[color=ed1c24][center][h1]???[/h1][/center][/color] [@rawkhawk64][@Hammerman][@KillamriX88][@6slyboy6][@RoflsMazoy] [hr] As the two tumbled forward Katherine feel the claw on her wrist tighten and yank, pulling her back into the darkness as the demoness reasserted control and caught herself, her hand landing in the pool of strange, multicolored blood that was now seeping from the boys legs. "Could you not have just portaled us away?" She asked, unbeliving not only their bad luck but that all of her enemy's had gathered in one place so incredibly quickly. If she'd known this would happen maybe it would have been more advantages to remain in the stadium. At least there was an ready supply of victims there compared to this desert. There was no time regrets now, though. She would just have to make do with what she had. [i]"Look here child."[/i] she said inwardly. [i]"If we're going to still be working together after this then you could use this knowledge. My fire, unlike yours, is hungry."[/i] As she spoke with Katherine the blood began to bubble, steam, then suddenly erupted into flame. The fire devoured it, following the trail up the boys leg to the source and digging in greedily for just a second before the demoness pressed her will down on it and it pulled back. From that moment, besides that momentary pain where it had cauterized the wound, the fire on his leg did not hurt him at all. All it did was burn until the blood was gone, and as the blood disappeared both the demoness and Katherine could feel power welling up in them. Not enough to fill the void, but more than the demoness had expected. The boys blood packed a tremendous potency, almost as though it were the base of his divine gift. [i]"The more it consumes the more it grows, and the greater the sacrifice made to it the stronger you become as a result. If you are ever in a position to use it, be careful. Had I not exerted the strict control I keep on my flame, it would have devoured our erstwhile ally whole."[/i] As if to affirm this commitment to Darts safety she reached out as Rurik launched one of his projectiles and pulled him out of it's path. It was the least she could do after he'd soaked that annoying boy. Turning, she pulled herself up to Katherine's full height and stared Rurik down. Despite how it felt she knew it wasn't pure arrogance that drove him. That lout had been annoying when she'd been at full power. Still, this challenge might be the only opportunity she had to turn this situation around somehow. So long as this was going on, Clara seemed happy to let it play out. She would need to be careful. She couldn't surrender herself to rage like she had last time. As she fought, she had to also search for an escape. Conserving energy, fight conservatively, and be on the look out for any sort of trick. "Hey, Kath! Rurik peeked at me changing at the locker room today! Can you believe it?" The world went red. "Know your place you piece of shit, don't you have any standards!?!" The demoness threw out her hand without thinking and one of those seals from the roof sprung up around Rurik. Instead of causing a pillar of fire to shoot out, however, this one sent a pulse of pure fire across the ground around him. The water left behind from darts hose attack, along with the water in the park grass, flash boiled and exploded into a cloud of scalding hot steam all around him. The demoness stared at her hand in legit shock. That hadn't been her speaking, not really at least. That emotion hadn't come from her heart or her head, it had been an automatic response like pulling your hand away from a hot stove top. Was this a disgust so palpable it has been engraved in Katherine's very nerves? She was so distracted by this she hadn't even noticed that Thobias had swooped in to cart off dear Christine. [hr] [center][h1]Naseraph Sana[/h1][/center] [@AtomicNut] [hr] Naserph followed along with Wolf and the Mysterious Stranger as they went out to the car. First Versa, now Andras? It sounded like that someone was targeting Wolf specifically. "The woman you love and the woman you were sworn to protect? You don't suppose this could be a trap for you?" He asked as the stranger pulled the cabby out of the cab and took the drivers seat for herself. Nasearph was unhesitant in taking the back seat. "Does this have anything to do with those rumors I heard of you killing twenty-one demons and their dog last month?"