I turn to let out a breath of relief, but that is immediately cut off, and I almost cry. Now that I’m closer and there are not as many people to block my view, I have a clearer view of thewomanwho blew dust in Levi’s face. First, she’s no woman. Try a female demon with wicked horns, a tail, and a bifurcated tongue. Second, her tits have to be fake to be able to pull off the Jessica Rabbit look and not wear a bra. How do I know she’s not wearing one, you ask? Because her naked chest is rubbing up against my man, or they would be if my shield wasn’t protecting him from actual contact.
Well, I set out thinking everyone on this level was innocent, but I might just have to kill a bitch.
Stepping closer, I catch sight of Levi’s eyes and notice that his pupils are completely blown. His jaw is clenched, and the muscles in his neck are throbbing like he’s fighting whatever the dust has done to him. Ryker is nowhere to be seen, and I just sent out my fucking backup. Great, well, first thing is first, save my man, kill the bitch touching him if she doesn’t back off, and then find my sex demon.
I step in front of Levi and push the bitch off of him. Her eyes widen as she focuses on me and snarls. Most of the people here who have been under the influence, I would say, have all had one thing in common: they have all been swaying or moving to the beat of the music. Either fucking, sucking, dancing, or swaying along with the beat, they all go along with it. This lady is standing right here, same as me, which leads me to believe she’s either immune or not entranced somehow. Now, the question is why?
“He’s mine,” she growls out and slashes toward me with her claws. I block her throw and kick, pushing her back into the fray of demons gyrating to the music on the dance floor. Or at least I think they are dancing. For all I know, they’re fucking to the rhythm and beats.
“Leviathan, aren’t you supposed to be marrying my cousin,” Angel says, walking up to him and trying to touch him, only to yelp in pain and grip her hand to her body. “What have you done to him?” she yells, accusing me.
I pull my scythes free and step in between Levi and Angel. “No. What areyoutrying to do with him?” I counter.
She looks at me and laughs. “Do you even know how to use those?” she taunts. “You might be able to dress the part, but we both know you’re nothing but a waste of space,” she says. She snaps her fingers, transforming her outfit to look similar to mine. Instead of scythes, though, she’s holding broad swords.
“Are you sure you can hold those,” I taunt back. “Here I thought you were too dumb to be left alone with scissors.”
She purses her lips and twirls her swords in an intricate pattern but pauses as I feel Levi move behind me.
“Rez, will you stop fucking around. We need to get out of here,” Ryker calls, and I turn just enough to see him and Levi behind the bar now.
Oh shit! When did he unfreeze?
I quickly attach my scythes just as I hear Angel scream and charge the bar. I crawl up and drop hard, wincing at my wound as her swords come through the other side, inches away from my face.
“As much as I enjoy you on your knees, now is not the time,” Ryker says, helping me to my feet and dragging me toward the end of the bar. Levi leads us down the bar and pulls up the bar door as we slip through. We say fuck it while stepping over the last couple fucking in the doorway only to scramble out to find that not only are our friends safe and sound, but a few look extremely pissed.
Knots is pacing back and forth, and Baron is gone. Instead, Slayer keeps pace with Knots, his tentacles blocking his path back to the building.
“There you are!” he yells.
“Keep it to yourself,” Levi tells him. “We have less than an hour to get to our safe house. Did anyone see which way to go when you flew out of the building?” He turns to Knots, JP, Lynx back in his animal form, and Zeke. Thankfully, the latter looks better.
Ryker grabs my arm, getting my attention while showing me his right hand. The hand that was wrapped around my waist a moment ago. There’s blood covering his fingers. “Mind telling me where this came from?” he demands in a low voice.
My jaw drops as the words escape me for what to say to get out of this quickly, but thankfully, JP saves the day, pulling our attention to him.
“Yeah, I could see the next level to the left, and I think I saw parts of the stairs that way,” JP calls out, pointing off to the right.
“Goddess, this isn’t over,” Ryker growls as we take off running.
Fuck.I was hoping this could go unnoticed, but since Ryker obviously has, it’s not something I can brush under the rug.
As we run, I check everyone’s shield, and thankfully, I’m able to reinforce them while we go. I don’t know what happened to my power in the building when trying to blast Angel, but at least I can still use my shield. As it turns out, we don’t have to run into any more buildings, but a few Demons and other creatures do try to approach us. For once, I don’t even have time to react, and it’s Moni who plays the hero and booms them away with her small sonic booms. It turns out our time with L.A.M.B. was beneficial to all of us.
“There!” JP calls out just as we make out the stairs heading down. As quickly and safely as we can manage, we make it down the stairs and stop at the building before us.
“You’ve got to be kidding me,” Lynx says, shifting back into his human form.
“Whoever’s idea it was to have us run from lust and find sanctuary in a church is my type of people.” JP chuckles.
“I wouldn’t say that,” Knox says, back in his human body and opening the door for us to walk through.
“Why do you say that?” JP asks.
“Remember what’s on level three. Rage, Prince Azazel,” Knox answers.
“Oh yeah. That’s probably not good,” Moni says, walking in and disappearing with Chester by her side.
