Andras lay in his room, he had been trying to get to sleep for what felt like many hours. He had returned to the residence they had been given when arriving, along with the three demons in the girl’s bodies who had found their respective rooms with his help. For hours Andras was unable to get to sleep because of the sounds the demons had made while exploring their new bodies. The sound itself had been annoying but what was really getting on his nerves was the feeling of the pit in his stomach widening as he listened to the demons violate the girls bodies.
Not that Andras could really judge them though, when he first took Lena’s body on the island he had done the same thing every chance he got. Though for some reason he was unable to look upon those memories fondly as he had done so when he was just starting his mission. The rest of the night he had been unable to shake thoughts about the girls’ fates out of his head, preventing him from going to sleep even after the noises had subsided. Opening his eyes he noticed the light level in his room had crept up slowly, the demon turned over and gazed out the window at the horizon. He saw the first few inklings of sunlight had made themselves known.
The demon’s train of thoughts was interrupted by a knock at the door, “Enter.” He said simply, not even bothering to roll back over to see who it was. The door opened promptly followed by some light footsteps, “The Queen requests your presence after sunrise.” He heard Bianca’s voice say.
This grabbed Andras’ attention, sitting up and looking at the possessed girl he noticed the demon was standing there completely and unashamedly naked in his friend’s body. Andras ignored the other demon’s state of dress and looked ‘Bianca’ in the eyes, “Very well I shall be there.” With that the demon strode out, closing the door behind her without another word.
Andras felt… angry at seeing Bianca in such a state but why would he be feeling that? Unless…
It’s guilt.
The demon realized he was feeling GUILTY because of what he had done to his friends. The demon had actually grown to… care for the girls, the time they had spent together at the spa, drinking and even playing dungeons and dragons had grown on Andras without him realizing… until now. He knew what he would have to do to make this right, he didn’t know if it would work but he would definitely try.
Andras raised himself from the bed and hurriedly changed out of yesterday’s bikini and into something more suitable. The demon’s mind raced with ideas as he departed the villa a short while later.
Andras strode into the cave with an air of confidence, he might have looked calm but on the inside he was terrified at what might happen if what he had planned was discovered and the person he was most worried about was the person he was now face to face with as he came out of the tunnel into the queens main throne room. The room was mostly empty save for a mound in the middle with the Demon Queen’s throne sat atop it so she could look down on her children. On the throne sat the aforementioned demon queen, in Kiera’s body with the girl’s soul sat, in a jar, on the right arm of the large chair. Andras could just see Kiera’s protoplasm react to his presence from this distance but he was too far to make out exactly how.
The demon queen had dressed herself in very strange clothing, it almost looked like a one piece bikini but it was definitely not swimwear. It was coloured a very bright red with gold threads accenting it, she also had similar pieces around her ankles, wrists, upper arms and around her neck but she wore nothing on her feet. Andras got the idea it was some sort of ceremonial clothing.
This was definitely the first time Andras had seen Kiera in anything like this but he kept his thoughts to himself as he stopped just before the mound and kneeled, “My Queen, you summoned me.” He said, bowing his head.
“Yes Andras, you may rise.” She said, he did as instructed and she continued, “You have served me well, thanks to you we now have all we need to complete the ritual and to show my gratitude I ask you to tell me what you desire and if it is within my power I shall grant it.” Andras paused, unsure of how to answer.
Seemingly impatient, the queen spoke again, “What is it you might want, hmm? A new host? A higher position in our ranks?” She suggested.
Andras took a few more moments to think about how he could use this to his advantage before speaking, “My queen, I wish to remain in this body but I would like to be of more service to you during the ritual.”
“Ahhh the ritual… very well, you shall have the honor of presenting me with the Daemon Ritus tomorrow.” She said
“Thank you, my queen.” Andras said excitedly.
“Mm, I will send someone to get you when the time is upon us. For now I must oversee the preparations.”
“Of course my Queen.” He said before turning around and swiftly exiting the throne room.
Now for the hard part, at this moment the demons without host bodies will be sleeping in the cave while the sun is up, meaning if he wanted to access the soul well, now would be his chance. Nonetheless the demon moved through the cave silently as he made his way to the chamber, like he thought it was totally empty.
Andras approached the soul well and peered into it, it was filled with protoplasms endlessly circling its interior. Andras was tempted to spill the soul well right then and there but if he wanted to win he would need to ensure the demon queen’s destruction and with Kiera’s protoplasm elsewhere he would have to come up with something else.
Before he could release Bianca, Amber or Sarah there was one he needed first, someone he never personally knew but would need to convince of his intentions nonetheless. There were many souls in the well but one in particular stuck out to him, this was the one he was looking for.
He reached inside the well, his arm submerging in the viscous liquid of the well before he managed to grab ahold of the head and pull it out. “Hey let me g-” The protoplasm went to say before she realized she was staring at her own body. This was Lena, he might have captured her on the island but he had only ever gotten to know her body.
“Oh god what are you doing inside my body? What are you going to d-” She tried again but this time he covered her protoplasm’s mouth with his hand. “Lena LISTEN, this might not make a lot of sense but I need you to hear what I have to say and keep your voice down. I do NOT want to attract anyone else’s attention. Do you understand?” She nodded, “Ok I’m going to remove my… well your hand but you know what I mean, don’t scream.” He said, releasing her mouth.
“What are you? Are you one of those things too?” She asked in a hushed tone.
“Well… yes. I’m actually the demon who originally captured you but… I’m on your side.” He said
“On my side!? You call stealing my body being ‘on my side’?” She asked incredulously.
“Look I know it’s a lot to take in but I need you to hear me out. Two weeks ago I traveled to your university to impersonate you with the ultimate goal of befriending a girl and luring her here to be possessed.” He explained
“Why go through all that effort for one girl?”
“It’s a long story but basically our ruler, the demon queen, needs her body to break a curse that weakens her and prevents her from leaving the island. Anyway I accomplished my mission but in the time I spent as you, I… got to know your friends and I dragged them into this mess too.”
“You did WHAT?” She yelled.
“Keep your voice down, please! I know I messed up but I want to fix this, I need your help though.”
“What? Why would you want to help us? To go against your own race?” She interrogated the demon.
“Because… I had a great time with those girls… I know they were only being nice because they thought I was you but regardless I care about them and It’s time I rectify my mistake, even if it means rebelling against my race.” He said
Lena paused at this, examining the demon who was wearing her face, “You aren’t lying, you really do want to help don’t you?” She asked to which he just nodded weakly.
“Well it doesn’t look like I have much choice, what do you need me to do?” She finally said.
“I need you to convince your friends that I am on their side and get them to work with me. They will trust the real you.” He said, “I am going to fish them out of the well, once I do, it’s up to you.”
The girl nodded and Andras once again plunged his hand into the vat, this took a while as he had to find all three protoplasms in the virtual sea of others but before too long he withdrew his hand with Bianca, Amber and Sarah all in tow.
“Lena!? Is that really yo-” Bianca went to say before Sarah interrupted.
“Bianca, her spirit is in the other hand, that thing must still be controlling her.” She said, looking angry at the demon.
“Whatever you’re going to do to us, you can go to hell!” Amber chimed in with, making Andras wince before Lena finally spoke up.
“Guys I know he’s the one that got us into this mess but he might just be our only ticket out of here.”
“What do you mean?” Sarah asked her.
“He’s… on our side.” Lena said
“On our side?” Bianca asked
“He brought us to the island but now he’s on our side?” Amber said in disbelief. They had all looked at Lena but she nodded her head towards the demon so they all turned to look at him. Andras sighed before explaining himself.
“I’m sorry I did this to you guys, I really am. I really enjoyed the time I spent as Lena with you all and I didn’t realize how much I grew to care for you guys until it was already too late.”
The girls were stunned at this, unsure of what to say until Lena interrupted, “Look whatever you’re thinking, we don’t really have a choice but to trust him.”
Sarah was the one who spoke up first, “Fine… only because we don’t have a choice though. What do we need to do?”
“First I am going to release the three of you so you can repossess your bodies and kick out the demons.” Andras started.
“Won’t they just capture us again?” Bianca asked
“That’s the thing, the one weakness we demons have is the sun. If we are exposed to it at all we will be destroyed, that is the main reason we steal the bodies of humans. The sun has only just come up so once I release you, the demons inside your bodies will be destroyed.” He explained.
“Then what? What about Kiera?” Amber asked the demon.
“The demon queen has taken her body for herself, she was the one I was sent to lure to the island. The demon queen was cursed to remain on the island long ago but with Kiera’s body and the power of all the souls she has captured she has everything she needs to free herself and conquer the world.” Andras told the protoplasms.
“So how do we stop her?” Asked Sarah.
“Well like all demons she will perish in sunlight but we need to steal Kiera’s protoplasm for that to work. I’m working on a plan for that but for now we need to get you all your bodies back.” Andras said, “Once I release you, you will all be pulled to your respective bodies, once you get them back, everyone meet back up at the villa and we can work out a plan of action.”
The girls all looked at each other, seemingly having a wordless conversation before all nodding in agreement. “We’re ready.” Bianca said.
With that Andras nodded at the girls and released them from his grip, watching as they all zoomed off out of sight before turning to Lena, “What about me?” She asked him.
“This is going to be the weird part… I’m going to swallow you but when I do I need you to resist the urge to fight me. If you manage to do that, we can share your body until we get to the villa.”
The girl hesitated for a moment before finally speaking up, “Ok. I trust you.”
With that Andras put Lena’s protoplasm up to his lips and gently released her, her protoplasm slid down his throat, making him cough, before settling in his chest. Andras felt as another presence inside of his body made itself known, a mix of green and white light appeared on his chest signaling exactly that. He felt her protoplasm lash out at him, sending him sprawling to the ground on his back as if he had been hit. His spirit was hit two more times, making him thrash on the ground at each blow. He tensed up expecting a third one but he felt Lena’s protoplasm relax and settle in his chest before hearing her voice inside his head, I’m sorry, I couldn’t control myself… are you ok? She asked.
“Yeah I’m fine, I think I deserve that after stealing your body anyway.” He said, “Let’s get out of here before anyone comes by and wonders what I’m doing.”
Good Idea She replied.
