Chapter 41: A Releasing Escape


    ir moved fast through the vent. She had one chance and fifteen minutes to do it. She went to her


    little home in the wall and grabbed the gun that was there. It was the only thing that she wanted and


    then she slid down the shaft on the other side. It would deposit her in the basement and not far from a


    door that led to the caves.


    She was sure that Isaiah would hear her ande but he couldn''t touch her so long as the spell held.


    She hoped that was the same for the rest of the yard and not just in the house. She hit the basement


    floor rather hard. She ran to the caves and Gamma came toward her looking confused.


    "Please help me Gamma. I have to leave. Say nothing to the others and don''t speak to Isaiah. I can''t


    stay here. I don''t want to die." Gamma ran alongside her as they entered the cave.


    She ran to the water''s edge. Gamma stopping there making a promise to not speak and she would


    meet her outside. ir swam through the chilled water and to the waterfall. The roar of it was


    deafening. She climbed fast and with little problem, she felt an aide to her. Like something else was


    moving through her limbs and she was thankful for it.


    It felt like the energy of this ce was helping her climb faster and safer.


    It was growing cloudy out and the sun was moving lower in the sky so it should be okay for Gamma to


    meet her outside. Direct sunlight could kill her in hell hound form. So she would have to stay as a


    Sheppard which would curb her ability some. This was the thought going through ir''s head. She


    couldn''t do this on her own, she''d need some help.


    It took her closer to ten minutes to get up the waterfall and crawl out onto the forest floor near the river.


    She turned and ran down the path there. She knew it was the only way that she could go, she could


    feel it. Or she''d be dragged back by magic. There was a kind of presence again guiding her, aiding her


    in the speed she knew it. She ran out into the backyard and Gamma came to her. They ran around the


    front of the house. The yard was huge and she didn''t know how far she could get before the fifteen was


    up. Just a few minutes now she knew.


    She came around the side of the house. She knew that Isaiah watched her from somewhere but she


    wasn''t going to take the time to find him. She could hear the sound of car doors closing as she ran


    around the side of the house and into the driveway. She recognized Michael and the older man next to


    him as they spoke. The two vans were already pulling away, but one mmed on their breaks as the


    driver spotted her. ir ran toward the two men. A few moreing out of the van that had stopped.


    ir was covered in mud and filth from the climb but she didn''t care. She was outside and so close to


    leaving. Gamma moved around the side of the vans going to kill those she found. They got out but


    didn''t see her. ir pointed her gun moving forward slightly.


    "Get out of my way." She demanded. Their car was on and the closest to her and most likely the fastest


    one. Several reached for weapons but she fired, nearly hitting two of them and the others ran for cover.


    There was sudden screaming inside. Looked like fifteen minutes was up.


    However it had nothing to do with her firing and everything with the upants of the house. Over by


    the first van there was shouting and the sound of a short snarl. Gamma moved from man to man


    getting those that tried to run as ir approached the car. They had their hands full with the fast hell


    hound.


    She held out her hand and the weapons that the two behind the car had came to her. She let them fall


    to the ground. She just nced up enough to see that Isaiah was on the roof watching but not


    attempting to do or say anything.


    Gamma had run to the other van not far from her but farther ahead to take care of those there.


    Leonardo and Michael stood facing her as she got to the closed door of the small car. She kept her gun


    pointed at them. They didn''t have a weapon at the ready and their hands were up.


    "We don''t want trouble." Leonardo said, but ir had heard them talking low over here. Leonardo was


    angry with Michael because he''d told them that they had killed her. Shot her in the head. ir knew


    then that they had killed Leanne and Carlos. She wouldn''t hesitate to kill them either. The softer side


    she''d once had was long gone, and these men had fucked her over good.


    "Back away." She said watching them. The sounds of Gamma attacking came to them, the sound of


    breaking ss and other destruction from in the house. They backed up and looked at her.


    "You can''t shoot us to kill us." Michael said.


    "Who said I wanted to kill you? I just want to leave. I''m more than sure that a bullet to the head might


    do the trick though." The car door opened but Leonardo made a motion and it mmed closed. So he


    was talented as well.


    "We can''t let you leave, not without you joining us. I''m afraid we''ll have to kill you otherwise." A man


    came from the first van that Gamma was just moving to. He was a short distance behind ir but she


    was aware of him. Gamma was finishing with thest of the men though on the other side. In a short


    amount of time the other hell hounds would be out here. All of them knew it, and they needed to get off


    the property.


    "Just answer one question. The answer will be whether we kill or let you live." She gave a rude sound,


    she sensed the truth of it. Should she answer right then she could live. However it probably wouldn''t be


    for long. Just long enough for them to do something to her.


    "He can tell if you lie." Leonardo said pointing to the other man behind her.


    "We aren''t getting younger here." ir said opening the car door with her mind again. This time it


    stayed open even when he tried to close it. She had a smug look about her.


    "Better than you thought."


    "You fooled us all." Leonardo said, ncing to where Isaiah was, and she waited. It was Michael who


    spoke next, moving slightly but her gun moved to him and he paused.


    "Do you really want to let him out of this house?" He asked her first.


    "I have less to worry about if he gets out than you do. I don''t mind the thought of him tearing the two of


    you apart." ir answered.


    "If you leave you could release him instead of gaining control over him." ir didn''t understand that


    completely, but then she figured if someone escaped and got control of Isaiah... no wonder he was so


    intense on killing those that even had a remote chance of escape.


    "And?" She said using Isaiah''s tone of voice when she asked questions.


    "If you carry his child you''ll let him out by leaving the property. He''ll kill all of us." There was silence in


    the yard as Michael spoke the words. Really? Well wasn''t that just a kick in the pants? Looked like she


    had less to fear than she realized, and they were screwed.


    "Are you?" He said after a moment when she just stared at them. No one moved. It was like the house


    and grounds even froze waiting for her to speak.


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    "Am I what?" She asked turning slightly as she watched him. She would dive into the car easily this


    way when she answered. She''d answer too, just to show them how fucked they were when she got off


    this property.


    "Pregnant, you stupid bitch." Leonardo snapped. There was anger in his voice and he wanted an


    answer, though he already had it.


    "Yes." ir dove into the car as the man behind her fired the bullet missed and clipped Michael''s arm.


    She mmed the car door and hit the gas as she put it in gear. She nearly hit Leonardo as he dove out


    of the way. She slowed only enough to let the passenger door open and Gamma jumped in. It was like


    some stunt out of a movie and she felt her heart beat faster. Adrenaline surge and joy skyrocket inside


    of her. Fuck yes she did it.


    Her tires spun up dirt and gravel as she peeled down the driveway. Another in pursuit of her. They''d


    have to kill her to reverse what she was going to do. They''d have to drag her back and kill her to trap


    him again. ir knew the moment she was beyond the grounds of the house. She felt this invisible


    snap in her chest and rubbed it slightly but had a smile. When she hit pavement, she gunned it.


    The car was quick and fast. Faster than otherrger car could ever be. Next to her Gamma was having


    a hard time staying on the seat but she didn''tin. She enjoyed this high speed chase around a


    winding mountain road. ir wasn''t stopping for anything, and she was already starting to loserger


    vehicle.


    __Isaiah__


    Isaiah stood above the scene below, watching, waiting. He could barely breathe as Michael asked the


    question all of them wanted to know. The reasoning for it a bit different. He felt such a sudden and


    explosive relief and joy that he nearly jumped down right then and there.


    He had to wait though, just long enough for her to hit the edge of the grounds. As his thoughts turned to


    leaving he felt the welts forming on his skin. That didn''t matter just another minute or so. She was


    tearing down the drive having gotten Gamma. Isaiah felt the moment that the spell crumbled, everyone


    in the house was dead. None to escape and gain control now that they coulde and go at will. He


    came down off the roofnding in a slight crouch and straightening. Damn it felt good to be outside, no


    pain or invisible lines tearing at him.


    Onerge vehicle had taken off after ir. However his two main targets were still in the yard moving


    away from him and around the side of the house. He followed after them. They wouldn''t get anywhere.


    They were trapped now and the three hell hounds were already outside. The family didn''t get control if


    they got off the property. They weren''t part of the contract, so he wasn''t worried about the one following


    ir.


    Isaiah caught Michael first. His talons sinking into his shoulder, slicing bone and flesh. He tossed him


    forward a momentter to where the hell hounds were pacing stopping Leonardo''s progress. Isaiah


    slowly felt the rush of all that he wasing back to him. The power that he''d lost returning. He''d kill


    these men andugh while doing it.


    Isaiah came up behind Leonardo, and first grabbed him as he tried to get away snapping his arm in


    three ces with ease. He cried out and Isaiah kicked the side of his knee. The bones snapped and


    the knee dislocated, white bone sticking through the skin and he fell. So damn satisfying.


    "Devour him, slowly. Make sure he stays alive for most of it." Isaiah said to the three hell hounds and


    they moved to Michael whom he''d indicated. Isaiah bit into Leonardo''s neck. He took as much as he


    could without killing him.


    He let go, and now he was going to take his time to kill this man. Isaiah knew every single way to kill


    someone. Which ones hurt the most, which ones tore you down making you beg for death. It was his


    job after all, he was the personification of death and he knew what each person''s fear was. At least


    their greatest fear of how they would die. He could hear it all now.


    "You take time to kill us, and she gets away." Michael''s screams were horrible to hear if there had been


    someone with a conscience in the area to hear them. They just made Isaiah smile and the hell hounds


    more worked up. If he had to work to get a hold of her, he knew that no human was going to manage it


    easily. ir wasn''t one to take lightly.


    "I''ll find her, I''m not worried about it. I''d thank Michael for bringing her to me but he''s beyond listening at


    the moment." Isaiah took hold of Leonardo''s throat and held him up. Isaiah was starting to look less


    human now. Leonardo had fear in his eyes for the first time. How good that finally felt. He knew just


    how fucked he was.


    There was nothing that he could say or do to save his life this time and they both knew it. He''d created


    his own hell the moment he''d trapped Isaiah here. Isaiah would first cause so much pain in his body


    he''d wish he was dead. Then shred his mind to where he was a hollow broken shell. Not one piece of


    him was going to be recognizable when Isaiah was done with him. The dark smile he gave Leonardo


    was full of nasty teeth. His ck bottomless eyes held no mercy or caring.


    "How I''m going to enjoy this." He hissed out with glee.