Capítulo 12: The wraith

I could hear her heartbeats. I glanced at the sector that we were in! Feral zones, holly crap! The west part of the Rose Vita belonged to Mafia clans who didn't believe in assistant social robots. The only accepted machines in their lifestyles are vehicles and traditional guns, which can kill people. Not the ones that just can make people faint. Even police forces never use those killing guns anymore. They had named themselves Feral, and rooted in all Las Vita.

No one would dare to mess with them. Among them are mortals and immortals with no red border. Las Vita has a slogan that these folks call trash! And it is, "We order and Robots obey if not, we hunt them down." That is why near each social worker Robot must be a human to control it. This byway trapped us.

They didn't have Robot Camera to record occurs. It meant that police couldn't see us through CCR (Camera Robot), we were entirely stuck, and could send no record through Dora! Anyways, police wouldn't get involved with supernatural things since they settled with the Immortality court. Even in my nightmares, I could not see that dark spirits have such a power and thirst for a living person.

I checked the front mirror and realized the golden vessel-like things streaming on my face until reached my eyes; they slipped along to my eyes. While my appearance distracted Roby and caught her attention, we hit something. She pressed the brake pedal.

"Dora, did we hit something?" I asked.

"God damn, what was it? Did I hit a cat?" Roby freaked.

"We didn't hit anything!" Dora babbled. We were sure that we hit something. Maybe the Robot couldn't discern it. But at the moment, a chill rushed into my spine! Car auto robots couldn't study unnatural shapes.

"Big for being a cat!" I blurted.

I got out and she followed me. We walked to the headlights, but nothing was there. The sky roared and Roby yanked backward and mewled. The rain was about to whip us and I could sense it. I saw a shadow-shaped thing passed by me hastily. It had no figure to realize what it could be.

"I swear that I hit something," she confessed, yet trembling. I could hear her teeth scrubbing.

"Better to say something hit us!" I indicated.

A loud screech rose then claws pushed me back to the dustbins. Roby froze beside the car, my eyes rolled on her, and she was stiff as a stick right after the dark shape spirit stopped in front of her. I could see that her hands were shivering.

"Very cool, now I smell like a rat, you wasted stray cats foods," I growled and rose on my feet, scrambled out of the trashes, and tried to steady my footings.

"Roby get in the car. Dora, lock the doors and take her back under pink energy cube light." I shouted as she could recognize my voice so would follow the order. Moreover, eager Roby nodded then winced in quickly. Dora reversed and halted right under the pink lamplight. From the little knowledge that I had, the dark forces of the underworld were frightened of energy cube lights. She was safe there.

I was looking at the beast across my sight. As black as night, it was, with two small horns on its head, long nails, and thin bones more like smoke. Its red eyes glittered and sneered to show me those scary glinting fangs. I knew what it was, A Zaar Mors! But I thought that immortals had caught them all! At least the government announced that officially.

Eight years ago, the western Sunrow Alchemists Company went too far. While examining a device they used extra energy, opened a portal gate to the underworld, and made the world lose its natural balance. Many wraiths slipped out of it. All mighty companies allied with the immortality court and left their previous fights then closed it. They had hunted and captured many underworld beasts but I saw one, baring teeth for me, ready to take Roby's body!

"Bad luck for you because I love living this null life so much!"

It screeched and attacked me.

All I could see was red while that creature toward me was as cool as cucumber ready to tear me apart. My right arm was bleeding. Who or how could hurt me? I got the answer!

"You want to taste this huh? So let's paint the town red with your blood if you ever have it." I yelled at it, untied the string, and wished it to become a lash. It grew thicker and longer than before.

It was wiggling as a root. I rose. If it were previous me, I was trembling out of terror. Or might let this devil piss me off already; before it could put much effort to catch me. Now so sweet if this demon wanted to die with my hand, I would gladly offer it.

In no time, I drew my best foot forward and hit it. But it was too fast, easily dodged. My stroke sat on the ground. The wraith dragged its body along the wall and remained there. I ran forth and climbed up. I was like a feather able to lift my body up and did that without bothering to think about it. I just wanted that. This dark spirit had been following Roby since she touched the string. Definitely, it was a stray demon walking through the forest. Therefore, it chased her to here.

These sorts of demons would swallow the light within us. So enough to darken our hearts. If I mean to ignore or off my hand from this issue, I may not be able to keep my soul pure. In the back of my mind, becoming a demon spirit frightened me. Living while you have to intake other's light can be scary.

I couldn't let that happen. I couldn't harm anyone. I must fight until I become stronger; this is the dream I constantly had. To protect my own self and those who I love. I thought and gathered my courage.

I saw it cajoled at me. "An Amateur they had sent!" The wraith mocked, and I freaked.

Actually, it came over at a right time. I had enough sore in my heart to let it go of here. I could unload all my turmoil on that devil. I lashed it and with that nice fast act, the string reeled over its neck.