Mabel
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Mabel jumped as a loud crashing sound echoed throughout the empty diner. Her instincts kicking in she ran towards the noise's origin, the basement.

"What the h*ll did those a**hats do this time" She cussed, worry creeping into her stomach. More swears escaped her lips as she stood at the top of the stairs, viewing the mess. All three boys were in a crumpled heap at the base of the stairs, their blood mixing together and staining the raw concrete below. Her unbeating heart jumped into her throat at the morbid sight, as she ran down the stairs. Mabel reached down to check their pulses, silently praying to nobody in particular that they were still alive. All three had weak heart beats, but they still had them. But she also knew that there was no way to save them. Zack's whole face had been smashed in, Eric's broken ribs were sticking through his shirt and Ash's arm bone had gone through his skin and managed to impale his lungs of all the bad luck.

Mabel knew what she had to do, the only thing that could possibly save all three of the boys, she had to unseal their souls. An unsealed soul was a powerful thing, capable of keeping each and every cell alive regardless of physical damage of any type. She knew she had to do it, but she also knew it'd make her the enemy of whoever their families were.

Mabel ran to the blank wall behind the stairs, and pulled out a brick, reveling a door knob. Opening the door she reveled the rooms behind it. using the brick to jam the door open Mabel ran back to the boys. Bending down she lifted Ashburn up like a plank, taking full advantage of her demon strength and lay him down on the floor of the room behind the door, then repeating the process of the other two.

She closed the door and locked it behind her, so nobody could see what it was she was about to do. With great care she removed the shirts and aprons of the boys that she had lay side to side. The head chef then pulled a pocket knife from the pockets of her jeans. The knife was just a normal flip blade knife, but was very sharp and glinted in the dim electric lighting. Moving as quickly as she could she carved a symbol onto the upper right chest of each boy ([url]https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=demonic+symbols&view=detailv2&&&id=FC805D9C47ACD8F797634FF2B46DE44C116A2C65&selectedIndex=256&ccid=D5J%2feV88&simid=608041248026067502&thid=JN.vSRz7u%2fatU7TOXjzoxhPPw&ajaxhist=0[/url]) just below the collar bone. She had never been a very good artist so she ended up taking fifteen minutes to carve the marks into their bodies.

Going first to Zack, who was in the worst condition, she leaned over and placed her two hands on his chest where the mark had been carved. Closing her eyes she began to chant "Untainted soul I summon you. You who are of nature and bonded to this earth. I offer unto the this mortal body, to use as you will to manifest yourself to me." This she repeated for five minutes, a melodic and haunting chant. Sweat cross Mabel's brow as her anxiety started to kick in. Without warning Zack's eyes opened, revealing a burning light behind them, before they closed again.

Mabel gave a sigh of relief, and repeated the process on the other two demons-to-be. Once all three had been dealt with Mabel leaned back against the wall, exhausted. And though she would never admit it to anyone, or ever speak about it, she began to cry tears of joy. She had just saved three demon children from an early death, and was over come with relief that the three students she had come to care about and worry about would live. 

It took her ten minutes to regain her composure, and wipe away her tears. Opening a thick metal door that led into a side her she then lugged the three boys inside, placing them on barren cots within its confines. Her duty fulfilled, and knowledge that despite their blood still soaking the floor, they would live, she closed and locked the door behind them so she could start calling in people to cover their shifts.