CHAPTER THREE: The demon is back

“Now, now.” He said with a creepy smile. This demon is really making me trembled. I felt like my blood left my body and my heart is going to burst from beating so fast.

“Big sis!” I cried and stand up. What am I going to do? Think, Avabil. “Get the hell out of there!” I shouted.

“You’re lucky, kid.” He said and I form my hand into a fist. He put his arm on my sister’s shoulder. “You’re lucky because this older sister of yours is ready to sacrifice herself to make you safe.” Sacrifice? “Do you remember what I said before? When I know that you really know who is Adisson then I will come after your head? This older sister of yours really loves you and she is willing to sacrifice herself just to save you, be happy with that. Okay?”

I am mad, I am angry for what she’d done but what can I do? My taika has been sealed and I am weak even though I will fight him in hand-to-hand combat I will still die.

Be happy? Is this demon joking? I form my hand into a fist and angrily looked at my sister.

“Big sis…” I called her; I wanted an answer but all she did was to give me a sad smile.

That is not what I wanted! I want an answer for Pete's sake!

“I’m sorry for letting this happened, Avabil. I don’t want to hurt you.”

“Neither am I.” why? Why now when I can’t use my taika? “Let go of my sister, you demon!”

“Sorry kid but Miss Adisson is now belonging to us.” He said with a mischievous smile on his face.

I want to erase that smile; I want him to leave this world without taking my sister but I can’t. My taika has been sealed.

Belongs to them? No! She is only belonging to me!

I immediately get my katana but to my surprise, my sister blocked my way.

What the hell is she doing?

“Please don’t make it hard for me, Avabil. Just let this go. Just let us go.”

“What the f*ck are you talking about?”

“Avabil,” she called me and I looked at her with a teary eye and so she did. “You will understand soon.” She added.

When I felt like all my strength had left my body I sat down on the ground and I can just watch her vanishing from my eyes with that demon. While they’re vanishing from my line of sight that demon laughs that makes me want to kill him.

“Big Sis!”

I can feel that someone’s coming, a group of people is coming to our house. When I saw the same uniform that my sister wore all my range that I had been holding for so long feels like to burst. I attack them but attack the first person that was near me and in front of the group. I held her collar and ready to punch her but I control myself.

“You…” I angrily said, “You’re one of my sister’s colleague, right? Why are your group late? Why!” and the tears that I am holding from the start starting to fall one by one and I just sat down at the ground. “My sister is already in their hands,” I said weakly.

“I’m sorry, we’re late.” I looked at her because I can feel that he shared the same pain that I am feeling right now but still I don’t care.

“You don’t have to say sorry, Irine. We did nothing wrong.” The other guy said and then he looked at me, I can feel it even though I did not look at him and I am just staring at the ground. “Cacia is one step ahead of us. It is too late for us when we discovered her plan.” He added.

Really that girl, she really doesn’t want anyone to be in her mess. She really is selfish. She always keeps everything for herself. Why? Why I did nothing to save her? I know that something is wrong but I did not ask her thoroughly.

I punched the ground until my fist became bloody out of guilt and range but someone stopped me.

“I’m so weak! I’m weak! I can’t even save her!” I said while crying.

It was supposed to be me, I was the one who messes and fools that demon but to save me my sister sacrifice herself. I am worthless! Such a useless person like me is her sister! I should have not sealed this taika of mine, I should have accepted it while it’s not too late.

“You’re not weak…”

“I’m weak! I even sealed my own taika! That’s why I can’t save her!” I cried and I can see the surprise on their face, “I am afraid that Acadil will leave me, that we will be apart when I finally become strong, so I sealed my own taika.” I said almost whispering but I know that they can still hear it.

Ye, that’s right. It’s not her fault nor this fellow of her. It is my fault for sealing my own taika. If I did not seal it then maybe I have a chance to save her. But I can’t blame her for sealing my taika because she was just doing her job, she just obeys me for what I want. I am the only one who can take the blame. I’m so selfish.

“Shh…”

I cried so much when I felt that someone is hugging me. A guy who had the same smell as my sister, when I smelled it, I finally cried so hard.

It’s my fault.

It’s all my fault that this misfortune happened. If I just listen to her and did not let my stubbornness be in lead then this will not happen. I’m such a burden.

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'Avabil wake up!'

'Avabil it's already late.'

'Avabil.'

“Big sis…”

I stared at the ceiling while my hands are stretching and trying to reach it. Yeah, I forgot, they took my sister away from me.

I cry over and over again when I realize that the nightmare is real, and it is all my fault.

I lazily stand up because I don’t have any strength to do anything, I don’t want to go outside of the house or even out of this room. I wanted to shut myself from the world, I don’t want to live.

I stared at my pal while lying on my bed and my tears were flowing once again one by one. I have a very powerful taika but I can’t even use it to save and to protect the only family I have; I have this cursed eye and yet I can’t even use it. I’m such a useless brat.

“Abia? Get up, the elders of your family Lancaster wanted to talk to you.” I heard a guy’s voice. The one who had the same smell like my sister.

I bit my lower lip by that, they’re here again? How many times do I have to tell them that I hate them? Do they think that I don’t know anything they did to my family? That they’re the ones who caused my brother’s death. The reason why we lost our big brother.

Yeah, we have a big brother but he died on the hands of the Lancaster’s elders. When he followed them, he died. They are the reason why we lost our brother. I may not know the real reason why he died but I know for sure that he died in their hands. They are one of the reasons why our family separated from each other and now there is only me and my sister in our family, now I am alone.

“I don’t want to talk to anyone! Get out here! Get out of my house!” I shouted and I am not surprised when the door of my room explodes.

“You will go with us.” Said one of the Elders.

Our Lancaster Famiglia had three Elders which is one of the most powerful groups in this group. Knowing that they’re here I automatically close my left eye. They don’t have any connection with me for them to see my left eye.

“Why would I? When I said no, then it’s a no. You can’t force me to something that I don’t want to.” I bravely said. Well, I am not afraid of them anyway.

“Don’t be so stubborn, Abia!” Elder Uno said.

“I won’t come with you! Over my dead body.” I stubbornly said.

“You can’t do anything about it, Abi. You can’t even do something here.” Elder Dos said.

“I have! I have something to do here! My sister will come back! I won’t leave here!” I shouted at them.

I don’t have any respect left for them since they are the reason why my family died. They won’t be able to gain my trust nor respect.

“She won’t come back! She’s already dead!”

I felt like I wanted to kick their ass away from our house, “My sister is not yet dead! No matter what you say, no matter what you do, no matter what happened I will never leave this place! I will not leave the only place that I called home! I am staying here! This is the only house I have that had my family’s memory!” I burst and I felt like I wanted to kill them for forcing me to leave this house.

I don’t know why but I am crying right now. I promised that I won’t cry in front of them but look at me now. I am crying. I sat on the ground when I saw them leave. I’m finally alone.

“How did you do it? Shouting at the Elder of your family, I guess you’re the only one who can do that.” The guy said.

“Who are you?” I asked and he smiled at me.

“My apologies for not introducing myself first. My name is Meilin Dodgewar.” I stared at him. Dodgewar? Meilin? Why is it familiar to me? “I am your sister’s boyfriend.” He added.

A memory of my sister talking to me with him as our topic came into my mind. So, he’s the one who makes my sister happy aside from me, the person who supported her without any hesitation. The one who loves her the most aside from me.

“Big sis, why are you always neat and clean? I mean, are you always away from work? I never saw you wearing that kind of clothes before.”

She laughed, “Well, I have a date.”

“De-date?! What? To whom?!” I said in a panic.

“One of the Dodgewar descendant. Meilin Dodgewar is his name.”

“You know what, Abia? I always admire you from Cacia’s story.” I stared at him, “You know what? She said to me that you’re the most powerful? That you even make her lose to you even in hand-to-hand combat. She also said that you’re stronger than anyone else, even her.” And then he smiled at me. I felt like I am now talking to my sister so I calm down, “One time I asked your sister, who is she going to choose if something happened, me or you,” and then he laughed, “She did not hesitate to choose you.”

I felt like my tears are going to flow once again.

“Why are you telling me that?” I said without any emotion.

I want him to tell me more but I don’t want to talk to him about a happy moment because all I can do is to think of what happened to my sister. This is still not the right time yet.

“Because we’re the same. Cacia and I would like your life to be full of joy, Abia.” I just looked at her with a wondering eye, “I also want you to become stronger, stronger than before, I also want to take care of you. For me, you are like my little sister.” He sincerely said, “You can even call me big brother if you want.” He joked.

I glared at him, “I don’t need anyone.”

Right. I don’t need their help; I won’t let them get close to me. Once they did, they will just fall into misfortune. It’s okay to be alone, it’s better than having someone sacrifice for you. I don’t want that to happen again. From now on, I will only think of my own.

“Leave, I don’t need you here,” I said and he sighed.

“Okay I will leave but if you need help don’t hesitate to call me. I will always be one call away.” He said and he leaves a piece of paper on my bed.

I cried once again. Okay, Avabil, this going to be your last cry. Think about how to save your sister. Think of a plan.