[center][b][i]Susanna Grace/Lilith:[/b][/i][/center] [b]Three Years Ago[/b] Susanna stood outside her father's house. She remembered the last time she had been here. Six months after Lilith took Susanna’s form as her own she had decided that Susanna needed to be taught a lesson. Unlike other hosts Lilith had inhabited Susanna had refused to shrink to the furthest corners of her mind. Her father had often called her a bulldozer for her stubbornness. Lilith had broke into her father house, a lavish mansion that he had financed with his career as a successful defense attorney. She had stripped the skin from his bones layer by layer and Lilith made Susanna watch. Now Susanna again stood in front of the house, her hands were again covered in blood. After Susanna killed her father the house had gone to her separated wife, Susanna's mother. She along with Susanna's two little sisters and her older brother had moved in. Susanna could just see her little sister Kylie through the window. She couldn't go in. She couldn't knock. Not like this. Earlier today Susanna had passed a man on the street, he'd seemed normal, wore a suit. For his appearance a normal LA business man. Yet as she walked by him Susanna felt a wave of something terrible and sickening come off him. It was the curse of Lilith's powers and now they had awakened within Susanna. Susanna had felt the man's sins which were numerous and terrible. For all is normal appearances the man was a serial killer, seven victims and the police had no leads. The horror of it caused Susanna to turn and follow him home. She didn't know what she intended to do. Confront him, turn him over to the cops? She broke into his apartment and that was when Lilith started talking again. She whispered in Susanna's ears and the girl not yet used to the demon in her head or the voice that would soon come to be all too familiar accepted these thoughts as her own. She overpowered the man and planed him in the center of his room. Then she carved a sigil into and chest and used her father's silver ring which still hung around her neck to catalyze the spell. Great Golden flames had irrupted from the seal and the man had died in agony his soul being sent to the deepest pits. She now stood outside her father's house dead by her hands, those hands covered in blood and she knew that if she ever returned to them she would bring untold harm and misery down upon them. She didn't want that for them and so she left. [b]Last Night[/b] Susanna looked up at the great Hollywood Sign from where she stood at the edge of town. She gave a tired smile. It was good to be home again even if it was only temporary. Susanna hadn't seen her home or her family since that day three years ago when she'd stood across the street looking into her sister’s window and knew that she could never talk to them again. [i]Foolish decision based on sentiment. You have no spine girl and returning here was a bad idea. Mark my words we'll come to regret it.[/i] Susanna sighed. She hadn't spoken to Lilith for two days and had sort of been hoping that the demon had gone dormant. [i]That was an idiotic hope, where would I go?[/i] Susanna rolled her eyes tiredly. "Anywhere but in my head." She muttered. Most of the time the demon was best ignored than argued with. The creature was cruel and vindictive but smart. She won most arguments and when Susanna's emotions started to run high it became harder to distinguish been her own thoughts and those fed to her by Lilith or even her own feelings with the demon's. For the demon did have feelings twisted as they were. [i]Lilith, unless you have a magical power for making walking easier then just shut up.[/i] [i]Actually...[/i] [i]SHUT YOUR DAMN MOUTH![/i] Susanna shouted to the air. She was far enough outside the city limits that no one would notice. Not that anyone was particularly observant in LA. Most people looked the other way at strange occurrences. [i]Technically it's your mouth Suzie.[/i] Susanna gave no reply. The ramblings inside her head were enough to drive anyone mad, in fact Susanna was certain she had been mad for several years but it wasn't something that she dwelt on. The DIS's main base was here in LA. Well the main one in the USA anyways. London had a bigger installation. It was a bad idea for Susanna to remain long but she felt confident she could dodge them for long enough to do what she come to do. After all if the DIS' job was to crush all Supernatural forces then they wouldn't have stalled out years ago. No there job was to eliminate supernatural threats. This meant that the underbelly of LA had a great base in the mystical elements. Nightclubs for Vampires. Cafe's that served cocktails made from different kinds of human blood, taken from blood banks of course. These things were prevalent in LA and Susanna had a specific one in mind. There was a demon club in the downtown area. It resembled a stand up club in the human world. The upside of it was that the owner who was an Aka Manah who had made an impact in Zoroastrian mythology had become tired of constantly having to rebuilt his club had contracted a hard to reach Goddess for a spell that prevented anything above minor violence from occurring within its walls. It was a sort of safe haven for demons. It took Susanna two hours to reach it and by the time she did the moon was high in the sky. She knocked twice on the door. A little window opened in the window. "Business?" said a scraggly voice that sounded like old wood from behind the door. Susanna rolled her eyes "Room and board." The door eyes her. "Password?" Susanna's eyes flashed. "Open the door or we see which is more powerful, the Flames of Damnation or your protection spell." The eye in the door looked at her. "Lilith the Vengeance Demon, of course come in, the master is expecting you." The door swung open and Susanna was startled to realize that the eye in the door was just that. An actual eye ball placed in the door to screen visitors. It was not the strangest thing that Susanna had ever seen and so she merely brushed it off. The owner of the club stood at the bar drinking what smelled like putrefied human flesh. Probably from a recent burial. In the old days Aka Manah which mean "mind made evil" appeared as vengeful spirits with goat skulls for heads and a human puppet on one hand. They too had changed with the times. This one appeared mostly human with goats horns peaking out from his head and rather odd gloves which on closer inspection had a finger puppet for each one of the fingers. "Lilith," it said caressing the word like it was a rare flower. "It is gooood to seeee you. You neeeeeded rooooom and booooaard I hear." Susanna said nothing and instead merely nodded. "In thaaaat caaaase, doooo you haaaave, paaaayment?" "The nightmares of children? Yeah I got then." Susanna said not wishing to discuss how she had obtained the vial of dark swirling liquid. "Noooow, I doooo noooot think that will beeee enooooough. In Ireeeland I heeeeard taaaaales of yoour proooowess with a fiiiddle. Fiddle gold against our soul if you really want your sanctuary." "Fine." Susanna pulled the fiddle case from her bag and opened it revealing a beautiful fiddle polished to a shine. It was about the only possession that she held that she took care of or held any meaning. Susanna knew of demonic music. She had watched Lilith perform such pieces on several occasions. Susanna walked onto the little stage in the corner in front of a varied group of demons. Some were like her, or rather Lilith, incorporeal and possessing humans while others had monstrous forms that didn't suit the room. Susanna chose a tune that was a demon favorite and most would sing along too. "Eeeeveryoooone, may I preseeeent Lilith, haarbengeeeer of veeengeeence whoooose skiiiils riival Neeeerooos himself." There was a round of applause from the demons before Susanna began to play. As she played on the fiddle fast and furious Susanna opened her mouth and a song that was in a tongue she barely understood echoes from it. It was the demon’s version of a drinking some. Lots of talk of violence of the drinking of blood of human villages. It was quiet popular with the demons though to Susanna’s human ears it sounded horrendous. Soon the demons were stomping there feet and singing along. [i]No girl, you fingers should be higher and play it faster.[/i] [i]Quiet and let me play.[/i] [i]Your doing it wrong.[/i] [i]I’ll play it any way I want[/i] Finally Susanna finished and the song and the Aka Manah clearly pleased handed her a room key which appeared to be made from a human bone. Not caring about the look of her room Susanna made her way down the hall opened it and fell onto the bed. Her sleep was plagued with dreams of blood but at least she was sleeping. [center][b][i]Thomas Campbell:[/b][/i][/center] [b]Present[/b] Thomas Campbell walked into his office at the top of the DIS HQ. the walls were made of glass giving him a good view of everything that went on bellow. His first duty every day was to go through memos and tips that usually turned out to be inconsequential. As Thomas scanned the list he noted that an agent who had been slatted for transfer to the LA branch had been resigned to New York City. NYC was always a hot bed of Supernatural activity so it wasn't surprising that the transfer was shifted. Another memo caught Thomas' caught eye and made his blood run cold. No she wouldn't be stupid enough to return to LA after Jason. She must know that ever DIS agent in the city would be after her. Thomas was almost tempted to think that it was a false sighting but the informant was very reliable and anyone who contact with the DIS knew well enough not to report a false sighting of Lilith the Vengeance Demon. Thomas immediately opened up the personnel files of the current DIS roster in LA. He put together a team quickly confident that he had accounted for all the necessary skills. Cian Machello, Field name: Listener Human, an expert in demonic lore and magics. He had a shady past which had earned him the name "Alistair Crowley the Second". Thomas knew what one would have to do to get a nickname like that though the specifics of Cian's exploits were not on file. He had a unique ability to hear magic which would give him an advantage in protecting the team from Lilith's Flames of Damnation which had claimed Jason. Though of questionable past three years with the organization had proved him loyal. Alex Cain, Field name: Striker Cain, not to be confused with Cian was a standard military man. Physically strong and an expert in many hand to hand disciplines and the use of several different fire arms. He had been shipped to LA that morning for another assignment by order of the home office. His sister had Future Sight which wasn't inherited by boys but as of where it had led his sister should give him a respect for the danger it could pose. He shouldn't be reckless and would make a good leader for the team. As well this would give him a good opertunity to investigate his primary objective. Emilia Charleston, Field name: Phoenix A new recruit. Normally Thomas would hesitate to put a new recruit even one that had been in service for a year on a case as large as this but Phoenix had proved that she was a valuable asset. She had a unique ability to slip into the personality of a character into order to get what she needed. She is also a gymnastics, and karate expert. Despite her small stature a very good agent. Kyle Harkness, Field name: Dreamwalker Also knew to the agency but equipped with the ability of astral projection. Something that could be exceptionally useful against demons. Allyse Blanc, Field name: One of the Fair Folk, She'd been hunting demons for several hundred years, her experience and calm demeanor would balance the team. These were five fine agents who Thomas hoped would be able to tackle Lilith. Jason had gotten killed because he acted alone. Perhaps with these five working together they might stand a chance of capturing or killing the demon. Thomas went back to his computer and sent a message to the five agents on there personalized DIS pagers. [i]Lilith is back, come to by office.[/i] He then sent messages to various administrative people within the school above them excusing the agents from normal school proceedings. This took top priority and couldn't wait until they finished there day. Lilith had been stopped in a demon bar downtown last night. With any luck she slept late. Demons in hosts didn't have to sleep as often as humans and could put it off for longer without any side effects. This meant that when they did sleep they slept for sixteen to twenty five hours. The DIS just might get lucky with this one.