Resurrected Chapter 2

You Are Resurrected!
“I don’t understand why you’re doing this to her,” said a cowardly male voice faintly.

“The incident only happened twenty minutes ago. If I had arrived sooner,” said another male voice.

Akirah had opened her eyes and saw that she was still in the abandoned house. She thought she was dead for a moment, but it looks as though she was okay. The wound she had received had disappeared completely without a scar, but her shirt was ripped. It couldn’t have been a dream she thought. It took her a while to finally realize that one of the guys who was there, had his hands on her chest; he had scruffy brown hair and a tough look about himself. Akirah then took the chance to punch him in the face when he wasn’t looking.

“What the hell is your deal?! Is that how you try to feel on girls,” she yelled loudly.

“Looks like someone’s finally woken up; that was a mean punch. Ow,” said the guy. He stood up and rubbed his cheek.

“I’m sorry about him,” said the other boy in the room. His navy blue hair looked combed and looked clean the way it was tied back. “Rey tends to forget what he’s doing when there’s a pretty girl in the room,” he smiled and held out his hand to help her up. “Name’s David, what’s yours?”

“I’m Akirah. Just who are you guys and what are you doing here?”

“We should be asking you the same thing. This place is dangerous,” said Rey, “Well you can’t just leave now. You just got yourself involved.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "TimesNewRoman","serif"">“What do you mean by involved?” Akirah asked.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "TimesNewRoman","serif"">“It’s complicated,” he replied to her, but Akirah demanded a clear answer,” Okay. To put it simple, we’re a group of demon hunters that is after the monster living in this house. Your little party here had waked the demon up from his sleep and now he’s going to wreak havoc on the city.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "TimesNewRoman","serif"">            Akirah didn’t believe a word he said for a moment, but then remembered her getting stabbed though her stomach. Some of the pain came back to her.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "TimesNewRoman","serif"">“Okay, but that thing stabbed me. Shouldn’t I be bleeding out now?” Akirah asked.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "TimesNewRoman","serif"">“You were, and then you died,” said David as calm as ever. Akirah was just even more confused at this and was about to question his statement, but a rumbling sound came from upstairs. That was a signal that they would talk later.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "TimesNewRoman","serif"">            The three of them walked up what remained on the staircase. It creaked after each step they took. When they made it up to the second flight, the noise got louder and turned into a growl. Akirah kept thinking about David’s previous statement and couldn’t wait any longer to get an answer.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "TimesNewRoman","serif"">“Just how am I dead?” she asked them, “I’m walking normally, my limbs aren’t falling off, and I sure as hell don’t see any major wounds to prove it.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "TimesNewRoman","serif"">“Can you be quiet? Just trust us on this for now,” Rey said trying to shut her up.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "TimesNewRoman","serif"">“How am I supposed to know whether you guys are even telling me the truth?”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "TimesNewRoman","serif"">“Two things,” Rey said to her calmly, “One, can you feel your pulse?”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "TimesNewRoman","serif"">            Akirah just thought what he said was stupid, but then placed two fingers on her neck under her jaw. She was shocked to notice that she felt nothing and then tried to feel for her pulse on her heart and she believed everything.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "TimesNewRoman","serif"">“I’m…” Akirah said quietly.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "TimesNewRoman","serif"">“Dead,” David finishing her sentence, “Sorry.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "TimesNewRoman","serif"">“So wait am I like a zombie or something then?!!” Akirah starting to freak out.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "TimesNewRoman","serif"">“Not quite,” Rey told her, “Akirah calm down.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "TimesNewRoman","serif"">“Am I gonna start craving flesh and brains?!”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "TimesNewRoman","serif"">“Akirah.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "TimesNewRoman","serif"">“What’s my mother going to say? Who cares about her opinions, what will Mel say?!”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "TimesNewRoman","serif"">“Akirah!” Rey yelled this time getting her attention. The monster they were searching for had took the opportunity to sneak up on them quickly. It moved toward Akirah speedily and she stood there in fright. Rey luckily pushed her out of the way making the monster crash into the railing and fall down stairs.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "TimesNewRoman","serif"">“What the hell was that thing?!” Akirah yelled now. She was really scared now and couldn’t move.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "TimesNewRoman","serif"">“That was the thing that killed you earlier, aka proof number two” Rey said to her. The monster rose from the staircase and they got a good view of it now. It was a giant blue-violet centipede with a spikey back. It also had two large claws on its front which Akirah recognized because they had the same look as what had pierced her body.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "TimesNewRoman","serif"">“But… what happened to him? That thing was only a child a while ago; a little boy!” Akirah yelled at Rey.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "TimesNewRoman","serif"">“Was is the right way to put it,” David said, “Don’t you remember the story your friend told? The little boy was killed, and his fear of dying turned him into that,” He pointed at the monster. “By the looks of it, he’s a rank D fiend.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "TimesNewRoman","serif"">“It’s a demon?”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "TimesNewRoman","serif"">“It’s coming, get down now!” Rey shouted at them. The demon rushed at Akirah and David. Luckily they moved fast and ducked in time without getting injured.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "TimesNewRoman","serif"">“Man it sure is fast for a rank D,” David said making a quick observation, “Guess its class doesn’t really mean much in some cases.”

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "TimesNewRoman","serif"">“Just how are you two acting so…normal?! You claim to be demon hunters, but like me you’re just ordinary humans! You can’t possibly think that you can fight that thing can you?!” Akirah shouted. She was scared out of her mind because she thought her life could end a second time in the same night.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "TimesNewRoman","serif"">“Ordinary humans?” Rey chuckled a bit at the thought, “It’s a rank D, why else do you think we’re so calm?” he stated to walk towards the demon slowly. “Don’t put us on the same level as mere humans, we’re something more. We’re the ones who stay sane after our revival, the ones who slay those who have faltered and sided with darkness; we are…Resurrected!”