UNDER THE MASK - EPISODE 28

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“He didn’t possibly go, he can’t leave me after all the bonds we shared!, He can’t!, Depp you can’t leave me!, You can’t leave me you can’t!” Mercury cried bitterly , sitting on the bare ground

She looked up at the sky as if to see Depp falling back from there. “Please give him back to me, Depp!!!” She screamed again

The moonlit night is busy shinning light on her grievance and she wallowed in pains and hurtfulness

“Mercury” Kaitlyn’s voice sounded behind her

She actually just finished having her third moonlight kiss on the mark and the lips with Min somewhere in the woods when she heard her cries and came with Min

Mercury never bothered to look back, she just kept crying bitterly

“Why are you crying?” Kaitlyn asked, bending in front of her

“Did something happen?” Min asked with concern

“Depp is gone, they took him away, they took him away from me” she cried

” Huh?, Who took him away?” Min asked

” The demons?” Kaitlyn asked but Mercury kept quiet and that confirmed it

They did a lot before they can successfully take Mercury back to the academy where the students have assembled already

“Why?” Min asked

“The dean asked to talk with us” Venus replied and just by seeing Mercury’s red face, she knows something is wrong somewhere

“What’s wrong?” She asked

“Everything” Mercury replied and Venus gasped

There was complete silence when Asher and Lett entered the place

They never bothered to sit and that only means a serious matter is at hand

“In the book of rules given to everyone when they came here, what’s the first rule?” Asher asked

“Associating with demons means short lifespan, there must be no secret interactions with demons and no deals with demons” they all chorused

” Everyone still remembers, but it’s sad one of you decided to have a short lifespan, Depp Ceaser” Lett said and Damon’s eyes almost popped out

” Impossible” Eden muttered while everyone else looked on in shock

” He obviously made a deal with them and became one of them, but the outcome of any deal with demons is always disastrous, Depp was once the second best student here but he ruined it all, he lost all his supernatural powers and they should have drained him of all his years of cultivation by now” Asher said

” What!” Damon almost screamed

” Yes, they took him, he’s currently with them though it’s his fate to die in the hands of demons, we were hoping it’ll change but maybe it’s not possible” Lett said

*My brother can’t just die like that, he can’t!” Eden ranted as Mercury fell on the ground and cried bitterly

” If you try to meddle with his fate, your fate might get changed from kind to cruel” Ursula said from the other side

Everyone turned to her …

“It’s sad and painful, but it has to be like that, it was decided by the heavens” she said

Damon rushed out of the ground immediately while the students tried to console Mercury but it seems Impossible

She’s trying to cry her eyes out if it could just change Depp’s fate

Eden fell on his knees and cried out and the other students won’t stop crying too

Kaitlyn rushed to Ursula and stood in front of her

“Sorceress you can change his fate right?, You can do it” she said breathlessly, looking at Mercury who’s still busy crying

“Fate of both humans and Supernatural beings has been designed by the heavens, it’s Impossible to change fate unless if the heavens decides to do that themselves though some try that but it has never been successful” Ursula reply

” Meaning?” Kaitlyn asked

“My closest friend who was also a sorceress once tried it, though it succeeded but the fate of the guy’s lover got exchanged with his so his lover died in his place, and after the guy lived in pains for three years as a result of his lover’s death, he died too and days after he died, my friend who’s the sorceress died too, it’s Impossible” Ursula said

Kaitlyn tried not to cry but seeing Mercury who’s still crying made her tears rush out and she cried in front of Ursula

Flowers sprouted when her tears hit the ground and Ursula looked on in shock

“Flower tears?” She said

“I’m sad” Kaitlyn said and grudgingly left Ursula who’s still looking at her surprisingly

Ursula bent down and uprooted the flowers, it’s chrysanthemum, the flower whose scent is on Kaitlyn’s body

Ursula inhaled the scent and closed her eyes, but she opened it quickly when she saw Maureen’s crying face

“I’m so sorry my baby, where can you be” she said slowly

****

Demons coven**

Depp is kneeling weakly in the midst of over fifty demons and he never bothered to look up, all he’s expecting is death just to stop the pains journeying through his body and all he’s thinking about is Mercury

“We got you at last, do you think you can go scot free after taking powers from us and failing to do what we asked?” Cruella said with a smug smile on her face

” Kill me already” Depp replied wearing, spiting out blood again

“How pitiful, your life is ending soon anyways so keep your remaining energy, the powers I gave you has been drained by the mark on your back and once I get rid of the mark, you’ll have only an hour to live in pains” Serpentine said evilly, taking a rod from a fur coat

The demons shouted at their victory and Depp let out more tears then when Serpentine’s rod was placed on his back, he felt as if life is being drained out of him in the most agonizing way ever

His loud screams filled up the whole coven.

*****

Eden is sitting on the steps at the back of the pavilion, crying slowly at the loss

So Depp won’t be there again, Depp is gone and gone forever

No one will call him an idiot again, no one to boast about being powerful again, no one to call the third triplet brother again

“I wish you never did that, I just wish you never did” he thought

Venus watched from the upper step and decided to leave him and allow him to cry it all out before going to meet him

*****

Moon did everything possible to make Damon stop crying but it’s not working, he kept crying like a kid and it’s hurtful to see him that way ..

“I arrived today and they lost a student today, I feel like a bad omen” she thought, placing her palm on his back, patting him gently

“It’s fine, stop crying please, it’ll be ok” she said slowly

” He can’t be gone already, Moon he can’t be gone, though we don’t talk much even as triplet brothers but I still love him a lot, he’s still the best Moon, now he’s gone, not even an honourable death but with the demons, Moon it hurts, I can’t even think straight, he means a lot” Damon cried

Moon hugged him in his sitting position and continued patting his back. “Calm down please, calm down” she said

Athena is coming to console him before but on getting to the door, she saw Moon is already doing that so she relented and watched them for a while and when Moon hugged him, she left.

****

Kaitlyn is with Mercury in Depp’s room and Mercury just sat quietly on Depp’s bed without saying anything though even with that, she’s dying inside and Kaitlyn knows for sure

“I love him, I don’t know how it happened but I love him” Mercury whispered slowly

” And he loves me just as much as I do, we were the greatest enemies before but I suddenly started falling for him after he kissed me severally, it’s funny right?, But I still love it like that, he was once bitter and I was once like that too, but when we started loving each other, our bitterness left us, loving him is the best thing I’ve ever experienced Kaitlyn, I can’t bear losing him, I won’t be ok” Mercury said

” I understand, but you know it’s fate right? Kaitlyn said

” I don’t want to hear about that filthy thing called fate again, and I think I want to be alone” Mercury said

” Oh…ok, just be fine please, I’ll wait by your door till you’ll calm down” Kaitlyn replied and left her

Mercury climbed down from her bed and summoned her sword, it landed on her hand and she vanished immediately.

****

A grocery store in the city**

Ursula dressed normally, meaning she’s out of her robe now, she’s wearing trousers and shirt with heels and she’s carrying a bag, she rolled up her long hair and she’s wearing sunglasses

It’s strange that the time at the academy and the city are not corresponding anymore, it’s early in the morning here in the city while it’s dark in the academy

She tried to act as a normal human as she walked elegantly to the store

The customers buying things and the attendants stopped just to stare at her beauty

* She’s so pretty *

* Is she a goddess?*

* Gosh!, Maybe a celebrity*

They won’t stop commenting beautifully but she’s not here for that

Five attendants rushed to her at once

“I’ll be the one to attend to you” they all said at once

“I’m here to see the owner of this place” she replied simply

*I’m here” a voice said behind

She looked back and saw the man who’s also swept off his feet immediately he saw her

He kept staring till she got to him

“Good morning” she greeted..

“Oh…good.. good morning” she stammered, still staring endlessly

” I’m here to ask something” she said

“Ask anything” the man replied impatiently

“Were you the one running this place nineteen years ago?” She asked

” Nineteen years ago?, No, I bought this place five years ago from the owner, she travelled to Canada but she still has a daughter here in Seoul, I heard she abandoned the daughter in a temple though I’m not sure about the name of the temple and I don’t know the name of the daughter but the name of the madam is Lorie Kal” the man replied

” Hard, what to do?” Ursula thought loudly

” Hope all is well?

“Yes, sure, thanks for your time” she replied and left the store

Getting to the front of it, Ursula inhaled hard and sighed

She decided to start searching every temple for any girl whose surname is Kal but she suddenly heard Something sounding in her ears

She closed her eyes and saw the scene .. “Mercury” she said and opened her eyes swiftly then with same swift mode, she transformed to a bird and flew off.

*****

Mercury landed in the coven of the demons with her sword in hand and a fierce look on her face

The demons looked at her in surprise as she advanced towards them

“Little lover, here to save your prince charming?” Cruella grinned

“Where’s Depp?” She demanded

“You’re bold” Serpentine said

“How dare you come here without getting invited” Al Ana said, standing

” She’s surely asking for death” Botis replied

“Your lover has just fourthy minutes to live right now and the pains he’s passing through is unbearable” serpentine said

” What! ” Mercury said

Two demons brought Depp out and Mercury can’t stop her tears again when she saw him in that pitiful position

He’s spitting blood every second and his eyes are bloodshot, his face is out of the world and he’s almost lifeless

“Depp!!!” She screamed and made to rush to him but Cruella grabbed a sword and in one quick move, she slashed Depp with it on his back

The remaining blood in his system flowed out through his nose, mouth and ear, then the droplets flooded his slashed back

Mercury stood still in her spot, staring at Depp who’s going through agony in his kneeling position

“He should have lived fourthy more minutes, but you intervened, that’s why I made it fast” Cruella said

” No!!! ” Mercury screamed and took the remaining steps to Depp

She sat and placed his head on her laps, his blood stained her hands in the process and her tears fell on his face, mixing with his own tears

“De…. Depp,… Why?” She stuttered tearfully, holding his face gently

“Mercury” Depp smiled painfully

“Please don’t die” Mercury cried

“I’m so sorry… For choosing this cruel fate” Depp said, raising his hand to her face too

“No you can’t leave, no please, I love you so you have to stay, please Depp, I love you so much dear, I love you very much, stay with me please, please stay” Mercury said tearfully

” I’m sorry for showing you incomplete love, in my next life, our romance will continue I promise, in the next life, I’ll surely be with you again” he said, slowly closing his eyes

” No you can’t do this… Depp… don’t close your eyes” Mercury cried

” I love you, you’re my only one Mercury Levine, promise me you won’t cry, goodbye prettiest” he said and his eyes closed immediately, his hand fell from her cheek, he stopped breathing immediately and went limp

“Depp, Depp, Depp stop joking, Depp please wake up!!,. Depp!!! ” Mercury screamed and the demons bursted into an hysterical laughter in mockery

Mercury stared at his handsome face and had a remembrance of everything, starting from their silly fights, the kisses, the hugs and his handsome smiles, his sweet words and everything they shared, it broke her to shatters and her tears fell in large quantities

She looked up and her eyes turned white, the eyeballs disappeared

“I’ll kill….every single one of you rotten things!, I’ll kill you all!!!” She screamed and made to stand but Ursula appeared and hit her neck, making her fall asleep

Depp’s body turned to ashes immediately

“Oh, the kiddo sorceress” Cruella mocked

Just an angry look from Ursula made Cruella bleed from the mouth and Cruella held her neck, she’s chocking, Ursula is literally chocking her with her angry stare

“You rotten things only get used for bad things, that’s why the heavens used you to make his cruel fate come to pass, don’t feel too important, and I’ll make sure you all are wiped before I die” Ursula said and carried unconscious Mercury before flying out of the place.