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The crowd gasped in indignation as my love and my friend moved in to protect me.
My eye roll was enormous. “Give me a break,” I shouted. “Would you trust you if you were me?”
No one could refute it.
Closing my eyes, I made sure the warehouse door was wide open. I didn’t want to relive what I’d already witnessed, but fair was fair. I’d promised them that. Pulling up the memory was hard, but nothing worthwhile was easy.
The vicious Goddess waved her hand. In a flash of lightning and a crash of thunder, at least fifty flaming assholes appeared. The smile on her lips was psychotic. “Kill Cecily Bloom!”
Lilith, Dagon, Abaddon and I fought the army of evil with all we had… and we had a lot. My mother was a freaking killing machine. She was balletic, precise and terrifying. For the most part, the flaming assholes avoided her. They knew who she was and that ending her was forbidden. Dagon was no slouch, but Abaddon fought like a crazed animal.
Blow by blow. Electrocution by electrocution. It was a bloody mess. I’d lost part of my left hand but was still able to grip my sword.
Pandora stood back and watched. Her cowardice was astounding. I might die, but she was going down.
The enemy went from fifty down to twelve quickly. However, the last dozen were determined.
“Cecily, leave,” Lilith yelled over the ruckus. “Now.”
I wanted to obey her. I really did, but I couldn’t. This was my battle. I needed to fight it. “Not until she’s back in her box,” I shouted.
Everything that came next happened fast, but I would replay it in slow motion for the rest of my days. Pandora began to lob explosive fireballs. I screamed in agony when one hit my leg. I refused to look down to see if my leg was still there. The searing pain made me come close to throwing up. Moving away from the sizzling fire, I realized that even though I had third-degree burns or worse, I could still stand. I kept my eyes on Pandora’s hands while trying to defend myself from her Demons.
Abaddon was at my side immediately. In the millisecond it took for me to acknowledge him, I saw a flaming asshole come up behind him wielding a fiery sword.
“Duck,” I shouted at the love of my life.
Abaddon escaped being beheaded, but Pandora saw her opening. The ball of fire she hurled at me was massive, deadly and had my name all over it. I tried to dodge it, but my leg hindered my escape. The aggressive push from my right side sent me flying into Abaddon. The explosion was brutal. The building creaked on its foundation.
“What have you done?” Dagon roared in a voice so furious, I felt lightheaded.
“It’s not my fault,” Pandora shrieked, having a panic attack.
The Goddess pulled on her hair and ran her sharp nails down her arms, leaving behind trails of oozing blood. I didn’t understand what was happening… until I did.
Lilith lay collapsed on the floor where I had been only moments ago. Her beautiful body was broken and battered. The light was gone. Her life was gone. She bled profusely from her mouth and her chest wasn’t moving.
The realization was hard to comprehend. It didn’t make any sense, but the proof was in front of me. She died for me. My mother had brought me into this world, and now she’d sacrificed herself to keep me in it. This was all wrong.
I’d never seen red in my life. I’d heard about it but had never experienced it until now. My body heated up like a roaring furnace. My tongue felt like steaming hot sandpaper, and my vision blurred with hatred. With a scream of rage so raw I was sure my throat was bleeding, I slashed my hands through the air. The last twelve flaming assholes combusted into flames while screaming in agony. The six who had been stunned by the lipsticks exploded as well. Good riddance to horrible rubbish. I smiled. It didn’t reach my eyes.
“Eighteen down,” I hissed at Pandora. “One to go. Get ready to die, shitty whore.”
I ran at her with inhuman speed in a fit of all-consuming anger. My purple fire swords were aimed at her neck. She owed me her life, and I would exact the payment.
I’d never told my mother I loved her. I’d never hugged her. Now I’d never get the chance.
As I swung my swords with all my might, Pandora disappeared in a blast of black glitter. I fell to the ground from the intensity of my blows that hadn’t even touched her. I stared in shock at the ground where she’d stood only moments earlier.
“No, no, no,” I cried out.
Tears rolled down my cheeks as I opened my eyes. Abaddon put his hand on my shoulder to comfort me. I smiled and gave his hand a squeeze. “I’ve got this,” I whispered.
“I know you do,” he said with love and pride in his eyes. “A little unconventional, but classic Cecily.”
“That’s Bitch Goddess Cecily to you,” I said with a grin.
I walked to the middle of the bridge. Alone. My eyes roved over the Demons who had just witnessed the death of their beloved Goddess. It wasn’t an easy watch. The tears flowed freely, and their eyes were glued to me.
