The cursed blessing

Rescue mission

Aya

The girl laid there crying and bleeding, completely naked and deprived of her dignity. The corpse of her attacker laid next to the bed on the floor and a pool of blood was forming.

I untied her and wrapped her into a blanket as her clothes were completely ripped and not covering anything anymore. She stood there shaking, and I tried to remember her, but her face seemed new to me.

“Sorry for bothering you but how long have you been here?" 

"A few months, maybe a year. Time flies by so quickly. I just know that Castor brought me here to replace a girl, who was kicked out of the brothel.”

She was my replacement. It could have been me there tied up on the bed, raped by a demon.

I hugged here and whispered “It’s going to be okay; I promise. I will bring you out of here. What’s your name?”

“Suzie and yours?”

“Aya. Okay Suzie listen to me. You will stay behind me and take cover if I say so. We will leave the building trough the back door. There is a friend waiting for you. Don’t freak out okay, the friend is a demon but she will protect you with her life. Trust me on that.”

She nodded and we made our way out of the room. I saw her looking back at the corpse with hatred in her green eyes.

The ground floor was nearly empty, and silence settled down. I heard the fight continuing above on the first floor and hoped that my friends would be okay.

Reaching the back door I said: “ Sindra, this is Suzie. Please take good care of her.”

Sindra reached out to support Suzie, who was still shaking, and she smiled at her.

I left the two alone and continued my way upstairs. Suddenly I heard a loud noise, which came from one of the rooms. The door wasn’t locked and I found Lydia fighting against one of the guards. She threw chairs and vases at him but the guard didn’t seem to be bothered about it and continued to come closer. Lydias power was more of a passive one as she was able to read emotions by touching someone. This gift made her one of Castors best at the brothel, because she understood the customers desires without asking about them.

Unfortunately, this gift didn’t help her in combat at all.

I decided that it was time to intervene. Forming my energy whip, I came out of the shadows and attacked the demon with a battle cry that was deep, raw and full of emotions.

He turned around and stepped to the side in time to avoid my whip. He then snarled at me and attacked. He was a bulky demon, and I was smaller, more agile and therefore faster than he was. He tried to land punches, but I dodged in time and kicked him in the side. He stumbled and nearly lost his footing, but it wasn’t enough to make him fall. I shot energy balls at him and didn’t waste any time to activate my whip again. The combination of energy projectiles and the whipping made it incredibly difficult for the demon to dodge. I just needed one moment of inattention. My motions got more fluid and soon my combination attack was nearly impossible to escape from. The demon started sweating and it took all his effort to avoid being hit but after some time he became slower and payed less attention. This was my chance. I focused all my energy and fired another round of my energy balls, which hit him directly in the chest. He crashed against the wall and fell to the floor being motionless.

“Aya. Omg it’s you! You are alive. I missed you so much”

Before I could answer Lydia wrapped her arms around me and didn’t let go.

“Thank you so much for saving me. Your powers are so amazing. What are you? Cursed or blessed?”

“Please let go of me, I don’t get enough air Lydia. I missed you as well.”

She loosened her grip and I showed her my palm. The black half circle and the white half circle made her stare at me with her mouth hanging widely open. “I guess I am both.”

“Omg, how is this even possible?”

“I don’t know, but we can talk later now I want to free you all and bring you as far away from here as possible. I am with the revolution. They will help you. Come on I will bring you out of here. Stay behind me.”

We continued our way back down and I saw Sindra fighting of a demon, who I didn’t recognize. He wasn’t a guard but had a uniform, which wasn’t typical for a customer either.

Had Castor called for backup? How many more guards were in the blinding? I hoped that my team was save and that Zecel didn’t do anything reckless. Sindra used her combat skills and threw the demon over her shoulder to the ground. Before he was able to stand up again her claws were already by his neck and sliced through his throat.

She turned around and saw us watching “Hey Aya how is it going up there? I counted about nine girls and with the one besides you we already freed ten. I think we are making progress.”

“Everything seems to work according to the plan. This is Lydia by the way. Please take good care of her.”

“Oh she is Lydia, nice to meet you girl. Aya talked about you a lot.”

Lydia smiled and they started talking as I went back upstairs. Sindra was relaxed and seemed like nothing matters but when a demon tried to reach the girls or hurt one of us her relax mode changed to the berserker mode. She was an impressive fighter and I loved her way of approaching different situations.

 Reaching the first floor again I ran into Michele, who was with another girl, that I knew. “Aya! Michele told me that you made them all come to rescue us. Thank you a lot. It means the world to me.”

I held her hand and helped them to reach the back door as the comm device came to life. “Lane here. I used my cloaking ability and searched the rooms. There are three more on the first floor. I will continue to search the second floor. Haven’t seen Castor anywhere. Over”

“I am on my way. Over”

 We decided to use Lanes ability to the fullest and made her our harbinger. She was there to scout out the rooms and if there was a life-threatening situation she was also equipped to fight.

 I reached the room in the far-left corner of the first floor and found three girls hiding underneath the bed.

I recognized Sassa and two other girls and helped them up.