Before she could say something moss spoke up, “Our aim then was to get possession of the Chalice for a few hours and undo the spell. This would render it useless for resurrecting the dead. But then we figured that it was an ancient replica, not the real Chalice,” he said.“The history of The Warlock’s Chalice is rich and intriguing. It has been a subject of attention for centuries for two reasons. First, because of its value as a centuries old relic and second, due to the beliefs attached to it. It was last seen in Africa, around a hundred and seven years ago. It remained in the possession of one of the oldest tribes for a better part of a century but was later lost during a tribal war. The common belief is that was stolen by a witch who buried it in a tomb in a faraway dungeon. No one ever discovered the location of the dungeon but a key was found years later when the witch was killed. The tribe still holds the key. They believe that the key is connected to the Chalice. And taking so
After lunch break, Olivia hurried towards the main office. Too little time and she had too much to do. William and Alan along with another one of their colleagues had left on a mission, assigning most of the tasks to Olivia and Elizabeth. Elizabeth was a newbie who knew far lesser than Olivia. This meant that Olivia had to take care of a lot more stuff than she could handle and she was overwhelmed.“Olivia!” Elizabeth called out from across the hall.“Yes?” Olivia sighed.“Detective Morris is waiting for you in his office,” Elizabeth informed.“Who?... William?” Olivia asked with surprise.“Yes, he’s here to see you,” Elizabeth confirmed.Olivia looked at the open door on her left and walked in.“William? What are you doing here,” Olivia said entering his office. “I thought, you were…”“Alan and June are taking care of that stuff. Anyways, we have a pressing issue to attend to which is why I am here” William replied.“We?” Olivia asked.“That’s right, you too!” he said pointing to a
Next morning, they set out on a tour of the city. The local high street was extremely busy, most tourists seemingly unconcerned with the killings. They stopped by a few places but found no clue.“The police seem to be everywhere,” Olivia said.“The high street and the hiking trails are a bit notorious and a few robberies have taken place over the past few months,” Romos explained.After roaming around for a couple of hours they finally headed towards the museum. It was an old building, mainly displaying paintings, old volumes of books, a few daggers and some ancient pots that looked like cauldrons.“Huh, those must amuse some people who think that witches have hooked noses, wear pointed hats and fly on brooms,” Romos commented as he gestured towards the cauldrons.“Can I help you?” a sharp voice said suddenly, startling Romos.They turned around to see a young woman in her early 20s. She had frizzy hair and was wearing a uniform. She spoke with a heavy accent.“My name is Annie and I
The interior of the church was decorated with a mishmash of patterns and it was hard to guess where the vault might be. As they stood there, planning their next move, they heard footsteps. Maxine took a smart step and disappeared from the view.“Are you looking for this?” a male voice suddenly echoed from behind them.They turned around and found the priest looking at them angrily. He was holding the signet. Soon his face broke into a devilish grin and his body began to change into that of a deadly creature. Olivia quickly jumped out of the way, at the same time casting a binding spell to keep any human from getting closer to the building.The outraged creature charged at Olivia who dodged its attack skilfully. The creature, now fully transformed into a Manananggal, was too strong to be handled by Olivia alone so William and Romos stepped in to help, throwing random objects at the creature to distract it.The Manananggal lunged forward at Romos but Olivia tried to stop it with the hel
“Olivia!!!” Meredith shouted at the top of her voice, shaking Olivia out of her state of insentience.“What? Oh, Did I …” Olivia looked around nervously, snapping back into reality.Yes! Once again! And this time you totally freaked me out. I have been shouting at you for the past couple of minutes but you were not receptive at all,” Meredith said with apprehension.“Well, I guess this is my life these days,” Olivia said with disappointment.The incidences had become regular and more frequent. Lately, she had found herself completely unable to block out Lilith from her mind who now terrorized her, day in and day out. She was now using alternative tactics to gain control of the young witch’s mind.“Olivia you got to find a way out of it,” Meredith said.“Or judging by how the things are going right now, I might have to learn to live with it,” Olivia said with conviction, a sad smile playing on her face.“None of your pessimistic talk again!” Meredith warned. “You can’t just give up and
Keith entered the diner after a good hours wait and shot straight towards William.“This is Olivia and this is Holly. And Olivia and Holly this is Keith,” William made the introductions.Keith was a tall guy with dark hair, sleekly swept away from his face. Olivia thought that he had a funny moustache, that made him look like a comedy character.“So the murders are saturated around the less populated area including the one, where we are right now. The authorities think that there is a psychopath on the loose while I think otherwise. I have been extremely vigilant about supernatural since my best friend was killed in an attack. I would rather not go into the details but the Agency intervened to save my life when the police couldn’t have possibly saved me. It’s been around nine years now and I have stayed in touch with the agency since then. Years ago, I made a pledge and here I am today so you can totally trust me. Give me a shout out if you need anything. I will facilitate you in ever
At night Olivia once again woke up horrified and sweating profusely. The nightmares were getting worse and Lilith was in her head more often than not. She lay flat on her bed and pulled on the covers. She knew she must get some sleep because she had a long day ahead of her.On the other hand, Lilith was happy with the creation of the Gemini curse. She was already bound to Olivia and with the creation of power of the Gemini, she was becoming able to exercise greater influence over Olivia’s mind. Lilith knew that the curse could be activated every seventy years and she was glad that this time the ones who had chosen to activate it were the soulless Sri-cult. It was to her advantage that Olivia remained unaware of the fact of activation of Gemini complex. It gave her an advantage. She knew that once she was able to get Olivia to do the release spell, she would be free to walk free on the earth. *-*-*-*-*-*-* Next day when
“Well, I think this will do,” Meredith said adding the last bits of wood to the fire.“Is this the closest we can get to celebrating Halloween?” Jill giggled.It was the 31st of October. Olivia, Meredith and Jill sat in the school grounds, enjoying their evening tea. Gathering firewood from around the place, they had made a small fire to cheer up Connie who was a newbie.Connie was 13 years old and she was from Finland. She had arrived at the school a few days ago. Her parents had come to know about her pyro-kinesis abilities when she was just 11. Against their better judgement they had decided to keep this a secret until recently, when Connie, pissed at one of her schoolmates had started a fire. When the Agency came to know about the event, Allen was asked to intervene and bring her on-board. Connie being the only child had almost suffered a breakdown. She couldn’t bear the thought of living away from her parents and siblings. On the day in question, Meredith had found her crying alo