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Chapter 5:

Angelic steel

It was bad enough that Ashley had landed herself in hell.

It was even worse when she learned about the exterminations.

But it was the absolute WORST when she heard that instead of once a year, they were now happening every 6 months instead.

But none of that mattered anymore; the 6 months were up,

And Ashley had to brace herself, she had to get ready.

Her first time witnessing…extermination day….

The angels were supposed to head towards the hotel of the princess first, and indeed, most of them had followed orders,

The first man and leader of the extermination army, Adam himself and his lieutenant Lute leading the attack,

But a small group of the more sadistic exorcists had broken off from the main hotel fight to terrorize the nearby inhabitants of pentagram city.

Sinners were either sprinting for cover, hiding or running for their lives as the winged menaces slaughtered souls left and right.

Loud panting could be heard and the sound of desperate sneakers on asphalt as a certain shark-grinned sinner ran as fast as her legs could carry her, an exorcist angel with a massive two-handed battle axe hot on her heels as she yelped to herself "ohshitohshitohshitohshitOHSHITOHSHITOHSHITOHSHITOHSHIIIIIIIIIT!"

As she shook the angel off temporarily, she dove behind a half-wall for cover, making sure as to not make as much as a peep

As the flapping of wings could be heard, then the sound of landing, followed by footsteps.

Ashley saw the shadow the angel cast as it was standing right behind her, but luckily, it seemed to be unaware of her in her hiding spot.

With a powerful flap of its wings, it took off and began to scan the nearby area for its escaped prey, its gaze away from Ashley just long enough for her to quietly get up and tippy-toe away, and as she reached a corner of a wall, she bolted.

This sadly caught the attention of her angelic pursuer as the winged being quickly closed the distance.

Ashley looked behind her and cursed, but once she glanced back ahead, she gasped in shock.

In her panic, she had run into an alley-way, straight into a dead end, she had nowhere else to go, she was cornered.

She hyperventilated as the angel landed on its feet and with a sadistic smirk, slowly walked closer, backing Ashley up against the wall, taking great pleasure in playing with its prey.

The sinner frantically looked around for a solution,

Anything would do, but there was no way out,

she truly was trapped,

All she had was a metal pipe sticking out of a pile of nearby rubble.

As the angel was within reach, it slowly raised its weapon with a gleeful giggle.

Ashley had to think fast as she pointed over the angel's shoulder and shouted "HEY WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?!"

This apparently caught its attention,

And as the angel whipped around to look, it gave Ashley just enough time to pull the metal pipe from the debris.

Once the angel returned its gaze to the sinner, its head was met with the end of the metal pipe, which Ashley had swung in its face like a baseball bat as she shouted "EAT THIS YOU FEATHERY FUCK!"

A loud crack was heard as with a metallic clattering noise, the horned helmet of the angel was knocked right off as it crashed to the ground, the LED visor cracking as it hit the concrete.

Ashley was expecting allot to look back at her…but what she saw instead was a woman with pale skin, short silver hair, a small braid on the left side and piercing blue eyes.

She looked at the sinner with a disgusted glare as she spoke for the first time "You demon bitch, you will PAY for that"

Ashley just stood there…she KNEW this woman was dangerous, she KNEW this lady tried to kill her not even a minute ago….but she couldn't help herself….she….was…beautiful.

"Any last words before you die, demon filth?!" the angel spat out bitterly.

"mommy?"

The angel just blankly stared.

"…w-what?...what did you just call me?"

Ashley was tomato red, why in the 7 rings of hell did she say that?!

"ARE YOU FUCKING MENTAL?!" the angel yelled.

Ashley began to nervously fidget with her hands.

" oh nah, I'm doing pretty girl-I MEAN GOOD, PRETTY GOOD, DOING….pretty….good…." she blurted out,

Giving the angel nervous fingerguns as she tried to defuse the situation.

"Ashley you dumb bitch!" she angrily thought to herself. "you're about to fucking die and you say THAT?! To your soon-to-be KILLER?!"

The angel just stood there dumbfounded "you…..you think I'm….pretty?" she asked….Was that a blush?

Ashley couldn't believe he next words she blurted out

" so…uhm…..wana scissor?"

"Ashley what the fuck is wrong with you" she thought to herself.

But she expected the answer even less " ….i…you know what?...fuck it…..sure! let's Go!"

"Wait that actually worked?!" Ashley thought.

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A good few hours later:

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A loud shout could be heard through the air, apparently originating from the exorcist angel known as Lute

"RETREAT, ALL EXORCISTS FALL BACK!"

Somewhere in a nearby abandoned building, a panicked head shot up "OH SHIT, MY LEUTENANT, I GOTTA GO!" a exorcist with a small braid hastily got up, trying to pull down her skirt as she frantically bolted outside and flew away.

A shark-grinned female sinner demon followed her, pants still around her ankles "HOLDUP WAIT, YOU FORGOT YOUR…..axe….." she said as she held out the weapon,

But her hook-up was already retreating back to heaven through the giant portal in the sky.

Ashley just looked at the sky for a moment, even after the gateway to heaven closed up, then, she glanced down at the weapon

" welp…guess this is mine now….."

She held up the giant, two-handed axe in front of her, finally taking a good, close look at it. It was finely crafted, the axe blades were razor sharp, it felt comfortable to hold as the angelic steel tingled slightly in her hands and it gave a strange, ethereal shine when the light hit it, it almost seemed to be slightly glowing.

"I have a feeling I'm gonna be able to make good use of this thing" Ashley smugly mumbled to herself.

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Divebar "the aftertaste" 30 minutes later:

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By this time, the news of the failed extermination had reached almost the entire pride ring as Pink Neon was anxiously pacing back and forth, phone in hand as she tried to call her friend, who she hadn't seen all day.

"Come on Ashley….. pick up…..please be ok you crazy bitch" she whispered to herself, fearing for the safety of her bestie.

She almost got a heart attack when the doors were forcefully kicked open with a loud BANG.

What she was greeted with was the sight of her best friend, Ashley, completely unscathed, a big grin on her face and…

…... Was that…..an angelic AXE over her shoulder?!

"PINK, YOU'RE NOT GONNA FUCKING BELIEVE THIS….."