Faith jumped kicked the monster and knocked it back into an empty seat. She ran to it but it kicked her back into the gallery. Faith grabbed a metal tray and ran into the cabin, swinging the tray wildly. Her adrenaline was rushing. The monster roared and knocked the tray out of her hand. Faith clenched her hand into a fist and began punching feverishly into the cold, skin of the demon. The demon grabbed Faith off the ground and slammed her into the ceiling. Faith grunted and kicked the demon in the face with her only free leg. The demon's grip loosened. Faith grabbed a finger and pulled it back as hard she could. She heard the bone snap and the demon howled, letting her go.
Faith landed on her feet. She put her arms up, ready to fight. The demon's nails fell off on the ground. It grabbed one and charged at Faith. She ducked, upper-cutted the demon and spun kicked it. It flew across to the back of the cabin.
"The Horn!" Malcolm yelled
"What?" Faith didn't understand.
"Break the horn!" The demon sprang up from it's hiding space and jumped over the seats that stood between it and Faith. Faith jumped back just as it landed. The demon broke off of it's nails and threw them at Faith. They pinned her to the wall. She grunted, trying her hardest to break free. The demon charged her.
She kicked her legs up just as the monster reached her. They both went through the wall into the first class cabin. When the dust settled Faith got up and limped to the only undisturbed bathroom. Malcolm got up to examine the beast. It's horn was missing, but it was no where to be found. He followed the trail of blood to the bathroom. He knocked on the door. "Faith? You okay?" No answer. He waited a minute, knocked again. "Faith?"
"I'm fine."
"You're bleeding."
"No I'm not."
"Don't lie to me Faith I saw the blood."
"How do you know it wasn't the demon's blood?"
"The Lyrial demon doesn't bleed. They just dissolve."
"Lyrial demon? So that's what kind of demon that was?"
"Yes. You did well considering you haven't been trained yet. How did you manage to fight it without the sufficient training?"
"I have gotten into fights everyday since freshman year. I think I know how to take care of myself."
Inside the bathroom Faith leaned against the door, blood was dripping down the right side of her body. She held back the tears of pain. She removed her denim jacket to reveal the horn, lodged in her right shoulder. It hurt so bad she was unable to move her arm. She knew she had to do something about the horn. She took off her leather belt and bit into it. "This is no different from that time I had to pop my hip back into place." She said to herself. "On the count of three" Malcolm knocked on the door. The belt fell out of her mouth. "What is it? I'm busy in here."
"The pilot says were making an emergency stop. The plane will be landing shortly."
"Okay, fine." She touched the horn and winced as pain shot through her entire body. "I'll be out in a minute." She looked in the mirror, she looked like hell. There was a bruise beginning to form on her face and her lip was bleeding. She picked up the belt and bit back into it. "1..." She knew this was going to hurt. "2..." She braced herself. "3" She screamed as the horn was pulled from it's fleshy sheath. Blood came rushing out, a lot of blood. Faith felt faint, the bathroom started spinning. "Oh Shit." She hit the door with so much force that it opened as she fell to the ground.
Malcolm was in the coach cabin talking to one of the passengers when he heard the crash. He ran to the first class cabin. He saw Faith on the floor, bleeding profusely. He ran up to her.
"Faith! Don't move." He looked up "Stewardess! Stewardess!" The stewardess ran into the cabin.
"Oh God!" She saw Faith "What happened?"
"She got injured in that fight. Please tell the pilot to get medical attention to be there when we land."
"Right away." She got up and ran into the control cabin.
"Faith? Do you hear me? Don't go to sleep!" Faith's eyes were closing. He slapped her. "Faith! Do you hear me? Don't black out! Faith? Faith!" She started to mumble something. "What?" She mumbled louder but he still couldn't understand. "I don't understand.."
"I'm going to get you back for hitting me." Faith managed to say aloud. Malcolm couldn't help but laugh. Even in this life-threatening situation Faith still maintain her attitude.