The Grey Queen's Wrath

[Friday June 14th, 11:15 PM

Arizona, Lupton Motel, 1 Mile from the New Mexico Border]

[7:24:02 AM] Omniance: Odie: He's sitting outside of his and Yuri's room on the curb of the parking lot. The motel is almost literally in the middle of no where, the only other thing around for miles is a truckers rest stop a mile up the road. He and Yuri got a twin bed room, while Lucas and Ricky got the next room over. He's flipping a small knife of ice in his hand. About ten hours until we get there. He drops the knife and it bounces of the asphalt, part of it chipping off. He reaches for it and it vanishes, he just stares at the spot in a bit of annoyance.

Lucas: He's smoking his last cigarette for the night before he goes to bed. That's not too bad then. We'll have to call that guy's number. He puts the cigarette in his mouth and finishes it off before throwing it on the cement and grinding it out with the heel of his shoe. I'm heading to bed. Seeya in the morning.

Odie: Yeah... Night. He turns and watches Lucas walk back into his motel room. Odie looks around at the dark desert around them before a moment. The loneliness quickly starts to get to him and he stands up and goes into his room.

[7:24:50 AM] Omniance: Lucas: He stretches and yawns. Odie said New Orleans is about ten hours from here. We should be there by tomorrow afternoon.

[7:30:22 AM] Arbi: Ricky: Lucas catches a glimpse of him with only a shirt on before he finishes pulling his boxer briefs on. He had just finished taking a shower a few minutes ago. Ten hours? That's not that bad. He glances back at him before grabbing his pajama pants and sliding them on.

[7:32:45 AM] Omniance: Lucas: He looks to the side, but manages to keep from blushing when he sees him. Even though he's seen him naked in the school showers a few times before something is different about it. ...I think it'll probably be a bit longer than that with our track record...

[7:40:40 AM] Arbi: Ricky: He lays back on the bed and looks up at him. He gives him a slight smirk and watches him walk across the room. All that driving... you must be tired, Vera...

[7:42:55 AM] Omniance: Lucas: He rubs his neck. A little maybe... He looks nervous, but he's acting like he isn't.

[7:46:09 AM] Arbi: Ricky: He yawns slightly and closes his eyes, after a moment he says. You should let your brother drive tomorrow.

[7:47:18 AM] Omniance: Lucas: He suddenly lands almost on top of Ricky, just off to the side of him. Sounds good to me... He wraps his arm around Ricky's chest.

[7:48:50 AM] Arbi: Ricky: He looks down at him and smiles, pulling him close so they can both cuddle until they fall asleep together.

[7:49:45 AM] Omniance: In the next room...

[7:50:39 AM] Omniance: Odie: He sets Winkers on the nightstand. He's already changed into his PJs. New Orleans better be ready for us. He rolls onto his bed.

[7:53:46 AM] Arbi: Yuri: He's already laying in his bed. He has his arm behind his head and is looking out towards the window into the dark sky. We beat the Prince, one of the strongest, scariest guys out there. I feel like we can do anything now...

[7:55:05 AM] Omniance: Odie: There's still a lot of things we don't know... I guess I'm just still scared of things that can happen... He closes his green eyes tightly. I can't stop thinking about what... Billy said. The other day. He pulls the covers over him.

[7:58:16 AM] Arbi: Yuri: He hears the light footsteps of Rodin outside through the open window. He turns his head towards Odie when he finishes talking. What did he say again?

[7:59:18 AM] Omniance: Odie: He said I should be scared, and that this power isn't coming from me... He looks at his teddy on the nightstand.

[8:00:59 AM] Arbi: Yuri: You notice anything weird happen since he said that?

[8:02:04 AM | Edited 8:02:19 AM] Omniance: Odie: Sometimes I feel something... I can't explain it... Like it's inside of me but... Not inside of "me", me. Inside... Me, but not inside my body?

[8:04:03 AM] Arbi: Yuri: He looks at him with a very confused look. He suddenly grabs Winkers. Odie, it's okay you can tell me what happened. Show me on this teddybear where the demon touched you.

[8:05:13 AM] Omniance: Odie: He smiles. It might just be nothing. He nods. I think I'm getting over my... Episodes. I feel better, I just feel different... Maybe that's what it is. Lucas is probably right. If it pissed off Billy it was probably a good thing.

[8:06:29 AM | Edited 8:07:16 AM] Arbi: Yuri: He puts the teddybear back down on the nightstand. Lucas is usually right... He flips his pillow over onto the cool side and lays his head back down, closing his eyes. That's why he's so bad at lying.

[8:06:59 AM] Omniance: Odie: He laughs quietly. Night Yuri... He closes his eyes.

[8:07:59 AM] Arbi: Yuri: Night, man... He drifts off to sleep.

[8:08:26 AM] Omniance: A while later, in Tartarus...

[8:09:20 AM] Omniance: Lucas: He lights a cigarette as his brother wakes up a few feet away from him. He breaths it out in a long stream of smoke. Let's roll this place.

[8:13:10 AM] Arbi: Yuri: He casts fire ward on himself and starts walking towards the dark doorway into the next room. He creates two weapons made of shadow and mercury in his hands. You don't have to worry about burning me anymore. Don't hold back.

[8:15:37 AM] Omniance: Lucas: He tears through the doorway into the next room as a draconic raptor. There's a flash of brilliant white light as he incinerates all the enemies before they can even see what most of them are. [Beastimpathy] Let's split up. We can cover more rooms more quickly. He turns and looks at Yuri, smoke rising from the sides of his mouth.

[8:19:30 AM | Edited 8:19:57 AM] Arbi: Yuri: He smiles and levitates up in the air before turning invisible. This isn't even gonna be fair. He glides into the next room with his cursed venomous swords.

[8:20:06 AM] Omniance: Lucas: He turns and races off into a room to the left.

[8:20:50 AM] Omniance: Meanwhile...

[8:26:18 AM] Omniance: Odie: He gasps loudly as he sits up. He looks around quickly, not knowing where he is. He's in a dark room rectangle room, with nothing else in it. He slowly gets to his feet, a blade of ice appearing in his hand. He looks around several times again. Suddenly a tiny child-like ghost rushes out of the dark at and he instinctively dodges. It moves around him in a circle and he slashes through it with his sword. The ghost bounces away and then rushes towards him again. Odie closes his eyes and slashes it once more. There's a cold sigh and the creature vanishes. There's a sound of grinding stone as a door on the far side of the room opens. He looks around again. This is that place... Yuri and Lucas talked about... He hesitantly starts walking towards the door before noticing a small child in the corner. It's that little boy from a few nights ago, the one that looks a lot like him. The boy seems to have been hiding from the Lil'Haunt.

[8:29:00 AM | Edited 8:29:10 AM] Arbi: Brendan: He's peeking out from behind a rock to check if the ghost is gone, despite the dimly lit room it's easy to tell it's the blond haired boy from before in the tent.

[8:29:50 AM] Omniance: Odie: You're here? He looks around, worried about the tar creature. ...Are you alright?

[8:32:16 AM | Edited 8:33:38 AM] Arbi: Brendan: He quietly says. Yea... I think so. He stands up and looks himself over, checking for any injuries. Afterwards he looks both ways to check if there's any ghosts nearby and then runs up to Odie. He's holding Winkers by its hand.

[8:33:37 AM | Edited 8:33:58 AM] Omniance: Odie: He grabs the boy's other hand. ...Let's keep moving... My friends might be around here somewhere.... I hope... He starts walking towards the door.

[8:35:35 AM] Arbi: Brendan: He sounds worried. Are there more monsters here?

[8:36:14 AM] Omniance: Odie: I think this is where the monsters live... He walks through the darkness of the door, and into the next room.

[8:36:40 AM] Omniance: Meanwhile...

[8:38:17 AM] Omniance: Ricky opens his eyes. He's laying in a small plain bed in a plain room with a rotted old rug on the floor. There's child's drawings tapped to the walls.

[8:42:46 AM | Edited 8:45:12 AM] Arbi: Ricky: He sits up and looks around the unfamiliar room. He ignites his demon arm as he quickly realizes he isn't in the motel room anymore. Vera?... He's alone in the room and there aren't any windows to show him where he is, only a dark doorway across the room. After a moment he cautiously walks through it into the next room.

[8:45:18 AM] Omniance: As he walks into the next room a demonic head rolls across the floor and stops a few feet from him.

Lucas: He walks from the darkness, looking at Ricky strangely. ...You're here?

[8:47:36 AM] Arbi: Ricky: He notices the bedroom's door immediately leads him into a dungeon, like it was built inside it. It's confusing. Yeah, what's going on?...

[8:48:57 AM] Omniance: Lucas: We have to find the final room to get out of here... You shouldn't be here. He looks Ricky over. Let's keep moving. He turns and heads for the next room.

[8:49:45 AM] Arbi: Ricky: ...Final room? He quickly follows him.

[8:51:30 AM] Omniance: As they walk into the next room there's a set of four angelic baby-like creatures floating in the center. One of them shrieks loudly and vomits a spread three blood globes towards Lucas and Ricky.

[8:55:14 AM | Edited 8:55:40 AM] Arbi: Ricky: He isn't expecting the creatures to shoot blood spheres but he still reacts quick enough to dodge them. He looks back at the demon and dashes forward as a fireball, knocking it down before he turns and cuts the wings off the second one with his incinerating blue fire.

[8:57:44 AM] Omniance: Lucas: As Ricky looks over to him, he's standing over the blood pulp of the other two angelic babies. Let's keep moving. He says it in almost a monotone, and continues towards the next room as the door opens.

[8:59:22 AM] Arbi: Ricky: The Binding of Isaac creatures make it obvious where he is but he still doesn't know how he got here. He continues following Lucas, unsure of what to expect next.

[9:01:22 AM] Omniance: As they walk into the next room there's a loud thud, and a large globe of blood races outwards, flying passed the two of them and slamming into the door as it closes. Ahead of them is what appears to be a massive trembling brain.

[9:03:32 AM] Arbi: Ricky: How bout some fire? He glances at Lucas.

[9:05:42 AM] Omniance: Lucas: He looks at Ricky strangely, and then turns to look at the creature. The ceiling about it begins to glow, and then suddenly a meteor tears through and slams into the massive brain, annihilating it in an explosion of fire, along with the two smaller brains. He looks back at Ricky. That should be more than enough. The sound of grinding stone is heard as the door to the next room opens.

[9:08:47 AM | Edited 9:10:25 AM] Arbi: Ricky: He isn't sure what happened but thinks it might be a power Lucas only has in Tartarus. He walks ahead, slowing down for a moment as he passes the large burn mark in the middle of the room where the brain was before.

[9:09:45 AM] Omniance: Lucas: Let's keep moving. He walks passed Ricky and into the next door.

[9:10:56 AM] Arbi: Ricky: He follows him through the next dungeon door.

[9:14:21 AM] Omniance: Odie: Ricky sees him run into the next room, pulling the little boy with him. The doors close behind him just as he runs in. Ricky? Lucas? A huge ghostly being, with three smaller little ghosts appears suddenly in the center of the room, interrupting their reunion. One of the ghosts becomes more visible and quickly flies towards Ricky. He yells out. It's the Haunt! He pulls Brendan behind him and holds out his sword, unsure of what to do.

[9:17:51 AM] Arbi: Ricky: The lil'haunt catches him by surprise, he steps to the side to dodge it but it moves with his movements and reaches forward to grab him.

[9:23:14 AM] Omniance: Lucas: He watches as the Lil'Haunt grabs Ricky's shoulder, inflicting a massive amount of pain.

Odie: Kill it Lucas!

Lucas: He looks at Odie, and then back to Ricky and the Lil'Haunt. He pulls a flaming whip from nothing, like it's made of magma tethered together. He whips it down and it snaps through the Lil'Haunt as Ricky is about to pull it off of him. The ghost is incinerated to nothing. Lucas pulls the whip back towards him and he turns to look at the The Haunt as the next two Lil'Haunts materialize, one racing towards Odie and the other towards him and Ricky.

[9:26:29 AM | Edited 9:26:43 AM] Arbi: Ricky: He attacks the Lil'Haunt before it can reach him, punching it's small body with two firey punches. It gets knocked away from him and vanishes as it dies.

[9:27:12 AM | Edited 9:27:31 AM] Arbi: Brendan: He squeezes Winkers tightly and closes his eyes as he stays behind Odie, still scared of the ghosts.

[9:28:56 AM | Edited 9:34:19 AM] Omniance: Odie: He raises his frigid weapon and it turns into a bat. He slams the Lil'Haunt like a baseball and it flies across the room, passed Lucas, who reaches out and grabs the creature with his bare hand. The creature shrieks and then pops in a bubble of white fire.

The Haunt seems to become furious, pulling its face open to reveal a demonic skull as it backs up against the far wall. It's mouth opens as it lets out a pillar of bloody power.

[9:34:16 AM] Arbi: A second Haunt appears infront of the the group and takes the pillar of blood in its face. It doesn't seem to do anything to this one and it smiles wickedly at the first one before flying towards it.

[9:36:35 AM] Omniance: Odie: ...What?

The Haunt: It seems to go beyond typical tactics from their familiar game, enraging as it turns red and demonic power pours from its skull. It fires another pill of blood as it moves in position to hit the second, Grinning, Haunt.

Odie: He picks up Brendan and runs across the room towards Ricky and Lucas.

[9:40:13 AM | Edited 9:40:49 AM] Arbi: Grinning Haunt: It takes a second blast of blood in it face but it still doesn't seem to hurt him. An unseen force suddenly reaches out and grabs the original Haunt, holding him in place as the Grinning Haunt opens it's mouth and starts absorbing the enraged boss from afar, large chunks of it flying off towards him and vanishing into him. As this is happening the original Haunt can't do anything anymore, it just stays there in place as it becomes too weak to move until it's gone.

[9:42:43 AM] Omniance: Lucas: He watches the sight with a blank face.

Odie: Does that normally happen here?! He sets Brendan down as he reaches Lucas and Ricky.

Lucas: He looks at Odie, then to Brendan, he stares at the boy, not answering Odie's question.

Odie: Lucas?!

Lucas: He looks back at Odie. Not that I'm aware.

[9:44:02 AM] Arbi: Grinning Haunt: The boss slowly turns around towards the four of them, grinning wickedly before it starts flying towards them.

[9:45:53 AM | Edited 9:46:10 AM] Omniance: Lucas: He turns to look at the Grinning Haunt. His eyes flash with orange-white fire, and suddenly there's a roar, like a tiger or some other large cat, and an incinerating celestial light beams forth and blankets the Grinning Haunt, igniting it with flaring white plasma.

[9:49:04 AM] Arbi: Grinning Haunt: He spins out of the way but the plasma still hits him. It doesn't instantly kill him like all the other monsters, in fact it looks like it barely hurt him. It's turns to look back at Lucas and it's ghostly mouth forms into another wicked smile, like it's aware it knows Lucas isn't strong enough to kill him.

[9:50:03 AM] Omniance: Lucas: The effect fades, his eyes returning to normal.

Odie: What the hell is this thing?

[9:52:13 AM] Arbi: The Boss vanishes. A great fear overcomes Lucas as he realizes it's behind him now, he can feel it.

[9:53:16 AM] Arbi: Grinning Haunt: The large ghost's voice suddenly booms out behind him. BOO!

[9:56:13 AM] Omniance: Lucas: He's still completely unafraid. Uncharacteristically so. He slowly turns to look at the creature as Odie stumbles backwards, pulling Brendan with him. He stares at the creature with a blank face. Whether unimpressed or something else entirely it's apparent that he's not as scared as he should be. We should keep moving. Two of the doors open and he turns, walking towards the next one.

[9:56:53 AM] Omniance: Odie: He looks at the creature, and then back at Lucas, and then to Ricky. KILL IT!

[9:57:21 AM] Arbi: Yuri: He loses Spurious and he levitates back down to the ground. I used fear! Hey, don't you walk away from me! He runs after his brother.

[9:58:44 AM] Omniance: A Raptor suddenly runs in from the other door.

Lucas: [Beastimpathy] There you are! He tilts his head seeing Odie and Ricky, he turns back into his normal self. ...What the hell are they doing here. Odie's mouth just drops as he looks at the Lucas that just arrived, and the one that's walking towards the door slowly.

[9:59:24 AM] Arbi: Yuri: He looks back at Raptor Lucas and then looks back at his Human Lucas. Wait...

[10:00:54 AM] Arbi: Ricky: He forgets about the prank Yuri pulled on them and looks at the two of them. ...I can sense fire from both of them. He backs away, unsure of what's going on.

[10:02:04 AM] Omniance: Lucas: Both of who...? He looks in the direction they're looking. The other Lucas is nearly to the door. ...Wait... What the hell?

Odie: How do we know which one is the real one?!

Lucas: He sighs and looks over at Odie. Really?

[10:03:53 AM] Arbi: Yuri: He crosses his arms at the Lucas about to reach the door.

[10:04:24 AM] Omniance: Lucas: Stop him! He turns back into a raptor and races towards his doppelganger.

[10:05:28 AM | Edited 10:06:12 AM] Arbi: Yuri: He teleports behind the doppelganger and reaches forward, grabbing his shoulder to stop him.

[10:09:34 AM | Edited 10:09:50 AM] Omniance: Not-Lucas: He looks at Yuri. We should keep movin- Raptor Lucas slams into him in an attempt to knock him into the ground, but Not-Lucas doesn't even seem to move in the slightest, like Lucas has ran into a wall of solid stone. Not-Lucas looks at the drakonid form and slowly changes in shape until it looks like Ricky. The final room is close. He shrugs Yuri off and keeps walking.

[10:10:58 AM] Arbi: Yuri: He causes black chains to come out from the dark doorway all over, blocking Not-Lucas's path.

[10:11:49 AM] Omniance: Not-Lucas/Ricky: His eyes flare and the chains burst in beams of celestial white-hot light. He continues through the door unhindered.

[10:12:33 AM] Omniance: Lucas: He jumps to his feet and sprints after him. [Beastimpathy] Go before the door closes! He runs through the door.

[10:14:42 AM] Arbi: Yuri: He runs after him into the next room.

Ricky: He runs forward after Lucas and Yuri.

Brendan: He runs after them with his teddybear behind him.

[10:15:03 AM] Omniance: Odie: He fearfully runs just behind Brendan.

[10:24:32 AM] Omniance: As they all run into the next room it's quickly apparent that something is truly wrong. The room is a massive hellish expanse. Ahead of them stands Not-Ricky, and ahead of him stands both halves of Belxeophon.

Not-Ricky: As the door slams shut and locks behind all of them his voice booms out powerfully, sounding like a mix of serval voices. Did you really think I wouldn't find out about your ploy in the dark Belxephon? As he says his name, both halves of Belxephon seem to wince slightly in pain.

Xephonsacul: He narrows his red eyes, his horns are burning in fire. What they say is true, you're impatient and easy to spurn, but always watching...

Not-Ricky: He steps forwards, his skin growing more pale and almost lifeless looking. I wondered where the little black goat wondered off to when its insistence at finding me ceased. Then I sense something wrong in this Child that was once mine. He points back at Odie. And I see the creature you've seeded first hand... A pair of grey wings expand from Ricky's back, they're like huge rotten angel wings, their feathers are grey and lifeless and their sharp skeleton can be seen in areas where the large feathers seem to have been torn away. His left wing looks crippled and broken, and doesn't open fully like his right one.

[10:32:55 AM] Arbi: Yuri: He watches Not-Ricky's wings expand from his back. It reminds him of of something else. ...Billy, who is that?

[10:42:36 AM] Omniance: Beliruy: Cold and callous far from the gloam, she sit atop a throne of blood, staring at the stars she once called home. Green eyes in wrath she is hell spurned, she begets those whose vengeance is earned. He smiles playfully. He doesn't look nearly as angry as his counterpart.

Xephonsacul: The Grey Queen.

Not-Ricky's skin rots away as a huge feline form pushes out of it. The wings expand even larger as the form grows in size. There's a flash of lightning and the sound of thunder, and suddenly a sphinx-like creature is where Not-Ricky was. It looks like a Frankenstein of strange creatures, a grey panther-like head, with a ceremonial headdress that looks similar to silver dreadlocks hanging around her face. Her wingspan has enlarged to be nearly 40 feet across, nearly the span of the huge room that they're in. Despite looking like a cat her skin looks grey and slick, not unlike a fish's, and to reinforced the aquatic look she has a long grey and black shark tale in place of a typical cat one. Her body also seems to smoke and crackle in places, as if her insides were a small thunderstorm. From head to tail she's nearly fifty feet long, and she's ten feet tall.

[10:46:53 AM] Arbi: Brendan: He trembles and hides behind Odie, closing his eyes tightly.

Yuri: He takes a few steps back, not having expected the creature to be that large. He isn't sure what to say anymore, the Grey Queen intimidating him.

Ricky: He suddenly senses all the fire powers within her and realizes just how powerful she is, it's a little overwhelming for him to sense. He knows it's a demon now.

[10:54:03 AM | Edited 10:56:09 AM] Omniance: Lucas: So umm... What's going on... Here? He looks at Belxephon, suddenly completely unafraid of the demon now that this creature has appeared.

Odie: He backs up with Brendan pushing him to the back wall.

Xephonsacul: He looks from Astreiya to Lucas. The child behind the fearful one. It is mine...

Beliruy: He smiles the jack-o-lantern smile. Ours and hers. Hers and mine. Our child made in her child. Son of the Grey Queen and Little Boy of Chaos- She leaps forwards and slams down onto him, ripping him in two. Yuri immediately breaks out in a cold sweat as he feels an electric shock run up his spine.

Astreiya: Her voice booms out as she devours the bottom half of Belriuy. Abomination!

Xephonsacul: A small army of creatures and demons appears and rushes the sphinx-like demon from the darkness, flinging a multitude of spells at her. She shrugs them off and turns, bellowing a thunderous pillar of lightning that tears across the room and annihilates half of them instantly.

Lucas and Yuri suddenly feel weaker somehow, like a small part of them has died with those creatures.

[11:00:15 AM] Arbi: Yuri: He leans forward and holds himself up by placing his hands on his knees, it almost looks like he's going to vomit from this sudden part of him dying inside him.

Ricky: He looks between the twins. ...Vera? Yuri? What's wrong?

[11:03:04 AM] Omniance: Lucas: I think she's... Killing... Belxephon... He looks dizzy.

Odie: Isn't that a good thing? He's trembling, looking back and forth at the carnage that's transpiring. Xephonsacul has transformed in a winged humanoid demon and is flying around Astreiya, raining down bolts of crimson power at her as she devours the demons he's forced into service that grant him his seemingly endless powers.

Lucas: Sure as hell doesn't feel good... He's starting to look feverish.

[11:10:57 AM] Arbi: Ricky: He notices Lucas getting worse and realizes what's happening to him. He closes his demon hand into a fist in anger, turning towards the grey demon. This bitch isn't gonna stop until she kills all of them. He ignites his arm on fire and runs up towards the fight, having to slow down when he gets close to avoid some of the projectiles flying across the hellish landscape. He waits for the right opportunity and he sees it, a massive meteor-like blast heading in his direction. He runs up and redirects the meteor with pyromania. The Grey Queen's own attack slams straight back into her own head at double the speed and as hellfire, knocking her down.

[11:13:27 AM] Omniance: Astreiya: She slams down into the ground. Her body smoking she slowly starts to get to her feet, but she been dazed by the surprise attack.

Xephonsacul: He looks to Ricky and smiles. His voice rumbles out across the hellscape. The power of fire to the boy with my missing arm! Ricky feels the full power of Aibhleann infuse his body.

[11:26:49 AM | Edited 11:28:23 AM] Arbi: Ricky: A wall of fire tears across the landscape in his direction. He tries to redirect it but it doesn't move at all, at the last second he raises his arms shielding himself. His body in enveloped in the fires and it almost looks like his form is engulfed in the flames until everyone realizes Ricky is absorbing all of it. The smoke clears around him.

Aibhleann: He slowly looks up at the chaos around him with his burning eyes, his skin is charred wood and his skin is burning plasma underneath. He follows the projectiles, seeing them harmlessly hit the fallen angel. He sees her green eyes. I'd know those eyes anywhere...

[11:28:06 AM | Edited 11:28:48 AM] Omniance: Astreiya: She recovers fully and turns, opening her colossal mouth. Lightning cracks between her feline fangs as another pillar of lightning wells up within her. She turns to direct it at Belxphon as he flies like a gnat, pelting her with blasts of red power.

[11:35:45 AM] Arbi: Aibhleann: Mandy Lane... He pictures her perfect face and that smile he could never stop thinking about. He misses her more than anything in the world. The most beautiful of them all. The image of the blood demon cutting his arm off suddenly flashes in his head. You... He starts walking towards her, his small human frame twitching all over as the frail wood falls off his skin and his true form begins to grow inside his feeble shell. You KePt HeR aWay FroM ME! His demon wings knock the charred pieces of tree off his back and rise up behind him as he full on runs on all fours towards Astrieya.

[11:39:08 AM] Omniance: Astreiya: She breaths a pillar of lightning through the sky that tears through a bug-like creature near Xephonsacul. I didn't keep her from you. She turns and looks at Aibhleann. You were too weak to keep her from me...

Odie: HOW DO WE LEAVE-HOW DO WE LEAVE?!

Lucas: We can't... Something isn't letting us... He's sitting against the back wall, watching the battle unfold helplessly.

[11:45:46 AM] Arbi: Aibhleann: He growls deeply and runs even faster towards her, his large demon form shedding the last of the charred wood. As he opens his mouth fire spews out. I'M GOING TO RIP THOSE PERFECTLY BEAUTIFUL EYES OUT!!

[11:48:57 AM] Omniance: Astreiya: A bolt of light divides the hellish clouds above them and carves a jagged path through the ground, lightning arcing from it in its wake. It rushes through the fire and towards Aibhleann. You are beneath me, tiny creature. She turns and her eyes flare with blue light, and light shines from her face up at Belxephon. He darts out of the way, but the light hits half of him, and he falls from the sky, half his body encased in frozen sea salt.

[11:55:46 AM] Arbi: Aibhleann: His demon legs move even faster, the friction causing them to leave a trail of fire as he moves out of the path of the lightning. He then leaps into the air, his form changing into pure plasma as he launches towards Astreiya with wings of fire, melting the landscape in his path.

[12:07:17 PM | Edited 12:11:00 PM] Omniance: Astreiya: She stalks towards Xephonsacul's form. Did you not think that this would beget vengeance Son of Belial? Most of the creatures he summoned are dead, or so injured that they can't fight. Her form crackles inside with blue flashes beneath her grey flesh as she begins to hum with power. Just as she's about to breath out a death blow to the tiny black demon, Aibhleann crashes into her side. Cutting a path straight through her massive body and exploding out the other side in a storm of fire. Lightning arcs from her wounds and she releases a deafening roar, like a thunderstorm of sound. She turns away from Belxephon and looks at Aibhleann. FINE LITTLE DEMON! YOU WILL FACE MY DIRECT WRATH AS WELL! Her voice is so loud that Lucas, Yuri, and Odie are physically hurt by it, like it pounds them square in the chest, and even though they're covering their ears, it still causes them to ache and ring she she's done speaking. She turns her whole body to face Aibhleann, the wound in her sides, which is nearly large enough to drive a small car through, pours out neon-blue blood that crackles and fizzles with electrical power. She leaps towards Aibhleann to pounce him and crush him with her silver claws.

[12:10:16 PM | Edited 12:10:34 PM] Arbi: Aibhleann: He looks back and tries attacking her in mid-air but the fallen angel is too massive to face head-on and he gets slammed back down onto the ground, roaring out in pain as he feels her silver claws slice his form apart.

[12:25:03 PM] Omniance: Belxephon: He's seemingly broken out of the salt that caked half his body and he's dragging his other half's upper body by the exposed spine. You may not be mine now Astreiya. He pulls his other half up and holds it to his chest. But you will be. He melds with what's left of his other half and becomes a twenty foot demonic humanoid with huge leathery black wings and large spiraled goat horns. His voice rumbles through the very stones of Tartarus. I am patient. He raises his hands and Atreiya looks back at him. Lucas feels even more sick suddenly. ...I can wait. Time-space inside of one of Astreiya's eyes warps and implodes inwards into a chaotic crimson and black orb of energy. A moment passes and the orb bursts in a loud crash, like an entire building's glass windows shattering all at once. Half of Astreiya's lioness head is blown apart in the resulting explosion of the Chaos Nexus, and she's blasted off of Aibhleann's body and sent rolling onto her side. Until the star burn out of I have to... She shrieks in an angel's voice, but it's so high pitched that they can only hear the very first second of the scream before it becomes a deathly silent. You will bend you knee... Astreiya thrashes in agony as she continues to silently scream, after a moment she leaps into the air, her broken, rotten wings expanding as she ascends into the storming clouds above them. Like so many before you... He watches her flee from the fight. He turns and looks at Ricky, who has returned to normal. In a fit of cosmic irony Astreiya's huge paw crushed everything but Aibhleann's right arm, leaving that as the only remaining part of the demon, afterwards he turns to look at the other three and menacing crimson jack-o-lantern's smile beneath a pair of crimson eyes staring them down.

[12:28:44 PM] Arbi: Brendan: He's still sitting behind Odie with his face in Winker's fur. He's trying his best not to whimper so that the demon can't hear him.

Yuri: He's breathing a little hard and all he can really do is look back at Belxephon and his crimson smile.

[12:34:31 PM | Edited 12:35:37 PM] Omniance: Belxephon: The smile fades and splits down the middle, his sundered form falling in opposite directions. As the halves of his body his the scorched stone they burst into black liquid. After a moment the familiar forms of his halves crawl from the muck, they're not wearing any clothing, but they're caked in so much of the black ichor that their features are almost entirely obscured anyway. They're trembling, weak looking. It's obvious that whatever he just did to transform and blast apart Astreiya's face required a massive amount of strength.

Xephonsacul: You... Insufferable... Whelps... Lead her... Straight to me... He wipes his mouth. His other half, though whole, appears to be worse off than he is. Beliruy collapses, unable to stand, though he is whole once more he seems to be so weak he can't even move anymore.

[12:39:36 PM | Edited 12:47:13 PM] Arbi: Ricky: He uses his human arm to pull himself up to look towards Lucas and then to the halves of Belxephon.

Yuri: He looks back at the injured demon. We're only human... You should've saw this coming...

[12:49:02 PM] Omniance: Xephonsacul: He looks around for a moment.  Now we... I must start over. He walks over to Belriuy and reaches down, grabbing his arm, he begins to drag him away towards the darkness at the back of the room. No more power. So few contracts... Everything... Weakness...

Lucas: He yells out in frustration. What does this mean for us?!

Xephonsacul: He stops, slowly turning to look at them. You'd had better enjoyed what little I gave you previous. Your powers are reduced to that which you are capable of carrying with you... And nothing more. He drags his other half into the darkness with him, they can no longer be seen but they can still be heard.

Beliruy: He laughs quietly. ...But breath is still in his tiny lungs, blood still in his tiny veins, and dreams in his tiny head.

Xephonsacul: ...That there is... Brenden can tell they're referring to him ...But our child is as a child will be. Just a child... For a great deal of time... And we've not the strength to... Take him... But we can wait.

Beliruy: But we are patient.

Xephonsacul: ...Always.

[12:50:39 PM] Arbi: Yuri: He opens his eyes, finding himself back in his bed in the motel room. He sits up and looks back at Odie who's also waking up.

[12:51:45 PM] Omniance: Odie: He's in a cold sweat, trembling heavily. He looks like he just suffered one of his night terrors and he's breathing heavily. ...I-is that p-place always... L-like that?

[12:54:58 PM] Arbi: Yuri: No, it isn't. He gets out of bed and tries using Fire Ward but nothing happens. He gets a bad feeling in his stomach when he sees this and tries another ability. It's not working... He tries forming a Cursed Weapon in his hand but nothing happens again. He starts getting worried. ...Lucas! He steps outside and knocks on his brother's door.

[12:56:16 PM] Omniance: Lucas: He opens the door, rubbing the side of his head. A lot is gone... I can feel it. He seems strangely calm.

[12:58:13 PM] Arbi: Yuri: He shakes his head, not wanting to believe him but he knows he's right. ...What do you have left?

[12:58:57 PM] Omniance: Lucas: Fire breath... Maybe? He shakes his head. I feel different... You know? The power feels different. Inside of me.

[1:01:10 PM] Arbi: About five minutes later the four of them are inside Lucas's room, all sitting on the bed talking over what happened.

[1:02:12 PM] Arbi: Yuri: It feels like I only have one power left inside me but... it's more than that.

[1:03:52 PM | Edited 1:05:00 PM] Omniance: Lucas: Agreed. It's like... We've gained our own power... Not something we're siphoning off of someone... Or something else. He almost seems to be in a good mood. I honestly feel... Clean. He's smoking inside the room, not caring about the no smoking rule the Motel has. Like a weight has been lifted off my soul or something.

[1:12:38 PM] Arbi: Ricky: It's not just you two... After that fight Aibhleann just had, and what that bitch did to him, my arm feels different. He raises it up and looks it over. It doesn't feel like a part of something else anymore. I don't know what that means yet...

[1:15:10 PM] Omniance: Odie: I feel the same... Aside from the realization that there's a little boy who looks like me, talks kinda like me, and has a teddy bear like me, but isn't me and is actually a demon that's inside of me... I feel the same.

[1:18:36 PM] Arbi: Yuri: This is still freaking me out a little... He hugs his knees to his chest and closes his eyes.

[1:24:41 PM] Omniance: Odie: You seem... Really OK with all of this Lucas...

Lucas: He's looking down at no one in particular as he speaks. Sometimes it's not as easy as we'd like. Sometimes... It takes a lot out of us or we... We just... Get our collective asses kicked... But we're still here. He looks at Odie, then Yuri, and lastly to Ricky. Half a year ago I'd have... Flipped. This would've crushed me I think... But... Now... He looks back down. We're capable of more than we give ourselves credit for I think. We might be weaker than we were yesterday... But we aren't any less than we were. Me and Yuri started with less and we're still here.

[1:31:16 PM] Arbi: Yuri: He raises his head up and starts nodding slightly. You're right... we might've lost a lot tonight but all of us still have some power left in us. That's more than any normal person could ask for. Right?

Ricky: He softly smiles at Lucas, knowing that him being around is more important than a couple of stronger powers.

[1:35:17 PM] Omniance: Lucas: At least we killed the Prince before this happened... He sighs in relief. I'm glad... I was becoming... Power hungry. I wanted more and more, and I think I used the excuse of trying to protect you guys... He looks at Ricky and smiles warmly. I think this experience has humbled me...

[1:36:23 PM] Arbi: Yuri: He yawns a bit. I think this experience made me tired...

[1:36:41 PM] Omniance: Odie: I feel like I didn't sleep at all...

[1:38:18 PM] Arbi: Yuri: Let's all go back to sleep then. He scoots off the bed and stands up. We still got a long way to go before we reach New Orleans.

[1:38:53 PM | Edited 1:42:58 PM] Omniance: Lucas: ...We're still going? I thought you guys might want to head home after this...

Odie: He mumbles. I don't feel like going home yet...

[1:45:41 PM] Arbi: Yuri: He looks back at his brother as he opens the bedroom door. Vicky's counting on us. We can't let those... He pauses, not being able to remember what they came for. He snaps his fingers after a moment. Glasses. We can't let those glasses fall into the wrong hands. Right?

[1:47:01 PM] Omniance: Lucas: Yeah... Right. He nods, smirking.

Odie: Besides we've had a lot of fun on this trip! ...Scary fun... But fun.

[1:47:29 PM] Arbi: Ricky: Not that scary.

[1:48:45 PM] Omniance: Odie: He sighs and gets up. Well I want to keep going because I'm getting better. This trip has helped me more than... Months of doctors... I haven't taken any medication since I camped in Monument Valley.

[1:50:09 PM] Arbi: Yuri: Night guys. He's outside waiting for Odie to walk out. He whispers as he passes him. You lost your meds, didn't you?

[1:50:37 PM] Omniance: Odie: He whispers back as he walks out and towards their other room. Some of them.