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A/n: Back to Jaez and Freeze…I hope the jumping around of scenes isn't too confusing..^_^

Your Majesty

"What the hell are those?!" Jaez remarked as she saw dozens of similarly-marked demons march out of the glowing orange-yellow portal. She ducked behind a tree and watched as they moved, one after the other. They towered at least eight feet and had numerous tattoo's running over their armored skin. In addition to their built in armor, they wore metal breastplates and helmets. From their left sides hung identical swords.

All of a sudden she heard someone beside her curse, "Fuck. It can't be…"

"Who are they Freeze?" Jaez whispered frantically.

Freeze stared at the demons and said nothing.

"Freeze! Who are they? They look like a military unit!" Jaez elbowed him.

"That's because they are," Freeze's face fell, "It's the Royal Guard."

"The….Royal Guard?"

"Yes. Demons appointed to keep safe the ruling council of Hell. They are rarely sent out away from the main cities to deal with problems. These are the best of them all. Even stronger than the Endowed," Freeze shook his head in disbelief.

"You've gotta be kidding me!" Jaez cursed, "What is the best way to attack them?"

Freeze shook his head, "There is none….Our greatest hope at defeating them is to surprise them and never make our moves predictable. They are specially trained. They are the elite."

"Well then what are we waiting for?" Jaez narrowed her eyes and slid her gun out of its holster on her thigh, "Let's kick their sorry asses."

With that said, she transformed and jumped into the air above the demons. The demons, however, were not surprised. As the dozens of men in the forest jumped out from behind the cover of the trees and fired, the demons ran forward and struck them down.

Jaez pulled out a second pistol and fired every round at the demons. Some of the bullets bounced of their armor and ricocheted back, while others pierced through the weak spots and dug into their flesh. Within moments, the unit's order was disrupted as each guard attempted to take Jaez down. She flipped over them and sent a kick into the back of one of them. The armor screeched in complaint as the force of it bent and distorted the metal.

One of the demons swung his massive sword at her, but she jumped away, and instead the sword sliced through the demon standing next to her. The creature roared in pain and fell to the ground in agony. Jaez snarled at them and then discarded her empty guns.

She landed near the edge of the clearing and spat, "Now you will see why they call me Reaper!"

Jaez launched herself forward at the demon nearest her and knocked him down. As they crashed to the ground, Jaez put her hand to his neck and the demon quickly fell limp; dead.

"Aim for their heads!" Jaez shouted at the guerilla force.

Gunshots rang throughout as the humans did their best to aim for the demons' faces in order to take them down more easily. Numerous demons met their end, but many more marched through the portal. The temperature suddenly dropped as Freeze sent an ice-orb at the biggest group of demons. They became solid blocks of ice and easily shattered as the bullets from the humans' guns hit their marks.

"There are too many, Reaper, Freeze!" she heard someone shout.

"Keep firing!" Freeze yelled back, "Take out as many as you can!"

Jaez once again jumped into the air, but this time she fired a hell-beam from her forehead. It struck half a dozen demons who were trying to re-assemble their broken ranks. She landed and suddenly felt herself grow dizzy.

"Damn it!" she cursed, and she saw bright splotches in her sight. For a moment she couldn't see anything and she put her hand to her head as she fell to one knee. She hadn't thought that firing the hell-beam would affect her so badly.

"Reaper! Look out!" she heard Freeze bellow.

Jaez shook her head blinked several times in the effort to get the blood flowing right again. As she saw the ground underneath her appear again, Jaez looked up in time to see a demon pounce toward her. She gasped and tried to avoid him but his claw managed to grasp her cloak and pull her back toward him.

He swung her around to ram her into a tree but the cloak gave way and tore, instead sending Jaez crashing into several of the guards. She quickly picked herself up but suddenly saw yet another demon launching himself at her. Blood dripped down her forehead and into her eye as she followed the flying demon's path. Before she could spread her wings to dodge the projectile, the demon suddenly veered out of her path and collided with several other demons. The demons that he had smashed into cried in frustration and anger.

"Stop!" the demon who had avoided Jaez suddenly shrieked, "Stop the attack!"

The demons glared at him in bewilderment.

"I said stop! We cannot fight her! We should not fight her!" he screamed at his comrades.

Suddenly the demons pulled back, leaving the humans staring in astonishment. They all stood immobilized as the demons huddled together once again and formed their proper ranks.

The demons stopped attacking and the humans stopped firing. It turns out that they no longer had any ammo left for their guns, otherwise they would have taken this opportunity to slaughter the creatures. Tension formed and everyone stood motionless, waiting to see what the other side would do.

The fiend who had called a halt to the calamity stepped forward, "We cannot fight her!" he pointed to Jaez.

Another demon stepped forward with ire burning in his expression, "And why not? She is a traitor. She has sided with the humans!"

The first demon shook his head fiercely, "Look at her markings! We cannot fight her!"

Demons gasped as they saw the black tattoos that adorned her skin. Without saying another word the demons fell to one knee and bowed their heads at her.

"What the…" Jaez started as the demons quickly regained their calm composures. She looked over to Freeze, who was standing next to her mirroring her own perplexed expression. He shrugged.

The second demon spoke, his head still bowed, "Forgive us. Please. We did not know who we were fighting. We did not mean to attack you."

"We were under orders. Orders that now hold no authority. Please forgive our ignorance and misplaced assault," the demon who had dodged Jaez spoke fervently, "The Royal Guard is at your command," he looked up at Jaez, "your Majesty."

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A/n: woo hoo! I had a blast writing this chapter…what do you think?

Next Chapter: "Chain of Command"