Kennedy, Dominique, and Rona were filled with a renewed strength, more able to shield themselves from demons. Even with their newfound power, they couldn't seem to keep up with Faith and the demon she was hunting down. Kennedy yelled down the street at her, but Faith didn't seem to hear. Eventually, the girl's caught up to the two around a corner and in a dead-end alleyway.
A red-eyed, moldy green-scaled demon was backed up against a wall snarling and growling at Faith, who approached dangerously close. The moment Faith was close enough to initiate in hand-to-hand combat, the demon charged forward and three vampires dropped from the roofs of the two buildings and trapped the other three slayers in with Faith and Green-scales.
" Hand it over. Now! " Faith demanded, nodding toward the chalice in the demon's hand.
The demon made a deep guttural noise that might have been a laugh. Its fist tightened around the chalice and its gnashing teeth tried to cut her flesh. Faith round-housed it in the face and jumped fully onto its back, standing. The demon fell to the ground and as Faith reached to grab the chalice from its grasp something wriggled beneath the skin of its spiked back. A head broke through the monster's scales and snapped at Faith as she tried hurriedly to gain access of the chalice. The teeth cleared a slice of flesh from her abdomen.
Down the alley, the three ex-potentials fought their own enemies, enemies bearing swords and adz. Kennedy was momentarily overtaken by her foe, but caught the moment and planted a stake between the vampire's ribs. The last two were a bit difficult and proved quite difficult to overpower and gain enough space to thrust stakes into their still hearts.
Faith was bleeding profusely, but was only paying attention to killing the demon in front of her. Suddenly, a scream shattered Faith's concentration as she turned to find the source. In an instant she saw Rona and Dominique thrown against the alley wall, only unusual thing was that they weren't getting up. Faith watched for a moment too long, which gave her own opponent enough time to recuperate and was now slashing at Faith with razor-sharp claws. One talon managed to catch Faith across the cheek before she whipped out a dagger and whirled around to chop off three of its fingers. Its unharmed hand thrust forward and gripped her wrist as its mouth opened, prepared to suck the life from her.
Out of nowhere came a whooshing sound then the sound of exploding flesh as the demon's chest erupted in red goo and its hand released Faith's now bloody wrist. Faith heard two more whooshing sounds and turned in time to see the two vampires hovered over Kennedy and Rona become dust.
" Faith, let's go!" Kennedy shouted as she scrambled up from the ground, holding the back of her skull.
" Go ahead. I have something to finish." Faith sauntered toward the very back wall of the alley where she thought she had heard the noises coming from.
Instantly, someone came soaring down from the 6-story building, landing as if they'd only jumped from a table. Long auburn hair was brushed out of the way,