EP 75 - FRIEND OR FOE?

Avyanna tried to reach out to her friend with surprise written all over her face . Unknown to her a battle of will and superiority was ongoing in the mind of the demon. Kyra' human side was being suppressed by her demon and was fighting to emerge.

But at that moment, the look of puzzlement on Avyanna's face was mistaken for disgust. Revulsion at herself, Kyra's heart hardened once more as the demon pushed itself to its feet.

Growling , it made its way towards the door. Avyanna tried to stop her but instead was flung against the floor. Her forehead was hit on impact and blood slowly seeped from the wound.

"Kyra Stop!"

The demon grunted , but came to a stop at the threshold.

"We can fix this together. This doesn't change anything."

"It changes everything." It growled.

"This isn't you Kyra."

The demon cast one last pathetic look at the mortal and walked away towards the direction of the village.

"Kyra is gone."

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Avyanna ran out panting.

Kyra footsteps pointed in the direction of the village ...

All those innocent people were in danger!

She walked down the narrow path leading to the village and bumped into the others.

"What happened to you? Why are you bleeding?" Levi questioned.

"I'm fine. Its just a little cut." She replied.

"Where is Kyra?" Conrad asked.

While they were speaking a huge explosion sounded nearby. Smoke spiraled upwards and filled the sky , covering the azure sky turning it dark. Screams were heard in the distance as houses crashed down on flames.

"What is going on?" Percival said.

"Oh no..." Avyanna mumbled.

The four ran down towards the village to meet a lurid sight. The village was in chaos . Buildings were being burnt down , people were running helter-skelter in prefer to find safety. The demon marched around destroying everything in sight in its blind rage. It crushed the villagers as if they were mere insects against the earth.

"I have never seen anything like that before." Conrad gasped.

"A infernal hellion from the dregs of hell. " Percival snarled and drew out his Blade.

"No!" Avyanna put down his Blade and sighed. "That is Kyra."

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"That is simply impossible." Percival said.

"I don't know how but I know that that's Kyra." She replied. "We can't hurt her."

"Then we better figure out how to handle her before those angry villagers that are rallying up do even worse." Levi stated.

Conrad kept silent all this while. He still couldn't fathom why she had hidden this part of her from him. Did she not trust him? After their entire friendship?

"I can talk to her. Convince her to stop this!" Conrad resolvedly.

"Are you sure you can do this?" Avyanna frowned. "We have only one shot at this."

He nodded. "I trust myself to trust her."

By now , The inhabitants had started assembling admist the Pandemonium. Some men took hold of their guns, other arrows and hangers while the rest laid hold of sticks and lances. Armed with these miniature weapons they attacked the demon but instead of harming it ...

They only succeeded in infuriating it.

The demon clawed at them , killing some instantly while others escaped with major wounds. it was about to attack again when ...

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Slash!!!!

One sharp cut from Levi's Sword, dismembered the scaly hand of the demon. The demon bawled in fury. Gradually , the lost limb began to regenerate, leaving in its place , a fully functional arm.

"I did not see that coming." Levi sighed. "Whatever you plan to do Avyanna , You better do it now!"

Curled up in a corner , crying softly was a little boy. He must have lost his way in all the running and screaming.

The demon was on the verge of killing him , surging ahead with great force.The monster was about to strike a great blow at the boy when its left arm became stuck in mid air.

Avyanna gasped.

"No"

The beast tried to move but it was like it being held by an invisible force.One of the black deadly eyes turned soft reddish blue as it muttered .

"No, I won't kill a child!"

It was a battle of wills and spirit. Kyra's and her own inner demon.Literally.

Kyra was trying to resist the monster inside her but the demon wasn't giving up too easily. It was in control of the frozen left hand that Kyra was desperately trying to take control of but it wasn't only her that had a strong will.The monster broke free from her hold and the arm moved freely to attack the shivering, scared little boy but was caught halfway by its right arm.

It takes two to tango.

With Kyra in charge of the right arm and her beast of the left, it was a struggle for control as they fought inwardly just for that.

Percival swooped in and carried the little boy away in his arms away from the frightful scene. Kyra was relieved inwardly.

Avyanna noticed the fight for possession and knew that her friend was still in there.

"Kyra I know you're still in there.Don't give up ."Keep fighting"

This encouraging words cheered on Kyra while Avyanna began to bound the demon vessel with an archaic spell of binding.

"O . Demon, Creature born of the the abyss I bind thee...l

The demon unable to move struggled relentlessly. The villagers seeing that it was immobilized made move to attack but were driven back by Levi and Percival waving their swords warding off any attack.

Conrad walked up to the demon who was laid down in the dust. He placed a hand on its face and smiled. He wasn't going to say a speech or give her a eulogy.

No.

He was just going to say the four words he said to her when they had just met.

"I'm not going anywhere."

Those four words contained enough meaning that only them understood. The extreme anger boiling in the demon's eyes instantly subsided . The creature closed its eyes as it slowly transformed back into Kyra.

She lay on the ground buck naked shivering form the cold when she felt something warm around her.

Kyra looked up.

Levi had taken off his coat and tossed it around her to provide her some warmth. He shot her a handsome smile and Kyra didn't know when she started blushing.

"She's Back."

Avyanna helped her up to her feet and immediately she wrapped Conrad in a warm embrace.

"Thank you." She whispered. "For everything."

"It's nothing. So am I a good friend or what?" Conrad joked.

Kyra smiled .

She had the best friends ever.