Erik extinguished the fire with his holy water gun and using the other gun, began firing at him. He guessed this was Aesuir, for he only knew a couple of demons that could match his abilities. "It's not just my pact," he said as he fired more holy water rounds at him while dodging fireballs. "Your old man made it, too. I wonder what he'll say if his little boy is breaking the rules. Rules that your pop made."

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I was cured all right.

"My father wants souls, I am going to give him this world to rule over."
He grinned and felt the bullets fly through his body. He estinguished the flames and began to walk to him, stalking him somewhat.
"You know who I am so why use such pathetic weapons."

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"Rock N' Roll is the only relgion that never lets you down!" ~ Lemmy Kilmister

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Kira steps out of the shadows, but not quite into the ring of chaos created by the two warring persons. The tall, menacing figure is the presence she sensed earlier, and the other man is a force for good......

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For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him shall not die, but have everlasting Life. ~John 3:16~





~The Mercenary A-U Gentlewoman~

(There are holy water rounds, the bullets explode upon impact, releasing the holy water. Not even sons of Satan could walk like that without some injury.)
"Your pop doesn't want this world," Erik taunted. He leapt over Aesuir, doing a front flip in midair and landed behind him. He shot more rounds into him. "He just wants souls. The Underworld was enough for him. Besides God and the Devil agreed no direct contact, only words. Or maybe you want a world for you to rule over. What, Daddy didn't give you a place on his throne?" He noticed the other demon, a lesser one. She shouldn't be that bad.

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I was cured all right.

(He is immortal until the old necklace thingy is destroyed)

His face cringed in pain and he quickly spun around thrusting an arm around.
"I live to serve him!"

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"Rock N' Roll is the only relgion that never lets you down!" ~ Lemmy Kilmister

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Kira senses the warrior noticing her, and looks over at him, catching his eye. She listens to what they are saying, and smirks when he taunts the tall figure.......

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For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him shall not die, but have everlasting Life. ~John 3:16~





~The Mercenary A-U Gentlewoman~

(Aha...they would still hurt, though)
"Really?" Erik asked. "Do you live to serve him, or do you live so you can overthrow him later? I had a talk with Daddy some time ago. He was a bit concerned about you. Ignoring the pact, having it your way all the time. You know, your antics in Canada actually gave a boost in the churches. More people were flocking the chapels and the temples and wherever they worship. Seems to me that your old man won't be happy with what you did." Even though this was suicidal, Erik was having fun. Taunting Lu's son.

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I was cured all right.

(Yes ok)

Anusir growled in anger and with lightning fast refelxes grabbed the man by the throat and threw him across the room.
He stepped after him and snarled.
"I know what my father wants and you stupid attempts at blinding me are not going to work." His right hand grew with fire again and he shot a lick of flame at him.

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"Rock N' Roll is the only relgion that never lets you down!" ~ Lemmy Kilmister

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Erik recovered from the throw and leapt to dodge the fire. "Ohh...is Lu's son getting angry?" he taunted. Obviously his Dragon's Breath isn't going to be any good against him. So for now he relied on his holy water. "I guess truth does hurt. Why don't you check the attendance list on the churches? Twice the people came to church after you killed those diggers in Canada." He took out the empty vials of holy water of his dispensers and replaced in new ones. He then glanced at a clock nearby. It was nearing the time when evening mass was about to begin. That meant the church bells would be ringing, a defense against demons.

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I was cured all right.

Anusir shook his head and sighed.
"You are truely pathetic, human." He said as he walked over to him.
"You think I care how many go to your churches?"
He towered over him and grined, grabing him by the throat and picking him up to eye level. His right still a blaze he brought it up to the man's face and waved in front of him tauntingly.

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"Rock N' Roll is the only relgion that never lets you down!" ~ Lemmy Kilmister

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Erik grinned despite the knowledge that any minute he was going to incernated. "It matters," Erik said, laughing slightly. "Because all of those souls are going to heaven, not the little hole your old man, your brothers, and you rule. You might not care, but your pop does. Want to ask him?" Then the clang and boom of church bells could be heard. Perfect timingErik thought. "And to think all of the thousands of people could be part of your Daddy's little world. He extracted a vial of holy water and poured it all over the demon's fiery hands.

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I was cured all right.

Anusir's hand was extinguished and he dropped Erik in pain. He cradeled his hand and snarled, ignoring the man and walking away from him.


(I'm gonna let other people catch up if you don't mind?)

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"Rock N' Roll is the only relgion that never lets you down!" ~ Lemmy Kilmister

[!*#_:]

Crouched in the shadows around the corner of the building, Xine watched the drama unfold. Slowly, the pieces were coming together. Celesta wanted the necklace for herself - why? So she could make a pact with Anusir? Or so she could control him?

Which brought him to a very tempting question. The pieces had all fallen very conveniently. If Xine did manage to recover the necklace...

Later. For now, he had to go find this Erwin. He wrapped himself in a mantle of invisibility - a gift from his demon heritage - and melted once more into the night.

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"Professor Joachim Ackerman walked into the museum at 10:52 P.M. It is said he exited roughly one hour later." Michelle Johansen clicked a button, and the frozen screen zoomed in.

Xine leaned forward, examining the feed from the museum's entrance cameras. "It's him," he said decisively.

Flipping around her dirty blond ponytail, Sergeant Johansen sat back in her swivel chair and stared at the laptop's screen. They were in the officer's apartment, after she'd gotten a copy of the museum's surveillance tapes. "You know Craig" - she stifled a yawn " - I'm feeling tempted to hand you over to the authorities right now for waking me up."

Chuckling, Xine mulled over his options. If he were a demon from Switzerland and in possession of Anusir's soul, what would he do? Why, run of course. Erwin would have both police and the denizens of hell after him. Where to? His first guess was back to Switzerland, but he had to be sure. "You don't happen to have the resources to pull up the airport's database, do you?"

"Sorry, but no. There are three airports in the NYC area. Have fun searching."

Xine made a displeased noise.

Michelle pursed her lips and amended slowly, "A friend of mine, he works for an underground agency that I'd rather not name right now. He calls himself John M. Smieller. I think he can be of some help." She jotted something down on a post-it note and pressed it into his hand. "Tell him the Fox sent you."

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Celesta walked into her room, swaying slightly from the after effects of tapping into Anusirs power. She was jolted out of her trance like state by a large explosion. She strode out to her balcony and looked over the streets. Her eyes narrowed as she noticed Anusir on the street directly below the apartment building. "What are you doing?" she sneered as she saw him confront an unknown man. Muttering profanities under her breath, she watched the fight unfold from her safe distance high above.

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When the dark figure is gone, Kira walks over to the other man, and holds out her hand, her black reptilian eyes glittering in the fading light. Unlike the tall demon, she seems unaffected by the church bells......

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For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him shall not die, but have everlasting Life. ~John 3:16~





~The Mercenary A-U Gentlewoman~

Celesta looked concerned. Anusir had walked away from the fight, his essence seemed lessened by the battle.
Was it an over extension of his immense power? She had to find him.
She turned and walked out her room into the hallway, she got into the elevator and pressed G
The metallic doors slid shut and the elevator made it's way down to the very bottom level. The doors opened and Celesta walked out into a low level garage. She walked along a row of cars before stopping at a sleek red Jaguar XKR. She lifted her hand and concentrated on the door, it opened with a click. Stepping inside the lush interior. She concentrated on the ignition and the cars engined revved with a low growl.
Spinning the car out the garage and onto the far end of her apartment block, and onto the New York streets.
Her eyes turned to there demonic emerald as she concentrated on Anusirs energy.

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