Standing over the edge of a stone courtyard a lone figure was looking down at the swirling dark clouds that flowed around the mountain below. The shadowy palace that was built into the crag remained cast into darkness with only a few rays of light shining from above briefly, piercing through the darkened skies and clouds that swirled overhead. Lightning above crackled and lit up the sky, illuminating the dark feathered winged minion that was watching events unfold below in the human world. He wore the usual attire for those that served their dark king; black dress shoes, dark dress pants, a white undershirt along with a black dress shirt which was buttoned up to his chest, and also a gray scarf that he wore around his neck from personal preference. His long black hair flowed gently behind him in the wind while his dark blue eyes stared intently at the clouds below, the eyes having a soft green light behind them.
"Rathieal," a voice called from behind. The man glanced back to see another winged minion walking up to him. She wore the same outfit as he did, although her outer shirt was left unbuttoned as she loved to flaunt her bust proudly. Her short brown hair was curled around her ears while her black eyes watched her comrade with discontent.
"If you're here to lecture me Sivia, save your breath," Rathieal scoffed before looking back down towards the clouds intently.
"Don't give me that shit Rathieal, what is the meaning of this? You've sent down seven of our third-class flyers to the world below, you've expended valuable energy with this endeavor and all without any consent from our king!" Sivia roared at him. Rathieal merely continued watching down below while he crossed his arms.
"Well? Explain yourself!" Sivia demanded as she walked over and turned Rathieal to face her by the shoulder. The man glanced to her hand and swatted it off of him, then straightened out his shirt with annoyance.
"First off, don't ever touch me Sivia. Secondly, they are merely third-class flyers, we have many more as well as stronger ones at our disposal, seven of those weaker pawns won't be missed I'm sure. Third, the chronofly that was taken away from us was in my sight, with only one escort no less. I couldn't pass up this opportunity to retrieve my king's valuable asset which was stolen from him," he reasoned before looking back down to the clouds below.
"You sent down seven pawns to deal with one escort?" Sivia snapped back.
"No, I originally sent just one lesser demon; however the chronofly has another guardian, one that revealed herself and took down the demon effortlessly. Still, the chronofly is exposed, so I took necessary steps to ensure her retrieval," Rathieal said while narrowing his eyes.
"You wasted EIGHT pawns to bring in one butterfly?" Sivia raged. Rathieal merely scoffed while he kept observing the events down below the darkened clouds. Sivia shook her head as she growled at the man.
"You arrogant fool, you've wasted our king's resources and energy like this behind his back?" she demanded.
"It's for the better, he shall have his chronofly again, I will not fail with this," Rathieal grunted, showing signs of annoyance. Sivia put her hands to her hips as she watched the man with anger.
"Well? Did they retrieve her or not?" she snapped. Rathieal didn't say anything as he continued to watch something through the clouds.
"They failed, didn't they? You used our king's precious energy to send down eight of his own pawns and you've got nothing to show for it, don't you?" Sivia yelled out at him.
"Two still remain, they are close to reclaiming her," he growled out with annoyance. Sivia narrowed her eyes as she pointed to him accusingly.
"They had better retrieve that chronofly, or else you will suffer the consequences of your actions," she threatened. She then flew off towards the palace while Rathieal watched with focused eyes, seeing how his two remaining demons had followed the elusive chronofly towards a villa near a human city.
"She will be back where she belongs within the hour and giving birth to our king's future army, I guarantee it."
Moka and her friends were standing in the courtyard within Fang Fang's expansive villa near the now destroyed front gate, all staring with shocked expressions. Though it was hard to tell if it was because two monstrous demons had arrived at the villa after terrorizing a nearby human city, or if it was because they saw that not only was Felucia once again standing before them, being pursued by the two winged demons, but was also carrying in her arms Luna, who appeared to be in a catatonic state while being clad in only a blanket. However before the group could say anything more about the shocking matter the winged demon had launched itself from the broken gateway towards Felucia, talons outstretched and ready to snatch up the chronofly and her rescuer.
"NO!" Felucia screamed as she turned around and held the chronofly tightly in her arms, bracing herself as the group watched with stunned expressions. The demon screeched as it dove over to them, grabbing the two girls with its right foot before flapping its wings. The group was knocked back slightly from the gust of wind as they watched the large demon lifting up into the air with Felucia struggling in its grip while still holding onto Luna.
"Felucia!" Ruby called out.
"Luna!" Kurumu cried out.
"That was Felucia! And… Luna?" Gin cried out with surprise
"Don't let it get away!" Rason shouted before taking off after the flying demon. Ruby launched into the air after him while Astreal ran over and grabbed Apoch, the two sisters then flying off next with the raven haired witch forming her blade in hand. Kurumu quickly shot after them while Gabriel stared with a shocked expression still. The sight of Luna caused his heart to skip a beat as he felt his throat dry up, the image of her broken state seeming to knock the wind out of him.
"Luna… no, no," he breathed out. He shakily breathed in and shook his head as he clenched his fists with rage.
"No! NO!" he roared before flying up after them as well, his wings giving off a burst of light briefly. Moka and the others watched as the flyers took chase after their captured friends.
"Let us go! Let go you fucking turkey!" Felucia yelled as she struggled to move about in the monster's grasp. The flying demon squawked loudly before taking off back towards the human city while the other airborne monster kept its eyes down below on the villa. Rason and the others in the air followed after the escaping demon as fast as they could, just barely being able to keep up with it as they started to fly over the forest.
"I don't believe this, how is Felucia back again? And how did she find Luna?" Ruby called out with surprise.
"I have no idea, but we can't let that thing take Luna back!" Rason shouted out.
"Over my dead body they're getting her back!" Kurumu roared out with fury.
As the flyers took off over the forest Moka and the others watched with bewildered expressions.
"Was that… Felucia? That was her; it was really her wasn't it?" Ahakon asked with disbelief.
"I don't believe it," Mizore said softly with wonder.
"Why is it that trouble always follows that girl whenever she gets behind the wheel of a car?" Fang Fang asked tiredly as he looked around at the damaged courtyard and wall.
"Oh my god, they have her and Luna, we have to do something," Yukari said looking around.
"How did Felucia come back, or find Luna for that matter?" Gin asked shaking his head.
"Um, guys? We still have a problem here in case you've forgotten," Leon said, looking up at the remaining flying demon. The group looked up as it appeared to be watching the main building of the compound closely. Ceal glanced over to the building then jumped with a frustrated expression.
"What are you doing? Get inside now!" he shouted out. The group looked over to see Sun, Arial, and Complica standing in a balcony in the main building, the three girls watching the havoc with worried eyes. Moka looked up to the flying demon as it was staring at the building closely then to Sun with urgency.
"Sun! Get inside, hurry! Don't let it see you!" she shouted out.
The airborne demon screeched loudly, its eyes fixating on Sun as the siren looked up to it with surprise.
Rathieal's eyes widened slightly, seeing Sun's image through the vision of the flying demon. He showed an eager smile as he held his hand down towards the clouds commandingly.
"Bring in that siren, don't let her get away!" he called out with a hearty laugh.
The airborne demon screeched as it hovered in the air, the monster then diving down towards the building as Sun and the two young angels watched with surprise. The siren quickly grabbed the girls' hands and ran them back into the building before the demon crashed through the balcony, its head and neck reaching into the hallway as it snapped at Sun. Arial and Complica screamed as Sun stumbled slightly from the hall shaking, the siren scrambling away with the two young angels as the demon thrashed around and started to dig into the building while its feet scampered along the ground and side of the structure.
"Oh no, it's after her!" Moka yelled out.
"No, not my lovely home!" Fang Fang cried out, with actual tears forming, as the group watched the demon burrowing into the building while screeching loudly. It demolished the floors above and below it while its wings carved through the side of the building, the monster thrashing and lurching through the structure in an attempt to retrieve the fleeing siren.
"Shit, it's going to try to take her back too!" Gin shouted out. Moka looked back over towards the demon that was flying off over the forest then towards the damaged building where the second monster was crawling through while the floors above it collapsed behind in its wake.
"We have to go after Felucia and Luna," Yukari called out as she looked over towards the fleeing demon.
"That thing's going to take Sun away, and Arial and Complica are with her too, they're all in danger," Razico said shaking his head and pointing to the building as gunfire started to sound off within. Moka showed a focused expression as she growled with annoyance before looking over to Leon.
"You can drive can't you?" she called out. Leon looked to her and nodded once, the vampire then pointing over to the cars nearby.
"We need to go after Luna right now, we cannot allow her to be taken back to that world again," she declared sternly.
"But what about Sun, that thing's trying to take her away too," Ahakon said as he pointed to the building. A few large ice shards jettisoned out from one of the floors as the winged demon screeched from within structure.
"Looks like Arial's trying to stop that thing from doing so," Leon said as another ice spire shot out from the building. Fang Fang showed a determined expression as he twitched his hand slightly, a faint glow swirling around it for a moment.
"You and the others go after your captured friend, make sure she does not fall back into that dark being's hands. I'll stay here and deal with my troublesome houseguest," he declared. The group looked to him as he started walking towards the building while more gunfire echoed out inside.
"What? But what about you, you can't just take that monster on by yourself, it's gigantic!" Yukari exclaimed shaking her head. Fang Fang chuckled and glanced back to her with a wink.
"Don't worry my young friend, I'm never alone in a fight," he said before taking off towards the building.
"We should go help him, that monster's going to destroy his home and try to take Sun away," Gin said looking to the others.
"We need to go after Luna and Felucia, that other monster is going to take them back to the dark world," Yukari said, looking off into the distance where the other flying demon was disappearing from view. Mizore kept her focus towards the fleeing demon with a careful eye, wondering what Felucia was doing back in the human world again. Kokoa looked back and forth between the two options then over to Moka.
"Big sis?" she asked worriedly.
Ceal narrowed his eyes as his reptilian hand glowed with a black hue.
"Go after Falla's other sister, I'll assist the yasha with this one," he ordered before taking off towards the building, the group watching as he followed after Fang Fang. Moka glanced back towards the forest then to the group again.
"He's right; we need to go after Luna while she's still in the human world. We'll have to trust that those two can deal with the problem here, this might be our only chance of getting Luna back," she declared.
"I'm pretty sure Ceal will keep Complica safe, not sure if he'll care to save Sun or Arial. Wouldn't be surprised if he fed Fang Fang to that monster before killing it to be honest," Render said with a shrug.
"Ran's blind in there though, what if that thing goes after her too? She won't be able to get away," Ahakon said looking to the building with worry.
"Those two said they would handle it, so trust them to handle it. We need to go after the others, now," Kokoa called out as she looked over to the parked vehicles.
"Because those two have always gotten along so well together," Render added dryly. Leon shook his head then looked off towards the building where Fang Fang and Ceal ran into along with a few other armed guards.
"Fang Fang seemed confident enough, plus he has his own personal guard here with him. And Ceal's a dragon slayer, I'm pretty sure he can handle himself. Moka's right, this might be our only chance to save your friend, we need to take it," he said before looking back over to Moka. She nodded then waved to the vehicles.
"Let's move, we have to catch up to them before that thing leaves this world," she called out. The group nodded then ran over to the vehicles while gunfire and crashing sounds echoed out inside the nearby building. Leon got into a car with Moka sitting next to him, with Render and Mizore quickly jumping into the backseat. Razico ran over to an SUV and got behind the wheel while Gin hopped into the front passenger seat. Kokoa, Yukari, and Ahakon quickly got into the backseat as the two drivers started up their rides.
"What was Felucia doing here with her? How did she come back?" Mizore asked herself curiously.
"How did she come back from what?" Render asked.
"She's dead Render, she died before our battle against Alucard," Moka explained as Leon started to hastily drive out of the compound, with Razico's group following closely behind.
"Dead? You mean like Arial and Complica?" Leon questioned.
"So she snuck out of heaven too?" Render asked.
"No, she went to hell when she died," Mizore said, still looking out the window with a curious expression. She blinked then glanced over to see Render staring at her with confusion.
"It was her choice, long story," she said with a shrug. Render merely raised an eyebrow at her while still having a puzzled expression. Moka shook her head then looked ahead to seeing the winged demon and her flying friends no longer in sight.
"We'll explain everything later, but right now we need to get her and Luna back. Step on it," she urged as they raced towards the woods on the road, heading towards the nearby human city as fast as they could. As they did Mizore glanced to the behind towards the villa.
'Dark, I'll be right back, please come find me when I return.'
Running down the hallway within the compound's main building Sun led the two young angels away from the large demon that was chasing after them while destroying the floors around it. The monster screeched loudly as it continued to push through the building, franticly burrowing and thrashing around as it kept close to the three girls. Guards around the area took aim with their guns and opened fired, the bullets striking the demon but not inflicting much damage, while a few guards were crushed and trampled over by the monster as it raced past. Arial looked back to it and waved her hand as she yelled out, the hallway behind them erupting into a cascade of frozen spikes and ridges that shot out towards the demon. The monster barreled through the ice, crashing through it without slowing down as Arial watched with disbelief.
"You've got to be kidding me! What's this jerk's deal, why won't he die?" she cried out. She looked over to Complica as the chronofly angel was looking back towards the rampaging demon with fearful eyes.
"Hey, just use your time magic on it; you can kill this thing can't you?" Arial called out. Complica glanced to her then looked back to the demon with fright as it continued to charge after them, destroying the hallway and surrounding rooms while it screeched at them wildly. Complica shook her head then looked back ahead with tightly shut eyes.
"I can't do this I'm not ready for this I can't use my magic otherwise I'll kill us all no no no no!" she cried out desperately.
"Dammit Complica, quit being such a coward!" Arial yelled before she yanked free from Sun, stopping at an intersection and turning to face the demon with a focused expression while Sun and Complica stopped and looked back to her.
"You're not taking Sun away you goddamned bird!" Arial shouted as she focused her power with all her might, creating a torrent of chilled air that swirled around her wildly. All around in front of her the hallway froze over instantly, with massive ice spires erupting around the angel and destroying the nearby walls. A wave of frozen ice and snow blasted up, annihilating the floorboards while the massive upsurge of ice crashed into the demon. It screeched loudly before the entire hallway and floors around the impact erupted into a frozen explosion of ice and frost. Spires crashed through the floors below and above the girls while more shot out past the demon as it was encased into a block of ice by the arctic wind. Arial growled heavily as she stood there, her hair frozen solid while she held out her ice claws still. Sun and Complica watched with wonder as Arial geared back with one claw, then swung towards the monster fiercely, creating a massive frozen shard that struck into the block of ice and demolished it, frost and snow then blasting around and billowing through the damaged floors before the upper levels rumbled and collapsed down, crashing into the frozen dust and frost as Arial breathed out slowly.
"Arial… wow…" Complica said softly. Sun slowly nodded as she stared at the destructive power of the young snow angel. Arial breathed out then looked back over to Complica with an accusing stare.
"Why didn't you just kill it with your time magic? You could have done so easily, I saw what you could do yesterday with that stuff, why didn't you even try?" she demanded. Complica jumped a bit then looked down nervously.
"I'm sorry but my magic is never stable I didn't want to hurt you or Sun I tried to help Sun yesterday and I nearly killed her so many times you saw what I did to that place using my magic the whole area was destroyed and fell into the sea with Sun nearly along with it so I just didn't want to risk using my magic when you two were near me again I couldn't risk it," she said sadly, with Arial and Sun just staring at her. After a pause Arial merely shook her head then looked to Sun with a reassuring smile.
"Well anyway, don't worry, you're safe now Sun," she said confidently.
From behind her a monstrous roar came from the billowing frost, the girls looking over to see it parting as the demon lunged forward to snap at Arial with its mandibles. Arial watched with wide eyes as Complica and Sun jumped back, both seeing Arial standing still as she was frozen with a stunned expression.
"Arial!" Complica screamed out. The winged demon lunged down towards Arial, right before she was quickly grabbed and lifted back into the air, the angel watching with surprise as she was carried by something. The winged demon stuck down on the floor where she was just at, tearing apart the ground as Arial was quickly taken back towards the other two equally surprised girls.
BAM!
The winged demon jerked to the side as a shotgun discharged into its head. Arial blinked then looked to seeing Dark appearing from a black wisp, holding her with one arm and a shotgun in the other as he glanced to her.
"Dark…" Arial said softly. Dark showed a strained expression as he set her down next to the other girls before looking back over to the monster that was thrashing around while its wings were flailing about. He then aimed the gun at the demon and fired again, and again, and again, each shot tearing apart the side of the skull from the shadowy monster as Dark glared at it. Arial watched as he fired repeatedly at the winged demon, her eyes locked onto him while she showed a timid expression.
'You're my demon Dark, mine and mine alone.'
Dark emptied all the shells from the shotgun, then threw the gun down before the monster screeched at him. Arial stared at him with wonder before the winged demon howled as it tried to snap at Dark, the boy darting back and quickly picking up Arial again. He, Sun, and Complica ran down the hall as the winged demon followed after, the side of its head bleeding and torn up while an eye was ruptured. It screeched and hissed at them as it barged through the hallway, tearing apart the adjacent rooms and floors as Arial looked up at Dark with wonder while he carried her.
"Dark, I love you," she said quietly. He glanced down to her then ahead, not saying anything back while showing a frustrated expression. She looked at him with worried eyes and held onto his shirt tightly, with Sun and Complica glancing to them as they all ran down the hall and rounded a corner in haste.
"Dark… please, say it back… please," Arial whimpered before she nuzzled her face into his chest. He kept looking ahead while remaining silent, running through the hallways as the winged demon barreled after them through the building, and feeling Arial's ice cold tears running onto his shirt as he held the weeping snow angel.
Flying over a small forest Rason and the others flyers of the group were following after the winged demon that was still further ahead of them, the monster having both Felucia and Luna in its grasp as it flew at a quickened pace.
"Where's this thing going anyway? How come it's not going straight up towards the world above us?" Ruby called out, barely being able to keep up with her more agile and faster flying companions. Gabriel looked up at the sky quickly then back ahead towards the winged demon.
"Maybe he can't, the rift that leads from the human world into the dark world isn't stable, it's always moving around. He's likely flying off towards wherever the rift is still open," he reasoned.
"We need to get those two back before he does otherwise we may never see them again," Rason called out as he led the group, his eyes narrowed as he focused on the demon ahead of them.
'Luna, I swear I won't let them take you back there, your angel won't let you down again.'
"We can't keep up with it, its flying too fast!" Astreal called out, flying next to the group while carrying her sister in her arms. Although she was just as fast as Rason was in flight, carrying her sister slowed her down a bit and kept her from gaining any real distance from the demon.
The group all then looked to Kurumu as she was growling heavily, her wings smoking as her tail was also. Her monster aura surged through her as her eyes glowed slightly, holding her hands down as she extended her nails.
"Take it down Kurumu, don't hold back!" Rason called out. Kurumu yelled out with fury as her wings and tail ignited, a powerful boom of demonic energy radiating out from her as her voice echoed out around the area.
"Hurry, if we don't stop it now it's going to reach that human city again, everybody will see us," Ruby called out as the group saw the tall buildings in the distance that were drawing nearer. Kurumu shot ahead of the group at blinding speed, a small sonic boom erupting from where she was as the group looked ahead to seeing a purple blur streaking towards the shadowy demon.
Ahead of the group Felucia was thrashing around in the grip of the demon's claw, her body unable to budge while she was still holding Luna in her arms. She yelled and tried to worm her way out of the monster's grasp, unable to free even one arm as she was held firmly by the demon's foot.
"I'm going to fucking break your neck and fry you up for all my friends when I get free, you hear me? I'm going to gut you like the fucking turkey you are and serve you up with stuffing and gravy for everybody!" Felucia shouted out with anger. She blinked then looked back to seeing Kurumu suddenly flying up to them from a shockwave that erupted behind, the succubus roaring out as she flew past the monster with five streaks that razed through the air from her nails. The shadowy monster squawked as its wing was sliced clean off then spiraled down towards the forest before Kurumu halted in place in the air, shot down in a flash towards the falling flyer, and cleaved off its head with a powerful slice. Felucia stared with wide eyes as the monster spiraled around while nearing the ground, watching as Kurumu suddenly appeared standing on the underbelly of the beast while grabbing hold of the monster's foot.
"Kurumu?" Felucia asked with surprise. Kurumu hacked off the leg from the fallen monster and grabbed hold, halting in the air while holding the severed limb as the remains of the beast crashed down into the woods below. Felucia looked down to seeing the large dust cloud erupting from the impact from the downed monster then up to seeing Kurumu looking down at her with a focused expression. Kurumu then glanced up to seeing the others flying towards them, all of them having watched as the succubus had singlehandedly decimated the flying demon with two strikes.
"Holy shit," Rason said with wonder.
"I can't believe it, her strength and speed…" Ruby said with awe.
"She took it down like it was nothing at all," Gabriel said with amazement.
"Wow," Apoch and Astreal said in unison, staring at the succubus with wonder.
Felucia smirked and tilted her head slightly as she looked at Kurumu while still being trapped in the grasp of the severed claw.
"Well, forgive me for not bowing, my lady," she said politely. She glanced to the side then gasped with surprise, with Kurumu then slowly looking back and up as well. Rason and the others stopped in place as they stared with wide eyes at seeing a colossal shadow engulfing the clouds above. Lowering down through them a massive winged demon descended through the haze, letting out an ear-piercing screech as it started to become visible.
Up above in the dark world Rathieal smirked while he held his hand down towards the clouds below.
"Let's see those lesser beings deal with a first-class flyer from my lord's garrison. Now, bring me that chronofly!" he commanded.
"Rathieal!" Sivia shouted out from behind. Rathieal looked back to seeing his comrade fuming with anger while glaring at him.
"What have you done, you've gone too far with this! You just ordered a colossus to descend into the lower world? Colossus class minions are not for you to use ever, those are ONLY for our king to command and you know it!" she roared. Rathieal smirked and looked back down towards the world below.
"We've almost got his chronofly back; she would be a much more valued asset to him than a single colossus without a doubt. I can't just let those lesser beings take back what belongs to my lord, I will not allow this opportunity to slip through my grasp," he declared. Sivia marched up to him and grabbed hold of his scarf, yanking him away from the edge of the courtyard and throwing him over to the side.
"Do you have any idea how much energy you just wasted with bringing down a colossus into that world? Those demons require huge amounts of our reserves to shift into other worlds. Our king is collecting all the energy he can for the invasion; we are NOT to spend it on such matters as these! Not to mention you just sent down one of our highest class demons alone, there is no just cause for doing such a thing without our king's approval!" she roared. Rathieal showed discontent and scoffed at her as he straightened out his scarf.
"I told you before not to touch me Sivia, that is your final warning," he snapped back. She growled and marched up to him with fury.
"You've wasted eight of our pawns, and now you've thrown a colossus into your growing losses as well as spending precious energy with this failed attempt to retrieve ONE monster from that world! You will not be forgiven for this!" she yelled out before slapping him across the face. In a flash he quickly moved forward and struck his hand through her chest and heart, impaling her as she gasped with shock. Rathieal glared ahead with cold eyes as Sivia trembled with her arms slowly dropping to her sides.
"My king will praise me for my efforts to retrieve his precious treasure; you however will not live to see that moment. Your failure to listen to my warnings will not be forgiven. Nobody touches me like that, ever," he growled with anger. He yanked his hand out and walked over to the edge of the courtyard again while the woman dropped down dead behind him.
"I will not accept failure, not when victory is so close to my grasp. Now, bring me that chronofly!" he commanded as he watched the events unfolding down below.
Rason and the others all stared with surprise as a massive figure lowered down through the clouds above. It was certainly colossal in size, its large feathered wingspan casting the forest down below into a dark shadow. The monster looked to be that of a giant hawk the size of Yokai Academy itself, its red eyes being horizontal irises while its mouth was comprised of a sharpened beak along with three large talons on each side acting like mandibles. It was covered with large black feathers, the monster having a long dark scaled reptilian tail with a large talon on the tip. Running along its back were long spines, the sharp needle like extensions coming up just below its neck and going down to its tail. It had two sets of large crow's feet, all having razor sharp claws that flexed slightly.
"My… god…" Rason breathed out.
"What is that thing?" Ruby asked with wide eyes.
"That's… a big one," Gabriel said nervously.
"It's almost as big as Alucard," Astreal said fearfully.
"No… I think it is as big as Alucard," Apoch said shaking her head.
Felucia stared at the colossus class monster with wide eyes, never in her life having seen anything that big before in the air. Even Kurumu showed a bit of concern while she held the severed monster's foot in her hand, watching as the massive flyer above slowly circled around while eyeing its prey with one of its eyes. It let out another deafening shriek, the sound causing birds to fly out of dozens of trees below in a panic as the group stared at the monster with stunned expressions.
Down in the road that ran through the forest two vehicles were driving, with their occupants looking up at the ridiculously oversized monster that had appeared further ahead with wide eyes.
"What… the… fuck?" Leon breathed out.
"What the hell is that thing?" Yukari screamed out in terror.
"Ok… now that's a very, very, very big bird," Render said with a stunned expression. Moka stared at the colossus with shock as the airborne monster slowly circled around in the air.
'Just what kinds of monsters does this dark king have under his command anyway?'
'I have no idea, but that thing is definitely not from our world.'
The colossus roared out into the air then dove down towards Kurumu, its massive wings allowing it to glide downward as it screeched at her. Felucia stared at it with wide eyes then looked to Kurumu, the succubus watching with a cautious expression as the gigantic flyer quickly closed in towards her. She readied her nails in her free hand as she glared at the monster, then quickly dashed down and forward while holding onto the severed limb tightly. The colossus banked down to intercept her, flying faster than one would imagine a creature of its size to be capable of doing. Kurumu flew down towards the forest below as she watched the monster closing in on her, realizing she couldn't fly fast enough to dodge under it while holding onto the severed demon limb, and then banked to the side and down to avoid it. The monster banked to the side as well, quickly swooping by with great speed as it tried to snatch hold of the chronofly who was still in the grip of the severed limb. Kurumu glanced to the side as she saw the claw of the colossus fast approaching then yelled out as she readied her nails to swipe at the leg. The massive monster swooped by and grabbed hold of the severed demon limb in her grasp, with Kurumu swiping at it with her nails. Her attack struck at the leg of the colossus… and stopped instantly.
"No way…" she breathed out with disbelief. Even with all her demonic power, her attack only carved into the leg by a few inches, drawing a few trickles of blood, but not cutting all the way through. The colossus then yanked the severed limb away with one of its front legs as the other leg reached over and grabbed hold of Kurumu. She yelled and thrashed around in its grip as the other leg passed off the severed limb to the rear legs, both of them grabbing and tearing it apart violently. Felucia and Luna spiraled around in midair before one of the claws snatched hold of them securely, with Felucia screaming as she tried to budge while still holding the catatonic chronofly.
"Felucia! Luna!" Kurumu called out as she struggled to free herself from the gigantic claw that was holding her securely despite all her demonic energy. The colossus squawked before its other front leg reached over and grabbed hold of her wings.
SNAP!
"AHHHH!" Kurumu shrieked as Felucia watched with horror, seeing the colossus tearing off Kurumu's wings with its leg. Kurumu screamed as loud as she could while her eyes were wide, feeling the most painful thing she's ever felt before shooting through her back.
"Kurumu!" Felucia cried out.
Rason stared with shock as he heard his girlfriend's cry, and as he felt her lifeforce take a severe hit. In a mere second her massive buildup of demonic energy vanished along with a great deal of her lifeforce while the group of flyers watched the colossus flying low over the forest.
"Kurumu!" Rason cried out. He knew that something happened to his girlfriend, but the gigantic monster blocked the sight of whatever it was.
"What happened, I can't see her!" Gabriel called out as they searched around the colossus for any sign of the succubus.
"Kurumu… no…" Felucia whimpered while shaking her head, seeing Kurumu going into shock as she cried out hoarsely.
CRUNCH!
One of the colossus's talons dug into Kurumu's gut as the feet closed in around the succubus, with the girl letting out a weak cry as her tail's flame died out. Her ribs cracked as she coughed out blood, the girl being crushed inside the monstrous claw. Blood dripped out of her mouth as she looked over to Felucia with a strained expression, the doll demon staring at her with horror.
"No… Kurumu!" Felucia cried out before the monster swooped up higher over the forest, the massive wings of the colossus class flyer flapping as the beast squawked into the air. It then dropped the wounded succubus and her wings, the girl spiraling down as her world started to blur. Rason and the group watched as Kurumu started to descend from below the monster, as well as seeing her wings falling down away from her.
"KURUMU!" Rason yelled out as the others stared with horror.
"Oh my god!" Ruby screamed out. The flyers then dove down towards the succubus as she fell towards the road below in the forest. The two vehicles with the other group members watched as a figure was falling down from the sky.
"Who is that?" Moka said as she tried to peer at the figure. Leon looked up and watched carefully.
"Um… not sure, but whoever it is might want to slow their decent, and now!" he called out as the figure raced towards the pavement. Rason swopped by over the trees and grabbed hold of Kurumu, staring at his girlfriend with agony as she was trembling while whimpering, her mouth and stomach bleeding while her back was dripping blood.
"Kurumu… KURUMU!" he cried out as she touched down on the ground. The two vehicles raced over and came to a quick stop, the occupants seeing Rason holding a severely wounded Kurumu.
"Kurumu!" Moka cried out as her group quickly got out of the car.
"Oh my god, what happened?" Razico called out as his group got out and ran over to them.
"Her wings!" Kokoa cried out as she pointed to the succubus who was shaking in Rason's arms. Rason held her close and shook his head as he could feel Kurumu's pain, the girl's lifeforce struggling to rebalance as her body was going into shock.
"What happened?" Yukari asked franticly.
"That thing ripped her wings off!" Astreal cried out as she and Apoch landed down next to them along with Ruby. Gabriel landed down, holding the two wings in his arms while watching Kurumu with a pained expression. The group looked to the wings with horror then to Kurumu as she was breathing sharply, her hand twitching as blood dripped out of her mouth. Ahakon and Yukari rushed over to her along with Ruby, all seeing the massive wound in the succubus's stomach.
"How could that thing hurt her? She was using her full power on him; she's the Lord of Hell's daughter for crying out loud! She's freakin' indestructible when she's using her demonic power!" Ahakon cried out.
"It ripped her apart like she was nothing, even with all her demonic energy it took her down without any problem," Ruby said with a hand over her mouth. Rason shook his head and looked back towards where the group had come from.
"I need to get her back to Ceal, he can reattach her wings and heal her!" he called out.
"She's going to bleed out before you get there, we need to go with and heal her injury. At least slow the bleeding down; she's going to die from this if nothing's done about it right now," Ruby said shaking her head. Rason looked back towards the colossus that was flying away, then to his girlfriend. He shook his head then looked to Gabriel with fury and frustration.
"Go after that thing, and bring those two back!" he ordered out. Gabriel nodded and handed Kurumu's wings over to Ruby, the witch holding them with a pained expression, then looked towards the colossus in the distance with anger
"We will, just get her back to Ceal, and fast," he said before taking off.
"We won't let that thing escape with Ms. Luna or Ms. Felucia, we swear it," Apoch and Astreal said together before Astreal grabbed hold of Apoch and took off into the air again, the two witches flying off after Gabriel. Rason didn't even bother to comment how creepy it was that they spoke in unison that time, his mind only focused on his critically wounded girlfriend as she twitched in his arms.
"Get her into the SUV, I'll drive you to the villa while those three heal her in the back," Razico said waving to his ride. Rason ran over to the SUV along with Yukari, Ahakon, and Ruby while Gin looked off towards the distance, watching as Gabriel, Apoch, and Astreal continued their pursuit after the colossus.
"That thing's not going to go down easily, those three won't be able to kill it alone," he said shaking his head. Moka nodded and looked to seeing Rason setting Kurumu down inside the SUV on the backseat, with the three casters jumping in as well to try to heal her. Rason quickly got into the front seat while Razico got behind the wheel, the warlock then quickly turning the vehicle around and racing back towards the villa while the three casters worked to slow down Kurumu's bleeding.
"Hurry Razico, please hurry," Ruby pleaded as she focused on trying to heal Kurumu's injury. Rason nodded as he held his girlfriend's wings, looking back over the seat at the succubus as she was trembling with tightly shut eyes, her pain unbearable as she whimpered and cried weakly.
"Just hang on Kurumu, we'll get you healed up soon, just stay with us," Rason pleaded with a pained voice.
Moka and the others watched them drive off then looked back towards the massive flyer in the distance.
"We need to stop that thing now, it's going to take Luna and Felucia back to the dark world," Moka called out.
"How exactly are we going to stop it if the Lord of Hell's daughter got clipped effortlessly?" Leon asked cautiously.
Suddenly a wave of blue light rippled around the group, with everybody looking over to seeing a flash dying down and revealing Render in his battle form. His eyes were locked onto the colossus as he showed a determined expression, his muscle mass having tripled in size.
"We're going to drop that bird from the sky and curb stomp its fucking skull in, that's what we're going to do!" he declared as she pointed to the flyer. Everybody stared at him as suddenly they all felt like they could do just that, despite the fact that doing such a feat wouldn't be physically possible for any of them. All of them felt their confidence building from within, all feeling like they were ready to take on Alucard with nothing more than a butter knife and win. Render nodded then looked over to Leon with a stern expression while pointing to him.
"Let's ride, we've got some babes to save," he boldly declared. Everybody felt a tiny sweat drop form on the back of their heads as they suddenly felt slightly less confident about taking on the colossus. Leon showed a reluctant expression then nodded.
"Should have stopped after the first line dude," he said flatly. Moka glanced over to the flyer in the distance then to Leon.
"You heard him, let's go," she commanded. Leon quickly got into the driver's seat while Moka got into the seat next to him, with Render, Mizore, and Kokoa quickly jumping into the backseat. Gin howled as he shifted into his werewolf form, arching back as he finished his transformation then glancing to the group with a shrug.
"Might as well stretch out the ol' legs before getting ready to go bird hunting, not like that car would hold anymore inside of it anyway," he reasoned. Kokoa smiled at seeing her mate in fighting form while Render glanced to him with a raised eyebrow.
"But the humans will see you like that for sure," he pointed out.
"Like they're going to care since they'll be too busy staring at that thing in the sky! Seriously, they're going to see us no matter what at this point!" Gin shot back. Render opened his mouth to speak, and then looked up with a thoughtful expression.
"You do have a point there," he said simply. Leon rolled his eyes before starting up the car, the group then taking off down the road after the colossus.
Standing atop a towering building within the human city Akasha was looking up with a focused gaze, holding her sword in hand while her hair flowed gently behind her. Sounds of sirens and people screaming were still heard down below in the streets after the recent monster attack; however the vampire was looking at something else that was more of a concern for her. Up in the sky above the clouds a dark tear was seen, the wide opening crackling with energy and lightning while the outer ridges swirled around with neon blue and red flames. The anomaly was barely visible as clouds above were passing by, along with the billowing smoke from the damaged buildings and streets.
"That's a big gateway for a few smaller flyers," Akasha said to herself, then glanced over to the side. She slowly shook her head as she walked over to the edge of the building, seeing the massive colossus approaching from the side of the city over a forest.
"I was mistaken, it seems this dark being did send more to retrieve that chronofly," she said with discontent. She looked up to the anomaly then back to the colossus as it screeched into the air, causing more screams of panic to arise from the city below as people began to see the approaching demon.
"I'm going to guess the chronofly did not make it to sanctuary with her friend," she said as she clutched her blade tightly.
Flying over the forest the colossus screeched again, carrying Felucia and Luna in one of its claws as its giant wings flapped and kept the monster above the trees far down below. Felucia struggled to move as she continued to scream out in frustration, while Luna remained silent and unresponsive to everything that had been happening around her.
"God fucking dammit! Let us go you oversized crow! Let us go so I can fucking kill you!" Felucia yelled as she tried to budge free from the monster's giant claw. She then looked behind to seeing two flyers behind them, her eyes watching them with worry and desperation before looking ahead to seeing the human city approaching.
"This is going to get ugly, one way or another," she said to herself.
Flying behind the massive demon Astreal held onto Apoch while soaring through the air next to Gabriel, the three trying desperately to catch up to the colossus and somehow free their friends from its grasp.
"Ms. Kurumu couldn't stop it with all her demonic power, what are we going to do?" Astreal called out. Apoch formed her barrier blade and glanced up to her.
"Whatever we can, we can't let that thing escape with Ms. Luna and Ms. Felucia!" she called up. Astreal nodded as her magical wings flapped as hard as they could, straining to catch up to the colossus along with Gabriel.
"Dammit, we're not going to catch up to it at this rate," Gabriel grunted with frustration. Astreal glanced to him then back ahead, seeing that they were just barely keeping pace with the oversized demon.
"If we don't, then Ms. Luna…" Astreal said with fright. Gabriel shut his eyes and shook his head, trying to stave off the image of Luna being raped in the dark world for the rest of her life. Her screams of agony, her expression of torment, all raced through his mind as he tried to fly as fast as he could.
"No… I can't let that happen… I can't let her be taken away again!" he yelled out with desperation.
Down below them the scenery changed from a calm forest with a single road into a busy district street with stores and houses, and humans that were screaming in terror at seeing the colossus flying over them as it screeched loudly again. Gabriel tried to fly faster to catch up to the monster, knowing Luna was in its grasp and helpless.
'No! I can't let her be taken away; I can't let her be used as that sick monster's breeder!'
"Look, up there!" Astreal called out, looking up at the sky. Apoch and Gabriel looked up to see a glimpse of the dark rift over the large human metropolis, the anomaly being seen behind the clouds high above the center of the city.
"The gateway! It's the gateway into the dark world, he's going to fly up there and take her back!" Apoch called out.
"No!" Gabriel shouted as the three tried to gain any distance towards the airborne demon, the tail of the monster still far further ahead of them as it waved up and down behind the beast.
"Dammit, we're not going to make it!" Astreal screamed out.
"Let me go, you can fly faster without me! Just set me down somewhere, hurry!" Apoch said as she looked down at the buildings passing by below, the three flying over the city now along with the massive demon.
"It won't make a difference; I won't be able to catch up to it in time alone!" Astreal called out with frustration.
The colossus squawked and started to ascend in the air, its wings flapping and causing massive gusts of wind that blew down through the streets. People screamed in terror while rescue forces and police officers stared with fright at seeing the oversized demon flying over their heads.
"No! Luna!" Gabriel cried out as the three started to fly up as well, watching as the massive demon slowly started to circle around the central district of the city. The largest of the towers and skyscrapers stood in the middle, with people watching from inside as the giant demon soared around them while gaining altitude. Gabriel watched it closely as the monster started to fly higher, but only gradually.
"It can't fly straight up, it has to gradually ascend! Cut it off when it circles around, it'll be our only chance!" Gabriel called out.
"Right!" the witch sisters said as they followed him up higher, the three flying straight up to ready themselves for the demon's rounding arc. They flew up past a towering building, with humans watching them with stunned expressions.
"We have to stop it, do whatever it takes; free Luna and Felucia before it goes any higher!" Gabriel called out. Apoch held her blade ready while Astreal focused on flying as fast as she could, the three rising higher into the air over the human city.
Akasha watched as the massive demon circled around the middle of the city, narrowing her eyes while she slowly turned her head to follow the monster's movements. She then glanced over and saw Gabriel and the witch sisters flying up on the opposite side of the towering district.
"Oh? What do we have here?" she asked herself cautiously.
"LET US GO!" Felucia screamed as she was held tightly in the demon's claw, thrashing around while holding Luna closely.
Astreal flew over low above a towering building, letting go of Apoch who dropped into a run onto the roof. She ran forward while Astreal rose up into the air, a bright glow building up in her wrist as she focused all her power she could into her trademark attack. Gabriel flew alongside her, the two watching as the colossus veered around the district, the massive monster slightly below them and a few buildings away still.
"What about Apoch?" Gabriel asked, looking down to the raven haired witch who was still running along the roof.
"I need my hands free to use my magic," Astreal reasoned. Gabriel looked at her puzzled then down to Apoch.
"But I could carry her in my ar- holy shit, is she going to jump?" he cried out as Apoch neared the edge of the building, running towards a slanted roof that had windows for the roof as it sloped down several floors to the edge of the building. Astreal nodded and glanced to him.
"Don't worry, I'll catch her if she misses," she assured.
"What do you mean 'if she misses'?" Gabriel exclaimed with surprise.
Apoch ran towards the edge of the flat roof then leapt over, angling herself as a barrier-like board of light formed under her feet. Gabriel and Astreal watched as the raven haired witch landed down on the slanted roof of glass and raced down along it, the windows cracking and shattering behind her as she readied her blade in her hand. Gabriel watched with awe as the witch surfed on her board across the glass then looked over to see the colossus flying near them, the giant monster screeching as it rose up higher while circling the district.
"Here it comes!" he called out. Astreal aimed her arm out towards the monster with a keen eye, placing her other hand to her arm as she focused all her magic. Gabriel veered down as the witch took aim at the colossus, her palm giving off a bright red light. Apoch slid towards the edge of the building as she watched the demon cross in front of her, gripping her blade tightly as she got ready to jump.
"Hold it right there!" Astreal yelled out, firing out her powerful streak of magical energy. The bolt raced through the air and struck into the demon's eye, the shot piercing through the lens and exploding into smoke and flames while blood and flesh flew out. The monster howled and turned its body slightly as it wavered off-balance, just as Apoch reached the edge of the slanted roof. She leapt off the glass as her board shattered to pieces beneath her, lunging towards the demon's feet as they drew near. Felucia cried out as she was thrown around in the monster's grip then looked to see Apoch flying over and striking her blade into the foot holding the girls, the sword slicing into it partially before stopping. Apoch held onto the blade while her legs dangled behind her as she soared high above the human city below.
"Apoch!" Felucia called out.
"Hang on Ms. Felucia; we'll get you out of there!" Apoch shouted as she struggled to hold onto her sword. Gabriel flew over and grabbed her, then helped her grab hold of the leg as Felucia watched with wonder. She then looked over to see Astreal firing repeatedly at the demon's head, striking across the head and wounded eye socket as she kept up her assault.
"Let them go!" Astreal yelled as she pelted the face of the demon, not doing as much damage but certainly being annoying to the massive flyer nonetheless.
"Get us out here! It's going to take her back!" Felucia cried out. Apoch gripped the leg and hacked at it with her blade, watching with surprise as it only carved slightly into the limb. Gabriel however was staring at Luna with a pained expression, seeing her lifeless gaze as she was still in a state of shock.
"Luna…" he breathed out.
"I can't cut through this thing!" Apoch cried out as she tried hacking it again and again, her blade slicing into the leg an inch or two before stopping. Gabriel looked to the blade with frustration then back to Luna, the chronofly's head bobbing around gently while Felucia looked to her with a pained expression. The colossus roared out as its legs flailed slightly, squawking again before a leg reached over and snatched hold of Apoch. She screamed as it flung her over to the side and into the air, spiraling away down towards the human city below.
"Apoch!" Gabriel cried out.
"Sister!" Astreal screamed, and then dived down towards her sister who was tumbling around through the air away from the colossus. Gabriel watched as Astreal flew down towards Apoch then looked back down to Felucia and Luna.
"Get us out of here! Do something!" Felucia shouted out. Gabriel looked around quickly then reached down and grabbed hold of one of the toes, struggling to budge it as he pulled with all his might.
"Hurry!" Felucia screamed out as the colossus started to rise even higher still. Gabriel strained to pull the toe loose before stopping and grunting, looking over at the bleeding leg with frustration.
"It's too strong, I can't pry you free," he said shaking his head. He tried punching the leg, his strike doing nothing to stop the colossus from holding the two girls while it continued to rise higher up over the city.
"Then think of something you idiot! Do you have any idea what those bastards are going to do to her if they get her back?" Felucia yelled out. Gabriel tried stomping down on the toe, doing nothing to budge or loosen it, and then looked around quickly with frustration.
"Dammit, let go! Let them go!" he shouted out with desperation. He shook his head as she started breathing heavily, stomping down on the foot repeatedly while Felucia watched him with worried eyes.
"You can't take her away again! You can't take her back to that place! You can't take her away from us! You can't take her away from me!" he shouted out. Felucia's eyes widened slightly as Gabriel kept trying to break the toe of the colossus.
"Away from you?" Felucia asked softly.
Akasha gripped her blade then ran towards the edge of the building she was on, leaping off of it towards the head of the massive demon as it flew near her. She swung out and sliced her sword across its face, the vampire then holding onto her blade and running alongside its body while her sword razed across the beast and through its flesh. She angled her path and ran along its underbelly as the monster screeched and wavered off-balance again, the woman racing towards the four legs as they flailed about slightly. Gabriel quickly held onto the leg as he and Felucia looked over to see the vampire running towards them while streaking her blade through the underbelly of the colossus.
"Who the hell is that?" Gabriel cried out.
"Akasha?" Felucia said with disbelief.
Akasha raced up to them then swiped her blade while running alongside the monster as it turned sideways, cleaving her sword into the leg of the demon. The monster screeched as the blade struck down to the bone, clacking against it and stopping in place. The feet twitched as it lost its grip, the claw releasing the girls as Akasha quickly whipped out her blade from the leg and threw it towards the building nearby. It whistled around in the air sharply before striking through a window, the pane of glass shattering as the sword flew into the office room and struck into a wall near some people who promptly screamed in terror before rushing out. Akasha quickly grabbed both Felucia and Luna's hands, then leapt off the foot of the colossus and through the air towards the open window as Gabriel watched with surprise. The woman flew over and just made the jump into the window, throwing Felucia into the room while holding Luna in her other arm. Felucia tumbled onto the ground before quickly scrambling back onto her feet, staring with surprise at Akasha as the woman smirked while walking towards her, holding the chronofly up in her arm.
"I thought you assured me earlier that you wouldn't let this one be taken away, or was I mistaken?" Akasha asked amusingly. Felucia smiled awkwardly then looked over to the vampire's sword that was struck into the wall near her.
"You… fucking rock," she said looking back to Akasha with an impressed smile. Akasha chuckled amusedly before the tail of the colossus struck through the floor below them as the demon flew by, the ground beneath the girls rumbling and cracking apart as they looked around with surprise. The talon from the demon's tail whipped up and struck through the floor between them, knocking Akasha off to the side as the floor beneath her tore apart. She tumbled over into a roll while Luna was thrown out the window, the girl dropping down while her blanket flew off into the air.
"NO!" Felucia screamed as she rushed over to the window, with Akasha quickly running back over as well then looking down with wide eyes.
"Luna!" Akasha cried out as the naked chronofly plummeted down towards the city below. Gabriel braced himself from the demon flailing around before looking down with a gasp, seeing Luna falling out the window while chunks of concrete and debris rained down after her.
"No, Luna!" he yelled out, the angel then diving down towards her as the colossus roared out into the air. Gabriel shot down through the air as fast as he could, tucking his wings back as he strained to reach the falling chronofly. Luna spiraled around as glass and debris fell down above her, the girl still unresponsive to anything around her.
"Luna!" Gabriel called out as he raced down after her, passing the debris slowly as he tried to catch up to the girl's fatal fall. She spun around slowly ahead of him, her wings limp and fluttering in the wind while she fell down towards the city streets below. Gabriel pushed himself to fly as fast as he could, reaching out for the girl with all his might while the debris smacked around against the side of the building above creating a cascading wave of concrete and glass that tumbled after them.
Apoch and Astreal watched the debris falling down towards Luna and Gabriel, the two sisters flying up in the air away from the building after Astreal had caught her airborne sister.
"Ms. Luna!" they cried out.
Gabriel inched his way closer, a few feet away still from being able to grab the girl as she continued to spin around slightly.
Akasha and Felucia watched as the wave of debris rained down alongside the building, both waiting with anxious eyes to see if the angel would fly Luna away from her death.
"Luna!" Gabriel called out as he drew closer to the chronofly, the girl nearly within reach as he tried to grab hold of her.
People down in the streets pointed up as they saw the wave of debris crashing down alongside the building, with those in the streets scattering with loud screams while others watched what appeared to be a girl falling down towards the ground with an angel flying after her.
"Luna… I swear…" Gabriel called out as he slowly got closer to the girl.
"I swear, I'll never let you fall again!" he yelled before he grabbed hold of her hand, quickly pulling her up and holding her close. He looked ahead and saw the street racing up towards them, then banked up as hard as he could to veer away from the pavement. People around the streets watched as the angel swooped down with the girl held in his arms, just missing hitting the road as he pulled up and flew off down the street. The debris crashed into the street behind him with thunderous roars, a dust cloud erupting around it as Gabriel swerved around a few cars and trucks, the angel then pulling up and soaring over the street as people all around pointed and stared at him with wonder. He flew up and then gently touched down on top of a truck, with people around staring at him with stunned expressions.
"That's… an angel! That's a real angel!" a woman cried out.
"He's really an angel, he saved that girl's life!" a young girl cheered out.
"What the… wait a minute. That girl he saved, she's a monster! Look at her, she's a monster!" a man shouted out.
"He's right, she has wings! That angel just saved… a monster? He saved a monster?" another man said with disbelief.
Gabriel looked at Luna with remorseful eyes, the naked girl still in a catatonic state while her wings and arms were limp at her sides.
"Oh Luna… I'm so sorry, please forgive me," he said softly before lowering his head with closed eyes, his wings slowly lowering as he kneeled down and held the girl close.
"He caught her, he caught her!" Astreal cheered as she and her sister smiled with relief.
"Well done angel," Akasha said with a smile. Felucia nodded with a smile of relief as well.
"Damn fine catch," she agreed with.
The colossus in the air roared out again, with everybody looking up to as it started to circle around while keeping Gabriel and Luna in its sights with its one remaining eye. The humans down below looked up to the frightening beast with terror while Apoch and Astreal tensed up, the witch sisters watching the demon as it began to slowly turn around in the air. Akasha and Felucia narrowed their eyes at the demon before Akasha ran over and yanked out her sword from the wall with a swift strike. Gabriel looked up at the colossus with a cold glare, his rage for what the dark world did to Luna fueling his anger further.
Up above in the dark world Rathieal growled with irritation as his wings arched back behind him.
"Don't just sit there you stupid bird, bring me that chronofly! You're a colossus class demon, don't let some lesser being get in your way!" he roared. He grunted with frustration as he lowered his hands to his sides, a dark purple light swirling around them briefly as the man narrowed his eyes.
"I won't let that chronofly escape my grasp, even if I have to go down and bring her back up here myself."