Eden

Chapter 11

Enervate spun around in his chair to face me. He wasn't dressed up like usual, instead he wore a sweater and jean's and held a book in his hands. Despite how human he looked right then, I could still feel his lust for power. Though I also felt his annoyance at me showing up.

"This book was just getting interesting" Enervate sighed before slamming the book shut. I noticed that his eye wasn't as foggy as it was before and the scar had shrunk. He must also heal from consuming souls.

"You'll have plenty of time to read in your cell" I told him.

"Ah to be young and Naïve. No prison on earth could hold me. My Reapers wouldn't allow of it, simply put, you'll have to kill me" Enervate said and yawned in his chair.

"We'll see about that" I said.

"Honestly, if Greyhound and the others couldn't stop me, what makes you think a child like you can?" he said with a dry laugh. I could feel something in what he said, almost a split second of sadness. It was replaced quickly though with his normal avarice.

I outstretched my hand sent a wave of sadness, trying to bring back that blip of an emotion. Enervate resisted though, trying to fight off my digging.

"STOP!" Enervate growled and floated up out of his chair, "I've lived far too long to let a child like you manipulate my emotions!"

Enervate charged through the air towards me. I took a step back right as he pushed us both out the balcony doors. I tried to make him sad but I ended up making him very angry. I pushed back and grabbed his head and kneed upward into it. I could've kill him, but I held back. Though I heard some cracks as he dropped me. It was only a one-story drop so I landed with no problem. I looked up to see enervate holding his jaw. He spit out a couple of bloody teeth and glared at me.

"You bitch" Enervate swore at me.

Reapers stormed out of the mansion carrying guns pointed at me. They took aim and were about to fire at me. I lifted my arms and poured regret and sadness into my power and I had plenty of that to go around. I was worried that this wouldn't work, I'd never attempted to manipulate the emotions of so many people. My worries washed away once I saw the Reapers hesitantly lower their weapons, I even heard a few start to cry.

"Weak minded fools!" Enervate yelled, "Must I do everything?.

Enervate dived from his hovering position above. I jumped up in an attempt to dodge put he adjusted course and grabbed me. I felt my soul fighting, trying not to be consumed by his power. My body felt limp and weak. I mustered my strength and kicked him in his stomach. Enervate managed to hold on but in the process stopped trying to eat my soul. He punched me in the face mid air and threw me towards the ground.

"This is tiring, If I still had my scythe I would have already cut you down" Enervate said holding his stomach. I landed and then jumped up onto the roof of the mansion.

I stepped back from the edge of the roof as bullets shot by. The guilt had worn off and Enervate's Reapers were ready to kill me. I should have came up with a better plan before rushing over here. I looked to Enervate hovering over the backyard, he was just smiling pleased with himself. I sighed and then started running towards him. Enervate's features changed from smug to startled as I jumped forward from the mansion's roof. I grabbed onto his shoulders and kicked my legs forward, sending him crashing towards a couple of pine tree's, and sending me back towards the mansion.

I crashed through one of the top floor's windows landing against an old dresser. I scrambled to my feet as I heard shouts from outside the shattered window. I was in an old bedroom that had been converted to house 3 people instead of one. Cobwebs covered the ceiling but the room itself had been dusted. I quickly exited into the hallway. I was surprised to find that the power was still hooked up when I saw that the chandeliers were on. Must have either bought the building or he was siphoning power off the grid.