Chapter 11: returning to a home in chaos

Angelina, Amelia and Cecile emerged from the side of the lake out of breath, and exhausted from a hard swim but they still had a long way to go before they finally caught up to or even found out where Damien was going and they still needed to find their way home. The problem was they only saw the direction Damien was headed towards and it can only be assumed that he is heading home at least Cecile took a random guess and with not a house or a vehicle in sight it wouldn't take an act of magic to know it will take forever to get back. The walk back began and it was long and hot,

"Why is it so hot?" asked Amelia

"Have you spent a summer in Idaho, this probably isn't even the hottest it can get." replied Cecile,

"On the bright side we dried off quick, but we did however go from soaking wet to sweating like dogs in seconds." replied Amelia

"Still no house or car in sight. This feels like castaway told in a desert." said Cecile

"Not exactly but I guess that's one way of putting it." replied Cecile.

"You mean like some sort of cowboy movie where we don't have any horses?" asked Angelina

"That's close enough." Cecile responded, they continued on the walk for a couple of miles and they were barely holding themselves together still no cars or houses in sight until Angelina looked behind them and squinted and finally saw what looked like cars in the distance.

"Is that a mirage or are those cars coming towards us?" she said and grabbed the attention of the other two as they looked back and did the same thing.

"No it is not." responded Cecile

"Thank god we're saved." yelled Amelia. The cars came closer and they soon realized all of the vehicles coming by were military, one of them pulled over to them and one soldier in the back leaned out and said,

"You folks lost?"

"No sailor, we just happen to be going your way." replied Amelia. They got on the truck and were transported with the soldiers and were all given water Amelia quickly chugged hers down.

"Where are you guys heading anyways?" asked Cecile

"We're going to Boise." a soldier responded, Cecile and Angelina both looked at each other and they were both thinking to themselves that's where we live or where Damien went.

"Why are you going to Boise?" asked Angelina

"All I can tell you right now is it has become a war zone and all civilians must be evacuated. What is your interest in Boise?" responded another soldier

"That's actually where we're going." Angelina replied

"Well I'm sorry but for now we have to drop you outside of the town."the soldier responded but they had already arrived and there were civilians running out and away from the town and they also collided with an oncoming car and they swerved off the road and all of the soldiers quickly grabbed their guns and ran out one of the soldiers told the girls to stay put as they ran out and started firing their guns at something. One of the soldiers ran back and threw their gun in with the girls and only after he threw his gun they realized his leg and arm were bleeding, and he screamed to the girls protect yourselves and he was then tackled by some dark and purple glowing humanoid creature and began eating them out. It turned around and looked at the girls and growled at them, Amelia quickly went for the gun and shot the thing in the chest and head the creature fell to the ground dead for real. They stepped out of the truck and looked towards the town and the military was fighting an armada of these weird purple glowing monsters and they couldn't seem to get past the front line, these zombie like monsters started walking towards the girls slowly, Cecile and Angelina stepped behind Amelia as she pointed the gun towards these creatures ready to fire.

Volkar continued his process of bringing back people from the dead and brought the whole cemetery back to life, and his zombie creatures followed traditional zombie logic for every person they attack and infect then became one of them. He chased everyone out of the town with his small army except for only a few of the strongest people which he of course ate, after he turned Damiens home town into a ghost town he then had to return to the places in which the power of the realms crossed one another. Which were only two places the library where he transported the book away, and where Volkar entered Damiens body and mind, the hospital where he was born the first and closest location was of course the library so the walk began as the small amount of soldiers at the edge were fighting and slowly winning against his zombie armada. He reached the remains of the library where he banished the book and came to the exact spot from where he banished it, and him and Damiens undead parents stood in a triangle,

"So how exactly does this work Volkar?" asked Damien trying to stall for time.

"First I will use my power to once again make contact with the other side and then my minions or your undead parents will use this realms spiritual power and cross this realm through the small gap I create with my realm and thus the door will open." responded Volkar preparing himself

"Now Damien I have to warn what you are about to see no mortal could ever live to comprehend the power it has and they would die instantly so prepare yourself." Volkar began using his power to make a gap in between the realms. Once the gap opened Damiens zombie parents used their spiritual power to widen the gap and create the doorway in between and as Volkar then drew power from it and as Damien looked into the doorway he saw something he could not believe he would ever see. He looked into the door he saw an endless stream that looked and had the motion of water but was ever changing colors and stars among st stars floating through the stream each of them have their own ultraviolet rays of light shining brighter than any light heaven could possibly create, Damien was left speechless at the incredible and infinite beauty of these realms and thanks to him having the power of Volkar shielding him he did not die from this experience but if Volkar ever did manage to leave his body he would not survive that image in his mind. The door closed as Volkar finished drawing power from it and Damiens body grew talons and fangs and now was smoking from head to toe and showed no sign of stopping and Volkar moved on quickly to the hospital which would be a small walk but once he arrives all will be over in minutes.

Amelia kept on firing the gun killing as many zombies as she could, when she ran out she took guns off the corpses of the soldiers, and Cecile and Angelina did the same they blasted their way through the massive amount of zombies. Some of the zombies retreated back into the town so the girls had to be more aware of what they walk into on their way to Damien, they sprinted straight back into town while the soldiers continued to make their way through the front line, and lord knows how much longer they will be. The girls made their way through the town all they saw were buildings on fire, streets covered in ashes and rubble, cars flipped upside down, everywhere they turned it was just destruction. Their guns were pointed in every direction the zombies were all hiding from them in alleys and in buildings looking through the glass in the remaining buildings. All was going slightly going well, until in front of them for a few blocks an extremely loud sound turned their attention to a building up ahead which fell an entire level down and created a cloud of dust that nearly blinded them and when they gained their sight back they saw the building was falling in their direction. They started running in the other direction but when they turned they were charge tackled by the zombies, they struggled to break free while they continued to be buried by the zombie piles, Cecile managed to crawl out of the pile and dissected the zombies and helped Angelina escape, and while they also got Amelia out her leg was badly injured it wasn't a bite thankfully but she couldn't run or walk,

"We'll carry you." shouted Angelina,

"No time go I'll draw their attention leave now." Amelia responded as she hugged her sister goodbye and said how much she loved her and pushed her away and shot at the zombies while Cecile pulled Angelina away and Amelia was quickly piled on by the zombies. Cecile and Angelina quickly ran the other way when the building hit the ground the impact caused a reaction which sent them flying forward and into a pile of rubble and gave them some bruises but otherwise they survived, Amelia was not so lucky.