Chapter 2 - AT NIGHT

So dark is the night. With things crawling around. Noises come and fight. With your mind, without a doubt. Footsteps are heard wherever you are. It does not matter if they are far. -A scary night, b: Ivette Coranado- Hundreds of years later. The little Raine was tucked into her bed after her mother had done with her bedtime story. Her curly ink black hair was scattered all over the white pillow as her cherry lips formed a cute yawn, and her eyes fluttered in an attempt to fight the drowsiness. She still wanted to hear her mother's voice, but her sleepiness got the best of her. Raine Tatum was an adorable eight-year-old girl who would turn nine the day after tomorrow. She was so excited for her birthday party, which had been arranged by her mother and father. "Good night, Raine…" Her mother kissed her forehead before she stood up and turned off the light while walking out of the bedroom. "Good night, mommy," Raine said, cuddling her teddy bear. The next second, the little girl fell into a deep sleep. The night was silent, too silent. The unusual thick darkness felt like heavy mist that surroundings Raine. She had woken up when she felt a cold hand touch her legs. She tried to brush it away and went back to sleep, thinking it was only a dream. However, the grip tightened, and only after that, Raine's eyes flew open. She looked down at her leg, and eyes as red as blood greeted her. In an instant, a chill started to creep up her body. That 'thing' with red eyes was crawling on top of her. The place where a mouth was supposed to be was replaced by a hollow with sharp teeth around it. Its cold hands were moving from her legs toward her neck to strangle her. That thing's hot breath fanned Raine's face, leaving the poor little girl petrified. In her shock, she couldn't even breathe, let alone scream, asking for help. Her body was shaking uncontrollably. The air was sucked from her lungs, leaving her breathless. She didn't know what would happen, but the pain from lack of air made her uncomfortable. Her body convulsed, starting to react Raine tried to kick the 'creepy thing' that strangled her in a futile attempt. When she felt her vision turn blurry and darkness was about to pull her in, the door slammed open along with the high-pitched, gruffy voice of a man. "Stop!" He yelled. The red eyes jerked away and released her. Raine took the opportunity to breathe air greedily as her body collapsed to the floor in pain. "Mommy…" She managed to call her mother weakly. "Mommy…" She called her again between her sobbing, however, her small voice was barely louder than a whisper. Raine raised her head slowly to look at the man who was standing on the doorstep of her bedroom. He was wearing a black sweater and ripped jeans, his long black hair was tied on his nape, and his smile… His smile was so vicious, showing his elongated canines from his gums. Raine gasped loudly before breaking into a fit of crying. "Shut up!!!" He snarled. Raine was afraid, and her cry became louder, calling for her mother. "Mommy… Mommy…" "SHUT UP!!!" He roared. His right hand smashed the top of Raine's drawer, and it shattered into pieces. The little girl sucked in cold breath and crawled backward with her four limbs under her bed, she stay there while cowering in fear. "Shift!" He ordered the red eyes to transform back. With a grunt, that 'thing's body shook strangely as its long and cold fingers shrank into a normal human size. The hollow on his face was replaced by lips that curled into a smirk, and his body turned into a human, shirtless. The only thing that remained was his red eyes. "Why did you stop me?" He asked. That man intentionally sat on the top of the bed, which made it dip down by his weight, and Rain, who was crouching down under, flinched and made a short shriek. "She is the girl that Lucifer had been looking for this past century." "How do you know it is her?" The man on the doorstep was narrowing his eyes dangerously at the red-eyed man, who shrugged his shoulders as he spoke. "She can see me when I shift." For the fact that any other ordinary humans wouldn't have been able to see a shape shifter in their other form, thine wasn't supposed to be able to see him before, but she did. The little girl saw him. The other man's eyes gleamed as he stroked his chin. "We will bring her to Beelzebub alive." When he finished speaking, the eerie chuckling filled the room from the red-eyed man, the bed was shaking with the vibration of his voice, and Raine whimpered. "Didn't you hear me, dead man? I said, I will bring her dead body to Lucifer." His hands started to shift back with threatening claws at the end of his fingers. "Lowly Shape shifter…" He muttered with a mocking tone. "I found her first, and I will get my bounty from Beelzebub." He had fully shifted when he roared, "In that case, I will make you taste a second death!" And he lurched forward, his nimble body onto the other man. Both of them fought with each other. The sound of bones cracking and the roar was deafening. Raine pressed her knees onto her chest, wrapped her small arms around them, a nd buried her face into them. Her body shivered violently, and the anguish screamed from the red eyes man didn't help her to feel better. Finally, after the long growling and cursed came silence. Raine scurried away when the man who was standing on the doorstep before hoisted her bed with one hand like it was weightless. "Come here, you little brat." He said while panting. "Beelzebub has to pay me handsomely for this."He sat on the lifeless body on the floor. The red-eyed man was dead, with his blood pooled under him.