Waiting (( Open))

[Roman]

With Adrian working on the leg he had a hold of with his blade, and the demon huntress ontop of him with a hold of his head, putting him in a very compromising position with a blade to his throat, anyone who walked in at that precise moment would have wondered how Roman was able to do what he was about to do. A dark chuckle passed him mouth, low at first, but heightening as the girl ontop of him grilled him for answers. There was no logical explaination for this, his body ached from the attacks as they kept them coming, he could feel the blood pouring out of his leg as the knife engaged in his veins. But he continued his maniacal laughing.

There was only one demon Roman knew in his life who had taken on a hunter's family, it was the same demon who lived his life destructing anyone and everyone in his path. That demon just so happened to be Liam, Roman's very own brother. From the description the huntress had made, it was very likely it was in fact that demon, however Roman wasn't one to give up information so quickly. And he didn't very much feel as though he had to worry so much about it either for he felt something, a presence inching closer to the house as they spoke and continued working on him, it seemed liked the girl would get her chance to ask this very demon questions herself.

[Liam]

Liam walked along side Tiffany when he began having an odd feeling about his brother Roman. He was in trouble, deep trouble, something that they were able to sense about each other. This was something that had a tendancy to piss Liam off, Roman had a habit of going around messing around with people just because it was fun, as it seemed this time though, Roman had pissed off the wrong person.

He tried to keep this a secret from Tiffany and placed a hand on her back gently pushing her towards a small beaten path which would lead them to a fair sized farm house, this was where he had been sensing Roman. " C'mon." Liam said, he was now quickening his pace, he didn't slow down until he reached a clearing to the yard where he was now looking directly at the house, the house Roman was in, hurting bad.

[Tiffany]

Tiffany couldn't understand at first, but obliged to Liam's directions and walked quickly with him. In a few minutes, they got across a house and it was when she felt the familiar presence in the house, along with some strangers. Some noises could be heard from here, there was seemingly a ruckus inside and it took only one glance to Liam's eyes to understand that Roman was troubled in there.

Not wasting any second, Tiffany went and kicked the house's door open, then dashed in, feeling Liam's heat following. The sounds were coming from above so she walked to the stairs and looked up from there: She could see Roman's injured leg from here, and some guy slashing his leg, yet Roman's psychotic laughters were echoing through the house. There was also the voice of some girl, and Tiffany also saw the girl who Roman had obsessed with, standing above the others. She didn't know what her role was in this nor she cared; seeing her friend beaten by hunters was frustrating enough. Though, they seemed too preoccupied with their jobs it was likely that they didn't realize the new presences, only Roman perhaps. So Tiffany glanced at Liam, silently asking what they should do now.

[Angel Killer]

Angel stood watching the small woman mount Roman's back, while this was being done, she could hear, not see ( thankfully too) the sound the blade was making as it dug on the inside of Roman's leg. As the woman had Roman in this compromising position, she heard Roman's voice clearly than the others. On the outside he was laughing, not directly answering her question, but his mind echoed a name; Liam.

She stood still, her hatred for Roman growing as she stood there staring at him. It was illogical to feel this much hatred towards him, but it wasn't until now she realized why she hated seeing the demon, now of all days. It was because of him. Luke's death, she would never of went to warn Luke, and he wouldn't have been shot. He wouldn't have been dead right now.

Angel glared at him, if the others didn't kill him first she would go after him, she knew where the bastard lived and she would pay him a visit, killing Roman in his own home. That was if these two didn't beat her to it, either way, she would have the satisfaction of seeing him die.

[Akeelah]

There had been a lot of things that Akeelah expected the demon to do after she spoke. Grovel, cry, curse or cuss her off, but laughter? That was new, and given the situation Roman was in it really was unexpected. He wasn’t even crying in pain while Adrian went to work on his leg. Akeelah couldn’t see what the boy was doing in this position but the scent of blood was hanging heavy enough in the air that she could tell he was doing major damage. She applied more pressure to the blade, not enough to do any serious damage but it was enough to draw a thin line of blood. A warning and nothing more, and it would be his last.

“Is that your final answer?” she asked, no emotion in her voice as he spoke. If this was some sad final attempt at rebellion, something he was doing just to get her riled up he was sadly mistaken. His silence would have no effect on her, if she could not get the answers she wanted from this one there were plenty of other demons that she could try instead. Either ways this one was finished as far as she was concerned. They had him subdued and all it would take was one final move to end it all. Unless someone tried to interfere they had Roman exactly where they wanted him.

[Adrian]

Roman's, for it didn't seem that it could be anyone else's, laughter was beginning to annoy Adrian. He knew most demons had a resistance, or downright immunity, to pain, but he was doing his darnest to hurt the bastard, and all he got was this. So he decided to get serious, he had come to hunt a demon and he had come prepared. Leaving the knife protruding from Roman's shin, having placed between the two bones of his lower leg and hanging on with his other hand, he pulled from one of his many pockets a little jar of blessed salt. Salt drained spiritual essence, and whether or not the blessings that had been said over this particular batch was any good he would soon find out.

Abandoning finessed on the search for something less comfortable, Adrian clung to his victim's leg and cut a two-foot long gash in his thigh, feeling the edge of his blade trail against the thighbone. Once again inserting the knife in its new make-shift 'sheath', he grabbed onto the wound both to use it as leverage and to tear it further open. Then with his other hand he smashed the jar against the wall and proceeded to pour salt and broken glass into the massive cut. This, he hoped, would achieve the desired effect.

[Roman]

Roman roared in pain as he felt something being poured into the already wounded area of his leg, what made it worse was that he could see Liam, and his best friend, both staring at him from down below where they seemed to be unnoticed by the others. Roman closed his eyes, there was only one way he would be able to leave the spot where he was rooted too at the moment, and that was by astral projection once again, so he closed his eyes and pictured the spot on the top of the stairwell, he felt his form vanishing from the spot where the hunter had mounted him, and reappear right behind Angel. Payback time. he thought and grabbed the girl quickly, with his free hand he pulled the knife out of his wound, roaring as he felt the pain while doing so.

He could feel it, that one small movement would put him back in the driver's seat again and he held the blade, which was already stained with his blood up to the girl's neck. " One wrong move, and I swear I kill her." He said, rather convincing to himself.

While he talked, Roman backed up to the open window, his leg still hurt like hell, but he was sure he would be able to make the jump, if he had to.

[Liam]

Liam stood by Tiffany's side as they watched while Roman got his ass handed to him by the same girl who Liam had fought in the town's graveyard not so long ago, up at the top of the stairs he could see another familiar face as one he had been hunting one night in the forest, however he searched around for the third soul he sensed in the house, noticing he sensed it in the stairs, where it would seem Roman was stuck.

Liam looked down at Tiffany who seemed to be looking at him to do something, " Right." He said, as he wathced with rilief while Roman disappeared, taking the later of the two girls as a hostage.

This was good, he turned to Tiffany, " Alright, this is how it's gonna work, you get up there with Roman, be careful, that girl's no piece of cake, I got whoever's hiding under the stairs." He said grinning at grinning at this new challange.

[Tiffany]

Tiffany used her bats to teleport and take shape at the top of the stairwell, at the same level as her friend. She noticed his bloody leg which seemed to hurt badly, despite being just a human's work. It seemed the flesh was trying to heal itself, but the skin was unable to close with those little glass pieces stabbed to Roman's leg. She frowned; that wound needed to be cleaned. She could also feel his heat increasing in anger as he held that girl hostage, threatening to kill her. It seemed unnecessary to Tiffany, a demon threatening humans in such a pitiful way, and for some reason, she prefered not to see the girl getting killed by him. After all, it'd been her who had tried to persuade the girl that Roman could be a nice guy...

"Don't bother with those worms, Roman." Tiffany said in a calming voice, stating the hunters he'd just battled with. "You're tired. We can take the girl and just get out of here." She looked down at the hunters coldly. "Then we can make them pay later."

[Angel Killer]

Angel struggled to get away from Roman's tight grasp. " LET GO OF ME." She shrieked loudly as she tried to escape. She froze when a swarm of bats brought the familiar red haired demon she had met from the graveyard one night, remembering she had been a friend of Roman's, this couldn't be good, they were already having a hell of a time trying to bring Roman down, now he had friends here backing him up.

The demon was trying to calm Roman down, at first Angel considered this a nice enough gesture, perhaps she could at least get him to let her go, however from the words coming out of her mouth, there was another motive, she was going to help Roman in taking her out of here, something Angel would be damned first to let happen. In a desperate moment Angel kicked the opened wound on Roman's leg, if she could cause him enough pain she may just be able to weaken him to the point where she could at least get out of his arms.

[Akeelah]

Roman’s screams grated against her brain thanks to whatever Adrian was doing to him. It wasn’t the answer she was looking for but seeing the bastard in pain was satisfying in its own way. Akeelah hesitated for a second, unsure if she should just finish him off now or give him one second more to answer her. He sure as hell wasn’t giving her anything now and might not, and with each passing second she was only giving him time to make a comeback. Screw it I’ll kill him now before something happens.Just as she was about to slit his throat the demon vanished. Akeelah cursed loudly and instantly got back on her feet, expecting him to rematerialize right behind to attack but he chose a different route and grabbed the other girl as a hostage again.

Well wasn’t that just great…back to square one. She couldn’t possibly hurt him now without risking the other girl’s life in the process. Yes the girl wasn’t human but that didn’t mean that she deserved to die because of this creep. After all from the looks of things he was the agressor not the girl. But how could she get him to let her go and finish him off?

Before she could try to do anything the bats flew in next to Roman and took the shape of a woman. Another demon? That couldn’t be good, where did she come from? Akeelah took a quick glance around to see if there was more of them and her eyes settled on the one going after Adrian with a mix of rage and surprised. He was here, the one she was searching for was right here in this house and she might be able to kill him in this situation.Her eyes darted back and forth between him and the newcomer debating who was worth it more. Despite what had happened in their last battle Akeelah still wanted to kill him and would be more than happy to give it a second shot even though she had not improved that much since the last time. But what about the girl? Adrian would not get up here in time to take her place so she could fight someone worth her time. She couldn’t just leave the girl with these creatures, she would be killed or worse…

This was bad. They might have to take their chances and run from this fight. One demon had proven to be a bit difficult to handle, so more than one would be impossible at their current strength, especially the one after Adrian. Retreating was the most logical choice, but she was not going to run and leave the
poor girl behind. That went against everything she stood for.
“If you let the girl go now I won’t hurt you.” She said calmly, turning her attention back onto Roman. “But I swear if you kill her I’ll make you suffer.”

[Adrian]

"NO!" Adrian roared as he felt Roman grow intangible, reaching for his knife and feeling it pass through empty air as gravity set back in. He fell several feet before managed to reach a wall, the skin being shredded from his fingers before his feet hit the stairs below him. Reaching for his big knife he started sprinting up the stairs, staring as a large swarm of bats came up the stairs behind him and flew up to where Roman was standing with... "Angel?"

The kukri suddenly seemed heavy in his hands, he hadn't noticed the demon below him, sight or scent. Roman was threatening her and he wanted to kill him more than ever before, but he couldn't approach without making the threat that much worse. He just stood there, ready to leap forward at the slightest sign of weakness but unable to act whilst his own blade was held against her throat. I'll crush you, cockroach.

[Roman]

" I can't just leave Tiffany." Roman said as he held the struggling girl in his arms while the other held the blade closer to the smooth skin on her neck, he was now looking at Adrian who had managed to get up the stairs with him, past his brother who he knew would try to interrupt the fight. He always seemed to do that when Roman had gotten into scraps, but he didn't want Liam in this one. It was more personal than anything.

The girl in his arms would prove as a problem, he thought as she caused insult to his injuries by kicking the open wound, he roared and held the knife closer, " Don't even think about trying to get away." He threatened still looking at Adrian who's weapon he could clearly see. Besides, I need to confess something, he said with a smile on his face as he put his mouth close to her ear and began whispering. " I told Luke everything." He said sadistaclly, " How you killed that guard in the cathedral."

[Liam]

Liam had gotten to the bottom of the stairs just in time to see the hunter's foot as he pulled himself upwards. " Damn." He muttered to himself, now the only way to get to his little brother was to get past the barrier of the woman. This was going to be fun. He thought hoping that Tiffany would have enough sense to not try anything stupid or risky.

He turned, almost instantly and made his way to the bottom landing, where he stopped to look up at the scene, first thing was first, he would need to get past the woman, he didn't like where Tiffany had landed in all this, she was now standing right in the middle of both hunters, so if he could pass the closer of the two, he would at least be able to even the odds for her.

Past Tiffany, his eyes scanned the kid who he had just missed by inches down under the stairs, he wondered what Roman could have done to piss him off so much.

[Angel Killer]

Angel looked at Adrian, this was the last thing he needed to see she thought wishing she could find some way to get the knife which Roman used as a threat against her out of his hands. His reaction to her kicking him in the leg was nothing, he just pulled the weapon closer, she needed some way to just get out of his grasp, some way to injure him long enough to distract him.

The thing was whispering something in her ear, it took a few seconds before Angel finally realized what he had muttered to her so it was only her who could hear it. The monster was admitting to telling Luke about the guard, things were finally starting to get pieced together, Roman, she didn't know how managed to illude Luke's mind into thinking she actually murdered the guard. She had known him to have his ability to read minds, and she would need to figure out how he managed to make people believe his lies.

It was his fault, if he hadn't of did what he had done, came here and lied to Luke, she would have had him here with her, he wouldn't be dead right now. These thoughts came with a feeling, one she had never truly felt before until now. It was rage, pure rage, she wanted to kill him, she wanted to get the knife out of his hands and use it on him. And she attempted so.

Making a grab for the handle, Angel struggled with the hand that held it, she tried to cause it pain, even using Roman's own power against him, which she realized was useless. The arm that wasn't grabbing for the knife was free to used to elbow him, with enough force that she managed to weaken him long enough to weaken him long enough to pull the weapon out of his hands.

Angel turned and stared at him, " I HATE YOU." she screamed, " YOU KILLED HIM, HE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN DEAD IF IT WEREN'T FOR YOU." She continued screaming, she could feel the anger forcing her into a tremor. Her shaking hands plunged the knife, not knowing, more so not caring where the sharp end of the blade hit.

Roman was weakening, she could see it, she could feel it, no one could last this long, being beaten the way he was without feeling some sort of weak spell. While she hacked away with the knife, feeling some of her rage releasing, she noticed the open window behind Roman, one push would easily have him out of the house, and onto the ground below in an instant, and she went through with her impulse to do this.