The song here is "The Monster is Loose" by Meatloaf

The Monster is Loose

Nikolai walked up the corridors to where the rebels would be attacking and immediately could see who were on Team Crowley. They knew what happened the last time there was a rebellion and upon seeing the Knight arrive, they made sure to get out of his way.

He was able to spot the rebels and it took no time for the Mark of Cain to start itching. It was unbearable and before he knew it, he violently sliced the nearest rebel with the First Blade that seemed to have just appeared in his hand. It would seem he was so eager to kill that his hand just reached for the old jawbone without his mind thinking about it.

He swung so quickly and so violently that the demons, rebels and loyals alike, began to run away out of fear. He sliced and diced any demon in his reach. He took large strides to better reach those demons. He swung so hard that his hand and the First Blade must have gone clear through their chest cavities.

There were some demons stupid enough to lift up an Angel Blade up to Nikolai and he cut their arms clean off, then jabbed the First Blade up under their chin, into their heads.

One demon managed to stab his arm with an Angel Blade, but Nikolai knocked him back with his elbow, barreled down on him and stabbed him, proving that a metal stick was no match for the oldest weapon in creation.

Once the corridor had cleared out of frightened demons, Nikolai glanced around and all the carnage he had done. He hadn't noticed that he had killed twenty-four demons and it was only then he felt whatever wounds he had, not that they hurt. The Mark of Cain seemed to have been satisfied and now it was as if he could see and think clearly. Nikolai lifted up the First Blade and watched the blood drip off of it.

As the blood dripped, time seemed to slow down and the thirst for more was fueled by the Mark as it began to itch again. It was unbearable and he knew he had to find more demons to kill. Only this time, he was taking pleasure in it.

As he walked down one corridor with a wicked grin on his face, he began to laugh.

"Oh traitors, where are you?" he asked, listening to his voice echo. "Come out, come out, wherever you are!" he shouted and his voice echoed even louder. He let out another deep laugh as his hand clenched the First Blade tightly, making the leather on the hilt make a sort of cracking sound against his skin. "Daddy's coming home!" he shouted even louder.

He walked in long strides and found another corridor of demons. These were loyals, but like panicked prey, it made his predatory spirit hungry for more blood. He was ready to start slashing, but there was a sudden roar down one corridor and it was enough to get Nikolai to stop and think.

That was the corridor leading to the mansion.

The itch of the Mark stopped and he realized that Keara could possibly be in danger.

Nikolai ran down the corridor at top speed, blazing through. Whenever a demon popped out like a zombie in a video game, he questioned nothing and stabbed it while only wasting a second. Once he was on the move again, he feared that one second might cost Keara her life.

He turned down another corridor, nearly at the mansion and there were a few demons running slowly up ahead. Nikolai continued to run at top speed and roared with rage. The demons were now in a panic, which fueling his thirst for blood.

He charged and slashed violently, killing them all in a matter of seconds. He didn't stay to look at his work, he continued ahead thinking of Keara and whether she could be in danger. Of course, Gabriel was with her, but he didn't like the idea of counting on him much. Keara was everything to him and nothing could keep him from protecting her.

He turned down the last corridor and could hear some demons roar, but mostly, hear them scream. Once Nikolai appeared in the entrance, looking at the large mansion, the demons were being torn apart by Hellhounds guarding the place. He charged and left the Hellhounds to kill the rebels. He got to the doors and pounded once on the doors. They opened and he squeezed in and pushed them back. He turned and looked at the front entrance of the mansion which was untouched.

"Keara!" he shouted and the place was silent, but he saw Ginger stick her snout out and sniff the air. The look in her eyes was familiarly strange and he smiled. "Keara, lead me to you." He said, knowing that she was looking through Ginger's eyes.

The Hellhound quickly turned around and trotted down the corridors. Immediately, Nikolai knew she was hiding in her room. As soon as he got to that corridor, he opened the door and Ginger trotted in and Keara snapped out of it and quickly bolted up from her little tea table and threw herself into his arms.

Nikolai picked her up in a tight hug, dropping the First Blade on the floor. Gabriel, who also sat at the tea table, looked down at the old jawbone with surprise. He glanced up and smiled as Keara wrapped her arms around Nikolai's neck like she hadn't seen him in a long time.

"I was worried about you, Cookie." He said and kissed her cheek. She pulled back and looked into his eyes as she smiled.

"I'm okay." She replied and hugged him one more time. "Gabriel blasted them with light. They were blind for a while and then the Hellhounds attacked." She added and gave a light giggle, as if she found that to be funny. Nikolai gave a half smile, but then he heard more demons outside of the mansion. He looked up at Gabriel and the Archangel stood up, grinning as best as he could.

"Need any help out there?" he asked and Nikolai chuckled as he set Keara back on the ground.

"Not in your life, but if you have a death wish, be my guest." He replied, watching as the Archangel walked over to stand beside him. "Sure about this?" he asked and Gabriel grinned, giving him a light punch to the arm. Nikolai picked up the First Blade and they walked out of Keara's room, leaving her with Ginger, but Nikolai had to glance at her one last time. She simply smiled at him and sat back down at her little table with Ginger.

They walked down the corridors and when they got to the doors, they noticed that everything had gone silent. They cautiously opened the doors and just stared at what they saw.

"So, don't need help, huh?" Gabriel asked Nikolai as they looked out to the bodies of demons and Hellhounds, lying in between them and a fresh new crowd of rebel demons.

"We may not have Crowley, but we have his daughter." One demon said and Nikolai growled, his hand already going for the First Blade.

"Over my dead body, which won't happen." He replied through clenched teeth and some demons chuckled as if they took that as a challenge.

Gabriel dropped an Angel Blade from his sleeve and prepared to fight alongside of Hell's very pissed off Knight.