14 A Dead End (2/2)
”The Hag's Territory,” he mumbled to himself walking forward heading straight towards the door with the bloodied letters on it. I don't know how I missed it the first time around, although, I was really shaken from the mutilated body of the woman.
He had quickly covered the distance and was now standing in front of the double doors with the bloodied letters. Reaching a hand out he pressed a hand against the door, it didn't budge at all. However, the bloodied letters smeared as he pulled a hand through them. Making a mess out of it all.
Stalking forward with Royal behind me, I pressed a hand into Haru's back. He turned his head and looked back at me. ”What are you doing?” I asked him, looking at the now mucked up letters.
”It was just annoying to look at, I thought that I would get rid of it.” He stated simply, withdrawing his hand from the door. His eyes were smoldering as he looked at me, an uncaring look residing on his features.
Stepping around him, I place a hand on the door and exert some force. However, the door doesn't budge in the slightest, it's as if someone had welded the damn thing shut. I give it a good kick, but it still doesn't budge.
”It's really stuck isn't it?” I ask, tilting my head back and looking at the ceiling. My hair sliding off my shoulders, some of it stuck to my forehead from the sweat. I'd been moving a lot, I felt a bit gross I wanted a shower. Who knew when I'd get one of those.
”It would appear that way.” He replied simply, I tilt my head forward and look at the door. Royal slithers up and slaps his tail against the door. A loud clanking sound echoes throughout the hall. Then the sound of screaming can be heard, quickly I turn around and raise my sword.
It was like a floodgate had broken, I could see a wave of ghost barreling towards us. They were all jumbled together as they squeezed their way down and through the hallway. I could make out the figures of elderly people, young people and even children in the sea of ghost that rushed towards us. The screams echoed off the wall to create a great wailing sound.
Making the hair on my arms stand on end. I wanted nothing more than to throw my hands over my ears and to crouch down and just pray that they passed over us. I didn't think I could exorcize that many ghosts, and not fast enough to make a dent in the wall that was heading towards us.
”AHHHHH!” They echoed in a chorus of sound. A ghost managed to break itself out of the pack of them and headed towards us, with its claw-like fingers outstretched. It was a female spirit, her hair was spread out around her like a black halo, her head was cracked open and blood ran down painting half her face in a violent red.
In an instant, she had arrived in front of us, I felt my breath catch in my throat, up close I could see all of the gruesome details. There was even a faint smell of death on her that turned my stomach into knots.
Rasing her dripping claws that had blood on them, she was poised to strike at me. Yet, the sound of a bell sounded and then everything seemed to happen as if it was in slow motion. Haru's hand came out and the brilliant glow could be seen.
His fingers lightly touched the ghost forehead, it was like glass was shattering at that moment. Her twisted features fell apart and in its place a beautiful woman, her hair no longer was mangled or twisted, her head was sealed no gaping wound and her hands looked normal.
A wide smile played on her lips, she reached her hand downwards clasping Haru's face. ”Thank you,” she whispered as her body began to break into a thousand tiny pieces of light. With another sound of a bell, time retook its normal pace.
Haru was standing in front of me, his face was taunt and his mouth was pressed into a thin line. He looked a bit chivalrous, as he faced the building wave of ghost that was crashing towards us.