Chapter 8: Even a Crystal can be Sharp

One day, Silver Crystal is walking down the sidewalk as she sees cars driving by and demons walking all over. She is simply bored and decided to walk around and explore other areas of Pentagram City. She also plans on seeing Cherri and asks if she wants to hang out again

Crystal sighs, "Where in Hell can Cherri be? Then again, Cherri Bomb can be hard to find. The only way you can find her if she makes something explode."

Crystal continues to walk down the sidewalk. She is about ready to give up when she hears an explosion. Crystal turns her head to see red smoke as sparkles appear over the city.

"I knew it. Only Cherri Bomb can make explosions like that," Crystal says.

Then the young Spider Demon looks around to figure out a way to get to Cherri Bomb. She knows that Cherri can take care of herself, but knowing her, it's probably another fight with the Snake Demon: Sir Pentious again. She then looks around to find an alley and it can lead her to where the battle is.

This alley can get me there faster," Crystal says.

Crystal then hurries down the alley to find Cherri Bomb. She likes to hang out with her, and feels that she might need some help. As she turns past the corner, Crystal ends up bumping into someone and falls to the ground.

Crystal rubs her head, "Like ow."

The young Spider Demon looks up to find herself being looked down by three demons. One is a shark demon, the second is an Angel Dish demon with long purple hair. The last one is a dark blue eel-like demon.

The Angel Fish Demon sternly asks, "What dork?!"

Crystal stands up and says, "Sorry about that. I was trying to get somewhere."

The eel demon says, "Like we fuckin care. You should even be here you little brat."

"I didn't think I can't go into an alley. And I am not a brat," Crystal says, getting irritated.

The Shark demon says, "You know, you're actually kind of hot."

Then grabs Crystal by her wrist, "You surely have a cute little face. How about a kiss.

"Thank you for the compliment, but I'm in a bit of a hurry," Crystal calmly says.

Then angrily says, "And then I might be able to forget what you just said."

The three demons look at each other and then begin laughing.

"My aren't you a little feisty little demon," The shark demon says.

"Hey maybe we can see if we can sell her to our client. You know, maybe we can get an added bonus," The eel demon says.

"Yeah. I'm sure he would like to have another slut with a pretty face to add to his collection" The Angel Fish Demon says with a smirk.

"I think you're right. I'm sure the boss will love that," the Shark Demon says.

Crystal forcefully takes her arm away from the demon and angrily says, "No way! This demon is so not for sale! I'm not going to stand here with fuckin punks thinking I can be someone's property! I'm out of here!"

Then Crystal begins to walk away, until something suction cuppy and wet grabs all four of her wrists, her ankles, and waist. Then she is pulled inside and is held in the air as she lets out a scream.

Crystal struggles as she angrily screams, "Let me go! Stop! Let me go!"

The three demons outside walk back inside and close the door behind them. Crystal looks to see she is being held by a black and white patterned Octopus demon that is wearing a black suit and has eight arms. The octopus demon stares at Crystal with his yellow color eyes. Then observes Crystal's entire body.

The Shark Demons walk over to the Octopus Demon, "Yo Boss, you think we'll be able to get a bonus if we sell this pretty little face. She might be feisty, but I'm sure Valentino would love to add another whore to his collection."

Crystal becomes stunned to hear that the demons actually want to sell her to whoever this Valentino is. It makes her wonder if he's an Overlord. She remembers Charlie and Vaggie telling her about the Overlords, and Alastor is one of them. They're demons that have incredible powers, including respect, influence, money, and infamous reputations. She also remembers Charlie saying that her parents are also Overlord and rules of Hell.

The Octopus demon simply smirks to see the girl's features, face, and appearance.

Then says, "Yes. I'm sure she will hold a hefty price. She has a lovely face and nice features. I'm sure he will love to have this one at his studio."

The demon then uses another tentacle to place it under Crystal's chin to have a better look at her face.

"You sure have lovely blue eyes and elegant silver hair. You sure are a lovely little gem," The demon boss says.

Crystal is stunned about this, but tries to make a brave face and turns her head away in disgust.

The Demon boss grins and says, "Even disdain is lovely on this sweet little face."

The Octopus boss carries Crystal and brings her to one of the support beams of the building.

"It will be best to keep her restrained until our buyer arrives," The boss says.

Crystal gasps in shock to see how serious they are of selling her like she's some kind of doll. She then notices the three demons from before walk over to her with strange straps, ropes, and what looks like a ball gag. Crystal realizes that she's in big trouble now.

At the Hotel, there isn't much to do so everyone is hanging out in the lobby. Angel Dust is laying on the couch with a bored expression on his face.

"This is so boring. I think I should have gone with Crystal so I wouldn't have to be stuck here with nothing to do," Angel says.

"Come on Angel, I'm sure there's something we can do," Charlie says.

"Like what?" Angel asks.

"Well, we can talk about our feelings?" Charlie suggests.

"Okay. I'm fuckin bored and there's nothing to do," Angel says

Vaggie groans, "Why do we even bother?"

Charlie looks at her Phone and says, "You know, Crystal has been gone for a while now. Maybe we should have gone with her."

"I'm sure the kid is fine. She can take care of herself," Angel says.

"Maybe so, but she doesn't know Hell as much as well do, and there are gangs, drug dealers, perverts, and anything we don't need to mention," Vaggie says.

"Eh, there are a lot of them. I'm sure Crystal can handle it herself," Angel says.

"I suppose you're right. But still, I can't shake this feeling something bad has happened to her. I… I can feel it," Charlie says, concerned.

"Come on princess, what kind of trouble can Crystal get himself into, even when she says she is trying not to. I'm sure she'll be back at the hotel before anything can happen," Angel asks.

Unknown to Angel and the girls, Crystal is in huge trouble. She is bound and gagged to prevent her from escaping. Her four arms have these strange straps on her that also covers her hands. The ropes tie her waist, knees, and ankles to the support beam. And the Ball Gag is strapped to her mouth so she can't call for help. Crystal struggles as she tries to scream for help, but her attempt is futile.

The shark demon chuckles as he looks at her, "You sure are a noise little bitch, why not relax and wait to see our Client."

Crystal growls in anger and is not going to take likely to a bunch of punks. Then the Eel Demon and the Angel Fish demon walk over.

"You sure are a feisty little bitch. You know, I don't think I've ever seen a demon this hot," The Angel Fish demon says.

"Yeah. You're almost as hot as Angel Dust," The Eel demon says.

"You mean the Porn Star right?" The Shark Demon asks.

"Yeah. Maybe we can, you know, have a little fun with the cutie before we sell her," The Eel demon says with an evil smirk.

The Shark Demon sternly says, "The boss said that we can't cause any damage to her. He wants her in perfect condition for his deal."

"It's too bad. I was hoping to do a little of this and a little of that," The Eel demon says.

Crystal is starting to get disgusted and irritated as she thinks, "Those fuckin perverts! When I get out of this, I swear I'm going to kill these creeps!"

Suddenly the Octopus boss says, "Now now, stop pestering the dear. We wouldn't want her to hold that scowl look on her face. Now, I need you three to have the good ready, our client will be here very soon."

"Yes sir," The three demons answer, and walk away to take care of their boss' errand.

Crystal says in her thoughts, "I need to get out of here. I need to get back to the hotel. Angel and the others must be wondering where I am by now. I need to get out of these restraints."

Crystal continues to struggle to get her four arms out of these straps, but she isn't able to, not even get her friends free. She moves her legs hard and against the support beam. Surprisingly, it's enough to get her ankles free.

"Okay, I need to get the rest off, and it's hard to talk with this stupid gag in my mouth," Crystal thinks.

Suddenly, a third pair of limbs appears from under Crystal second sets of limbs. Crystal then remembers that she has seen Angel with limbs like that, and realizes that could be her chance to escape. Crystal then begins to use her new set of limbs to reach the back of the beam and begin to untie the straps off of her. She unties the knots off of them and is able to feel her hands, but leave them on to leave them off guard. She then reaches down and unties the ropes from her knees, and her waist, but leaves the rope there to make sure they're off guard.

Back at the hotel, Crystal has been gone the entire afternoon and Charlie is going worried. Angel is actually starting to get worried too and has been staring at the window to see if she comes back.

Angel groans and says, "Okay so I was dead wrong. I gotta go look for her."

Angel then walks to the door and about to leave when Vaggie walks over and asks, "Where are you going?"

"Looking for Crystal. I know… I know I said she can take care of herself, but she's been gone all afternoon, but I'm worried about this. I'm going to go look for her and maybe see if Cherri has any idea," Angel says.

Vaggie says, "Glad you're agreeing to this. Charlie is planning on looking for her too."

"Glad to know we're all on the same page, but we don't exactly know where she even went," Angel says.

Charlie walks over and says, "Anyway, we have to try. I'm worried about this. I hate to think about what kind of trouble she's in."

"Let's just hope we find her before she either gets in trouble, or at least get her out of trouble," Angel says.

Angel then walks out as he grits his teeth, "I knew I should have gone with Crystal. She might not be in a mess she is possibly in. I just hope we'll find her before it's too late."

Trapped in the strange building, Crystal waits patiently with her third limb hidden back in her body. Her eyes turn to see the shark demon walking towards her with an evil smirk on his face.

He then lifts her head up as his hang is under her chin, "Well cutie, you sure look comfortable. It's too bad we might not be able to have fun before you meet our client."

Crystal simply glares at him.

"Not much of a talker huh. It's no wonder with that gag in your mouth," The shark demon remarks.

He then removes the gag, "I'm sure you have a bit to talk about, but try to not piss us off before he arrives."

Crystal then says, "Well then, it looks like I'll be out of your scales soon enough. After I kick your asses."

The shark demon chuckles, "And how do you plan on doing…" And suddenly finds his face being slammed by the ends of two shoes.

Crystal is able to have her shoes slammed into the shark demon's face, and pushes him back as he rolls on the ground. That ends up catching the two demons, along with the boss, and the rest of the five demons of the gang turn their heads in surprise and shock. They become more shocked to see Crystal is now free from all her restraints and somehow has a third set of limbs.

Crystal looks at them with a stern expression, "Now then, I supposed that you didn't realize that since I'm a spider, I have a third set of limbs hidden until it's needed. It's good to use them for situations like this. So then, which one of you punks likes to play.

The Angel Fish demon grabs a pipe, "You think we're going to let some brat show us up. You don't know who you're messing with."

"I don't think. I know," Crystal says.

She then places her hands together and then tights their grips apart. Then pulls them apart to reveal the blue threads in her hands.

I'm trained for something like this. I let my guard down when I'm around you, but I know who I'm dealing with now," Crystal says.
The boss of the group says, "Don't just stand there, capture her! Make sure she stays in one piece."

The demons gang brings out guns and pipes, and other weapons. They soon charge and prepare the attack. Crystal then jumps in the air and kicks a shark demon in the face. She then punches the eel demon from before. Crystal then uses her threads to tie up two piranha-like demons together, and then swing them to a support beam that ties them up. She hears a battle cry and turns her head to see a fish demon sharing her with a pipe. Crystal grabs it and is able to use it to kick her foe in the face. Then ties them with her thread like an egg sack.

As Crystal fights off the demons, she remembers many of the lessons her father and brothers have taught her.

Flashback: Human World 12 Years Ago

It's two years since Crystal is able to leave the hospital and is training with two men. One of them is around five years older than she is and it's her brother Onyx when he's younger. The second is a grown man. He has light blonde hair with fair skin, and green eyes, he is wearing a white karate outfit with a black belt. After being defeated by her older brother, Crystal sits on the bench and lets out a sad sigh.

The man walks over and asks, "What's wrong my little gemstone?"

Crystal turns her head to see the grown man with the light blonde hair.

"It's nothing," Crystal sadly says.

"Well, when my baby gemstone gets all sad and sighs, I can tell something is bothering you," The father says.

Crystal turns to her dad and sadly says, "I can't do much at all."

"And why is that?" The father asks.

"Every time I try to do sports, I end up getting hit by the ball, or falling on my face, and everyone, even my brothers laugh at me. I know they never meant to, but I'm just a klutz," Crystal sadly says.

"Crystal darling, you're not a klutz. You're just inexperienced yet. It's been two years since you got out of the hospital, and your body is still adjusting to being more physical," The father says.

"Maybe, but I really want to be good at sports and stuff. When I was in the hospital, I could draw, sing, study for school, and other stuff since I can't get out of bed much. Now that I'm out, I'm having trouble keeping up with the other kids, even my brothers," Crystal says.

"I know it's hard, but I know you can do it. You partly represent our family and when you grow up, you'll be able to follow our family ways and also follow your own dreams," The father says.

Crystal grows concern, "But… I don't know if I could, you know, kill. It doesn't sound nice. But I also remember you told me that there are those who cause harm to people. But still, I don't know if I have the heart to kill."

"I know, but, let me tell you something that my father told me. There are people who are willing to do harm to others and the police aren't able or not willing to do anything about it. That is why our great great great grandfather became the first in our family, to be sure to stop those corrupted people so others can live on happily. And sometimes, you might need to kill in order to defend yourself from those who will seek harm to you." The father says.

"I suppose so, but will I be able to be good," Crystal says.

"I think you will, which is why I work hard on you more than your brothers, so I can help you perfect your skills. I know you can do it if you believe and train hard. You don't just have to do it for me, or our family's ways, but do it for yourself. Believe that you can become strong and that you can gain strength in your body. Believe that you can feel better than you are before. Just be yourself and believe in yourself… you'll do fine." The father says.

Flashback Ends:

As Crystal continues to fight, she remembers that she has taken her father's advice to heart, and decides to do just that. Crystal works hard on becoming athletic and intelligent. She perfect her talents, her physical strength, and her mind.

She hasn't told many, including Angel and the others, but her life does have it's own challenges. She has lost her mother when she's thirteen, and ends up joining a gang as she gets into fights to take away some of the pain. She only was in one for a few years until she was in her third year in high school. Despite that, Crystal is able to do well in school, and accomplish a lot over her years.

Now, she is fighting against those who want to do harm to her with her new abilities as a sinner. Crystal quickly kicks the gun from a demon's hand and takes it herself. She then fires at their wrists and hands to make them defenseless. Then she uses her thread to wrap the rest of the gang in an egg sack and hangs them in the ceiling. She even throws a few punches at the boss and he is sitting on the ground with groans and bruises on him. Soon, the entire gang are unconscious with bruises and threads tying them like webs and sacks. Crystal simply turns away from the boss and is prepared to leave.

The octopus demon grits his teeth and think as he grabs a gun, "You fuckin brat. You refuse the kill when you have the chance, and on purpose. Let me teach you a vital and important lesson… sparing a demon like myself can be a deadly mistake."

And a gunshot is blown. Crystal stops walking away and turns around to see a shocking sigh. She sees the Octopus boss fallen to the ground and blood begins to flow on the floor. Crystal is stunned to see the Octopus demon is dead from an unknown gunshot.

Crystal think with a stunned expression, "Wha… how?"

Crystal suddenly hears footsteps and realizes there is no time for her to reach the door. She then runs to a large pile of crates and support beams holding the building and remains hidden. She realizes someone is entering the area, and figures whoever it is, is responsible for shooting the Boss Leader down. Crystal can only hide as fear is being shown on her face.