Storm of Madness

"Block! Block! Sidestep! Go for the head!"

"I know! Papi! Don't backseat game!"

It was quite the cozy little evening at the Kurusu house as monster girls/extra-species girls hunkered down and attempted to wait out the almost biblical storm raging outside. The news had been covering the beast since it had blown in from over the ocean and all day the girls had been watching reports about all the safety measures people were taking. Every shop was bolted up and anyone who wasn't totally required to be outside was told to stay indoors. Sadly the man of the house had drawn the short straw with his bosses and ended up having to be the one to storm proof the store. While he was out most of the girls were just doing as they pleased.

Miia was propped up on the couch with a game controller in her hand while Papi watched the Lamia play her Revengence game from a nearby beanbag chair.

Meero was set up at nearby table with Rachnera with a laptop; the two were monitoring the storm and watching all the news reports. The mermaid thought it was funny when another of her kind that was working at the station ended up swimming through a flooded part of town.

Suu was having less fun and was current gazing out the window at the torrential downpour like a cat hissing at a mouse. It was hard to blame her since, while slimes did require water to live, too much could actually harm her and make her melt away. To Suu it may as well of been raining knives outside instead of water.

Both Lala and Centorea were both out of the house despite the curfew in effect. Darling had still been at work when the storm had blown in and the Centaur volunteered to go lead him home least his run into trouble with city in this condition. Of course the others had offered to go in her place but sadly none of them would be much help in this storm, Rachnera was a spider so she didn't handle water well, Suu would die within seconds, the high winds and heavy rain made Papi a bad choice, Mero wouldn't be bothered by the water but she was wheelchair bound and she couldn't expect her darling to swim down any flooded streets with her, and thanks to how freezing cold the falling rain was Miia would never make it to her darling without being put to sleep and more than likely drowning because of it.

Only the strong and naturally very warm Centaur would actually be of any help in helping him get home safely so she was the one chosen for this task. Centorea had set off half an hour ago with a giant umbrella that had only kept from being blown clean out of her hands by the centaur's strength and weight. This left all the girls feeling a little jealous but unable to do anything until she got back.

"So who wants to bet she's using this chance to snuggle up with darling underneath that umbrella?" Rachnera suggested with a grin, knowing this bother at least one of them

Across the room the sound of a Lamina choking as she imagined just that could be heard proving her right. Miia said nothing though for fear of letting the mischievous spider know she had gotten under her skin.

"Ah! To use such an opportunity to make a move behind our backs while we stay clueless at home!" gushed Mero, being the tragedy fiend she was.

Only that girl could find being cheated on a great thing...

"Whatever!" spat the gaming Lamia "They'll be back soon then darling can make a meal for all of us!"

*Click*

"Darling?!"When Miia paused her game and looked towards the doorway to the front entrance she was hoping to see the master of the house had returned with Centorea, but was greeted by the sight of a sopping wet Dullahan instead.

"Even the underworld is flooded out tonight…" Lala joked in monotone as she closed the scythe/umbrella she had somehow acquired

With nary another world the mysterious girl attempted to head to her room only to be stopped by a question from Mero "Why were you outside Lala? Nothing living or dead would be caught in this storm if they could avoid it!" the mermaid asked with concern for her friend

"A great regret has breached this realm, I can feel it. The dead are not dead and a story that was supposed to end has been continued. I merely wished to discover what has fallen into our world" For such an extraordinary declaration it seemed to lack the impact Lala hopped it would have had.

"Oh...that's...interesting...I think?" replied a puzzled Mero

"You didn't read the weather report this morning and just went for a walk didn't you?" accused the more doubtful Rachnera

Lala could be seen blushing slightly with embarrassment "Maybe…"

Despite the ability to travel between the realms of the dead and the living, the power to take off her own head, and even being able to sense death it was always hard to tell when the Dullahan was being serious or not due to her raging case of middle schooler syndrome.

"Just get cleaned up and dry off before the serial rapist over there gets thirsty" instructed Rachnera while gesturing to Suu whose head popped up like an excitable dog that head just heard someone say "walk"

"Suu is cereal rapist?" asked the slime innocently

"R-Right!" squeaked out Lala as she gave Suu a cautious look and bolted towards the bathroom and it's dry towels

After that things went back to normal for a while until the front door was slammed open hard enough to almost knock it off it's hinges.

"Comrades! Trouble! I require aid!"

Centorea's shout sent each girl scrambling as they feared the shared icon of their affection was hurt. Much to their surprise he was fine, albeit drenched, and it was the unconscious girl draped over the centaur's back that was the one in need of aid.

"What the?! What happened!?" questioned Miia as she inspected the golden haired angel in white robes

"We found her lying in the road, she's freezing and soaking wet!" explained Miia's darling

As usual he was totally selfless and wrapped his own jacket around the unknown extra-species girl for warmth. Centorea would have offed to warm him on the way back but the new girl needed all the warmth she could get from her body.

"A stranger fallen in a storm. This portends a dark past and much change coming to this world" announced Lala as she returned wearing a pair of purple teddy bear print pajamas with a cup of hot chocolate in her hands, totally ruining the mysterious and dark air such a proclamation would normally have.

Ranhera rolled all of her eyes "You're blindly making things up aren't you?"

"...Maybe..."

"For the love of-Give me that!"

"My coco of the dark lords heated with the fire of thousand burning souls!" It was almost sad to see Lala start crying as the cup was ripped from her hands

The spider girl paid the whining dullahan no heed and gently tried to get the angel to drink a little of the warm liquid even though she was unconscious. Centorea could warm her outside but angel's core was just as important, as someone who hated cold water Rachnera felt sympathy for the unknown girl and genuinely cared for her.

If a certain someone noticed her caring nature and commented on it while tied up in her room later that would have been great too…

"Oh dear! Who is this woman?" asked Mero with great concern

As the group moved her to a spare bedroom Centorea filled them in with what few details she could, stating that they had heard someone banging on the metal sliders in the market district on their way back. The two had found whoever this person was lying on the ground after being overcome by exposure. They had no clue who she was or what on earth she was doing out in this storm without any protective gear. Her robes and jewelry were beautiful and matched her wings to present her as a being of grace but did little to help while being showed by the chilled rain.

"I think she may have been attacked by someone" revealed Centorea "She's not dressed for this weather and seemed to be desperately looking for help when she collapsed. It's possible she might of just escaped from a captor or some other kind of danger!"

"Any ID or phone numbers to call on her?"

"Sadly no my companion, she appears to have nothing on her besides her clothes and this" Centorea tossed Mero the flask they had found on the ground next to this mysterious woman

The mermaid read the inscription on the side and attempted to get the flask open but found it would not budge "The Holy Spirits? Hmmm… (*Shake*Shake*) Still full, whatever is in here she didn't drink. She lacks the smell of alcohol regardless so I don't believe this is a case of someone wandering around intoxicated" Mero gave the flask and the girl's jewelry another look and noticed something "These are real gold and silver!"

"What!?" shouted Miia in surprise. The Lamina inspected the items but lacked the experienced eye of the refined and noble mermaid "Are you sure Mero?"

"Oh yes! These are quite real. Obviously well made and very old too" Mero considered what that meant with a finger to her lips "We might be dealing with someone of considerable wealth, possibly even power as well. These seem like relics, royal relics"

"Someone of noble birth!?" gasped Centorea whose Centaur pride compelled her to serve those in positions of power

"I can't say for sure, but I can tell such a flask isn't the type of thing a normal drunk would have on them"

Mero continued to roll her chair alongside Centorea as the Centaur's walk seemed to get every so slightly more cautious after finding out she may have been carrying someone from a position of nobility. In short time they reached the spare bedroom and gently laid the angel underneath the sheets. Suu was used to help dry her off (without getting into a naughty places of course) and one of Miia's spare heaters was brought in by Rachnera and Lala to help her warm up faster.

"Ok everyone, I'm going to give miss Smith a call. Even if this girl wasn't attacked she's a lost extra-species person, that means it's her jurisdiction" announced the man of the house

All the girls agree with his idea and left the room to let their new visitor sleep. Whatever had happened to her had left the poor thing weak so rest and some heat was the best option for now. While he called Mr. Smith and tried to get her out here in the storm the rest of the girls went to the kitchen to try and make some food for their newest guest.

In the dark of the guest bedroom a pair of brilliant blue eyes snapped awake, they were focused to a pin-point and looked crazed.

"HeHeHe! Stupid Bitches!"