Hey, sorry this chapter is so short. When i had originally planned this story this chapter and the two before were all going to be one... i figured i should finish the thought.

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You know, if someone had thrown me through a freakin' building I don't think I'd have gotten up at all. But this son of a bitch was. He was pissed (although I guess I could understand why) and he was coming after us. Again.

It's like that annoying relative that just won't leave.

We were tearing down the road again back towards my apartment. Now that the back window was blown out, Syileta was trying to hold the creature off. Thomas was still groaning in the back, I guess that means he's still alive though. But we were flying around corners and going over curbs, bashing the Beetle around pretty good. That probably wasn't helping his injuries at all. Damn it all, Thomas, hold on.

I caught a peak at the Denarius as I flew around the last corner before my place. He looked even fiercer than before, like Freddy Kruger on crack or something. And he was moving faster than he should have been able too. Wouldn't this thing just die?

Syileta caught him off guard finally. She put a well aimed blast of her fiery power at his feet in front of him, melting the asphalt. He screamed as he slid through the burning road but kept coming.

I slammed the breaks and jerked the wheel around, putting the Beetle into a spin and parking it on the small patch of grass outside of the building facing the way we had just come from. If we hadn't been running for our lives I would have been excited about that move. Syileta instantly threw herself out the back window and kept attacking. I turned around and hauled Thomas out of the back seat as of the Denarius's bladed arms impaled the door of the Beetle.

I instantly fed my will into my shield bracelet, but I noticed that he was still thirty feet away dueling with Syileta. I'd like you to meet the sick and twisted Freddy Fantastic. Freddy Kruger / Mr. Fantastic on speed. Ok, now I think I'm just tired.

I started dragging Thomas to the door when Syileta caught up with me, blood pouring out of a deep cut on her forehead. As we went I could actually see her wound closing slowly. Hell's bells that was cool.

"He gone?" I asked, taking most of Thomas's weight as we approached the stairs leading to my basement apartment.

"Oh God I wish." She grumbled; just as the Denarius's arm impaled the wall in the space Syileta's head ha previously occupied.

"Fuck." She swore, holding onto Thomas to keep from falling. Thomas just let out another grunt of pain from the contact.

I saw the denarius pull its arm out of the wall and throw itself towards us. Both arms turned to blades. His eyes, all four, blazed with anger. I readied my shield, pouring enough power into it to protect all three of us.

And then it happened. The loud explosion and the sound of a shotgun going off near me, hitting the Denarius in the chest, opening a hole in the flesh before it hit the ground.

The three of us all jumped and spun around (ok, me and Syileta spun around and almost dropped Thomas on his face) to see a woman standing by my door, shotgun raised and aimed just past us.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again. She's a damn guardian angel, usually mine. Murphy.

I smiled softly, hoisting Thomas better onto my shoulder. "Hi ya Murph! Nice shot."

"Thanks" she said before firing again. I looked over my shoulder at the Denarius behind us, another hole in its shoulder. This time he kept coming, the hole closing quicker than last time.

"How 'bout we have this reunion inside!" Syileta mumbled, inclining towards the door.

"Best damn plan I've heard all day." I said as Murphy shot the demon again.

Murphy reloaded her gun as Syileta held took over defense with her fire power (no pun intended). I kept glancing over my shoulder as I lowered the wards around my apartment and unlocked the door. Murphy continued to shoot until Syi and I had managed to get Thomas onto the apartment floor.

"Murph, come on!" I yelled, reaching for the candle I always left by the door.

Mouse came trotting up from the bedroom to investigate all the noise. In one quick movement he jumped outside, tackling Murphy to the ground. If he hadn't have reacted when he did she would have had a sword threw her stomach. I'm not sure how he does it, but my dog has a knack for knowing just when to act. Mouse jumped up, growling, and tackled the demon again. Syileta, who had been kneeling by Thomas as Mouse ran by, jumped up and grabbed Murphy's arm, dragging the stunned cop into the building.

Once all four of us were inside, Mouse flew threw the door, carrying a nice bloody bone, and I slammed the door shut. I gathered all the will I had left and smashed the candle onto the frame and initiated the strongest defense I had on my apartment. The whole room buzzed loudly as the other candle placed around the room lit, all burning brightly. By the look of it, we'd be safe in here till morning. Hopefully the Denarius would be gone by then.

We all sunk to the floor, panting hard. Murphy was the first one to finally find her voice moments later.

"What," Murphy sighed between labored breaths, "the fuck… was that?"

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