In the shadows there was a rustle and a cackle followed by the sound of large quake making footsteps… Beetlejuice hugged Lydia closer to protect her but was surprised by her next movements. She removed his arms and stepped forward and Eris walked up to back her up. Lydia took a glance to her left side "Once more for old time sake?" Eris smirked with a nod before taking out a rather large charcoal blade with crimson designs sketched into it. Lydia put her hands on her hips and took out only one of her pistols. It was red with black decals on the sides that looked like slashes that were one of two words. This gun had 'Love' imprinted into the metal of the gun so exquisitely. There were four shadows in the darkness the first to come out was the one making the ridiculous cackle it was a hyena half man. The three others came out each part animal and part man. The second was a black rat with red eyes wearing rags and dirty clothes. Customer number three was a black mamba hissing at the ladies…. However the fourth seemed to prefer staying in the shadows for the moment.
The jackal went after Lydia and Eris' opponent was the black rat however, the snake being the dishonorable creature it was went after Lydia. The guys were ready to go and help them but before they had a chance the creatures were upon the lady warriors. Eris dodged left the claws of the rat man then right to avoid his teeth. Lydia took two shots at the jackal one nicked his ear only two inches from his head and the other was aimed at the arm. She flipped backwards to avoid getting bitten by the mamba that suddenly appeared right before her. The snake ended up eating dirt. Two shots more and her aim was already improving she shot the jackal in both legs leaving it immobile. The mamba helped the jackal get out of the battle field like some battle plan set up by someone smarter than either of the beasts. Eris slashed at the rat and parried to hold off it massive teeth Lydia began to rush over but Eris shouted "No Lydia let me do this! You know I can!" Lydia respectfully stood back and listened to the blade sing until it sunk into the creatures' arm eventually cutting through it…. The rat being a cowardly creature with a good sense of what it could handle also left before anything else could be removed. The girls ran to go after it until the unknown creature stepped forward presenting itself as something massive.
This creature was five times larger than a normal man. It had black claws that shown in the night like stars in the night sky. The girls stepped back only slightly then looked at each other Eris started hacking at it while Lydia started shooting… Eris made massive amounts of blood flow from the creature but it didn't stop it from sweeping her with its right paw sending her backwards into a tomb stone. Lydia took out her second gun but the word on this one was rendered illegible at the moment however that didn't hinder her aim in the least. She sent bullets flying towards the bear's heart. It was protected before by the skin, fat and fur before it although Eris only cleared some away like an assistant before the surgeon came in with the scalpel. When the bullets hit their mark the target fell backward until it collapsed. Lydia didn't want it coming back so she walked up and finished it… She emptied her guns into the bear's skull…
Ryaneo ran to Eris to help her up and Beetlejuice was simply speechless. He had never seen Lydia so merciless let alone watched her kill like she just did. Eris and Lydia walked back to where Beetlejuice was Ryaneo surprised now that Eris refused his help… They claimed that they were fine and whatever they had was all curable with a nice warm bath. Ryaneo looked to Beetlejuice who said "We have Doomy waiting for us at the beach we can leave right now." The battle worn women looked at him like he had gone mad…which was not entirely false anyways. Lydia walked up "Beej we're tired and we have a couple of things to deal with here how about leaving…. tomorrow in the afternoon?" The guys looked at one another and then at the girls…What would one more day hurt? They already found them safe and sound…a little different but nevertheless they had found them. Ryaneo managed a nod and Lydia seemed relieved more so than Eris who said "Another one for the Slash Angels!" The dead men stopped in their tracks and looked at each other "Angels?" They really had been missing for far too long.
They arrived at the hotel the girls had been staying at the man at the front desk knew them and said "Good night girls." Eris smiled and rested her arm on the counter "We need one more room guy." He took one out and handed it to her "Of course Miss Eris and this one is joined with the other room." The girl thanked the manager before going upstairs to a room that was all too familiar to them Eris started getting her things together before moving to the other room then locking the door that lead to it….Lydia was left alone with Beetlejuice which was fine with her. She looked out of the window "I'm so used to this place now Beej… You wouldn't believe it if I told you." He sat on the bed in his same old striped suit of course she expected no less even when he said "Try me Lyds." She opened the window to smell the night air then went to her closet taking out an outfit that was foreign to him and said "This is only the beginning. I started working at the nearby temple strengthening my own spiritual abilities… Although I'm not that good yet on my own... I can only make talismans with my own abilities." She threw the outfit into a bag before bringing out a large case then setting it on the bed opposite of him and opening it up. Within the case were several types of guns and a space where she set down the guns from her holsters putting them down with care he could read the second gun that read 'Fate'. She smiled at him "Eris made my guns and forged her own blade….She took up an apprenticeship under the local blacksmith…This place has a little of everything." He zapped the case shut and moved it beside the bag she already had on the floor. She looked at him "You don't like guns Beej?" He looked at her "How did my Lyds become a….I can't even say it!!" He started stressing at one word…. She filled in the blank "Angel? That ones easy. We got caught in an alley one evening and I used my skills to get through and Eris used her sword. After the slaughter Eris left a mark like Zorro that looked like an Angel in the hides of one of the thugs… Instead of being arrested we were glorified for getting rid of the menace." She stood and walked over to him "Although…I must admit something Beej." He looked up at her from the bed… She smiled and caressed his cheek "While I was shooting I thought I have to make it…I have to see Beetlejuice." He pulled her into his arms and fell back onto the bed "Thanks Babes." She giggled looking down at him "Anytime Beej save combat practice." before kissing him. He loved the feel of her warmth against his cold lips the blood beneath her skin pumping through her veins even if the words combat practice meant nothing to him. The dress she was wearing hugged her curves where his hands wandered… His hands traveled up and down her hips then to her backside. After the kiss he covered them with the sheets looking away from her only for a second then when he looked back….He saw she was sleeping… He grunted "Damn it Lyds…" He thought back to the battle and the life she said she was living without him. He embraced her beneath the sheet sexually frustrated but dealt with it…
Next door Ryaneo was having the same problem…Except she was not showing off guns when she fell asleep. She went to the bathroom and took her shower first. After the girl towel dried she 'found' a wet spot on the bathroom floor and fell. This knocked her unconscious… Ryaneo picked her up and put her in bed he didn't even have to dress her…She was already in a silky red nightgown that Lydia talked her into buying when they first got there. Eris was told "Buy it whenever the guys rescue us you can wear this the night of." Ryaneo grinded his teeth while he carried his sleeping girl to her bed then climbed in with her cursing his bad luck. She was dressed for it…and was already looking sexy in her black leather pants… The men asked themselves the same question that night… "WHAT DID I DO TO DESERVE THIS?!?!"