Chapter 113: Devil Turned Saint

When the man in the newsboy hat was finally on his feet, most of the Saints were readying their weapons and grabbing grenades from all over the penthouse, with the man Katrina assaulted not ten minutes ago placing a giant gun with a grenade launcher attachment onto the island, which Shaundi grabbed immediately.

"Easy girl," said the man in the newsboy hat, "that gun's a little big for you." Katrina shot him a glare as she polished Soul Reaver by herself,

"Give me the goddamn gun, Pierce!" Snapped Shaundi, snatching the gun back from him.

"Okay!" He said, knowing she won't back down from anybody. Katrina chuckled to herself,

"Won't take shit from anybody," she said to herself, not expecting anybody to answer back, and was startled when she did recieve one.

"She used to be quite carefree," said Jason, popping in next to her from out of nowhere,

"Jesus, Jason! A little warning next time!"

"My bad," he said. "So hey, I've been meaning to ask you, what the fuck were you doing in those woods anyway?" Katrina bit her tongue unsure how to answer, but before she could, Jason leaned closer to her ear, speaking in a whisper, and her eyes widened in alarm with what he did say, "Does it have something to do with those wings that saved you from the skydiving last night?" Katrina gave him a hard glare, and gestured to the balcony,

"If you want to talk about that, we should take it outside." Jason silently nodded, and both of them stood up and exited the penthouse, standing on the balcony,

"So..." began Jason, "are you some sort of escaped science experiment or...?"

"You wouldn't believe me if I told you," said Katrina, shaking her head.

"Usually when someone says that they're about to hear a great big long backstory," said Jason, "so try to give me a short and sweet version before we go to kill Loren." Katrina glared, not appreciating Jasons' witty sarcasm.

"I'm not human," she said bluntly.

"Okay, I figured that out already," said Jason, folding his arms.

"I'm a devil."

"...That I didn't know."

"I didn't start out that way though," said Katrina, growing forlorn, "I started off human, then I became an ash gray freak, and I helped my friends save some idiots life...transforming all four of us into devils in the process." Jason gave her a confused look,

"'All four?'"

"Me, Issei, the guy who was almost killed in the first place, Adrian, my good friend who was supposed to be with me on this trip, and finally Calvin, my boyfriend." Jason took a step back,

"I thought you said you were a lesbian!!" He said in a loud whisper.

"I said Akeno was my girlfriend," said Katrina, "I never said anything about being strictly lesbian. But that's besides the point. The point is that I am hopping from dimension to dimension, trying to help my friend Adrian kill a bastard named Zeus. He killed my friends mom, and my boyfriend Calvin, so I have a score to settle with him." Jason took a deep breath, trying to comprehend what she had just said, and simply leaned over the side of the balcony, slightly overwhelmed,

"So...uh...this Zeus guy...he's not..."

"He's not the actual Greek thunder god, no," answered Katrina, "but he is still stupidly powerful, and I'm trying to find my friend so he doesn't have to fight him alone."

"Sounds like you really care for the guy," said Jason, and Katrina began to hear a certain undertone to his voice,

"Sounds like you're getting a little jealous," she said with a smirk. Jason gave her a raised eyebrow,

"Should I be?"

"Adrian is just my friend," said Katrina, "In fact he and Calvin were the first two friends I made when I moved to their town."

"So you three go way back then?"

"About a year, but it feels like forever now..." Katrina felt something wet on her face, causing her to reach up with her hand, and wiped a small tear from off her cheek. "Hey uh, maybe we should continue this later..."

"Probably," agreed Jason, "but I will say this, when Loren is dead, I want to help ya take a crack at this Zeus character." Katrina looked at him with surprise,

"Jason that would involve leaving behind everyone here!" Jason chuckled sadly,

"Maybe, but once we had Stilwater all secured for the Saints, I could only see it happening everywhere else, so I actually want to go somewhere where the Saints can't, and raise some hell like only a Gat could." Katrina shook her head,

"You and my friend Damon would get along just swell...probably too swell now that I think about it." Jason gave her a look, unsure of who Damon was, and she gave him a brief description, "White haired, pot smoking, 'fourth wall breaking,' alcohlolic smartass."

"Ah...and why would I get along with this guy?"

"You both love a hell of a fight, that's why. One that sounds like is right around the corner."

"Because it is," Both Katrina and Jason turned to see Boss standing in the doorway both of them walked out of, "now let's give the motherfucker what's coming to him." He was about to turn around and head back into the penthouse until Katrina stopped him,.

"Wait! Boss!" The man stopped and turned back to the gray girl, "Just...how much did you hear?" He gave her a knowing look,

"I heard enough." He then walked away, with Katrina letting out a loud gulp while Jason exhaled deeply.

Soon Jason, Katrina, Boss, Shaundi and Pierce were outside the penthouse building, stepping into a purple car with gold rims, with Boss getting the drivers seat, Jason riding passenger, with Pierce, Shaundi and Katrina sitting in the backseats, the Goddess of War sitting in the middle with Soul Reaver uncomfortably between her legs.

"So...what's with the giant sword?" Asked Pierce. Katrina sighed, and gave him an answer to keep him quiet,

"The last guy to use it before me gave me a miscarriage, so I sliced his head in half with it. Got any other questions?" All eyes turned to Katrina, first surprised, then somber, and Pierce kept his mouth shut from that moment until the car began speeding through the city.

"So what are we going to do once we kill Loren?" Asked Loren.

"We're not stopping with just him," said Boss, "we're going after the whole fucking Syndicate."

"I think we're going to have to do more than kill just one guy to do that," said Shaundi.

"Well we did steal that bomb for a reason," said Boss, cracking a grin.

"I'm sorry, steal what?" Asked Katrina, not believing her ears.

"They raided an armory not too long ago," said Jason, "and they stole this biggest military grade bomb I've ever seen." Now it was Katrina who was silent,

I am surrounded by psychopaths! She thought to herself. Soon the car skidded to a halt inside the loading dock of a massive skyscraper. Inside were several people dressed in expensive outfits carrying weapons; men dressed in a variety of black blazer jackets, slacks, dress shoes with either red tee shirts with a large pink star, or red dress shirts with pink neck ties, women dressed in a variety of red corsets, black leather jackets, and hot pants with garter straps connected to red and black thigh high boots, and finally a small group of men in red trech coats and sunglasses carrying sniper rifles.

"Morning Star punks," muttered Jason. Once inside, rounds upon rounds of bullets began to zip through the air along with red lasers.

"They got snipers in here!" Called Shaundi, hopping out of the car with the other Saints.

Snipers with lasers? That could work to my advantage! Thought Katrina. She dashed from the car, making sure on of the lasers was aimed right above her, and whispered to herself, "Promotion: Knight!" Due to the lasers from the sniper rifles, no one was able to notice the red knight piece flashing above Katrinas' head, and with the power of the knight she began to zip across the room, not enough to vanish and alarm the Saints, but just fast enough to avoid the bullets speeding all around her. The Devil Goddess then drew out her Blades of Exhile, and with the swing of her arm, began to take out several of the Morning Star gang members. Slice after slice she was destroying the Morning Star, with Jason rushing past her, shotgun in hand, blasting away anybody that stood in his way, gaining a raised eyebrow from Katrina, until he turned towards her, holding the shotgun with one hand, aiming at what she thought was herself, and saw him fire. She ducked, but as she turned, she saw he had just shot a Morning Star that was trying to sneak behind her. She turned back to Jason, threw one of her blades, and hit another Morning Star, this one trying to sneak behind Jason. The blade split his head in half, and Katrina tore it from his head, catching the blade by its hilt, sending him crashing to the floor as Jason watched, clearly impressed.

"...Wanna call us even?" Asked Jason. Katrina smiled at him, but it vanished as soon as it appeared as a giant fist sent Jason soaring across the room. There before Katrina stood a GIANT of a man, at least eight feet tall, dressed in a dirty white muscle shirt, blue jeans and dark boots. It stared at where Jason went flying, then turned to Katrina, uttering a low growl like an animal.

"Okay..." breathed Katrina, exchanging her Blades of Exile for Sektors Gauntlets, "...this should be fun..."