Dear Ms Lady Demigod

73 Damn Demons

Evgeni lay on the ground with his eyes open. Lobelia lay beside him, unconscious with her blighted wings. The blight had started reaching her face and her contract mark on her arm "Lobelia," Evgeni called out but she didn't reply. He touched her face and the blight reached his arm.

"Evgeni," He heard someone call his name. He looked up and saw a tombstone. It was where Aleksei had buried the ashes of Laura. He at it for a while and closed his eyes. He heard the voices of a wagon and slowly an image formed in his head. He sat with two people inside a wagon.

"Feline, can we go faster?" It was Laura. She had platinum blonde hair and blue eyes. Evgeni sat beside her and his father sat before them on another seat. He had his necklace around his neck. They were hurrying somewhere in a blizzard. It was cold and dark.

He heard voices of another wagon behind him and looked back. It was chasing them, "They have almost reached us,"
Suddenly, there was a sharp turn and the wagon upturned. They all lay in the snow while the other wagon stopped and somebody came out of it.

"No, Evgeni run!" Laura shouted. She, Avgustin and the coachman lay under the wagon while Evgeni fell out of it. He got up and began running in the blizzard. The man followed him with a dagger in his hand, the blade of that sword was shining white. Evgeni ran for a while but then got tired and turned back. The man slit his throat and he fell on the snow. He couldn't see his face in the dark. He tried to shout the voice didn't come out of his neck and the snow turned red as the blood left his throat.

The man left and snow-covered Evgeni slowly. He got buried under it as he healed. The next morning, someone removed the snow, "There's a boy here!"
"He's alive! Oh dear, quickly, call for a doctor,"
It was his adoptive parents. Queen Regina and King Sirus. They took him to the Palace and treated him.
"It seems that he doesn't remember anything about his past."
They looked at his pendant, "Evgeni,"
"Perhaps that is his name,"

"His clothes are made of pure silk. He must be from an affluent family. We should contact the police."
"No, it might be God's gift to us since we don't have children. You do need a crown prince after all. Let's keep Evgeni with us."

The vision slowly disappeared and Evgeni was back to the present. He looked at the tombstone, "Thank you for this, mom," He looked at Lobelia.

'When you become a gatekeeper, promise me that you'll ask them to give you good health!'

He smiled, "I'm sorry I couldn't keep my promise,"
"It's alright," Lobelia was conscious again, "I'm glad we tried," She smiled back at him. He scratched her skin with his nails, "Wait for it," He looked up at the road ahead of him and dragged his body towards the road, leaving Lobelia behind.

Everyone in the real world looked at the sky, it was turning to a very dark shade of purple from blue. Vierne ran on the road surrounded by the woods. Demons followed her as she ran. Her memories surfaced all of a sudden. She saw men with guns opening fire on an entire family, filling the room with blood and smoke. Then, she saw her father shooting her mother, all the villagers to came to the mansion, lay on the ground, their bodies burning alive. And now, it happened the third time-Everyone was dead except her.

She looked at the sky and shouted, "Tell me what have I done that you hate me so much?! What! And if everyone has to die, then why am I still alive?!"

"Vierne," She heard and turned back. It was Evgeni. He came out of the woods. She looked over him, Lobelia lay near a tree with her bleeding white wings. Evgeni was wounded too. He coughed and she went towards him, "Evgeni-"
"Stay away," She stopped while he stood taking the support of a tree.
"Listen to me," The demons surrounded them slowly, "Lobelia is blighted and won't survive for long. Before I forget everything, I want to tell you something,"

She looked into his eyes, "I remember who I am. My memories have returned," He coughed again-This time he coughed blood. She looked at his hand, "Evgeni, you're blighted."

"Ignore that, just listen." He looked into her eyes, "Demons are coming our way. They'll target your soul, but don't let them change you. You know what you're capable of-Don't let them get hold of you. You are whining and crying, that is making you weak and prone to possession. Don't let them turn you into a monster, be a warrior, be strong." The blight reached his face. She ran towards him and hugged him.

"What are you doing-You'll get the blighted too."
"And what about you?" He slowly sat down on the ground.
"You have to do this alone. You are our only hope, dear Ms lady demigod, Vierne"

Vierne grunted her teeth and hugged him tighter. The blight reached her neck, "This might be the last time I touch you."
Evgeni smiled, "Lobelia, vyzov forma dva,"
Lobelia turned into a dagger and flew towards him. He grabbed it and gave it to Vierne, "Go,"
The demons surrounded them. Vierne lay Evgeni on the ground and turned back. She held the black dagger in her blighted hands.

She ran towards the demons and swung the dagger cutting all of them. She ran back towards the mansion. But the demons were increasing in number and she was alone, Lobelia was slowly losing her strength.
"Lobelia,"
"Don't worry. I can do it,"
"Goddamit!" She shouted as she gave a powerful blow to the demon behind her, "These are just trolls getting on my nerves now!"

She slit them all with the dagger again but more came from the opening in the sky. "They'd never let me reach Lict!"
Suddenly, Lobelia felt something, "I can sense two demons."
"What?"

Vierne felt a strong aura and turned back. It was Grigory with Viktor. "Grigory! What are you doing here?" Vierne asked. As soon as the ghouls looked at Viktor, they all ran away from Vierne.

"Vierne, move away! That's a demon!" Lobelia shouted. Vierne grabbed Grigory's arm and pulled him away from Viktor, "Grigory, that's a demon!"
"I know," Grigory said and Viktor smiled. He bowed before Vierne, "Nice to meet you, I am Viktor, demons know me better as Marchosias and that is my master, Grigory Stasevich"
"Grigory, you formed a contract with a demon"

"I had no choice-"
Vierne pressed the dagger on his neck and suddenly felt sharp claws on her stomach. It was Viktor.
"Why Grigory? Why betray us?"
"I didn't! I did it for Lict's cure!"
"Lict's cure?" Vierne moved the dagger away from him and Viktor moved his fingers away from her stomach.

"Yes, it's the spirit energy of the goddess that has created Lict. But Viktor told me she is dead so I don't know what to do." Vierne looked at Viktor.
"Vierne, we can't trust a demon. They are known for lying and cheating." Lobelia said. Vierne's arms were covered with the blight and she looked into the demon's eyes.

"I'm trusting you, damn demon,"
Viktor chuckled, "That's an interesting decision,"

-To be continued

Grigory Stasevich
Dear Ms Lady Demigod