A few days passed and Julie was working at her job. She was alone at the end
of the day, everyone else had gone home. Once she finished her report she
saved her work and shut down her computer, turning off her lights and grabbing
her purse. As she walked down the deserted hallway to the parking lot, she
thought she heard someone laughing and turned to look. "Who's there?" she
called but no one answered. Walking a bit faster, she squealed as a demon
smoked into view right in front of her. Brandishing his special claw, he snarled at
her, "Thought you could escape, did you?" Screaming, Julie turned and ran the
other way as fast as she could, but the demon used his super speed and
grabbed her arm. Julie screamed, "Seb!" and fought to get away, hitting the
demon on his arm.
Seb shimmered in and powered up a fireball. "Let her go!" he yelled, shooting it
off. It hit the demon in the chest and he screamed in pain as he erupted in flame,
turning into a pile of ash. Julie flung herself into his arms and buried her head
against his chest. Seb stroked her back and murmered, "Sssh! It's okay! You're
safe now!" "Why do they keep coming after me?" she asked, her voice muffled.
Seb thought for a minute then said, "It most likely has something to do with the
slave traders, they must need more slaves. See, demons buy human slaves
from slave traders to work for them. It's a horrible life but part of the demonic
existence! " Julie looked horrified at him. "You're joking right? Why humans?"
"It's probably because they don't have magic to defend themselves. It's one of
the reasons why I'm tired of being evil, at least humans have a choice! They can
act evil or good, sometimes all in the same day but we demons and warlocks
have to live in the underworld, make plans to take over the world and fight with
each other constantly!" Julie was frightened but as she listened to Seb she felt
sorry for him and wanted to help. "Would you like to come home with me? We
can talk more and maybe figure out a way to help each other."