CHAPTER 3: Rescue Plan
Pulling the sliding door open, Amar took off his shoes as he and Chris entered his house. The living room was dark and gloomy, for some reason.
Chris turned on the laser pointer mounted on his USP, while Amar searched for the light switch. He flicked the switch, but nothing happened. Amar tried it twice, but there's no response.
"Had there been a blackout or something?"
"No." Amar Ma'aruf replied. " I saw the houses down the hill is still lights on."
"Then someone's must be playing with the fuse box."
The rain was still pouring outside, but this time the heavy downpour turned into a thunderstorm. Evangeline entered the house so that she wouldn't be soaked wet and got struck by lightning.
"Why's the house is so dark?"
"I think a switch in the fuse box got flipped. Can you find it for us while we're going upstairs?"
"…"
Eva grunted as she searched for the switch, while Chris and Amar Ma'aruf went upstairs.
"There's nobody home."
"Where could they be?"
"Hey boys! The fuse box's dead! All switches are down and they'll recoil if we try to flip them back up!" Eva yelled downstairs.
"We'd better look for them, even in my mom's bedroom." Amar said. "Practe Bigi Nar, Ardescat!"
A small flame appeared on Amar's fingertip illuminating the dark master bedroom. While they're scouting around the master bedroom, the windows suddenly got smashed into pieces, and a figure appeared behind them.
"Aah!"
Eva heard the startled scream coming from the young archimage before she heard gunshots. She quickly rushed into the room to find that the boys were reloading their weapons. The lights turned on a second later.
"She got away…" Chris remarked.
"What was that?"
"It's Sherry-nee-chan! And she had bite marks on her neck!"
"That must be Camilla's work. We need to follow them now."
"Well, it was, but that mark seemed old."
"Who cares? We'd to find her and cure her!"
"Right behind you." Chris suddenly paused. "Hold it, how're we going to cure her?"
"That's where we need to put the Sanctuary spell to the test." Eva said. "It'll take for like 14 seconds to complete that spell."
"Fourteen seconds is no big deal." Chris said as he jumped out of the window. He plopped to the ground below harmlessly. "C'mon."
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As both Chris and Eva ran for Camilla's location, Amar Ma'aruf ran off somewhere else. Before he left, Chris saw the inu hanyou with his AWP on his back. Chris knew what was Amar Ma'aruf was planning to do.
"Where's Amar?"
"Don't know. I saw him with his sniper rifle before he left."
As the two of them arrived at the school gates, Chris saw that the old security guard had been knocked out. There were no sign of bite marks, so Eva assumed that Camilla might have left him there.
Suddenly, the whole school echoed the noise of the AWP. The loud gunshots came from the assembly hall. Eva and Chris ran over to the area where the gunshots came from immediately.
"Sounds like he's in trouble."
When Chris noticed that the inu hanyou had stopped firing to reload, Evangeline saw a black blur coming straight at them. She grabbed the vampire hunter's garb and threw him at the oncoming danger.
"WHOA!"
A loud thud can be heard when Chris collided with the enemy. Quickly recovering from the impact, Chris flipped and pushed his opponent to the ground. He knew who that was; it's Sherry Yamato in her gothic maid outfit.
"Keep her pinned down, Belmont!"
Chris kept pinning Sherry to the ground as he locked her arms and legs with a move Azman taught him. It was a successful suppression, but he was succumbing to the powerful dark aura really fast.
"Evangeline! Whatever you're thinking, do it NOW!"
Eva squinted and saw a cloaked floating ball. That ball was slightly emanating a dark aura, of which only her could sense it.
"Watch your head!"
"Wha?"
Evangeline dashed over and she quickly swiped her clawed hand over Chris' head. A second of silence passed, and then a sound of breaking glass could be heard later. Sherry screamed in agony and went trashing about before she went out cold. As the young priestess' body went limp, Chris got up to his feet to catch his breath.
"What was that?"
"Apparently it's a mind control orb. Wait, you can't see it?"
"I was busy pinning her down, Eva. If it was a control orb, I should have seen it earlier."
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Back at the sniper, Amar had lost track of his second target. He switched the AWP to his spell book while scanning the area for his older sister's scent.
"PSI… Rockin' Omega!" Resha yelled, appearing from nowhere and ambushed her adopted younger brother.
"GWWAAH!"
Amar Ma'aruf screamed in pain as the hammer hit his back hard. It was so hard that he fell flat on his stomach.
"Owww…"
"Master Camilla said that I need to destroy you and make you as her pet…" She muttered in audibly.
"Ukh…Adeat!" Amar announced as he reached for his pact card. He then snatched Alucard's Sword from the card, and then the inu hanyou proceeded in offensive. Despite the pain, he got up to his feet and dashed towards Resha.
Before the possessed kitsune could smash Amar with her huge hammer, Amar teleported himself behind Resha and tackled her back with his shoulders. Resha stumbled a bit before she faced the inu hanyou.
"Why're you not using the sword?"
"…"
"Well then… PSI Heat Wave! Omega!"
"Ultimatum Gradius! Flet, ūne vente! Flāns Saltātiō Pulverea!" (Lit: Blow Forth, Wall of Churning Wind)
Amar's spell had blocked off the PSI attack effectively. He then dashed towards Resha before knocking the hammer away with his sword.
"No more PSI Rockin' for you."
Resha smirked.
"It's not the hammer that counts, koinu-chan… it's the mind that did." She said while pointing at the diamond insignia on her forehead. "PSI Rockin' Omega."
With a swipe of her hand, the inu hanyou was suddenly crushed under a powerful pressure. However, Amar managed to cut the damage by countering the pressure with Alucard's Shield.
Amar Ma'aruf was still trying to overcome the increasing pressure when a figure suddenly whizzed over his head and crashed into Resha. He heard a voice of a girl yelling 'Melio Falcis', and then the noise of a broken glass before he heard Resha's screaming.
She then fell over.
"Onee-chan!" He screamed as he ran over for his sister. "Onee-chan, are you alright?"
It took Resha a few seconds for her to snap back into her senses.
"Uh? Amar? What's going on here? Why are you crying?"
To hide his tears, he quickly hugged Resha.
"There you are!" Chris yelled. "Looks like Resha's fine too."
"So much for the Sanctuary spell, eh, Eva?"
The vampire shrugged, before crossing her arms while facing Resha.
"What is going on here?" Resha demanded an explanation.
"We'll explain later, but where's mom, dad, Arikado and Mokona?"
"They're out shopping and…"
"Things happen."
"Chris, there's someone here a while ago. She saved Resha-onee-chan… but she left." Amar Ma'aruf said. "I heard her say 'Melio Falcis.'"
Chris and Eva looked a little taken aback.
Melio Falcis? Could it be?
"Chris?"
The vampire hunter snapped back to reality.
"Well, we should be back and repair that mirror…"
"OH NO! The mirror!"
Amar hurried home, leaving the twins, the vampire and the vampire hunter behind.
"What was that all about?"
"We can tell everything later, but surely it's not tonight."
"It's okay." Sherry said. "We'll know this things sooner or later."
A/N: Well, that's chapter 3 for now. Keep on reading and reviewing, everyone. I am planning to merge Portrait of Ruin, Order of Ecclesia and Bloodlines to make the story even more interesting.