Demon Hunters; FOR Hire

[Neow46]

"Heh... don't worry about the cloths, they were honestly ruined when i was first slashed like this..."


He winces in pain as angel used what she could to seal up his wound.... relieving some stress on his own magics as he lets the blood clot into the fabric to stop from bleeding out further... He began to feel a little dizzy...


Neow raised an Eyebrow at Angel about escape though.


"We cleared out the lower floors remember? And shouldn't there be more of the order on their way? Or did they straight up tell us to die and the paramedics too??"


Damnit.... Neow Thought....


Sure, we could head up to the roof but the last lord and whatever the hell else is there is up there too... and what about that guy over there?


Neow looked at the First lord, still sitting around basically brain dead, moaning in dull pain with his injuries....


"I... i suppose we could try the roof... but i think that last lord and that cultists are probably in between us and the.... I think our best bet would be heading back downstairs... im pretty sure that guy over there wont be going anywhere soon.... Still. did they seriously not say anything about sending more of the order over to at least fucking help us?! They could just escort the medics themselves!"


Neow Questioned Angel as he let her Help him up...

 

[ConverseGhost]

She shook her head, helping him up easily. "Downstairs got sealed off, remember? Our only way out was up. Besides, they could get you to a hospital faster in a heli. They know I can take them all. I just need to make sure you're alright. Can't worry about you when I'm fighting off a Lord," Angel grunted, throwing his arm over her shoulder.


Neow was heavier than she thought but he was still manageable. Taking his knife in her jaws, she started up, knowing the copter would be here soon.


"Alright, Neow. I'm guessing your specialty is magic. I got a little in me and I need you to take it. Both for your health and to cast a silence spell.The more we're able to sneak, the better chances we have at both surviving this," her voice low and still understandable around the knife.


Angel shot him a dark look that told him not to ask about magic, let alone talk too much about it. Her heart pounded at the thought of it once more being taken from her, but she knew it needed to be done.


Her memories started to fold back, remembering the days in her dark room, the green lights hazy and beautiful over her eyes. Drunken laughter and all of that glass...She growled and started up the stairs, her paws surprisingly already quiet but her breathing now labored. Her tail drug behind them, wincing when it began to thump against the stairs.

 

[Neow46]

(ill get to posting when i can, this week's been ULTRA busy especially with my crew over at AG)

 

[ConverseGhost]

((Crew? AG? You in a dance group? Sorry, none of my business (':3) ))

 

[Neow46]

(Nawww its cool, Crew as in group aha, Like, i just accept like, another 3 charas recently when there's already like 15 charas/14 players already involved :'D , and then i got like school n shit to deal with sobs lmao, plus like having to always keep my eyes on the AG skype group to make sure no one's fighting wheee :'D )

 

[ConverseGhost]

((Ah, I'll leave you to it then! ( ) ))

 

[Neow46]

(Dont worry though! im planning to getting some posts done tonight, including here for you () )

 

[Neow46]

"I'm not sure that's a good Idea Angel..." he coughed....


"i dont understand what you mean exactly... it isn't a matter about magic... It's souls that i use to.." he coughed again, a small amount of blood spitting out of his mouth.


"Specifically D-demon souls..... But... a quieting spell shouldn't be too taxing..."


Even if he wanted to, he already stated before that he didn't even know how to sap the energy or whatever from mortals... only demons... let alone the unnatural consequences it could have...


Neow's chest glowed slightly bright as he focused some of hi energy into creating a sort of magical sound barrier around the two of them, while their own echoes and sounds literally echoed to them, nobody on the outside shouldn't be able to hear them


Angel's own movements worried Neow Somewhat as he basically held onto her as best he could... a lot of his weight on hers as he kept his ears out for anything that might have been following them, despite the sound barrier he created around the two of them...


Behind him he could hear armored footsteps....


"Angel..." He whispered to her...


"The last one's gaining on us..."


There was almost a quiver in his voice... a hint of fear....


You don't exactly plan on dying this young.... but it's probably part of the job....


However, Neow lets out a grateful sigh as they reach the Top of the stairs to a closed door labeled "ROOF"


He had hoped the rest of the damn order would be up here before...


The metallic footsteps grew louder behind Angel and Neow farther down the dark stairwell...


Fuck Fuck Fuck!


"Angel, You TOLD them to send reinforcements right?" Neow questioned Angel again out of desperation as he helped try to bust the lock on the door....

 

[ConverseGhost]

Angel's hearing was a bit...fuzzy at the moment in time, so the faint footsteps never reached her. She just kept moving. But she could feel Neow tense in her arms and she moved faster, for fear he was going into shock.


"Don't...hurt yourself," she was beginning to pant, the stairs going on forever.


"Oh thank G-" she smiled at the door. But she was interrupted by the sounds of those hammering footsteps, faster than her heart. "Why can't...the world give me...a fucking BREAK!" she snarled angrily and kicked out at the door, her right hind paw hitting inches away from the handle. It busted open, not caring if the Lord heard her. The doorway was small, anyways.


"You heard...me call...them. Did I...ask for backup?" she tried to sound irritated but only coming out scared and panicked. Angelus could hear the fear in his voice as well, shivering softly at his voice so close.


As she pulled him out onto the sun bleached rooftop, the chopper was in sight, growing louder every second. A whine formed in the back of her throat, her ears starting to buzz metallically. But she stopped herself, moving faster now that it would be soon when the Lord made it up to them.


"Come on...don't...jinx it..." she whispered, voice barely audible in the wind and the blades. What she didn't expect, however, were the three Hellhounds waiting at the roof edge, now plundering towards them.

 

[Neow46]

(THIS WEEKEND HAS NOT BEEN GOOD FOR ANY RPING AT ALL FOR ME


*SOBBING*


ILL TRY AND POST TOMORROW AAAAA)

 

[ConverseGhost]

((Of course. It's my birthday today ))

 

[Neow46]

(O FUK


HAPPY BIRTHDAY GAURDIA


THINK YOUDVWANT ANYTHING DRAWN FOR YOU?


Icankindadothat


Even tho I got no computer access)

 

[ConverseGhost]

((Thank you but did you just drink coffee? Lol, sure, if you wanna draw Angel but only if you have time. You seem pretty busy, you know?))

 

[Neow46]

(Nah no coffee, I'm just expressing the STRESS I am under aha, and yeah I'd love to later when I eventually get home and after I get AG stuff done ~ if you have a picture reference that'd the great! Hope you're having a good birthday today though!! My bday is actually on the 21st aha)

 

[ConverseGhost]

((Ah this 21st? I'll be sure to wish you a good one. I can PM you it later on, alright?))

 

[Neow46]

(yeah that'd be totally fine~ and thank youuuu, hope you had a good one too tho!!!)


(Also... uhh im not entirely sure where to go from here.... take it away with the chopper i guesssss?)


"Ohhh shhiIIITTT!"


Neow yelled aloud as the three sudden hellhounds charged at him and Angel, both of them completely defenseless.....


Suddenly, a distance shot was heard, and immediately one of the Hell hounds took a silver bullet straight through the brain matter, it's body tumbling forward as another shot kills the second and then quickly the third...


"How the fuck did those get up here?!"


Neow exclaimed in Surprise as he practically clung to Angel in fright and surprise...


More gunshots could be heard around the building far below...


Neow looked back at the stairwell... the Lord didn't seem to follow, probably knew that they called for backup....


The chopper landed as quickly as possible, ready to pick Neow and Angel up...


"What the fuck is going on down there?!" Neow yelled over the the Helicopter, refering to whatever the hell all the fighting down below was...


Taking a peek over the edge, Neow spotted entire waves of Demon's going up agianst a squad from the order....


"Oh my god..." he silently mouthed at the scene down below...


"The portal.. it wasn't an escape.. it was an entry way...."


He said in horror, unsure if Angel could hear him or not over the

 

[ConverseGhost]

Angel stifled a moan as the shot pierced her ear, narrowly missing tripping over her own tail. She pushed against the wind the chopper made and handed Neow off to the paramedic.


"Geez, you kiss your mother with that mouth?" she mumbled under her breath, struggling to breathe deeply like she needed to.


"Alright, you take care. I have to get down there, there are people hurt worse than me. Just so you know, I'll be checking up on you. I have to," she gave a smile and pulled a necklace from under her shirt. It was a pair of dog tags, the name ANGELUS DARKMANE written boldly across. Angel tugged it off and put it in his hand then took his blade, winking.


"See you soon," she backed away. A medic put two silver pills in her paw and she gulped them down dry. Her eyes went a little glassy and Angel seemed not to feel her the pain of her wounds. Even her tail lifted off the ground.


She waved them away, the chopper lifting off and away, now heading for the hospital.

 

[Neow46]

(I'm not too certain of where to go from here.


Uhhhh should I control npcs for you orrrr)

 

[ConverseGhost]

((Only if you wanted to but I wasn't really up for more fighting by myself. Maybe we could skip to a week or some days afterwards, when he's strong enough to go get his blade back))

 

[Neow46]

(Fine by me then, also you still haven't sent me that visual reffffffffff)


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Two Weeks Later





"It's been two weeks now since the Ashbourne incident today, Still no word from either The Military or The Order, But reports say the small town continues to remain quarantined, and News reporters here at the borders say-"


-Click-


Neow shut off the TV, not wanting to hear anymore about Ashbourne as it's all they've been talking about on the media and the speculation of a Demon invasion...


"As if politics and celebrities were annoying enough..."


Neow muttered to himself mindlessly as he rested on his small couch in his apartment...


He was shirtless and in a pair Pj's, many layers of bandages layered over his right shoulder where he had received that nasty slash from that shape-shifter....


He took a drink of water that was on his coffee table, downing some anti-biotics and painkillers while he was at it, shuddering at the taste as he sighed...


They said he was going to go back into service tomorrow, even though he was still recovering from the incident, they said they needed him and Angel's to cover some other small jobs while the Order focused mot of it's efforts onto preventing and covering up the obvious upcoming Apocalypse....


Either way, Last Neow heard anything from Angel was back when she said goodbye at the Chopper... The bureaucrats at the Order said she made it out alive and did some other things.... They said they'd arrange for her to come by and drop off his Silver knife today here at his apartment....


Should be here soon Neow thought, checking the time it was about 1:00pm....


I wonder how she's been doing since the incident... wait, is she.... free today possibly...?

 

[ConverseGhost]

It had been a bit since the accident, probably two weeks. Maybe a week and some days, Angel was never one to count her hours. Unless it meant she was paid for them. But the O did that for her, so she was still dizzy on the days. Especially after getting her ears fixed and that bite purged and sown up.


This was the place, right? Angelus looked at her phone and nodded. She wore a black tee with a grey zip up hanging loosely on her shoulders. Out of the left cuff of her black jeans, on her haunch, was white gauze poking out, covering the bite on of those nasty Hellhounds administered. Her eyes were a pure gold, all green erased. There was a heavy round object in her right hoodie pocket, it gently thumping against Neow's knife stuck in her brown leather belt.


Her knock was firm but quiet, cautious of her own sensitive ears. She could hear him moving around, so it wouldn't be long. Even so, she leaned a bit onto her right leg. There was no limp, just less pressure. Her tail moved fine, something she had been praying for the entire time she'd been fighting.


The O must've known they were a "good" team, as someone described it in the paperwork, so they had set them together once more to clean up something else. What it was, she didn't know but hoped that it didn't involve too much leg work.


There was a smidgen of nervousness in her eyes, not from meeting up with Neow but of what she'd done before hand. Would they know it was her or just assume it was someone else? She'd have to wait until they call to tell her the 'devastating' news.

 

[Neow46]

Neow heard a quiet knock shortly afterwards, his ears perking up in surprise...


"Uhh, just a minute!" he called out to whoever seemed to be knocking as he stood up and quickly turned into the hallway leading to his room and quickly picking up a shirt at random on the floor and throwing it over himself, hiding the faintly glowing crystalline structure that was embedded within his chest...


After throwing on his shirt, Neow approached the door to his apartment, looking through the peep-hole and seeing Angel standing there waiting...


Unlocking the door, Neow opened it up, allowing Angel to see the inside of his small apartment...


"Heyyyy, Uhmm, Welcome? Come on in, sorry about the mess over there..."


Looking around, Angel would see a small kitchen to the right with a small bar and dining table, to the left was the sort of living room area with a couch and coffee table messy with all sorts of medication, bowls, and cups and some equipment and a cell phone somewhere in the mess, beyond that was a glass door with blinds out to a tiny balcony with a plastic chair and table, and in front of the entry led a hallway down to three other rooms...


The place wasn't really decorated besides a few generic pictures of landscapes here and there, and it was otherwise a relatively clean place, although a little dusty....


Neow went over to the small kitchen area with the bar, opening the fridge and looking around inside it.


"You uhh, want anything? I got Mt dew, sprite, water, juice...."


Neow asked Angel, giving a curious look her as he grabbed a jug of fruit juice he had for himself...

 

[ConverseGhost]

Angel chuckled softly, walking inside gracefully despite her injury. "You have a lovely home. A water would be nice. I don't...drink. Wow my life sounds boring," she smiled at herself. Angel moved to the balcony, looking outside. "I brought you some gifts," she turned back to him, setting the knife on the table.


"I caught that last Lord. I knew you didn't get all of the souls so I snagged one of these for you," she pulled out the object from her pocket. It was an ebony orb, cold as she put it in his hand. "I forgot what its called but I call it an orb. It can hold souls. Anyways, I captured the soul for you so you could have. A little thank you," she shrugged.


"I you look better. Well, in comparison to the last I saw of you. How's that shoulder feeling? I expect the Hospital took as good of care as they did for me," she looked up to her swiveling ears and her tail waved. "You get some...pain killers?" she raised an eyebrow at multipliable bottles of pills.

 

[Neow46]

Neow's jaw dropped as Angel explained about the orb.


"Holy shit... T-they really let you do that?!"


He said, astonished as he placed the drinks down on the coffee table and took the smooth black orb in his hand, the Order's symbol stamped on it's side.


Neow adjusted his glasses as he studied all about the cold hard orb,


"I uhh... Think they're called Soul prisons, they use these to prevent high ranking Demons from resurrecting back in their realm... They never bother to issue these to normal hunters like us though..." Tiny tiny grooves were all in its surface despite feeling completely smooth, no doubtly they were what kept the soul inside of the orb...


"I... I uhh assume you lied about capturing the soul then to keep the Order from getting this?"


Neow asked almost timidly, still astonished with the object he now held...


"Y-you know what, forget it..."


He looked at Angel with a rather sincere smile on his face, gratitude filling his body.


"Thank you..." He said calmly, looking back down at the orb and the Order's seal on it as he let his train of thought bring him back to reality.


"Yeah, I'm doing a lot better... Hurts from time to time if I move it too much but that's what pain killers are for.... A lot of those are actually supplements I take to stay physically fit heh-heh...." He rubbed the back of his head nervously, looking at all the bottles on the table...


"Otherwise, some of those are allergy and anti-biotics for any stray demon blood they might have missed... Outside of Order work, I don't really get too much exercise since I mostly work here at home with my part time job and uh.... My hobbies..." Neow smiled nervously as he sat down on his couch, looking back and forth at Angel, the knife, and the orb.


"You're looking really well too though! I'll give those guys at the order credit for covering the bills though, I can't understand how people live with those kinds of bills without any kind of insurance for just day to day injuries!" Neow said, just trying to keep a convo going...


A little bit of silence passes though as Neow takes a good drink of the juice he got...


"So, I assume you got today off?" He asked Angel curiously.


"Or you here to tell me that we got a job to head off to?"

 

[ConverseGhost]

Angel smiled carelessly and leaned against the table, taking a sip of her water. Her left leg hung inches above the ground, trying to keep it from touching the ground. It didn't hurt but it also wasn't comfy walking on a giant pile of stitches. But thats what painkillers are for. They were definitely hesitant to give them to her..."That's good. Don't worry, I'm not one to pry. You don't have to tell me your entire back story."


"That orb ain't mine, so I have to return it to a friend. It was...off the record, regarding the O. They don't need to know everything..." her last sentence seemed to hold more meaning to it then she lead on but she quickly stomped out the possibility of him asking. "But you can have it until next week. I've never absorbed a soul before," she stared at the orb with curious eyes.


"Today? Oh..." she frowned, looking to him. "O told me that you needed me to help you. Are you sure...?" she stood, sniffing the air. Her ears spun like radars, closing her eyes as she listened. Nothing. Only her heartbeat and the cars outside. And she could smell only Neow. She stopped, hearing only her heartbeat. She turned to him, opening her eyes. "Neow...Are you alright?" her voice softer, taking a step towards him.