Tempting Fate

97 Chapter 97: The Haunted House Challenge (Part Four) – The Shaman

The friends turned around when they heard loud laughter coming from outside their hiding place.

“Who is it?” Cory asked. Cory was about to get up and look, but Liam stopped him.

“What’re you doing? Do you want to die?” Liam asked.

Cory didn’t respond. “We really shouldn’t accept the challenge.”

“Are you going to regret it now that we’re in? Someone has died, and Vince, look what happened to him.” Cory said. “So, what are we going to do now?”

“We need to get out of here...” Liam glanced at Vincent. “We also have to take Vince to the hospital..”

“How about Paulo?” Cory asked. “Are we going to abandon him?”

Cory looked at the phone that was tied to Liam’s body. She read the comments and look at Liam.

“One of our viewers told us that the police are on the way,” Cory said.

.....

“Don’t you think they can do anything? No one else can beat that creature, and maybe even those police officers will die too,” said Liam.

“Haven’t you got any more hope left? Whether they live or die, we need to get out of here.” Cory said.

They looked back when someone tried to open the door. Cory and Liam glanced at each other. After a while, Liam got up and Cory grabbed his hand.

“What will you do?”

“I’ll open the door. What else do you want me to do?”

“What if it turns out to be the woman? We’re going to die...”

“If that’s her, she wouldn’t be using the door handle. You saw her suddenly disappear earlier. That means he can show up in front of us and next to us anytime, anywhere.”

Cory took his hand off him. Liam carefully walked toward the door. He grabbed the door’s handle, quickly opened it, and went back to Vincent and Cory’s side.

When Avery saw the door was slightly open, she was about to go in when she heard a sound that sounded like broken bones. She turned her back and immediately took the two katanas out of their sheaths.

“Wow, Avery, you look outstanding...” Jasmin said.

Devin smiled and held Jasmin. “I think we have to go outside first...”

“What?” Jasmin asked. “Is Avery going to stay here?”

“Of course, and you won’t help if you stay behind, either,” Devin said.

“But...”

Avery smiled a little. “Don’t worry, Jasmin, I’m okay. You’d better go out with...” Avery glanced at Devin. “Sir Devin. And it would be better if you took them out too...”

When Jasmin turned around at the door, there were the vloggers. Vincent’s clothes were full of blood, and Cory hugged the salt wrap and bottles of holy water.

“Jasmin? Devin?” Liam asked. “You are the ones who sent 50,000 pesos to Cory’s account and said that candles aren’t allowed? What’re you doing here?”

“As you can see, this young ...” Devin looked at Avery. “Lady with us is a powerful shaman. But I’m a prince...”

“Prince?” Cory asked. “Yeah, you looked like one...”

Devin smiled. “I’m a prince of demons, and she’s here to help you...”

“Who are you?” Liam was shocked and asked.

Again, the loud crunching sound could be heard coming toward where they were.

“Let’s go out...” Jasmin said. “Let’s talk later.”

Jasmin went up to the three friends. She helped Vincent stand up while Liam was helping him. He looked at Devin, who was just standing there and had no plans to help them.

“What?” Devin asked kindly.

“Sir, won’t you help us?” Jasmin asked.

“Jeez, you guys are big enough to do that. There are many of you. First, I want to watch Avery fight. I prefer live action.” Devin said, smiling. “You can use the front door.”

Jasmin made a frown. Cory and Liam glanced at each other. They heard that sound coming. As Liam, Jasmin, Vincent, and Cory got close to the main door, an energy threw them back inside. Devin looked at them, and using the black smoke, he caught them. Their bodies floated in the air, which surprised them, and then they carefully put their feet on the ground.

“What happens?” Vincent said so. “Did we float?”

“I suppose so, yes,” Liam said while looking at Devin. “Sh*t, that guy is cool as hell.”

“And the handsome guy,” Cory said.

“Tsk, I will not fight you because someone else will,” Devin said and then quickly teleported next to the group. “Let’s sit down and watch. Let’s go...”

The group followed and sat on the side as they watched the woman walk toward Avery. Avery quickly twirled the two katanas in her hands. The woman walked up to her and quickly avoided its hands, where the fingers were pointing. Avery just blocked it with the blade of the Katana and pushed the woman away. The woman took a step back, but then she ran at Avery like a fast animal. When it comes, Avery could hear the loud crunching sound of its bones breaking. This is Avery’s first fight, and his opponent is tough. Though her grandmother taught her how to use power, she is still an amateur. Suddenly, the woman disappears and reappears behind her. Avery quickly used the sword’s tsuka, or handle, to hit the woman in the face. When she hit it, it suddenly vanished. Avery used both blades of two katanas to do a ritual and was quickly pushed away by the energy. She fell, her back hit the railing of the stairs, and she rolled down the stairs. The woman came quickly and put her hand up, ready to dig her fingers, which had bones sticking out of them, into Avery.

Avery closed her eyes, but before it could reach her, she saw that a black liquid was running down her forehead. She looked up and saw Reed blocking the attack with his hand. Reed was hugging Emy with one hand when the woman’s protruding bone went through his palm.

Even Emy was surprised by their sudden arrival there. In front of them was a woman who had no eyes or mouth, and Reed held her hand with all of her fingers’ bones sticking out. It went into Reed’s palm.

“Reed!” Emy screamed when she saw the bone going through Reed’s palm.

“Ms. Emy? Sir?

Emy turned to see Avery lying on the stairs. “Avery?”

Reed quickly teleported Emy and Avery next to Devin’s group. It shocked Cory and Liam when a handsome man with a woman and the female shaman suddenly walked up to them.

“What’re you doing here? What’s happening?” E my asked.

Emy got used to looking at Devin, who just kept staring at her. Jasmin looked at Devin. Devin’s face showed he was happy to see Emy.

“Holy crap, are you a superhero?” Liam asked Reed.

Reed raised one eyebrow. “I’m the king. Not everyone’s superhero.”

Cory said, “He’s handsome.”

“What’s happening? Who’s there? Will they help?” Vincent asked.

Emy looked at the man who had a blindfold on. “What happened to him?” she also noticed the blood on his clothes.

Before anyone could answer, they heard again the crunching sound. Reed turned around and walked over to that woman quickly. He took a deep breath and smelled the delicious food in front of him. Reed quickly grabbed both of its shoulders and pushed them against the wall. He opened his mouth and took in the potent power of evil from that woman. He was full of anger, which was fueled by his anger and desire for revenge. That would be a delicious meal for a demon.

Avery quickly left and ran toward the stairs to get her Katana. When she got it, she quickly put the two blades on it and said a prayer before running closer to where Reed was.

“Reed!” Emy yelled when she saw Avery ready to stab Reed with her two katanas.

But Reed suddenly vanished before the katana could touch his body, and the blades of the two Katana went straight to the woman’s body. Avery gasped when she saw the woman’s life. What led her to death?

Reed kept looking at Avery. He knew Avery wasn’t strong enough yet, and he didn’t have enough skills to fight that female demon. If he hadn’t eaten that woman’s evilness, Avery would still be fighting. Reed turned toward the group. He frowned when he saw Devin treating a woman’s wound which he didn’t know.

“Who’re you? What’re you doing here? Do you know what kind of house you went into? You, humans, are always in a hurry and don’t know how to think.” Reed said in a huff.

“They are video bloggers, Sir Reed. They have accepted a challenge to come into this house. One of them has now died. Upstairs.” Jasmin said.

“What? Did one of you die?” Reed said in shock.

“Why won’t you help them? You’re here Devin...” Emy said.

“I helped them out.” Devin just said. Jasmin shook her head and did not say a word. “You? What are you doing here?

Emy said, “I don’t know.” The truth is that it surprised her when she and Reed suddenly showed up there after he kissed her.

“I just felt for Avery. Someone is whispering to me that Avery needs help.” Reed said.

They heard Avery’s Katana fall to the floor, which made them all turn around. Emy immediately ran over to Avery. She was about to fall to the floor, but Emy caught her just in time.

“Avery...” Emy said as Avery’s back leaned against hers.

“In the kitchen, under the sink, there is a hole where a woman’s body is.” Avery whimpered until she passed out.

The group came over to them. “Is she all right?” Cory spoke up.

“She’s just passed out.” E my said. “He said there was a hole under the sink where a woman’s body was hiding.”

Everyone turned toward the kitchen. “We need to erase their memories,” Reed said.

“No!” said Liam.

Reed raised one eyebrow. “Well, why not?”

“No one will find out your secret. Just let what happened stay. It was also a wonderful learning experience for us,” said Liam.

“One of your friends died because you didn’t think. And now he can’t see because you made the wrong choice. You are a low-leveled human.” Reed said.

What Reed said surprised both of them. Despite his attractiveness, he has undesirable manners. Still, they are very thankful that he came. And another handsome man who doesn’t seem to want to help them at all, and they think he’s even happy to see them die. They were demons, but it still helped them.

“But what if you don’t...”

“Impossible not. Because as long as we remember that we almost died, someone like you saved us. We’ll be forever grateful to you.” Cory said.

Reed looked at the camera on Liam’s body. He let out black smoke, and they were just surprised when it suddenly smoked and spark. Later, they’ll hear the car pull up in front of the house.

.....

“The police are here,” Jasmin said.

“We should go..” Reed said. Reed wrapped his arm around Emy’s hip. Dev looked at it. Jasmin held Emy’s hand, and Jasmin held Avery’s. After a while, they vanished. Devin took a deep breath and gave them a quick look. Later, he also disappeared from their view.