American Horror Story, Starting from Falls Town

Chapter 398 Iron Unrequited Love

Because all the lights in the house were off, Lydia could only see the shadows of people at the door through the faint moonlight.

She is about 1.8 meters tall and has a perfect hourglass figure. Even Lydia, who is a woman, has to admit that her figure is really good.

But Lydia couldn't open her mouth at all, because the figure exuded strong malice, making her, with her keen senses, feel extremely uncomfortable.

However, the thick-skinned Lowry was completely oblivious; he was even wondering who had opened the door.

"That's strange, I remember the door was closed when I came in!"

Lydia was speechless. Was this the time to be thinking about this?

"Run!"

Lydia grabbed Lori and ran back. America's houses usually have back doors, which are usually located in the kitchen for easy disposal of food waste.

Now, Lydia wants to escape through the back door.

Before Lori could figure out what was going on, Lydia almost pulled her down.

"What a load of rubbish! Lydia, what's wrong with you?"

As soon as she finished speaking, a huge suction force suddenly appeared out of nowhere at the doorway. Lydia and Lori hadn't run far before they were pulled back by the powerful suction.

Lydia quickly grabbed the wall at the corner, while Lori grabbed Lydia's arm.

At this point, Lowry finally realized that something was wrong.

"How could this be? Am I dreaming?"

"At a time like this, why are you still thinking about this! Hurry up and crawl over here, I can't hold you anymore!"

Lori struggled to crawl toward Lydia. Once they got around the corner, the two of them wouldn't be afraid of the suction force anymore.

However, a flying vase shattered their plan, hitting Lowry squarely on the head, causing him to let go and be sucked to the doorway.

"Lowry!"

"Hehe, caught one!"

Lydia remembered very clearly that the voice was that of the succubus who had opened the door to her apartment that afternoon.

This guy is indeed not dead!
The suction disappeared instantly, and Lydia fell to the ground with a thud, her body aching from the fall.

Adela grabbed Lowry, and with just one glance from her golden eyes, Lowry's bones went limp.

"Go, help me catch that woman."

"Yes, my queen!"

Lori's attitude changed drastically, and she walked towards Lydia.

Lydia knew that Lori had been controlled by the succubus, so she quickly got up and ran towards the back door.

But when Lydia arrived at the back door, she found Adela blocking the entrance again.

With a succubus blocking her path in front and Lori's footsteps echoing behind, Lydia began to despair.

It's obvious that the succubus is enjoying the cat-and-mouse game; she could easily have captured Lydia, but she didn't.

Just like cats often hunt not to fill their stomachs, but simply to play with their prey.

With Lydia surrounded from both sides, she gave up resisting and was captured by Lori.

In fact, Lydia had no way to resist either; she was a complete weakling, and she couldn't even beat Lori alone.

"You were the one who notified the FEA to arrest me this afternoon, weren't you?"

"Excuse me, ma'am, I think this is all a misunderstanding! Please let me go. I have a daughter to raise, and I promise I won't meddle in other people's business again!"

Lydia begged Adela for mercy incoherently, but Adela remained completely unmoved.

"Regret it now? Too late! Bring her to me!"

"Yes, my queen!"

Lori pushed Lydia toward Adela, which made Lydia even more flustered.

Lydia knew in her heart that if she walked up to the succubus, the best outcome would be that she would be charmed and controlled by the succubus, but most likely she would have her life force drained.

Although she didn't know why this succubus had faked her death and gone into hiding, and even managed to control two beautiful women, Marian and Gretchen, Lydia had no hope of surviving.

At that moment, Lydia suddenly saw a man in the hallway mirror who was both familiar and unwanted to her.

(The Lord of the Underworld, played by Michael Keaton)

It was an ugly face that was refreshingly unique, with pale skin and dark circles under the eyes, making it hard not to suspect that he was cosplaying a prehistoric beast from Tokyo University.

What's most baffling is his head of green hair, which looks like weeds, including his cheeks and neck, making him look like he's covered in moss.

Right now, this guy is mouthing something to Lydia in the mirror, something like: Call my name!
Lydia strongly opposed this, because she was now this strange aunt largely because of this green-haired man.

During Lydia's teenage years, she was just an ordinary girl with a somewhat withdrawn personality and a fondness for gothic styles, until she met a certain green-haired monster.

That period was a nightmare for Lydia for the rest of her life, and even more than twenty years later, she still sees this man in her nightmares.

"No! I will never call your name! I'd rather die!"

Lydia's unusual reaction caught Adela's attention, and she frowned as she looked at her.

"Who are you talking to?"

Lydia was still having a virtual conversation with the green-haired monster in the mirror.

"What? My daughter? Fine, you win!"

"Who the hell are you talking to!"

Adela finally couldn't resist walking up to the mirror, wanting to see what was in it, but she saw nothing; the mirror only showed herself.

At this moment, Lydia uttered three strange words in a row.

"Betlejuice! Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice!"

A strange melody started playing, startling Adela so much that she immediately took a step back. She cautiously looked around, trying to find the source of the sound.

Then I saw a green-haired ugly guy dressed in a black and white dance costume appear in the distance, and he even struck a pose like he was making a stage entrance.

"Oh, dear Lydia, you're finally willing to call me by my name?"

"Damn it! This isn't what I call willing, I was forced! If it weren't for my daughter..."

Lydia glared at the green-haired monster with gritted teeth, her hatred clearly even greater than when she looked at Adela.

"My dear Lydia, don't say that. You'll know how good I am someday!"

The green-haired monster gave Lydia a particularly greasy smile, which made Lydia feel a spasm in her stomach.

"Impossible! Never!"

Adela was very unhappy with their conversation, which seemed to ignore everyone else.

"Do you think I don't exist?"

As she spoke, Adela produced a whip and lashed it towards the green-haired monster.

Before the green-haired monster could react, Adela had his neck wrapped with a whip.

"Oh my God! You can't do this to me! I'm not an American native, nor am I a letter enthusiast!"

"Hmph! You think I want to play alphabet games with an ugly monster like you?"

While succubi are generally indiscriminate in their attraction to the opposite sex, they do have basic aesthetic standards, and the green-haired monster's appearance clearly didn't suit Adela's taste. The green-haired monster gave a strange smile and then snapped his fingers.

"I think you do, otherwise why would you send me flowers? You definitely have a crush on me!"

Adela instantly sensed something was wrong with the whip in her hand. When she looked down, she found that the whip had turned into a bouquet of roses. Looking at the green-haired monster's neck, there was no trace of the whip.

"How can this be?"

"You woman, you must have a crush on me! But it's no use, my heart belongs to Lydia! Isn't that right, Lydia?"

The green-haired monster looked affectionately in Lydia's direction, only to find Lori standing there dumbfounded, Lydia, whom he had been holding hostage, nowhere to be seen.

"Where are you? Lydia! Where did you go?"

At this moment, Adela also noticed that Lydia had disappeared, and couldn't help but feel a little angry.

"Useless! You can't even keep an eye on people!"

Adela then focused her hatred on the green-haired monster.

"go to hell!"

Enraged, Adela no longer held back, transforming into a towering demon form, ready to tear the green-haired monster in two by force.

It made a tearing sound, like the sound of fabric being ripped.

The sound effect was clearly off, and Adela didn't smell the blood she loved.

Then, Adela discovered that the green-haired monster in front of her had split in two, becoming two separate individuals.

"Hey! You're hurting me!" ×2
Adela attacked again, and the green-haired monsters multiplied into four.

"Why did you come again?" ×4
In all her years as a succubus, Adela had never seen such a bizarre ability.

"You, what kind of monster are you!"

The four green-haired monsters started fighting, and one of them killed the other three and stuffed them into his own body.

After doing all this, the green-haired monster began to tip his hat to Adela.

"Madam, you may call me the Grand Master of the Underworld!"

Meanwhile, Lydia, having found an opportunity to escape her house, ran wildly, not daring to stop at all.

Lydia stopped running only when she was completely exhausted and could no longer run.

Looking around, Lydia realized that she had unknowingly run into Burbank, the media center of Los Angeles, where the headquarters of the seven major Hollywood film studios (at that time, they were still the seven major studios) were located.

At the same time, several major television networks have also established branches here, making it arguably the world's media capital.

Lydia works at ABC television station, which is actually located in this area, so she subconsciously ran here.

After confirming that she was safe, Lydia took out her phone and started making a call.

"Hello, is this Saltana? Something's happened! You have to save me!"

Upon hearing Lydia's panicked voice on the other end of the phone, Saltana quickly tried to calm her down.

"Lydia? What happened? Don't panic! Tell me slowly!"

"It's that succubus from this afternoon; she's actually not dead!"

"What succubus?"

Saltana rested during the day and went out on fieldwork in the evening, so she had no idea what happened in the afternoon.

"that is……"

Lydia is very flustered and has been trying to explain the situation for a long time without being able to.

This left Saltana somewhat helpless.

"Okay, let me ask the station what's going on. Lydia, you find a safe place to hide first!"

"A safe place? The people chasing me are succubi? Where is safe?"

"Sangjiviki, go hide in Sangjiviki for a while. I'll find you soon after I've found out what's going on!"

"Zangievich?"

Lydia thought it was a good idea. She knew the proprietress of Sanjiviki; she was a count-level vampire, which was already very powerful. Among succubi, she could barely reach the level of a mid-level succubus.

With a clear plan in mind, Lydia quickly hailed a taxi; she couldn't possibly walk all the way to Sangevik Bar, that would exhaust her.

Meanwhile, Saltana, who was supervising the scene at the mental hospital, frowned and made a phone call to the FEA Los Angeles branch.

Previously, the work at the mental hospital was suspended because people were transferred to the Shadow Hunter base to clean up the scene.

After the Shadow Hunter base was cleared out, Saltana returned to the mental hospital with FEA agents to continue her work.

If nothing unexpected happens, the results should be available tonight, but just then Lydia calls for help.

Although Lydia is not Saltana's friend, she is her informant, and the two have a good relationship because Lydia is more law-abiding and not as troublesome as other informants.

Therefore, if possible, Saltana will definitely do her best to help Lydia.

"Hello! This is Senior Agent Saltana Rivera, ID XXXXXX! I'd like to know if there are any cases related to succubi this afternoon?"

"I'm sorry, Senior Detective Rivera, the afternoon's case has been sealed by the chief and can only be viewed by authorized personnel."

The operator did not provide details of the case, but this indirectly proved that an incident related to succubi did indeed occur that afternoon.

As for obtaining authorization from the bureau chief, that's a minor issue.

Saltana immediately called Gerald.

"Director Olin, did something related to succubi happen this afternoon?"

"How did you know? I clearly sealed the case!"

Paxton's behavior yesterday violated many regulations, so Gerald has sealed off the case to avoid negative impacts on the department.

However, Gerald sent a copy of the case to headquarters, hoping they would take charge of Paxton, although the chances of that happening were slim.

“My informant Lydia, who seems to be the one who reported the information about the succubus incident this afternoon, just called to tell me that the succubus is not dead and seems to be chasing her.”

"What? This is impossible! Blake and I both saw the succubus's corpse with our own eyes!"

Saltana then learned that Roy had also been involved in the afternoon's events.

"Wait! Roy was there too? Did Roy kill that succubus?"

"No, when Roy and I arrived, the succubus had already been killed by Paxton."

"Just Paxton? No other agents are there?"

"It shouldn't be, but he did bring clones into the arena, and all the clones that entered died."

At this point, Gerald also realized that something was amiss.

"Something's not right! Director Olin, there's definitely something wrong here!"

"Rivera, you need to find a way to protect that informant immediately! Let me investigate first!"

"Director Olin, I'm requesting special funding. Roy's assistance may be needed for this incident!"

Gerald pinched the bridge of his nose, took a deep breath, and answered.

"I approve!"

(End of this chapter)