Tempting Fate

108 Chapter 108: The Dream Demon

When Reed and Emy arrived at the crime scene, they got out of the car right away. As the head of the last victim is cut off, they can hear the noise of the workers.

“Finished,” Reed whispers. Emy turned to look at him.

“What did you mean?”

“The people who were hurt have died, and the demon is gone,” Reed said. “We’re late.”

Emy turned toward the men. She spotted Avery who stands next to the workers. She tightened her fists.

“Isn’t that Avery, Reed?” Emy asked while pointing at the only woman in the area.

Reed looked at Avery off in the distance. They immediately approached her.

“Avery, what’re you doing here?” Reed asked.

Avery looked at the men as they walked away from the ma. They stopped by Reed’s car, and when the police showed up, they went straight to the scene of the crime.

.....

“Why did you come here?” Emy asked.

“I want to know what is going on, Miss Emy,” Avery said. “I saw what was happening on a live video. Someone is killing them, and you can see that on the video.”

They turned to the police, who investigated those who were there. They listened to what the workers said and saw on the live video that there was no one else near the sleeping people. The workers were scared, so they moved away from the victims. The police considered the different angles of the videos taken by the workers while they were standing in different places.

“That’s what a dream demon does,” Reed said.

“Dream demon?” Avery asked.

“A dream demon can kill in a victim’s dream, and it will happen in real life. Just like what happened to the first victim in an apartment. And those men...”

“Why is he killing people? Is there a good reason he is killing humans?”

“No. Once he gets into someone’s dream, he kills. The only thing he can’t get in is children younger than 7 years old.”

“Why?” Emy asked.

“Children are innocent, Em,” she said. Reed said. “Demons can’t get into their minds as easily as they can into adults’ minds.”

“So you’re saying, Sir Reed, that the next target is uncertain?”

Reed held his chin. “We can follow the pattern.”

“Pattern?”

“As you can see, this place is only one kilometer away from where the first victim was killed. This means that someone here saw the first victim.”

“What? But how do we know?”

Reed let out a cloud of black smoke and blew it toward everyone in the room. Later, it stopped over the head of a man that Reed thought was a manager or supervisor of the workers.

“That guy lives near where the first victim was killed.”

“How do we know who the next victim is?”

Reed looked around. There were so many people there that he had a hard time figuring out who would be the next victim. He took a deep breath and blew out a black puff of smoke. It spread, and it covered everyone there with black smoke. One by one, those smokes got into the ears of every person there.

“I will know when one of them falls victim.”

“Wait, but that guy isn’t a victim. The surrounding people are the ones who are hurt.”

“I know Avery,” Reed said. “I’m still thinking about a viable solution.”

“Sir Reed, I’m not putting any pressure on you, but you need to think of a way to make up for what you have done previously. This is just the second of the results so far.”

—

Devin, Eve, and Dynhir are still watching television. The pasta that Dynhir was cooking earlier was done, and Devin was there to eat it. Dynhir gave the plate to Devin and did the same for Eve.

Eve glanced at Devin. “I don’t understand why, after what you did to us cousins, you’re here at my house as if nothing happened. And you are eating our food.”

“You are a demon, Eve, because you are so mean,” Devin said, laughing.

Eve wore a frown. “Of all the princes, you are the one who is most hungry.”

Devin laughed louder, but he said nothing. He’s been busy watching TV. Four ambulances were at the place where the crime happened. The media talked to the police who were there.

“From what we saw, we know there were four victims, and they were all sleeping. We also saw on the video that there were no other people near the victims, which was a big surprise. But expect us to look into it. They are the killer’s second victim this week.”

“Is it possible that there will be another victim by the end of this week?”

“It could happen, but I hope it doesn’t. You saw how the people were killed. The killer cut the victims with sharp objects, and we still know what they were. Just like the previous victim, these people’s heads were cut off perfectly. The killer might use sickles.”

Devin laughed, and it looked like he was once again enjoying what he was watching. Eve shook her head. Dynhir looked just as entertained as Devin.

“Humans are hilarious. They have great imaginations. You’d think they would figure it out that the dream demon kills his victims with a sickle?”

“Humans are smart, Devin. Don’t underrate them.” Eve said.

Devin smiled at Eve. “I know. Hmmm, I wonder what Reed will do. Will he figure out who the next victim will be? Or perhaps we’ll have to wait for more victims.”

Eve kept quiet. She was sure that Reed would have a hard time finding the next victim, and he thought it was likely that there would be more murders.

“It’s working out for humans, isn’t it? Their population is dropping.” Devin said.

—-

Reed brings Avery to her apartment. They were about to leave when Avery stopped them and invited them into the house. It surprised Jasmin to see Emy and Reed. She hurriedly cleaned up the mess in their living room.

“You didn’t tell me Miss Emy and Sir Reed were with you. Jeez, our house is so embarrassing.”

Emy laughed about what Jasmin said. They sat on the couch and Avery turned on the TV. Jasmin made a snack for their guests.

“I need to know, Sir Reed. Have you thought of any way to find out who’s next?” Avery asked. “It has hurt four people today. Based on the number of people hurt before, there may be more victims next time.”

Reed said nothing. If he was as strong as he was, it wouldn’t be hard for him to find the next victim. Emy noticed Reed’s aura, and it looked like he was pressured by what Avery was doing. He thinks Reed is having trouble because, as he said before, he’s not as strong as he used to be.

Reed and Emy spend the night at Avery and Jasmin’s house, but they still haven’t thought of a way to figure out who the next victim is. When they reached their house, Reed took a deep breath. He went right to the bathroom and got in the tub. He stared at himself in the mirror in front of the bathtub.

Emy went to the bathroom. Reed turned toward her. Reed smiled at her.

“Wifey, even when I’m thinking deeply, I can claim you, and you know that, right?”

“I am here to help you calm down.” Emy sat next to the top of Reed’s head. She put some oil in her hand and massaged his head.

“What’re you doing, wife?” He closed his eyes. He didn’t know what Emy was doing, but it felt very good when she massaged his head.

“I am helping you to think. Relax and enjoy this moment, okay?”

Reed chuckled and let Emy rub his head. He closed his eyes for a few minutes as Emy’s hand stroked his head.

—–

“Who’re you? What are you!”

The man hurriedly got out of bed to avoid the sickle that had suddenly fallen between his legs while he was sleeping. When he turned to look at his bed, his wife was no longer there. He hurried, and he was even scared of that thing.

“You are the one who kills...”

He heard the creature’s laughter, which seemed to come from underground, and he was even more scared. He had no other way out because the creature was blocking the door, so he had to climb through the window. The only way for him to get away. The sickle came at him again, but he dodged it and quickly jumped out the window.

The demon tried to pull out the sickle that was stuck in the wall, but he couldn’t.

“You can’t pull it off?” Devin asked, smiling.

The demon’s eyes grew wider, and he quickly pulled the chain to pull the sickle off the wall. Later, the demon vanished. Devin peered through the window.

“He’s awake,” Devin said.

Reed got on top of Emy and started kissing her neck and lightly nibbling her skin. Emy grabbed Reed’s head and pulled on his hair as his lips fell heavily on her cleavage. When Emy pushed him a little, Reed stopped what he was doing and stopped kissing her.

“That is Avery...”

Reed frowned and left, right on top of Emy. “How did you know?”

Emy grinned. “Secret.” Reed raised an eyebrow and then handed Emy the phone. “You’re the one she wants to talk to, I know that.”

He answered the phone. “Why did you call, Avery?”

“Sir Reed, someone survived the dream demon’s attack.”

“Are you sure?”

“Aren’t you watching television?”

Reed grabbed the remote with the black smoke on it, which flew into the air, and then he turned on the TV.

They can see a man on the news. Reed saw that, and he knew he was the building’s engineer. He was with his wife when they were interviewed by the media. Police are also in the area.

“The killer’s appearance is frightening. His body is full of stitches as if every part was joined. A mask that I can’t figure out what it is covers his mouth. He doesn’t have much hair, so he is using a sickle with a long chain attached to cut it.”

“Are you saying that you saw that in your dream? Will that creature kill you in your dreams?” asked the media.

.....

“Yes, I’m sure,” the man said.

“He was moaning and his body felt restless, so I woke up. I woke him up right away, and when he woke up, he was screaming for help.” His wife said.

“Reed, is there any way to stay alive?” Emy asked.

Reed nodded. “His wife woke up in time, so he got away, but I’m sure the demon will find him again when he goes back to sleep.”

“Then will we ever find out who the next target is?” Avery asked.

“The site supervisor. Let’s go see the supervisor.”

“What is his address?” Avery asked.

“In the building where the first person died.”

“Fine, I’ll go there,” Avery said. After saying that, they heard a tone that meant the line was busy.

Reed gave Emy a look. “Stay right here...”

“No, I’ll come,” Emy said as she quickly changed her clothes.

Reed took a deep breath. He would crush that demon when he caught it.