Chapter 457: More fortune dolls.
As the dust settled, the three ladies suddenly came to realize what had just transpired and they processed it differently. Phoebe was already analyzing the battle, wondering why the deity had been far weaker than she expected.
Maureen was thinking about the weapons that they had used, and every move Phoebe had made. She thought about the bullets especially and wondered what else they could kill and how they were made. Her eyes flashed to Phoebe and the Saxon spirit, and a heaviness settled in them.
If anybody learned about the fact that she possessed a sword that could kill a deity, they would come looking for it. In her line of work, Maureen had learned that there were things far scarier than an angry deity.
The deity had been right, humans were greedy and everything Phoebe possessed was too outstanding. Her niece had to watch her back and trust people a little less.
Maureen's eyes traveled to Rekha then and she wondered if they could trust the woman to keep some of what she had witnessed a secret.
"Will I have to kill her?" Maureen asked herself. Only dead people could keep secrets after all.
Wriggling with glee, Rekha who was unaware of how close she was to sharing the same fate as the deity was laughing with glee. She was ecstatic because they had just killed a deity. How many guardians could say that?
Not just guardians but professors and other supernatural related people and creatures. How many had ever tangled with a god and come out alive?
Blood rushed to Rekha's heart, elevating her heartbeat. "Holy shit this was awesome. We just killed a deity!!!! Fuck!" She bellowed. "This was fun, now I can add killing a deity to my resume. In no time I will become a legend like senior Maureen." She sat on the floor and went ahead to lay on her back laughing like a maniac.
With the back of her hand, Maureen brushed the sweat from her brows. "I hate to be the one to burst your bubble but that will not be happening. This mission was off the books so you cannot register it as one of your achievements.
You cannot share the important details of what has transpired here because you will put yourself in the crosshairs of some dangerous people. Even if you tell your friends about it but I am more that certain that they will brand you a liar." She settled on a fractured pillar. "Keep in mind that Edward will not be too pleased to hear that you took his precious baby girl deity hunting. Also, I will slit your throat if you mention Phoebe's strength or her weapons to anyone."
Rekha sat up straight, the excitement that was on her face gone. "You are right, I did not think things through senior. I will not tell anyone about this, my lips are sealed." She curled her lips to the side, saddened that nobody would ever hear of this.
"Is any of you wounded?" Phoebe asked.
She passed around tonics made with water from the lake of life and started purifying the air with sage, erasing every trace of the deity's dark energy that had remained.
The Ledger brothers returned to the temple; Cain peeked in first. "Is it over?" His eyes roamed around. "We heard a lot of noise but suddenly there was silence, we thought you were dead." A sigh of relief came through his mouth loudly when he saw that they were alive.
Nodding her head, Maureen gestured for him to come in, his brother followed right behind him. "It's over, we won. The doll will not be bothering you anymore, your wife and son will make a full recovery."
She did not want too many people realizing that it had been a deity, so she settled on calling it a doll. Before they left, she would put talismans on their backs to ensure that if they told anyone about what had transpired, they would call it a doll.
"Y-you really destroyed that thing. I can't believe it." Clifford's eyes widened. He really undermined them at the beginning especially Phoebe. "I am sorry for not having faith earlier and for what I said about you Miss Shaman." He apologized, his fingers scratching the back of his head.
Phoebe gave him a little dismissive wave. "No apologies necessary, I get that a lot. It must be my height; people look at me and think they are looking at a sixteen-year-old."
Rekha snorted and Maureen laughed.
Cain stepped away to answer his buzzing phone, when he returned, he informed them that his wife and son had woken up from the comma. "I have to go but I will send the balance and even add a bonus to it." He promised.
"You better or else you will face tough consequence. I promise you that we will be worse than an evil doll if we don't get our money." Rekha threatened, her gaze shifted to Caine. "Mr. Ledger, I hope that there are no other dolls around here and we will not have to return in a few months because another one is trying to end you." She laughed teasingly.
However, blood drained from Cain's face which caused them all to frown. They could all read from his terrified expression that something was wrong and perhaps Rekha had hit the nail on the head.
"Son of a bitch! You lying asshole, what is it now? Do you know what we had to do to get rid of that thing?" Rekha raised to stand on her feet, Maureen followed suit.
The spirit's eyes narrowed. "Let us give him a chance to explain, I did not feel any other energy coming from this residence other than that of the deity." It made a suggestion.
"Get more bullets just in case." Phoebe spoke; her eyes glued on Clifford the more truthful of the brothers. Cain was a greedy fool; it was not impossible for him to hide another evil doll if her thought it would benefit him.
He stretched his arms to calm them down. "Shamans please stay calm, you asked if there are other dolls and indeed there are more of them. However, I have to say that they have never caused any trouble. Cain brought them home from a shaman who claimed them to be that they were fortune dolls." Clifford explained.
"Lead the way." Maureen immediately instructed.
Clifford began to walk towards the house dragging his mother along. As they walked, Clifford explained why he wanted them to look at the dolls.
"My worry is that they might turn on us like that thing did so I would like it if you took a closer look at them." He hurried his steps.
Without making any stops they went to a basement, inside were multiple golden statues that looked like babies resting in glass cabinets.
They were all harmless, Phoebe figured that out immediately.
"Lucky charm dolls?" Rekha raised her hands to feel their energy, there was none. "If your brother keeps bringing strange things home then prepare for them to actually kill you one day." She warned.
"Where does he even get these?" Phoebe asked, examining them closely.
Clifford shrugged. "From that shaman, Gecko in Hartoum." He replied.
"Gecko!" Maureen exclaimed.
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