Tempting Fate

57 Chapter 57: The Human Monster: Face Ripper (Three)

After sending Emy to their office, Reed abruptly left without providing an explanation, which Emy does not understand. While Reed went in search of the face ripper, Maria stayed behind at the house to keep an eye on Emy’s family. He made several laps of the village to locate the old man who was possessed by the demon, but he was unsuccessful.

Reed did a quick walk around when he was standing in front of his home and looking around. After making many laps around the village, he finally caught sight of Eve as she was leaving his house. Eve was carrying plastic and ice cream cups, which prompted him to raise an eyebrow when he spotted her carrying them.

“Okay, it’s just like you’re shopping at my house,” said Reed.

Eve just laughed. He asked, “Did you find what you are looking for?”

“I don’t know where he is,” said Reed. “I’ve been to the village a few times...”

“He might not be here anymore,” said Eve. Reed frowned as he looked at Eve. “Well, maybe he’s not after humans, but someone else.”

‘Emy!’ Reed thought.

Reed went away quickly in front of Eve. Reed left, and Eve walked away. Maria walked out of the gate and looked at both sides of the road.

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Emy was in the washroom when Reed walked into the cubicle, where he was sitting out of nowhere. She was so shocked she almost screamed.

“Reed, why are you here?” Emy spoke quietly.

“Are you okay?” Reed asked.

“I’m not okay,” said Emy. “Come out, don’t let my poop come out of you.”

Emy shoved Reed out of the washroom. Reed came out right away and said nothing. He turned around outside the washroom. When Avery and Jasmin saw him, they were both surprised.

“How?” Avery asked as she looked at Jasmin, puzzled.

Reed left his office and looked around. He sensed nothing strange or dangerous that could hurt Emy.

While this was going on, Devin was running fast. He could tell that someone was after him, so he looked for a wide area to fight in. He got off at a bus stop. Buses were parked there, but no one was there. He ran away quickly and waited for the demon to come to him.

The demon turned around because it wanted to find Devin. It moved up quickly to the tops of the buses. It had the smell of the place. When Devin saw what the demon was doing, it made him raise his eyebrows.

“Is this demon going all the way here just to get me? Why?” Devin said.

He moved quickly and kicked the demon in the stomach. The demon hit the floor. She was surprised by what had happened, so she looked at him right away. Devin got down on his knees in front of the old man.

“I’m your target, aren’t I?” Devin asked.

He didn’t wait to hear what the old man would say. He attacked again right away. Devin kicked and punched the old man repeatedly. He didn’t wait until it attacked him. He lit up right away and put the smoke in the old man’s mouth. Devin got up and left right away, waiting to see what would happen next.

After he put black smoke in the old man’s mouth, the demon’s body felt restless. It squeezed its neck so hard that it felt like he couldn’t breathe. Even though he was sitting on the ground, the old man still tried to fly. Over time, the old man’s body slowly lost its moisture until it fell to the ground. The man breathed out black smoke and went back to being a face ripper. Devin let the smoke come out of his hand and wrapped it quickly around the demon’s body. The demon struggles to get out of its body, which is made of black smoke.

As it cries out in pain, its voice is high-pitched. Soon it dissipated in black smoke. As it struggled, black blood came out of its body. Cuts from black smoke will be easy to see.

Devin ran up to the demon before it could cut off the body completely, but even before he got close, he could feel Reed’s power. So he turned his back, surprised a little to see the demon he was chasing wearing a mask. He didn’t expect it would happen to him.

“Ugh!”

Reed’s voice could be heard calling Devin’s name from a distance. Suddenly, the demon in the mask vanished, and he saw Reed coming toward him. Reed held him up with Eve until he finally fell to the ground. Reed gives Devin to Eve, and Eve gives the demon to Devin. He grabbed its heart quickly, and it burned up. Reed turned around, but whatever they had used to hit Devin was no longer there.

Reed went right up to Eve and Devin. Eve heals Devin’s wound with her black smoke.

“Reed,” Eve said. “I’m not able to make his wound better.”

Reed sat down right away and looked at what was wrong with Devin. “He was hurt with a demon’s knife,” said Reed.

“What should we do then?” Eve asked. “You’re stronger than me, so you can help him get better.”

Reed was shocked at first. “Reed, help Devin...” Eve said.

“I- I can’t...” Reed said.

“What? Why?” Eve asked.

“I haven’t been able to use my healing power since my last fight,” said Reed.

“What should we do then?” Eve asked. “Phone Emy. She can be of help.”

“Just take him home. I’ll go get Emy.” Said Reed.

“Okay,” said Eve.

It was only a matter of time before Eve and Devin ran away. Reed also left when the other two did.

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It shocked Emy when Reed tells her what happened to Devin and that he can’t be taken to the hospital because he was not human. The nurses and doctors who look at Devin will be very surprised because his blood is black. Reed and Emy left Avery and Jasmin alone in their shop. Before going to Devin’s house, Emy bought the things they would need.

“Reed, I need help from a nurse. You already know that I don’t know any cures,” said Emy.

“All right, I’ll handle it. I’ll drive you to Devin’s house.” Said Reed.

Reed took Emy to Devin’s house so they could buy the medicine Devin needed for his wound. Reed also got up and left right away to go to the hospital. A nurse was there. He put himself in the nurse’s way.

“Oh, Sir, do you want anything?” asked the nurse.

“Yes, I need help.” Said Reed.

Devin was drenched in sweat. His dress almost looked like it was full of black liquid. Eve was just walking back and forth around the room while she stood in front of the bed. Emy went straight to Devin, and Eve went straight to Emy.

“Can you help Reed, Emy?” Eve asked. “I don’t have enough power to heal his wound, and Reed...”

Emy thought back to what Reed had told her. Reed can’t heal other people’s wounds, so the most important thing is to keep him from getting hurt.

“I’m not good at it, but I’ll try,” said Emy.

She cut Devin’s t-shirt down the middle right away so she could see where Devin was hurt. Even though the cut on Devin’s side looked narrow, the wound was deep. Emy cleaned the area around Devin’s wound right away. After that, Reed and the nurse came. Reed took off the blindfolds from his eyes once they were inside the house. After they left the house, he was even a little surprised to see that they were somewhere else.

Devin was lying on the bed when the nurse came in. He also saw the black substance on Devin’s T-shirts. He went over to where a woman was sitting on the side of the bed. Emy got up right away, and the nurse sat down next to the bed. It fixed Devin’s wound right away.

Reed and Eve were at the window while they waited for the man and Emy to finish treating Devin’s wound.

“Where did your powers go?” As Eve looked at Emy and the nurse, she asked Reed.

“I told you, I still have little power,” said Reed.

Eve never spoke again. Emy stood up as they were just looking at the nurse.

“We need to keep an eye on Devin,” Emy said as she walked up to them. “Her fever is very high. He’s been taking medicine, but it’s possible that his fever went high overnight.

“Eve is good at that,” said Reed.

“What? No! ” said Eve. “I do not know about that.”

“It’s just me,” said Emy.

“Okay, I’ll go with you,” said Reed.

Emy gave the nurse a smile and then looked at her. “Why didn’t he ask you to bring him here?”

Reed smiled and said nothing. Eve looked at Devin and walked closer to him while Reed looked at Emy.