Evy took out her hair tie and then threw it at the nearest demon spirit. The demon that was manipulating dozens of demon spirits paid her no attention. The other demigods were more his type.
It's nice when your opponent doesn't pay attention to you, Evy thought while flinging the tie everywhere.
The demon was frantically fighting with the demigods; it was a group fight, him against the group of demigods. Evy turned and found one of the demigods doing damage control by controlling the narrative.
Smart decision. She was sure the idols were scared, and the staff was too. Before they could erase memories, they should maintain peace, too.
"Wait everyone, let's identify the demon first!"
It was Eric who spoke. He was the first in the Yearly Review this year. He was in the friend circle of a friend in Evy's friend circle. So they didn't know each other, but she knew his face and his reputation that preceded him.
"Let me see," Ira yelled.
Again, Evy didn't know Ira, but Ira was her friend's sister's best friend. They had different circles, and their circles merged, but they never had the chance to talk. Evy liked this fact.
"This is demon possession. The guy is possessed. What is he wearing? It's all red."
"Hey, isn't that the clown demon we were searching?"
Another voice, Evy didn't know the guy. She was in the back with Emma and Jake, trying to deflect the rogue spells.
"It's that clown demon. He will make you fall under his tricks to win, be careful."
Evy tried to remember clowns. They did tricks, right?
The demon was sending so many demon waves- waves of dark shadows that swirled around them, trying to attack. Evy knew the basic spells, and she threw her tie to snuff out the shadows it caught in its perimeter.
But that made her vulnerable to the shadows. The shadows tried to enter her body, and she jumped away from them. She saw her companions do the same.
And one of them got caught.
"Mase got caught. He is juggling."
Evy paused a moment to take in what was happening before her. Mase was a short guy with spiky red hair, and he was a quiet guy. No one would ever notice him if he didn't make his presence known. Maybe it was because of his powers. Or his own quirk. But that shy, quiet guy was looking at them with evil intentions, and what was he juggling?
"Bombs?"
Someone whispered. But it fell loud on everyone's ears.
"Everyone, erect a barrier. Quick."
Eric yelled.
If something happened, there were so many humans outside. And they had to save them from the demon's attack.
Emma and some other demigods spread out and worked on the barrier and kept the humans out. The humans who were already inside and watching wide-eyed, they were going to get their memories erased soon.
The juggling demigod Mase threw the bombs, and each of them got one.
What would you do if someone threw a bomb at you? Dodge? Catch? Jump away?
What!!!
Evy didn't know what to do.
She watched the bomb come towards her as a projectile, still debating the best course of action.
A flurry of red caught her eye, and the bomb was swished away.
"Phew, caught it."
Emma had thrown a net towards everyone and caught the bombs that were headed towards them. Before anyone could give her a grateful smile, she whirled the contents of the net towards the demon-possessed human, indirectly alerting the demon who was using the clown tricks to deal with them.
Demon possessions were deadly in two ways. One the demon was already deadly with the demon powers, but when a human is possessed, the human can do anything they did with demon powers.
Like, if you are a writer, you wrote and made words come alive. Meaning words like "You" and "Idiot" charging at you, with letters as weapons. A letter "l" can do the same damage as a fish hook "j", as Evy had learned in her books. She had met only demon animals, and as she was just starting out, she didn't get "High Priority" assignments.
This was an accident.
Emma flung the bombs towards the demon, and he waved. The bombs turned into juggling balls. What an incredible feat of magic! He would have gotten cheery applause if he performed this in a circus or as a stand-alone act somewhere else.
"Shit!"
Eric cursed. Evy felt like she should be shocked that an outstanding genius like him cursed in full view, in public. But no one else noticed him. The demon clown was commanding their attention with another spell.
He threw confetti papers, and those paper strips bound them. Talk about various uses of everyday objects. No one would have thought that easily torn confetti papers would bind them so tightly that even breathing became laborious.
The humans all huddled away, scared. Evy noticed some of them watching them like watching a blockbuster fantasy movie. She knew they would want a plot twist now. She was also hoping for a plot twist, or they would all become demon puppets like Mase before someone broke the spells on them.
"Anyone with a guardian amulet?"
Everyone shook their heads. The guardian amulets were made of higher demigods powers. But they looked "NOT GOOD" and no one would want to wear them to a concert where they would take selfies and post the photos on their social media accounts.
Evy had forgotten hers at home.
She missed Fox and Wolf now. She was sure they would have seriously injured the demon by now.
"Who has what powers?"
"I have water powers."
"I have space powers."
"Voice!"
"Energy!"
"Illusion"
"I can twist myself."
Hearing them, Evy wasn't surprised. She was the one left to declare her powers.
"I have Wish Power!"
She felt all of them looking at her.
"You can get us out then."
"I'd need so much wishing for that to happen. Only you guys wouldn't work."
The demon clown sneered at them as if wanting to see what they could cook in their situation.
Yeah, they couldn't cook or do or breathe now.
"I have an idea," A voice spoke from behind Evy.