Captured

The thrift shop was a bit scanty and didn't have a lot of merchandise inside it. It was old and dusty and there was this putrid smell that filled the air.

There was a counter a few feet away from the entrance that had a young lady behind it. Maximus looked down at the compass and it was pointing up ahead to the young woman.

"That's her," Maximus said to Mira and Leon and they moved closer to her.

As they got closer to her, they picked up the girl's scent and could tell that she was human and although they didn't say it, they were all thinking it; What would be the use for a teenage human in a supernatural war?

"Hi! What can I help you folks with?" The girl said. She looked like she was in her early teens, definitely not up to eighteen years old.

"Hi there, little girl. We, umm...we would like a, umm..." Maximus tried to say but he felt like he was suffocating a little bit.

"Are you alright, sir?" The girl asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine. It's just, umm, there's a strong smell in here and I thi