Maria sat outside, sitting on the grass outside of the abandoned building. So many thoughts raced around her head. Throughout the years of waiting for the Creeper to awaken, she had never thought her life change as dramatically as it has. As time was passing, she could feel her child growing within every second of every minute of every hour of every day. Faster than a human baby and now it's coming, the war for a child. She felt alone in this even with the Creeper by her side. She needed to consume six hundred and sixty six souls to become immortal but the Creepers time was running out and neither of them had time to prepare for this battle. The fight between a succubus and a demon against the devils advocate. The odds didn't feel in her favour but it didn't stop her from trying. There were things she had to do to prepare herself; train and gather strength. Maria rose to her feet and decided to train early. She began to run, in no direction specific. It wasn't about training like a human would, just to become fit, it was to build stamina and strength. She knew a succubus and a demon would be no match for Salem himself but that didn't stop her, it only made her try harder and as she clung to the small amount of hope she had left, she picked up her pace until she found a park. Her wings were still hidden underneath her clothes. It was harder since she didn't know what she was up against, she has never seen his true form or what powers he was capable of, and that's if he has any.

Overwhelmed by other thoughts of those around her she tried to push them aside and began. Her training resembled parkour. She swung on bars, front flipped and managed to reach further distances from building to building. Surprised that she hadn't been out of breath yet, she decided to push herself and climb walls by jumping from wall to wall and reaching the roofs. Maria continued to run and jump of the roof to reach the building in front of her. Unfortunately the distance was too far and her wings ripped through her clothing, soaring her through the air. She headed up and hovered in mid-air.

When she had returned three hours later from non-stop training the Creeper was already in the building, stitching his harvested disembodies on the wall. He glanced at her as she walked in. "Three hours of training." She panted. He ignored her, continuing his work. "Look, I know you're angry at me because you feel like I'm doing this on my own but that's how I feel." Maria was surprised by her words, not because of what she had said but because she noticed her southern accent was gone. The change must have cleansed her in some way or it possibly left as a part of her soul withered. "You want to mope around that's fine by me. But we have to face the biggest battle of our life's here. Our child is at risk and I don't know what will happen if they…" She clenched her fists as she thought angrily about the possibilities. Her nails dug so deep into her palm, blood dripped down onto the floor. She was stronger than ever before and the Creeper could see that. Jeepers abandoned his work station and stood in front of Maria, reaching out for her hands. He opened them up so she wasn't clenching her fists and pulled her into an embrace. "Let's train together." Her wings expanded and wrapped around them both in a tight cocoon.

They both walked outside and proceeded to train with eachother, fighting. "Go easy. I am carrying our child you know." She smiled. He smiled back in reply. She nodded the 'okay' to start the fight and the Creeper ran towards her. Maria managed to jump and twist in the air on her side before landing back gracefully on her feet. She made the next move and flipped in the air as she ran, surprising her love with more grace but her punch was dodged easily, leaving her open for an attack, he took his opportunity and tackled her to the floor. "You win that round but let's see how we fight-" Her wings expanded in mid jump, leaving her hovering in the air, "-whilst air borne." They tackled eachother like wild animals, a vicious wolf fight in the heavens. This round was more serious. Both pairs of wings flapped ferociously within the fierce fight. It seemed to be going more serious than a normal training fight and each move was taken seriously, making it appear as a real spar. After a while of fighting in mid-air, Maria began to fall like a meteorite back to the earth's surface but before she could hit the floor, the creeper swooped in and caught her as he landed. Her wings were torn horribly, big holes and small holes had punctured in random places. She looked up at the worried Creeper and smiled as her wings began to self-heal themselves. It was like a brand new pair of wings. Once she was okay, the Creeper set her back onto to her feet but was worried by his expression. She could tell that he had gone too far in their training session and he would probably refuse for future training. "Look… I'm fine." Maria smiled, twirling around. "The baby is fine." She looked into his eyes, he seemed to watch her in shock. It seemed more than her safety he was concerned about. She should have gotten stronger during the change, if she couldn't defeat him in a play fight, how was she to defeat the devils right hand man in a real fight?

As the day went by, Jeepers was pre occupied with the usual protocol, stitching bodies together and sticking them on the wall. In the meantime, Maria was resting, a whole day of training and nothing to show for it. Her baby was growing faster by the minute and she was showing more now. It wouldn't be long until it was time. But when it was time, the fight would begin and she wasn't physically ready. The only thing she could do at the moment was run and flip around like a little wind up dog and for once in her life, she felt like she was the one failing the Creeper.