It has been weeks since I was informed about who and what I really am. Danny hasn't told anyone, like he had said he would, and won't stop teasing me in weird ways. Like for example, one day he had come up beside me and just pulled me close to his body in front of everyone. Man did I get an ear full from Lester later that day about it. Speaking of Lester, he has been keeping a close eye on me. For good reasons obviously. Becker has been awkwardly flirting with me ever since he realized I could shoot a gun properly. Abby and I have become great friends while Connor and I haven't really spent a whole lot of time together. Jess and I have been talking when we can during work but after hours we tend to meet up at a cafe near her place.
Speaking of places to live, I still don't have one. I've been staying at the ARC in the break room. The couch however, I wouldn't recommend for a bed. Sleep on that thing once and it will fuck up your back for weeks. The only up side to me sleeping at the ARC is that I get first dibs on the coffee. Even though it's crappy coffee, but what do you expect? Espresso? The food however is never anywhere to be found. Jess was the first person to realize that I was living in the ARC. Lucky for me she didn't tell Lester. That's the last thing I needed, let alone wanted. Instead she just would bring me lunch and dinner, and breakfast if she could but most of the time I just stole whatever Danny was eating. He would usually complain and attempt to get it back. That stopped once he realized I had realized that he was only doing that to get close to me.
It's funny though, Danny has tried everything but come out and ask me to date him. He's teased me, watched my back (a little to close), attempted to regain his food even though he never really wanted it back, and made sexual remarks towards me and one of the others of the group. The last one threw him off though. He had made the comment that Jess and I should just kiss and get it over with. My quick silver tongue shot back, "Now why would we want to do that? Fooling around here at work is just so much fun." It didn't help that I had one leg bent at her waist and my arms were wrapped around her neck. She was also holding my leg up to where her hand was on my upper thigh, almost to my ass. After I saw Becker's face I couldn't help but let him in on what was really going on. That was when I found out that he had a huge crush on Jess. I couldn't tell him that she did also. It just wasn't my place to do such a thing.
The only thing that was of any real reason for me to get up, other than I had to so I wouldn't get caught by Lester, was the golden anomalies. A few dinosaurs had come through, along with a saber-toothed cat, a woolly rhino, and a few others that I can't think of. It had seemed odd to me that a red anomaly hadn't popped up in quite some time.
I had started to do some research on dodos until I had found a dodo that had tricked a young woman into marrying him. As lore has it, the two returned to Hell and lived under the rule of a powerful queen by the name of Sarleen. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. My true name was resting upon the pages in front of me, clear as day. Flipping to the index of the text I found a whole section on Sarleen. Turning to the pages listed, I started to read on what was said about me.
The book said that in full demon form I had reptilian feet and a tail like a dragon's. My torso was that of a werewolf along with my head. I also had a pair of jet black wings with a blood red inner lining. My horns curved perfectly over my head with a front to back curl that rose up from behind my head. At the meeting point of the two tips was a rose made up of pure black fire, which was called Demon Fire.
When I wasn't in my full demon form I looked, for the most part, as an irresistible woman with jet black hair, crystal blue eyes, and all the right curves to please any male. Not to mention the perfect sized breasts, an ass that wasn't too big but wasn't too small, and legs that went all the way up. I also had a tattoo on my back of what could only be described as a tribal back ground with a blood red rose and bright red diamonds. I was also normally seen in an all black outfit that consisted of: tight fitting pants, a tight fitting sleeveless shirt, black lace undergarments, black knee high combat boots or knee high stiletto boots, and around my neck was always a white gold necklace passed down to me by my father.
My main powers were allusions, element bending, mind control, creation of demonic creatures, a quick learning ability, an ability to enter people's dreams as a huge black wolf with glowing golden eyes, and many others that were unknown.
Sitting back in my chair I just let it all sink in. It was shocking at how much of what was written was true. Or was supposedly true. I was still in the process of getting my memories back. A sudden chuckle pulled me from my thoughts. Turning around I found Danny standing in the door way. His eyes fell upon the book I had been reading. You would have thought I would have seen it coming as he came over and picked up the book. I tried to get it back but failed miserably.
"What's this Kathline? Trying to figure out who you really are?" He teased.
"Keep your voice down." I snapped.
"This is down." Danny teased as he got close to my face.
"I would hate to see what loud is." I said dully. It wasn't until the words were already out that I had realized what it was that was said.
"I could always show you how loud I can get."
There it was, the beginning of the sexual comments. I had gotten use to them. I now strangely wanted to actually find out just how loud Danny Quinn could get. What the Hell was going on? He must have picked up on my internal struggle because he got even closer.
"Let me guess, you actually want to see just how loud I can get?" Danny whispered in my ear in the most lustful tone I had ever heard causing a shiver to run down my spine. "I'll take that shiver as a yes." He smiled triumphantly as he turned on his heels and headed towards the door.
"Danny," I called as he stopped in the door way, "my book?"
"Right." He purred as he walked back over to me. "Here, take it."
I knew that he had something planned but all I wanted to do was continue reading. Getting up slightly I reached for the book. Of course Danny pulled it back just enough to make it out of my reach. Sighing I stood up and tried to get it out of his hand. It didn't help that he was taller than I was. As I jumped I finally grabbed the book but of course he wasn't letting go. With the luck I had been having here recently, Danny lost his footing causing us both to tumble to the ground. Opening my eyes, after the impact, I came to find myself lying on top of Quinn. His huge grin made my stomach do flips and my heart to skip a few beats. Taking my book I scrambled off of him without bothering to offer him help up. He propped himself up on his elbows and watched me take my seat again.
"You know it would be nice if you helped me up." He smiled.
"You got yourself into that situation Danny. You can get yourself out." I sighed as I put the book down on the table. "You're just going to lay there till I get annoyed and decide to help you, aren't you?" I asked.
"If I didn't know any better I would say that you could read my mind."
"For all you know I can." I sneered as I finally offered my hand to him.
I couldn't help but fight the urge to just jump on him and take him right here in the break room. The way his legs were spread just enough to allow a woman of my size to lay between them. The way his shirt was slightly pulled open to reveal his upper chest. The way that his pants fit him perfectly. As I helped him up I found myself actually looking at him. His hair was a mess but for some reason I wanted to just grab a hold of it. Those icy blue eyes of his nearly made me completely unravel at the seam.
"You ok?" Danny asked snapping me out of my trance.
"Yeah I'm fine. Sorry." I replied as I let go of his hand.
"You sure? You seem to be quite lustful if I do say so." Danny purred as he pulled be back into his strong, yet tender, embrace. "Do I get to you?"
"No." I said with a slight crack of my voice.
"I bet you dinner at my place that I do." Danny smiled as if he knew something I didn't.
"Fine. If I prove that I'm right in saying that you don't then you have to drop the games you've been playing for the past few weeks." I said full of pride.
"Till the end of the day. You have till the end of the day to prove me wrong." Danny smiled as he let go of me.
"Fine. You're on." I smiled back as I spit into my hand. The look on Danny's face was priceless. The pure look of disgust. "Spit and shake." Reluctantly, Danny finally did as I said. Just as we let go Becker ran into the door way.
"Hey guys let's go. A red anomaly just popped up."
"How the Hell do you know?" I snapped as I grabbed my book and chased after the man with Danny right behind me.
"There was a creature sitting." Becker informed. "Instead of reading that book you're carrying around maybe you should help Connor with a way to detect these red anomalies."
"Bite me! I'm working on an idea. Besides, I need to first learn how the 'normal' ones work. That and how he was able to detect those ones."
"Well that's simple Kathline, radio frequency." Danny answered.
"A radio frequency?" I asked as we jumped into the SUVs. "Just a hunch but has he tried the radio frequency to 666?"
"Why 666?" Becker asked.
"Well, according to this book, the sulfur smell could be from Hell. That and since the anomaly is red it just makes sense to me. That and if you put those two with the fact that creatures come out of them then it just seems to be the best answer for it." I explained.
"Give him a call and tell him to try it." Becker said as he handed me his mobile.
I looked at Danny who then took the mobile and dialed for me. Yes I felt stupid but hell I didn't have any one's numbers memorized just yet. Then again I didn't have any one's numbers to begin with.
After a few rings a male voice answered, "Hello?"
"Connor? It's Kathline. Hey try to locate the red anomalies by running another radio frequency set to 666. Don't ask why just do it." I ordered.
I could tell that he had listened due to the sound of the keys on his keyboard. The next thing I knew I was yanking the phone away from my ear. The ADD alarm seemed to be louder on the phone than in the ARC. Turning I gave Danny the nastiest look I could so that he would stop laughing at me. Becker took his phone back and asked Connor where the anomaly was located. In about a minute's time, Becker had shut his phone, picked up speed, and turned a sharp corner so we were now headed in the right direction.
After five minutes we arrived at an ice skating rink. I started to flip though pages until I found a list of demons that was common with cold. There was the ice dragons, snow apes, frost eaters, the yuki-onna, and many others. As we made our way inside we found that the skating rink was much cooler than normal. A single shiver racked my whole body. Danny was the first one notice. He took his jacket off and handed it to me. Trying to refuse, he just draped it over my shoulders and walked ahead. As we got closer to the actual rink, I noticed a young woman wearing all white just standing there next to the anomaly.
"Mam?" Becker called out. "Mam, I need you to-" I stopped him from continuing any further verbally and physically.
"Becker, before we approach her let me check something." I said as I opened my book and flipped to the marked pages.
I looked through all the marked pages to just find one that seemed to fit everything. "Ok, well she's not human."
"How do you know that Kathline?" Becker asked.
"Let me read you this and I'll let you decide.
The Yuki-Onna, or Lady of the Snow, can appear as a beautiful woman. She's usually seen in all white, pale skin, and breath of frost.
So you tell me Beck, does that sound like our little mystery woman?" I asked with a slight growl mixed in.
"Well from here you can't tell what she looks like other than her cloths." Becker defended.
I rolled my eyes, "Fine, you can go down there and get yourself killed."
"What's that suppose to mean Kathl-"
"Kat. Just call me Kat." I interrupted.
"Fine, Kat, what's that suppose to mean?"
"She's a soul eater. With one kiss she can take your soul."
This left Becker speechless. "So what do we do Kat?" Danny asked.
"Well I'm going to go in and-"
"I can't allow that Kat." Becker snapped.
"Beck, I love how you're trying to protect me but I don't need it. Trust me." I said as I headed into the rink. "Hey lady!" I called as she looked at me.
"Sarleen? They said you were dead." The demon said.
"Yeah you got me confused with someone else lady." I calmly stated still approaching her.
"No, you are our beloved queen of the damned. You are Sarleen. I would recognize that dark aura anywhere."
"Dark aura?"
"Yes, everything has an aura. Even those humans have auras. Can't you see them?"
"No."
"You did use a lot of dark energy to do what you did. Which by the way pissed a lot of us off."
"What did I do?"
"You-"
BANG!
We both looked up to see Becker looking down his sights. I could feel something in me snap with rage. Looking back at the female demon I realized she wasn't there. Turning my gaze back to the trigger happy soldier, I noticed that my female companion was now behind him. Sighing I ran towards him. Just as I was getting to the group, and thinking how out of shape I was, she moved to Danny.
"This is a strong one, Sarleen."
"I'm not this Sarleen chick." I snapped trying to keep my cover.
"I wonder what will happen if I decide to kiss the human?"
"You'll get shot. That's what will happen." I snapped getting even more enraged.
"Do you love him Sarleen? Is he what you were searching for so desperately?"
"You've lost some screws lady. How many times do I have to tell you that I'm not Sarleen?" I growled.
"Then you wouldn't mind me kissing him if you don't love him."
"You're not doing it. I won't let you."
"So you do love him."
"No, we just work together and without him my days would become boring. He's my entertainment." I said.
"Said like a true demon. Humans are good for entertainment."
"That's not what I meant by it." I sighed.
"Kat move. I've got a shot if you move out of the way." Becker whispered.
"Did you take one too many stupid pills this morning with your coffee Becker? I move and Danny gets shot." I snapped at the soldier behind me.
"Since you two are having so much fun over there Sarleen I'm on a tight schedule. So if you'll excuse me I'll be taking something from you now."
"Not if I can help it Yuki."
"You know part of my name. How cute."
"Yuki-Onna, I order you to stop. If I am who you say I am then you have to obey what I say."
"That only works if you can prove it." Yuki stated slyly.
I knew that I would have to prove it but sad thing is, is that I have no clue on how to change forms. Then it occurred to me. "You can't harm Danny."
"And whys that?"
"Silver."
"So you know about all demons' weakness to silver." Yuki smiled.
"So you can't-"
"As long as I don't touch the silver then I can do whatever I please." She smiled evilly as she moved closer to Danny's lips.
The next thing I knew I was laying on the ground cold as cold could get. I could feel two arms wrapped around my trembling body. Opening my eyes slowly I looked into the blue eyes of Danny Quinn. Smiling slightly I passed out.