After this conversation, everyone went to their rooms and went to bed. At this time, the street was already dark, and no one wanted to walk along the alley at this time. Still, there was one hooded man walking along it, looking around. You can tell by the way he moved his body and hands that he was afraid of "someone", and that "someone" was much more powerful than anyone else. The unknown man went to the old and lonely house. No one remembers what happened to him, but everyone tried to get away from him and not approach him or avoid him, but this unknown person walked towards him with a confident step. When the unknown man approached the two-story, sloping roof of the house, he knocked on the rotted door, which was on the side of the rusty hinges. The Windows were cobwebbed and covered with muddy dust. There was no response, since no one has lived in it for a very long time.
The unknown person wanted to knock again, but the door magically opened to the uninvited guest, inviting him into the room. The room itself was deserted, with dust on the floor and windowsills, cobwebs under the ceiling, and strange bat-like creatures clinging to the beams. An unknown person went inside and in the pitch darkness stumbled upon an object. He looked around and saw no one. Then he decided to notify someone of his presence:
–Master, I have managed to complete your task. I overheard a conversation between young people and found out that they wanted to find out everything about you and then destroy you, – the stranger said.
Suddenly, a shapeless shadow passed under the beams at the speed of light and stopped in a dark corner of an abandoned house.
– Who's here? – he asked in a Voice that was stern and at the same time dropped with a slight interest.
–Master, I have fulfilled my part of the bargain. Now, it's your turn to do your part – said the guest of the strange owner of the house.
–Yes, but did you do it? How interesting is everything, then why are you here and not at work? What's the matter? – said the Voice with a slight grin and a grin.
Here the guest was a little taken aback and decided to remind about one thing:
– If you don't remember, the deal was a little different. I help you with information, and you give me the power to get someone.
The Shadow moved from one beam to the other. Oddly enough, the guest now has a chance to escape, but he did not take advantage of it.
–How interesting, I have another idea – he began, closing the door, cutting off the guest's path back.
The guest looked back and could not understand how the shadow could move so fast, as if the shadow had the speed of light. He knew that if he told anyone, no one would believe him.
–Do you want us to change the deal a little? You help me a second time, and in return I give you the promised power that you crave, – said the Shadow.
Before the visitor could reply, he was seized by a pair of jaws and lifted up from the ground. The guest was in an unpleasant position, and someone's sharp teeth sank into his thighs like daggers.
–What's wrong with you? Did you manage to swallow your tongue? - asked the Shadow.
The visitor could not see the shadow's face, for it was shapeless and had nothing in common with what was now before him. The unknown man looked at the shadow as if he wanted to find familiar features or a familiar face. And now there was only a black BLOB of air that held him in its sharp teeth, and looked at him.
–So here's a new deal: you get the weapons, you learn the basics, then you trust the victim, and then you bring her to me, and I'll pay you back, but first you need to complete the old deal. So, what have you learned all day? – Shadow said.
The unknown person had cold sweat on his forehead and all over his body. He didn't expect the shadow to offer him a second deal, but he wanted to prove to everyone that he could be the most respected person in the whole world, and now he had a chance to get everything he could only dream of.
–All right, Sheo, I'll tell you what I found out, – the unknown man said through the pain, with a lump in his throat.
–So, Sheo, here you are, – the Shadow said, and released the unknown.
The night was moonless, and the man's face was indistinguishable. Only slight features could be made out: the features were neat, and the face itself was hidden by a medical mask, and the eyes were hidden behind glasses. The hood was in the same position – on the head.
–I was near the house of a school friend of a girl. She takes care of her. Several people came to see her tonight. They had terrible visions, and they stayed in that house. Everyone told what they saw, and the girl who takes care of the girl I like, she said that she has been doing such things for a long time and will not let them offend, – the unknown person briefly told Sheo, the shadow's name.
Sheo chuckled a little and said these words to him:
– Now, you are free from the first deal and now, you have a chance for the second deal and it is concluded. Now you go and do what I told you to do. We need it because I need it.
Sheo opened the door to the unknown, and he ran out of the abandoned house and away, as if he saw something terrible in it.
–Everything is going according to plan, – Sheo said as the last creature disappeared from view.