CHAPTER 9

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THE OLD SWITCHEROO

Eve slowly walked through a small little town in the middle of nowhere called Bakersfield with a smirk on her face. These petty little people that lived here had absolutely no idea what lay in store for them today.

She gave a non-verbal signal to her allies waiting nearby. She began to laugh as a horde of vampires, werewolves, shapeshifters, and other assorted monsters began to pour into the town. Her war against humanity had begun.

"Go! Destroy all of them, and tear this place apart. I want nothing left here but dust!" Eve said with a psychotic smile on her face.

As the monsters poured into the town, the people screamed and began to run in terror. Eve laughed as she knew that this would not save them. No matter how far they ran they could not escape her now. Humanity's time was over.

Suddenly Jo appeared out of nowhere, and the monsters all stopped dead in their tracks as they could feel her power. None of them dared to move from fear of her. She headed straight toward Eve, and the two mortal enemies stood face to face for several tense moments while neither one spoke as they sized one another up.

"So you're the new angel in town, are you?" Eve finally said as she spoke first.

"That's what they tell me. I prefer to think of myself as human with a little something extra added on," Jo said with a grin.

"Why would you wish to be human? Why would anyone? They're vermin. Each and every one of them. They're not worthy of owning this world. My children are now about to take what's rightfully theirs, and not even you can stop me. No angel can. I don't know if your new friends have told you or not, but I can disconnect them from Heaven and remove their powers. Just like I've done to you! Kill her!" Eve shouted to the monsters.

None of them moved. They all stood there frozen in terror.

"She's harmless now. I've taken her powers away. Destroy her! Come on. There's nothing to fear anymore," Eve encouraged them.

A few of the vampires came rushing forward at last and started to run toward Jo, but she only smiled. Eve looked at her with a superior look on her face. She obviously overestimated herself. She would soon learn her lesson. It would be her last one before she died.

Amazingly though, Jo incinerated the first vampire that got close to her as it burst into flames and turned to ashes at the touch of her hand! She continued to incinerate each and every vampire that came near her until she had completely destroyed the entire group in less than five minutes.

"That's not possible! How are you doing this?" Eve asked in shock.

"Wouldn't you like to know?" Jo asked with a sly smile.

Suddenly Kali appeared next to Jo, and flames shot out of her hands towards her. Jo smiled confidently at first as she easily walked through the flames without being harmed. Before Jo could stop her though, Kali suddenly pulled a knife out of nowhere and cut Jo with it.

"I didn't think anything could hurt me now. What was that?" Jo asked in surprise.

"It was an Archangel blade. I just used it to get a sample of your blood," Kali said as she showed Jo her hand which now had some of Jo's blood on it.

"So? Other than giving me a paper cut I don't see what possible harm that does to me," Jo said.

"I've just bound you to me, little angel. You can no longer leave my side. You're connected to me forever now," Kali said with an evil grin.

"Just because you got a few drops of blood on your hand?" Jo said with a disbelieving look on her face.

"If you don't believe me, try to leave. Go ahead. Do it," Kali challenged her.

Jo smiled at her at first, and then her smile quickly changed into a look of alarm.

"Something wrong?" Kali asked with a smug smile.

"How did you do that?" Jo asked with a troubled look on her face.

"It's an old trick of mine. Blood magic. Didn't they teach you anything before they sent you out into the world?" Kali asked.

"They must have forgotten to mention the psychotic woman who uses people's own blood against them. I knew I should have asked more questions after angel orientation was over with," Jo said sarcastically.

"Why are you here?" Eve asked Kali.

"I'm here to help. You want to wipe out the humans, don't you? Well, here's their greatest defender. She's my gift to you. Do what you want with her. She can't leave even if she wants to now," Kali said.

"She's still dangerous even if she can't leave. I haven't found anything that can kill her. Not even the Colt," Eve complained.

"You never had an Archangel blade though, did you? Let's try it and see if it kills her as easily as it did Gabriel. Shall we?" Kali said as she moved faster than Jo could see and stabbed her in the stomach with her blade.

"No!" Jo screamed in pain as she fell over and suddenly became silent.

Eve laughed as she walked up to Jo and quickly searched for life signs. She smiled as she realized that she was dead. The greatest threat to her takeover of this planet was now lying dead at her feet at last.

Suddenly Jo's form shimmered and changed until she became Jessica. Jessica suddenly sat up and smiled as she shouted, "Surprise!"

Jessica grabbed Eve tightly by the shoulders and wouldn't let go. Eve struggled in terror to get free, but Jessica's grip was too strong for her to break free. She was rapidly becoming weaker by the moment the longer Jessica had skin to skin contact with her.

"It looks like I'm able to make her weak without being a pile of ashes after all. I guess you were right, Jo," Jessica said.

Kali suddenly changed into Jo, and she smiled at her friend in triumph. Her plan had worked perfectly!

Gabriel's suggestion for her to impersonate Kali had helped too of course. Not that she was going to tell him that. That guy had a swelled enough head already.

"How did you get near me without weakening me? I was weakened before when I came around you," Eve said to Jessica in a weak voice.

"That was me. I was protecting you from being weakened by her by putting up an invisible barrier between the two of you that I dropped when she pretended to be dead. You see I didn't just want you to be weakened by her at a distance so that you could have a chance to be able to escape. I wanted you close enough for her presence to kill you. It looks like that's exactly what's happening too slowly but surely. I only give you about five minutes left to live tops," Jo said.

"You're very good. You tricked me very cleverly. It all makes sense now in hindsight. She's a Phoenix who used her shape shifting powers to appear like you, and that's why I couldn't block her non-existent angel powers. She used her flame abilities to incinerate the vampires and survive your flames. She wasn't killed by the Archangel blade for good because she's a Phoenix. She was only dead for a short time, and that's why she showed no signs of life during the moment that I checked on her. Very good, Jo! There's just one thing that you've forgotten about though," Eve said as her voice became lower and lower by the second as the strength rapidly left her body.

"Oh, what's that?" Jo asked.

"I'm the mother of all monsters, and I have complete control over all of my children. The last time that I checked, Phoenixes are monsters. That makes Jessica mine. Release me, Jessica!" Eve said in a very weak voice.

"Oh, no," Jessica said in a frightened voice.

"Jess?" Jo asked.

"I'm sorry, Jo! I have to do what she says. I don't want to, but I have to," Jessica said as she slowly started to weaken her grip on Eve.

Jo could tell that Jessica was fighting it all of the way, but Eve was slowly winning. She knew that she had to do something quickly, or Eve was going to get free again.

Then she remembered something. She still had Jessica's blood on her hand.

"Eve, suck on this!" Jo said as she forced open Eve's mouth and quickly dripped some of Jessica's blood into it.

Eve screamed as she felt as if her insides were on fire with the Phoenix blood now inside of her. In her already weakened condition, this was enough to easily finish her off. She could feel herself dying, and she knew that she was powerless to stop it.

"I can't die. Not like this," Eve said in a barely audible voice.

Seconds later, an angel appeared that Jo didn't recognize who began attacking her and Jessica. Another angel appeared behind Eve and teleported her away.

"Raphael sent you I presume," Jo said as she traded blows with the other angel.

"You will not be allowed to take control of Heaven, you abomination! Raphael will stop you long before you can pollute it with your presence," the angel said.

"I've got news for you. I don't want to become your boss. I never did. I'll still be glad to fire you though," Jo said as she used her Archangel blade to stab the other angel in the heart.

The other angel fell over dead, and Jo breathed a sigh of relief. She turned around to see that the monsters that Eve had brought with her were already running from her in a panic. Now it was just her and Jessica there alone at last.

"Jess, are you alright?" Jo asked as she noticed that Jessica was shaking all over.

"Yeah, I'm fine. I'm just a little upset right now," Jessica said.

"It's okay. She's gone now," Jo said in a calm voice.

"I almost let her go. She was controlling me, Jo. She was actually taking over my mind. I tried but I couldn't stop her. I'm so sorry!" Jessica said as she became extremely upset.

Jo wrapped her arms around her to comfort her as she said, "It's okay. It wasn't your fault. She did the same thing to Lenore."

"She has control over me. I don't like that. I don't want to be used against you and Sam," Jessica said in tears.

"Hey, it's okay. You were fighting her, Jess. That means that she doesn't control you. Not fully. You're still half human after all," Jo said.

"I'm too dangerous to stay around you anymore. I should go," Jessica said.

"No, you're not! You're the only one who can kill her. Besides, Sam would never forgive me if I ever let you go," Jo said with a warm smile.

"I just don't want to be used by anyone to hurt the people that I care about," Jessica said.

"You won't be. You'll be able to fight it just like you were just now, Jess. She'll never be able to make you do anything to us especially not to Sam. Stop worrying," Jo said.

Jessica nodded but Jo could see that she was still extremely worried about it.

"Come on. Let's go back to Bobby's house," Jo said as she teleported the two of them away.

The angel who had rescued Eve brought her to a deserted warehouse where she was met by Raphael. Raphael placed his hand on her head and healed her instantly as he removed all traces of Jessica's blood from her system.

"You failed, Eve. You would be dead by now if it wasn't for me. She completely outsmarted you. We can't allow her to succeed. She's getting stronger and stronger by the day and becoming more confident in herself and what she can do. Soon she'll be marching into Heaven itself if we don't stop her now while she's still weak and unsure of herself. Apparently bringing you and every demon and angel who ever lived into this fight isn't enough to stop her. I'm going to have to bring a more powerful force in to kill her if you fail again. I was hoping to keep them out of this if I could. They're too unpredictable," Raphael said.

"You don't want them to come here, Raphael. They won't stop until they're chowing down on your bones believe me. Don't involve them in this. I can kill this little girl. Trust me. I still have the Colt to take care of her friends with, and now I know that I can control the Phoenix girl well enough that I can keep her from killing me if nothing else. Next time I can't lose. Do you want to know why? It's because I have a secret weapon hidden in her camp. One of my own is in that house with her even now and not even they are aware of my control over them," Eve said.

"Do you mean Lenore? She cured her of her vampirism," Raphael said.

"No. I mean someone else. Someone who I gained control over long ago. They're a sleeper agent right now just waiting for me to trigger them when the time is right. Now that time has come at last. Next time, they are going to help me lead Jo into a trap instead of the other way around," Eve boasted.

"This is your last chance, Eve. If you fail again, I'll have to release the others despite the risk," Raphael said.

"Don't worry. This time one of her own will help defeat her. In fact, I'll activate them right now," Eve said as she closed her eyes and concentrated.

Back at Bobby's house, one of Jo's friends suddenly lost control of themselves and said, "Yes?"

"From now on you belong to me once more just as you did before. You will wait for further instructions. I'll contact you soon with a plan to kill Jo once and for all. She's going to pay for what she almost did to me," Eve said to her unwilling servant through her reestablished link with them.

"That's very smart. She'll never see it coming. Maybe this time you will succeed. Just remember. I'll be watching you, Eve," Raphael said as he and the other angel teleported away.

"After I kill her, I'm killing you next," Eve said to herself.

She was only working with Raphael because of his constant threats to release the ones that even she feared. As soon as she defeated Jo though, she would devote all of her efforts to quickly killing Raphael too. Then she would take over Heaven itself through her puppet. Soon everyone everywhere would answer to her.

She had never been satisfied with just ruling over the Earth. It had never been just about taking over that insignificant little mudball despite what she had led everyone else to believe so far. No, she had much loftier goals than that. Soon she would rule over the entire universe.

Everyone everywhere would then become her children, and she would become the Mother of All.

Next: Who is Eve's hidden agent inside of Bobby's house? Find out next time as they reveal themselves right after they lead Jo and her friends into a deadly trap.