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Marla watched as the waiter walked away from their table towards the kitchen. They were currently at a restaurant at the outskirts of the town, not wanting to spend too much money. It wasn't the most popular restaurant either, so there wasn't that many other people there, which Marla was thankful for. She wasn't exactly a people-person. Shura hadn't come, she had to go on a mission, and Konekomaru hadn't been able to show up, saying he needed to go study for some tests.

However, she did feel a little uncomfortable as she watched the others interact, maybe even a little left out. The others had all had more time to get to know eachother, but Marla had just met the bunch. She was just the loner that had tagged along.

Marla was jealous. Envious of how they were so close, how they had friends. No, she thought to herself, Don't get close to them. It'll just hurt more when they turn against you, when you betray them.

"Marla, you okay?" Blossom asked, pulling Marla out of her thoughts.

"Uh, yeah-I'm fine." Marla murmured. Blossom didn't look very convinced, but she didn't say anything else. Marla didn't want to betray these guys. They were different from all the other exorcists she'd encountered. She had thought all exorcists were cold-blooded idiots who couldn't think for themselves. Even if they're different, it'll always be the same. Once they find out who I am, what I am, they'll hate me. It happens every time.

"So, you mentioned how Satan was on the move again." Lily mentioned. "What exactly is going on?"

"It seems as if he's trying to find a vessel, for a few exorcists have burst into flames, but none of them have survived." Yukio explained. "The demon attack ratings have gone up, and warnings have been floating around."

"A vessel..?" Rin asked. "If he's looking for a vessel why doesn't he just target us? I mean, it's not that I want him to, but at least we know we won't die…"

"I think he has a much bigger plan in mind." Yukio replied. An unsettling silence passed over them once again.

"Whatever plan he's planning, we'll get through it, I know we will!" Marla said, despite her mind screaming at her to keep her mouth shut. She just couldn't help herself. She always wanted to help out people she liked, even if they'd hate her. "I may be knew here, but I will help you defeat him once and for all!"

The promise lightened the mood, a few smiles spread across their faces. Why did I just say that?! Marla saw Yukio narrow his eyes with suspicion from the corner of her eye. Her stomach twisted, and she felt nervous. Is he on to me..?

Before they could say anything else, a minor earthquake seemed to shake the building. They froze. Earthqaukes weren't exactly common…what was going on? The shaking increased little by little, and Marla could hear the debris hitting the floor. Her heart beat sped up, fear tried to edge it's way into her. She glanced at the others, seeing that they were looking around as well. She heard screaming from the normal citizens as the lights flickered. It was obvious by now that this was no ordinary earthquake, which meant it could be only one thing.

Demons.

"Guys, we need to evacuate the citizens!" Izumo said, getting the words out before Marla could.

"Another attack?" Blossom muttered under her breath. They ran over to the other room, were the people cowered as the lights continued to flicker and the building shook.

"Go! Run!" Yukio yelled to them. "We need to get out of here!" The citizens glanced at them, and after a second more, they ran toward the door. The exorcist group made sure everyone got out safely; the customers and the workers. Marla had memorized the restaurant's layout, just incase they needed an escape route.

There were three rooms: a private room-which was where Marla and the others had been going to eat dinner- which connected to a main room with many tables. On one wall was the entrance, and the wall next to it had the door which branched off into the kitchen. It wasn't the biggest building, but bigger than most homes. Beside the entrance door were two windows, one on either side. The shades were down, but they could still break the windows to get out if it came to it.

After one last quick check to make sure no one else was still in the building, the group made their way to the door, but then the power went out, and the room went black. They could still slightly see some light from the tiny window on the door, and the light sneaking through the window shades.

Bon ran to the door and pulled on it, but it was locked. Marla tried to calm herself down.

"We're locked in?!" Shiemi exclaimed.

"We can always break the windows to get out." Marla commented.

"If it comes to that," Bon replied.

"The earthquake's getting stronger," Rin said. "This building won't collapse, right?"

"I'm not sure…"

A frightened squeak made them jump, and they turned toward were it came from. Kline had this hands clenched on his twin's daggers, fear dancing in his eyes. He was biting his bottom lip, and he looked pale, even in the dim light.

"Is the oh mighty Kline scared?" Rin taunted.

"Rin, I seriously doubt this is the time for that." Blossom said seriously. Rin just shrugged, but he didn't say anything else.

"Oh, shut up," Kline snapped. "Like you're not!"

"Well, I'm not really scared, it's just a black out…"

"We're locked in and this building might collapse!"

"Calm down, we'll get out of here!"

Kline scowled. Marla ran over to the window. She pushed past the shades and looked to see if there was a way to open the window. She smirked as she saw it was possible. She tried to pull it up, but the window wouldn't budge. She ran over to the other one, but had the same result.

"The window's won't open." She reported.

"Wait, aren't there other doors leading outside?" Lily asked. "We should go around and see if any are unlocked. Check windows too. We should meet back here in five minutes and report what we found."

The group nodded. They spilt into two groups of five and headed toward the other two rooms. Marla headed toward the kitchen with Kline, Blossom, Bon, and Shima while the others checked the private room. She looked thoroughly through the entire kitchen, but all the doors and windows were locked. There weren't any other ways out, either.

They headed back toward the main room and met up with the other group. "Any luck?"

"Nope."

"Mr. Okumura, this isn't another test, right?" Shima asked. Yukio shook his head.

"I'm afraid not."

"What are we gonna do?" Blossom asked, but then a suddenly the building shook so hard they were wiped off their feet. The ground was still shaking, but not as badly, and the others cautiously pulled themselves to their feet. They froze when they saw what was infront of them, gaping in shock and disbelief. Standing in front of them was six humanoids, and many other demons, and behind them was the… Gehenna Gate?!

And I'm gonna end it here :P CLIFFHANGER MUAHAHA

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