Never fear! Chapter 8 is here! (After alternating between writing this, playing Assassin's Creed and watching Let's Plays on Youtube)
Also, a big thank you to the shower who helps me with inspiration on many an occasion! :)
As the two left the hotel, Cece was in shock. The evenings events finally catching up with her. Toby walked ahead, leading the way, while Cece trailed behind, one hand resting on the gun in her pocket while the other clenched and unclenched nervously.
Toby suddenly stopped before looking around and changing his direction. Cece followed him, or tried to due to his brisk pace, through the steadily darkening streets as they made their way to save Rocky.
"So how is a gun going to stop Damien if he's a demon? I mean surely regular bullets won't have much of an effect if he's a supernatural being." Cece asked.
"The bullets are made with silver with angel's blood mixed in. Silver is effective and painful for most supernatural beings but the angel's blood is deadly amongst demons, extra precautions need to be taken with demons since have they incredible healing rates." he replied informatively. The two slipped into a deafening silence. Cece wasn't quite sure why they were taking this route to go down town but Toby seemed to know where he was heading so she didn't question him.
By the time the duo had arrived at their destination the moon was up, street lamps lit the streets and, apart from the cars in the background, all was silent.
"Why would they come here though?" Toby wondered out loud, "It's just a regular subway station."
"Actually it's abandoned." Cece interrupted. She saw his curious look and continued, " A while back there was an earthquake here in Chicago, it was mostly buildings affected but this substation got blocked off. Since not many people got off in this part of town, the city decided to leave it. Apart from the odd hobo or couple, no one comes here any more." Toby nodded.
"Makes sense, Damien did his research. Used the excuse of never being here before to cover it up. Clever." he turned to Cece. "So here's the plan. I distract Damien and lead him away from Rocky, you take Rocky and get her away from here then I'll take care of Damien."
"Sounds good to me but are you sure you want to handle Damien by yourself?"
"Yeah I'm sure, no offence Cece but you haven't had any training or experience so you're more likely to be a hindrance than anything else." Cece huffed but had to agree with Toby considering the amount of training she'd had.
Which was none.
They silently made their way into the subway entrance and down the stairs. They heard a muffled squeak followed by the sound of someone being slapped. "What the hell do you think you're doing?" Rocky's voice called out. Cece almost ran towards her if it wasn't for Toby grabbing her by the arm and giving her a look that said 'calm down and wait'.
Toby slowly crept forwards and peered around the nearest corner. He could see a flustered Rocky with Damien close by. The other two didn't realise they had company yet and we're too busy in their matters.
He looked back to Cece and held up 3 fingers, their eyes met and Cece caught on almost immediately.
Toby dropped on finger, leaving two, and pulled out one of the items he's gotten from his suitcase. Cece's eyes flickered to the obsidian knife before looking back at Toby's fingers. He dropped the next finger and the two readied themselves to jump out. As Toby dropped the final finger, motioned with his hand for Cece to wait a little longer then jumped out, throwing the knife at Damien.
The knife clipped him on the shoulder and he spun to face Toby. "Hunter!" he spat.
"Toby?" Rocky asked, clearly confused "What're you doing here?"
"My job" the young hunter replied. He stared at Damien, who glared back at him.
"You're ruining my plan, hunter" Damien said.
"And you've been careless. I thought you got the message when your father was too arrogant to hide his tracks and got killed." Toby shot back. The demon snarled and appeared in front of Toby in the blink of an eye, holding him by the neck.
"You don't have the right to speak of my father!" he practically yelled. Behind him, Toby could see Cece leading Rocky over to the stairs.
Toby head butted the demon and pushed him away. He watched in satisfaction as Damien cried in pain and spat out blood. However that satisfaction was eradicated as soon as the young hunter saw Damien's eyes fade from grey to black and his fingers elongated into claws. Toby ducked and dodged all of Damien's attacks, trying to find a pattern is his attacks but it soon became clear that his attacks were random and fuelled by anger instead of tact.
As Toby ducked yet again, he reached into a pouch hidden in his trouser pockets and threw down a smoke bomb. He used this distraction to silently locate his knife from earlier and hide behind a pillar. The smoke cleared and Toby knew he had little time before he was found by Damien. He looked up and saw his reflection in a nearby window, behind the pillar he saw Damien ready to strike the pillar. Toby dived to the side as the pillar was destroyed by the enraged demon. He paled as he realised one hit at that strength could kill him.
Seeing he'd pretty much backed himself into a corner, Toby ran towards the edge of the platform to get to the tracks.
Damien picked up a piece of rubble from the now destroyed pillar and threw it at Toby, who then fell from the impact and flew over the edge of the platform and cried out in pain. The knife had flown out of his hands and became lost in the shadows.
Toby felt blood trickle from the back of his head, as well as his forehead, and groaned loudly. He had a concussion.
His wrist and arm screamed in agony. His face was pressed against to cool metal of the tracks and two feet came into his field of vision. He was kicked over and found himself staring at the ceiling for a second or two before Damien grabbed him by the shirt and lifted him up. His eyes were back to their normal shade of grey and claws were slowly receding back into fingernails. He chuckled slightly before punching Toby in the stomach and letting him go then reached into his pocket, pulling out a weapon of his own.
Toby's back hit the floor and his head smacked into the floor, creating a new wave of pain. He stared up at Damien, who was aiming a gun straight at him. He tried to get up, tried to at least roll out of the way, but he couldn't. He gulped as Damien took the safety off and his finger twitched on the trigger. He closed his eyes and a gun shot echoed through the substation.
Oh no! Is Toby still alive? Is he dead? Will I update the next chapter tomorrow? Or will all you readers have to suffer and wait? And why am I asking you all of these questions? Who knows?
-Also, just to clear up a few things asked in a review about the last chapter: (and it may help other readers if they thought the same thing)
Cece didn't continue to tell Rocky about Damien after the bell finished ringing as the perfect time was gone (I also find it amusing).
-Cece admitted to liking Rocky so quickly because Toby can be an annoying nuisance at times. (no offence jp! This is Toby we're talking about, not you :p) and he's a very likeable and trustworthy person,
-Toby was worried about Rocky being alone with Damien but hid it and tried to make Cece feel better because he doesn't like to see people upset. He was also going to go after Damien shortly after anyway.
Final note: Reviews make me giddier than a chipmunk on drugs! They are much appreciated!