More than meets the eye (Woof)

Pyrrha would do her best to drown out the words the demon spoke. She was not about to turn this into a pissing contest, especially when this being knew not what she had been through. All the countless unwinnable battles she had miraculously pulled her self through. All the gods she had put down time and time again. And three former friends from another life, whos powers defied all logic. She’d simply roll her eyes as the demon spoke, and instead her attention would turn to Jake. Stubborn little shite that he was, he still refused to accept Pyrrha’s help even after the small speech she gave him.

“You heard what I said. You are not getting rid of me that easily. I’ll give you the space you need to gather yourself and any more intell. But when the time comes I will be there, like it or not. Now come on.” she’d say, waving for Jake to follow her. She’d shoot the demon a glance over her shoulder and give a rather strange wave goodbye, a mannerism she had picked up from an old friend. The two would remain silent all the way till they reached the exit of the tunnel, or at least Pyrrha did. Her mind already set on what she’d do in the meantime while she awaited Jake’s call.

Once they were back in the alley, Pyrrha balled her hand into a fist. She held back the urge to knock the boy flat on his as. Her eyes narrowed as she looked in his direction. “You need to come to terms with the fact that you will need help. And you better do it sooner, rather than later. You wanna say “oh I don’t want you or Johanna to get hurt” And yet you don’t stop to think about how she’d feel if something terrible happened to you. Or how I’d feel for that matter.”

She’d let out a loud sigh as she tried to calm herself down. “You were the first person I met when I ended up in this strange land. My first friend in a universe not my own. I am not in the habit of letting my friends struggle or suffer on their own. So, like I said. You go and collect yourself. Find out all you can, and when you’re ready to confront this big scary demon, you call me. In the meantime I’ll do some more training. Maybe even pay the queen a visit.”

Pyrrha would hold her fist out to Jake for a fist bump, with a large grin of confidence on her face. “Deal?”

The demon watched and waved a sullen goodbye as the two left, shadows slithering away to make a path for the two, and as they entered the tunnel, the entrance to the old broken house would crack and crumble as the shadows seemed to drag the earth back into place.

But Jake simply followed Pyrrha, trusting her memory and instinct to lead them back to the alleyway that had started this part of the journey. And he watched his friend as she told him rightfully so how much an idiot he was. After all, she had done all of this where he'd have been unable too.

It made the next part so much worse. "Hopefully it won't come to that. I'll find her before she finds the 'big scary demon' or any of his just as bad children." Jake smiled, clenching his own fist to give the girl a solid, if held back fist bump. "Hey... Just tell Johanna I'm fine. I never have the right words whenever I try to talk to her. Honestly I think she scares me more then anything... But not for the reasons anything else would I guess." He sighed, rubbing the back of his head. He never had the right words anyhow.

Pulling his shirt close, he allowed his wings to slither out of the silts cut into the back of it. "And kick Madeline's ass for me. It'll make me feel better." He joked, before turning and jumping into the air, his wings carrying him the rest of the way up. He couldn't bring himself to say it. To promise her anything. But he was going to make sure he heeded some of Pyrrha's advice. He was going to trust his friend. Samael would know what to do. Just needed to find him.


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"Stupid. Stupid. Talked too much. You always talk too much." Shadow sighed, sitting atop his bed, the recording showing a still image of Lucius Alba. Maybe it'd be best to go to sleep and never awaken again. Lucius could do it. He'd nearly done it before...

"Or find the girl... Find her and protect. Protect from them all. From Everything. Everyone."