shoulder and sending his fist through it’s chest. He pulled back,
smirking at the hole he’d left behind. The demon crumbled as he
turned on the next one, kicking and punching them to the ground
where he lifted a heavy booted foot and crushed their heads and
rib cages beneath his weight.
Kailani didn’t wait around to watch; instead she dove towards her
rented light blue Chevy Camaro, setting a world record as she set
about unlocking the door. Before she could slide in she felt
something hard hit her chest, throwing her backwards several
feet. She writhed as the air was knocked out of her lungs, her
body having hit the ground hard enough to wind her. She
watched two of the demons appear before her, one of them
landing on the roof of her car, leaving dents like craters as it
seemingly dropped out of the sky. Her eyes widened with fear as
she crawled backwards, watching their jaws unhinge as they
salivated, the yellow liquid so viscous it burned holes in the lawn.
Their teeth were jagged and uneven as they advanced on her,
roaring their fury. Kai screamed, rolling onto her stomach in an
attempt to run but the demons were far too close for her to get a
head start. She felt one of their elongated arms wrap around her
waist, pulling her back against a sticky gray chest. She watched
in horror as it opened its mouth as wide as it could, preparing to
swallow her whole, but before it could it was ripped away from
her and she was shoved forward into another demon. It shrieked
as they both went tumbling to the ground, it’s long arms tangling
around her as it tried to get a good grip. Kailani lifted her hands,
digging her thumbs into the demons eyes as she kicked and
flailed, knowing she had to get away before it could sink those
teeth into her. The demon screamed, an ear piercing sound that
made her see stars. She felt something grab the back of her shirt
as she and the demon were lifted into the air. Leviathan shifted
around her, throwing her backwards as he lunged forward,
sinking his teeth into the side of the demons throat. It screamed
and struggled, ripping at his face and neck with its claws in an
attempt to dislodge him but he wouldn’t be budged. Suddenly it
went still, crumbling like all the others. Leviathan wiped the tar
like blood from his face, turning to frown at Kailani who could
only stare at him in horror. Another shrill cry rent the air and they
both whipped towards the house where the demons had gotten
inside, sucking up the malevolent energy like water down a drain.
They were getting bigger. Sensing the power they’d taken in
Leviathan switched tactics, grabbing Kai around the waist and
hauling her towards the car. He shoved her through the driver’s
door and into the passenger’s side, snatching up the keys from
where she’d dropped them on the seat. The demons rushed from
the front of the house like a tidal wave, their roars deafening as
they descended on the car. Leviathan didn’t miss a beat as he
pushed the key into the ignition, started the Chevy and sped
backwards out of the driveway.
“You can drive?!” Kai screamed, snatching at her seatbelt to get
it safely around her. He chuckled darkly as he maneuvered past
parked cars, speeding towards the end of the sleepy little street
that opened onto a main road.
“I can do many amazing things with my hands, human.” He said,
the car roaring as he floored it. The demons still didn’t give up,
they were relentless as they dropped to their hands and bounded
after them like animals. Leaping on and off of cars, buildings,
lamp posts, anything that would get them closer to the escaping
Hellmouth and her demon protector. She cursed, watching them
draw closer and closer, their speed increasing with each second.
“Turn left!” She shouted and Leviathan spun the wheel, the car
fishtailing as they burst into traffic, horns blaring and tires
squealing as other drivers did their best to avoid them. He
wrestled the car under his control again, narrowly missing the
demon that leapt towards them, the creature scraping the top of
the vehicle as it slid into oncoming traffic. Kailani grimaced as
she watched a large flatbed truck hit its breaks just a second too
late, sending the huge steel contraption sliding over the demon
that lay crushed beneath it’s tires. “The highway should be
coming up soon.” She turned back to face the road, screaming
when a demon suddenly appeared before them, its body
slamming into the hood and rolling against the windshield as
Leviathan kept driving right on through it. “What the fuck are
you doing?!”
“It seemed like a good idea at the time.” He answered her
outraged question, merging off of S King Street and onto
Lunalilo Freeway. Leviathan dodged cars like a champion Nascar
driver, swerving in and out of traffic as if it were more natural to
him than breathing. But just when they thought they’d lost the
demons they heard something hard hit the roof of the car. Before
either of them could react a long arm punched through the metal,
claws slicing as it grabbed Kailani by the shoulder and pulled her
upwards. She screamed and Leviathan cursed, grabbing the
demons arm and twisting until a sickening pop rang out around
them. It screeched, its hand releasing Kai who fell helplessly
back into her seat. Leviathan spun the wheel, sending the car
swerving left and right until the demon was thrown from the roof
and sent flying into traffic. “Are you injured?” He asked, his eyes
alternating from her quickly paling face to the road ahead of him.
Kailani clutched her shoulder, shifting it and grunting at the pain
that flooded her. When she pulled her hand away to assess the
damage it was covered in blood. He cursed again, darkness
surrounding them as he sped through a tunnel. “Stay with me,
don’t you dare pass out.” He ordered and she glared up at him,
her body shaking as she suddenly felt feverish. She’d started to
sweat, her dark hair sticking to her face as she trembled.
Instinctively she ripped herself out of the seatbelt, stripping her
denim jacket off to reveal the black t-shirt underneath. Kailani
folded the jacket haphazardly, using it to apply pressure to the
wound that bled sluggishly.
“Just get us there alright.” She groaned through her teeth. She felt
as if she were going to puke. Just what the hell were in those
claws?
Minutes seemed to drag into hours as he finally sped into
Honolulu International Airport. The car skidded to a halt right in
front of the doors, sending pedestrians and security guards
scattering to avoid them.
“You can’t park here!” Someone yelled but Leviathan didn’t pay
attention as he rushed out of the car and over to the passenger
side. He nearly ripped the door off its hinges as he pulled her out
and into his arms, barely remembering to grab her bag as well.
He ran at break neck speeds into the airport, sensing their
assailants weren’t too far behind. Dodging person after person
and snarling at any security personnel foolish enough to get in his
way he finally made it to a women’s bathroom.
“If there’s anyone in here I suggest you leave. Immediately!” He
barked, his growl echoing off the walls as he moved to lay
Kailani on the counter. Several people moved out of the stalls,
and he ignored them, his face grim as he ripped one of the doors
off a stall and moved to barricade the main door once they’d all
departed. Once he was sure nothing could get through he went
back to Kai who was attempting to sit up. She looked like hell.
“Where are we?” She asked, a hand pressed against her throbbing
head. She began to slide off the counter but Leviathan stopped
her, propping her body up against the mirror behind her.
“The airport. You need to call your witch.” He set to work
ripping her shirt away from her feverish body, frowning at the
wound the demons claws had left behind. Black blood oozed
from the puncture marks, trickling down her chest and arm.
“I can’t. I’m too tired. I need to sleep.” She said sluggishly as her
eyes began to shut and he growled, patting her cheek.
“You can’t sleep. If you go to sleep you’ll die.” He shook her
gently and she groaned. The poison was progressing far too
quickly. If it entered her bloodstream and hit her heart it would
kill her. Kailani didn’t seem to care about his warning, her head
was swimming and she could barely feel any pain anymore. All
that was left behind was a dull pulsating feeling that traveled
pleasantly up and down the left side of her body. She felt her
head lull back against her shoulder, every inch of her relaxing as
her body began to shut down.
“Just a cat nap.” She heard herself slur, her eyes closing once
again, only to open wide as a scream ripped itself from her throat.
She stared in horror as Leviathan pulled her towards him, his lips
parting as he sank his canines into her shoulder. She scrambled to
pull him off of her, tugging at his shoulders and hair as pain like
she had never felt before filled her.
Leviathan drank deeply, pulling the toxin from the wound as
quickly as he could and hoping it would be enough to stop it from
spreading. He ignored her futile attempts to dislodge him,
grabbing one of her wrists and pinning it over her head against
the mirror. Her screams and struggles soon died into panting and
writhing, the thin line between pleasure and pain blurring until
she didn’t know what she was feeling. He released her wrist and
grasped her waist, holding her still as he pulled back to lick the
wound closed. With his free hand he reached into her pocket and
tugged her cellphone free.
“Call your witch.” He breathed against her quickly healing flesh,
peeling himself off of her and going to fish her another shirt out
of her bag. Kailani could only stare at him at first, then down to
her pain free shoulder that looked almost as good as new.
“What did you do?” She asked but he didn’t answer her, kneeling
over her bag and unzipping it quietly instead. Shaking her head to
clear it she sat up straight from her drunken position against the
mirror, quickly dialing Cassandra who answered on the first ring.
Her mind screamed at her to ask questions, to make him explain
what just happened to her but the rational part of her knew they
had no time for chit chat.
“Are you alright?! Jesus Christ Kailani! Everyone’s freaking
out!”
“Freaking out? Why?”
“Because your demon stalkers are all over the news. They say
some kind of meth lab experiment went wrong and released
invisible creatures onto the streets of Honolulu, there’s live video
footage and everything!” She said and Kai groaned. Just what she
needed; casualties.
“Did anyone get hurt?”
“Only a few minor injuries, luckily they were after only you so
they didn’t really stop to prey on the innocent if you catch my
drift.” Lucky indeed.
“Alright. We made it to the airport. What are we going to do
now? They’ll find us eventually and we’ll have to explain the
other demons as well as Leviathan.”
“I solved that. You’re going to purchase two seats, right after you
cast a spell of invisibility over Levi.”
“Say what? I can’t cast spells!” She shrieked, grimacing as her
voice echoed back at her.
“Oh sure you can, you’re a Hellmouth, you’re a walking spell
casting machine! Besides I can’t do it because I’m not there, and
Levi is a demon, they can’t use Witch Magic.”
“And why not?” She asked as the demon in question turned with
another t-shirt in hand. She took it and quickly slipped it on after
putting Cassandra on speakerphone.
“Because witch magic is light magic and as a demon I can’t cast
it.” He answered for her.
“Right, but you can because you’re not a demon, you just have
access to their power.” She added, flipping pages in one of her
spell books until she came upon what she was looking for. “This
one’s easy, all you have to do is say the words and poof Levi is
invisible and you can both board the plane before the nastiness
