh.
The crowbar hit something, before causing an electrical aftershock that blew back Mr. Vortex and his wife. The crowbar went clattering on the ground, as a mini black hole formed in the middle of their living room. The black hole sparked and sizzled, as it took the form of a black creature made of shadows.
Cindy was still cowering and in shock at her father's rage, that she didn't see what was happening. The creature opened its eyes, revealing its red angry stare, which shook Cindy's parents to their very souls.
The creature stood above Cindy's parents, looming over them as if they were nothing but dirt on the sidewalk. They cowered before it, their fear the most pure it had been in their entire life, for they did not know what powerful presence they were in.
"W-What is this creature from hell?" Mr. Vortex cried out, his fear bleeding through his quivering voice.
The creature had smoke coming from its mouth, as it breathed, while looking around the home curiously. It locked its eyes on Mr. Vortex, and stepped forward, permanently burning its footsteps into the wooden floor with intense black flames.
It's black tail swished behind it, as it looked down upon Cindy's cowering parents. The creature turned to look at Cindy, who was still crying and shaking uncontrollably, clearly unaware of what was happening.
Mr. Vortex wasn't for sure, but it looked like the demonic creature actually took pity on his daughter. It's facial features were unreadable due to its dark and shadowy appearance, but its eyes grew soft and caring for a split second.
It turned back around to face her parents, and that caring look turned into a furious and murderous gaze. Mr. Vortex shielded himself, as the creature roared and blew back the two parents, with a blast of black energy and fire.
The energy crackled around the parents, as their backs hit the wall, making a scorch mark on the wall. They fell unconscious on the floor, as the electricity surged through their clothes and skin.
Cindy heard the blast and carefully looked up to see a terrifying creature, looming over her with intensely sharp fangs.
Cindy screamed, as the creature reached down and grabbed her leg. Cindy was so fearful, her entire body froze as the creature's grip tightened around her ankle.
A shadow formed that stretched and expanded away from the creature's sides, forming into what almost looked to be black feathery wings.
The creature flapped its powerful wings, causing a rush of air to knock down all the pictures that were hanging on the walls. Cindy was terrified, this creature was not something that was earthly, it was almost like… a demon..
The creature started to lift itself from the ground with its powerful wings, making Cindy hang from her ankle. The blood started to rush to her head, making it almost impossible for her to think, as adrenaline rushed in her veins.
The demon held onto Cindy as it flew towards the ceiling, and went through it as if it were nonexistent. Cindy screamed in terror, as her body began fusing with the ceiling, until her body popped through the roof unharmed.
The demon stretched its free arm, seemingly like it was enjoying the fresh air. Cindy was hanging several hundred feet from the ground now, and she was trying to grab onto the demon so that it wouldn't drop her.
"HELP," Cindy screamed, as the demon flew into the sky, taking the girl with it to an unknown destination.
~Later~
"Ugh," Jimmy moaned as he rubbed his tender head with his hand. Sheen was completely out, his Ultra Glove no longer purple, but a darkened black color, that was proof that Jimmy was not dreaming.
The dimensional hole had burnt out, leaving nothing but small embers on the floor of his lab. Jimmy's body felt extremely weak and drained, he tried rolling to his side to pick himself up, but all of his muscles screamed at him to just stay down.
"Sheen, SHEEN, are you okay?" Jimmy grunted, as he held his ribcage. Sheen mumbled, before his eyes fluttered open, and his gaze turned to look at his friend Jimmy.
"That was awesome! Can we do that again?" Sheen said excitedly, trying to do a fist bump in the air, only to have something loudly pop.
"Sheen, we need to track down that thing and fast. I still don't believe in demons, but that thing was not from British Colombia!" Jimmy said, groaning as he wobbled to his feet.
"Relax Jimmy, I did my research, demons can't survive on our planet. Demons are just like flies, annoying one day, and just a mess to wipe up later throughout the day." Sheen said, looking at his Ultra Glove and whimpering when he saw the burnt plastic.
"VOX, do a thorough examination of the video footage that was shot while creating the dimensional portal, and do a scan." Jimmy ordered, his giant computer was smashed, but a small screen came from the ceiling as a replay of what happened started to play.
"Mythical appearance DNA matched: Lilith daughter of Lucifer matched." VOX said, as a shadowy painting appeared, showing a demonic creature with blood gushing out of its mouth. It had long claws, and sharp teeth and was standing over a naked person, sucking out what seemed to be its soul.
Jimmy has always appreciated ancient art, but this painting was extremely disturbing.
"Conduct some research on this Lilith character, I want to know everything about her." Jimmy ordered, his machine started to glitch for a second before obeying its creator and doing a large scan of every known fact about this demon.
"You don't need a silly computer to know about Lilith the daughter of Lucifer, my uncle told me about her once." Sheen said, as Jimmy rubbed his chin while looking at his dimensional ray.
"Yeah, yeah, that's nice Sheen." Jimmy replied, touching the fried antennas. If he really did release a demon into the world, he needed to find it before something extremely bad happens. Jimmy had read up on demons, apparently they were not allowed to step foot on the earth after being banned by a higher celestial being.
It just didn't make since that this demon could just step right into their world as if it were never banned.
VOX, Jimmy's computer spoke up breaking his concentration, "Lilith is a demonic being that was born from an unknown mother and her father Lucifer. Lilith has lived for thousands of years, in the underworld training for some unknown purpose, that is all."
"That's it?" Sheen cried, "that is all we have to go by? Her name is Lilith, great, that just marks it down to looking through the sixty billion people in the world!"
"Seven billion Sheen, and, if we really did release Lilith the daughter of Lucifer into the world, we need to find her and quick." Jimmy said, turning to his computer once more, "look up all her supernatural abilities and how to counter them, just in case she will not come back peacefully."
"Jimmy I told you I know about-" Sheen was cut off, as Jimmy hissed at him to be quiet so his computer could look up information.
"No known weaknesses are presently documented," the machine said. Jimmy slapped his forehead out of frustration. He didn't believe in demons with supernatural powers, once he captured her, he was one hundred percent sure he could come up with some scientific evidence of her abilities; like perhaps she has gone through some sort of mutation.
"Come on Sheen, I can't believe I am saying this, but we will need to start searching unnatural presences by using my machines. I will need to tweak my radar, to where it will only pick up supernatural high frequency waves." Jimmy said, as he took a mini device with a large screen.
Jimmy tapped a button on the screen, and the metal backside popped off, revealing all the complicated wires and chips in the back. Jimmy took out a chip, and placed it into a slot under his broken computer. Jimmy flinched when his shoe crunched on some glass, as the wires sparked and hung loosely from the wall.
Sheen watched as Jimmy took the chip out of the slot, once the information was downloaded and put it back into his device.
"This is the demon locator five thousand, I used to use it to find thrown out pieces of lab equipment and electronics, it can pick up high frequency sound and unnatural disturbances within a two hundred mile radius." Jimmy said, admiring his machine that was currently not picking up anything.
"Hey Jimmy I think it's broken," Sheen said.
Jimmy sighed, "It's not broken Sheen, it will just take a couple of hours for it to get used to its new purpose, and it will take a while for it to pick up on supernatural disturbances. There is no way a demon can outsmart someone with the power of science, try as it may, it cannot stop its body from giving out signals."
Sheen stepped over the broken glass, before flinching as a sharp piece dug into his worn shoes.
"Sorry about your lab Jimmy, but we will avenge it! We are going to fight that demon a second time! Rematch!" Sheen cried.
"You know what Sheen, just let me handle this, you need to get to school, your grades aren't doing so well." Jimmy said, gently letting his friend down, there was no way Sheen was going to try and fight a demon a second time.
"Yeah good point Jim, I need to get to class, WAIT, have I been knocked out all night?" Sheen cried, before running out of Jimmy's lab yelling, "I had an essay to do last night!"
Jimmy shook his head and smiled, after all this time Sheen has never changed.
Jimmy sighed, he still didn't believe in demons, or the underworld. The evidence could be as high as it wanted to be, but there was no scientific explanation anywhere on earth, that could prove that once you died you either went up or down, or the existence of a soul.
Jimmy went to church a few times, and all of it just gave him a headache, it was a ridiculous idea, and just old fairytales.
"Jimmy!" A voice said from a speaker, Jimmy flinched, before VOX put a screen in his face, and his mom appeared on the monitor. Jimmy knew his mom would try to make him go to school, but he literally had to go hunt a demon and return it to where it came from.
"Mom, I am not able to go to school today, you just have to let this one slide, please!" Jimmy begged. His mom pondered for a second, as Jimmy hoped and prayed that she would let this pass.
"Nope, sorry, school comes first. Colleges are starting to watch your every move, you need to do your best and stop goofing off." His mom said.
The monitor shut off, and Jimmy cringed, it actually seemed a little refreshing going out and hunting a demon instead of facing Cindy all day at school again.
Jimmy couldn't take it anymore, he would do anything to have things go back to the way they were. He would never complain or argue with her ever again, he would just sit there and let her blow up at him, make fun of him, WHATEVER, it was ten million times better than her ignoring him.
Jimmy sighed, before exiting his lab and leaving his mess behind. Before he left, he slipped his tracking radar into his pocket, as it booted up and got ready to track the demon down. Jimmy closed the door to his lab, before breathing in the fresh air outside.
His mom was in the driveway, honking her horn at Jimmy in a rush. Jimmy rolled his eyes and smiled, before walking over to the car. Jimmy placed his hand on the handle, before red and blue flashed in his eyes. Jimmy shielded his eyes, but peeked through his fingers to see about ten cop cars gathered at Cindy's house, and cops crawling all around the Vortex property.
Jimmy got in the front seat, before staring intensely at the Vortex residence. What could have happened?
"Oh I know Jimmy, it's strange to have the cops in this side of the neighborhood. Just remember the Vortexs' overreact over everything, even when someone egged their house, their lawn was crawling with cops and lawsuits." Mrs. Neutron said.
"Y-Yeah, I just hope everything truly is an overreaction." Jimmy said. Even though his mom's words were comforting, he felt something extremely wrong in his gut, something dangerously wrong.
Jimmy's mom pulled out of the driveway, but Jimmy's eyes stayed glued to his rival's home. The cops were searching the area, and standing guard to make sure no one came close, they were looking for things, perhaps like clues?
What could the Vortex family be freaking out over? Perhaps someone stole their doormat? No, that wouldn't make any sense, but that would match Cindy's parent's expectations.
Jimmy would try to ask Cindy when he went to school, just to make sure everything was alright. She might not talk to him, but if she wouldn't, he would just ask Libby, he's pretty sure she would know.
When Jimmy's mom dropped him off at school, the entire hallway was chattering noisily, almost more than usual. Groups that have never talked to each other, were hanging out with curious looks on their faces, and whispering into each other's ears sneakily.
Jimmy walked to his locker, and tried to eavesdrop onto the group beside him, and listen to their conversation.
"That really does explain why she was going all crazy the last few days," one of them said.
"Yeah, it might be a rumor, but it just makes so much sense it has to be true." A male teenager said, before the group dispersed and went to other people to share their findings.
"Jimmy, Jimmy!" a worn out voice yelled, Jimmy turned to see Carl huffing and puffing, as he tried to run to Jimmy, but only to collapse from the lack of oxygen.
Jimmy walked over to his friend, and helped him up, so that Carl could take a puff out of his inhaler so he could breathe. Carl took a deep breath, before letting out everything he has been holding in.
"Cindy had a boyfriend, and he came to Retroville! That was why she was acting so weird, they planned to attack her parents and run away SOMEWHERE!" Carl wheezed, the shock almost too hard to contain.
"Whoa Carl, where did you hear that story?" Jimmy said, Carl weakly pointed to everyone in the hall.
"Everyone started talking about it after Cindy went reportedly missing, even though the rumors might be fake." Carl said, Jimmy let go of his friend in shock, and Carl slammed on his back, "Ow my scapula."
Jimmy looked around, there had to be a better reason then Cindy just running off with some guy. Jimmy hated to believe rumors, but he needed to make sure that truly wasn't the reason. Jimmy ran down the hall, looking for someone in particular who knows all of Cindy's secrets, if Libby couldn't confirm a boyfriend, Jimmy would know there was another reason for her disappearance.
Jimmy stepped by the women's bathroom, and heard a familiar sound of wailing and sobbing. Jimmy didn't think twice about going into the bathroom, only to scream in terror when all the girls yelled at him to get out.
"Wait, WAIT, before you hurt me, I just need to talk to Libby." Jimmy said. About five girls were huddled against the wall, with Libby curled in an upright ball on the ground. The girls were handing her toilet paper to dry her eyes, and offered to redo her makeup that was running down her face.
"Neutron get OUT, Libby is already too upset to even speak, you are the last person she wants to see right now." Brittany said. Jimmy ducked as a roll of toilet paper went hurling towards his head, and cowered when the girls started ganging up on him, getting ready to throw him out of the bathroom.
"W-Wait, please I just need to know if the rumors-" Jimmy was cut off by an enraged Libby.
"Don't! Those rumors floating around are bull! Cindy would never hurt her parents, or run away with some GUY! Cindy was kidnapped! I did some digging, and maybe some illegal things, and I FOUND that the house is on lockdown because they found scorch marks in the house, and her parents were so terrified they were unable to speak! What monster took my best friend? What are they doing to her?" Libby broke down in tears, and her friends came back to her side and patted her back to soothe her.
"S-Scorch marks?" Jimmy asked, but all he got was a big wail of sobs from the distressed Libby.
Jimmy bolted out of the bathroom, he needed to find Carl and Sheen and they needed to do some digging of their own.
Jimmy found Carl and Sheen crouched beside the lockers, trying to listen to what other people were talking about, which was of coarse about ridiculous rumors about Cindy.
"Ten bucks says Cindy ran off just for attention," Sheen said.
Carl scratched his red hair, before counting his fingers to remember how much ten dollars was.
"Well Sheen, Cindy is the most popular girl in school, she gets plenty of attention as it is. I think she ran away to take on some sort of top notch assassin with her martial arts skills." Carl said, making Sheen gasp and cover his mouth out of surprise.
"Yeah… She probably went on a top secret spy mission and has to take out an assassin that's trying to kill the president! Oooh, OOOOH, she probably has a really cool outfit, and is fighting side by side with Ultra Lord!" Sheen screamed excitedly.
"Or, she got kidnapped by some supernatural creature from the underworld, and it being taken to some unknown destination and can only be tracked by a radar system that Jimmy made." Carl said as he took a puff from his inhaler.
Sheen thought for a second, his finger twitching as his mouth opened to speak, "Nah, I am pretty sure she went on a spy mission."
Jimmy approached his friends, before grabbing Carl, making him grab Sheen's arm.
"We need to get to the computer lab, I will explain when we get there." Jimmy said pulling his friends along into the computer lab.
Dozens of computers sat in a room, all shut off and left untouched. The room was vacant, and Jimmy locked the door to make sure no one tried to get in. Carl took a seat right away and wheezed, as Sheen looked out of the blinds to see if anyone was coming.
"All clear Jimmy!" Sheen called, before sitting down next to Jimmy who was booting up a computer.
"Alright guys, I need to confirm one thing, and then I am eighty six percent sure about my conclusion about where Cindy is." Jimmy said, messing with the computer to where a bunch of code came up on the screen.
"Oh cool, we are like detectives! You think they will give us a job down at the station if we crack this Carl?" Sheen asked, Carl shrugged.
Jimmy read the code, before sending a signal to the police station that would go undetected.
"Um, Jimmy what are you doing?" Carl asked, watching as Jimmy started pulling up notes and documents and began reading them.
"Hacking into secret police files," Jimmy responded without much care.
"You know Jim, I don't know for sure, but I think that's illegal in like several different ways." Carl said, before realizing something, "Oh my gosh! Jimmy is breaking the law! He's a mad man SHEEN!"
"Jimmy, your lab has changed you! You are a completely different person, what have you done?" Sheen cried.
Jimmy rolled his eyes, he knew he was doing something illegal, but he needed to know something. He would never say Cindy was worth breaking the law for, but here he was, doing just that.
"Calm down guys, I won't get caught." Jimmy said.
Jimmy read through the files, apparently Cindy's parents were in an extreme state of pain and shock, they were taken immediately into urgent care, and questioned, but they didn't say anything at all. Her parents could only say the word "hell," and "creature," making the pieces come together.
Jimmy also read that the home was covered in burn marks that could not be identified by any kind of flame, explosion, or chemical reaction that exists.
Suddenly the radar in Jimmy's pocket vibrated and started to beep uncontrollably. Jimmy took it out and examined it, the radar had picked up on a strong presence in an abandoned building several miles away.
"Guys, I have come to believe that the demon Sheen and I encountered has abducted Cindy for some strange reason." Jimmy said.
Carl's face turned ghostly white, as he wheezed gasping for air as if the oxygen around him were suddenly difficult to grasp. Sheen tapped his chin, putting a finger up and opening his mouth to say something, before closing his mouth and looking away.
"D-Demon? AWAAAAGGG!" Carl shrieked, with his famous nasally scream. Carl ran away from Jimmy, slamming into a wall and collapsing on the floor losing his glasses, and breathing heavily.
"C-Carl! Shhh, we don't want anyone to know we are in here!" Jimmy said to his distressed friend who was screaming and crawling on the floor, trying to find the exit. Jimmy continued, "don't worry Carl, I read up on demons, there is no way it can outsmart and out power my machines."
Sheen tapped his chin, "I don't know Jimmy, demons are pretty crafty, my uncle used to talk to them in his sleep, saying stuff like 'use my body,' and 'let me go with you.' I think they were trying to tickle him in his sleep." Sheen said oblivious to Jimmy's horrified face.
"Sheen, stop! Your scary stories about demons are causing my asthma to act up." Carl said, laying on the floor obviously giving up on trying to find his glasses.
"Demons are coming to steal your soul Carl!" Sheen screamed, making Carl's eyes light up in horror.
"AWWWWWWAAAGG!" Carl screamed, moving so fast something popped out of place in his back. Carl fell on his stomach, and was paralyzed in pain, as Sheen burst out in laughter.
"Guys, this is serious! Sheen knock it off, we need to go to the location of the signal and rescue Cindy! She could be in terrible danger, and we need to take responsibility for our actions!" Jimmy pleaded, there was no way he was going to fight a demon by himself, and his best friends always had his back… right?
"J-Jimmy I would love to help you f-f-fight a demon, b-but I-" Carl finally found his glasses only to have Sheen shoving his phone in Carl's face.
"Look Carl, this is a picture of Lilith, the demon Jimmy and I released into the world." Sheen said, showing Carl the picture of the demonic creature standing over a naked dead body, staring out of the picture with an angry look on its face.
"I'M ALLERGIC TO DEMONS!" Carl screamed, running into the door, before opening it and running down the hall screaming at the top of his lungs like a maniac.
Sheen shrugged, as he shut off his phone, clearly not aware why Carl ran out of the computer lab in terror.
"Okay, well it might be too much for Carl, come on Sheen let's go to my lab and get supplies before we head out." Jimmy said, watching as Sheen's face turned white in fear.
"N-No thanks Jimmy, let's just let Cindy fend for herself, she is a black belt after all, I am sure she will be fine." Sheen said.
Jimmy's face turned into a pure begging expression, "come on Sheen not you too!"
Sheen awkwardly scratched his head, he didn't want to upset his best friend, but he wasn't going to die for Cindy. Jimmy hated seeing his best friends bail, he knew they hated Cindy, but he didn't know they would just willingly let her stay in the hands of an evil demon!
"Come on Sheen, I need your help! If we don't get back Cindy who knows what would happen to her!" Jimmy said, watching as his best friend struggled with what to say next.
"I would love to Jimmy, b-but I have school, and homework, and a quiz on… the age of… the alien invasion in 1666. Yeah, so I have to go take that quiz because if I don't, I have to go back to…. Kindergarten.." Sheen said, struggling with a good lie on what to tell Jimmy, he totally nailed it.
Jimmy watched as Sheen fled from the computer room, making Jimmy's heart sink in his chest. His best friends abandoned him, and left him to clean up this mess by himself. Why was he even risking his neck for Cindy? She told him she never wanted to see him again anyways.
He understood why his friends didn't want to get involved, first of all it was dangerous, but Cindy wasn't exactly worth it. Jimmy didn't want to admit it, but fighting a demon was making him put his life on the line, demons were known to control souls, and convert their victims into an evil state for a certain period of time.
Even though Cindy wasn't worth it, the demon in Retroville was Jimmy's fault, and he needed to fix it. That's what he would keep telling himself, he was doing this for Retroville, not Cindy Vortex.
Jimmy sighed, before looking at his wrist and activating his watch. The screen lit up, and Jimmy was engulfed in bright white light. Jimmy had cracked the mystery of teleportation in freshmen year, and was able to travel small distances, but his teleportation could only be used once every two hours.
Jimmy was immediately taken to his lab, and everything was left untouched, except for the glass on the floor, which must have been cleaned up by his robot dog.
Jimmy grabbed a mini device which would activate a strong electrical force field, and an immobilizing ray gun, that could render anything useless for about an hour. Jimmy also grabbed his laser gun, that could burn a hole through any metal, and would be used as a last resort. Jimmy then grabbed a device that would render him invisible for a short amount of time, only to get into the building and catch the demon by surprise.
Jimmy grabbed a few other things, and then departed to his hover car, with all his gadgets in a backpack. Jimmy departed, his heart beating wildly in his chest, Jimmy has fought plenty of aliens and other creatures, but a demon was completely off of his skill level.
Especially since nothing was known about Lilith, she didn't have a weakness, or an origin, and has never been seen, just spoken about in legends and myths. Jimmy hoped saving Cindy would help her to realize they were on the same team, and that there was no need to fight anymore, he hoped being the hero would invite a little friendship between them.
He had no idea why he felt compelled to save Cindy, perhaps he felt guilty for not helping her after all the things they have been through. Plus the demon was his fault, and he needed to fix it anyways, saving Cindy was just a bonus… hopefully.
Jimmy gulped when he reached the abandoned building, hovering over it and looking for any signs of the demon or Cindy. The building was extremely shady and covered in graffiti, and left to rot for years. Broken windows were visible, smashed in, and left with jagged glass. The building was falling apart, as bricks and metal rested on the ground, with rust covering the metal, and vines wrapping about the bricks.
Jimmy carefully rested his hover car on the roof, turning the engine off, and slowing his heart rate down, to where he didn't enter a panicking state.
"Okay Jimmy, you can do this, a little demon is nothing to be afraid of." Jimmy said, trying to give himself a nice pep talk to boost his adrenaline and confidence.
Jimmy used the X-ray on his watch, looking through all the different floors without being detected. Jimmy saw a girl crouched in the corner of a room, with a demonic shadow pacing around the room, leaving mini trails of fire in its wake.
Jimmy's heart skipped a beat, Cindy was definitely there, and he knew she was scared out of her mind. Jimmy took a deep breath, he was going to do this, he was crazy, and he knew it.
Jimmy took off his backpack and attached his weapons onto his belt, before activating the invisibility cloaking device. Jimmy looked at his hands, and realized they were not there, making him happy that he could not be detected.
Jimmy went to the roof door, before climbing down several flights of stairs. Jimmy was sneaky, and made sure not to attract any ears, he was as silent as possible, as he approached the room that Cindy was in.
Jimmy's hand shook, as he placed it on the door knob, he could possibly die today, all because of this demon, and his soft spot towards Cindy.
Jimmy took a deep breath and slowly opened the door.
Cindy was breathing rapidly as sweat trickled from her forehead, Jimmy had slipped in unnoticed, and he was still undetected as he tip-toed away from the door towards Cindy.
Jimmy got ready to put his hand around Cindy's mouth so she wouldn't scream, and whisper into her ear, when the door slammed closed. Jimmy bit his tongue so he wouldn't scream, but he turned around to see the demon snarling with its fangs clenching together.
The demon charged, and Jimmy immediately knew he was spotted, Jimmy couldn't move fast enough, and the demon sliced at the air, catching Jimmy's chest with its sharp shadowy claws.
Jimmy screamed in pain, as he flew several feet away and tumbled on the ground, his invisibility advantage disappearing. Jimmy's vision was blurry, as he slowly picked himself up off the ground, to see the demon roaring and shaking its head like a rabid animal.
"Jimmy!" Cindy screamed, but Jimmy was in such pain and disoriented, he couldn't tell if she was happy to see him, or terrified for his life.
Claw marks were visible in Jimmy's chest, as smoke rose from his burnt flesh. The demon was covered in shadowy living flames, that would consume everything it touched, Jimmy couldn't come into contact with it, or he would burn alive.
The demon dropped on all fours, but Jimmy wasn't used to reacting very fast, and the demon swiped at him again, catching his cheek and breaking his skin. Jimmy cried out in pain, as the force knocked him to the side, his flesh burned and stung, as he touched his face. His fingers returned to his eyes covered in shiny fluids and specks of blood, as he shook and trembled in both fear and pain.
Jimmy saw the demon take a breath, and Jimmy quickly activated his electrical force field. A giant dome covered him, created with both energy and light, enough power to stop bullets and a small missile. Even though Jimmy trusted his equipment, he still shielded his face when the demon spat fierce flames from its mouth.
The flames washed over Jimmy, the heat bleeding through his force field, almost baking him alive. His force field held strong, protecting him from the flames as it melted the floor and walls with its heat.
The demon growled, as the flames died down. Cindy was sobbing, and her cries of terror and concern gave Jimmy enough strength to keep fighting. Jimmy was sore, and his chest and cheek throbbed with pain. Jimmy's force field gave him a break to gather his thoughts, as he frantically tried to think up a plan.
The demon approached Jimmy's shield, looking at him with angry and irritated eyes. The demon stuck out a shadowy claw, before inserting it into the energy that was coursing all around the dome. The energy broke apart, shattering the only protection Jimmy had at the moment.
Jimmy yelled out in surprise, as he backed away as fast as he could from the monster gaining on him. The demon opened up its wings, making it look much bigger and intimidating, as it slowly inched towards its victim, its fangs hungrily opening wide.
Jimmy whipped out his immobilizing device, shooting a dart at the demon, making electricity surge all around the demon. The dart sunk into the demon's chest, making it look down, shrug, and flick the dart right off of its chest.
The demon took a deep breath of air, before Jimmy took out his last resort. Jimmy shot his extremely hot and dangerous laser at the demon, hoping with every shred of flesh on him that it would work. The demon roared angrily, as the laser dug into its chest, making it shield its body from the laser.
The demon stuck out its other hand, and suddenly Jimmy's laser went flying out of the open window. Jimmy was cornered, and weak, his mind was his greatest strength, but he was not physically strong, and his body was giving up on him.
Suddenly a red glowing aura came to life, all over Jimmy's skin, as his body was lifted off of the ground, and went flying into the demon's palm. Jimmy's neck was being squeezed by the demon, as the flames engraved their mark into Jimmy's sensitive skin.
Jimmy squeaked, as he looked into the evil and furious red eyes of the monster that would take his life.
The demon slammed Jimmy on the ground, making all his bones crack and pop, as his head slammed into the concrete floor. Jimmy almost blacked out from the force, as his body went limp, too weak to grab another gadget from his waist.
Jimmy knew Cindy was too terrified to move, but he still tried mouthing to her to run. Cindy watched Jimmy get stomped on by the demon, each powerful stomp making him cry out in pain and terror.
The demon was merciless, it was playing with him, and it was enjoying it very much.
"Cindy you have to run, it will kill you!" Jimmy screamed with every last bit of strength he had. The demon picked Jimmy up by his throat, the teenager struggled as his body hung loosely from the ground. The demon traced its finger down Jimmy's chest, until it stopped just over his heart.
The demon pulled back its hand, before opening its claws and preparing to strike at Jimmy's heart.
"STOP, please!" Cindy screamed, with such emotion, it made Jimmy's skin cover itself with goose bumps. Cindy's voice echoed throughout the abandoned building, making the demon drop Jimmy in surprise, as he gasped for air.
"Cindy run, now." Jimmy wheezed, trying to gather his strength back as his arms wobbled, unable to sustain his position on his hands and knees.
"L-Leave him alone! Please I am begging you I cannot watch this anymore!" Cindy pleaded, her eyes thick with tears. The demon just stared at Cindy as Jimmy coughed, while struggling to get on his feet. The demon turned to look at Jimmy, as he wiped the blood coming from his lip.
"I-I will never stop fighting, you may hate me Cindy, but I still care for you, and I still want to be friends!" Jimmy said, as he weakly took a swing at the demon, knowing that even if he made contact, he would only hurt himself.
The demon caught his fist, as the flames burnt his hand.
Jimmy cried out in pain, as the demon looked into his eyes, "f-friend? You wish to be her friend?"
Jimmy was shocked when the demon spoke, it released his fist, as he fell on his knees holding his burning hand.
"Y-You are not here to hurt her? You care for her?" the demon said, clearly confused as it watched Jimmy recover from his painful encounter with its flames.
"I would never intentionally hurt Cindy, now let her go!" Jimmy cried, his body screaming at him to take it easy.
The demon looked to Cindy, then back at Jimmy, before it took a deep breath. The flames started to die off, and its long claws slid into the shape of fingers, as its shadowy appearance started to fade into a more human and gentle affair.
White inward and long horns poked out from the demon's head, as long black hair fell to its shoulders and down its back. The demon had softer red eyes, but still a terrifying vibe to them. The demon wore a black crop-top, that exposed a flat and muscular stomach, along with tight leggings and shoeless pale feet. The demon was pale, and looked to be a female, with a long black tail, with red and black feathers at the end.
The female also had large black wings, that were made of fluffy black feathers, that swept the ground. The female demon looked towards the floor, before scratching her head awkwardly.
"I-I have never been on earth before, I was confused and angry, I-I saw how some humans were treating this girl, and I-I out of instinct, just tried to help her. I was so confused, I caused more harm than good, my deepest apologies." The demon said, making the two teenagers shake their heads in confusion.
"D-Did you just apologize?" Cindy said, as the demon looked towards the floor in shame and sadness.
"I-I am not mean, but I am a demon, and when I first stepped foot into this world my demonic behavior took over, I tried to control it, but I am created for death and destruction, I am sorry for attacking you and trying to you know… steal your soul.." The demon mumbled in embarrassment.
"Wait, what did she say?" Jimmy said, afraid that Jimmy was two seconds away from getting his soul sucked out of his body, before the demon stopped.
"W-Who are you, where did you come from?" Cindy yelled, making the demon flinch as she flattened her black fluffy ears against her head.
"My name is Lilith, heir to Lucifer. I came from the underworld, until one day, a hole appeared in my dimension, and I saw human faces. I got curious and stepped through the hole, appearing on earth." Lilith said.
"Your name is Lilith?" Cindy asked, the demon nodded.
"Yes, but your kind just refers to me as the Anti Christ." Lilith replied.