H.E.L.L.S.I.N.G. was almost at a loss for what to do. Scarlet Order had the two Ethans children, Andrew and Paige, and had offered them over in exchange for passage through H.E.L.L.S.I.N.G.'s blockade. Scarlet Order wanted to make it out to sea. For answers, Sir Integra was called upon for orders.

The iron maiden weighed her options carefully, and demanded contact with the terrorists, personally. She wanted to make sure they were clear, all while having her own advantages. She even contacted the demonic duo for assistance.

They knew that Preston would keep his word. He wasn't the kind of man who would harm children needlessly. Their assertion that this was a fact helped shape Integra's final decision. She would let them pass. However, Scarlet Order would be required to send smaller vessel to meet H.E.L.L.S.I.N.G. agents and hand the children over once they had passed.

Integra was no fool, however. She had every intention of capturing the fiends before they could escape into international waters. Once the children were secure, they would be brought ashore, and H.E.L.L.S.I.N.G. would call in the Navy in order to sink their vessel. By this time, it was necessary for the demons aboard it to somehow flee.

Preston stood, looking back at the H.E.L.L.S.I.N.G. ships with a pair of binoculars. He watched as the small rescue boats exchanged the children, and as Scarlet Order's boat turned around to come back. The duo was right. Preston kept his word. He waited until the children were safely ashore before carrying out his next attack.

"Wink, are you ready?" he asked, turning to the woman behind him.

He watched as the woman chanted her incantations. Wink was focused, barely registering his voice as she drew energy from the magic circle that she and other witches on the ship had drawn onto the deck in chalk. She was joined by other witches, who sat on the outside of the circle, reciting similar chants as the circle glowed a brilliant light blue. Cold winds came forth from the lines, blowing Wink's hair about, but she paid it no mind. She couldn't afford to mess this up.

Finally, the witch took her stance. Sucking in a deep breath, she let it out before taking in another. Cocking her left hand back, she let the gems on her ring glow with the power of the circle, taking in the light that emitted from her feet. Then, in an instant, she shot her arm forward, pointing directly at the blockade.

"Beati pauperes spiritu!" the woman shouted, expelling the light from her fingers and hurling it toward the ships before her. That light struck water near the boats, but it still had its intended effect. Upon making contact, the water froze, locking the H.E.L.L.S.I.N.G. ships where they were and crawling up their sides. The corners of Wink's mouth turned upward at this as the light at her feet faded. The woman paused to clutch her hand in her other one, warming it and trying to relieve the numbness of her fingers.

"Good." Preston said. "Now they can't follow us. That was very impressive, by the way. Magic is handy."

"Thanks." Wink replied as her fellow witches stood. "That was great, ladies. We got 'em!"

The women cheered while the boat continued onward. Rejoicing was abundant while Preston looked on, the smallest of smiles gracing his face. It soon faded, however, as he thought about the next step.

"Yeah, good work." He praised. "Now all that's left is to get rid of those demons and get to the ocean."

"With our magic, it should be a sinch!" said one of the witches.

"Yeah! I'll turn 'em into barbeque." Another said, flexing her hand as heat radiated from it.

"It's best not to underestimate them." Preston chastised. "Every time someone underestimates them, they become overwhelmed. We can't let that happen."

"So we go all out, then." Wink said. "Overwhelm them instead."

"Perhaps…" Preston said. "I'd like to do this with the least amount of losses as possible, though."

Despite his wishes, however, the demonic duo traversed through his ship and cut through his forces with ease. It didn't matter what they were. Human, werewolf, vampire, sorcerer, cynocephali, faun—it mattered not. Scarlet Order's forces were not trained to fight. They did not have a firm grasp on their own powers. They were like infants of the supernatural world, and that made them utterly defenseless against the demons no matter how well-armed they were.

Grabbing the shirt of one of the brutish werewolves who attempted to assail him, Alois held the poor man in front of him, using him as a shield from the hail of bullets fired by the others. The menace tossed him aside once the bullets stopped. That was when the others had realised what they had done, and stopped in horror at both their own actions, and the actions of the merciless demons.

"Monsters…" uttered one of the lycanthropes, lowering her gun. That was when she felt a searing pain in her abdomen and fell, painting the ground red with blood. Looking up from her place on the floor, she saw the Watchdog with her last bit of consciousness, unable to do anything but spectate as the demon cut through her comrades in their moment of shock and awe.

The demons advanced from that spot, leaving the injured. They no longer had to worry about extermination. That would be happening shortly. All they needed to do was get off the ship first.

"How much longer do you think we have until we reach the ocean?" Alois questioned as they ran. He multitasked and changed his weapons magazines.

"We have plenty of time." His beau answered, a smile appearing on his face. "All we have to do is run, and our mission is complete."

"You seem happy about it."

"I have much to do after this."

Onward! The duo must hurry! The Watchdog grew eager as his true ambitions came further within reach. He wanted the mission to be done. Anxiety grew within his stomach as he thought of what was to come. The man was going to tell his beloved all about his personal goals, but not now. Not like this. Thus, they ran until they turned the corner.

Ciel had been so lost in his thoughts that he almost failed to miss the girl who stood in the path, leaping over her instead of going around her and appearing on the other side. His actions earned a hearty laugh from his beau, only to abruptly stop as he set his sights on the person who nearly caused Ciel to crash. His brow furrowed as his cheer faded into anger.

"You…" he said, eyeing the girl. He recognised her, and so did the Watchdog. Ciel was especially familiar, as he was the one who trained her. Officer Oliva Marks of the Gehenna Police Department.

The girl looked back at him, the pink frames of her spectacles falling down her nose as she stared at him in horror. She had come face-to-face with the legends of Gehenna, and she knew that they were angry at her for betraying their trust. Olivia was weak. She was still fairly young; only seventeen, and had become a vampire only within the past year. She had no mastery over her power. There wasn't much there to begin with.

Still, with what she had, she tried to run. Her feet hit the ground as hard as her legs would allow her, trying to carry her away from the demons as fast as they could. Alas, she was a rabbit in a cage with a lion and a hunting dog.

Suddenly, a hand wrapped around her throat, stopping her movement while hoisting her up in the air. The Lion had her in his grips and stared her down with eyes like icy fire. Gasping, she met his gaze and went numb all the way down to her fingertips with fear.

"So, you're a mole as well?" the menace questioned. "How unfortunate… You could have been such a good police officer."

Olivia could not speak for she was too afraid. Instead, she made a series of undecipherable noises in an attempt to form words that she could not think of. Tears streamed down her cheeks as her eyes filled with panic.

"Jim." Called the bluenette, prompting his beau's attention. "Focus on the mission. She's not worth it."

Frowning, the menace looked to the girl again before releasing his grip and allowing her to fall to the floor. Olivia coughed and gasped for air as the two demons kept running. Coughing turned to sobbing. Sobbing turned to hyperventilating. The girl was unable to breathe as she was overcome with fear. Olivia almost died.

She knew that she needed to alert someone of the duo's whereabouts. Anyone would do, as long as they could pass it on to her superiors. And yet she chouldn't move. Her legs were numb and would not obey her commands to stand. Her arms would not pull her up. Her eyes would not let her see what was in front of her as she shook violently. She had peered into the eyes of death, and death stared back with rage hiding behind cool blue.

Fortunately for her, someone happened to walk by and spot her in the floor. Two people came upon her and quickly helped her to her feet, seeing that she was obviously in some sort of trouble. She hiccupped as the two frantically asked her what happened.

"What's wrong?!" one asked. "Are you hurt? What's the matter?!"

"Mate, maybe she saw the intruders…" said the other. "There were a whole bunch of injured folks not too far from here…"

"W-w-wa…" The girl tried to speak. She needed to tell them that they were right, but her voice betrayed her. She couldn't form the words.

"What do you need?" asked one of her comrades. "'Wa'? 'Water'? Do you need water?"

"No, you idiot. Look at her. She's a vampire. Vampires don't drink water!"

"Oh, that's right…"

Olivia had to let them know. That the demons had been here and that she had no idea where they were going. They were moving away from the laboratory, so she was uncertain as to where they were going. She didn't know if they had already stolen back the DNA samples and were fleeing, or what. She had to let them know, however, but she could no longer see them through her fogged vision.

"Wa…" she said, choking on air. "Wa…"

"Come on, you can do it." One of her fellow supernaturals said. "Deep breaths, now."

Doing as instructed, Olivia attempted to take slow, deep breaths in order to calm herself down, but her lungs ached and the tears just kept coming. Shaking, her breathing just got worse, coming out rapidly and laboriously. Soon, her legs gave out again and she feel to her knees, slumping over and hiding her face. Taking in one big breath, she forced the words out.

"WATCHDOG! LION!" she screamed. "THEY'RE HERE! THEY—They— They ran—They ran that way!" The two crewmembers looked to one another with worry crossing their faces as well. With just as much panic, one of them picked the girl up and started carrying her in the opposite direction.

"I'm getting her out of here! You tell the captain!" they said, causing the other to nod.

It seemed like everyone was running on this ship, as the captain was very quickly notified by several people about the status of the demonic duo. Wink had no idea what they were up to, as she had talked to Hobbs and his werewolves near the laboratory, only to find that they hadn't seen so much as a single glimpse of the demons. Thinking, she tried to figure out what they were up to.

"Wink." Called a voice, prompting the woman to quickly turn around in her place at the bridge.

"Yes, sir!" she answered, her eye meeting gold. Preston appeared before her with folded arms.

"Have you found them yet?" he asked, making his way over to peer down at the deck.

"No, sir… We're close, but… They never made it to the laboratory." The witch informed, piquing her superior's interest. "It's like they turned around? They seem to be heading upward."

"To the deck…" Preston muttered, looking out carefully. What could possibly be on the deck of interest? Why did they turn around? There was no reason for them to do that. Was there? The Omid furrowed his brow and thought for a moment, trying to think like a H.E.L.L.S.I.N.G. agent.

"The life boats!" he suddenly declared. "Their plan has changed. They're trying to escape the ship!"

"What? Why would they do that?!" questioned Wink as she followed the Captain out the door and looked over the deck from the outside.

"Something's going to happen to the ship." Preston said, making his way down the steps. Quickly he gave up on this and simply jumped over the rail. "We have to find out what it is! Get Hobbs up here! When those two show up, we can't let them get to the lifeboats!"