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Chapter four.

As I was running through Central Park I stopped to think about my parents, what if they walked home and bumped into the crazy demon eyed cops and got hurt? I quickly pulled out my phone and dialled my mother, for a few horrible seconds there was no answer but then she picked up and I couldn't get the words out quick enough.

"Mum! Don't go home! Go stay in a hotel tonight okay? It's not safe!"

She started asking me questions but I ignored them, shouting her and my father orders down the phone.

"The cops aren't who they say they are ok! Just go to a hotel and keep your head low! Please… Just trust me!"

The other end of the phone went quiet and I waited for an answer with intense anticipation.

"Okay, will you be alright?"

"Just text me where you are and I will meet you later."

I hung up and started to pace quicker through the park, in the middle of the day it was beautiful – trees are in full bloom, children and their families are running around having fun but at night… at night it's a dark sinister place where you flinch at a falling leaf and run away from the shadows.

"Do you really think you could run away from us Fendrel?"

I froze at the familiar voice, staring ahead into the gloom.

"I… I don't know who you are talking about."

That part was true, I had no idea and I would honestly love to know what the hell was going on but I don't think these guys were up for a cosy chat over some tea.

"Don't lie to us!"

I flinched at his voice and looked around, I couldn't see them and by the looks of things – the one that is talking right now seems to be the leader of the two of them.

"I'm not lying! I think we just… we just need to calm down…?"

This time I heard the two of them laugh and I saw a shadow move in front of me. I don't know what I could throw at him this time, a bin wouldn't do much and I don't even know if I could do what I did again.

"Please… Just, leave me be…"

The shadow stopped moving and I began to back away, if these things weren't human then I needed to get myself out of here and to safety – I don't want to die yet… Come to think of it, this just shows how New York is a dangerous place to live, if my dad was here I would be laughing in his face because he was wrong.

"Just give me the ring."

His tone was no longer playful and every step forward he took, I took another one back.

"I would love too but I can't!"

I screamed at him and he stepped into the light, his eyes were still as black as raven wings but his skin… it was covered in black veins, his teeth were rotten and black liquid seeped from his black lips like thick ink.

"W-what the hell are you…"

"We are the Dagon's, we travelled to this world through a worm hole your people created."

Worm hole? Dagon's? Okay I think it's time to get out of here. The creature strolled towards me and I turned and ran, unfortunately into the arms of the second cop.

"Shit…"

The creature spat the black liquid into my eyes and I screamed and fell backwards. It was burning my eyes like acid and I tried my best to wipe them but my vision… everything was blurred and out of focus and my head, it hurt like… a lot.

"This is the last time Fendrel, give me the ring… Actually, you know what before we go any further why this human? What is so special about this mortal girl?"

I wanted to stand up but it was like my body was struggling to follow orders.

"I don't know who you are talking about!"

I screamed at him and the one who spat in my eyes grabbed me by the throat and lifted me off the ground.

"You know, I might have it all wrong. Maybe you're not Fendrel after all…"

I turned my gaze towards the leader and I struggled to speak so he placed a freezing cold finger on my lips.

"Maybe you are one of his kin; you have his blood pulsing through your veins."

Okay so that's the second person who said something like that today… Oh jesus, the guy in the medieval armour. The little Chinese man… this all links, these are the shadowed beings this Fendrel dude fought all those years ago…

"P-please…"

I wrapped my hand around its wrist as I tried prying the cold fingers of the creatures hand away from my throat. I didn't have any luck obviously, the only thing it did was throw me against a tree. At first I couldn't feel anything, my body felt cold and as I picked myself off the ground – steadying myself against the trunk of the tree a strong kick smacked me in the ribs and forced me to the ground.

"I cannot believe such a mundane, weak little mortal has the blood of a powerful god running through her veins."

Normally I would have tried to speak and make some smart ass comment but I couldn't breathe, the pain of the kick was making me feel faint and I don't know how long I could take getting beaten the crap out of.

"I suppose the only way of getting this ring now is to take it off your cold… dead… body."

My gaze lifted from the floor and I tried to focus my weakening vision on them. My head and eyes still burned and I suddenly found this inner strength inside of me, slowly I stood – steadying my shaking knees.

"Well… If that's what you want to do… get on with it."

The leader laughed and I stood up straighter, clutching my ribs as pain shot across them.

"You can't possibly think that you can defeat us?"

I bit my lip and took a deep breath, launching myself forward and tackling the leader to the ground and punching him across the face several times.

"I might not be able to but I will give it a bloody good go!"

The cop who I had pinned to the floor kicked me off and I went tumbling into the arms of the second creature.

"Crap…"

I struggled out of the grip and I was forced onto my knees, my head turned to face the creature picking himself up off the floor.

"You are going to regret that."

The officer… creature thing lifted his fist and punched me across the cheekbone so hard my head was spinning, I could barely lift it and as I saw him raise his fist to punch me again, a guy came out of know where and tackled him to the ground, punching him so hard it knocked him out cold – the black veins disappearing with every other terrifying quality.

"Help me!"

The second creature hissed and grabbed me by the throat again, this time his nails sliced the flesh of my neck.

"Put… her… down…"

The creature didn't speak and I felt his nails dig deeper into my neck causing me to cry out. I didn't know what to do but my head was throbbing and my lungs were once again screaming for oxygen they so desperately needed.

"I'm not going to ask you again."

I glanced down at the creature and noticed the loaded gun still in its holster; if I could just reach for it I would be able to kill this thing forever. I let my arm drop and I stretched my fingers as far as I could but I couldn't reach it. I remembered the chest moving and I focused on the gun moving into my hand, for a couple of seconds it didn't work and just when I was about to give up the gun floated into my fingers and I pressed it against the creatures head and fired without even thinking of the consequences.

"Cassie!"

Black blood splattered all over me as I dropped towards the ground, gasping for breath. My eyes were struggling to keep open and just before I clattered with the concrete I felt strong arms wrap around my tiny broken frame.

"Cassie… Cassie look at me…"

I blinked up at him, narrowing my eyes to see Steve gazing down at me with worried eyes.

"Stay with me Cassie…"

I raised a weak shaky hand and placed it on his cheek. My body hurt and I felt so, so tired – come to think of it, why was he even here? I don't understand what he was doing in Central Park this late at night.

"I'm.. O-okay…"

That was the biggest lie of the century, I couldn't even stay awake anymore, the darkness clouded my vision and the pleas to stay awake from Steve distanced from my mind as I fell into the black abyss of unconsciousness.