Dark Exorcist 2 (Dark Exorcist Series) by Tim Miller Page A

asked.
    “Fuck if I know. She ain’t movin’. ” Skip said.
    One of the lockers behind them flew open, banging the door against another locker. The crew jumped at the sound.
    “What the fuck was that?” Dale said.
    “Guess that locker swung open,” Cody answered.
    “Well no shit, Sherlock. What fucking made that door swing open like that?”
    “I don’t know. The wind maybe?” Cody said.
    Every locker door opened and closed repeatedly, filling the room with metallic banging over and over. It was so loud they all had to cover their ears.
    “What the fuck is going on?” Skip yelled. He pulled his gun and fired two shots into one of the lockers, but the banging continued.
    “Put thing away!” Dietrich screamed over the noise. “You can’t kill her! No matter what you do!”
    “What the fuck is that supposed to mean?” Skip asked.
    “Amanda has left her body. That girl is stronger than all of us. You might be in big trouble.”
    Before Skip could reply, Asia grabbed her own throat and began gagging.
    “Asia? What’s wrong baby? Asia? Answer me!” Cody cried, but Asia couldn’t reply. Her feet left the ground as she gagged and struggled. After almost a minute she flew backward into the wall and hit the ground motionless.
    “Asia!” Cody rushed over to her and knelt by her side. “Fuck! She’s dead! She’s fucking dead! What happened? What just happened?” Cody’s eyes darted around, but Skip and Dale just had blank expressions. He stood, pulled a gun from his waistband and ran over to Dietrich, shoving it in his face. “Did you do this? What the fuck did you do?”
    “It wasn’t me. It was Amanda. I think you’ve made her angry.”

Chapter 21
    A s the men tormented Laura and Sharon, Amanda realized they would never break free. At least, not in the usual sense. She closed her eyes and focused. It was difficult with all the screaming and commotion going on. Every other time she’d entered purgatory it had been from the quiet of her own room. Never in a desperate situation such as this. But she had to try.
    Clearing her mind, she focused on Purgatory. She imagined leaving her body and entering that third realm few knew existed. The realm where only demons could move about while watching this world and finding ways to enter. Soon the noise went away. It was just her. Finally she came to the tunnel. It was like going down a water slide, except slowly. Passing through a thick membrane from one existence into the next. Finally she was there. The whole realm was like being under water.
    Looking back, she could see her body sitting on the bench. She could also see the others. All of them moving slowly. Their voices slowed down and distorted. Her movements were slow and deliberate, but not difficult. She had no body and was free to move about. Skip had just finished beating on Sharon. Amanda knew Sharon was dead. She could sense it. Though the dead did not enter purgatory. Amanda didn’t know why. They just weren’t there.
    Asia had started smacking her body around. It was difficult to watch, but she felt no pain from Asia’s abuse. That was when she got the idea. In the past she had been able to manipulate objects in the physical realm. Just by reaching out and sending her thoughts through the watery membrane of the realm, one of the locker doors opened, and then she slammed it shut.
    After taking a few moments to watch them react, she did it with all of the lockers, repeatedly. She was surprised at how effortless it was to manipulate the realm. It was almost amusing to watch them all stumbling around through all the noise she was making. It wasn’t loud to her. She could hear it, but it sounded like it was off in the distance. She decided to try something else. Reaching out through the membrane, she began choking Asia. Though Purgatory she was able to lift Asia off her feet, and finally hurl her into a wall. Her own strength impressed her as Asia was dead on impact.
    As Skip ran over to question