The man was speechless. He looked at Jaiden with a shocked look on his face. He opened his mouth but nothing came out. He stood and Jaiden was afraid he was going to throw him out. Instead the man picked up a notebook and pen. He wrote something down and turned to Jaiden. He held it up. It read: YOU CAN STAY. Jaiden smiled.
"Thanks alot."
"M-my names..uh..Michael. Call me Mike."
"Okay. So, can you help me?"
"Yeah, I think. I'm sure there's a way to reverse it. It won't be easy."
"As long as there's a way."
Mike went over to his computer. He sat down, the chair sinking under his huge body. He scratched his head. Then he pulled up a file on his compuer. A picture of a girl in a bikini popped up. He quickly clicked out.
"Sorry,wrong file."Mike said, blushing.
Mike clicked another file. A page written in another language popped up. Jaiden went over to the computer. He looked at it, trying to see what language it was. Mike saw this and laughed.
"What?"Jaiden asked.
"You can't read it. Even I can't read it."
"Why not?"
"It's in the demon language, Fvola. I have a program I bought of this weird guy around the corner. I was skeptic at it, but it turns that it worked. It can decode Fvola."
"Really? Awesome!"
"This is a journal kept by a girl named Gwendolyn Phair."
"Who was she?"
"The last human vessel. She was the vessel of a demon named Uliara. Unfortunatly, her memory of her human life was wiped by Uliara. So, the only language she knew was Fvloa."
"How many human vessels have there been?"
"Including you? Two."
"Two?"
"They're not common. A demon can't use any child."
"Oh."
"I'm going to run this through the decoder. I'll call you when it's done."
"Call me?"
"The room you're crashing in is a mess. It's the third room on the left side."
Jaiden sighed and went upstairs. He easily found the room and pushed open the door. Mike was right, the room was trashed. Trash was everywhere. The bed was bare and had a tear in it. Jaiden's room back home never looked this bad, but he wasn't at home anymore. He had run away to avoid his approaching fate. He went into the hallway and
found a closet. He opened it, discovering what he was looking for. A box of black trash bags. He tossed them in his new room and headed downstairs.
"What's up?"Mike asked.
"I need a broom."
"Kitchen."
Jaiden went in the kichen. It too was dirty. He spotted the broom by the refigerator. He grabbed it and headed back upstairs. He shut his door and stared at the heavy task in front of him. He wished he had music as he began to put trash in a trash bag. He worked for about four hours straight. His door opened and Mike poked his head in. He let out a whistle as he looked around the room.
"Not bad Jaiden, but, you know, you would have been done hours ago if you had used your powers."
Jaiden stared at him in disbelief."What?"
"I'm just kidding,"Mike laughed,"You can't use any powers untill your eightteen. By the way, just so I know how much time we have, how long untill your eightteenth birthday?"
"One week."
"What!?"Mike exploded."The world can't prepare for the end in one week! This is crazy! We don't have enough time! We don't-"He broke off panting.
"Are you okay?"Jaiden asked, his voice full of worry.
"Need....Mountain....Dew...."Mike choked out.
"H-hold on."Jaiden said dashing out of the room. He returned a few minutes later with a can of pop. He popped it open and handed it over to Mike. Mike snatched it and drained it. He breathed heavily for a few minutes, then he stood. His forehead was beaded in sweat.
"Are you okay?"Jaiden asked, ready to rush for more pop.
"Yeah, I think. Wow, that was weird, huh?"He said. The doorbell rang."Sweet. You hungry Jaiden? I ordered some pizza."
Jaiden held back his laughter and followed Mike downstairs. Mike paid for the pizza, and carried it in. They watched television while they ate. Some weird cartoon that took place underwater.
"So Jaiden, what was your home like?"
"I hated it. It was like a prison. The windows were barred, and the doors were tied to this security system that went off when the doors were opened. I was never allowed outside by myself. Not since I tried to run away when I was twelve. Since then, I became a prisoner."
"Wow, that had to suck."
"It did. What about you?"
"I never really had a home life. My parents were killed by a posessed woman when I was ten. I have spent the last fifteen years of my life since then studying demons. Desilus is my particular intrest. He is so far, the most powreful demon there is."
"Sorry Mike."
"Don't be. I'm doing something to right it."A ping interupted them.
"The decoder is done!"Mike hurried over to the computer. He sat down in the chair, and scrolled the page.
"Does it say how to reverse it?"Jaiden asked.
"It says: The demon named Desilus is the demon of power. He draws his power from those who have died. His ultimate goal is to create his own Hell on Earth. Therefore, he rules both Hell and his own domain on Earth. He cannot achieve this alone though. He will need help from a willing mortal to surrender their child to him. Desilus cannot take just any child. He can only take a child with a tainted soul. A child whose blood already courses with demonic blood. Thus, it becomes a challenge for him. Every child born in our age has a pure soul. A church who oposes demons of all sorts was created for the sole purpose of stopping Desilus' evil plans. They themselves have been killing every tainted soul they find, by destroying the child. Uliara who is a weaker demon has also begun a purging of tainted souls. It was she who granted immortality to the church. They renamed themselves Purgers. No tainted child is safe anywhere. Wow!"
"What is a tainted soul?"
"A child born with demon blood already in their system."
"So that means.."Jaiden said slowly.
"One of your ancestors was a half demon."
Jaiden suddenly felt hollow. He had demon blood? It couldn't be. It had to be a lie. He didn't know anyone in his family who was a half demon. His parents would have surely included them in their plot.
"Are you sure?"He asked Mike.
"Positive. It says so here in the book. We need to figure out who in your family has the demon blood."
"If Desilus needed a tainted soul, then why not choose someone in my family born before me?"
"I don't know. You might not just be a tainted soul. You might have something else."
Simon's words rang in Jaiden's head.'What a choice Desilus has made in choosing you. So childish on the outside. I wonder what power you hide.' Jaiden shivered. Everything was getting confusing. He had so many questions and no way to get answers. He suddenly felt exausted.
"This is all too much for me. I'm going to sleep."
"Okay, there are some blankets and stuff in the basement. I'll wake you up if I find something."
"Yeah."Jaiden yawned.
He headed into the kitchen. He looked around spotting the basement door. He opened the door and flipped the light switch. To his surprise, as he desended the stairs, the basement was clean. There was no trash on the floor. He spotted the blankets at the back of the room. He went over to grab them, when a door caught his eye. He felt drawn to it, like something pulling him in. He cautiously walked over to it. He reached out to the door handle.
"jinhiro."He heard a woman whisper.
Jaiden looked around, thinking Mike was behind him. Noone was there. He began to get an uneasy feeling, but he put his hand on the handle. He slowly turned it and opened it. He stepped back as he realized someone was standing right on the other side. It was a woman. She had dark auburn hair and blue eyes. Her clothes looked ancient
and tattered. She looked into his eyes.
"Kidono shuy loro."
It took him a minute to respond."I'm sorry. I don't understand you."
"Uliara kyona teron vinhu kidono"
"I don't under-"
The woman's eyes suddenly widened. She looked behind her into the shadows. Jaiden looked too, but saw nothing. Suddenly, she screamed as hands came out of the shadows and began pulling her in. Jaiden ran forward and grabbed her hand. He tried to pull her back, but her hand slipped out of his. Screaming, she was pulled in. Then, her
screams were suddenly cut off and silence floated around the room. Jaiden got up and ran upstairs.
"Mike! Mike!"
"What? Stop shouting."
"T-there was this woman..i-in the room and she spoke but I couldn't understand her. Then these hands-"
"Calm down and slow down. Now speak slowly and tell me what happened."
"Okay, when I went downstairs to get the blankets, and there was this this door. I went to open it and I heard a woman whisper something I didn't understand."
"What was it?"Mike asked boringly.He yawned.
"Jinhiro I think."
Mike sat up."Jinhiro? You're sure?"
"Yeah."
"That's Fvola."
"What?"
"What else happened?"
"Well, I opened the door and there was this woman standing there. She was weird."
"What did she look like?"
"She had dark hair, blue eyes. She was really pale. She wore these medieval like clothes. She said to me something else in Fvola. Um....it was....kidono shuy loro."
Mike was typing in his computer as he spoke."Continue."
"I told her I didn't understand and she said......Uliara kyona.....teron vinhu kidono. Then she looked around her, all scared and these hands came out of the shadows and pulled her in."
"That's it?"
"Yeah."
"Okay. I put what she said into my decoder. 'Jinhiro' means 'open it'. 'Kidono shuy loro' means 'you must leave'. 'Uliara kyona teron vinhu kidono' means 'Uliara wants to kill you.' Bummer."
"Yeah."Then Jaiden remembered."Wait, isn't Uliara the name of that other demon?"
"You're right. Then that girl must be Uliara's vessel."
Jaiden was getting a headache."I'm going to bed."
"I'll call you down if I find something."
"No, just tell me tomorrow."
"Okay."
Jaiden went in the basement and grabbed the blankets. He ignored the feeling he got when he passed the door. He quickly headed back upstairs and to his room. He made his bed and climbed in. He lay there for about an hour before drifting into the dark sleep.
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Submission Name: desilus chapter 3
