A HALF DEMON'S DIARY...!
[NOTE: I had submitted this same story last time...! but there were few technical problems...! some lines were missing which separated the paragraphs..! i know this made the readers hard to read the story...! & I humbly APOLOGIZE for that...!
My dear readers... I kindly request you to read this story again...! I am sure you will enjoy it...!]
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SWISSHHH!
SLAP!!!
He could see the astonishment in the other's eyes, even though it lasted only for few moments; when it was replaced by a smile.
The other figure who was now smiling serenely stood straight & looked up at him. His narrowed eyes & an extra noble sweet voice greeted him, "My my... it's been a long time, hasn't it Dark?"
Max stood up straight looking in his comrades eyes. He didn't have the same smile as the other figure had, but he had the same low slow voice as the other. "Yes indeed, Black!"
Black talked in his same voice, "I see that your speed has gone up now. I wasn't able to sense you until your hand slapped mine. You always amuse me with your timing Dark."
Max kept looking up at Black. He didn't reply because he knew that there was something else that the other wanted to say.
"Now then," Black said, "hand me that girl over. My master had ordered her to finish her business."
Max gave his first smile now, which he knew would annoy the later even if his plain elegant face didn't show it. When he had arrived here, he saw Black moving across to kill the girl. When Black's slender yet strong hand was about to touch her throat & rip it open as though it was some soft fruit, he had stepped in between them within a blink of an eye, slapping Black's hand & jumping few meters away from him holding the girl safe.
Max gloated, "You know what my answer would be, don't you Black? Then why ask?"
Black looked back. But he smiled instead of giving a loathing look, "Of course. You won't hand her. You always love to protect them, don't you?"
Black straightened himself up, & tidied his long coat. He kept his hand on his chest & bowed humbly, which Max knew for sure wasn't purely humble. In an elegant voice he said, "Dark... you are most welcome to stay at our mansion, as long as you are going to stay in this... time. Now then", he looked up said before leaving with his back towards Max, "I must take my leave & get ready to prepare dinner for my Master."
He was about to vanish beyond the encircling fire, which was still obliviously burning around them, when Max heard the faintest whisper of the Devil's voice, "Make sure she stays well away from my Master... or she pays the consequences!"
Max gave an equal low whispered reply, "Don't worry... that won't be required." Black vanished. He kept staring at the spot where Black had vanished, interestedly.
"Hmmm..." he turned around & said, "pffft... how come I end up making such friend?!"
He walked sat down on his toes, before her, looking at her. "Hmmm... time to leave young lady!" He knew she was going to protest. But before she would retort, he lifted her up in his arms & ran his flash speed steps across the fire, on top of a tower. Before she could realize her surrounding with her eyes wide & clutch him hard so that she won't fall, he jumped from the top of the cathedral's tower to the towers near him & kept on moving forward.
'Hmmm... slim body line & bit bony body & small breasts. Her right side ribs are broken & she is having a serious trauma. God... Why did you let her through all these nonsense?'
He was finally out of the East End of London. The towns were now thinning to the small houses & some cracked brick building of the harbor. He reached the old dusty building which he knew was safe. He entered in it through the window, & let all his weight fall on his right bent knee so that they land safely.
He let her go. Instantly there he caught the left hand of that girl flying through the air. "WHY DIDN'T YOU LET ME KILL HIM YOU BASTARD??!" she shouted with all her might as she could.
He didn't reply, instead waited. "THAT BOY KILLED MY WHOLE FAMILY... HE DESTROYED MY HOME... I WANT REVENGE", she stopped gasping air to breathe. "T...THAT BASTARD MURDERED M...MY... my... my whole..."
She finally let go of herself & begin to weep silently, "I... I just... I am... a...alone. I WANT REVEGE! I want revenge. I want..."' her voice trailed off as she felt a sharp pain in her right side. She fell down on her left side clutching her right side, gasping for air in blinding pain.
Max stood up & went up to her. He sat on his knees. He took out an old crystalline bottle having a shimmering blue gooey substance in it & poured some of it on his hands. He picked up her hand & rubbed the balm over her ribs. She clasped her cold hand over his hand as he touched her painful body. Her teary eyes tightly closed shut in blinding pain started to relax after few time.
The pain had started to reduce now. She could feel his warm hand over her cold body. She looked up blearily at him before falling unconscious. "Why? W...why are you saving me?"
Max kept rubbing her ribs for half an hour after when she had fallen asleep. He could feel her body's muscles relaxing as time passed by. But her body was still cold. He got up & brought the broken wood of the building to light up a fire. He seeped the dusty floor around it & spread an old tattered cushion over the floor. He picked up the girl & sat down with his legs folded, after he made her lie down on it. He removed his black coat & spread it over her.
Now he could start with all his healing rituals.
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She was falling... falling through the darkness... with ugly & gruesome faces floating around her. She was scared. Scared because it all started to get bloody all over. Gunshots... blood smearing across her face... cries! It all started to get dark again. She was falling in total darkness! She tried her best to grope around for something to hold, but could find nothing. She was in tears. But... someone caught her arm... it was warm... she could feel it rubbing her elbow & forearm... "W...who are you?"
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