The Daemon’s Eyes

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Sabrina's P.O.V

My suspension would be over in a few days.... Two weeks was actually faster than I'd imagined.

I gulped a bit.

7:22.

I'd been up till 3pm yesterday trying to leave my body and had realized something. Since the time Logan had appeared before me, I barely see spirits anymore.

Not like I saw them in crowds before, but I would see about two or more each day. Even while going to school....

We're my eyes losing their power? I wasn't sure why the thought of that scared me, I mean... that would be a good thing.

Won't it?

I shook my head in attempt to clear my thoughts.

Where did Logan go when he wasn't around me?

I sighed before going into the bathroom and locking the door behind me. I took a few seconds to get comfortable and free my head before trying out the meditation stance again. The Azacarus was beside me.....

'I have to get this right... for Logan's sake.... for mum...'.

After some minutes, I could feel my body getting lighter. Although, I didn't open my eyes till it felt completely weightless.

"Woah!", I looked down body on the floor still in that position before my gaze shifted to the door. Logan's words ran through my head and I felt some goosebumps.

If a

anyone was to touch my body while I was in this state, I wouldn't be able to return.

"Wait for me, Logan". I found myself floating up and out of the ceiling till I was above our house.

The view was nice, my body looked so see through.

I looked around a bit before landing at the back of my house, "Logan!", I screamed. "Where are you?!"

It surprised me when he appeared right in front of me. "You summoned me? Win-". He paused as our eyes met. "The hell is this Sabrina?!"

"I actually learnt it". I smiled.

He gripped my hand before I could say anything else and pulled me back into my house. "Do you know what will happen if someone touches your body?", he queried with annoyance. I pouted. "I wanna see your place first. It won't take long"

He hesitated before speaking once more. "Two hours"

"What?"

"That's how long before you won't be able to return to your body again"

"Okay, you're the boss"

I watched in amusement as he cursed under his breathe before taking my hands in his again.

This was actually the first time we'd made physical contact, his hand was big and warm....

Knowing Logan, he ruined the moment by suddenly pulling me downward and into the earth. I was about to start screaming as it got hotter but he covered my mouth. Where were we going to? Don't tell me it was hell?!

"The underworld". He replied Asif reading my mind.

To me, we seemed to be falling for and eternity at what felt like light speed. Soon, my feet felt ground.

"How?", my body was quivering.

"You know that saying that goes like- 'a cat always lands on it's feet?", he smiled mildly. "No matter the manner you use to fall, you'll always land on your feet down here" "And where exactly is here?", I looked around. The place was like a gigantic pipe with two ends.

Although.....

I turned to look backwards. The heat that emanated from this direction was somewhat sinister. "That's the road to hell, this is Pluto's gate", he paused to look. "Easy to get in, hard to return"

I gulped before turning to face the other way.

He held my hand again. "I want to set aside some rules, is that okay?"

I nodded. Wasn't this the same person that was so cold to me yesterday?

"Firstly, don't make conversations with anyone"

"Okay"

"Secondly, no matter what you say... don't give an impression that you are alive or have a body"

"Sure"

"Thirdly....", his eyes went up. "We'll, that's highly unlikely so let's forget about it. This tunnel is somewhat long so I'll have to skip a bit" "Skip?"

He moved behind me and held my waist. My face flushed up but luckily, he didn't see.

Before I could question him, he did skip....

And then another one....

Just one seemed like we'd moved a hundred steps!

Suddenly, we were out of the tunnel.

"Last instruction Sabrina", he gripped my shoulder a bit too tight. "Do not try to leave this place alone, unless.... You'll encounter Zerberus" "The three headed dog guardian?", he nodded.

It was amazing though, to think the guardian to the underworld actually existed.

"Regular daemons can't leave here, that's why we're so scarce above. And everyone you see here was once a wielder of one of th-"

I saw his eyes widened as he stopped.

"Of what?"

"Don't say anything at all", his eyes narrowed.

"Logan my boy", it was a middle aged man with silver hair. "It's been long I've seen you", his eyes gradually moved to me standing halfway behind Logan. "And who's this? I don't think I've seen this face around".

"A friend of mine", he grabbed me by the waist Asif in attempt to prove I was his.

My cheeks flushed, why'd he have to torment me after telling me everything that happened between us was nothing more than a mistake?

"What are you even doing here, Satan?".

My eyes widened at those words and I ended up taking a second glance at him.

"Ohh Logan my boy, call me Lucifer you know", he laughed mischievously while passing beside me.

I was still paralyzed with shock when he paused to whisper into my ear," Humans aren't welcome here..."

I gasped as Logan pulled me forward to walk with him, completely ignoring the Devil!?

"Don't listen to anything that geezer says".

I knew it was him, but I still needed to ask. Everything was happening so fast!

"Was that actually...."

"Yeah"

"Is Satan free to move around here?", I asked with my eyes roaming. The clouds were a mild shade of orange and although it was bright enough, there was no sun in sight.

"Well....not really. He comes here to gamble with people". He took some seconds to catch his breathe as we kept walking. "There are quite a number of things you could gamble on, but he hardly ever looses. And if you loose all of your soul energy.... You'll either fade away or be taken to hell by Satan"

"Why are all the building wooden and small...?"

His brows furrowed as he looked to me. "You can't get much out of here... only daemons come around so the average people just try to live normally".

He spent some seconds too long staring at me so I had to ask, "what's wrong?"

"Your fading idiot!!...we have to get you back to your body...", He gestured for me to get on his back.

I took a moment to understand the situation, but ended up doing as he said.

"I'm going to do a little skipping now, hold on tight".

I nodded before wrapping my arms around his neck.