Chapter 4 - Distraction

This is the fourth chapter of the book.

As Kenan, Gordon and Asmodeus rode the car they looked at the view of the trip with silence. To end that, Kenan started a dialogue. “Say Gordon.” said Kenan. “Yes Kenan?” said Gordon. “You are not human. Are you?” said Kenan. “Well technically I am human. I am just a person who bears the soul of a demon in me.” said Gordon. “Whoa. That sounds like a tough thing to live with.” said Kenan. “That may be true but luckily Hadad and I are cool though. He knows that this is my body and I only let him control it in battle.” said Gordon. “I see. Say Asmodeus, if you do not mind me asking, why were you kicked out of Hell?” said Kenan. “I have no problem with sharing this. It is a long story, but I will make it as short as I can. Three years ago, I was one of the seven deadly sins.” said Asmodeus. “Whoa. Which one of them were you?” said Kenan. “I was Lust.” said Asmodeus. “Lust. That explains it. I should have known that due to how lovely you are.” said Kenan. “She is. Isn’t she?” said Gordon. Asmodeus blushed and said, “Anyway, I lived for centuries seducing billions of people with my looks. For every human life I have ensnared, I killed those afterwords. I soon began to get tired of this and Satan somehow found out. Instead of taking the time to understand me, she threw me out of Hell and banished me. I have been with Gordon ever since. I do not know where I would be if I had not met him. Because of my love for Gordon, I have been hunting demons as my way to atone for all the lives I took and the souls that are now at the hands of Satan. Like Kafziel, this world is my home now and I plan to protect it and its people.” said Asmodeus. “I see. Aside from hunting demons, what else are you doing?” said Kenan. “Oh. I design dresses and lingerie and sell them on Etsy.” said Asmodeus. “That is nice. How is that going?” said Kenan. “Business is booming with that. I have close to a five-star rating there and my customers love my products. I figured I can make people feel beautiful instead of using it for my own selfish gain.” said Asmodeus. “That is amazing to hear. I am glad that I met you both and to hear your stories. Say Gordon, can you drive me home?” said Kenan. “Oh sure. May I ask why?” said Gordon. “I just want to check on something. It will only be a minute.” said Kenan. “No problem. I will drive you there if it will only be a minute.” said Gordon as he did as Kenan requested and drove him back to his parents’ house. When Gordon got Kenan to his destination, he hopped out of the car and said, “Like I said earlier, it’ll only be a minute.” Kenan then raced to the backyard and gasped at the sight of the exact spot where he buried Kel’s wristwatch had been discovered. Kenan struck the ground with his fists as he noticed that the watch had been taken. From the back porch, Kel stood there laughing and said, “Hey younger brother. Are you looking for this?” Kenan turned around and said, “Kel?” Kenan gasped as Kel was holding his watch in his hand. “A little voice in my head told me to dig there. And look at what I found. Isn’t this the watch Mom and Pop gave me?” said Kel. “Kel. How are you aware of that?” said Kenan. “I have always known of this. What do you mean?” said Kel. “I mean you should not know what that thing is. Nor should you have known where it was.” said Kenan. “Why should that be?” said Kel. “Because your memories of it were erased.” said Kenan. “Nonsense. We are done here. Now it is time for me to go along with my plan to bring order.” said Kel. “I have not heard that in a year. I was hoping that I would never hear that again.” said Kenan. The moment Kel attempted to use his watch; Kenan stopped him from even moving with the newfound powers he got from Kafziel’s training. “What? What is this?” said Kel as he was frozen in place barely able to move a muscle. Kenan approached Kel and said, “I believe you have been possessed again Kel. I know I have never done this before, but I am going to take that demon out of you right now.” “Fool. What do you think you are doing? You honestly think someone as insignificant as you can accomplish anything?” said Kel. “I also believe that the demon in you is none other than Astaroth.” said Kenan. “Hell yes. What are you going to do about it?” said Astaroth, speaking through Kel. “First, I am going to cast you out myself. Then I am going to make sure you will never possess my brother ever again.” said Kenan as he extended his arm and began to extract Astaroth out of his brother. Kenan grit his teeth as Astaroth was extracted from Kel for the second time. Astaroth landed face down on the porch. “Curse you and your damn defiance!!” said Astaroth as he got to his feet. “You are the one being defiant. You demon.” said Kenan. “I won’t ask how you even managed to cast me out.” said Astaroth. “Like I should tell you.” said Kenan. “Anyway, you must already know I am only a living piece of my soul that I placed in the watch as a backup plan. This body only contains a twentieth of my true power. You can destroy me if you want. I will not resist.” said Astaroth. “I have a better idea for you.” said Kenan as he chuckled and set a date on his wristwatch. Astaroth stared at Kenan out of complete nervousness and said, “What are you doing?” “I am sending you somewhere you will barely be able to possess anyone again. I think the ice ages will be a perfect timeline for you. Have fun living for two centuries in a world where you will see ice and snow.” said Kenan. “What?!!” said Astaroth. “Cassius!! Activate!!!” said Kenan, causing a wormhole to appear behind Astaroth. “Look Kenan, you are really making a big mistake helping Kafziel.” said Astaroth. “Shut up!!! I do not want to hear your mouth. Now get in the portal and go to the icy world where you belong.” said Kenan as he approached Astaroth and kicked him into the portal. Kenan laughed as hard as he could as Astaroth’s screams echoed through the gateway. “Kenan. What is going on? What was that?” said Kel. Kenan looked at Kel, placed his palm on his forehead and said, “I am sorry about this. So, by the power vested in me on this day I make the memories of this moment go away.” And with that, Kenan lightly pushed Kel onto the porch making him lay face-up unconscious. Out of worry, Asmodeus approached Kenan. “Kenan. What is keeping you?” said Asmodeus. “Sorry Asmodeus. I was just checking on my watch. I needed to make sure that it was still here.” said Kenan as he took off Kel’s watch and broke the band. Kenan then put the remains of Kel’s watch into his pocket. “Come on Kenan.” said Asmodeus. “Got it.” said Kenan as he left Kel’s unconscious body onto the porch. With the distraction now out of the way, Kenan went back in the car with Gordon and Asmodeus and continued onto the Prudential Tower.