Chapter 10: The Red Blade

Mrs. Mars prepared to attack the monster in front of her.

"You three. Stay here," she said as she charged at Dave. Before she could reach him, Dave turned around and through an oddly shaped stone at her. As the stone hit her face, it dispersed into dust as though it was made of dirt. Mrs. Mars covered her face with her hands, causing her to put away her blade. In the blink of an eye, Dave (or whatever it was) rushed up to her and stabbed his blade (which was now a white color) into the stomach or the principal. The creature then threw a bloody Mrs. Mars to the ground.

"Mrs. Mars!!," Owen, Trent, and Emily screamed out in unison.

"Damn it! Why Melissa?! Why?!," Martha yelled out as tears fell from her face.

The creature then turned to face Martha. Martha tried to get up, but all her effort wasn't enough to get her to her feet. The man with black blood dripping from his mouth just stared at her. He watched her try and fail to pick herself up over and over again.

Then, the man laughed in an extremely deep voice that didn't seem human. It was an eerie slow laugh that sent shivers down Martha's spine. For the first time today she was terrified of this man. Whatever he was, he was definitely not human and that laugh confirmed it. She tried to stop herself from freezing in fear.

"Y-you are n-not Dave. Who the hell are you?!," Martha said as she decided to stop trying to get up.

She wasted too much energy and a great deal of her life force was gone because of the forbidden magic spell. The creature didn't say anything right away. He just stared at her with an eerie smile.

"Well?! Answer...," Martha said before getting interrupted by the monster in front of her.

"You really want to know who I am? I don't think you really do. I can smell it through your blood that you are afraid. Your soul is trembling," The monster said. "You all were pathetic and weak. What a fucking joke. Can any of you dumb-asses do anything right? What a challenge. All I wanted was the girl and you made it hard on me. Now I will make you bleed like the others."

He took a step toward Martha. With blade in hand, he ran toward Martha. Martha tried getting up again, but it was no use. She didn't have enough strength. He was almost upon her, but then he stopped; for blocking his way, was none other than Owen with his arms out.

"You won't lay a single finger on her!!," Owen said shouting at non-human man.

The man laughed a big hardy laugh and spoke, "You are the little shit from earlier aren't you. What the hell do you think you are going to do to me. You haven't even developed your blade yet. You are less than weak. You are hardly even an obstacle. Just an annoyance."

"I don't care! I won't let you hurt my mom!," Owen shouted at the top of his lungs.

"Owen! What do you think you are doing?!," said Martha shouting in a worried tone.

"I know what I am doing, mom," Owen shouted back.

"No, you don't. He will kill you! Don't you get it?! I can't have you die, Owen," Martha said crying.

"Oh my, what a bad kid. Maybe I should punish him...or maybe I'll take him out of your hair forever, Martha. Think how much better your life will be," said the man stepping towards Owen.

"Shut up!! And get away from my son!!," Martha said shouting at the man.

"It's a little late for that," The monster said coming closer with every step.

"Run!!," Martha screamed. Owen closed his eyes and put his hands out as if to block his blade. The man swung his pale, transparent sword as he came upon Owen. Owen shut his eyes tightly and turned away. He was waiting. All he could hear is his heart pounding and his mother screaming. Other than that, it was silent. He felt his breath as he inhaled and exhaled, then inhaled again. Time seemed to stand still. This seemed to be the end. Was it? Could it be that this was it? He just found out what he was, and now it's going to end? Is it?

He heard a slight sound in the silence. It sounded like two swords clashing. That was impossible, right? In an instant Owen opened his eyes to this sound. Then there, in his hand was a red, transparent sword blocking the man's attempt at swinging at Owen. As shocked as Owen was, he just smiled and said,...

"I finally got one!"