Chapter 34

"You think you are going to defeat me this time?"the shadow says, walking towards Irye. It has no description except for being black and smoky. "I don't want to hurt you. Just give me the baby"

"You want the baby?"Irye asks sneeringly. "You go through me"she begins running towards it.

The shadow stands in its place and tilts it's head as if not sure of what Irye is about doing.

Irye raises the stick she is holding before and uses force to smack down the shadow.

But it dodges and returns a punch which pushes Irye back.

Irye gathers stamina and run fast towards it. The shadow could not read Irye's movements so goes at a disadvantage.

Irye throws a punch when she's is closer to it. Her punch throws the shadow and it falls to the ground. Irye runs to it and presses it down by the neck.

"You seem to have become stronger"Irye says. "But I guarantee that's not stopping me from protecting my baby brother."

"You are the only one who can touch me."The shadow responds and laughs. "At least you think so. I can see her. She is always angry and even now she wants to kill me."

The words the shadow is saying to Irye now seem to be distracting her. She's wanted to know more about her dark part but no one knows about it.

If it will help her save her family then forget it, she doesn't want to bother stressing herself about it.

The shadow's plan seem to be working. Even if Irye is not into knowing her dark part now, she is thinking of what it said and that creates an advantage for it.

It holds Irye wrists tight and twists. It doesn't hurry to it but twists it slowly for Irye to feel the pain more.

"Why don't you have yourself."Irye says in pain. "You are always in a human form and your body is all smoky. Why come as a shadow if you are not scared of us."

The pain makes Irye kneel and the shadow throws her when it finds Irye weak in front of it.

The family watch, not being able to do anything about it. Some of them are frozen in place and some are unconsciously lying on the ground.

The fear of the shadow coming back stronger is a shock to them and they end up wondering what will happen to them.

"Amber, where's my jacket?"Blake says as he put a pair of jeans into his bag.

He's decided to go after Irye, worried that something may have happened to her and the family.

"I think I placed it somewhere in the closet."Amber replies and walks into the room where Blake is.

He is in the living room and Amber is in the kitchen. He breaks the news to his friends and they come to his house to help him pack.

It's a very remote area and they need a lot of food at least to cater for the family for some days, he thinks.

"Am gonna bring it, you wait here and pack the rest."Blake says.

"Dude, are you serious about this?"Amber asks. "They may also be really fine as her dad told you. You don't wanna spoil their fun."

"He is lovesick. You can't convince him." Derrick teases, closing the washroom door.

"As if you don't know him. He plans, he does."Derrick continues.

Blake shakes his head and pass by them to his bedroom. He opens the closet and takes out his jacket. He looks around, checking if he hasn't forgotten to take certain things he plans to.

After checking, he closes the bedroom door and walks out. Amber and Derrick are waiting for him. They've packed all necessary things and placed them in the car.

"All set?"Derrick asks and Blake nods.

"Let's go"Blake urges and steps out.

They follow after him and stand by the car as Blake enters.

"I didn't know this old pick-up would be of help one day."Amber laughs.

"At least it can do one meaningful job before dying...am I right?"Blake adds, leaning on the car door.

"Okay...gotta go"Blake says and starts the car.

"Alright be safe" They bid him goodbye and Blake drives out of his house to the road.

Irye forces to stand up, hurt from the effect of the throw. She runs towards the shadow moving closer her family.

The shadow takes a stick it sees beside it and suddenly disappears. Irye looks around, together with Grams, Gerrard and Mae. Evie is kneeling near her brother still in shock. Her eyes are filled with tears and she is quivering.

Things seems to have died down but Irye and the rest are restless and on alert. The shadow may appear anywhere near them and hurt the baby. It wants nothing to do with the family except for the baby.

The place is quiet and Gerrard stays close to Grams. Suddenly, the shadow appears in front of Grams and raises the stick.

Irye widens her eyes and hurries over. Before she could reach there, Gerrard comes to stand right under the stick coming down at the baby.

He shouts in pain and falls to the ground.