The Last Guardian

Chapter_13: The Hunt Begins

“So what do you plan to do?” asked Lisa to Billy.

She was still at the Church and she was anxious to know what Billy was planning on doing to help her out, besides she was starving and needed to get some food and clean herself- it was more than 14 hours that she had went back home.

“I think you should go home…” replied Billy.

Lisa’s face lit up on hearing this but she immediately thought of the dangers of going out of the Church without getting rid of the menacing spirit.

“But what about the …” she asked.

“Let me finish- I think you should go home and get your stuff- you have to stay here in the Church with us until we sort this thing out” said Billy.

Lisa thought for a moment and said-

“I hope you don’t take long- I got a job you know…”

“And before you go, take this-“said Billy handing her an old copper coin roughly the size of a bottle cap.

“What’s this?” she asked him holding the coin in her palm.

“This is to ward off evil spirits- keep it with you all the time, until you get back here.” said Billy.

Lisa took the coin with her and off she went to collect her things from her home.

As soon as Lisa went out Billy rushed into a room and brought out two large books with him.

Johanathan came in-

“What are those for?” he asked.

“I need to find a spell-“replied Billy.

“To get rid of the ghost?” he asked again.

“It’s not a ghost-“replied Billy curiously looking at the books with his glasses on.

“What? Then what the hell is it?” asked Johnathan

“Well ghosts can’t brutally murder people- although they can scare you to death- it’s a ghost- a spirit- it exist in a different realm and all they can do here is take a peep at our reality- appear and disappear… You follow me?” Billy explained flipping through the pages of the old book.

“Then what’s more powerful than a ghost- a demon?” asked Johnathan.

“Not exactly- I think it is- there you are-this!!” said Billy pointing to an image on the book.

Johnathan looked carefully- there was a picture- a hand drawn image of a woman tied to a tree and lit on fire from below- he read the heading- THE WITCH TRIALS!

“ Witches?” he asked.

“Yes my boy- a very powerful and immortal witch- she’s being haunted by one- UNDEAD! And she had even had visions about the day she was being executed- remember what she said earlier about a woman being persecuted by a mob of terrified and angry villagers-“ replied Billy.

“But she saw her die- she died in the fire!” remarked Jonathan.

“Well did she now? The death of the cab driver and the haunting of Lisa – huh! She looks pretty much alive to me…” Billy chuckled.

“So she’s been alive for more than 300 years now?” Johnathan asked.

“I think that the fire didn’t kill her and her physical body is still preserved somewhere- and with the help of some spells she’s somehow managing to appear as a ghost .“replied Billy.

“And why’s she dong that? Why target innocent people?” Johnathan asked.

“Not people- she had only killed a man- one person- to get Lisa’s attention and mark her. Hmm… but why Lisa…why mark her…she’s her aunt…her great aunt…hmm…that’s it –because she’s her Aunt! Yes!!” Billy chuckled and slammed on the book with his hand in excitement.

“Err…What?”  Johnathan still had no clue as to what the old man was blabbering about.

“Ah! She’s her aunt- her bloodline- which means she wants her dead so that she could resurrect herself- she must have used an immortality spell- her old body has worn off and she needs Lisa’s flesh and blood to resurrect herself- but she has to make Lisa sacrifice herself willingly otherwise the spell won’t work- Ah! I still got it…” Billy explained.

“That's gross… So that’s why she’s trying to make her insane …so that she finally gives in to her will-“ Johnathan remarked with his arms folded.

“Yes, she’s physically limited for now but as soon as she gets Lisa to give in, she will be truly immortal-“ replied Billy.

“Then how do we stop her and save Lisa?” asked Johnathan.

“By burning her old body-“replied Raven from the corner of the room.

“Oh! How long have you been here?” Johnathan was startled.

“The whole time-“said Raven sitting back on the chair and browsing her phone.

“We burn her once again- but this time we do it properly- using the right spells – it won’t be easy to defeat a powerful witch- which is why we need you-“said Billy looking at Johnathan hopefully.

“Well- I got nothing better to do-“ Johnathan remarked.

“By the way- do you always keep the amulet in the car? And, where’s the sword?” asked Billy- he was not amused.

“Yeah- that thing itches when I wear it on my neck-and I can’t carry a sword around with me everywhere-“replied Johnathan scratching his head.

Raven chuckled from the far end of the room while Billy shook his head in disappointment and walked out of the room.

“What? That thing is heavy and it itches- hey!” said Johnathan.

It was starting to get dark and Lisa had almost finished packing her stuff. The clouds began to rumble and it was about to rain- she had to reach the church as soon as possible. She checked her pocket- she still had the coin with her.