REVERENCE Episode 27 – RUTHIE LEE
You know, I would feel really comfortable if you had ask that, right to me and in front of my face” A deep and husky voice said behind the girls and the three of them turned immediately to see a tall man with Anna in his arms.
“welcome to my territory girls!” Ludociel gave a sly grin.
Jane let’s out a yelp as she stood face to face with ludociel.
She seemed more nervous than the others girls.
“Now you girls don’t know what you got yourself into!” Ludociel gave a light scoff.
“What are you doing with Anna?” Julliette barked.
“I’m going to make my dear clementine eat her alive and take in her form!” Ludociel smiled.
“We’re not going to let that happen” Ava tried to sound bold but her voice failed her.
“You can’t possibly do anything, and like I said, this is my territory!” Ludociel added. And suddenly the ground split into two causing the girls to fall into what seemed like a well, with the girls letting out a scream of needed aid.
Ava was holding the flashlight firmly and when they landed at the bottom of wherever they fell, Ava quickly pushing the power button on the flashlight letting the light beam across the darkness.
The place was so dark they could hardly see anything.
“What in the world!” Jane trembled and her voice echoed.
“Where in the world are we?” Ava asked standing up and so were the other girls.
“With the way our voices are echoing right now, I feel like we’re in sort of a cave!” Julliette added.
“A cave? At the bottom of the school, this is definitely not a book in the library julliette.” Jane added.
Ava moved the flashlight left to right trying to look for a way out, or any other way when Jane let’s out a yelp.
“Guys, I’m stepping on something” Jane panicked.
Ava quickly turned to the flashlight to Jane’s feet and they let out a gasp when they saw a dead bird under Jane’s feet.
“I shouldn’t have come out here” Jane shuts her eyes.
“We have to save Anna!” Julliette nudged her.
“Guys look!” Ava called out pointing the flashlight above their heads.
“Where we fell from seconds ago is completed closed”.
“What? Does that mean we’re trapped.?” Jane was panicking.
“You never know for sure, but Ava do you feel that?” Juliette asked.
“Feel what?” Ava asked.
“That darkness?” Julliette stated not sure of what she was feeling.
“It’s coming from over there” Juilette pointed and Ava point the flashlight to where Juilette was pointing.
It looked like a passageway and and slowly Juiliette took the flashlight from Ava.
The girls slowly walked towards the passageway, not sure of where they were actually going and after walking for some minutes they came to a dead end.
“Look!” Juilette announced spotting some writings on the wall.
‘For dominance all starts when they show Reverence, The devil is the only ruler’
“What the hell!” Jane squeaked. “I’m going to pass out now.”
“This is indeed ludociel’s territory, I feel more of his aura coming from behind me.”. Juilette said and made a turn.
The girls let’s out a gasp when they saw that the passageway they passed by few minutes ago was nowhere to be found but a door now facing them.
“I hope this is just a dream.” Jane muttered.
“Believe me! We all do!” Ava scoffed.
“So…” Juilette breathed out.
“Should we open the door?”
“I mean we don’t know where we are, it’s more like a maze and a door is suddenly in front of us, what’s the worse that could happen.?” Ava breathed out.
“It could be more worse.” Jane added.
“Well I’m going for it then.” Juilette said turning the door knob and pushing the door open.
Lightness suddenly invaded the girls sight immediately they walked into the room.
“Blood of christ!” Jane muttered out loud.
“Now this isn’t pleasant looking!” Ava added.
The room was wide and was filled with lit candles that hung on the wall from the room to the bottom, and some laid on the floors too, strange letters and writing laid on the wall a big alter was at the centre of the room, the alter had multiple crosses that laid upside down, some weird looking books and candles surrounding it.
Jane’s eyes dart to the corner of the room to see a girl hanging by the wall.
She screamed making Ava and Juilette turned to her.
“T-hat girl! Putting on our school uniform!” Jane stuttered pointing to the girl hung on the wall.
The girl wore the same uniform as the girls with dried blood that stained the collar of her shirt, and her neck was tied with a rope that connected with her wall.
“Wait!” Ava said stepping forward. “She looks familiar!”
“Isn’t that the clementine we were talking to when we were still in the garden.” Jane mananed to say.
“I don’t think so.” Juilette shook her head. “I believe clementine has been feeding on this girl and whoever clementine is feeding on her face and body morphs into the person’s, and now ludociel just want her to look the same old clementine like she used to, and is trying to get her to feed on Anna!” Juliette explained.
“Then we have to act fast!” Ava hollered.
“Act fast!? What exactly can we do, we don’t know what this place is!” Jane replied gesturing her hands around in the air.
“But we do know that it’s a shrine that belongs to ludociel” Juilette stated.
A strange blow of wind circulated around the room causing the girls to shiver, they were in the middle of nowhere below the ground, the wind being down there was naturally impossible.
Juilette found herself and eyes fixated on a box at the centre of the alter in the room.
“Guys I think we should leave.” Jane stated.
“And how exactly are we going to do that, the door we came from is suddenly gone, it’s just four walls around us now” Ava stated.
Juilette suddenly move towards the alter.
“Juilette… Where are you going?” Ava asked.
“I don’t know, but what do you think is in there!” Juilette asked, pointing to the box.
“I don’t know, but it is not a good idea to go close to it Juilette” Jane added.
Juilette paused “But take a look, We get it’s an alter, but try to wonder why the box is at the centre, the crosses, the candles, the books, it seems like they’re all protecting it.” Juilette explained.
“Yes” Ava added stepping forward. “You’re actually right”
“What are you agreeing with Ava, we’re so close to hell guys, please don’t do anything stupid!” Jane panicked.
Juilette walked closer to the alter and leaned down close to it and the darkness she felt coming from the box made her even more curious.
“Juilette please stop, I don’t like where this is going!” Jane shook her head.
“It’s okay” Juilette said gently dropping the flashlight beside her leg on the floor.
As Juilette’s hand slowly reach out to the box, Ava stood curiously watching Juilette do so, while Jane shut her eyes and clasp her hands together emitting broken prayers from her mouth in a whisper.
Immediately Julliette’s hand came into contact with the box, some huge force pushed her back, sending her in the air, causing her to slam her back against the wall.
“Juilette!” Ava and Jane screamed in unison and ran up to Juilette immediately she collided with the floor.
“Juilette!… Juilette are you okay?” Jane asked helping Juilette stand up as her eyes starts to get wet.
“I’m fine.” Juilette let’s out a grunt, as she slowly took in the heavy pain that she felt on her back.
“What were you thinking trying to touch the box.” Ava yelled.
“Don’t act like your agreement didn’t make her do this!” Jane yelled at Ava.
“What the hell are you tal–
“Guys!” Juilette interrupted. “Don’t fight and I don’t think the box did this to me” Juilette said standing up.
“That force that pushed me wasn’t from the box, it was from me!” Juliette said looking a bewildered and looking down at her hands.
“What.? What do you mean?” Ava asked.
“I don’t know what’s in that box, but I think myself is protecting it from me.” Juilette expound.
“what?” Jane looked confused.
“I am so lost right now guys” Jane added.
“You see things too Ava, try touching the box yourself and feel what I felt!” Julliette stated sternly.
“I don’t want to” Ava shook her head.
“Just do so.! You’ll feel such powers you haven’t felt before!” Juliette added.
“But I-
“Just do it!” Juilette interrupted.
Ava gulped nervously and Juilette raised a brow at her.
“Go on” Juilette tilt her head.
Ava slowly walked towards the alter and just as she was about to touch the box she felt this heavy force and pulled her hand back to herself immediately, but fall to the ground after a second or two.
“Not again!” Jane cried as she and julliette hurried up to Ava.
“Ava.” Juilette called.
Ava opened her eyes with her hand on her head.
She slowly sat up. “I saw something!” she announced…
“But did you feel that force?” Juilette asked.
“It was more powerful than I could ever imagine.” Ava added breathlessly.
“What did you see then?” Jane asked.
“I saw us destroying this box, and I don’t see my visions this way, I usually see them during my sleeps!” Ava breathed out, she was almost out of breath.
“That means whatever is inside that box needs to be out, we have to destroy it!” Juilette stated.
“But how can we destroy what we can’t touch!” Ava tilt her head.
“Who says we can’t touch it, Jane hasn’t tried touching it and she doesn’t see or feel weird things like we both do.” Juilette shrugged.
“No way, am I touching that box, no damn way!” Jane said, standing straight and taking a step back.
“Jane, you’re our only way, we seriously have to try anything we can right now, Anna’s life is at stake here!” Juilette yelled.
“But–
“Please Jane!” Juilette yelled interrupting her.
Jane nodded unwillingly and slowly starts to walk up to the alter, she leaned close when she finally got there and her hands shook slightly as she reached for the box, she said to herself a silent prayer before grabbing the box.
“See nothing happened to you!” Juilette said helping Ava up.
Jane clutched the box to her body and took a look at it.
“It’s locked” she announced.
Suddenly the heaviest blow of wind circulated around the room causing the flames of the candle flicker. And Ava quickly bent down to pick up the flashlight.
“I don’t like what’s happening right now.” Jane panicked.
.
Standing in front of his grave, in the garden and drawing cross markings with blood all over Anna’s sleeping body, with clementine behind him.
Ludociel suddenly felt surpressed around his chest and fell to his knees.
“My box!” He announced to himself.
He suddenly reminded himself the power he felt from those girls.
It was indeed a bad idea to send them down there after.
But he wasn’t going to let them get away with it. They are children after all.
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