Chapter eleven.
Sitting in the corner of the room, the Snake moaned quietly. His right shoulder burned with sharp pain, and soon a brook under his faded shirt began to flow to the floor with scarlet blood.
- Damn it,- the guy snapped, clenching his teeth so he wouldn't scream, - why now?
He tried to get up off the floor but in vain. His whole body trembled with unbearable pain. The amulet in the form of a snake glowed ominous red and soon ceased to glow at all. The repository of the Soul became completely transparent. The green light which has appeared from a stone has flown over the Snake, turning to the girl of a ghost of ten years. But it was not a good spirit, which usually comes to the aid of the heroes.
The girl's eyes were lifeless, shining red and had no pupils. They were completely empty. The grey dress was covered with bloodstains. And the worst part was her bloody wide smile to the ears.
- Do you suffer from mental and physical pain? - She laughed, and the echo gave a more sinister shade to this heartbreaking laugh. - It is strange that you are still alive. But how pleasant it is for me to feel your suffering...
- Shut up! - ...has clenched his snake fists hard. - I know you need more than my life!
The girl knelt down on her knees and ran her finger through the blood trail. When I smiled even wider, I could hear her breathing out.
- Clever,- she said, looking fiercely at the Snake with her red eyes. - But the problem was that I couldn't take anything more than living away from you. And besides,- the devil made me look thoughtful, -for the first time in my master's life, - it's not worth my while to be paid! How worthless you are!
A ghost's thoughts were interrupted by someone's voice. It belonged to Alice, who had just walked into the house, calling out the cat. She quickly came down from the second floor, greeting her friend, and the blonde girl was followed by a shuffling Pigeon.
- And though, forget what I said,- the devil waved her hand. - I've already found the most beautiful price. Okay, have a great day!
Sinisterly, she sparkled with her empty eyes and moved into the Snake's amulet. The unbearable pain in her shoulder was as sudden and instantaneous as the disappearance of the devil. The serpent got up off the floor and walked to the door. "What do I have more value than my own flesh?" - He sighed for himself, feeling again the emptiness in his soul.
Alice was sitting on the edge of the chair telling the cat something. The pigeon stood apart, moving from foot to foot. The dog looked out the window, thinking about something. "Amelia, Brusnika, Wing, and Darkness! - The Snake grinned at himself as he approached the Dog.
- The cat, the Dove,- the leader suddenly commanded, -without looking up at the Snake,- he said.
- Me again? - The Cat snorted. - I was yesterday!
- I am with you! - Alice got up.
The pigeon sighed and sighed on the street. The cat was not happy with something muttering under its nose, but Alice didn't care. In a couple of seconds, the girls left the building.
- Well, now spill the beans on what happened,- the dog turned to the Snake. - You didn't show any emotions for a couple of years, and here you have a clear fear on your face.
- It seems to you,- said the Snake, feeling a lump approaching your throat, - that snakes are animals that treat everything too coldly.
- You will never share your fears with me,- smiled the dog. - Still, don't trust me?
The serpent is silent. His thoughts were very different now. "Even if Agony kills all the members of the Hernagesen gang, and I'm with them, it won't even be enough to pay the price! - The guy was thinking. - Is there anything more than five lives, including Alice?"
- We go on a reconnaissance mission every day,- explained Alice the cat, - and it helps... We've found traces of Leo several times. But he managed to escape!
Alice listened attentively to her friend, and Golubka looked around with fear. It seemed to her that someone was about to jump right around the corner on her! Suddenly something with a rumble fell from behind her.
- Oh,- the blond girl shouted, hiding behind the cat's back in a flash.
- These are half-destroyed buildings! - A blonde girl laughed. - Naturally, they collapse.
Alice came to the place where the sound was supposed to come from. But there was no stone there. When I felt that there was someone else next to them.
The continuation should be... https://zen.yandex.ru/media/id/5d9307495d636200aefad802/the-snake-clan-5d952e1bc31e4900b2f9678b