Human vs. Phantom

Chapter- 5 Episode- 6 Not in the Looks

Chapter- 5

Episode- 6

Not in the Looks

Jim pulled Rocky away from where his girlfriend was sitting, for a minute.

“what is going on officer?” he asked shocked.

“Rocky you got to believe me in that, but the one who is coming behind you is your girlfriend. She can harm you.” Jim told him, trying to make it more normal sounding.

“what are you saying? This can’t be true; she can never hurt me. she is the kindest and sweetest person I know.” Rocky tried to reason his point, and he was somehow sure that this can’t have anything to do with his girlfriend. She wouldn’t even harm a tiny bug, killing a man is never what she will ever do.

“I know it’s hard to believe but I am telling the truth, your girlfriend is not your girlfriend right now.” Jim was desperate but what he was saying, no one would believe in his words easily.

“what are you saying? What do you mean she is not my girlfriend? she is clearly my girlfriend Sandy. The girl I have been dating for five years.” Rocky started speaking in a loud voice to prove his point but Jim hushed him to speak in a lower voice.

“You don’t believe me. wait, I’ll prove it to you. Look at her and say the word Christo, but don’t be too scared of what you'll see, she doesn’t know that we know who she is. Just stay calm, if you don’t react you will be fine.” Jim explained.

He went to where Sandy was sitting still putting up with the act of an innocent and naïve girl. As Rocky saw Jim walked away and stood beside his brother, he called out what Jim told him to say. And what he saw after that made his soul shiver, it wasn’t something he has ever seen before or he would ever in his worst nightmares would even think of seeing, but he can no longer deny it after seeing it in front of his eyes.

The eyes of his beloved were no longer what he looked in at, it turned black, not just a normal black which makes you blind, but a black that can bewitch you, lure you into the darkest pit in the world of worse. Rocky shook to his core, he couldn’t look straight in her eyes, he tried having a calm expression on his face as Jim told her, but it was altogether too much to take in.

He suddenly felt a hand on his shoulder which startled him.

“now will you help us?” Rocky didn’t realize when Reeve came near him, he was so lost in his trance.

“you guys are not really police officers, right?” he doubted.

“that’s true but we catch things much worse than common criminals,” Reeve spoke. While Jim was sitting on the other side keeping an eye on Sandy.

“what do you want me to help you in?” Rocky asked.

“okay listen………” Reeve started to explain to him.

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“what is going on babe?” Sandy suddenly appeared out of nowhere near Rocky and spoke. But Reeve and Rocky got started with her voice. She was looking at Rocky sweetly just how his girlfriend looks at her.

“nothing many babes, we were just discussing what I should do to be safe and alive. Isn’t that right Mr. Bennett?” Rocky gazed at Reeve nervously.

“yes of course. You two chat I’ll go and have a chat with my partner.”

Reeve said and walked back to his brother.

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“It is said that demons have a capability of reading others' minds, they can mess with you by knowing what your deepest secrets are. But they cannot manipulate every human, a man with firmness in mind and can dodge through its tricks. It takes wise to know how to protect themselves from their mind games. Jim and Reeve came across such a thing now and then. But for normal humans, are not mentally trained to deal with it.

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In the living room, Reeve and Jim were together, standing and chatting in a low tone, while the other two were standing quietly not knowing what to say. Rocky was uncomfortable and anomalously quiet. His emotions were like an ocean quiet and calm to look at from the outer surface but deep down he was on the edge of eruption. Suddenly Jim said breaking his trance of horror to bring him back to reality.

“Mr. Shire, me and my partner decided to stay the night with you, we don’t know what dangers are waiting for you, and leaving you two alone could put your lives in jeopardy. We can’t take that risk. We have orders to protect. Will it be okay for you?” said Jim.

“oh no it’s fine officer, we can protect ourselves,” Sandy started saying and both Jim and Rocky glanced at each other. “also, this is still just speculation that Rocky is in danger, nothing bad has happened, and will not happen. If there is something, we will think is wrong, we will the police. You don’t need to stay and protect us.” She emphasized her each word.

“what are you saying, babe?” Rocky spoke out stopping her in between. “no officers you are welcome to stay the night. I know it is for my own good. I and my girlfriend will corporate with you.”

“babe doesn’t be like that; they are helping us. This place is more than an hour away from the town, police won’t make it on time if something happens later at night.” Rocky again said trying to convince her.

“Okay, whatever you say.” The black-eyed said with irritation in the voice and left the room.

“come officer I’ll show you the room,” Rocky said and walked towards the door on the far end of the living room. The brothers followed him. The demon had its ears on their conversation even though he was standing far from them.

“here, you can stay officers, my room is on the first floor, the first room on the right alley from up the stairs. Tell me if you need anything.”

“yes sure,” suddenly the room of the door closed and no voice came out of it for a long time. Sandy was standing there, her ears on the door and her evil on the place. Suddenly the clock on the wall of the living room started ringing a chime, it was midnight.

Suddenly, Sandy kicked open the door wide and walked in inside. She was raging and reeking with a dark aura from her. It was almost as if the demon was taking over her psyche. She wasn’t even left with what she had moments ago, her eyes were all pitch black now and her face, all the soft girly features that she had, her soft eyes, her full eyebrows, her lushy lips, they were vanished and were replaces by and arched brows, smirky lips and black eyes. Even her walk wasn’t hers anymore.

“you think you can fool me. I can see what is going through your head. I can see how horrified you were, when you saw me looking at you like you were about to piss in your pants.” the words that were coming out of her mouth wasn’t even in her voice anymore, it was heavy and menacing. They were astounded by her, standing in the room speechless.

“you know, the girl inside here, I can feel her pleading and crying and struggling to come out.” She said tapping her head with her fingers twice, harshly. “I know how much she loved you. But you know what I know too, I know how she slept with your best friend, how he f****d her endlessly. And you know what I can see it in your eyes that you know what she did, but you can never face it, you were scared and ran away.”

“stop it.” He bawled, eyes were red and full of warm and heavy tears. “you don’t know anything about me.” he cried again.

“Rocky calm yourself, he is messing with your brain. Don’t let it get to you.” Jim spoke.

“Jim beaver, you know what I can see in you, hatred for your dad for what he did to your mother. You hated that he didn’t protect your family. The rage you are filled with how destructive it is. You hated him for your whole life for what you have to go through because of him, but now you hate yourself more than how much you did to him. You loathe yourself for hating him.” The demon spoke.

“you think I don’t know that; you can’t get through me. I know what you are.” Jim said savagely, even though he was shaken up inside. He was hiding it from his brother burdening himself with all the work but he can do it anymore. he was a good liar; he can even lie through a lie detector. But to his brother, he was the most vulnerable.

“But you don’t know what we are.” Reeve spoke. “you don’t know what we can do.” he said again in his savage voice. His hands moved to the inside pocket of his jacket.

“you can’t kill me with a gun.” the demon said.

“I have something better than that for you.” Reeve spoke as he pulled out a silver-colored flask from his pocket. “comes in handy for suckers like you.” He said ferociously.

The demon swooped to attack Reeve but suddenly it stopped in its flight, it tried to move further to attack them but it was frozen in the position it was in. as its glance moved downward to the feet, he saw a red border, just a centimeter from the toes that was binding him from any moment. “What is this?” he aggravated.

“something you can never leave,” Jim started speaking. “until you tell us why are you trying to kill him?” he added walking near the red border of the sigil they drew on the floor. “or why you killed all the others,” Reeve added this time, opening the lid of the flask he splashed a few drops of the holy water on the demon. As the water touched the skin of the demon it started exhuming large fumes from it, like the skin was on fire, although there were no burned marks on the body the demon writhed in intense pain as it fell on the knees, the color of its eyes started flashing once normal and then again black. A painful squirm came from the mouth of the demon, it was suffering from intense pain just from the holy water.

“The outcome is just the same, I will die, whether I tell you or not.” I weak voice came from its mouth.

“you will die but it is your choice will your death be painless and quick, or painful and torturous. Because we have all the time in the world.” Reeve spoke out. “Jim you’re ready?” he added without turning his eyes away from the black-eyed.

“ready.”

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