Chapter Four:
I sighed long and hard and pushed myself off the wall; why I always had to get involved in other peoples affairs was beyond me.
The Python demon had token the Nephlium's little slip up and lunged catching him off balance and latching itself onto the young man; not to my surprise he only winced as the demons claws sunk into his forearms. I arched my eyebrows and coughed to hide a laugh; I really wasn't good at the whole sympathy thing.
The Nephlium's eyes shot towards mine and they narrowed into slits as he regarded me with minor disgust. I rolled my eyes and flicked my fingers out as if I was flicking dust off a piece of parchment. The Python demon let out a loud echoing scream as I flung backwards as if an invisible force had struck it in the chest. I narrowed my eyes and stepped forward holding the air fibers around the demon up with my mind as I reached for the blood cells in its heart.
I closed my eyes, rolled my neck erode and snapped my fingers the sound radiating around the air making it crack to life. With a loud yell the demon collapsed in on its self and left an only a poodle of black blood that seemed to around the ground beneath it.
The Nephlium I had just saved stood behind me his feet firmly sunk into the fiber of the cobblestone street. I could feel his hand move through the constant moving fiber of air and made a tsking sound, my back tensing. "That's the problem with you people; always so untrustworthy."
"Look it Warlock I don't know what you think your going to get by doing that but-
"You know you really should think before you speak Nephlium." My voice had turned cold toward the end of the sentence and I almost sneered out the last word. Nephlium's and Maji's never got along according to ledger back when we coexisted on this earth; before the Downworlders came, the Nephlium's were the lower race they just don't seem to put that in their little Codex of theirs.
I could feel his body muscles tighten and tense but before he could say other word another Nephlium had came around the corner; this one was a young man as well, more friendly though, less cocky, less handsome but easy on the eyes, he had something wrong with him. I spun swiftly; a crease in my eyes wanting to study to new man but the Nephlium beforehand, the cocky one threw his knife swiftly and reflectively at me; I twisted the air fibers around the knife and it clattered onto the cobblestone floor inches away from my face. I bent the fibers underneath the knife and swiftly brought up to my hand, so fast that it was a blur in the air. I twirled the knife in my hands a couple times and smiled a sheepish smile at the two Nephlium's.
"I apologize Sir's I am trying to…behave, I suppose you could say." The one on the left; the one that had something wrong with him stepped forward while the cocky one grabbed his sleeve and pulled him back.
"You broke the law Warlock." My eyes narrowed in confusion for a brief second before I tilted my head back and let out a loud laugh.
"Laws, you restrict demons to laws?" I chuckled under my breath and dropped the Nephlium's blade before turning to leave.
"Downworlders; not demons." The other Nephlium said sounding sane.
My eyebrows arched in surprise and I chuckled; I took a step toward them and stopped as they both drew their blades; I locked eyes with the cocky one, the one that had something dark inside him and smirked just a little "So you regard them as highly as your precise humans." I couldn't keep the bitterness out of my voice as my eyes searched his.
"We have an agreement with your people." His jaw was clenched tight and he was lying.
"Or do you even care about the humans anymore?" I took another step toward them with my hands raised as they tensed further. "As I understand it; you are protectors of the human race; of this." I raised my hands and spun around motioning toward the filth-infested alley. "Lovely works your doing; stunning."
"What I like it; it's unique." He smirked.
"Will." The other one sighed exasperated but I smirked; he was getting better and better. "Do you have a place to stay Miss…?"
I didn't supply a name; I simply smiled for a second before frowning and looking around, I had gotten so caught up in the demon and the; well the transporting myself that I had forgotten about Dominus. He would not be happy; but how would he find me. I was…where was I? "What is this?" I asked.
"It's an alley." The Nephlium named Will remarked with a smirk.
"An alley in what city?" I asked with an arched eyebrow.
"You don't know where you are?" The other one asked.
"Of course I do Nephlium; like Will said, I'm in an alley." I smiled tipped my head and turned swiftly walking down the alley to get to the street; I could feel the others footfalls as the fiber from the cobblestones absorbed them.