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The stench from the sewer overpowered John's nose as the three demons dragged him down towards their hideout. John saw a makeshift door in the wall, which the older demon, Dirk, opened. Dave yanked him into the area and he sees three more demons sitting in the room, two males and one female. One male, who wore blue glasses over his blue eyes, sniffed the air.
"What'th that annoying thmell?" He asked, an obvious lisp showing. "Thmell'th thweet" "Hey, Sollux. Look at what I caught today." Dave smirked, holding John close to him. The other male, a blond with a purple streak in his hair, looked at him and his eyes widened.
"You actually caught an angel?!" He asked in shock. Sollux, the blue eyed demon, also widened his eyes as he got a good look at John. The female, an energetic red head with a blue hat on, jumped over to him and stared him in the face, sniffing him.
"He smells funny." She said cheerfully. John felt uncomfortable, knowing he was surrounded by demons.
"He's an angel, what do you expect?" Dave asked, putting one hand under John's chin. John pulled his face away from him. "Don't worry. I won't hurt you… much." Dave smirked and John's eyes widened. The two demons chuckled a bit.
"W-Welcome to the other side, kid. You'v-ve got a lot to learn." The blond demon said, smirking and winking at John, who gulped.
Meanwhile, Jane opened her eyes slowly, hearing someone call her name multiple times. She looked up and saw Summoner leaning over her. She stared up at him before sitting up quickly.
"S-Summoner!?" She gasped a bit, looking around. "Oh gosh… John! Where's John?!" She asked, starting to panic.
"Calm down, Jane. Just calm down." Summoner said, patting her head. "Where did you last see him?"
"He was fighting a demon, right over there." Jane points to the area where Dave and John had fought. Summoner looked at the area and back at her.
"What did this demon look like?" Summoner asked quickly.
"Blond hair and bright red eyes. He fought with a broken sword." Summoner's eyes widened.
"Strider. I didn't think it was them." Summoner said to himself. Jane looked at him confused. "Dave and Dirk Strider, demon brothers. They're pretty famous. They were raised by a demon simply known as Bro Strider. No one knows his real name, not even Dave and Dirk. Even Signless had trouble with him." Jane's eyes widened at that. "I had no idea those two would be here. If I had I wouldn't have sent John, or you for that matter." Summoner looked at Jane. "Come on. I have to get reinforcements." Summoner turned around.
"We're just gonna leave him alone?!" Jane asked panicked.
"I'll be back with other, more powerful angels. But I'm gonna ask you to stay out of this. This is way out of your league. I'm sorry, Jane." Jane looked at Summoner with sad eyes.
"I have to help! He's my brother!" Jane said, looking into Summoner's eyes.
"I understand you feel you have to help, but this is beyond your level. John's not stupid. He'll keep himself alive. Getting him out alive is another matter. But I know we'll get him back. I promise you that, Jane. Somehow, someway, he'll be back." Summoner says, putting his hand on Jane's shoulder. Jane looked down, tears starting to form and she nods slowly, following him up and away.
John sighed, as he sat against the chair he was bound to. Dave sat in a chair a few feet away from him, staring him down, as if studying him. John blinked a bit before opening his mouth.
"Why are you just staring? It's kind of unnerving." John asked. Dave smirked.
"Haven't had a chance to really look at an angel before. You guys ever consider modeling?" Dave asked smirking. John's eyes widened and his face turned a slight red. "I mean…" Dave continued as he stood up, walking over to John. "Your hair is messy but stylish." Dave messed with John's hair. "Your skin's so fair." Dave pinched John's cheeks, before standing right in front of him. "And your eyes have a deep color. I'm sure modeling agencies would LOVE to get their hands on you guys." Dave said, pinching John's cheeks again. "So precious." Dave mocked. John rolled his eyes, earning a slap from Dave. "Watch out, Egderp. We Strider's have our temper." Dave smirked again. John glared at Dave before looking down.
"Not allowed to do things like that, Stridork. Too busy keeping Demons from eating humans." John replied, looking up at the demon. Dave growled at him, grabbing his hair and yanking it up.
"Listen here, Egbert. Ever think demons get victimized too? Well they do. You angels are just to simple minded to understand that!" Dave growled at John, who's eyes widened. Dave let go of John's hair and walked towards the door. "Don't think we haven't tried to live normal lives." John looked at Dave curiously.
"So you're telling me that humans hurt you guys?" John asked cautiously.
"What do you think those damn hunters and tamers do? They treat us like animals! We're nothing but things to play with for them!" Dave yelled, turning back towards the angel. "They capture us, tie us up, torture us until we lose every ounce of fight in us, then offer us up to the highest bidder. And if we're lucky, the highest bidder makes us do simple chores around the house or even lets us go. But most of the time it's slave labor!" John's eyes widened at what he was learning. "Didn't know that did you?" Dave asked. John shook his head slowly. Dave sighed. "Typical. Make humans look like defenseless babies and demons suddenly become the bad guys." John looked down. Dave raised a brow at him, before sighing. "But I guess not all angels and humans are bad. A human spared me and my bro's life once. Bro deserved the death at the human's hands, but he spared him, and me as well… I was to young to do anything, and Bro was too worried about me to do anything. And, I think his name is Summoner? He ain't so bad either. At least he never turns any demons over to the hunters." John perked up at the Summoner's name.
"S-Summoner was the angel that trained me!" John said quickly. Dave looked at him curiously before laughing.
"No wonder you pinned me down. Summoner's a badass. Even I'll give him that." Dave laughed. John smiled.
"He mentioned the hunters to me before, but I never knew they did that. Is that why he always got this sad look on his face?" John asked. Dave looked at him a bit surprised.
"So some angels do care…" Dave said, mostly to himself, before walking out of the room.
Summoner walked into the meeting room, Signless in the center again. "Signless, we got a problem." Signless looked at Summoner curiously.
"What's wrong?" Signless asked curiously.
"Striders in Texas. They took John Egbert." Signless's eyes went wide. "Both of them are there I think. That's the only way Jane could have been knocked out. I need help. I need one or two other angels to help me retrieve him." Signless nodded before looking at two other angels. "Dolorosa, can you assist him?" The brown haired angel in front of him nodded, and he turned to another, one with red eyes and red glasses. "You as well, Pollux?" He nodded. "Alright. You have your help, Summoner." Summoner nodded and turned to leave with Dolorosa and Pollux.