Chapter 47:

Horror with 8 eyes

Ink's estate, underground catacombs, pride ring, hell:

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"OUCH!" Clara yelped out as she fell on her butt, after yet another failed attempt to climb out through the tunnel that her and her sister, Odette had fallen through to end in the caves.

Sighing, Odette adjusted her glasses "It's no use….the rock walls are too slippery…we're gonna need help if we want to get out of here" as Clara slowly got up, rubbing her now painful backside "Yea, we need a rope at the LEAST" as she whipped out her phone and shot their mother a quick message, only to find the signal to be abysmal, causing her to bark out "Ah mierda!" in a irritated tone…. "Let's hope that message gets through eventually…"

Nodding in agreement, Clara spoke "…I wonder how mamá and the others are doing…."

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Heaven embassy, pride ring, hell:

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Still shaken up from what they had just witnessed, Charlie took a few deep breaths to her racing heart under control as she pocketed the last shard…."All 3 soul shards are here…..let's save Vallery….."

Now more determined than ever, Charlie, Vaggie, Carmilla and Sera began quickly began making their way towards Ink's manor as they mentally prepared themselves for a possible fight with the spider demoness….

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Arriving at the estate, they quickly found the way Clara and Odette managed to get inside as they eventually settled on the study as their base of operation.

Laying the crystals down onto the ground, Charlie whipped out the spell tome "Alright, now we just need the catalyst from Clara and Odette…." As she began to look around "Where…are they anyway? Weren't they supposed to be here in the manor somewhere?"

As the princess spoke, Carmilla's phone would suddenly buzz.

As she whipped it out, she would see the message send by her daughters and her eyes widened.

As Charlie gave the spell tome another read, the angelic arms dealer began to scout the manor for this "mystery hole"

A little searching and she'd quickly found the hole underneath the broken floorboards that led to the underground catacombs as she began to call out down the shaft "My dears?! I got your message, are you 2 alright down there?!"

The Carmine sisters would perk up as they heard their mother's voice echo into the cave system. "Yea mamá, a little shaken up, but other than that, I think we're ok"

Hearing this, the tall overlord sighed in relief as she spoke "Alright, sit tight, we're going to get you both out of there" when suddenly, a wave of strange energy could be felt….

Quickly excusing herself, Carmilla ran back to the study where, to her shock, they found the crystals…..reacting…and Charlie panicking…

"What's happening?!" the arms dealer barked out as Charlie was frantically flipping through he tome's pages "I MISSED ANOTHER TRANSLATION!"

As Carmilla, Charlie, Vaggie and Sera looked at the crystals in horror, Charlie spoke "we needed either something of strong personal value OR a place which the individuals in question have strong ties with…." As she slowly brought her gaze up, a look of dread on her face…..

"We're on Ink's territory…her home turf….the conditions of the crystal reunion ritual were met…"

Thinking quickly, Sera whipped out the amulet she was given by Lucifer "We got to be fast and put this around their neck the SECOND they manifest! We CAN'T let Ink get the change to gain control!"

At these words everyone nodded as they braced themselves for the right moment….

As the crystals broke open and the purple, smoke like content within spilled out and began to violently whirl and whip around, a shape slowly began to form. Not yet tangible, but clearly semi-humanoid.

"Steady….." Sera spoke "Steady…..not yet…NOW!"

As everyone braced themselves, just as something finally manifested, Sera was just about to ram the amulet around the shape's neck…when the 4 of them were hit…..by an odor…a festering…..rotten odor…..

Everything seemed to go in slow motion as, to Sera's horror…..a shot….tubby demon manifested in a cloud of green smoke….

To everyone's horror, the little ratman, known as Roach, snagged the amulet right from Sera's hand with a sadistic smirk as he plopped on the floor before them.

Before they were able to respond, another energy wave knocked them all of their feet as they got thrown to the other side of the large room.

"WHOOOOO, FUCK YEA!" Roach cheered, dangling the amulet above his head as Charlie barked out "ROACH, WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?!"

The little ratman just stood there, gloating, completely unaware that a tall, gangly shadow slowly began to rise behind him…..as a set of 8….red….glowing eyes…..opened….

"What ye think, BITCH?! I'm getting back at Yeh for siccing yeh daddy on me. No one fucks with the jester prince of pranks!" as he began to laugh, his large beer gut shaking and jiggling as he did so.

"Oh this shit's gunna be gooood, ah'm gonna enjoy seein' yeh bitches squirm, this is gonna be funny as shi-URK"

The short, stout man suddenly yelped out as a wet "SLNK" was suddenly heard.

His eyes wide….Roach would slowly turn his gaze downwards, as when his eyes fell on his chest…..what protruded from it were 3….long….blade like….claws….shimmering with the unmistakable shine of angelic steel…..

Slowly being raised up in the air, the little ratman began to cough up blood as he began to wheeze and whimper "that's not funny….that's not…."

"ROACH!" the unmistakable voice of the baroness of blood rang out as Ink sneered at the shorter demon through gritted teeth "You've disappointed me for the last time!" as with a unceremonious whip of her arm, the body of the prankster demon was hurled to the other side of the room, only to come to a stop against the wall and dropping to the floor…..lifeless…

Angelic steel…he was…..Roach was….gone….