Chapter 49.
Hope and his crew arrivals at the same village where Angela was kept in by Elvis who now seems to be missing.
Hope encounters a young man who was about tall in height and looks like who was in his 30s. His hair were black accompanied with his fair skin and his shiny black eyes.
Hope and the man discuss about where they will pass a night and the man agrees to offer them accomodation.
Hope lies down on his bed that looks like a double complex with his bed underneath and with Alon on top and Alvin and his sister sharing the same bed.
It was in the middle of the night when Hope had a very frightening dream about himself and his crew been killed and chased by a man who seems to be a samurai. He tries waking up but his trapped in the same trance over and over again it's like he was been weigh down by something beyond this world like a force never wanted him to wake up but suddenly he overcomes the force and returns back to the human world checking on his crew incase something is wrong only to discover that they are all doing well without his care so he returns back to his bed thinking it was just a nightmare that will pass.
The following morning he was still in bed when Alon who was full of energy wakes him up from his slumber.
‘ hey, dude wake up the morning is not waiting for anyone ’, in a soft tone.
He slowly raised up his hand and covers his ear with his pillow, ‘ let be alone, I wanna sleep again I never really slept well last night it was like a nightmare ’, in a low tone accompanied with a sadistic look.
He moves him upright with his hands running through his backspine, ‘ get up and get ready for today's mission remember you said today we will all search for Sir Elvis, don't be a child and get up ’, he walks out from his room.
Hope slogishly walks down from his bed and enters the bathroom where be took his bath and brushed his teeth coming out a fresh man with his amazing smile.
He walks out from the room and to sight the others patiently waiting for him with Alvin discussing with them.
‘ how was your night Hope ’, Alvin asked.
He looks at him and fakes a well done look on his face even though he is practically angry that Alvin is having a meeting without him, ‘ it was not great and how was yours ’, he answered with a question.
He smiles, ‘ it wasn't great either so either way it's a win win so let's see, from what I was able to gather around this town is known to be a ghost town to it's dwellers, they face a huge threat of demons day and night but all that is about to change with us stopping them all ’, he said.
‘ I thought we were going to search for Elvis not hunting for demons remember that was our first objective but it seems all this have already got into your head, what do you think you are doing trying to be a super hero or what ’, Ino said in an aggressive tone.
‘ we know no body wants this neither do I but we need to do something here even though the team or the demon hunter corp can not we should, what do you say about it ’.
They all looked at him keeping mute without altering a single word from his mouth.
‘ I disagree with you, we are not heros we are like zeros, we should better get Elvis and get out of here ’, Angela said staring at his eyes as he was looking broken and disappointed.
He looks around as they all turned his back against him only Hope rose up, ‘ yes, am going with you, don't worry yourself about it am gonna stick with you even though the team refuses am here for you bro ’, in a soft tone.
The rest of them stared at the both of them and walked out on them going their separate ways with Alvin and him preparing to go in search for Sir Elvis.
Few minutes later..
The both of them were leaving the little apartment with the gang staying behind.
As they vanished for a distance the rest of the crew stares at them with Angela feeling guilty.
‘ so what do you think we are going to see when we get to the other side ’, Hope asked.
‘ I think we are going to see more dead bodies on our way in case things are going to get rough from here don't expect me to be cool when it comes to kill those bastards ’, he replied with a serious look on his face.
The both went further and further into an unknown destination.
It was already dark with the night descending upon them, Hope was stretching his sword to his side preparing for any unexpected visitors while Alvin was just keeping mute observing the environment for every possible of an attack.
‘ stay back before something hits us without our knowledge ’, Alvin guards him from moving forward.
’ then what do we do ’, he asked.
He sighs in heavily with a bold look on his face and a strong looking motive, ‘ we wait and remains calm till we can get what ever is here disturbing us from getting forward ’, Alvin said.
Hope becomes surprise and was about altering a word when suddenly from no where a figure dashed out from the shadows with the rest of them preparing themselves to land a powerful attack.
Hope was about charging in when a strange feeling holds Alvin back he immediately draws him away from dashing into the figure, ‘ wait, don't move a muscle, I don't think it's is doing this, I mean charging in like that might be dangerous what if it isn't dead but alive planning to kill us or what if this is a trap we can be safe by just back away from danger a little so we can at least guarantee protection and safety from what ever that is ’, he stares at the figure with Hope moving away from it with his sword behind him....
Alvin was not too sure so he moves away with Hope by his side, he unsheathed his sword while moving around in a circle, ‘ Hope, kill it now ’, in low tone with an aggressive look on his face.
The demon moves away from them sighting them not knowing that Hope was already lunching an attack.
“ swish ”, his sword trust through the demon's neck with blood gushing out from the demon's neck.
Hope was well assure that he had the demon where he wanted but neither did he know that Alvin's demons urges were slowly taking advantage of his body during the moment. He stares at him as he struggles to inhale while holding up to his neck.
He wheezes and coughs out loud.
‘ l am alright just stay aways from me ’, he yelled with a red eye.
Hope moves closer to him trying to get to his eyes but he avoids him from coming closer by barking him off, ‘ I say stay away from me, am trying to get something here, don't get closer just do me a favour by staying away ’, Alvin said with an envious look on his face.
He slowly moves away from him, ‘ don't worry am gonna let you be ’.
He slowly sits down and lies by a tree before he blanks out holding his chest.
As Alvin slowly slopes down Hope repositioned himself and takes a closer look at the dead body of the demon that has not yet vanished. He reasoned why but he knew that something was wrong somewhere else.
‘ it should have vanished by now, why hasn't it vanished ’, he thought to himself with his hands scratching his head with his fingers.
The demon was looking like a young girl with a very little structure but with a fair skin instead of a pale coloured skin like other demons. Her nails were long with a short haircut.
The body remains there till he heard a flinching sound that distracts him from the body for just a minute, peeping back it seems the body has mysterious vanished into no where leaving no detail behind.
He looks back and becomes scared by what he had noticed or witness in fear, ‘ where is the body, she was here, where is she ’, he wondered confused with a suspicious look on his face before walking around with his head tilted forward.
The following morning...
Hope was still asleep while Alvin was awake preparing for their next adventure, he stares at Hope and was discouraged to wake him up but was also feeling wake and exhausted while keeping up his strong look knowing that his tired and was under the urge of his dark side.
As he was about walking away Hope opens his eyes and looks at him with his back view against him, ‘ where did you think you are going without me, remember that it was me who that just decide to look for you and it was me that decided to look for you so why are trying to blow me off ’, Hope said.
He curls his lips, ‘ what did you think I was trying to de before, I don't want any off my team or my squad to get hurt, am trying to play things safe ’, he replied.
‘ what did you think you are thinking huh, I don't wanna hear that from you anymore, just let us head to the next place ’, Hope spoke while helping himself to his sword where he can not seem to find it.
He stretches his hand sword, ‘ where is my sword ’.
He moves into a far away distance, ‘ I took care of it ’.
‘ what, where did you keep my sword ’, he slowly rose up on his feet.
He turns his side view at him, ‘ don't bother yourself by looking for it, you are not going to find it anytime soon I promise you that ’