Ch.4 Back at home

Lying on my bed with my eyes close, I think about what happened to my body while I was near him, the person with the scent of depression and suffering.

“You should have devoured him.” It stated. I ignore its comment, feeling sick and hunger. This body cannot survive without souls fueling it and eating human food does not help anymore. The Shadows start to appear around me, awaiting my orders. Some of they reveal their forms while others hid in the darkness. The ones I could see are standing on two legs while others stand on four. There is a shadow on all four crouching close to my face on the bed.

I could not think straight with this hunger. I want to eat, but I could not…

I ordered the shadow creature close to me to go get Demetri. It jump off my bed and disappeared through the darkness. The others still waited for me to tell them to go and hunt down a delicious soul for me, but I refuse to give that order. I laid there waiting patiently for the shadow creature to return with my mentor, but I…fell asleep…

POV Change to …Demetri

Great, just great, the meeting took so long I should have been at her house by now. Nevertheless, the organization had to disagree with everything I said that involved her.

Flashback:

“I want to extend the number of souls she is allowed to have from one to at least two per week.” I announced aloud so that everyone at the table can hear. The table seated fifteen of the organization members who hold power over everything that involves our kind. They give the orders and I enforce them. Our world is more complicated then the humans’ law. There is the organization, the ruler, and the overseer. I am rumor to be the soon to be overseer of our world if I continue to play my cards right, but the chance of that happening soon is very slim since she went out of control.

“That is out of the question. Do you want her to regain her strength back and kill us all?” one of the org. members replied.

“And she won’t stop there. She will kill off all the humans,” another one speaks “which would in turn kill the rest of our kind, and upset the afterworld balance.”

“I don’t think she will be able to take control as long as her keeper is able to control her.” I reply.

“You are putting all your hope in one mere human. Do you forget the humans are fragile? They can break like everything else.” a different member states.

 “But if she has the proper training then it won’t happen. Plus—” I answered but another member cut me off.

“That’s enough of this nonsense. There are more pressing matters that need attending. We of the organization deny your request until the keeper’s training is complete. Dismissed.” The leader of the organization stated.

End of flashback

After he dismissed the meeting, I walk to my office to get some important soul documentation to finish Mrs. Brumer’s transaction from living to the afterlife. When I reached my office, I was still mad about the verdict I sat down in my chair to think it over. I could just go straight to the ruler and request his approval on the topic since he can overrule them. If only I was the overseer, I could overrule their decision myself. Then I can silence their voices for good and eventually disband them forever. My thoughts ended when I saw a shadow come from my door towards me. The shadow stop at my right side and then the creature showed himself. It was one of her shadows. The one tended to stand on all four is right in front of me. It looks at me as if it wanted to tell me something. I close my eyes and try to focus on what its thinking. Its thought was of its master and of concern. I get up and quickly start packing all the things I need. Then I walk back over to the creature and tell him to take me to her. It nods its head and then opened a black hole against the wall. We both enter…

End of his POV…back to her

Parking outside the grocery store, I think of all the things I need to get. Then after I’m sure of what I need, I get out of my car and enter the store. The first thing I need happens to be in one of the last aisle so I head towards the back of the store. Aisle 1, Aisle 2, Aisle 3, a child runs out of Aisle 4 into my leg, falls on the floor, and stars crying. I stop to see if he is all right, but before I could form the question in my mind, a woman in a bright lime green shirt emerges from Aisle 6 and walks towards the back of the store, catching my attention. The mother of the crying child appears out of the aisle and apologizes for her child then tries to calm the child down. I just walk away as if nothing happen and continue to stare at that loud shirt the woman is wearing. The color of the shirt almost burns my eyes. It feels weird when something hurts your eyes, but all you can do it keep looking at it like a scary/torture movie. All you want to do is look away, but instead you of just covering your eyes completely you make a hole so you can continue to watch. I notice the lady walk down an aisle filled with baby supplies and paper towels. I sighed in relief for the burning sensation left my eyes. I continue to walk until I finally arrived in the aisle with the sodas. I start to smile because it feels like I have not had a soda in a while, especially my favorite, root beer and strawberry soda. I take a quick scan and discover that the store is out of strawberry soda. My smile faded some, but not completely, I still have to look for the root beer. I start looking for the other soda and found its brand name label, but no root beer. My smile vanished completely, I want to go to another store, but this is the only store that is open at now. I look at my cell phone the remember what time it is. The display on my phone shows that it is 11:15 p.m. I sigh of disappointment and look around to see what other brand name root beer they have. There is nothing but the awful kind left. I turn to leave and I see lime shirt wearing woman walking down the aisle. Continue to walk, but when I passed her something hit me. I don’t know what it is, but it held me in place for awhile. My body started to act on its own and a smirk made its way on my face. I turn to face the lady as she stop to get something off the shelf. My body walk behind her and then she turn to face me. She whispers the word monster through her lips before my body held out my hand. The color in her face faded into a pale white and then she fell to the ground like a dead corpse. I look at my hand to find something yellowish white in my hands. It disappeared and then I laughed.