It all happened two years ago when the case of missing children rises in the Europe side of the Alliance, because we are known as the "sorcerers" We learn Magic from all across the world to help people that are in need, but since the case has risen our reputation starts to decline as people speculates that we Uses their Children on learning Dark Magic, we Tried to tell them, with proofthat we didn't commit such crime, however the public still doesn't believe us, we have reported the case to the Police, but the public has already reported us to them, we already losing our start to win, so we have no other choice other than ask the Alliance for help, so they send their best help, however it is not what we expected The help they send is called himself "Badmb," he's a 14 years old Boy at the time who's in Training, they're right, he is the best in his class, however he's still in Training.
When we picked him up at the Airport he looks like not the person we expect, he looks very rookie and new to the job, but he's pretty presistent, as soon as we Meet up with him we introduces ourselves, Vincent introduces himself, then he introduces his Co-leader Ethan, Ron, Ezka, Vanessa, and Me Emilia, He then said "Nice to meet all of you, My name is Badmb, Or just Call me Mb." after a small talk Vincent or V, explains the situations,
"Ok so... the public doesn't believe you and the Police refuses to Help you with the case so you guys have to put it into your own hands?, and yet these people still won't believe you guys?, even with how hard you are guys trying to proof it."
"The Demon can Deceive people by diguising as an Angel." said Ethan
V looks back and said "No matter what we must Crack this, and Clear our name."
"So what's the plan?"
"So, the reports said that the kidnapping happened inside this Zone, however this isn't any typical kidnaping reports said that there no white Van, nor any suspicious vehicle anywhere so these people can just go in without a trace, but can't leave without a shadow covering them, unless the vehicle is mobile only when the kidnapper has it's target, like a Drive by."
"But then again the Kidnapping happens when the day is getting dark, and the reports said that the kidnapping happens on a Specific day, between wednesday, and Friday." Said Ethan
Vanessa responded "but then again those days could be a failed attempt, so they just bail instead of taking the risk."
"we cannot be sure yet Vanessa, so... Mb those are the information we have so far, what do you think?" said V
after sometimes Brain storming He stands up, takes a marker and Draw a Circle on the map of the Area "ok.. we patrol inside this Perimeter, we need atleast five people to watch each side, and one in the middle, watch every movement, what goes in and doesnt goes out needs to be suspected, report every Movement, stalk if you must."
even in the same age as mine He can really take the mentality of a leader with in a short time
"Great, now that's the plan, when will this part take." ask Ethan
Mb responded "to save time and resources we'll patrol the day Ethan said."
"wednesday and Friday, got it."
Ezka patrol the north side of the perimeter, Ron went to the West, Vanessa on the east, V on the south, and Mb on the Middle, The first day of the patrol was going fine so far no disturbance, back in the base I and Ethan are filtering more information, and planning our next move
Ethan stares blankly at the paper plan on the Meeting table, as he swerves his pencil in his hands he said to me "What if the suspects already knew our plans, what if they saw us first before we saw them, what if they're already ahead of us." He suddenly stares at me and said "what if we were wrong after all, what if these people are hiding in plain sight, what if..." his Gesture, his words. he's stressed, pressured of the possibilities, and the Unknown, I offered him some water to drink so he can calm himself down, he thanked me for my kindness, however it didnt stop him from stressing out, so i leave him alone for some time.
as the day gets dark, and the kids near the complex goes home one by one, until there's no one left on the playground when the sun already sets, everyone gathers to the meeting and report every event that has happened through out the patrol,
"nothing out of the ordinary on my patrol zone." said V
"neither do I." said Vanessa
"No one's near the playground, mostly just parents telling their kids to come home."
Ron raised his hands and said "I saw a Red car moving near the Playground."
"Red car? Citizens vehicle." reply Ezka
Ethan asks for everyone's attention and told everyone his plans and spill out all what he got in mind, after a while of negotiation V agrees on one term, be more detailed "we need to tightened the mesh of guards, try not to miss every detail, and every side will be split into teams, leaving no one to guard the playground, the risk of failing is high, but the chance of capturing them are higher."
after taking some Consideration Ethan then asked everyone in the room if they also agrees, after a Minute of silent everyone says that they agreed, that includes me, Though we are all Dead wrong.
Right at 13:00 we started the patrol under the heat of the sun until Dawn, when the time hits 16:00 Ethan decided that he want to accompany the kids home to their houses alone, but I insist that we should go together, most of the kids lived near the Playground, but some are far away, when Ethan asked them if they want to follow him, they accepted his offer, along the way Ethan acted nice to the kids, telling jokes, telling funny stories, it was all fun and laughter, The day got darker and we're burning daylight, then Ethan told them that he knew a Shortcut, cutting through a mid way construction school that was cancelled a long time ago.
"Let's sped up the walk, its almost night time!" said Ethan as he Runs out of sight, frightened the kids follows him into the shadow, I decided to follow up, but when i entered the unlit place, I felt a Very strange presence, a faint scream is heard echoping through the dark hallway, I couldn't see anything, but i kept running into the scream, when i heard a Scream in a room right side of me, I slammed the door open, when i see whats happening inside I saw a Shadowy figure, holding one of the kids Hostage, with a Knife hold against at the kids throat, She whimpers in fear as the figure kept holding the knife closer to her throat, when I tried to save her, the figure swiftly slits her throat open like it was paper, I saw the scene in terror.
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I tried to save her but was interupted by another Screaming across the hallway, then.... complete silence once again, this time i didn't hear kids screaming in fear, this voice is Ethan's Voice, not knowing what to do alone, I seek for Ethan to tell him what happened, when I got outside of the building i saw a Ethan A kid fighting him.
then i heard "You should've joined your friends inside!" as he Threw the kid on to the ground infront of him "No matter, what's the fun of killing when you can't do it yourself" as he pulls out a knife from his pockets,He looks up and saw me, his expression changes when i looked at him confused of what's going on
"Emilia!?" he said
"It's not what you think this is, What am i saying yes it is." said Ethan before raising his hands summoning Shadow hands to hold my legs, and arms,
while he has the chance the kid Stood up and ran away, but his effort was useless when Ethan Threw the knife behind him hiting the kid On his spine, paralyzing him in place, the kid tried to scream, but it was all quickly shut by Ethan's Shadow hands, he approached the child, and took the knife out from his back, and wiped the blood from the knife with his Right hand, right there i saw a Pentagram symbol on his hand glowing as the blood slowly disappears.
"this is way more than what the Demon needed, but one more doesn't hurt anyone, or in this case it does." as he slowly approaches me
"Immortality, fame, rich, all will be mine as i am done with you." said Ethan as he Aims his Knife at me, when he thrust his knife at me, he suddenly got rammed at one of the beam, when i look around i saw Mb, quickly he tried to set me Free from the hands and said "Explain to me later!, Let's get out of here first."
"Not so fast!" said Ethan Behind us, while summoning more Shadow hands to immobilized Mb and I, when we look back we saw Ethan's Right arm touching the kids Stab hole the kid that was stabbed screams in pain as his blood is being extracted from his body, when Ethan is done, his Right arm started to twitch, he laughs as he watchs his arms twitchs uncontrollably, he aims his hands towards us, and make a Pull gesture, knowing what have happened inside, I casted a Protection spell to save both of us, as expected there are knives flying through the hallway heading at us, he had both of us distracted, Ethan took the chance and tried to strike us from behind, but Mb Swiftly dodged his Attacks,and pushed him back further, at that time Mb forcefully break loose from the hands, and charges at Ethan dodging his slashes, eventually Mb got the best of Ethan, cornered Ethan is forced to play unfair, once again he sticks his arm forward and do a Pulling motion more powerful than before, suddenly the force from the knives is enough to break through my spell, and strikes Mb from the back, with multiple stab wounds Mb is on a Kneeled position about to faint "Shouldn't've interfiered, now you die slowly." said Ethan at Mb before walking towards me.
Hopeless I gave in and accepted my fate,
"and you Emilia, you should've stayed." He raises his knife at me, ready to stab me from the back, though Mb told no secrets about him, why he's picked, nor about his powers, he only showed the tip of the Iceberg, suddenly Mb from behind Stabs Ethan on the back, and latches himself on Ethan's back and stabs him multiple times, when the Knife his holding broke, he took out another Knife from his back until finally slids Ethan's neck with the same knife that stabbed him.
As Ethan's Body drops to the ground, Mb kneels, and said "Emilia, would you mind taking it all out?"
I cast a Spell to grab all the Knives at once, and pulled it out from Mb's back, as soon the knives are out His skin flesh and all of his stab wounds are instantly healed, i was Confused of how it could've happen when i haven't even casted a Healing spell on him
"Call the others, and call medical there might be hope for these kids."
"and you?" I asked
"I'll be fine, just need some time to recover."
Not so long after My sister, V, Ron, came to the Crime scene, I, and Mb picked up all of the Deceased Childs at the same place the fight takes place, when the Police arrived they asked us question of what happened, Mb told what he knew and saw, and It was my time to talk, i told them everythig from the Crime, the luring, the Horrors, and the Demon Ethan once mentioned, The other Circles the part about the demon magic he used, after a tiring sleepless night Mb, and V Forcefully opens Ethan's room and investigate every corner, every slit, every Gaps, to confirm that he was using demon magic and how to reverse the magic so the souls of the kids are freed, they found receipts of several prove of Knife purchases, and taking one of the knives Ethan has purchased V Discovered it already has Demon markings on it, confirming our speculations, Ezka took the knife to investigate further, while V, and Mb searched Ethan's Room.
At night V, and Ron goes to the Morge to see more clues on what demon he has Contract with, and found nothing, while back at the base Ezka In his room, is investigating the symbols on the knife, it all went well until he accidentally dropped the knife, when he picked it up he accidentally cuts himself, the knife glows in Red Blood color as it absorbs his drop of blood, suddenly he felt dizzy, his body is weak, and he collapses on the floor, and stands up against his own will, the Mind controlled Ezka is now walking outside of the base, my sister noticed it and decided to follow him, and trying to make him awake again.
it was later figured out that Ezka was Heading to the hospital where Ethan's deceased body is being autopsied, while the doctor's are doing the autopsy Ezka Breached in, when a doctor comfronts him, but got flung across the room, while Vanessa is trying to stop Ezka, V came to help but to no avail, they both got flung across the room and got knocked out from the impact, when Mb enters the room due to the Chaos he saw Ezka holding Ethan's knife, facing himself, and Stabs himself on the chest, spewing blood on to Ethan's deceased body, when the blood rushes down, Ezka is finallt awake, weak and running out of blood, when Mb helped Ezka, The doors on the morge are Slammed closed, and shut no one can open it from inside nor outside, Suddenly Ethan's Body levitates from the stretcher and started twitching and starts Chanting.
The lights from the Morge are suddenly turned off leaving the others in the blind, not long a Blood screetch screaming was heard across the room, when a Security guard flashed a light through the small window, theres a Glimps of a demonic humanoid creature eating the Doctor that did the Autopsy, Concerns about everyone's safety inside the room, V chants a Spell summoning a fire balls to illuminate the room, Mb pulls away Ezka from the view, and keeps Pressure on the stab wounds on Ezka's Chest, "you'll be fine, breath, just breath man."
However the Demon spawn wasn't bothered at all and continue on Feasting on the poor doctor's body, meanwhile V takes The unconscious Vanessa out of the View until she woke up, when the Spawn is almost finnished feasting the Doctor's corpse it takes a look at Ezka, and Mb on the opposite side of the room, and slowly grows near them, from behind V saves both of them by attacking the spawn with a spell, moving it attention to V instead of Mb and Ezka "MOVE!" said V as he struggles to fight the demon, after many exchanging Blows the spawn took the best of V, weakening him, and is ready to feast on Him, "Good Bye Vincent." said the Demon with the voice of Ethan, it raises its hands just like what Ethan did, and all of the Surgical instruments that came in contact with its blood are Floating in the air ready to strike at V one last time V smiles as he knew he have lived a good life, until suddenly Vanessa who has already woke up tried to resist all of the surgical instruments back at the spawn.
Unfortunately the spawn's power is too strong for Vanessa to counter, and all of the Surgical instruments are flown through her body, and finishing her off with a Scalpal through the head, as her Dead body flops to the ground, she gave all the powers she have left and gave it to V to finish the spawn, when the spell is casted the Spawns body twitches, swoles, and explodes covering the whole room with blood.
meanwhile back at the base, I suddenly woken up from my sleep, and felt something was wrong, i searched for my sisters Phone and calls Ron, what happened, and straight forward he said that my sister has passed away, first i didnt believe it until three days later, where her funeral is held, everyone was there, the team, Mb, the Parents of whose children were murdered, paying respect to my sister, two days after the funeral Mb's contract has ended, and now he has to go back home, and now i lived with V, Ron, Ezka, promising to be better, but times has passed, now the team is splitting apart, i have a choice either i get a new life or stay with V, So I decided to give an old friend a Visit.