Chapter 21: Yoru

“Why are we in front of a Costco?” asked Yoru.

“Do you know how many kitchen knives they sell in there, stainless steel six inch, three and a half inch, we can buy like sixteen two packs, some fifteen liter jugs of water and food,” remarked Josh. “It’s perfect!”

“You think some stainless steel kitchen knives are going to kill an enhanced version of Harry, with thicker skin than a rhino!” yelled Iris.

Josh thought before saying, “It’s worth a shot.”

“Let’s just get some supplies, and I guess maybe some kitchen knives, and take my parents' spare car,” said Yoru. They walked inside the Costco. “I’ll find some knives, and you guys can split up food and water.”

Yoru walked into the Costco, it was busier than usual. People were running around like headless chickens, grabbing things off walls and stuffing them into one of three shopping carts most of them had. The only section untouched was the Vegan Shopping. People took emergency communications and flashlights, spare batteries too. By the time Yoru had made into the kitchen appliances section half the knives were gone leaving only a few knives left. I guess they'll have half to do. Yoru grabbed the remaining five packs of three and a half inch knives and the four packs of six inch. Maybe seven kitchen knives will be enough to beat Harry… oh what am I saying a million kitchen knives couldn’t defeat that thing!

Yoru walked back through the Costco grabbing some canned food as he shopped. He found Josh shopping for sugar cereal.

“I don't think Fruit Loops are going to help us defeat Harry,” said Yoru.

“Ah! Oh uh um, I’m uh, going to throw the Fruit Loops in his face and he’ll be blinded, yeah, yeah I’m going to do that,” replied Josh.

“Of course you were,” Yoru responded, rolling his eyes. “I’m going to go find Iris, and Josh.”

“Yeah Yoru,” said Josh.

“Get some real food, okay, this isn’t a fourth grade sleepover,” said Yoru, sternly.

“Who are you, my mom?” retorted Josh.

“Anyway, I’m going to go check on Iris, maybe she’s buying water instead of, I don’t know, Coke,,” said Yoru.

“Fine! You do that!” yelled Josh. Yoru searched through the chaotic Costco for Iris. He searched through the isles of people taking anything they could off shelves. Half opened bags of chips littered the floor. Yoru looked through the drinks aisle for several minutes yet he couldn’t find Iris.

“Hey! Iris! Where are you?” yelled Yoru, into the store.

“Over, here,” replied a voice with no obvious source.”

“Where I don’t see you anywhere,” said Yoru, confused.

“Dude, I’m right in front of you,” replied Iris.

“Stupid kid, she’s right in front of you,” said Ae’vora. “Oh wait yeah, as a human you probably don’t have blind sight, here, uh Scororn’Ois’Flindavoss.”

A pulse came out of his body, shaking some of the shelves. Yoru blinked a few times and he could see Iris’s silhouette, it was glowing a faint blue. “I-Iris, you're glowing,” said Yoru.

“Thank you,” appreciated Iris.

“No, I mean you are literally glowing blue, like there is a blue glow around your body,” corrected Yoru.

“Oh,” said Iris.

“Kid, either Iris has latent magic abilities that activated in the form of wild magic, or she acquired an artifact, either way this strength of invisibility as someone's first spell is unheard of,” remarked Ae’vora.

“So I’m some super powerful mage? Let’s go!” celebrated Iris. At those words Iris started flickering in and out of invisibility eventually being visible again.

“Uh, I don’t know what to say next, do I compliment your spell, do I ask if you found anything in terms of drinks, I don’t know,” said Yoru.

“Well, there’s still a couple jugs of water left, we’ll get those,” said Iris.

“Cool, let's go, checkout or whatever, I mean assuming Josh didn’t buy a bag of marshmallows instead of food.”

“Pizza Pop?” asked Josh, handing Yoru a baked ball of dough with sauce and cheese inside. I specifically told him not to buy junk food! How am I going to survive for weeks on Pizza Pops and Cheerios?

“Not right now, I am concentrating on not killing us all,” said Yoru. Why did they make cars so confusing, there’s like fifty buttons for speed. I just need two buttons, go, don’t go!

“Yoru! Over there!” yelled Iris, pointing out the window to a large quartz cylinder that started to crack and shatter. A large figure with crystalline skin, dripping with a strange liquid and twitching at every possible moment. It seemed to speak with twisted english. All though Yoru couldn't hear what it was saying he knew that this, this, thing was bad news.

“Drive,” whispered Ae’vora. Yoru could feel his fear leaking into Yoru’s very being.