The Messiah In Black

Chapter Ten

William’s POV:

Ada took us to Queen’s as we appeared in an abandoned hotel, we were in the lobby as I sat on the sofa trying to recover while Ada was pacing around and then she realized something and said

“I figured it out, Isabel was the other witch that sent that zombie girl to attack you on the first night we met and she was the one who sent that soul devourer to prevent us from reaching Mirabel”

“Okay Mirabel, you’ve gotta tell us everything, start talking” I said as me and Ada looked at Mirabel

“I told you half the story but I guess it’s time to finish it up, after Isabel found out I gave you away, she tortured me for months in order to get me to give up your location but I didn’t…” Said Mirabel

“Lemme guess she killed you and you appeared in the land of the dead” I interrupted her

“No, I killed myself but I took something from her, I found out she replicated a soul devourer using the energy of an actual soul devourer, I was able to link myself with the soul devourer before dieing”

Mirabel Said as she dragged the left sleeve of her gown revealing a mark on the left side of her chest, this was the mark that connected her with the replicated soul devourer

“Why would you kill yourself?” I asked

“I could no longer endure the torture and I couldn’t give you up, killing myself was the only way” She answered

I felt sorry for her as she went through all that just to protect me, I don’t know if I should believe her story but if what she’s saying is true and she’s my mother then I have a bloody complicated family history,

“So that was why the Soul devourer was protecting you, you were hiding from her” Said Ada

“Yes, Isabel is as powerful as they come, I suspect her power comes from something way darker than any of us knows, Everywhere she goes there’s always death” Said Mirabel

“Isabel was powerful enough to destroy my pocket dimension, that kind of power isn’t ordinary, she must have where she’s drawing her power from” Said Ada

“I might know a place”

Mirabel said as she told us where she was tortured, Ada opened a portal as we all jumped into it, I couldn’t help but wonder why a soul devourer wanted to consume Luther Martin’s soul but that’s a mystery for another day.

We appeared in Manchester as Mirabel took us to an old cabin, the entire place was eerie and it seemed like the kinda place they show in horror movies,

We got into the place and it was filled with written signs and magical symbols on the walls and on the floor, Ada read them and said

“All this are ancient symbols, most of them are symbols of death but I don’t know what the others are”

I became worried instantly, well I was worried but I became more bloody worried because when a three hundred and twenty seven year old witch sees some magical symbols and tells you that she don’t what they are, that’s bloody concerning,

“What the bloody hell do you mean you don’t know what they are?” I asked

“I don’t know what they are because I don’t f*****g know what they are!” Yelled Ada

I could tell she was beyond frustrated trying to figure out what those symbols mean and how was Isabel more powerful than her, Ada is the oldest among us all and yet a 21st century witch is more powerful than her, I guess age is just a bloody number,

Mirabel felt a sharp pain on her chest, most particularly the left side of her chest, she fell to the ground as I ran towards her and helped her up,

“The Soul devourer, it’s back” Said Mirabel as she was worried

“It must still think you’re in danger, can you control it?” I asked

“I never really tried controlling it, I don’t know if I can” Mirabel Answered

“If you can endure months of torture and survive being linked with a fake soul devourer then you can do this” I said trying to calm and reassure her that she could do this,

We heard a screeching sound as we all looked outside the cabin and suddenly the soul devourer appeared and came into the cabin, the force it used to enter the cabin pushed us backwards as we fell to the wooden floor,

The soul devourer saw me and tried to attack me as I got up and blasted it with energy but it kept coming closer,

“William!”

Mirabel shouted as she immediately ran and stood in front of me stopping the soul devourer from reaching me,

“I won’t let you hurt my son!”

She said as she took a deep breath and then the soul devourer growled and came towards her, she screamed as she absorbed the soul devourer, She fell to my arms as I asked

“Are you okay?”

“Never better”

She said, I and Ada were stunned as we both had doubts on if she was able to control the soul devourer but she did, I guess the saying is true, a mother can beat up a god just to protect her children, you don’t mess with the bloody power of mum’s love,

Ada told us she needed time to figure out what those symbols are and she also wanted to scan the entire place mystically, I and Mirabel went outside as Ada meditated inside the cabin,

“It was amazing what you did there, you saved our lives, thanks”

I said as Mirabel looked at me and smiled then she said

“Anything for my son, I will go to the ends of the earth if it means protecting you”

“It’s funny, I always thought my mother abandoned me at birth but now I’ve heard your story I don’t know what to believe” I said and then Mirabel said

“I know how it seems and I know I was never part of your life, I know you will never accept me but I don’t care all I want is to keep you safe even if it means I will never be part of your life”

She said as tears rolled down her eyes as she continued

“It bloody hurts but life isn’t bloody fair to us all but I’m proud to see the man you’ve become, I know the feeling of not growing up with a parent, me and Isabel had to fend for ourselves as our parents died in a bloody car crash, I am so sorry if I abandoned you and used protecting you as an excuse”

I looked at her as she said this and I felt sad, I’ve always wanted to grow up with my parents but fate had something else in store for me, I always thought my mother had abandoned me and I always hated her for it but when I’ve finally meet her I couldn’t bring myself to hate her,

“What about my father?” I asked

“Your father is a bloody asshole that f*****g r***d me, am sorry but I have to tell you the truth” answered Mirabel

“I understand but I need time to process all this, hope you understand?”

I asked as she nodded, it struck a nerve we she told me my father was just some bloody bastard that r***d her, I didn’t feel pity for her but I felt compassion, she had gone through a lot and if it was some women they would have terminated the child,

But she didn’t and I respected her for that, she’s a bloody survivor but too bad life wasn’t fair to her, I decided to lighten up the mood as I tried to know more about her life,

I never had a mother to be with me so this was the perfect time to create a mother and son bond between us, she shared fun stories of her younger life and even through all the suffering she still had some fun memories, she asked about my life and I told her, life haven’t been fair to us both but I had a better life compared to her’s.

After a while, Ada finished meditating and called us in, we went inside the cabin and Ada said

“I think I’ve figured out most of it, these symbols are associated with one thing”

“What’s that?” I asked

“Death, all this symbols are all associated with death, I’ve scanned the mystical energy here and the rituals conducted here are all death based, if all this is correct then Isabel isn’t an ordinary witch, she’s a death magic user” Said Ada

“What’s a death magic user?” Asked Mirabel

“A death magic user is someone that uses death magic, it’s a type of magic drawn from death but it must have a bridge something connecting the magic user with death itself” answered Ada

“So it must be some sort of artifact” I said

“Yes and we must find out what is it”

Ada said as we began searching the cabin but suddenly a dark portal opened up outside the cabin and Isabel walked out of it,

“She’s found us” Said Mirabel

Isabel started walking into the cabin as we slowly walked backwards

“We know everything, we know you’re a death magic user”

I said but Isabel just chuckled and said

“And you want to find the bridge connecting me and death but plot twist there’s no bridge, I draw power directly from death itself”

“Impossible!”

Ada exclaimed but Isabel said

“Because you don’t know what’s possible, in order to use death magic you must have a bridge or you draw from the source directly either way you give something in return”

“You gave your life in order to draw power from death itself” I said

“Bingo! You got it, I gave my life for this power, I can exist in the afterlife and in this world” Said Isabel

“And now you’re walking corpse” Said Ada

“Not exactly, I died but my soul is still tied to my body, I’m undead” Said Isabel

“What do you want with my power?” I asked

“Isn’t it obvious, Death took my life I want it back” Said Isabel

“While retaining your death magic powers” Said Ada

“Exactly, Y’all actually smarter than I thought”

Isabel said as she walked closer to me but Mirabel pushed her back and released the soul devourer, it consumed Isabel as she screamed,

Moments later, Isabel recovered as we were all shocked, she was powerful enough to recover from the attack of a soul devourer,

“I’m undead you bloody assholes!”

Isabel said as the soul devourer tried to attack her but she casted a spell that disintegrated the soul devourer, killing it,

I know it was a fake but killing it was close to impossible but Isabel did it with just a spell, Mirabel was weakened because she was connected to the soul devourer,

“Quick question, what did you do to Issel?” I asked trying to buy us time

“You mean that bloody angel possessing the body of a human, he was strong I’ll give him that but I made him beg for death”

Isabel said as she walked closer to us and as she wanted to touch me, someone attacked her from behind as she was stabbed, the person then pushed her backwards as she flew out of the cabin and fell to the ground,

“You’ve got some nerve b***h!”

He said and then he looked at us and said

“I’m Damon Blackthorn and I’m here to save your sorry asses”

He called his dagger psychically as it left Isabel’s back and flew into his hand, Isabel got up looking pissed off as she used her telekinesis to push Damon away and then dragged me closer to her,

Damon got back up as his eyes became dark red, I then realize that he was a demon, he then said

“You can’t get rid of me that easily b***h!”

He threw his dagger as it penetrated her chest burning her with hellfire, Ada dragged me back into the cabin with telekinesis as Damon’s dagger flew back into his hand,

“Open a f*****g portal and let’s go!”

Damon said and Ada opened up a portal and we all jumped into it, the portal closed before Isabel could fully recover.