Chapter 10: Revelation
Taking in the revelation, the three girls could
not help but turn to each other.
"We're daughters of a demon?" June asked.
"I believe I just said that," Hughley said.
"I grew up as an only child." April G said.
"My mom said that my father died when I was a baby."
"My mom said the same thing," Madison added.
"A common lie each of your mothers said to
stop you from looking into his identity. As well as his intentions." Hughley
said.
"Intentions?"
"Your father is no ordinary demon. He is
known as Deus demon."
"Deus demon?" said April G.
"Deus demons are a rare species of demons who
have magic strong enough to challenge a god. Because of this, they can empower
other creatures with abilities beyond human comprehension."
"Are you saying that our dad gave our moms
power?" June asked.
"Indeed. But it came at a price."
"What price?"
"Us," Madison answered.
"Correct," Hughley said. "Long ago, Zai was
betrayed by a group of his followers. They used the same type of magic he
granted him to banish him from the human world."
"Then how did he and our moms…. make us?"
"The spell kept Zai away from this world
except on days of a rare lunar event known as the crimson moon. During this
time, he can access the human world but only at a fraction of his power. He
used this small window to take human form to seduce a woman in need of power."
"What type of magic?" Madison asked.
"Blood magic."
"Blood what?" June asked.
"It's an ancient form of magic that can
corrupt a person's free will. Along with other qualities such as the ones each
of you uniquid have."
"Corrupt free will," Madison said. "Did he
use that on our moms?"
"No, my dear. The curse that banished Zai
forbid him from recruiting follows by force. Even while he was able to walk
amongst humans. So, by convincing your mothers to be bred, your father shared
his power with them."
"Then why are they dead?" June asked.
"He felt having your human mothers captive to raise you would cap your true potential. So, before he was forced back to exile, Zai cast a spell to have your mothers suffer horrible deaths around your eighth birthdays.
Think hearts fluttering with sadness, Hughley
waved his tail and released the girls from their restraints.
Each of the girls fell to the ground as they
processed the devastating news.
"That damn bastard." April G sobbed as she
gripped her kneecaps.
"I'm so sorry to be the one to tell you this
my dears," Hughley said.
"You're lying," June said in disbelief.
"I wish I was but..."
"My mom died in a car accident. She…."
Madison grabbed June's shoulder.
"I don't want to believe it either," Madison
said.
Before now, I thought my mom died from an
overdose.
Madison looked to April G and placed her
other hands on her shoulder.
"Lung cancer." April G said.
"I'm so sorry."
Madison comforted her sisters while Hughley
dropped to the floor.
Madison said. "Before now, I thought my mom
died from an overdose."
Madison looked to April G placed her other
hand on her shoulder.
"Lung cancer." April G said.
"I'm so sorry."
Madison comforted her sisters while Hughley
dropped to the floor.
"This is a lot to take in but I'm afraid we
must…."
Hughley's words were cut off as the girls
heard a knock at the door.
"Quick, get up," Madison said as the three
girls pot themselves together.
Madison dusted off her uniform before opening
the door.
"Nurse Lou," Madison said.
"Think goodness you girls are okay." Said the
nurse." The dean told me you three were in the auditorium when those bats
popped out of nowhere. I checked both Ms. Jones and Ms. Violet's dorm bot could
not find you.
"We came here since my dorm was close,"
Madison said.
"Yeah. What she said." June added.
"Ditto." April G agreed.
"Well, it's about time you all returned to
the gym. All that faculty and students are there for a roll call." Nurse Lou
said.
"We would love to, but…." Madison said.
"No buts. You three are coming with…"
As the nurse continued her sentences, Hughley
pounced at her and scratched her face.
"Dude, what are you doing?" June said.
In the ensuing carnages, Nurse Lou sprouted
sharp talons and threw Hughley in the room.
"Hughley," Madison said before catching him.
"Wait. Did she just pop out claws?" April G
asked.
Nurse Lou transferred into a grey-skinned
monster with snakes as hair and her lower half was that of a snack.
"She's a gorgon," Hughley said. "Run."
The savage nurse lunged at the girls as
Madison trusted her palm toward her.
As her wrist glow orange, Madison repelled
Nurse Lou to the wall.
"I can't hold this forever Go."
Madison and the others ran away as Nurse Lou
struggled to escape.
"I could sense that she wasn't human
anymore," Hughley said as Madison carried him.
"How exactly did you know that?" June asked.
"I can smell blood magic. That's how I found
each of you."
"How long do you think the nurse will be
stuck back there?" April G asked.
While the girls ran away Nurse Lou barreled
into the ground and reappeared Infront of them, cutting off their exit.
"Goes that answered your question." Said
Madison.
Nurse Lou arched her back and projected green
beans of energy from her eyes.
"Don't let them hit you," Hughley said.
June leaped in and conjured a stone wall to
absorb the hit from the energy beams.
"Gorgons can turn anything they look at into
stone. Especially living creatures."
"Good to know." April G said. By the way,
since when can you do that, June?"
"Since now I guess."
Nurse Lou plunged toward the store wall and
punched through it, shattering June's defense.
"So much for that."
Nurse Lou released several more beams as
April G waved her arms to freeze time around here and her sisters.
"We should go." April G said.
The girls took a lift around the hallway as
April G's nose began to bleed.
"April G. Are you okay?" Madison asked.
"Not really." She answered as she covered her
nose.
"Your powers are still new and cause a lot of
strain," Hughley said.
"I can't…"
April G fell to the ground just as she passed
her sisters and broke her control over time as a result.
"April G." Jerome said as he stumbled across
her from the other side of the hallway.
"Jerome?" What are you doing here? April G
asked as she stood up while covering her nose.
"I was on my way to the nurses since my
stomach wasn't feeling so good," Jerome said.
"You shouldn't be here. You got to leave.
Now."
"Look. I got to tell you something fine."
"Please not now. April G said.
"I know Roxy keeps harassing you because of
me. So, I want to make this right."
Jerome reaches for something in his pocket
just as Nurse Lou rises out of the ground and surrounds him and April G.
"What the hell is that?" Jerome asked.
Nurse Lou releases her eye beams at the two
teenagers.
"April G, lookout," Jerome said as he guarded
her against the Nurse's gaze.
The energy beams hit Jerome, slowly turning
him into stone until he was petrified completely.
"No." April G yelled.
Nurse Lou reeled back her tail and stemmed it
against Jerome's body, sheltering it into pieces.
Riddled with fear and sadness, April G collapsed
on the floor, unable to run away from the horrifying monster.
"Stay away from her," Madison said as she
used the debris from the ground to telepathically pummel Nurse Lou.
As she distracted the sentient like faculty,
June helped April G to her feet.
"She killed Jerome." April G said.
"I'm sorry, my dear," Hughley said. "But we
can't stay here, or we'll be next."
Madison threw as much debris as she could,
but Nurse Lou knocked her away with her tail.
"Madison." April G shouted.
The nurse fired more energy beams at Madison
but April G teleported to her side before escaping the gorgon's attack.
Madison and April G appeared behind Nurse Lou
as Hughley and June watched from the other side.
"We got to stop her but how?" April G asked.
"We'll have to affect her with her gaze,"
Hughley said.
"I know where to get a mirror big enough, but
I'll need some time."
June cracked a smile as she prepared to
respond to April G's statement.
"Yes. I know it sounds like a pun. Now focus."
Nurse Lou reeled back her arm to strike
Madison April G.
But June released a beam of ice, slowly
freezing the monster.
"We'll keep her busy. Now go." June said.
April G teleported away as June continued to
freeze the nurse.
But Nurse Lou broke free from June's attack
and swatted her away.
"Ouch," June said as she was slammed against
the wall.
"Madison," Hughley said.
"I'm on it."
Madison extended her arms and used her
telekinesis to cause the ceiling to cave in on Nurse Lou.
Madison and Hughley ran to June's side as the
nurse was buried.
"June. Are you okay?" Madison asked.
"Do I have to answer that?"
Nurse Lou emerged from the debris and
prepared another energy beam to petrify the girls.
"I'm a little out of it," June said. You got
any energy left, Chan?"
"I'm a little exhausted myself," June said.
Just as the nurse channeled more energy,
April G appeared Infront of her sisters with an eight-foot mirror.
"Get behind me." April G said.
The three girls held the mirror as Nurse Lou
fired her energy beam.
The blast the mirror and was reflected at the
monster, turning her into stone and shattering the mirror.
The impact knocked the three girls to the
ground as an eight-foot statue of Nurse Lou was left in the middle of the
hallway.
"Girls. Girls are you alright?" Hughley said
as he nudged each of them one by one.
"Did we win? June asked.
April G stood up and walked to Jerome's
shattered body.
She reached for his severed stone hand and
found her mother's pearl necklace.
"No, June." She said with tears in her eyes.
"We didn't win we didn't win at all."
The two girls confected April G as she
mourned the demise of Jerome.
"I'm sorry, April G." Madison said. "I can't
imagine how you might feel."
"He gave his life to protect me." Said April
G. "He didn't even have any powers."
"Jerome didn't deserve this," June said.
"Indeed. But I'm afraid we must leave."
Hughley said. Now that there is folklore coming after you under human
disguises, this orphanage is no longer safe."
April G kneeled to the remains of Jerome,
unhinged by Hughley's words.
"Come on. We have to leave." June said as she
pulled her away.
"I should have enough magic for all four of
us to escape. Hold on." Hughley said as he teleported them away.
Hughley and the girls appeared in a janitor's
closet.
"This is supposed to be a safe place?" June
asked.
"No. I'm afraid something is restricting my
magic so that I can't escape this orphanage.
"So that means that we are stuck here too? "Madison asked.
"I'm afraid so, Madison. "
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