Chapter 03 : Mysterious Box (mystery of a cross)

Peter sat there defeated, thinking that he had been bullied ever since he came here , but no one had ever taken his side , neither comforted him nor tried to protect him But since the girl came to his class a week ago , she must have come every day to comfort Peter .

And every day Peter made an unintentional mistake that forced her to go back . He didn't do all this on purpose , just in case of girls , he proved to be a bit clumsy.

He decided to apologize to her and went out to look for her.

Even after searching the entire campus, he did not find it, so he went and sat in the last room of the corridor above. He was regretting over his attitude.

After few minutes, he heard noise coming from below. Coming out of the classroom, he peeked down from the railing , like every day, Jordan was fighting with a boy and the rest of the students , some were supporting Jordan and some of them were hyping the other boy.

Like every day, the storm was raging in the ground and the students were enjoying it, making their own crowds and supporting their favorite team.

Peter nodded sadly. He had never been interested in these things.

When he was returning home , he saw that brown-haired girl riding in a car with another boy.

Disappointment could easily be seen on Peter's face.

All the way he kept thinking about her. He was sorry for his behavior. He now realized that he shouldn't have done it all.

When he got home, he went to the kitchen, picked up snacks , went upstairs to his room. Opening the door of the room, he took off his shoes with the help of his feet, took off his bag and threw it on the chair , took snacks and lay down on the bed.

He was angry with himself that if he hadn't told Natasha all that today, he would be with him now . But it was useless to cry over spilt milk .

Eating snacks, thinking about her , he soon fell asleep.

The cross was in his hand and the snacks were under the bed.

He was in sound sleep .

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She had been calling Peter for a long time but Peter was not answering the call.

She was stuck here, couldn't go home and wanted to let Peter know. Even after five calls, when Peter did not attend, she left a voicemail for him to "lock up at night then go to sleep or go to Aunt Belle's house to sleep, and eat food heated in the microwave. because I can't come home tonight. And take care, I will be back early tomorrow morning."

Her anxiety was somewhat reduced because currently the operation of the injured person was successful, he had regained consciousness.

But under law and order, she could not go home at the moment so she decided to stay until morning .

She also had to attend court in this regard. she had a chance to be safe which made her somewhat calm.

suddenly she got a flashback.

Seeing the cross on the mirror, she took a step back in fear. Suddenly she saw that black-clad being in the mirror again.

She immediately looked back but there was no one behind , but that black clad bieng was still in the mirror.

Her hands and legs were trembling with fear. She took steps back one by one.

Reaching the door, she tried unsuccessfully to open the door . Her eyes were fixed to the black clad bieng . Neither the door was open nor was that mysterious being removed from his place.

Despite her best efforts, she screamed in fear when the door did not open "Please let me go...what have I done to you?"

That black-clad man pulled a hand out of the glass. He had something on his hand. "Go ahead and get it." His voice was echoing.

She was holding her breath due to fear . she did not understand what kind of creature it was , whose reflection was visible but in reality did not exist . Which was hanging in the air . She had seen demons only to the extent of movies , but today it seemed as if she was facing a real ghost but it was more dangerous than a ghost .

"Come ahead and get it! " Now his voice was more terrible than before.

She shivered. She took a step forward crying , her legs were shaking with fear . Frightened, she approached him and looked at the object in his hand. It was a glass ball in which something was forming . She noticed that carefully, She, herself living a comfortable life in that little glass box. She was stunned.

"It can all be yours , everything.....!" He said.

"How? " she asked amazingly.

" I will give you wealth, fame, honor, status, and everything you want ....even I can make you immortal . But in return you have to give me something!"

"What do you want? " She felt something was wrong.

"I just want one thing! " He whispered near Emily's ear. She stood still in fear.

"I want your soul in return! "He slowly whispered, getting much closer.

Emilia's eyes widened in surprise and fear.

"If I found your soul, I will be able to live in this world forever. I will have a shield that will help me and protect me to live in this world . I was taken out of my plane , but now I can't go back like that. And to live in this world, I need a permanent physical appearance...which you will give me! You will help me...and I will help you!"

Emilia was gripped by his words but she wanted to save herself from him. She did not want to trade her soul at any cost.

"Noo.... Noooooo! I won't " All of a sudden she screamed, turned around , ran , opened the door and went out.

She was breathing hardly, her face was sweating profusely .

"Oh Jesus! " she put her hand on her chest, breathing a sigh of gratitude. " I must go to church today, It's been a long time." She picked up her umbrella car keys, coat and left the hospital. She turned to the church.

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" How long has it been going on?" Father asked anxiously.

She was sitting in church In front of father. she had told everything to him. He was asking questions and she was replying him back.

"This is a stubborn, lost demon who can go beyond his limits to get his work done. He must have taken many lives by now. He is in search of a pure soul. He can target anyone because now he needs it to live in this world...Demons do everything to satisfy their needs. You have to protect yourself. There are certain things you can do to protect yourself from this demon."

"Kindly tell me how can I protect myself and my family from this terrible demon? " she beseeched.

"There is a way.....keep it with you at all times . It protects from demons, devils and evil forces. " Father handed him the IHS monogram that could protect her from demonic forces.

"Thank you so much father! " She was very grateful.

Father shook his head and began to burn the candles.

She kissed Holly monogram, put it in her bag and stood up.

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In his sound sleep he felt as if someone was gently touching his face. After a while, he felt as if someone was gently touching his whole body.

He tried to open his eyes but it was like as someone had put something heavy on his eyes. He could not open his eyes. He tried to raise his hand but it was as if it was being held by some unseen force.

He felt a heavy load on his chest which made it difficult for him to breathe. He tried to bend, but could not move even an inch. He did not understand what was happening to him!

He tried to speak, but his tongue was stuck to his palate.

He started reciting holy verses. All of a sudden there was a terrible sound in the air and Peter was relieved. [Peter Sighs]

"Oh Jesus! What was that? " [Muttering afraidly] he sat up quickly.

He quickly picked up his phone and first heard his mother's voice message. [Exhaled]

He picked up his jacket, put on his shoes, came out of the room, took off the keys to the house hanging by the fridge, locked the house, and went to Aunt Belle.

[Door Knocks....]

As soon as the door opened, he hurried inside. 81 yeared, chubby Women (Aunt belle) looked at him in surprise. " What happened? Are you alright peter?"

He stopped and turned and asked : "Close the door and Emm..... do you have a depression pill?"

While closing the door she was surprised."Aaa....yes I have...do you really want to take?"

"Obviously! " He said emphatically by raising his hands and entered one of the rooms inside .

Aunt Belle was shocked at his behavior on the way to the kitchen. " He didn't talk like that. he was a good kid but, today I don't know what happened to him!" she was thinking while taking out the medicine.

When she entered the room with the medicine, he was murmuring something with closed eyes . She put the medicine on the table and came out of the room.

She dialed Emilia's number and look squintedly at Peter's room. She was suspicious about Peter, about which she wanted to talk to Emilia but she was not answering the call. After making several phone calls, she put the phone on the switch hook and went to her room.

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When she arrived home early in the morning, the door was locked. She knocked at Aunt Belle's door. "I'm sorry to bother you in the morning.....Is Peter here?"

"Oh Emilia! finally you came. I've been waiting for you since whole night....and yes Peter is inside. Why are you standing outside, Come in!" She opened the door. [Door creaks.]

"Is everything alright aunt belle? " She took off her coat and bag and hung it on the rack, asked anxiously.

"Yes yes ....just come and sit here. I tell you.....will you have breakfast or something?"

"I'm fine, Thank you! Just tell me about him. what happened? I'm anxious aunt belle. " She actually was tensed .

"He's fine don't worry..... take some rest. You've been doing a tough job whole night. " She comforted her.

[Emilia Sighs]"Okay..... can you please give me a cup of coffee? "

"Off-course my dear. " She responded lovingly and walked towards the kitchen.

Emilia glanced at the closed door of Peter's room and taking a deep breath, she accubated her head to the back of chair and close her eyes. She was mentally and physically exhausted.

"Hey mom! When did you come? I waited for you all night .... You promised me something, have you forgotten?" his tone was a bit offensive. Emilia stared at him weirdly . He was a bit weird today. His accent was also slightly different.

"Are you drunk Peter ? "

"I'm always drunk darling! " He laughed strangely and sat down on the chair next to her.

"Have you taken drugs, Peter?" She was now suspicious of Peter. All of a sudden , how different he was looking just in one night.

"Oh, c'mon mom! Don't ask such silly questions. I'm not a young kid. " His tone was slatern . She was shocked.

"What are you staring at? Go from here." He said immorally , picked up the bottle and started drinking water.

Emilia stood up worried. she left the lounging room. Peter was just like as he didn't care.

His eyes was red and so was his face. He was a bit weird and offensive today . It was shocking for everyone because Peter was a good boy before.

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She came to her room, she placed her coat, bag, car keys and mobile phone on the table , took off her shoes and went to take shower.

After bathing, while drying her hair, she thought where it all started. Suddenly she got a flashback.

Nearly a week ago she was at London supermarket when she saw an old-fashioned little box. She carefully picked it up and opened it. Inside it was the ancient Egyptian Ankh holy Cross.

It was seemed to be very ancient and valuable. Emilia like it very much. She bought it , returned home and put it in the closet. The same night she felt pressure on her chest while sleeping.

she rushed to cabinet , opened it to check that box. The box was missing....!

Chapter 3 finished>