Kasadya Hellhound Twisted (27 page)

“Of course, never know when your expertise would be required.” I walked past him to stand next to Caim.

His face said it all, Kas two and Chax still zero. “Kas, you’re playing with death,” Caim whispered next to me.

“Oh I don’t know, Caim, it’s
so much fun,” I replied, giving him my devil smile. He shook his head, not impressed with my answer. I just ignored him and continued on. The streets were so quiet and dark I could see why demons would like to hunt here. Perfect place and camouflage for night time hunts.

Three hours later and all we could find were two drunken men, and a lot of cats. Being so close to the sea I presumed that the cats were here for any fish scraps from the boats. We reached the highest point of the town and turned to look down at the harbour and streets below. To our right Max and the others were joining us. “Found anything?” Chax asked them.

“Yeah! Dude, this place has a serious cat problem. Don’t get me wrong, I like cats, but this is a little too much,” Nanini complained.

“Okay, let’s do one more walk and then call it a night,” Chax ordered. Nanini moaned so loud two cats joined in. Walking in front, Chax and Max split up, and then stopped their heads lifting in the air as if they smelled something. I stopped to look at them; maybe they picked up a demon’s scent. They do smell awful sometimes. Chax stepped back and shook his head, Max bent forward.

“Um, what’s wrong with the guys?” Nanini asked behind me. I turned my head to look at her and found the rest of the guys also on their knees. Okay, was this some new ritual?

I glanced back at Chax and Max, and looked straight into Chax’s huge eyes. “Run,” he gasped out, also going to his knees.

He didn’t need to invite me twice. Transforming, I pulled my swords and turned around looking for the danger. “Christ,” Caim mutter next to me. I looked down at him and saw the distress in his face.

Kali came to stand next to me, her swords also drawn. “What is going on, Kas?” she asked, her eyes scanning the darkness. Lotan and Ben were grunting as if in pain. Ryan kept holding his head, like he had a headache. Just then Chax flew up and turned towards a small, dark alley. Max and the rest did the same.

“Chax, what are you doing?” I growled out. I didn’t like this, not one bit. The hair on my arms was standing up and I got that weird feeling that we had some company. He ignored me and continued on. Furious, I shifted in front of him and grabbed his shirt. He pushed me away and stormed on right into the dark alley.

“Kas, this is getting super weird,” Nanini complained.

“I don’t know what’s up, just stay with them,” I replied, moving to stand next to Chax and Max. “Max, what the hell are you guys doing?” I asked Max. But just like Chax he was ignoring me. A giggle came from the darkness and I turned to it, ready for action. Another giggle came from my left. Crap, this is not good. The guys were moaning and trying to stay put, and to move forward at the same time. Kinda creepy in a way, it almost looked like they were practicing Zombie moves.

“Well now, what do we have here … some juicy fallen males to play with?” a woman’s voice came from my right. I watched as a woman stepped out of the darkness, dressed in what looked like skank gear. She stopped, her blood red lips curling into a smile.

“So much fun for all of us,” another one announced. Now looking around us we were surrounded by six women, all dressed like they escaped the local brothel. Max moved to the one closest to him, so I grabbed his shirt and yanked him down to his butt.

“Kali?” I asked, not knowing what the hell is going on. Caim now moved to the one in front of him, I grabbed him and shoved him into Ryan’s body.

“Kas, they are Haplai’s,” Kali snapped from behind me. Oh crap! Just then, Chax turned and punched me in the face. I kept my footing and returned the favour, knocking him onto his butt. Max was on Nanini, a hold around her neck. A pink light indicated she was about to fry his ass, and boom Max went flying backwards.

“Kas, what do we do?” Lada cried out, pushing Caim away from her. Abby had a hard time with Ben and Ryan both trying to grab her. Well this is going to be fun.

“Knock them out,” I ordered and sent my sword’s backend straight into Chax skull. He staggered forward and then dropped.

“Kas!” Abby yelled behind me.

I turned and caught the triumphant smile on Nanini’s face when she advanced on Max. Oh I am going to hear about it tomorrow. I grabbed Ben and hit him with my sword, too, but unlike Chax he didn’t go down. Crap. He looked up at me, and by then my fist was already at his face, the sound echoing in the alley. He was out cold. Turning around, I saw Kali head butting Ryan and sending him to the ground. A quick look around and all the guys were out cold.

Out cold yeah, but splayed around and unable to be defended like that. I picked up Ben and threw him in the middle followed by Chax and Caim. The girl’s quickly added the rest of them, all piled up in a heap. Now we turned, ready to take on the witches, who now stood in their demon forms. They still had their skank body shape but a tipped tail, scales, and a dead ugly face were all visible. Laughing, another female came walking out of the darkness, clapping her hands together. “Well done girls, but how long will they be out like that?” she asked, coming to stand in front of me. She is right, with our healing abilities they will be up in a minute or two, and we would have to knock them out again.

“Abby, take them home and keep them there,” I instructed. The air rippled and I knew she’d shifted them out with her Corra connection. Now all that remained were girls.

“Well done, hellhound, now we can talk in private,” the
female continued. She had a slim figure like a model, long black hair falling over her shoulders and clear blue eyes.

“As if,” I replied, keeping the others in the corner of my eye.

“That death charm my brother placed is a pain, hey?” she goaded me. Brother? No freaking way!

“Are you saying that you’re  one of the princes?” I asked, smothering my laugh. She didn’t look impressed with me; in fact, she looked pretty pissed off.

“I am Luxuria,” she stated, turning into a pink version of Ballen.

Yip, I broke out laughing my ass off. This was just too much. I heard Nanini say something about that’s not funny, but I just couldn’t stop laughing. “Silence!” Luxuria yelled, pissed off at us.

“I so make that look good,” Nanini pitched in and I started laughing again. The tears were running down my eyes.

“Imbecile! I came here to offer you another option for the death charm!” she yelled. Now that had me sucking in my laugh.

“I’m listening,” I said after I got my breath back.

“What death charm is this chick talking about?” Nanini asked.

“Yeah, might want to let us in on what’s going on here, Kas,” Lada agreed with her. Pushing out a breath, I turned to look at them, trying to figure out how to explain this. Kali wasn’t impressed at all.

“The night we returned to Exsilium, Kali was taken by Gluttire. He placed a death charm around her neck that will slowly choke her to death, until it finally decapitates her. He wants me to get some things for him from Exsilium in order to remove the charm,” I explained short and sweet, not giving away anything about the relics.

“Why haven’t you told us about it?” Lada asked, her eyes furious.

“Yeah, what the hell, Kas?” Nanini pitched in.

Shaking my head, I tried to explain, “It wasn’t like that; this isn’t something we can run around with. If Chax finds out you guys know what he would do, I can’t let that happen.”

“So you thought we would run to Chax and tell him about it?” Lada questioned. Crap.

“No, I just didn’t want to put anyone else in danger with this. Kali and I already have a plan of action, and by this time tomorrow the charm will be removed,” I assured her.

“Might want to rethink that, hellhound,” the demon added.

I turned to look at her. “You said you had another option?” I changed that subject to the one at hand.

She looked at Kali and smiled. “I will remove the charm, in return for my own collection,” she explained. Hell, from one psycho demon to another, these guys just don’t give up.

“Yeah, don’t think so,” I replied, readying my swords for the fight.

Her eyes returned to mine. “This will not only benefit me. I know what is happening to you, and if I am not mistaken you need this, too,” she chimed. Yeah, psycho I tell you.

“Sorry, not interested,” I replied. I already have one demon prince to deal with sure as hell I’m not going to include a princess on my to-do list.

“Fine, but remember one thing, hellhound. She will die. And you’re going to die with her.” She shrugged and turned around. Crap, I hate this.

“And with you there will be no death?” I inquired.

Turning her head back to me, she smiled. “Not yours or the harpy, but others, yes. I have a very delightful task for you,” she purred.

“Yeah, that doesn’t sound like me, sorry,” I declined her offer. She nodded to her Haplai’s and they returned to their normal form and shifted away.

She turned, looking at us. “When the time comes, call my name and I will come to you, hellhound.” Her eyes turned to Kali. “Sometimes your enemy can help find another,” she finished and shifted out.

We stood there in silence, looking at the spot she had just been standing in. What does she mean by that? “Okay, you two have some major explaining to do. I would start now before the guys get here,” Lada broke the silence. Taking a deep breath, I turned to look at them. Kali was furious, her face giving it away. Nanini and Lada were standing their ground and waiting for the explanation.

“I have to find the blood relics, and take it as payment to Gluttire,” I confessed. Their eyes went huge, like bowl huge.

“Are you joking?” Lada almost whispered.

I shook my head and looked at Kali. “No, unfortunately not. This is the deal Gluttire gave me. And you just heard the other option,” I replied. Lada looked at Kali then and Nanini, who was jumping from one foot to the other.

“If I remember correctly, you’re going to need all the help you can get. My father spoke of a guardian protecting them, and in his stories not even Chax could defeat this guardian,” Lada explained.

“You know of this relic stuff and where it’s located?” I asked, intrigued.

She nodded. “And you’re going to need some of the guys, too. Trust me, when you open that gate, all hell will break loose.”

“That won’t be an option. You know Chax would find out about it,” I dismissed her, transforming back to normal and sliding in my swords.

“Kas, you don’t have a choice. Whatever this guardian is, it’s so scary that my father spoke of it in whispers. You need more power to take it on. And you don’t have much of a choice anymore,” she pressed, calling me out.

That’s so unfair. Furious, I looked at Kali. “Let’s just get it over with, Kas,” she replied, her eyes showing her sadness.

“If Chax finds out we are screwed,” I moaned.

“Then we make sure he doesn’t find out,” Lada pushed.

“Yeah well if we all go missing in action, don’t you think he would notice!” I yelled at her.

“Not if you know how to avoid him,” Lada explained.

“Yeah, and we know just how to do that. What, you think we have been playing house with Chax all this time? Dude, come on! We would be like totally crazy by now. Nope, we learned how to ditch Chax pretty quickly,” Nanini also explained.

Defeated by my own gang of girls, yeah that would just be my luck. “Okay, but you guys need to be discreet. Don’t let him find out because, girls, we will all be dead,” I finished. And it would seem just in time. The boys shifted in, weapons drawn and ready to kick butt.