Chapter 11

Ankara and Sebastian stood in front of the mansion, waiting. It had been almost twenty-four hours since Remiel's promise to begin attacking, and they waited in silence for the Daleks to begin appearing. The Doctor had warned them repeatedly to be careful, and to make sure that they were not struck by one of their lasers. He and Ciel were safe inside the TARDIS, working on the finishing touches to the device the Doctor planned to use to send the Daleks back into the void.

"Are you nervous, Sebastian?" Ankara asked tensely, readjusting her grip on the sword she had borrowed from the manor.

"No. My master ordered me to defeat these Daleks and the angel, so I shall win." Sebastian answered, keeping his blazing red eyes locked on the sky.

"They're bound to come here first. They'll want to get rid of the Doctor before attacking anywhere else."

"Indeed. That just gives us more scrap metal afterward." Sebastian growled.

Ankara looked over at him curiously. It was clear that he was very powerful, even by demon standards. While she was terrified by the Daleks, he was as calm as could be. They were just another enemy to him, just something else to destroy for his master. She sighed and looked back at the sky.

"Are you alright, Miss Ankara?" Sebastian asked calmly.

"I'm nervous." she replied honestly.

"Don't be. You'll be fine. You're stronger than you realize."

Ankara sighed and nodded at him thankfully.

"Thank you, Sebastian."

The male was about to reply, but a loud, metallic noise caught their attention. The two demons looked up to see a large group of Daleks flying toward the mansion, screaming loudly in their buzzing, hate-filled voices. To their surprise, Remiel was with them, leading them toward the mansion. The demons tensed and glared at them as they landed in front of the mansion.

"EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!" the Daleks shouted in a chorus.

"Wait a moment! I will take care of these beasts! Go inside and destroy your enemy! The demons are mine!" the mad angel shrieked, his face twisted in sick glee.

Sebastian smirked and took a step forward, pulling several silver
knives out of a pocket in the interior of his tail coat.

"I'm afraid I can't allow any of you entrance into the mansion. You see, you weren't invited, and we of the Phantomhive Estate don't appreciate unwanted guests." the demon taunted them.

"Sorry, but this mansion is under repossession." Remiel growled, his silver eyes narrowing.

"You were warned." Sebastian lifted a hand into the air, smirking.

Inside the mansion, Finny, Mey-Rin, Bardroy, and the Hell hound Pluto were positioned at the windows overlooking the scene in front of the court yard. They watched nervously as the angel and the strange metal things-the strange man in the box had called them Daleks?-landed several yards away from Ankara and Sebastian.

"Alright, remember, Sebastian told us to aim for the eyepieces on those Dalek things." Bardroy reminded the others, gripping his trusty flamethrower tightly.

"We're got it, yes!" Mey-Rin replied impatiently, taking aim at one of the metal creatures with one of the several sniper rifles she had gathered around her.

"Ready, Plu-Plu?" Finny cooed to the massive dog at the next window; the gardener had gathered several large chunks of stone around himself.

Pluto snorted, a bit of fire emitting from his nostrils, and growled down at the creatures threatening his master.

The group went silent as they saw Sebastian lift his hand into the air, then bring it down.

"That's the signal, open fire!" Bardroy yelled.

Sebastian smirked as the first Dalek screamed, moving its shattered eyepiece around wildly. Not even a second after, more began screaming angrily as chunks of stone bashed in their eyepieces, and flame rained down from two different windows of the mansion. Remiel growled and yelled at them.

"Kill the male demon first!" he screamed shrilly, and the ones that weren't panicking over their blindness began moving in toward Sebastian.

The angel charged at Sebastian, drawing his own sword and lunging at him. Ankara growled and jumped in front of the demon, using her own sword to block Remiel's attack and throw him back. She looked over her shoulder at Sebastian, who was looking at her with surprise.

"Go take care of the Daleks! I've got the angel!" she yelled at him.

"Are you sure?" Sebastian asked quickly.

"Yes, dammit, now go!"

Ankara turned away and ran at Remiel, jumping over the confused angel and taking a quick swipe at his wings, making sure only to cut away some of his feathers. The angel growled and swung at her, barely missing one of her legs. Ankara smirked and ran toward the mansion, taunting the angel over her shoulder.

"Come and get me, pigeon!"

Remiel glared at her and opened his wings angrily, flying after her. Sebastian, meanwhile, began throwing his knives at the Daleks that weren't already wheeling around blindly. The metal creatures shot blue lasers at him with loud cries of "EXTERMINATE" and "DALEKS ARE SUPREME", but the demon was very careful not to allow them to hit him. The Daleks shrieked as the knives pierced the glass of their eyepieces, and some of the blinded one's lasers struck other Daleks. The ones hit would scream loudly, then go completely silent and still, dead.

Once she had gotten to the roof, Ankara turned and waited for her opponent to join her. Remiel appeared quickly, landing several feet away from her. His face wore a twisted grin, and he ruffled his wings a bit before folding them behind him.

"It wasn't very wise to separate from your friend down there. He might have been able to protect you. You're much too young to handle this on your own." Remiel smirked.

"We'll just see about that." Ankara spat back at him, her eyes glowing red.

Remiel chuckled.

"This reminds me of the Holy Wars, the battles between angels and demons. I fought there, young one. I was one of the survivors of some of the most terrible battles. And what are you? Nothing. You weren't even born during that time. I have the advantage of age, experience, and skill."

"If you are truly that old, then it's time for you to die." Ankara replied simply, bracing herself.

"Hm. Let's see if you have what it takes to enforce said judgment, then, demon."

"Gladly."