Smooth Criminal

LOCATION | Bread Ahead
DATE | 17th of February 2022
TIME | closing hours
WEATHER | Chill and dark
ATTIRE | Mariella | Timothy
TOPIC FOR |  @Kasumi He
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She was still not over the fact that Kasumi had told her how crazy the Valentine's cake sale had went, now she had been at Theronida that day or the few days up to that, mini vacation and oh boy, she already missed that place. Mariella was just pleased to be having someone to close up with today, not because it was really needed, both girls had and could easily close the store themselves - but it didn't mean she didn't like the company. Mariella was just about to reach for her jacket so they could get out of here, when she stopped for a moment hearing the bell on the door ring. She pressed her brows a little together, it was a rather special aura, not one she could quite place as well as the intentions. Which was the first warning sign, as she turned the corner and seeing the demon stand in front of the desk looking around. "Excuse me sir, but we are closed," she politely said to the handsome stranger turning towards her with a bright smile. "Oh - really? I was just walking by, in the mood for something sweet," he kept his eyes on the fairy in front of him, very sweet indeed. Timothy then let his eyes wonder down to the empty display that was cleared now the shop was closing, "it was a shame really. I did hear you have a two for one offer," he moved his eyes a little away from the fairy and saw the banshee. "And if you come back tomorrow within opening hours, you might be lucky it's still available," Mariella replied once again getting the demon to look at her. Now, she knew he wasn't looking for baked goods. "I'm afraid I cannot wait for tomorrow, you see, I'm just travelling through the city," which was a lie on it's own. It was like the fairy knew that, which made the demon chuckle a little. So, many many emotions roamed around inside of her, it would be so easy to just push all the bottoms and see what would happen, a trick he would wait with, at least for a moment.

There was still adapting to do, she had started at the academy. She had no idea who the anonymous donor had been, but she had gotten a letter of admission and since she didn’t want to look the gift horse in the mouth she had enrolled. It had already brought her so much ease, she had gotten a dorm room to stay in, so she didn’t need to keep living on Valdemar’s goodwill. That didn’t mean she had stopped seeing him, she still came around to help with the church as much as her schedule allowed it.
To make sure that she still had money, she had kept her parttime job at the Bread Ahead. Taking most of the shifts that the other employees couldn’t or didn’t feel like. The Valentine’s Day included.
Kasumi’s hand glided through her hair, as she put on her jacket, ready to walk back to the academy to read up on her homework and then she needed to get to bed. She had a long day ahead of her, yet again tomorrow. Since her little accident she had been rocking a very short hairdo. Her almost black har just reaching under her hair, it had taken some getting used to as she had been having hair almost down to her waist before it had been burned and therefore needed to be cut off. Her brows furrowed as the door chimed against the small bell, letting them know that someone had entered the shop. Had she forgot to close it? Mariella was quick to tell the costumer that he was too late, and they were closed. But it was clear that he didn’t seem like living. For a short time, it was like voices were ringing constantly in her ear, giving her a slight headache before she closed her eyes and pushed them away. Finally getting the right training had really helped quiet them down. Even though she still saw more dead people on her way to class than she would care to admit. Kasumi walked behind Mariella and looked at the stranger, taken aback with how beautiful he was. His entire aura was drawing you in, and the magnetic attitude made it hard not to be a little awe struck. “Well, I’m afraid that it will have to wait” Kasumi said with a sweet but insisting voice. She stepped beside Mariella towards the man “So, please, come back tomorrow” She stepped towards him, to guide him back to the door.

Mariella could feel it to, just how Kasumi could the magnetic pull that was questioning all the laws of attraction, which was also why the fairy rather fast just what type of demon they were dealing with. Right now Mariella found the comfort of them being two, even if she knew they wouldn't have it easy matching the demon if he wasn't interested in listening to them - which he didn't. He made a pouting face for a second before his lips curled up in a small smirk. "Now, I wasn't really asking for waiting till tomorrow was I now? It's rather rude to not help a stranger out with his hunger, now isn't it?" He looked towards the banshee with a slightly warmer smile turning his front towards the banshee as she got closer to him. He took one step forward keeping his piercing blue eyes on her and tilted his head just a little bit. "Now, I can also just take one, but I would really prefer to take two," he spoke with a lower almost husky voice not taking his eyes from the banshee, but more focusing on picking up on the positive emotions in her system hopefully letting the unwelcoming attitude would drop. Then there was the empath and he knew she had picked up on everything rather quickly, just like he watched her from the corner of his eye as he had increased some emotions within the banshee, he could see the fairy raised her brows.  

"Now please, don't me ask one more time," he turned his head a little to the fairy before looking at the banshee again, lifting his hand up wanting to trace the back of his hand over the banshee's cheek. Mariella cleared her throat and folded her lips for a moment, clearly not finding any aspect of the situation comforting at all. "How about you don't let me ask one more time?" Mariella raised her chin just a little bit, making the demon chuckle just a little bit. "Love, don't make this any harder than it has to, I always get what I want," he spoke a bit more sensual then looking back towards the banshee. Now, he had never been scared to use the powers that were in him as an incubus, or tune up his charm to get away with almost anything. And it was far from the first time he had been asked to leave somewhere or someone alone, but he took everything as an experience.

She stopped right in her tracks as he stepped towards her, instead of turning with her and walk towards the door. Now, there were all kinds of customers. And she would think that after almost working at the bakery for a year, she had met all of them. Or so she had thought. Because she certainly had never met someone like this one.  Kasumi could feel how happiness and excitement started to build in her body, a soft almost enthralled smile formed on her lips as she connected her deep brown with the hypnotic blue. All thoughts about kicking him out, suddenly felt very far away. Almost as if she was meeting a dear old friend, and she was feeling very giddy about that. Kasumi folded her lips together, giving him a small shy expression as he asked her please not to ask him one more time.
Her breath was caught in her throat as she blinked a couple of times. As he raised his hand to trace the back of his hand against her cheek. Mostly because she didn’t do anything to stop it. Now that, that was weird. “I –“ she finally tried to say something, but truth be told Kasumi had always been a very sheltered person. Living in a tribe in the woods in Canada. She wanted ot agree with Mariella, but she just stood there looking at him. Almost like a fly that had been caught in the spidersweb. Clearing her throat she let out a soft breath "She's right, we really need to close down" she tried giving him a polite smile, trying not to let her breath catch in her throat one more time.

Clearing her throat, Timothy wanted to roll his eyes in an annoyed sigh, but he didn't. The fairy was starting to annoy him - a lot. Mostly due to the fact that she seemed to be able to dig some courage out of the banshee to fight his abilities. So, he meant what he said not to make this any harder than it seemed, but no, he wasn't blind to the fairy being stubborn - but of course being stubborn was useless in this situation. At least in Timothy's book. "Hmm," he licked his lips a little bit looking back at the banshee, "I will wait then, after all I am a patient man," he chuckled a little bit, "but hey, first, let's play a game, shall we?" Not that it really was a question he wanted an answer to as he clapped his hands a little bit. "Do you just have like a death wish or something?" Mariella once again spoke, making the demon crack a laugh a little, "why? Would you kill me?" Once again that almost maniac like laughter escaped his lips rather low, "sorry honey, I don't think you have it in you - then again, everyone can become a killer if pushed hard enough, isn't that right?" Timothy shook his head a little bit. Mariella took a deeper breath in, no she perhaps wouldn't kill him, she could still make sure to burn his smirk off it he kept this up. She also did know a few people who didn't appreciate the demon's request. "Now, will you let me tell the rules of my game, or are you going to keep trying to interrupt me? I do hate bad manners" He sighed a little bit. Mariella got the strong sense of him not fooling around anymore, so she stopped saying anything - because when it came down to it -they knew nothing about him. She had no idea what powers he held other than what he was. And first rule was to never underestimate your enemy or turn your back on them for that matter.

"Now where were we," looked towards the banshee again. "Right my game,"he lifted his hand up pointing a little towards her still with that luring smile of his taking once again a few steps closer. He held his hand out for the banshee to take, still using his power to keep him on her somewhat good side," - The rules of the game, ready to hear them?" He asked in an almost soothing voice.

There were alarm bells going off in Kasumi’s head. Trying to warn her about the web she had stepped into, telling her to cut herself out and get away from the man standing in front of her. But it was too late, even though she had hinted that he needed to go. She hadn’t truly wanted him too. So everything that went on with him and Mariella, Kasumi didn’t even really listen. She just watched how his lips moved as he talked, his piercing blue eyes that could look straight into her soul. A man that made the voices go quiet. But she should know that it wasn’t the same as Joel, or Uriel as his real name was. This was something different, almost as if the tragic souls that found her, knew that he was dangerous and wasn’t to stick around by.
The longer he looked away, the more she started to feel like she needed to get away. Then he turned, their eyes connected, and every feeling was overpowered by the feeling that she wanted to get to know him. That she really wanted to play the game that he was telling her about. He reached out his hand. For a moment Kasumi just stood there and looked at it, as if every person tried to scream at her simultaneously not to take it. She ignored it all, and reached out, placing her hand in his. Taking a step closer towards him. “Rules?” she asked blinking a little. Game? She tried to turn her eyes towards Mariella to ask her what was going on.

Her head was taking a simply speed a head skipping a few beats as Kasumi gently placed her hand in the demon's, welcoming the devil inside. Mariella trying to figure out the best possible ways to get out of this situation, because did she even dare to push the demon further? Not without knowing what he was capable with Kasumi's hand in hers, and with Kasumi looking all spellbound to the demon's powers. Mariella licked her lips a little as Kasumi asked what rules. "Yeah, or you know. I don't really have any, it's the best kind of rules," he pointed out keeping his eyes on the banshee. "What I would like to know are your names however," he lifted her hand up and placed his lips softly against the soft skin on the back of her hand whilst still looking at her. The distance to the demon seemed to be key, or perhaps he just found Kasumi easiest to focus what ever powers he used on one target at the time. Something told Mariella she was simply just lucky he hadn't tried to hit her with it yet. Emotional based powers clashing could either be helpful or hell on earth.

The crippling anxiety started to crawl underneath her skin as he looked at her, because he knew. It was freaky how it felt like she didn't even need to open her mouth before feeling like she already were communication with the demon, and he enjoyed it a little too much, she could see it in his smirk. "Now, no need to be afraid - I'm not here to kill anyone, I just simply want a good time," he pointed out, yet not navigating in any of the fairy's emotions yet. Mariella pushed the fear down. "Then, how about we go somewhere else then? This place is so dull, you can't really have a good time in a bakery now can you?" She ran a hand through her hair, getting back the demon's attention once again. Now Timothy wasn't blind to the fact of getting out here put a challenge to what he wanted, but he also did know places that would be much better to be than here. No, he wasn't going to take them both to the casino - these two were his now. Simple as that. "Okay, you get your jackets, then we will go, I know a good place," he pointed out not taking his eyes of Kasumi. Mariella turned around the corner shortly looking around to see if there was anything she could bring with her, but she did have her phone in her jacket pocket. She just needed to be able to access it. Mariella tossed Kasumi's jacket to her before Timothy then gestured the fairy to go outside. "Now, however if you try to do something foolish, know you will live to regret it," he whispered leaning against Mariella making it shiver down her spine, before shortly looking back first at the demon then at Kasumi. "How about you just show us the way," she mumbled a little. Not that she planned on going with him, if he first got them in a different location it could be harder to find them. Not that she was that worried about that, she happened to know some excellent trackers. The demon hooked his arms around both girls, walking down the almost empty streets.

She didn’t even realise that she had spoken her name, just telling him without thinking about it. It felt like someone had put her under water. Like everything around her just seemed like going in a very slow pace, like her senses had been dulled in a way where she only could focus on one thing. The man standing in front of her, telling Mariella something, going back and forth. She realised that she hadn’t even listened to what he had explained about the rules of the game. Now they were suddenly going. Turning her head as she saw her jacket being tossed to her. Almost by instinct she managed to grab it, without it just landing on her head and then fall to the ground. She took her hand back and started putting it on, following along with both Mariella and Timothy. Standing outside, the cold air usually woke her up after a long day. But she just seemed so, high? Could that be it, as if someone had both dulled and somehow also enhanced some of her senses. Like she was very focused on the demon, but not on where she was going or where he was taking them.

She knew they needed help, no matter how much she hated this damsel in distress act, but she was also taught it was okay to seek the help - it didn't make her anything less to realize that they were all over their heads on this one. Kasumi was completely spellbound by the incubus, and it took so much of her greater willpower not to let the influence hit her. Now, there was few things she could do, Archie and Nora lived closest by - Nigel and Jamie would hate themselves for the distance but she knew they wouldn't stop till they reach their target. Then of course she could call Leon, who was even further away but if Elias was around there was a key that could get him close enough by. There was plenty of people she could call, she just had to be able to reach her phone and actually make a call. The demon squeezed her arm, looking and felt so delighted about this that one could easily be fooled to believe he just wanted to go to perhaps a party, but she knew better. Mariella followed along, not wanting to leave Kasumi in his hands and she knew this wasn't time to play hero.

Timothy had been around for a few months in town, and by now he knew all the clubs and places to be. He knew almost everyone who worked around there, making him rather popular in some places and very unpopular in others. But if he was going to take them anywhere he would bring them to his penthouse apartment but they would have to travel to the north part of the city, which would be too long on foot. So, Tim was trying to figure out where the next best place would be as they walked down the street. The demon mostly just chatted, pointless chatter really about the weather getting better- all that, not that Mariella did more than mindless nodding and agreeing as she tried to plot their escape.

The young banshee had no idea the many things that Mariella was trying to figure out. She couldn’t see why they needed to escape. Or maybe she did, if someone would tell her that they needed to leave. Break the spell that somehow had been put on her. It had to be the fact that the voices had gone away. She couldn’t hear anything, so perfectly silent. No small whispers, no sudden screams in her ear. It was also a horrible place for her to be, as the whole place seemed to be radiating from supernatural energies, calling in all souls from around the world that wasn’t ready to move on to the next life. Or were afraid of purgatory or the hell that was waiting for them. After the demon had talked a little back and forth about things, she hadn’t really listened too she looked up towards him. “Where are we going?” she asked a little curious looking around. She wasn’t really the one to go to clubs, and didn’t she have other engagements? She was pretty sure she was to meet someone.  
Oh, this was bad, wasn’t it? Kasumi’s eyes travelled towards Mariella almost as if she tried to see if her friend could help with the fact why she felt so out of it.

"We are going somewhere away from here, where we can be alone without being disturbed," he pointed out, making Mariella restrain herself from not letting show how disgusted she was. Mariella looked towards the side shortly to look at Kasumi as her eyes travelled to her. The panic was like a cold shiver down the fairy's spine, and she took a deeper breath in. Needing to act now. "There has to be a better way to pick up ladies than this way," a voice sounded from above. Mariella sensed the chaotic energy once she saw the girl sitting on the edge of one of the buildings. The demon looked up at the hybrid, narrowing his eyes a little before his lips folded in a cheekier smile. "Is that so?" Ava got up on her feet and jumped down to the ground rather gracefully, "well - let's just say I've seen at few days this is going to go for you, and even if I would love to see you get your ass kicked in one of these scenarios. I think you should most likely just run while you still can," the hybrid at least tried to warn him. Now, perhaps it came from her friendship to Leon that she had gotten the vision that had made her travel here tonight.

"Or maybe you should just simply join us," he suggested which just made Ava chuckle and cross her arms a little bit. "Yeah, I don't think so, now - I suggest you listen to my advice, before I do know make sure you run for your life," she threatened him, but one could be sure she would follow up on that promise one way or the other. Mariella just looked at the hybrid for a moment, but got the feeling like she could trust her rather quickly.

Kasumi stopped breathing for a moment, as she looked at how a person dropped down from the rooftop. Landing on the ground, as if she had just taken a small jump down a chair. Blinking a little, she was taken aback by the unfamiliar aura that was around her. But even though it was a mix between what felt angelic and chaotic, it still felt god. Where the man beside her, even though his aura was alluring, it was almost like sugar. Drawing you in, making you want to eat it. And when you first did, it was very hard to stop again.
She didn’t dare to say anything, or even move away. Because it could put her in a situation where the demon beside her would react in a way, that wouldn’t help. So, she kept very still, just looking at the newcomer. Hoping whatever that was going to happen, it would end up with that he would just leave them alone. But you could never really know, now, could you?

Mariella looked shortly towards Kasumi making a small little movement with her head side to side, letting her know they shouldn't try anything. Well, even if Mariella could burn the demon so terribly that he would let go of both of them, she had no idea how it would turn out. It could just end up burning herself in the end, and she needed to be smart about this. And the hybrid seemed to somewhat know what she was doing, she needed to put a little faith in that right? However, there was no sense of fear to find in the demon, which was perhaps what Mariella feared the most of the outcome, there wasn't a little sensation in him that didn't find all of this so amusing. He just laughed, and she felt the grab on her arm more tight, which in this moment was enough for her, so she placed her free hand on top of his to burn it hard enough to actually shock him and he let go. Mariella took a few steps back, not even realizing the hybrid grabbing her arm and pulling her a little behind. Timothy even let go of the banshee because he had to look at his hand, waving it dramatically in the air and looked at it. "Son of a bitch, that actually hurt," he then stopped the motion and looked at the skin turning red. "That was not very nice now was it?" He shook his head then looking towards the banshee again making sure she wasn't running towards her friend, otherwise he would just have to grab her again now wouldn't he? Either way he grabbed her, trying to make his choice out of what would be best. Take one or two, now three. Well he had just gotten burned, now he knew and he head heard all, Bast, Kailani, Delphine, Lucille - everyone saying: if you play with fire you would get burned.

However, he made a very calculated choice, at least in his own head. Which was taking the banshee, and therefor he needed a distraction. And he had the perfect one, so looking at the fairy who had burned him there was only one good way to actually get payback for his burned hand, and it was to augment every single traceable emotion within her and wait for the bomb to explode. He started to take a few steps back, still holding his hand still on the banshee's arm. "It's alright dove," he assured Kasumi before pulling her towards the ally, keeping his eyes shortly towards the hybrid and the fairy.

Mariella had felt overwhelmed before, but it was usually with steps she could count to know that she was about to burn out. This, this was different and she couldn't even figure out where everything was coming from nor which emotion was key when everyone of them just jumped right at her at once. "Fuck," she barely heard the hybrid curse. Ava took a step back when she noticed how small sparks started to come from the fairy. Now this was one of the ways this could go, but she had so hoped it wouldn't. There was no way she was leaving Mariella alone, but she also couldn't let the demon have his way with the banshee.

Now, Ava never did anything half way - or she did, but not in cases like this. So, she had a backup plan that of course was called; getting in back up. So, even before she left she had texted Elias letting him know if she didn't respond back between this time limit, then he should open a door to this location because it meant something could have happened and she needed an extra hand. Even if right now she just felt like she needed to split herself in two.

At first Kasumi had no idea what had happened. She had seen the sparks going off, then there was the abrupt movement from the demon, as he started waving his hand around. Cursing how it had hurt. Not really understanding at first that he had let her go she just stood there starring. Confused, because she both knew that she needed to get away from him. That she should be scared, but the feelings towards him was also curious and wanted to get to know him better. Conflicted she didn’t realise that she needed to move, before it was too late. Only as she had taken one move towards Mariella, she felt his hand around her arm again, pulling her back. Her eyes looked up, as he told her that it was alright. And for that very moment, she actually believed him. Moving with him, still not grasping that she should be fighting back. That she should shout Uriel’s name. Praying that he should come and help her. Her feet almost moved on their own accord. As if she had no say in what she actually wanted. Every time her thoughts and feelings wanted to go one way; it was like someone negotiated them to go another.

Leon breathed out, as he stepped out of the library. He had been writing some of the transcripts down, making sure that he had remembered everything that needed to be conveyed to does that couldn’t be at the bigger meetings. It always took forever, even if it was now much easier than in the days where they had to write everything in hand. He walked into the kitchen, looking towards his brother. “What’s eating you up?” he asked, pulling out a soda from the fridge, the well-known sound of the fridge door closing was almost deafening in the kitchen. He pressed his brows together, finding his phone from his pocket that he had been having on silent mode as he had been working. “Something happen?” he asked again, seeing just how many messages that was popping in.

Timothy was running from the scene, or not running just moving away and as soon as he believed he was out of sight he didn't really waste time on hurrying. He had at least one of his prey with him, and he was doubting the hybrid could split herself into two. So he stopped for a moment turning towards the beautiful banshee and let his hands find her cheeks, letting his thumb caress the soft skin as his smile looked so adoring at her. "You alright - now let's go live a little," he brushed his left thumb over her lower lip before letting his hands slide from her face over her shoulders and down her arms, only grabbing one of her hands before he once again started to drag her along with him.

Her hands were shaking, barely able to focus her breathing. Not that she could remember the last time she had actually been sick, but it was perhaps the best way she could describe it, feeling both so so cold, and so warm. Having a wave of absolute bliss rush over her only lasting a second before her eyes started to water with a thick kick of sadness dropping over her, turning to anger that mixed around within seconds, each emotion trying to dominate as if she couldn't even pick one that was stronger than the other. So, she just turned around herself, trying to look for an escape, but there wasn't any and towards the end she just sat down, running the firey hands through her hair while trying to calm herself down. The hybrid sighed a little picking her phone up to send more messages, okay perhaps Elias' phone was on silent - it was on silent. She didn't have time for that.

Elias turned his head towards Leon when he came back in, had just come back from a meeting out of the country. Perks on being able to travel fast back and forth. "Ava texted me earlier, to be ready in case something would go on within these time limit. So, now I'm just waiting to see if I actually hear from her or if its a false alarm," he picked up his phone seeing a new set of messages to just come anyway. Ten of them. "The location, where the fuck is that adresse even," now Ava was Leon's friend, and Elias knew if was about getting somewhere it was because it had to be important to come there fast. Mysterious little hybrid. Elias entered the adresse on the maps. "It's that were Ella works?" Not that he wasted more of the precious time, since it seemed like Ava began to spam Leon with texts to get Elias to open that bloody door. Elias therefor hurried over to the nearest door and opened it towards the given location. [/color]

Kasumi forgot to breathe as her wide eyes were caught by the demon’s gaze. The hopeless situation about all of this, was that she actually believed him. That she was alright, and that it would be fine to go out and live a little. Something she hadn’t done, ever. Something she had always yearned for. It was scary how he almost knew these things about. A soft gasp left her, as his thumb glided over her lip. Her eyes closing for a moment, by the very small but powerful caress. Once again, the young banshee didn’t fight him, as he started dragging her along. No idea where they would end up, knowing that it wouldn’t end well. But somehow, she still wanted to see where it would take her.

Leon looked up from his phone pressing his brows together. Ava had contacted Elias? Why? He stepped towards him, putting the soda down, without opening it. Something was going down? Now his thoughts started racing, a lot of things were still going down after Adonis had gotten his heart back. There was also the matter of werewolves prowling around, that had no problem with attacking other werewolves that wasn’t part of their pack. Especially females that had knowledge about their world worked or were werewolves themselves. Ella? He widened his eyes and looked down at Elias phone. “Yes, yes, it is” his heart started beating hard against his chest “okay, let’s go” he added, nodding towards a door, not waiting another second. Even though Ava could be playful and was prone to play pranks, she wasn’t stupid nor mean. She would never call for backup, unless she really thought she needed it.

Timothy did not know where he was going, but he had no doubt that he would know once he saw the location he wanted. There were perhaps a sweet motel down the street, a charming one, he wouldn't need to stay there for long either way. He hummed a little to himself, rather happy with how this night was going for now. So, of course it was going to be celebrated, well mostly for himself. But he was of course going to take good care of the banshee, making sure her last night would be good. He did have a heart after all. At least a little one. So, he simply just guided her towards where he knew there was a place where he could get some good service.

Once the next text was sent, Ava put her phone back and focused her attention towards the fairy. Damn, that was a lot of powers binding together just to add to the fire, and thanks to Ava's abilities she was able to understand rather fast just how the empathic fire fairy's powers worked, but she could also sense they were influenced by means that it wasn't used to, overstimulated by means not even Ava couldn't find a way around, it was the demon's doing. Because she had seen his power in work, she knew i was his work. "I called in for some back up, you are going to be fine okay. Just hang on a little longer," Ava assured the fairy that seemed to be out of reach, understandable. Ava knew how crazy her visions could get ones she let them out of hand, she couldn't imagine being influenced by so many emotions at onces and not burn completely out. Mariella mostly just cursed at herself, closing her eyes shut, feeling her hands shake, just trying to force herself to breath between her small sobs, because it was getting pretty hard. Almost begging that the hybrid would just knock her out and it would be over.

Elias caught all the scents the second the door opened. Ava's, Mariella's, a banshee and a demon. Then hearing the sobbing, making him stay aide not to be tumbled down by Leon, Elias wasn't going to take any chances there. Once they were both through the door he closed it again and tugged his key away, getting closer to the firey field. Then looking towards Ava who looked over at them as she got back on her feet. "Incubus demon with some pretty nasty emotion argumentation powers - seemed like he didn't like getting his hands burned, he snuck away with the other one," Ava informed and looked towards Elias on the last comment, as a little beg of him helping her catch Timothy, because Ava couldn't really let this one slide now could she.

Where on earth was, she going? What was going on. Looking over her shoulder her eyes sought after Mariella, but there were on one behind them. At this point it dawned on her that she was alone, and panic started to spread in her chest, something was off. Even though her emotions towards the demon kept telling her that she could trust him, there was something else. That slight distrust that started growing. “Wait” she tried, feeling how he pulled her along, trying to pull her hand out of his grip. Her eyes darted towards a wall where small vines were sprouting out of it. With the twist of her hand that she had free she made them start to grow, crawling over the pavement trying to catch the demon in a grip where he it would be impossible for him to keep moving away with her.

As soon as Elias was out of the way Leon didn’t stop for nothing. He ran down the street until he saw Mariella sitting on the ground sobbing clutching her head. Gliding towards her he folded her arms around her and tried to the best of his ability to negotiate her feelings. Picking apart all of those that was trying to overwhelm her, making calmness form in her chest rather than chaos. “I’m here” he whispered, placing a hand against the back of her head, and another arm folded around her to pull her into his chest. He didn’t listen to Ava and Elias’s conversation; he was much more focused on Mariella that was feeling like she was torn apart.

His powers made him very much aware that something started to kick in her, doubt, fear, well it wouldn't be much fun if she just walked with him the entire way without a little bit of a struggle now would it? For some reason it just was feeding his apatite for chaos as she used some fancy powers to let some wines hold him, he cracked a laugh for a moment almost charmed by her effort. "Oh come on darling, we are just havin' fun, aren't we?" He said with a teethy smile playing almost like an innocent charm on his lips. Timothy tilted his head a little bit to the side, "you got some spark, I was getting afraid you would be dull," he chuckled a little bit and licked his lips before they got pulled up into that annoying smile of his. "But now come on love, you are not really scared of me - you are scared of what your friend might think, but it's okay," he assured her.

Elias already pretty much had the scent of the demon and nodded towards Ava before he shortly looked towards Leon and Mariella. He knew Leon got this one, then perhaps he could do something himself. Elias looked towards Ava before the two of them started to run of in the direction of the scent Elias had caught. Bloody incubus demons.

Her eyes shot so hard trying to let a single thought push through her mind, but the chaos was like an endless track of trains passing through without stopping for even a second. She could barely catch her breath. It was just too much at once, there wasn't even just a little glimpse of a rope to hold onto to secure he wouldn't sink to the mess. But there it was, just a little bit of free air making her gasp for air as if she hadn't been able to breath for a while, which she hadn't. I’m here, and she could feel the calmness trying to clean up the mess the demon had left behind. At first she didn't even notice he held her close, the thoughts and feelings taking on their sweet time to clear out, till she finally dragged an almost relived breath in blinking a few more tears out that softly rolled over her cheeks. Her head was buzzing, aching and she blinked a little bit still feeling disorientated by the aftermath of the attack, but at least her heart rate seemed to calm down little bit little from that alarming rate.

Her heart started beating awfully fast in her chest, almost choking her how hard it kept hammering against her chest. Pumping blood around, making it hard to focus. On how he kept twisting the small glimmer of attraction and curiosity she had about him. “Stop, stop it!” her first stop was rather meek in volume, but the second one build as she tried to back away from him. Her powers starting to get out of control. Vines growing bigger, more violently grabbing out after him, pinning him down. Foiling his plan of taking her anywhere. She looked over her shoulder, a little overwhelmed by everything and had no idea what she was going to do. Then anger flared, mostly at herself that she had been drawn in like a fly into the carnivorous plants mouth. She had someone else, someone that she loved. This wasn’t right!
A scream left her and that was when the entire wall exploded as the plant grew too big to be inside. Lashing its arms around the incubus.

Leon looked up; his brother was gone. His hand was slowly gliding over Mariella’s hair, knowing that he needed to get her away from here. But he needed his brother for that, to get back to the mansion so he could take her to his room. Give her the peace and quiet that she needed right now. “Where the Elias go?” he asked, clearly not hearing what had been going on here. Mostly just concerned in getting the many emotions tangled together to let go and calm down.

The vines grew bigger, the poor girl had no control. Such a shame, now things got less fun by the second. Not that he minded her putting him down, he just looked up at her, couldn't really hide that teethy grin as he let out a little laugh. Elias and Ava managed to get caught up with them as they had heard the scream. Seeing the girls abilities reacting Ava blinked a little, then moving towards her, "hey, hey -" trying to get the girl's attention and slowly getting closer. "It's alright, I got you," she wanted to assure the banshee. As she looked towards Elias that looked at the incubus demon pinned down. What a sight. "Oh hello, nice of you to join us too - can I," his words were cut short as a firm and precise kick managed to knock Timothy down. "Get her out of here," he waved Ava little bit away, letting her gesture the banshee out of the demon's sight. He removed some of the vines from the demon and picked him up by the neck while shaking his head. Then taking his hand up and snapped the neck, dead. Well, who was going to miss the demon? He walked over to the nearest dumpster and threw the body in before walking back towards his brother, after all that was first priority.

Mariella took a deeper breath in, blinking a little as she breathed out wanting to reply to his question. Trying to focus to her best ability on what had been going on and not the swinging emotion from left and right that just waited for the right moment to pull the strings. "My friend," she finally managed to speak in something that sounded more like a gasp. Then she heard the scream, "he took  her," was the best theory she in this state could come up with to why Elias had suddenly vanished. Not that she could hold her eyes open for long periods of the time without the pressure from her aching head consuming her. But a part of her felt more at ease knowing that the hybrid and Elias had made their way towards Kasumi. "He wanted to take us with him, so I burned him - fuck, it hurts," she mumbled a little bit, but just at least trying to give Leon some insight on what had happened here. Well in her luck the pain and chaos in her mind eased slowly with every second.

Kasumi snapped back to reality when someone spoke to her, that wasn’t the demon’s voice. Her eyes lingered at the woman that had tried to help them before.  Still not able to figure out what there was up with her aura, blinking a little, she let her arms fall down her sides. Feeling how her fingers relaxed and the giant plant she had made stopped growing. Kasumi nodded slowly, as the woman told her that it was alright and that she got her. If Mariella had trusted her more than the demon, there had to be something about it. So, she took a step towards her, to show that she believed her, and was ready to leave. Moving back down the streets to where the demon had rushed her away from, she tried to make sense of her own feelings. Not really able to relax or find her words.

That was when Leon realised that he was speaking to himself, as he saw that Ava was also missing. He shook his head a little, before turning his eyes back down at Mariella as she started speaking. He tried to hush her; she didn’t need to try to explain anything. He was sure that both Elias and Ava would come back with her friend in a minute. “It’s okay, I got you know” he mumbled, letting his fingers glide over the side of her face, starting to take away the pain that she was feeling. At least that was something he could do, and he was after all costume to pain. “There, a little better?” he whispered, looking up at Elias and Ava coming back with a very frightened banshee.

Elias caught up with the banshee and Ava, looking back shortly. Timothy looked at his body in the dumpster and shook his head. "See, that is just rude mate. Very rude," he mumbled a little bit before he followed them, or at least his spirit did.  "Fucking freaking fantastic this is, hey I'm talking to you," he noticed the werewolf running up to the hybrid and Kasumi. He followed them. That was when he realized that the banshee could hear him. " Oh, well maybe this isn't too bad after all, huh missy? Missed me?" He ran up in front of her and walked backwards, enjoying how the hybrid and the werewolf couldn't see him or hear him for that matter.  "Just the two of us, I can work with that," he looked over his shoulder as they reached the main street.  "Is there anyone I can call, or anywhere you want to rather be?" Ava then asked the poor girl, looking shortly over at Leon and the fairy before the banshee got her attention again. Elias walked closer to his brother and Mariella, wanting to make sure she was alright.

Mariella exhaled a little bit as the pain eased from her head, like most of the burden just lifted from her. "Yeah, thanks" blinking a little bit, moving her eyes up towards him to give him a little soft smile smile. Then there was the worry, raging on in the space around them. The fear, making her turn her eyes towards Kasumi, but used at least a little bit of the new found calm she had to focus on the calmness rather than the frightened banshee. Then she looked up towards Elias shortly giving him a little smile as well, before exhaling a little, leaning her head back towards Leon and took a deeper breath in. Elias gave his brother a little nod then turning his eyes back to Ava and the banshee.

Kasumi widened her eyes as she turned looking towards Timothy, as she could hear him talk. No, this wasn’t happening. Blinking a little, she noticed to late that she should have just ignored him, and he would probably just go away. But something about him, it told her that it wasn’t the last they had seen of him. Meaning there would come a time, where he was allowed back into his body. “No” she whispered licking her lips, noticing that she had answered him out loud. Her eyes looked at Mariella that was sitting on the ground with Leon’s arms around her.
“I-“ she tried to answer Ava, but Timothy was distracting her. Her eyes kept gliding towards his spirit how he looked around closing her eyes. For a moment. “Yes I, I have someone I can call” she nodded, knowing that she could call Valdemar if she needed something. He had after all been taking care of her, and she didn’t feel like going back to the dorm room with Timothy following her. She took out her phone and started finding the contact.

Leon nodded back to his brother, and got up from the ground, helping Mariella along the way. He narrowed his eyes a little as he looked at the banshee. What on earth had happened, that made her so out of it? She kept looking at something that wasn’t there. He turned towards Mariella raising a brow “Is she alright?” he asked, not in the sense of right now, but if there was something off in her head making her behave like this. Now he knew that banshees had the ability to hear and feel the dead. But he had never seen a banshee act like that.

Timothy simply just looked over Kasumi's shoulder as she went through her contacts. "Boohoo, going home already? But we were going to have so much fun together," he complained in a sigh. While letting his eyes try to catch the screen, Ava pressing her brows together. Well, it did have the perks of her being able to understand people's abilities while seeing them in action more and more, so it didn't take her long till she realized the girl was a walking ghost whisperer. In more ways then just being a banshee. "Okay, I will wait with you," she gave the banshee's arm a comforting squeeze before looking towards Leon. "She is seeing ghosts, I'm guessing the one you killed seconds ago," she moved her eyes towards Elias. Now, how was he to know that the banshee was a medium or that the bastard would haunt her after. It just made him sigh slightly annoyed. Timothy looked towards Elias, "yes that's right. You thought you could get rid of me pretty boy, ha, you can't, fuck I forgot he can't hear me. Do you mind translating?" He looked towards Kasumi again.

Mariella would have loved to explain that Kasumi could get overwhelmed by spirits and ghosts, as she let Leon help her back up standing. The fairy had a flair for becoming friends with people who also had something they were rather sensitive around, Kasumi with spirits and Hannah with her senses - what a team. But it also seemed like the hybrid had the information figured out. "And he is not going to stay dead either -" Ava sighed a little bit. Now she could only pull out strings where the guy would be trouble to countless of people, almost giving her a headache by the thought of it. "So, can I drop his body in the bottom of the ocean with an anchor and just hope he stays there?" Timothy looked at Elias with big eyes, "How - how dare you? - I don't like him. Please tell him that," the demon ghost crossed his arms not approving on the werewolf's choice of words. Mariella folded her lips a little bit, not really moving away from Leon just keeping him close towards her, while looking at Elias, not that she ever thought killing someone was the answer to anything, but she knew it had been in his best interest to do so.