In the span of a single second, there was an almighty bang and Kari felt a sickeningly warm liquid spread over her body. This was quickly followed by two more bangs and fresh splashes of blood as holes opened up in the woman's head and torso. The sight of the woman was something Kari had never been confronted before - it was not like an action movie or a television show, which leant towards a red stain upon a clean white shirt. The calibre of the bullet was enough to cause wounds that could only be described as 'gaping'. The deed done, Katiel lowered his arm and put the smoking gun away again. He walked over to the body and with a forceful kick shunted it across to the other side of the room, away from Kari - a crimson trail left behind it on the floor. Like the man previously, the woman's body soon changed into the genderless, scarred thing that betrayed what she really was.

[b]"Kari - Kari, it's ok. I'm here, and I'm not going to let them hurt you."[/b] Katiel said, kneeling beside Kari and placing one hand on her shoulder. The smell of the blood on her was awful, but he didn't mind so much - his duty would always have ended this way eventually, and he felt a strange relief to have done with it sooner rather than later. [b]"Kari, you don't have to watch anything if you don't want to, but I'm going to clean up now and take you home."[/b]

Katiel lit another blue match, and underwent the same process of burning away any trace of the demonic body - leaving behind only scattered ashes, a smashed-up room, and the unmistakable smell of gun-smoke. He felt a warm flush rise in his cheeks, and a verse from the book of Ezekiel flutter into mind. [i]I will execute great vengeance on them with wrathful rebukes. Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I lay my vengeance upon them.[/i] Katiel smiled to himself for just a moment, then turned back to the matter at hand. Putting Kari's arm over his shoulders, he helped lead her away from the scene and the school, starting off in the direction of her home.