Doctor Demon

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A bright light filled the entire room, almost exploding in front of them. Junho struggled to stand up when the light hit his eyes, as bright as the sun. Soobin and Jiwoon shut their eyes while Hobin was unconscious. Only Jina stood there, unaffected by it as she blankly watched the demon. It froze for a moment before…

"AHHHHHHHHHHHH!" 

It let out an earth shattering screech of agony and an orb-like object burst out of Duho's body, floating in the air for a few seconds. Everyone was shocked to see the thing shine but in her catatonic state, Jina saw what it truly was. The sight of it broke her out of the reverie.

"W-What?" she gasped but before she could fully comprehend what she was seeing, the orb cracked and exploded in front of them. A faint cry was heard in the background until it completely disappeared.

"Prince…"

And then it was gone. For a few seconds, everyone was silent. Jina was trying to understand what just happened while Soobin and Jiwoon were too shocked to say anything. Only Junho managed to stand up to address the situation.

"We need to take these two to the hospital," he said in a shaky tone. "Duho is weak and the doctor…"

He glanced at Hobin who was still unconscious. "He needs medical attention too."

"Y-Yes!" Jiwoon replied. "We should go!"

Jina did not speak but stiffly nodded. Junho came forward to carry Duho while Jiwoon and Soobin carried Hobin out of the apartment. They hoisted the two in the cars and drove as fast as they could to the hospital. 

All throughout the ride, none of them dared to speak. It felt like a long journey and finally, they were at the hospital. Hobin and Duho were wheeled into the emergency room for treatment while the group stayed outside to wait.

"We need to talk," Jiwoon finally said. "About what happened."

She was now directly addressing Jina, waiting for her partner to speak up. Jina took a deep breath and motioned them to follow her. She led them to a secluded roof before turning to faze Jiwoon and Soobin while Junho stood there, waiting for her to speak.

"I...I can see spirits and other supernatural creatures," Jina revealed. Jiwoon and Soobin were shocked but did not say anything. Jina went on to explain both her powers and how she could communicate with spirits in the living world and also in the dead world. The two girls were confused while Junho only sighed.

"So...you've been using your powers to solve these cases?" Jiwoon realized. "That's how you knew that Duho was possessed? And also in the Rachel case? It was a ghost that pushed Song Yohan off the stairs?"

"A poltergeist," Jina corrected. "Yes. And Soobin…"

She turned to the girl and added, "You remember how scared Sera was in her house that day, right? Claiming that someone attacked her? It was Rachel who did that."

"That makes sense why Sera was so scared!" Soobin realized. "And the school's incident too! She was humiliated. And the kid who died recently…"

Then another thought struck her. "Miyoo has your powers too?" she asked. "Is that why she was able to warn me?"

"Miyoo can only see ghosts in the living world," Jina explained. "Unlike me, she can't travel to the place where the dead go to. But yes. She can see ghosts and other supernatural creatures."

Jiwoon was in deep thought. She had attributed most of Jina's case solving miracles to luck but it seemed that there was more to it. After what she saw that night, it was impossible not to believe her partner. 

"Well," Soobin began. "I can't say that I understand a lot about this. But I don't think you're lying, sis."

"And after what we saw," Jiwoon added. "It'll be stupid of us not to believe you. Who else knows about this?"

"Just my family, Hobin and the two of you," Jina stated. "I don't really want anyone else to find out about this. It'll be a disaster if people know about spirits and demons. They'll panic."

"We won't tell," Jiwoon promised. "But that thing...demon, was it? What happened to it?"

"It died."

All of them looked around at Junho who had finally reached a conclusion. "The demon died," he stated. 

"But how is that possible?" Jina asked. "Demons can't die! You know it too. Remember the time when mom and dad were terrorized by a demon? That demon was stopped only when dad trapped it in Purgatory and a reaper slashed it. Still, the thing only became permanently catatonic. It didn't die."

"But tonight, the demon died," Junho replied. "I don't know how but it did. You killed it."

"Huh?"

Now Jina was confused. I killed it? How? She frowned.

She could not remember anything that happened after Hobin went into cardiac arrest. In fact, she was not even sure what happened in those few seconds. All she recalled was that the demon attacked Junho. After that, her memory was at a blank until she broke out of her trance and saw the demon was being thrust out of Duho's body.

As soon as it left Duho, Jina came back to her senses and her eyes fell on a strange winged creature with a human-like appearance. The demon was in its real form with a reddish torso with fur covering its lower body. Its face was also reddish but he had cat shaped scarlet eyes and sharp features which were more beautiful than that of a human's. His long hair reached till his feet and his arms were widespread. 

Before Jina could even register what was happening, the demon had burst into flames and died. It was hard to believe it but a demon actually died. Junho was right in that theory.

"We don't know how," Junho stated. "But we'll have to find out later. Now isn't the time. We'll have to wait."

He turned to Jiwoon and asked, "Why were you at Duho's house?"

"I received a tip from a student that he saw Duho carrying the painting away," Jiwoon replied. "I also texted Dahoon to check Duho's alibi for the nights of the attacks. He's also checking the CCTV around the area now and he'll let us know. But if the demon made him commit the acts, then he's innocent of the crimes…"

"Let's worry about that later," Jina sighed. "We need to take care of Hobin first. Let's go."

Slowly, they went back in and waited for Hobin to get well. Jina alerted Siwan and within half an hour, he arrived at the hospital.

"Where is he?" Siwan demanded. "How's my brother?"

"They're still treating him," Jina assured him. But Siwan could not rest. He paced back and forth, scared for his brother. What if something bad happened to him?

Junho was also worried for Hobin but he could not help wondering about the effects of exorcism on Hobin. This was the second time this happened. Moreover, the demon was also calling Hobin "Prince". What did that mean?

To top it all, Jina killed a demon. It was supposed to be an impossible task and yet, she actually killed a creature from hell. What the hell was going on?

I must get to the bottom of this, he decided. 

Finally, a doctor came out of the surgery room. Siwan rushed to him.

"How's my brother?" he demanded. 

"Doctor Ohm is out of danger," the doctor assured him. "We didn't find anything wrong with his heart but it might have happened due to stress."

Siwan let out a sigh of relief and Jina patted him on the back. 

"What about the kid?" Jiwoon asked. "Duho?"

The doctor winced. "He's fine too," he began. "But…"

"But what, doctor?" 

"We think that he'll need a psychiatric evaluation," the doctor revealed.. "He regained consciousness but his mind regressed to that of a young child."