So Virgo had went out and sent the demon back to Hell. She had to do it alone, because-loved ones or not- no one was supposed to see her open a portal, if she could help it.
When that had been done, Oswald, Virgo and Sophie all sat in the den. Virgo was describing her dream.
"So a demon was strangling you? And you could smell smoke?" asked Sophie
"Yeah", her red-head buddy replied, "And it burned. But then it's like I exploded, but with no pain at all".
"Wow..what do you think caused the dream?"
"I don't really know...but I do know that I've been feeling worse since that demon bit me".
"You don't think...?"
"I was poisoned. No doubt about it. Lilith's doing, of course. Send a demon infected with a little cooked-up infection, and get it to bite me. It gets into my bloodstream, infects me. And does who knows what".
"What are you gonna do about it?"
Virgo sighed, and leaned back on the couch. "There's not much I can do at this point. I'll have to wait until it progresses more, then give a blood sample to Mariko. I may have a supernatural infection, but I'm sure she'd find something. Find out just what the poison is doing, and will do later on".
"So until then, what? You're just going to do nothing but beat the crap out of a demon every time it comes up?" Sophie cocked her eyebrows at her friend.
"I guess I'll have to. Until I think up a master plan, anyway".
"Not something I agree with", admitted the brown-haired lawyer, "But it seems there's no choice".
Virgo turned to her lover. "You've been awfully quiet".
"First it was being hypnotized by the king of vampires", said Oswald, "Then my girlfriend is a witch, then a magical Jesus-like being, then she's infected by the lackey of a demon queen".
"Actually", stated Virgo, "Demons are Satan's offspring. Vampires are Lilith's offspring. Both the Hell rulers lost their ability to reproduce on their own centuries ago. Although their separate offspring can reproduce".
"They didn't..make any heirs to Hell?" asked Sophie
"Yeah. Two. Twins. A boy and a girl. The only children they'll ever have. Most religions don't recognize the girl, or just assume it's Lilith herself. The boy, in Christianity and such, is known as the Anti-Christ".
Both Virgo's best friend and lover stared at her for a minute.
Virgo rubbed the back of her neck. "So, there are actually 2 Anti-Christs".
Sophie pondered this for a moment. "It seems my church has made a few errors. I should inform them that Jesus now has 2 adversaries".
Ozzy turned to Sophie. "Since when are you religious?"
I go to church on Sunday, sometimes".
"Oh. As long as you're not a Jesus-freak.." He shuddered.
"Virgo smiled. "I hear ya, HoneyBear. They get on my nerves too".
"There's nothing wrong with sticking to a religion faithfully" said the prosecutor, "But when you pit your religion against others and try to say their untrue and obsolete, then you're just being an ass".
Virgo rubbed her hands over her grey eyes. "Like the homophobic Jesus-freaks saying 'God hates fags'. BULLSHIT. God wouldn't use such a derogatory word, should he exist. And he wouldn't hate gays either. Take that Kuku Klan".
Oswald snickered. "Reminds me of the time you set the Klan's meeting house on fire"
"You did WHAT?" Sophie's forest green eyes widened.
"Well, they're white supreme…suprieme…they're anti-not-white, not-Christian, not-straight terrorists! And ass-holes!"
"But was the fire really necessary?"
"Yeah! They deserve to burn in He-". Virgo didn't get to finish her sentence. Something inside her stomach lurched, so she took off for the bathroom.
Penguin and Sophie both heard Virgo throwing up down the hall.
"You think it's the poison?" asked Sophie.
"It must be. It's generally too late for morning sickness."
"Morning sickness?"
Oswald's face flushed. "Yes. IF she was..and she's not.. because if she was..she wouldn't..she's not". He said it more to convince himself than anybody.
"Eurgghh..what the-? My God! My puke's freaking purple!" Virgo's vice carried down the hallway.
Sophie and Oswald glanced at each other, before heading for the bathroom.