CHAPTER 02 : Deal With A Devil (Summonings And dealings.)

Middle Ages , Egypt 

It was the time when magic in Egypt was not a parlor trick or illusion, it was the harnessing of the powers of natural laws, conceived of as supernatural entities, in order to achieve a certain goal. To the Egyptians, a world without magic was inconceivable. They thought, it was through magic that the world had been created, magic sustained the world daily, magic healed when one was sick, gave when one had nothing, and assured one of eternal life after death. 

Egyptians of every social class from the king to the peasant believed in and relied upon magic in their daily lives.

They believed that "magic had been given by the gods to mankind as a means of self-defense and this could be exercised by the king or by magicians who effectively took on the role of the gods"

One's name was considered one's identity but Egyptians believed that everyone also had a secret name (the ren) which only the individual and the gods knew. To discover one's secret name was to gain power over them. Even if one could not discover another person's ren they could still exercise control by slandering the person's name or even erasing that person's name from history.

This was a time when people believed in magic as their covering. They always carried magic weapons to protect themselves. 

At that time black magic was widely practiced but not openly. It was the most discussed issue among people. 

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Somewhere In MEMPHIS 1526 Bc.....

It was a deserted warehouse which was in complete darkness. There was no sign of any living around. It was a quite deserted area. There was a strange odor in the air. Crows were all over the area. There was a faint light on the second floor of the warehouse. 

It was a hall-like room with no furniture. There were drawn various scary faces on the walls.

In the middle of the room sat a strangely dressed man. His face was completely hidden in the black hood.

In front of him, on the ground, demon summoning circle was drawn . It was a circle marked by candles in a dark room to provides a neutral environment for the demon to enter, decreasing the chances of it panicking or becoming interested in anything other than the summoner and the bargain.

 There were some images along with every single candle. A beautiful young lady was tied to a pillar with ropes which was probably unconcious. 

As the time for summoning the demon approached, a swarm of crows began to gather, and smoke billowed. The foul smell in the air intensified and the mysterious man sitting there began to recite juju aloud.

A sudden gust of wind blew out all the candles. 

He suddenly stopped, While reciting the juju, when the candles blew out. The girl was regaining consciousness.

Everything went against the plan. 

He heared the echo of his mentor . "Demonology isn't Geomancy , demon isn't like a lay nexus , unthinking , reliable, impotent until called upon, and requiring a ritual to take power from. The power offered by demon is more visceral, more direct , and in many ways just as dangerous, if not moreso,  than that of a nexus . A demon doesn't simply revert to idleness after being summoned. It may try to return to the world to exact revenge on a summoner who made the mistake of angering it."

He knew that everything was ruined because of his mistake. The demon came out of his plane and it was not time for the demonologist's bargain yet . He prematurely drove Demon out of his plane.The demon could no longer be sent back. 

His own life was in danger . He now had only one way to save his life. He could have saved his own life by sacrificing the young maiden to the demon, but chances were not high. 

Deciding to try his luck, he lit candles and started reciting juju again. After a while, the candles blew out again. 

It was time to bargain with Demon. Before the demon sacrificed him, after sacrificing the girl , he preferred to bargain , so that his own life could be saved. 

He wanted a written deal with devil without knowing the desire of devil. He was about to trade immortality for his soul. 

Time had suddenly turned upside down. Demon had taken the wagerer's soul, but in return killed him.

He was not ready to be summoned when he was taken off his plane. He was so enraged that he took two lives. 

He was taken off the plane without his consent but could be sent back with his consent.

The unseen catastrophe was announced....!

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" Peter hurry up you are late for school!" The woman  knocking  the door of the room, and saw the time on the watch on her wrist.

She was a middle aged woman with blonde hair and blue eyes. she was beautiful too.

" I'm coming Mommy " A skinny teenage boy walks out of the room fixing the bag on his shoulder.

"Let's go!"  He said, fixing his hair .

The woman stared at the boy from head to toe and shook her head in denial and turned to descended the stairs.

He shrugged and followed the woman.

"Peter, if someone bullies you today You also retaliate!" 

While driving , she was admonishing to Peter as usual And like every day , Peter was shaking his head .

"Today is a beautiful day Honey, strengthen yourself, you can do all that your age fellows do. Make new friends, attend Parties, Enjoy your life. Well ! It's good to study , but it's not good to keep studying all the time. Give yourself time too. Make a girlfriend to distract you from the books !" 

"Mommy! " He giggled. 

She laughed at her reaction. 

They had arrived at school.

"Be careful honey, love you. " she smiled politely. 

"love you too mommy, bye! " he smiled blandly. 

He nervously entered the school gate.

He surveyed the entire ground with sly eyes.

There were a few students in the playground who were engaged in talking. He let out a sigh of relief and moved inwards. 

He entered the campus corridor from the ground . On the way, he greeted many fellows with hand gestures And many fellows greeted him back. 

In the classroom door he bumped into someone. He apologized and steeped back but saw the opponent's face he held his breath.

"Oops....look who it is! he is our pet.....!

That tall and Muscular boy said sarcastically and suddenly laughed. His companions also started laughing. Peter's face was downcast. His face turned red to seizure. 

That tall, muscular boy grabbed his face and raised it. "What happened dear, Is my chicken angry? Huh ?" he sarcastically asked.

Peter tried to get rid of him but failed. He was taller and muscular than Peter, and Peter was a frail boy of 17. 

Jordan (Tall and muscular boy) pushed him back and enterd the class. Peter was shaken by the push of this muscular boy. He bumped into a distant chair.

 His lips were bleeding, but no-one noticed as it was quite usual. He picked up his bag and stood up. He quickly left the class, wiping away tears.

The girl sitting by the window at the end of the class looked at him with sad eyes. Now Jordan and his team were teasing another boy. 

The girl looked at Jordan with strange eyes, got up from her seat, picked up her bag and left the classroom. Jordan's bold gaze pursued that brown-haired girl for a long. 

"Are you OK ?" He was wiping his blood in the restroom when that brown haired girl came and sat next to him,and asked in a polite manner. 

She got startled at his presence.

"Aaa.... Eaaa.... yep!" He shook his head, throwing blood-soaked tissue into the dustbin. He was a bit nervous at her presence. 

"Why don't you answer them back?"

Peter looked around, stiffened his neck and replied" I don't want fightings,  I'm a peace lover. " 

she laughed uncontrollably. 

"Oh c'mon Peter! acknowledge that you can't fought with them, you actually wanna kill him but you're afraid of him ." her clever eyes peeked into Peter's eyes. 

For a while he stared into her eyes and then turned away. 

"What are you doing here?" He unzipped the bag and changed the subject. 

"Don't change the topic Peter....! You can share with me." she had frustrated tone .

" I can't!  we aren't friends. I don't know why you suddenly got interested in this Shit! " Peter's tone was a bit offensive. 

She shrunk her eyes at Peter for a moment, pat her legs and then stood with a sweet smile on her face. She patted Peter's shoulder and left.

Peter take a deep breath, Angrily, he threw the bag away And he sat down holding his head. 

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"Chloe,  I want complete report of prisoner number three on my desk by evening and you will go to Birmingham today, it's an order! " She rolled up the file and stood up.

Chloe took the file from her,  nodded and left.

she looked at the time on the clock and called the officer standing away by waving her hand. 

"Yes mam!"

"Come to my office after lunch, I have one important thing to say."

"okay! " he nodded. 

"I'll Wait. " she said hurriedly, picked up her handbag and left.

She was driving fast when someone hit her car. Suddenly her toes went on break. Stopping the car, she quickly got down and ran towards the fallen being.

The man's whole face was covered with blood. "Oops what happened!" She muttered. Immediately she called an ambulance and took the injured man to the hospital. 

"His pulse is very light ..... give a quick injection ..... He is breathing hardly.... He has less time .... he is bleeding profusely.... It is very difficult for him to survive now .....!" Sitting in front of the injured man in the ambulance, she was completely silent. All the doctors' words seemed to come from afar. Gradually, the doctors' voices began to fade. Last night's event began to run like a movie in her mind.

Last night, 11:00 pm 

She was sitting in her study. The problems had been escalating for some days and she had no solution. Her worries were growing. She was a single parent of four children. She had a lot of responsibilities. She did not have as many resources to meet her expenses. She was a police officer. She wanted to give her children a good life but it was difficult due to lack of resources. She wanted a jackpot through which she could get rid of all her worries. 

Suddenly she felt as if someone was out the window , she removed the curtain and saw that there was no one outside .... only darkness. She sat back in her chair and inadvertently looked at the sign of the cross lying on the table in front of her which had not been there before. She looked around the room and wanted to see someone's presence but there was no one except her. 

she raised her hand, picked up the sign of the cross, and examined it carefully, close to her face.

It was like a normal cross. Disappointed, she put the sign of the cross back on the table, picked up empty cup of coffee, and left the study.

After few minutes....Suddenly, that cross sign began to move and fell off from the table but there were no one in the whole room ."

Slowly she was coming back to present . She didn't know what had happened to her all of a sudden, why was she thinking about the nonsense of the night?

They had reached the hospital at that time and the injured had been taken for emergency operation.

She was praying for the injured man to survive, otherwise she would face court martial and she was not in that condition at all.

She walked to the washroom to freshen up. Sprinkle water on the face when she straightened up , In the mirror in front of her, she felt as if someone was standing behind her . Immediately she turned around but there was no one.

She turned back to the glass and saw that the same cross was hanging on the glass, while it was not there before.

There was a black mirror in the glass.

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Chapter 02 Finished!