So this story is a collaboration between Beccatdemon13 and myself. I wanted some help writing this, so she agreed. So we basically co-wrote the first chapter. I put down the bare bones, she fleshed it out. I really hope that you all like it. Read on. Rated PG-13 for language, at least this first chapter. Neither Beccatdemon13 nor I own any of the boys, only Nera and Lathurius so far! – Karma22

IDCS stands for Inter-Dimensional Council of Supernaturals


It was a normal day in the small town of Ipswich Massachusetts at least until an IDCS agent stepped through a portal separating her dimension with the mortal one. 'It's disgusting here.' Nera Peirce thought as she ground one boot after the other into the earth's spongy surface. 'Figures that the youngest agent always got the worst case. Ugh, of course this demon just had to be near a bar where all the underage normies get wasted. Fucking normies! Sometimes I hated being the youngest'

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I had to admit what I did was recklessly stupid. I saw the demon flee into the alley between the bar and another building and sprinted after it knocking over a kid in the process. I vaguely remember yelling "Get back inside!" before my attention was taken up by the demon. The kid flicked his cigarette to the ground as he got up and brushed off the black cloth jacket. When he stood up to his full I could see that he was only slightly taller than I was.

"Just go back inside, go to your friends and forget that you ever saw anything out here." I ordered heading back towards the parking lot. I was near the entrance when I felt a wrist on my arm.

"No, what the hell was that? That thing that you were fighting! Why were you fighting it?" The boy asked, lighting up another cigarette with shaky hands. It took him three tries to light the cigarette. Someone was nervous.

"You don't really want to know?" I scoffed getting into his face.

"I wouldn't have asked if I didn't want to know!" the boy said.

"Well, you can't handle the truth."

"Okay enough with the 'Few Good Men' impersonation. What the hell was that?" he asked.

"That was a daemon. Or as normies would say. A demon. From Hell." I growled, stalking off towards the parking lot.

"Are you high?"

"No, I'm not high! I'm just trying to do my job until some civilian got in my way." I didn't say anymore, thinking that was the end of him talking to me, cause really, who wants to talk to a crazy person?

"Who are you?" the boy asked, following behind me.

"Nera." I replied. This boy just didn't get the hint.

"Just Nera?"

"Yes just Nera." I snarled my voice laden with sarcasm.

"You, Nera, need to desist in trying to arrest me." A new voice, with an eerie echo and deepness came out of the darkness just to the left of where Nera was standing.

"Lathurius." I shook my head, "We've told you before you need to abide by IDCS protocol otherwise we would have to detain you. IDCS is not going to stand for the atrocities that you've committed. We will use force if necessary."

"The IDCS sent their little girl to catch me?" Lathurius laughed, "Wow, that's vaguely insulting. Didn't you just finish training?"

I only growled low in my throat, ready to launch myself at the demon.

"She won't be alone!" The boy yelled.

Twenty Minutes Before

A louder than the music burst of laughter flooded through the bar. A tall brunette boy broke off from his group of friends, and started walking towards the back.

"You know we hate it that you smoke. Why can't it be something else?" The boy turned and looked at his taller friend who was talking to him.

"It's the only thing that keeps me from doing something else that might be more 'harmful' to me." He turned from his friend, and continued out to the back alley, the only place that they were allowed to smoke. He pushed open the door and took out the pack of cigarettes from his jacket, along with the custom made Zippo lighter that one of his friends had gotten him.

"Get back inside!" The yell came from the back of the alley. It was a cry of desperation and terror. The tall brunette paused in the act of lighting his cigarette to peer to the end of alley. He could faintly see a feminine figure fighting with a much larger male figure, and wait were those horns? Suddenly the larger figure took off.

To the sky. With large leathery bat wings.

And it looked like the creature (For what else could have horns and wings?) was headed straight for him along with the girl at his heels. The figure passed by him barely an inch separating them. Just when the boy was about to take a drag he was sideswiped falling to the ground in a gasp of pain.

"Wha- what was that?" The brunette asked from where he was sprawled on the ground, his still lit cigarette still on the ground next to him.

"That was not your concern. Just forget that you ever saw that." The girl said. She looked like his age maybe a little younger but the way she ordered made him think that this girl was far from normal. Maybe that's why he stayed around.

Normal Time

When Lathurius and I looked at him, he looked just as surprised as we were that he was still there, much less saying that he was going to help me catch the demon. He startled me so much that I forgot that I was supposed to be launching myself at the demon and I kinda did this funny little hop thing to try to get my balance back. I am pretty sure I looked ridiculous there for a minute.

"Stay out of this. You don't know what you're saying." I said, finally getting my equilibrium back enough to tell the kid to back off. 'God was this kid crazy or what?'

"Yeah, Kid," the demon said 'Kid' like it was scum. "Stay out of this." Suddenly he launched himself into the air, and straight towards me. At the same time I called forth my sword (yeah, I know it's corny and belongs in a crummy fantasy movie or novel but it's really the only way to describe it), and a ball of watery-lightning looking energy came from the darkness. The three collided at the same time, the ball of energy hitting Lathurius, pushing him back a little at the same time as the sword glanced off his head, taking with it one of his horns and knocking him unconscious.

Both the boy and I just looked at one another, then down at the unconscious demon.

"What did you do?!" We both yelled at the same time.

"What the hell was that glowy water ball thingy?" I practically yelled. The boy looked around frantically, trying to see if there was anyone in the vicinity of the parking lot.

"What's with the sword appearing out of nowhere?" He countered with his own question.

"Inter-dimensional space packet." I replied matter of factly. I mean what, they don't have those here? I gave him a look that clearly said, 'I told you my secret, now you fess up.'

"I guess you could say that I'm a warlock." He said, rubbing his neck, clearly uncomfortable with telling me.

"You mean witch? Warlock means 'oath breaker', and you don't look like the kind to break an oath." I said.

"No, warlock is probably a good description. It dates back to the Salem Witch Trials. So what is an 'inter-dimensional space packet?"

"It's like a back-pack in another dimension that I can carry around with me, and not get tired of carrying."

"Cool can you teach me that trick so I don't have to carry around my school books?" He said.

I stood there for a moment, not believing that he would asked that, until a stray bit of moonlight lit up his face and the grin that he was wearing. I paused for a moment to admire his face, because I didn't get to see hot guys like that all the time. I mean sure we have cute guys where I come from, but they're all immortal or undead, and when you're a human you just don't mess with either species. Hot mortal guys are rare. Most of the mortal guys there look like they've gone ten rounds with the pox.Most of them have gone ten rounds with demons at one time or another. Most of them. We don't have many mortal guys left where I come from.

The moment was broken by the opening of the door to the back alley. Three guys came tumbling out, one with a black beanie on, another had long hair and a motorcycle jacket on. The tallest of the group had a grey windbreaker and short black hair. They all looked frantically around the back alley, then they turned to the parking lot. They looked over and saw the boy and me standing there, by the lump that was Lathurius. Of course the other three boys didn't know who it was. They started towards the two, when the dark lump started to move. I turned around and aimed a sharp kick to lump, knocking it unconscious.

"Ty! You okay man?" The tallest of the group of three reached the boy first. He grabbed his arm and pulled him some distance away from me and the lump.

'Wait was that a horn on the ground?' I could just see that thought floating around in all three heads.Kinda like a cartoon, but real.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Hey!" He turned to yell at me, when I decided that prodding the lump on the ground was fun.And yeah, it was fun. For me at least.

"What will the IDCS do to him? Will he be okay?"

I just looked at the boy like he was completely nuts. "He has killed several children, and sacrificed many goats. And you want to know if he will be okay?!"

"What?! No, I meant cause you know, you totally chopped off his horn."

"Is that what that is? I knew it, see I told you!" The boy with the black beanie crowed at the boy with the motorcycle jacket on. "Wait, what is a horn doing in the middle of Nicky's parking lot?"

"Yeah, answers please. And you told no one, cause we haven't been talking!" The long hair, motorcycle jacket wearing boy asked.

"See what you started?" I said to Ty, exasperated. I grabbed Lathurius by his one remaining horn, and started to drag him off.

"Will I ever see you again?" Ty yelled after me.

"Not if I can help it!" I threw over my shoulder as I turned the corner away from the parking lot. Next order of business was finding a wide open space to open a portal to get back home.

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"Tyler who was that girl?" The boy with the beanie asked as she disappeared from view.

"I don't know. But I mean to find out." He said, before turning to lead the way back inside of the bar.


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