Spill
Eda POV:
The four of us walked out of the hospital, both the Blights chuckling and nudging each other. King squirmed in my arms, finally breaking out of my grasp and climbing up to my shoulder.
"Why are we letting them help again?" He whispered to me, subtly glaring at the two green haired witches in front of us. I snorted, shaking my head.
"Because, why should I leave them out of the fun?" King rolled his eyes, turning to face the twins in front of me. "Hey, listen." He didn't do anything to acknowledge that he was listening, but I didn't care. "What kind of witch would I be if I left them out of getting revenge for their sister? I did the same thing when I was younger."
"But you did it for reasons way less risky than this." He pointed out, making me roll my eyes, even though he had a point.
"Okay fine, I did do it for reasons less severe than this. But, as long as they don't say anything to anyone else, they'll be fine." The demon on my shoulder rolled his eyes again, muttering a whatever under his breath.
Ahead of me, I could hear the twins muttering their new plan. Suddenly, Edric's fist lit up in flames and he forced it forward. "Just like that!" He said, looking to his sister for approval. She tapped her chin, then shook her head.
"No, you gotta do it with more force. Right over the heart too." She told him, which he nodded and shook his hand a few times to put out the flames. I smirked at the two, glad they already had ideas.
"Remember you two," I started, making both of them jump. "we can't kill him yet. We've gotta make him hurt." They turned back to me, nodding their heads. I glanced at Emira, eyeing her outfit up and down again. "By the way, I've got a shirt at home you can wear so you don't ruin that fancy thing."
But, she waved her hand at me, shaking her head. "No need, I've got a tank top under this, I'll be fine." I stared at her for a minute, then shrugged.
"Whatever you say kid. If you want, you can give me the sweater now and I'll just send it to the owl house or whatever." Her eyes widened, but she reluctantly nodded her head. Slowly falling behind her brother until she matched my stride, I could see her cheeks light up.
Then, she quickly pulled the shirt off, her face a bright red. Lining both sides of her neck and collarbones were numerous purple marks, too many to keep count. I held back a snort, watching as she sent a weary gaze in her twin's direction, holding the sweater up to cover herself while her bright red ears pinned themselves down.
With a low sigh, I cast a spell, then placed a hand on her shoulder, making her jump. "He's not gonna see anything." I told her, but I could tell she didn't believe me. I shook my head. "Kid, we're magic. You're welcome by the way, that'll last till later tonight."
She blinked a few times, then very slowly handed me the sweater. Drawing another quick spell, I teleported her sweater back to the owl house. Emira picked up her pace until she was beside her brother, striking up conversation with him once again. Clearly, he couldn't see her marks, just like I told her.
"So!" King suddenly chirped, his voice being so loud it made my ear twitch. "What else is in store for the guy?" His eyes glittered with excitement. I shrugged, making the demon whine.
"Dunno yet." I told him, noticing that the twins turned around to face us. "What I do know is that I want answers. So, that's what we're gonna get." King nodded his head, I could feel his claws digging slightly into my shoulder as he let out an evil chuckle.
"Ask and you shall receive!" Edric chirped with a smirk, turning to his sister. "After all, what better way to get answers out of somebody than by using our charm?"
"If by charm, you mean beating him into a pulp, then yes." Emira said, making him chuckle. Then, they both started to whisper among themselves again, both of them rubbing their hands together the longer their conversation went on.
I stayed out of their conversation, thinking of my own ways to give that guy a piece of my mind. By the time the owl house came into view, I could feel the sinister chuckles bubbling up from my throat.
A few yards away from the house, I could hear Hooty's voice holding a one-sided conversation with the guy. "And that's when I swallowed my friend fly! So technically, I know what friendship tastes like! Hoot hoot!"
King groaned, covering his ears. "How can he be more obnoxious?" He grumbled, but I only laughed.
"Because it's Hooty. Nothing is impossible when it comes to him, and not in a good way. Honestly though, this time I don't mind." The twins slowed down their pace, making their way to my sides.
"Now, you wanna hear about that time I made friends with a beetle?" My ears twitched slightly as the four of us made our way to the door. I gave the open door a few knocks, announcing our presence. "Oh! You guys are back! I was just talking with my friend about my other friends! Hoot hoot!"
"We heard." Emira muttered, her eyes remaining in the center of the room.
There, in the middle of the room bound by binding spells all the way down to his fingers and wrapped up in a mess of the tube owl, was the guy. His silver blue hair hung in front of his face, obscuring my vision of him. I squinted, feeling my anger rising once again.
"Want me to keep going?" Hooty made his way towards me, twisting into a few corkscrews. I shook my head, giving him a quick pat.
"No, in fact, you can let go of him now." For a second, I swore I could hear his breathing hitch. King jumped off of my shoulder, moving over towards the guy, glaring the entire time.
"Okay!" The tube owl dragged out his word, slowly unraveling himself from the guy. Beside me, Edric started popping his knuckles, and I could barely see the glint of anger that his eyes held. Emira on the other hand, seemed calm and collected, staring down the guy with a cold, unwavering glare.
I moved towards him, the heels of my boots clicking against the floor. Then, I took a tight grip onto his hair and pulled his head up, forcing him to look at me. I could see that blood was still dripping his face from earlier when I hit him hard enough to split the skin above his eyebrow. He let out a grunt, barely opening his one eye that wasn't covered in the line of blood at the moment.
"Alright Snakey." I growled, pulling on his hair again. "Start talking." He glared at me, then started to chuckle, barely able to shake his head.
"Why should I say anything to you?" He rasped out, making me scowl. Before he could blink, I kneed him in the chest, knocking the wind out of him. He let out a choked wheeze, barely able to double in pain over due to how many binding spells I put on him.
I backed up, letting him go though his strangled coughing fit for a moment. Then after a minute, I went back over to him and wrapped my hand around his throat, tight enough to be uncomfortable, but loose enough so that he'd still be able to talk.
"Try again." I hissed, putting on a lopsided smile as I got close to his face. "Be glad I haven't used another spell set. Now tell me, why did you do it?" His yellow eyes met with mine, slightly darting over my features. I could tell he was still out of breath, his shaky breathing making me smile.
He stayed silent, the two of us just staring at one another. Very slowly, I started to put more pressure on his neck, watching him realize, but not do anything. Instead, he furrowed his eyebrows, then spat blood in my face.
The action caught me off guard, making me stumble back slightly. Wiping the red liquid off of my face, I said nothing and just turned to the siblings, giving them a little nod. They nodded back, then lit both their hands with different spells, one with fire, the other with an electricity of some kind.
I stuck my tongue out, trying to rub off more of the blood. "Show some class, would ya?" I snarled, watching as Edric slammed his fist into the guy's chest, just barely below where the bile sack would be, the creep letting out a strangled cry of pain in response. "After all, you could make this easier for yourself and just tell me what I want to know."
"Yeah!" King suddenly chimed it, jumping up onto the guy's lap. "Why'd you hurt Luz?" Both the siblings took a step back for a minute, their eyes remaining on King. Panting, the guy barely looked up at King, then let out a chuckle.
"Pipsqueak here trying to fight?" He struggled to ask, his voice going low. King started to let out a low squeal, then he moved over to the guy's arm. Not breaking eye contact, he slammed his fist down onto his arm as hard as he could, instantly making the guy choke back a shout.
"Who's the pipsqueak now huh? You're the one who got your arm broken in one kick! That makes you the pipsqueak!" King shouted, his voice rising in pitch with each word until it was just an assortment of random squeaks.
Emira slowly went over to King and picked him up, struggling to hold him while he thrashed about. "King..." She started, only to be interrupted with another squeal.
"No! Don't King me! He hurt Luz! I want him to hurt just as much!" His voice cracked, sounding more hurt than angry. My expression softened slightly, then I lightly shook my head.
"I know King, we all want him to hurt." I glared at him at the last bit, hearing his soft whimpers of pain. Emira put King down on the floor, which he only flopped down and folded his arms. I made my way back over to the creep, roughly grabbing him by his chin and forcing him to look at me.
"Third times the charm, right?" I could hear Edric say behind me, making his twin laugh. The creep's nostrils flared, tears running down his face from the pain.
"Yeah, it is." I smiled, running my tongue over my golden tooth. "So buddy, wanna start talking?" He opened his mouth to say something, but I stopped him. "And if you're about to say what you did before, I hope you know that I know a good spell to slowly rip that arm of your's clean off."
His eyes widened at my words, struggling to figure out what he should say. Then, he laughed again, this time sounding more nervous than the last. "It's not like she was my original target!" He stammered out, making the twins move closer.
"You're right. You're original target was our sister." The short haired twin said, anger completely clear in his voice. He moved over to the witch in the chair, roughly shoving his foot down on his right kneecap "So what was your plan with her?"
Edric twisted his foot on the guy's knee, making it pop. The guy gasped, quickly biting his lip and drawing blood with how hard he was biting down, which probably wasn't all that hard, but with teeth that sharp it couldn't have taken much to draw blood. "It's not like I was gonna kill her!"
"So why'd you bring that weapon?" I asked, squinting at him. He didn't say anything at first, making Edric put more pressure.
He let out another gasp of pain, gritting his teeth together. "Why'd you bring it!?" Edric shouted, putting even more pressure on the guy's knee. Emira glanced between him and the guy, then moved over to her brother, pulling him back.
Though I could tell he didn't want to move, he reluctantly backed away but glared at him the entire time. Reaching into my hair, I pulled out my knife, flipping it open before spinning it between my fingers. Then, in one swift motion, I stabbed it into the arm of the chair, just barely nicking the spot between where his fingers connected.
"Tick tock Snakey!" I smiled, watching as his breathing slowly got more erratic. Finally, he let his head hang, murmuring his answer under his breath. "What was that?"
"I said, to threaten her." He hissed, making me roll my eyes.
"No really? I had no idea." Sarcasm was heavy in my voice as I took the knife out of the arm of the chair, now hovering it over his leg. "Tell me, why would you need a human weapon to threaten a witch? You already had her magic disabled with that dumb trinket of your's, so what was the point?"
Slowly, I started to lower the knife, watching his eyes follow it. "Are you really stubborn enough to not say anything and get stabbed straight through the thigh?" King asked him, struggling to climb back up on the arm of the chair.
The guy struggled to move his arm to hit King away, but only managed to make King laugh in his face when he couldn't move. "Fine, you want an answer?" He yelled at me, turning away from King. I paused the knife right about his leg, just barely pressing the point onto his skin.
"Of course we do." Both the twins said, moving over to his sides. Both of them hovered a hand by his ears, which quickly went up when their hands burst into flames, radiating the heat onto his face.
Then, he started to spill.
"I'm doing this for a friend. It was all his plan. Take your sister from the shop to our spot, then he'd get what he'd want out of her. He promised me I could get what I wanted from her when he was done. The weapon was in case she put up a fight." He smiled, shaking his head. "Honestly your sister's lucky she just had to deal with just me, I almost dragged along two of my friends to help me."
"What did you want from her?" Edric asked, making the creep laugh. He shook his head, his shaggy hair hanging over his face before he turned to the twin. "Go on, spill! We're all ears."
"Oh wouldn't you love to hear all about it pretty boy." He spat, a sickening smirk rising on his lips when he realized he was getting a reaction out of the Blight. "But you won't get a word about that out of me. Just be grateful I didn't try anything else in that alleyway like I was going to. After all, she was pinned down and free for the taking! Wouldn't been hard to just grab her and-"
Edric let out a sudden loud yell, almost like a battle cry, before slamming the guy across the jaw with a burning fist. That one punch managed to knock the creep out, his head dangling down. The twin, with his teeth bared, started yelling at the guy, speaking so fast I wasn't able to catch a word he was saying.
"I'll kill you!" He suddenly yelled loud and clear, a spell circle forming around his wrist. On the other side of the chair, I could see his twin's eyes widen, now looking kind of afraid of him. "Go on! Keep talking you sorry excuse of a witch!" It hit me that he didn't realize he punched the guy's lights out.
Slowly, I walked over to him, placing a hand on his shoulder. Edric didn't look up to acknowledge me, but I could see his face going red with anger. "Ed, you knocked him out..." Emira told him with half a chuckle, a nervous edge to her voice.
"He's faking." Edric growled, his hand trembling. "You don't get to play dead to get out of this! You hurt Luz, you hurt my sister, I'm gonna make you hurt!" He raised his hand again to strike him, but I held him back.
"Alright kid, take a walk. Unfortunately you can't rip him open yet. We haven't gotten all our answers." His head snapped around to face me, both of his eyebrows tightly furrowed together, his eyes filled with rage. I glanced over at his hand, noticing his knuckles were bleeding. "King, go get the bandages from upstairs."
King nodded, quickly scampering off. The Blight finally looked at his hand, opening and closing it a few times. Then, he scoffed, muttering things under his breath before going over towards the front door and throwing it open. "Oh hey there!" Hooty started, but was cut off when he slammed the door.
"I don't think I've ever seen him that angry." Emira said after a minute, staring at the front door.
"Can't blame him though." I muttered, thinking back to all the times I would be blinded by rage when someone did something to my sister. I heard the stairs creak as King's tiny body made his way down, bandages in his paws. "Honestly, I'm a little surprised one of you guys didn't snap earlier."
"Believe me, I'm at my point. Edric just beat me to it." She glanced back at the guy behind us, a snarl rising up from her chest. "How have you not snapped at him yet?" The Blight asked me, raising an eyebrow.
I let out a bitter laugh, shaking my head softly. "I haven't snapped yet because if I do, he'll be dead. Honestly it'd be good for the Boiling Isles to get rid of him, but we can't do that just yet."
"Where'd the other green one go?" King asked, standing by my legs. I drew a quick spell, taking the bandages from his hands. "He didn't go off to snitch did he?"
"One, he's just out for a walk to cool off. Two, do you really think these two would be ones to rat us out?" King glanced over at Emira, then folded his arms.
"Well, they're related to the other green one, and you know how she is." The demon huffed, making Emira snort. She shook her head at King, struggling to keep a serious face.
I rolled my eyes, giving King a little nudge with my foot. "And where were you when these two would prank stands around the market?" The demon shrugged, turning back to the creep.
"Can I wake him up?" He asked, excitement filling his eyes. "I'll summon a demon to rip his fingers off if you want!" King jumped up and down slightly, excitement coursing through his veins.
"Save that guy for later." I told him, my ears perking up when I heard the front door open again.
"Welcome back! Hoot hoot!" Hooty chirped, Edric grumbling an answer in response. I spun around to face him, noticing the dangerous glint that his eyes still held. With a snort, I tossed him the bandages, which he fumbled before clutching them tightly to his chest.
"Good to see you've kinda cooled down." I said, watching as the Blight haphazardly rubbed his knuckles on his shirt, leaving a red streak. "There's for your hand, patch up while we wake him up." He gave me a nod, unraveling the bandages and proceeding to wrap them around his hand.
I turned back around, then turned to Emira, my ears twitching when she popped her knuckles. "Can I wake him up? Please?" King asked again as he jumped up and down, circling around the chair.
"No way, you woke him up last time." I told him, watching as his eyes slanted downward in irritation. However, I ignored his response, then turned to Emira, shooting her a smirk. "You wanna wake him?"
"With pleasure." She said in a fake happy tone, drawing a spell circle. Instantly, sparks shot out from his chair, almost instantly waking him up. I let the spell go on for a minute, then put my hand up for her to stop. "Alright you creep." She hissed, stepping forward and grabbing him roughly by his chin. "Who's plan was this?"
"Not... telling you... anything." The creep struggled to say, glaring at the Blight with half lidded eyes. Emira squinted her eyes, then summoned a sharp shard of ice, plunging the shard right next to his legs, the wood splintering in response.
"Wrong answer." She said as she pulled the shard out of the chair. "Try again. Who's plan was this?" The Blight asked again, clutching the ice in her trembling hand.
He hesitated, his eyes darting over to me, then to Edric before going back to her. "Fuck you." He mumbled, making the Blight squint. She stabbed the ice down again, this time creating a long cut on his inner thigh.
A drawn out hiss of pain escaped his lips followed by a river of curses directed at the twin. "Don't make me pour salt into the wound." Emira threatened, placing a hand on his shoulder. He jumped in response to the contact, his ears twitching. "So you get one last chance, who's plan was it to kidnap our sister?"
Glancing at her hand, I could see small sparks flying a little above her hand. Out of the corner of my eye, I watched King crawl up onto the couch with a book, quickly flipping through pages.
Turning to him while the Blights dealt with the creep, I loomed over him, looking over the book he was reading. In the middle of the page there was something that looked like a giant pentagram. "Whoever's in my light needs to move!" He said in an annoyed tone, turning around to face me.
"What are you trying to summon?" I asked with a snort, going to pick up the book only for him to swat my hand. Somehow, he managed to hit my hand hard enough to make it fly off. "Really King?"
The demon stuck his tongue out at me, then turned back to the book while I bent down to pick up my hand. "I'm trying to find out how to summon a Megrolach!" The name made a chill go down my spine, but I shook my head.
"No way, you aren't summoning one of those things. That'd kill all of us." I told him, slowly twisting my hand back on while my mind pictured the demon's long, sharp claws. King laughed, still flipping through the book.
"Not unless I told him not to. After all, I'm the King of demons! He'd have to listen to me!" He exclaimed, flipping another page before slamming his hand down on it, pointing to one of the pentagrams he landed on. "Bingo!"
While he scanned it over, I turned to the twins, who were both talking among themselves, occasionally pointing to our tied up 'friend'. Not turning to them, I glanced back down at what King was reading before talking to them. "What are you two planning?"
"A way to get him to talk." The long haired twin said, then the guy started to laugh, telling them that there'd be no way to get him to say who was behind all of this.
"Eda? Do we have a vile of Snaggleback blood by any chance?" King suddenly asked, making me blink a few times before raising an eyebrow.
"Why would we have that?" I asked, taking the book from his lap. He squeaked in response, then started jumping up to try and take it back. "And no demon summoning in the house King. I'll let you do it outside, preferably a demon I can deal with once it gets out of hand."
"It won't get out of hand!" He yelled, jumping up onto the couch arm in an attempt to grab the book. "I'll control it! I'll make it bow down to me!" A snort rose from my body as I teleported his book away.
"Sure they can get that low to the ground?" That earned me an offended gasp, then King sat down on the couch and folded his arms in a pout, blowing a raspberry at me. "Anyways, what have you two found out?" I moved over to the creep, noticing he had his head down again.
"Nothing so far." Edric mumbled, roughly grabbing the guy's hair and pulling his head back onto the chair, making him hiss. "But I'm this close to not playing nice." I watched as he signaled how close he was to snapping, his fingers pretty much touching.
Rolling my eyes, I waved him away, both of the siblings taking a step back. I pulled his head back forward, forcing him to look at me. He glared, but behind all that I could see the smallest sliver of fear.
"What? Are you gonna threaten me again you old hag? Hah! You don't scare me!" He said, clearly lying to me. That made me cackle, startling not only him, but the twins and King.
I dug my nails into his shoulder, lighting my hand up in flames and holding it there. "That's a funny joke bud!" I wiped away a fake tear, letting out a few snorts, before focusing my gaze onto him, watching him squirm in pain. "But all of us here can tell it's a lie. Now, if you just tell us what we want to know, we may just considered gifting you with the sweet bliss of death. If not, we can continue this little charade for as long as necessary. In fact, I could probably drag Luz and Amity down here and leave them to decide what to do to you, how does that sound?"
He let out another laugh, though this one was more nervous than the last. "And what are those two kids gonna do to me, huh? Probably nothing worse than what you guys have already done."
"Oh really? How are you so sure? After all, Amity's the one that broke your nose and your arm, you really think she's gonna stop at that? In fact, I have that little weapon of your's stashed around here somewhere, whatddya think's gonna happen if I give that to her and let her go wild with it huh?" I could see his face lose some color at the mention of his weapon, his eyes quickly darting down to his pockets.
"How... how did you..." He quickly started trying to move, frantically trying to reach his pockets to pat them down. I let out another laugh, shaking my head and extinguishing my hand.
"You really think I'd just leave a weapon like that on you? After seeing what it did to Luz? No way buddy, that's in my stash now, and no one's ever gonna touch it again." The creep looked back up at me, his pupils down to thin slits.
"Why do you care anyways? All I hurt was some dumb human!" The smile that was on my face instantly went away as I gave him a rough punch to the jaw, feeling the sting in my hand as I did so.
"You hurt my kid and her future girlfriend, that's why I care." I hissed, grabbing his neck and giving it a tight squeeze. "And I want answers as to why. If you spill, I may reconsider ripping your organs out while you're still awake before selling them at the night market for a decent amount of snails, now who's plan was it?"
He opened his mouth, and I already knew he was gonna yell that he wouldn't snitch. But, then we all heard a buzz. The twins ears perked up while his went down, his eyes going wide. In an instant, they were by his sides, reaching into his pockets before Edric pulled out his scroll.
"No!" He panicked, watching as Edric quickly unlocked it.
"Wow, you don't have a password on this. How convenient~" He smirked at his twin, who only smiled as the creep continued to panic. "Also, to correct your statement from earlier, I think you meant future wife." Edric said with a chuckle, tapping a few buttons on the scroll.
His remark made me chuckle, but I was quick to suppress it. The guy quickly started thrashing in his chair in a desperate attempt to break the binding spells. "Stop! I'll rip your eyes out if you don't!" He threatened in a higher voice, only making the twin shake his head.
"Do you really think I'm gonna take that seriously?" The short haired twin asked, then his eyes lit up as he found what he wanted before he let out a groan. "Really dude? You don't save anyone's numbers in this thing? Yeesh, how do you even know who you're talking to?"
"What's it say?" I asked, pulling the Blight out of his rant. His eyes quickly scanned over the message, then he started to scroll up.
"Someone's looking for him." He muttered, glancing up at the snake eyed creep. "Are your buddies getting worried that you won't show up to murder hour?" Edric taunted, making the guy growl. I motioned for him to pass the scroll over to me, which he quickly did.
I glanced it over for a moment, then looked up at the guy in the chair. "Last chance. Wanna tell us?" He instantly shut his mouth, his busted lips forming a tight line on his face. I shrugged, then drew a circle to light his scroll up in flames.
The scroll let out a small screech in response to the fire, then quickly disintegrated until it was nothing but ash. I watched the ash twirl through the air for a minute, then I blew it directly into his eyes. Both the Blights started to chuckle, evil glints in both of their eyes.
With tears streaming down his face from the ash, the guy turned to me. "You aren't getting anything else out of me! You might as well kill me to save you some time." He muttered the last part, hanging his head down.
There was a moment of silence between the four of us, then King piped up. "I can't tell if you're doing this in hopes we pity you, or if you're being genuine." All of us instantly burst into laughter and the guy lifted up his head.
"Yeah, as if we'd ever feel sorry for you!" Emira said, shaking her head and moving in front of him. "After you tried to kidnap and do a bunch of unspeakable things to my sister only to shoot her future girlfriend?"
"Wife!" Edric and I chimed in at the same time before snickering.
"Right, anyways, you really think we'd feel sorry for you? Sorry buddy, but you're at the wrong place, and especially the wrong person. You've already tried forcing me to kiss you, so what do you want to attempt now huh?"
"He what?" Edric said, a shocked look flashing across his features. I took that as my cue to take a step forward, blocking him from the creep. That did practically nothing because he quickly walked in front of me, his breathing heavy. "So you've threatened both of my sisters?!"
"Ed, stop." Emira muttered, making him spin around so fast I thought he'd fall over.
"What?" He hissed, giving his twin a glare.
"He did worse to Mittens. Besides, Luz saved me when he showed up. Ain't that right buddy?" The girl taunted, making the creep sneer. Edric spun back around, taking the guy's bloody shirt in his hands.
"Listen you yellow bellied, no good, slimy stain on the Boiling Isles' soil piece of shit." His voice remained low, holding an edge. "If you somehow survive whatever she has in store for you," He jabbed a thumb in my direction. "I will make sure to finish the job, you got that?"
The creep let out a choking sound, then spat blood all over Edric's shirt, making him let go almost instantly. Emira glanced over at her brother, then back to the creep, taking a few steps forward before leaning down to get in his face. She drew a quick spell, sealing his mouth with an illusion.
"And if I find out you do anything to him, my sister, or Luz, I will feed you to a slitherbeast." She then put on a malicious smile, backing away from the guy before releasing the illusion. Then, she drew another spell, and there was a second of silence.
Then the guy let out a strangled shout, panic filling his eyes. He coughed a few times, water coming up and spilling onto his lap. I raised an eyebrow, looking over at the witch who was filling his lungs with water.
I let it go on for a minute, listening to the guy struggle before I sighed. "Alright cut it out, I'll already have enough to clean up once I'm done with him." Emira glanced in my direction, then sighed, stopping the spell.
He gasped for air, still letting out a few coughs as he tried to expel the last bit of water. "And I thought I was being violent..." Edric mumbled, shooting a glance over to his sister before quickly shaking his head.
"Okay you two, so I don't scar you, you should probably get going." They both let out a disappointed whine, putting on a fake pout. "Now don't do that, that isn't going to work on me. Luz has made me immune."
"Fine..." Emira groaned, shooting one last glare to the creep. "Besides, we should get going before Mittens asks what we're doing."
"Yeah." Her twin nodded, folding his arms over his chest before pulling away. "Besides, I want to change."
"Me too." Emira said before perking up, turning to me. "Can I get my sweater back?" I nodded my head, summoning her sweater before handing it to her with a wink. Glancing over at the guy, I noticed he was unusually quiet.
I saw him with his head dangling down, a big smile on his face. Not bothering with asking why he was smiling, I drew a quick sleep spell and cast it on him, watching him droop down a little further when it took effect.
With a sigh, I turned back to the kids. "So, what are you two gonna go do now?" They both looked at one another, then shrugged.
"Probably just go back and hang out at the studio, see if Boscha wants to join us or something." Edric said, looking over at his sister, who avoided his gaze.
"Well, Viney said she wanted to hang out today so..." She trailed off, a light blush rising to her cheeks. I put two and two together, then smiled and shot her a wink, which only made the witch's blush worse.
"Great, make her come to the studio. The more the merrier!" Edric threw an arm around his sister's shoulders, pulling her close. "Think I'll be able to convince Mittens to join us?" I snorted, softly shaking my head.
"You'll have to. Luz needs her rest, she can't do that if she's ogling at your sister." Both the Blights shot each other a sly look, making me smirk. "So, give her a call and get going. Things are gonna get messy here soon."
They gave one last look to the guy, then gave me a salute, walking out the door and leaving to go to their house. I waited for a minute, then let out a sigh. King looked up from the couch, his pout from before completely gone. "Is he dead?"
"No he's not dead!" I said, placing a hand on my hip. "At least, not yet he isn't..." King rolled his eyes, sinking back down onto the couch.
"So why haven't you killed him yet?" He asked, leaning against the arm of the couch.
"Because, he hurt Luz, so I want him to hurt just as bad. And because I haven't used him as a grudgeby target yet." I told him, staring at the creep with squinted eyes. "No one hurts my owlet and gets away with it alive." I muttered under my breath, but King perked up.
"What did you just called Luz?" He asked, a teasing tone in his voice. My ears went down, but I quickly put them back up.
"What? Luz called herself that before!" I said, trying to cover my slip up, but King only laughed.
"Whatever you say Eda. I hope you know Luz is gonna hear about this." He taunted, making me scowl. I folded my arms over my chest, staring down the tiny demon.
"Say anything to Luz and I'll take your tail." I told him, making him squeak before protectively grabbing onto his tail. Then, I sighed, looking back once again at the creep tied down to the chair, still asleep. "But speaking of Luz, I'm gonna go see the kid. See how she's doing."
"Didn't you just tell those two to get the blushy one to leave because Luz needed rest?" King questioned, but I nodded my head.
"Yeah I did, but that kid's been with her for hours now. We were there for only a couple minutes." I pointed out, making King nod. "You wanna come with?" I asked him, but he surprisingly shook his head.
"Nah. I love Luz, but right now, I've gotta nap." He mumbled, stretching out before curling up into a ball onto the couch. Almost instantly, he was out like a light. I rolled my eyes, staring at the tiny demon for a moment.
"Well then, he should be out cold for another hour or so, so I'll be fine leaving." I muttered to myself, quickly summoning my staff. It whizzed into the room, proceeding to smack the guy pretty hard on the head before hitting my palm. I smiled, watching the bit of blood slowly stain his hair.
I went out the door, giving Hooty a few taps to wake him up. "Oh! Geez! What is it?" He grumbled, a little annoyed that I woke him up.
"I'm going out." I told him, taking a seat on my staff. "Make sure that the guy doesn't leave again." Hooty opened his door, looking at the guy in the chair for a moment before slamming shut again, spinning around in his frame.
"Okay! Just be back soon, hoot hoot!" I nodded my head, then gave my staff a tap. Instantly, Owlbert spread out his wings and took off, speeding off towards the hospital.
My hair flowed behind me, the wind whistling loudly in my ears. It was a nice night, warm enough that the wind didn't bug me. But, the ride didn't last long, because soon enough, Owlbert started to lower himself to the ground.
The lights to the hospital were off, meaning I wouldn't be able to get inside. "Shoot." I muttered, then I started to walk around the building, looking for another way. In, I made it around to the back, then found some kind of hole in the wall.
Peering inside, I realized it was like a tunnel, which I found odd that it was wide open like this. However, that didn't stop the smile that found its way to my lips. "Jackpot." I whispered to myself, taking a few steps inside. Once I was in, I drew out a quick spell to teleport me inside the actual building.
I glanced around the dark place, feeling a shiver travel up my spine. "Yeesh, would it kill them to at least have a torch or two around here?" I muttered, my feet taking me to Luz's room while I continued to look around.
It didn't take long for me to arrive to Luz's room, but when I got there, I noticed the clipboard that usually hung on her door was now on the floor. I bent down and picked it up, flipping it over to see if anything was the matter with it.
"Weird..." I said, too soft for the walls to pick up and echo it back to me. Hanging the clipboard back on the door, I slowly pushed it open, the door not making a sound while I opened it. Inside, I noticed some light glowing in her room.
"Ah, she's already casting spells again." I thought to myself with a smile, slowly slipping into the room. But, that smile quickly disappeared when I realized the light wasn't from Luz.
Rather, there stood that Matt kid, looming over Luz with a fire spell in his hand and a dull expression on his face. I quickly realized that he wasn't using the spell to see when he started to slowly lower the fire spell right above Luz's face.