Netherworld by Kim Richardson

Author:Kim Richardson [Richardson, Kim]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

The Demon City

Kara was immediately sucked into a giant vacuum of nothingness. The void of blackness that surrounded her reminded her of the wrenching sensation she had felt when she had stepped through a Rift before. She hated it. She tried to turn her head to search for the others, but she couldn’t move. She was being dragged helplessly into a giant funnel. A speck of red light appeared. It seemed so far away, like a twinkling star. The speck grew until her surroundings exploded in red light.

Kara was thrown to the ground. She sneezed into red fluff. Two other bodies crashed onto her, and she let out a yelp. With great effort she squeezed herself out from under them. She grabbed a handful of blood red velvet drapes and pulled herself to her feet. In the process, she knocked her head on a twirling disco ball.

A giant cockroach greeted her with a bow. “Kara! Ma chéri! I knew ’u would come back to me, mon amour!” He sprung upwards and landed on the panel next to her, his long red tailcoat rippling around him. His antennae shaped the form of a heart. “’You cannot live wizout moi!”

David scrambled to his feet. “Are you freaking serious? We’re in an elevator with a giant cockroach who’s in love with you? Please tell me I’m dreaming.”

Peter sat on the ground and adjusted his glasses. “Whoa…is it friendly?” He cowered against the back panel and grabbed his ankles. “I never liked roaches. Especially big ones.”

“Check it out—the bug’s wearing clothes.” David inspected the giant cockroach. “Kara, is this where you landed the first time? In here? With this giant bug?”

“Yes and yes.” Kara rubbed her head and steadied the disco ball. “This is exactly where I arrived the first time. Where I met Jean-Pierre.”

“Ah ha! Iz ’ee ’ur boyfriend?” Jean-Pierre poked David in the chest with his cane. He observed David suspiciously with beady black eyes. “Iz not very good looking, ’u know. ’Ee does not smell very good.”

David slapped the cane away. “Easy there bug. You don’t want me to go all terminator on you.”

“Bug! Non, non, non!” the bug spat angrily. He tipped his black top hat with his two forearms. “I am Jean-Pierre. And ’oo are you? What are you doing ’ere?”

“Jean-Pierre,” Kara stepped forward. “I’d like you to meet my friends David and Peter. We’re on a mission to save our friend who was taken against her will into the netherworld. Will you help us?” Kara flashed her best smile. She remembered having to kiss the cockroach in order for him to help her. She prayed he would not ask her to do it again. Not with David and Peter watching. It would be too humiliating.

Jean-Pierre studied Kara with large black eyes. Every second or so, he looked over to David and Peter, then back to her. It was unnerving to be scrutinized by a giant bug.

“Angels are forbidden into ze nezerworld,” said Jean-Pierre at last.

“But you’ve let me go before.

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