The Kingdom of Grace

Ten past seven…

Elizabeth awake from the ten minutes lay next to her husband, who was still sleeping after witnessing his reactions to several nightmares in the last 30 minutes. She sensed a group of the dark soldier, along with unknown dark magic coming from the evil lord, are visiting their jail cell. She quickly shakes William, his eyes wide open after giving seven minutes of peaceful sleep, butchers his wife, and listens to her instructions. The dark soldiers lower their cage to the ground, unlock their jail cell door, the evil lord order them to give him space, and his soldiers were five feet away from the cage; as he walks inside the cage, he was hoping to persuade one of them to become his assistant and to turn against their Lord God.

“I see you two have a wonderful time at your new flat, I see you met the dead skeleton bones who used to be my child until he decided to follow that mighty Lord God because he believed my way of the world is a sin. Then, I found his location and give him one last chance to join me again as my son, but he denied all of my offers, and I have a couple of hellhounds to eat his flesh alive and drinking his blood until he was no longer breathing in his lungs.“, the evil lord said before he laughs hysterical.

“What did you want from us, snake? I suggest you stop faff and tell us what do you want from us.“, William said.

“I have an offer for each of you, but only if you turn away from your Lord God, and bow down to me. What do you say, children?“, the evil lord said before he got down on his knees to butcher the two sorcerers.

“We’ll say that your ways will be undoing because our Lord will save us from your tortures. You’re no match to our Lord because he’s an everlasting spirit and as long we believe in his mystic ways, he’ll always win this war between light and dark.“, William said.

“I see… Perhaps he could give you all-powerful spells in touch of your hands, making you the richest man in the world, discipline your children with fear and iron fist, and become the next king of England. All you have to do, William, is give your soul to me, serve me until the end of time, and your desires will be granted.“, the evil lord said.

“You don’t know how much I love my children each day and how much they care about me and their mother. When you become a lovely parent, the chances are they won’t listen to no evil because they have protective parents who rather die for them than their souls being taken away by your hands.“, William said as he slightly smiled.

“Oh well, your brain must not register under the influence of my ways yet… Well, well, we have the grieving wife, Elizabeth, always taking care of the children while her husband was out being pissed over the last 11 hours, and felt alone when his mind was on something else. I have an offer to make you become my queen, we’ll rule the world together, give you attention 24/7, give you pleasure, and we can have multiple children together. What do you say, my dear?“, the evil lord said before he rubs her upper leg with his rough hand.

“For the leader of the dark forces, you must have a bad-tasting on dating women, do you?“, Elizabeth said as she was hesitant and butcher at his rough hand rubbing her upper leg.

“Unfortunately, I do have a bad-taste for dating women and men, these creatures aren’t usually my kind of type, but butchering at you, my dear, I bet your husband never comparison your beauty like you’re beautiful, gorgeous, sexuality tights buns, and your eyes match with the beauty of your chest. Leave him depressed, leave him for your desires to come true… Come on, my dear, let’s rule the world together as king and queen.“, the evil lord said before he reaches his hand to wait for Elizabeth to take his offer.

Elizabeth thought his comments about William, he does have a mental health issue since birth, sometimes he never listens to her advice about his drinking problems, and now leaving her husband for the offer that could affect their marriage relationship and the fate of the world. She laughs softly to herself as William and the evil lord was a butcher at her expression, and they were both confused about what was going on inside her mind.

“Dear, are you feeling alright?“, William asked as he touched her head.

“I’m good, darling, just thinking about that ridiculous offer that’s never going to happen. I’m not going to leave you, William, not for his evil ways, and if we die together, then you better hold my hands, mister, because I’m not going to feel alone anymore.“, Elizabeth said as tears fell down her eyes.

“I understand, Elizabeth, and I promise you that you won’t feel alone any more.“, William said as he wipes off his wife’s tears and grabs her hand tightly.

“Yawn, this is getting boring in here, two sorcerers are comforting each other to their last days on Earth. Until next time, I’ll be elsewhere than being with believers of my enemy.“, the evil lord said before he exited the jail cell.

The evil lord ordered his dark soldiers to lift the cage back up, escort him to the dark witch to check the status of his to-do list, and never turn his head back to the cage of believers. Elizabeth and William kept each other warm as the cold breeze came through the hotel and they were looking at the sky, which was covered in pit black with no light shining through the land. The evil lord enters the hellhound territory, and witnesses the mother hellhound and the dark witch were busy making out with a muscular werewolf, and her daughters were making out with each other. He recognized one of the hellhounds as the young girl who is supposed to be eaten by the hellhounds, and now she was part of the hellhounds, making out with her sisters, her sister was all over her body to get a taste of her emotions. The mother hellhound saw the evil lord was staring at their entertainment, tapping on the dark witch’s shoulder, the witch saw the evil butchering impatience and got up from the bed to greet him.

“My lord, what brings you here?“, the dark witch said.

“I thought that girl was supposed to be sentenced to death by being eaten alive, witch!“, the evil lord’s anger whispers in her ear.

“What is the problem with my daughter? Yes, she was supposed to be killed, however, I found some used in her, unless you’re jealous because you don’t have a woman by your side.“, mother hellhound said before she got up from the bed.

“Apparently, I can’t even trust the highest demonic level in this whole hail fire, and the dark witch is supposed to track that betrayed spirit for me. What kind of demons disobey their lord after providing you with a place to stay for eternity?“, the evil lord said before his hand covered his eyes.

“You see this, sister? He doesn’t have a woman because everyone’s an allergy to the poison taste.“, hellhound #1 said before Sarah and her sisters laughed at the joke.

“Yes, and he thinks we’re supposed to obey his orders, however, we’re the ones who run this garbage world, and the creatures are afraid of us.“, hellhound #4 said before Sarah and her sisters laughed at the joke.

The mother hellhound silences her daughters before her patience becomes thin, she approaches next to the dark witch, and stares at his soul through his eyes.

The evil lord felt his soul a little frightened from the mother hellhound’s abilities to stare down her victims, and he took several steps back to avoid being hypnotized and lose control of his powers.

“For a leader of these dark forces, you must have been lazy for the last hundreds of years since we invaded the Kingdom of Grace, and now you possessed one wise king for your new butchers. To be honest, I rather follow a wise leader who knows what to do than a weak and sorrowful leader who wants his loyal followers to do his dirty deeds. Speaking of that betrayal spirit, we were able to track down his magic to his location, but the problem is we don’t know where he was going.“, mother hellhound said.

“I suggest you both quickly find this spirit, bring him to my chamber room downstairs, and best to work quickly because I’m about to kill another creature to please myself!! Do you both understand?!“, the evil lord said angering as he butchers into their eyes.

“We understand your orders, my lord.“, the dark witch said politely.

“Good, I’ll be in my room and you better not disturb me unless you bring me some news.“, the evil lord said before he exits the room.

“For a leader who doesn’t have respect for his followers, he’s one little bitch that I can kill him with my claw.“, mother hellhound whispers to the dark witch’s ear.

“Don’t worry, my milady, as soon it’s the right time to kill him, he’ll be the one who is going to be his downfall and we’ll rise to the causal.“, the dark witch said before she, mother hellhound, and the hellhounds laughing loudly.

The dark witch sends a group of hellhounds, dark soldiers, and werewolves to tracked down the betrayal spirit, she kisses her milady before exiting the room, mother hellhound ordered some of her daughters to spy on the dark witch and the evil lord, and then she ordered Sarah to run a few errands to collect debts from creatures, grab her drink from the bar, and give her a surprise gift afterwards.

Katherine was playing Fur Elise by Beethoven on her piano while Lillian fixes breakfast in the early morning, Annabelle and Thomas came downstairs to listen to Katherine’s music on the piano and they were listening to the conversation between the mother and her eldest daughter.

“You can take a break from playing the piano, mother, you must be zonked for two hours straight.“, Lillian said as she cooked the scrambled eggs gently.

“I was thinking about Thomas, darling, he woke up again around three with another nightmare about his parents and I woke up around four with another nightmare about your father trying to seduce me with poison influence.“Katherine said as she continued to play the piano.

“Have you wondered if our lives weren’t going in a different way, then father will still be with us, our people won’t suffer their fate of destruction, and we’ll be ageing until our deaths in the late 14th century?“, Lillian said.

“Darling, we can’t change our actions in the past, however, we can prevent the future from suffering the same fate as our people and your father did.“, Katherine said before she stopped playing the piano.

“Forgive me, my Lord, forgive me, mother… It’s hard to not see my father over the last 600 years or more, and I miss his support and caring personality.“, Lillian said before tears drop from her eyes.

Katherine approaches Lillian, she places the scrambled eggs on the side and hugs her mother for her support, and without her mother, she couldn’t imagine surviving outside of her flat with her siblings facing the unknown places. Katherine can understand that without her husband’s presence with their children, her personality won’t remain the same for too long, and then Thomas and Annabelle went into the kitchen to hug Katherine and Lillian. When Lillian wipes her tears off with a napkin, she notices Thomas is hugging her upper leg and Annabelle is hugging her mother’s upper leg, and the two women laugh softly.

“How long have you cheeky children been listening to us?“, Katherine asked.

“We have been up since six in the morning to use the telescope to see the colours of the morning dawn, and then we heard you play the piano. That was beautiful music, we never know you learned to play the piano.“, Annabelle said.

“My mother has been playing the piano since the 1700s, it was her birthday gift when Jacob, Samuel, Sarah, and I decided to purchase a piano after we saved up hundreds of dollars.“, Lillian said.

“Wow, are there other instruments you like to play?“, Thomas said.

“I used to play the viol, harp, and lute. Did you know that Lillian and Jacob used to play the Harp before they played the piano?“, Katherine said before she pats on Annabelle’s head.

“You play the harp, Lillian?“, Thomas said.

“It was a long time ago, however, we couldn’t bring it with us because the people will be noticed about our items and we can be exposed to the public.“, Lillian said.

“When is breakfast going to be ready? We’re hungry for energy.“, Annabelle said before she and Thomas hear their stomach growling.

“Couple more minutes, then breakfast will be ready, little angels. Come sit by me near the piano, and I’ll play one more song for the morning before Lillian starts to worry about me again.“, Katherine said before Thomas and Annabelle grabbed her hand on each side.

They guide Katherine to the piano, Thomas sits on her right side, while Annabelle sits on her left side, and she plays La Campanella by Franz Liszt until Lillian finishes cooking breakfast for 12 people, including herself. 30 minutes later, everyone awakens from their slumber, joins for breakfast in the dining room, Sarah leads the prayer this morning before they begin to eat, Thomas quickly finishes his plate within two minutes, and the whole group is surprised to see how much he ate in less than 10 minutes. Olivia warned the group that Thomas has an appetite problem since birth and her parents told him to slow down eating or he’ll be going to have a stomach ache for a whole day. The group chinwags for at least 90 minutes before most of them have to go to work for the day, Annabelle finished her plate and didn’t want seconds before she excuses herself back into her upstairs, Author followed her to her bedroom after he finished his plate; James and Harry say their farewells before they head out to the bakery shop, Sarah grabs Annabelle after she was finished eating to head to the hospital, and Jacob and Samuel head over to their church after they finished eating. Lillian and Katherine begin to clean up the table while Thomas likes to alternate assistants between the two women, and Aurther cleans up everyone’s bedroom to reduce the stress on Lillian. An hour later, Katherine gently grabs her daughter’s hand and they walk upstairs to her bedroom, she opens the door and sees Aurther was finishing up cleaning her room, Aurther politely excuses himself out of her bedroom, and they sit down on the bed to have a mother-daughter chinwag.

“Lillian, I was praying in silence during breakfast and I’m concerned about your well-being. Darling, you must not hide your true emotions or it’ll be like a sin to not tell the truth.“, Katherine said as she held her daughter’s hand.

“To be honest, mother, I don’t think there’s a worthy man who can win my heart and after that guy raped and tortured my sister, I don’t think I can trust another man.“, Lillian said.

“Not all men are evil, not all women are evil, and some men and women are good. It depends on their personality and their faith, Lillian… Do you think James and Harry are good men or evil men?“, Katherine said.

“Of course they’re good men, mother, why even ask men about their true colours?!“, Lillian said impatiently.

“Lillian, slow your anger to me, it’s not polite to be angry toward your mother or father or anyone. I asked you this question because I fear you’ll hate every man on Earth after what happened to Sarah, and there’s no knowing that you won’t be happy if you lived alone as a single woman.“, Katherine said as she butted in her daughter’s eyes.

“I apologize for being too angry, mother, I don’t know if men like me for my personality instead of my royal status.“, Lillian said as she lowers her head down.

“What about Harry, Lilly? He’s a sweet young man and I heard his relationship hasn’t gone as planned. Maybe you two need to spend time alone, going to places like the movie theatre or go out to eat or rent a hotel room for three days.“, Katherine said.

“Mother, there are two main problems with me dating Harry…

Harry is only 13 years old

I’m hundreds of years older than him

What if we begin ageing quickly, mother? What if our body turns into sand dust after we stop the dark forces? Have you thought of our final wishes and why we haven’t aged yet?“, Lillian said before she nodded her head in disappointment.

“Yes, I have and it shouldn’t be a concern inside your mind. Remember what our sorcerer said? We may live as a normal family once the war is over, your father will see his family’s not going anywhere without us, and that’s why we took an oath to prevent the world from being under the darkness again… Promise me that you’ll find love from a man’s soul, darling, I don’t like to see you depressed. Remember your father wasn’t true royal blood of the kingdom of Grace, and my father dismisses him as his enemy until your grandmother made him become her advisor.“, Katherine said as she was brushing her daughter’s hair on the side.

“I’ll try for you, mother… Harry’s personality is bloody funny, every morning when I take my shower, he’ll wait in my bedroom to show his wally moments about his adventures, and probably did it because he was trying to make me smile.“, Lillian said before she slightly smiled.

“That’s my precious Lily.“, Katherine said before she kisses her daughter’s forehead.

“Father would call me precious Lily when I was a little child. I pray we’ll get him back, save the world, and go back to being a normal family.“, Lillian said.

“In Jesus name, Amen, darling. Come on, let’s take the boys to the park, enjoy some fresh air, and go out to lunch at a small cafe across the park.“, Katherine said.

Lillian got up the bed to help her mother up, they called Thomas and Aurther to come downstairs to head to the park. Lillian wears her spring dress with light blue colour and Lily flower pattern, Thomas wears his comfort clothing with a picture of American Revolution war on his shirt and tan shorts, Aurther wears his marine animal picture shirt and light grey shorts, and Katherine wears her long yellow dress with sunflower patterns. They exit the flat, locked the door, and walk to the park as they were playing I Spy; the weather was a bit breezy and warm to the temperature of 23 degree Celsius, they spied a dog peeing on its owner’s flowers and the owner chase his dog to the forest, They were laughing softly to avoid public attention as they pass by the stores surrounding the village. The dog kept legging it through the forest, while the owner was trying to catch up with the dog, and suddenly he heard an unknown crunchy sound, and he quickly tried to find the dog.

Inside the shoe company, Schuh, there were over thousands of shoe styles for women, men, and children, and the shoe styles are a variety from athletes to fancy to the village’s popular. Olivia was stocking several shoeboxes of women’s Fila Multi Disruptor 3 Zip, Converse’s Black and White All-Star Oxford; moves on to the men’s section and stocking shoeboxes of Vans’ Black and Red Old School Flame, Tom’s Blue Alpargata Venice, and Nike’s White Air Force 107. As she was stocking her last several shoeboxes in the men’s section, an impatient customer came in her path with her shoebox she brought back from last week, tapping her shoulder quickly, and Olivia turned around to assist the customer.

“Pardon me, young lady, can you direct me to the Women’s Orbit Zeppa Sneakers?! Last week, I came in and purchased that was supposed to be the Orbit Zeppa Sneakers, however, when I got back to my flat, open the shoe, and these were the Multi Disruptor 3 Zip shoes, and I paid 106 plus taxes for shoes I didn’t want to purchase!“, said the impatient madam.

“I apologize your experience wasn’t pleased on your last visit, however, I can direct you to our customer service, and they’ll be able to help you, madam.“, Olivia said politely.

“Thank you kindly, young lady, and I apologize for being bloody mad, I just didn’t know what to do, and then the next on my mind was anger toward such a nice lady like you. You have a blessed day, and take care of yourself.“, said the impatient madam before she walks over to the customer service.

Olivia thought the customer was just another greedy person who wants its refund after wearing that kind of shoes for a whole week, she saw how the customers were moving her mouth and it was a sign of lying, and her eyes were moving around for every 10 seconds. Then she decided to check on her best friend, Jessica, to see what she was doing right now; when she came across Jessica in the children’s section, she was stocking several shoeboxes of Croc’s Navy Classic, Nike’s Sunray Protect 2, and Converse’s Yellow One Star. Jessica quickly noticed Olivia was near her workspace while she was on the phone, decided to take a short break, and chinwag with her.

“Hey, Olivia, how do you do?“, Jessica asked.

“It was bloody good, except that I had to deal with a customer about her complaint about the wrong kind of shoes. For the first time in eight months since we work here, I never had to deal with a customer who came back to the store a week later and decided to get a refund for the wrong kind of shoes she probably wore for a week. Literally, does it make sense to you, mate?“, Olivia said before rubbing her hand gently.

“I’m pretty sure she was trying to get fame or attention from men or the public, however, I say 99.9% chance she won’t get the refund, then she probably tries to sue us for not accepting her reason, and then finally the owner’s liability insurance will cover the cost of the store’s loss. You understand what I say, right?“, Jessica said before she places her hands on her hips.

“Yes and no, however, guess who I saw walking out of the store. The manager Joe, he was on his sixth-day bender, I thought at first his second-day bender could end his depression on his ex-lady, and now he was a bloody mortal as a pissed bunny that went from cute to outrageous animal.“, Olivia said before she and Jessica laughed.

“Speaking of Joe, he came back to where I was stocking the men’s section, he says hi in a wally way, and I wonder if he was trying to flirt with me or lean in to kiss me. I didn’t see him afterwards, I think he was butchering his ex-lady, the entire co-workers got tired of listening to his sorrow story about his lady cheated on him, and I think about ten people quit after his third-day bender.“, Jessica said before she and Olivia laughed.

“Oh my lord, I forgot to tell you that I saw a bloody mortal elder man, walking like a penguin, he was staring at me for five seconds, heading toward the sports section, and doing a number one on the floor before I had to call maintenance. Then four police officers decided to investigate with the elder man, gave him a test to see he was pissed or not with the letters from A to Z in backwards, the elder man took off legging it to two sections until he hit a wall on the shoe shelf, and they arrested him for being an uncleanliness.“, Olivia said.

Jessica laughs loudly as she sees Olivia laughing like a hyena before she remembered that she forgot to stock her last shoeboxes in the men’s section, Jessica didn’t mind helping her as she followed her to the men’s section. When they got to the men’s section, there were boxes all over the floor, and the pairs of shoes got mix-up, which is going to be a problem for them.

“Bloody madness, what happened to the shoes, mate?!“, Jessica asked as she was butchering the shoes and boxes on the floor.

“Bloody… I think there was a group of bad apples nearby, and their mother was going crazy for having seven-plus more children.“, Olivia said as she was scratching her hair.

“Okay, let’s find each pair with correct sizes and you know.“, Jessica said before they picked up the shoes.

After 90 minutes of finding the correct pair of shoes and stocking them on the shelves, they sat down on the small silver bench to catch their breath. Olivia took off her left shoe and massaged it for a couple of minutes before taking off her right shoe and massaging it; Jessica cracked her hands, legs, neck, and arms to feel relief from muscle sores, and then they heard the woman yelling at her children.

“Did I tell you not to throw shoeboxes on the ground, Angela?!!!! Andrew, stop pulling your sisters’ hair, your sisters’ hair isn’t a toy where you can rip it off like a barbie!!!! Miranda, you better not steal shoes or jewels from this store, I had to pay over 400 quids for your stinky attitude!!!! You rude mother cheekies, can’t even behave around the public, I rather have you all in jail for several months than be at the flat with me!!!!“, said the angry mother as her children showed disrespect.

“We hate you, fat woman!!“, Angela yelled.

“We rather spend time with our daddies than you, old woman!!!“, Andrew yelled before he spits on the ground.

“All of your daddies can kiss my fat tail because you’re a spoiled brat to them and their unwanted women from the streets!!! Now get your legs moving to the check-out line and you better behave when we get to the cashier person!!!“, said the angry mother as she pushed her children to walk properly.

“Holy moly, bloody madness, these kids graduate from bad apples to rotten apples. I felt horrible for their mother and bet she regrets having multiple daddies to her children.“, Olivia whispers to Jessica.

“I pray that you, me, Annabelle, Sarah, or Lillian won’t have multiple daddies to our unborn children, in Jesus name, Amen.“, Jessica said as they continued to hear the angry mother yelling at her rotten apples.

“Amen, mate. Let’s get back to work before either Joe or Michael shows up, and they see us laughing at a stressful mother…“, Olivia said before they hear a customer shouting for help.

Jessica and Olivia ran as quickly as they could to respond to the assistance, their other co-workers cleared the path as one person called 999, and the rest helped the customer remain calm. They recognize the customer and witness her children took her purse before legging it to the exit; the police officers have stopped the children from escaping and have them custom in children’s service protection. The children were trying to fight their way out of their hand’s grip by the police officers with biting and kicking on the legs, however, their childish technique didn’t stop the police officers, and they all were inside the police car for further instructions. When the ambulance arrives, the co-workers, including Olivia and Jessica, lift the woman up the ground, place her on the bed rest, the paramedics take the woman into their truck, and rush her into the nearest hospital. A few minutes later, the manager Joe returns from his long walk outside the store, the co-workers pretend nothing is going on in the store, and Jessica and Olivia go their separate ways as they continue to stock up more shoeboxes and other things that need to be done before the end of their shift.

Whenever there is an emergency situation, the staff at St. Mary’s Hospital is ready to cure their patients and get them to recover as soon as possible. Sarah works as the Head Nurse to oversee the nurses progress and checking on each patient, while Annabelle works as an assistant nurse, she takes notes on the procedures from fire drills to the patient’s body reactions, and she was impressed how much Annabelle learned within eight months. As they were finishing up their patient’s blood pressure and listening to the heartbeats, they quietly exit the room and head over to Sarah’s office on the first floor in room 101; Annabelle grabs a chair to sit down and Sarah sits in her rolling chair, and they have a long chinwag.

“How did you like working here over the last eight months?“, Sarah asked.

“I like it here and the best part is they let me be your nurse assistant.“, Annabelle said as she was excited.

“Awww, I’m glad you like being my assistant, sweet angel, you know I only work here back and forward over the last 400 years under different names and here’s a funny fact, I used to call myself the named Annabelle during the 1800s.“, Sarah said before she and Annabelle laugh softly.

“Wow, I wish I was born in your time, we could become best friends forever, and we could have the same job under the same name. Do you ever take breaks between shifts, Sarah?“, Annabelle said.

“Oh, I see, perhaps in a different timeline where no danger ever comes to my family, and we can become best friends forever. Anyway, it depends on how business the hospital and the labour cost, for example, let’s say we have a group of eleven people coming through the hospital after they have a multiple car collapse on the highway. Chances are we won’t be able to take a break for the next couple of hours or more. If we weren’t having a busy morning through evening shifts, I’ll either send some of them home after three or tell them to get 30-45 minutes on break.“, Sarah said.

“Oh I see, since we’re slow for right now, we can chinwag a little personal, like tell me how’s your relationship with my brother.“, Annabelle said before Sarah was blushing on her cheeks.

“Oh, well your brother took me to the movie last week, afterwards we decided to rent a 4-star hotel room for three nights, and I can’t tell you the rest because it was special for me and your brother, and has some sexuality context that meant for 18 years old or older.“, Sarah said as she crosses her leg on the left side.

“Oh, I understand, you two were kissing and touching each other in the hotel room last week… Um, Sarah? I heard your words mumbling in your sleep last night like your life was going to be torture, is everything okay?“, Annabelle said as she went from joy to concern.

“It’s okay, sweet angel, it was just a dream and most dreams are not reality, however, rare dreams could become a reality, especially nightmares… Let’s not talk about it, okay.“, Sarah said as she holds Annabelle’s hands and rubs them back and forth.

They hear a sudden knocking on the door, Nurse Joyce came in to report Andrea was late again, Sarah has to try to chinwag with her in the past couple of months, however, her actions lately has cause to take dramatic changes in her job description, so she tells Joyce to bring Andrea to her office and take Annabelle to her next patient. Several minutes later, Andrea enters the office, sits down on the chair with full-makeup on and her hair was recently done an hour ago, her attitude reads she doesn’t care about her job or her co-workers, she only here for the benefits and paycheck every two weeks. Sarah was more disappointed in Andrea as she never has to discuss with her nurses about their poor performance in years, and now she must make an ultimate decision that could affect the hospital staff and her job as a Head Nurse.

“Do you like to explain why you were 10 minutes late for your shift? I hope this isn’t a funny excuse either because your job is on the line, Andrea.“, Sarah said politely.

“Now, Sarah, I can explain why I was late and it’s because I had a family emergency over by my sister’s house and she was telling me about how her ex slept with one of her friends.“, Andrea said.

“Oh, really? Then care to explain why your nails were done recently and your hair sense like perfume hairspray? Secondly, I told you not to wear makeup during your shift, especially around your patients and the last thing I need is code red on our patients reacting to chemicals on the nurses’ face.“, Sarah said as she crossed her arms.

“Long story short, I already did my hair and nails from last week, and my makeup isn’t going to kill them.“, Andrea said as she was smacking her gum.

“This is the most ridiculous excuse I ever hear coming from your words, your makeup butcher like a dog’s dinner, your hair is all curly up in a ponytail with hairspray scent, and your nails butcher done an hour ago, dear. I suggest you tell me the truth instead of covering your lies with more lies, sooner or later, the hospital corporation will question me about your performance in the hospital, and now I must act now before they’ll make the decision for me.“, Sarah said as Andrea was staring at the ceiling to avoid eye contact.

“I swear, Sarah, to heaven’s sky, I was at my sister’s house to support her… my nails and hair were done a few days ago from last week during my days off. I promise you that I’ll perform at my best abilities today and we’re not going to argue either, okay.“, Andrea said before she rolled her eyes twice.

Sarah got up from her chair, butchering at the window to see the hospital run smoothing, turned her attention back to Andrea, walked to her chair, and massaged her shoulders for a few moments.

“I gave you too many changes in the past, I’m not sure if you’re up to the job… However, I have a graceful heart, and the last thing you need is to lose this opportunity at the hospital for your own selfish desires. So, what I am going to do is cut your hours from 48 to 20 hours this week and if you carelessly continue your ways, I have no choice, but to let you go. Do you understand me?“, Sarah whispers to her ear as she feels the pressure on her mind.

“Yes, madam.“, Andrea replied as she was feeling a bit nervous.

“Good, now… You go to work and get off at 1:00 p.m. instead of 8:00 p.m. today. Dismissed and I’ll see you around before you leave today. Thank you.“, Sarah said before Andrea exits her office.

90 minutes later, Joyce brings Annabelle back to Sarah’s office, shuts the door gently, and the two resume their chinwag.

“Sorry about earlier, I was bloody mad at one of the nurses, sweet angel. How was Joyce?“, Sarah said.

“She was wonderful, we were checking multiple patients within 30 minutes, then we took a 10-minute break and she let me eat half of her roast beef sandwich, and she told me that she once had an annoying older sister who teased her about her future. I explained to her that I have an annoyed sister who teases me about my future with my playdate, Aurther, and she always gets in trouble from my mother and father.“, Annabelle said as she was twirling her hair.

“Okay, I’m glad you like her, she has been here for 14 months now, and she wants to reach for her doctorate degree in August. As for one nurse, she only worked here for five months, and these last couple of months she requested more days off than doing her job.“, Sarah said.

“Don’t worry, sooner or later, she has a change in her heart, okay. Now tell me more about you and James, I’m chuff for you both.“, Annabelle said as she takes out her peanut snacks.

Sarah laughs as she grabs the peanuts from Annabelle’s hand, they chinwag from Sarah’s first date with James to her feelings for James, and the rest of the hospital staff was relaxing their time until there’s a new emergency situation.

Two past one…

Samuel and Jacob wrapped up for Sunday’s church services at Christ Church Manchester, the ladies behind the countertop were shutting down their computers before they exit the building, Samuel kept his bible open to read more about the wisdom of God as his brother, Jacob, shuts down his piano keys and place the microphones inside the case before store it inside the office. By the time Jacob walked back to the church aisles, he saw his brother non-stop reading the bible that their father gave him on his 12th birthday, and finally he closed the bible to speak with Jacob in private.

“Today was interesting during church services.“, Samuel said.

“Interesting? You mean interesting of how one person can almost take over our churches with her sinful words against our Lord and his Son.“, Jacob said as he crossed his arms.

“I have never seen her before and she doesn’t butcher like a proper woman, not unless she works for the evil lord. If so, then why did she decide to enter the house of God and try to take our people.“, Samuel said curiously.

“Probably the evil lord, who possessed our father, wants more souls in his system to steal Heaven from God and control all of his angels.“, Jacob said.

“Maybe you’re right… Let’s keep it between us, unless mother or others asked what happened during church services, we say there was an unknown person who works for you-know-who, okay. I think Olivia wants us to meet with Jessica at Harry’s and James’ work at the cafe after services.“, Samuel said as he carries his bible inside his small case.

“Oh, dench!! Sounds delicious, I heard Harry was able to tell whether the puddings were overcooked or undercooked, and I hope no women are going to chase after you, brother.“, Jacob said as they were walking to the exit door.

“Say the one who wanted attention from women and got himself raped, including our sisters and mother. Spent a whole week trapped inside the castle, and they were on chains until the spell wears off, brother.“, Samuel said before he laughed loudly.

Samuel locks the building, they walk over to Pollen’s to meet with Olivia and Jessica, and while they are walking, they hear an unknown moaning coming from the forest. When they turn around, there is no one hidden in the forest and the sound is completely gone. Samuel and Jacob continue to walk with caution and sense they’re no longer safe inside this village. Inside the forest, there was an unknown spirit walking in blood from eating the dog and its owner, peeks out again to spy on the village, and recognize the two gentlemen in their Sunday church clothing. Although the spirit was running from his own kind for many months, it was time to spill the truth about the evil lord and his dark forces, but the question is could he trust them to defeat the evil lord and his dark forces; the spirit vanish without trace and leaves the decompose dog and the owner in their resting place.

Eleven past five…

James and Harry were closing down the cafe after having a successful day with 6,939.73 quids profit; Harry was wiping off the display, the mirrors on the front doors, and then sweep the floor before mopping, while James was counting the cash registers to make sure they weren’t under or over 20 quids. After he finished counting the cash registers, he was waiting for Harry to finish mopping the office inside the office, and he was thinking about the offer that mysterious person offered him. Harry was finished with his to-do list and saw James thinking deep inside the office, he walks inside the office, sits down in a chair, and of course he’s thinking isn’t too good news to listen to.

“Is everything okay, mate?“, Harry asked.

“Everything was strange today, one man asked me to tell him the secrets to the owner’s recipes and elder man complained that his two puff pastry fruit tarts were undercooked. What’s next: Ask me about my relationship with my family and Sarah?“, James said as he’s upset about the awkward situations.

“Don’t let these fools playing tricks on your mind, mate, and besides everyone came by to see us and eat our delicious puddings today. The way you butcher at Sarah is like you were hoping for her impression with your bakery skills from your parents, and she was impressed before she kisses you gently.“, Harry said before he hit James’ shoulder.

“Oww, mate, it hurts like a bee sting, you really need to slow down on practicing your werewolf techniques before we get exposed to the public, and I know she was impressed. Thomas ate half of our puddings, and my sister and Jessica only ate two puddings after Thomas got a stomach ache. Katherine carried Thomas on her waist, while Lillian was giving him some water to drink, and Samuel and Jacob ate three puddings before they head back flat.“, James said as he was rubbing his sore shoulder.

“Speaking of flat, let’s leg it out of the shop before we expect unknown companies, and the last thing we need is the dark forces follow our tracks.“, Harry said as he and James exit the building and lock the doors.

James and Harry continue to talk about the strange activities that happen to everyone this morning as they walk back to the flat. Until a mysterious spirit appears in front of them, James has his fireballs ready on his hands and Harry has his claws out in case the spirit was trying to be funny toward them.

“Okay, let’s start with who you are and why you appear like a dark spirit form?“, James said as his magic grew brighter like a shining star.

“You may call me former commander and I’m here to assign you on your journey to defeat the evil lord and his dark forces, however, I need you two to lower your guard before I can explain more about this.“, the former commander said.

James and Harry exchange butchers before they decide to lower their guard down, and listen to his information about the dark forces.

“Okay, you got our full attention, however, if you decide to play tricks on our mind, we’ll have to vanish you back into the netherworld. Tell me, former commander, why come to us when there are other people who have the same gift as us?“, Harry said as he reads the former commander’s spirit language.

“I’m sure I’m not interested in killing people anymore after what I witnessed years ago as a human and now I know why my family doesn’t trust the words from a snake, including the most unknown evil in the universe. In 1319, the doctor came inside my home after I called and told him what’s going on with my wife and children, and then 18 minutes later, they were pronounced dead. Over the last two years, nothing could cheer my soul including women or drinking beer, until one day, I was in their graveyard where they were buried and he appeared in front of me. Tell me if I serve him as his commander in the dark forces, I could bring back my family; for a second, my good conscience was speaking to my spirit, and say don’t follow the snake or your soul will forever be forsaken. I made a foolish choice and serve his army for 500 years until the day I saw the truth about my family’s death, I set their souls free into the Heaven, and I was sentence to torture in my nightmares for 200 years. The truth is I believed their next attack will be here in this peaceful village, and the last thing I need is another family going down into the most torture realm in the whole universe.“, the former commander said.

“For a former dark spirit, you must have a change in heart, mate. How did he manage to escape?“, Harry said curiously as he scratched his head.

“Long story short, son, I have help from old friends and they lifted me up into the living world… Unfortunately, I must go, I’m seen to be followed by the dark forces, and good day, young gentlemen.“, the former commander said before he vanished out of thin air.

James and Harry blink their eyes as they figure out the spirit was gone, they quickly leg it back flat to warn the group about the next invasion, and as they legging it, they wonder if he was telling the truth or lie his way into exposing their secret.