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"Ha!" snorted Anya, slapping Cilia hard, "Systreia Died when you left her to the demons. I came about and was the one who masterminded your arrival in the demonic fifth sphere. Fitting that you named your daughter after your dead sister. Now you can watch as you lose her once more!"

"No I didn't!" snorted Rhine as she flipped to the page. She muttered word and a cell surrounded Anya.

"A pitiful cage." snorted Anya as it shattered, "Now I'll deal with you and your witch con friend!"

~

Jess ran after seeing the image but it looked like she was going nowhere.

"I..I don't want to die..." she muttered in fear as she ran.

Suddenly a hand grabbed her and said harshly "That isn't the Jess I remember.

Jess turned to see a goat demon holding her. It's four broken horned and clawed hands held her by the arm tightly.

"Who..." started Jess.

"We must work together." said the demon, "Like on the Mirror Moon!"

"Wha...Esper?!" cried Jess.

~

"Rhine!" echoed Jewel's voice, "I sence another demon near Jess but I can't pinpoint where they are!"

'What do you mean another demon?' echoed Rhine's voice.

"I can sence Anya and Chikanere.." replied Jewels, "But there is another demon here! But it's not Sylus!"

'You must hurry, then!' said Rhine, 'In case that other demon is trying to do the same as Anya!'

"I didn't leave you Systeria. Dad grabbed me. I wanted to to go back." Cilia got back up. "You idiot! I hope my husband would have been able to find you! But you let the demon take over."

Max growled. "That's it! I don't care who you are! If my sister dies your life is forfeit!"

Isis stepped in. "Your not immortal Anya. You gave that up when you took Jess's body for your own. You can die. But it will be as slow and painful as the death of Cyrus's ancestor."

"Cocidering that it was thanks to Isis," said Anya, "That I became a demon, it should be her you should direct your anger, dear Cilia."

"I can't stand family reunions." grumbled Rhine.

~

Jess ripped her arm out of Esper's hand and spat "That finkrat was right?!"

"If it wasn't for Kale," snarled Esper, "I wouldn't be here either! But your in more trouble here then on the Mirror Moon. My power was stripped from me by my own dark void to create another demon. You know her as Chikanere."

"Why should I believe you?!" cursed Jess.

"There is another soul here that isn't Demonic." said Esper, "Her name was Jacklin. It was her body that became Chikanere. I sence her near a witch nearby. Find her and get out! My life might be over, but yours isn't yet. Hurry!"

~

"Hello?" came a voice in the darkness.

Jewels looked and saw a fox that looked familier.

"What?..." started Jewels.

"Please help me..." said the Fox, "Before that crazed demon finds me again."

"You...Your Jacky?" said Jewels.

The fox was taken aback and said nervously "How do you know my name?"

Isis chuckled "you blame me for my namesake"

Cilia glared at Rhine. "Says the little girl who was having trouble with her spells once upon a time" she looked back to her sister. "You could have been so much mor Systeria. Why fore sake yourself now? Why kill your own niece? You weren't this vile"

"Really?" smiled Anya, "It was you, Isis, who stole the relic that now is bound to my sister."

~

"I found you!" came Chikanere's voice.

"Blast!" cursed Esper, "Stay back, Spiteful one! She can't be yours!"

Jess darted into the darkness and lost sight of Esper.

~

"I see..." said Jacky as she looked at Jewels, "You are in far more danger then I am at this point. You mustn't stay long. If Anya or Chikanere finds you, Then your life is gone for good."

"But I've got to find my friend." retorted Jewels.

"If Madam Mystar is about," said Jacky, "She will also try her hand at escaping. It far too dangerous for you."

"Again my mother. I'm only as old as Leo. I think I would have remembered you or your sister if I did" she stated

"So your memory is still a fog of what you did." snarled Anya, "Just another waste of time. However I must digress. As that witch seeks her friend, she runs the risk of finding me or one of the other three demons within. The one called Jess is th only one who is not a demon in my nightmere-scape."

~

"Jess ran deeper into the darkness before a figure appired before her.

"That is far enough, child." said the figure, "I am Anya and you body is now mine!"

"Not a chance!" cursed Jess nervously.

"She right, Anya." came Chikanere's voice from off to one side, "I will feast on her soul long before you can take hold!"

"Not so fast, spite." came Esper's voice on the other side, "I've got dibs on it long before you came about. And don't think you can out match me, dark witch angel."

~

"Did you hear that?" asked Jacky as her ears twitched.

"Yes I did." said Jewels, "I now know where to look!"

"But I'm not going to let you!" said Jacky as her voice turned burly.

Suddenly the fox turned into the bull like form of Sylus.

"!" jumped Jewels.

Sylus chuckled. "Mistress chikanere will have your soul as well as your friend witch" he makes a grab for jewels" but I will keep you here  so you don't cause any trouble!"

~

Cilia sighed. "Well there's only one thing to do now." Cilia started to chant an angelic verse. A spell used by the angels.

Azrael backed up as those verses could very well effect him.

"Hump!" sorted Anya, "Two can play at that game."

Anya countered Cilia angelic verse with one of her own, but hers was corrupted and mainly use to counter that type of verse.

~

"She's mine!" shouted Anya, "You two already gave your lives for me!"

"Give it up, girl!" called Chikanere, "She's mine!"

"You couldn't pass the entry exam to grade school!" snapped Esper, "She's mine!"

"Good grief you three!" snapped Jess, "Why not fight each other and the last one standing is the one who gets me!"

The three demons looked at her as Jess thought 'Now you've done it. You couldn't keep you trap shut and slip away!'

~

"Cocidering she's thrown you under the bus twice already," said Jewels as she backed away from Sylus, "I think she has other issues to deal with. But I suspect that you know nothing of Anya being around either."

"Oh no you don't!" Azrael charged tackling Anya. "Hi I'm your brother in law let's get aquatinted!"

Cilia kept chanting. Summoning more power to her

~

"You don't get it I have no choice but to listen, I don't exsist anymore. And soon that little girl will join us in here. She can't resist forever."


It was faint but the image of sissy started to appear near jewels and sylus.

"That's what you think!" cursed Jewels as she unleashed a blast of water, pushing Sylus back.

'Sorry Jess.' thought Jewels as she a shockwave of electricity out around her.

~

Anya backhanded Azrael across the face, shaving half of his muzzle and placing a deep scar over his cheak. Then she grabbed him and tossed her into Cilia, stopping her chant.

Suddenly a wave of pain flooded her body stunning her for a moment.

"What?!" she cursed.

'Jewels!' thought Rhine.

~

The shockwave hit the three demons and though Esper and Chikanere weren't affected as much, Anya fell over in pain.

"What was that?!" cursed Esper, shaking off the shock.

"Could it be Rhine?" said Chikanere.

'This might be my chance!' thought Jess as she slowly backed away into the darkness.

Azrael and cilia went unconscious. 

Max looked at it in shock. Holding his sister behind him.

~

Sissy's image looked to jewels. "We must hurry"

Sylus was blasted back he stood on one knee.

Jess rushed away from the demons and did not know if they noticed.

"Stop!" cursed Esper appiring before her, "Your soul is mine!"

"No!" cursed Jess as she darted away from Esper.

Suddenly Anya appired and grabbed Jess.

"Your mine now, little girl!" she laughed.

"Not so fast!" came Jewels's voice as a bolt of lightning shot out of the darkness and sturck Anya hard.

~

Jewels heard her own voice and knew that it was Chikanere's.

"Got to hurry!" she cursed as she raced towards the fight, leaving Sissy and Sylus.

~

Another cringe of pain from Anya and she turned towards Rhine and Jewels.

"Pain me no longer!" she roared as a wave of dark energy raced towards Jewels.

Leo darted in front of Rhine and jewels taking the hit. He roard in pain. "Damn it!"

~

Sissy flew after jewels "I can help! I need to or daddy and mommy might die"

~

Cilia moved her husband off of her and gasped looking at his face. Then she growled. "That's it!!!! I'm done being nice Anya! Your killing my daughter! You hurt my husband! Now I'm gonna kill you for good!" She held th dreads crescent in hand and charged

Anya grabbed Cilia's arm and twisted Dread's Crescent out of her hand.

"Now now, Cilia." she snarled, "You don't want to let anything bad to happen to your son now will you."

"Thanks.." said Rhine with reluctence, "I guess."

~

"Jewels?!" jumped Jess, "When did you get to do something like that?"

"Can't explain right now!" replied the fake Jewels, "We've got to move a.s.a.p.!"

"Not so fast!" cursed Esper as she punched the fake Jewels, "A dumb disguise won't fool me, Chikanere!"

Anya took the opening as Esper and Chikanere were fighting to grab Jess once more.

"Now your mine!" she hissed.

Suddenly Anya felt a tap on her shoulder and when she turned she got a face full of viniger water.

Jess squirmed out of Anya's grasp and saw Jewels.

"Just Run!" said Jewels with an urgent tone.

Sissy grabbed Jess's arm. "Miss Jessica hurry " sissy started to pull trying to help jewels get Jess away from the demons.

~

Leo winced. "You and jewels are the only way we can get Jess back. And as much as I hate you Rhine we're all in this together."

Cilia snarled back. "You should have stayed away from my family"  she moved onto Anya's arm and smashed her foot into her wrist forcing her to let go

"Just Move!" said Jewels once more in a panic as Anya turned with rage towards her.

"Blasted Pest!" she cursed, "Now you'll pay!"

Esper and Chikanere were still fighting one another to notice what was going on.

~

Anya let go of Cilia but drilled her other hand into her chest.

"Kill the girl and I'll spare your mother." she snarled to Max.

"You not going to do such a thing!" cursed Rhine as she changed into her dark mage form, "Take this!"

A beam of electrical energy hit Anya knocking her back hard.

~

Kay looked about and said to Frost "You think we should go in there and give them a hand?"

Cilia looked to Rhine. "We do this together we can by jewels time."

~

Sissy pulled Jess using all her demonic strength. Which was a lot for a young demoness

~

"Go help them I need some time to recharge. " said frost. "There's not much I can do right now"

Rhine fell to her knees and cursed "That was my all!"

"Humph!" snorted Anya, "You've gotten a lot better since the last time I saw you Rhine. That actually hurt for a change. But you are still no match for me!"

"Then maybe you need another tempting target." came Kay's voice.

The skunk walked between Anya and Leo and called out to her "I bet you can't hurt me with any of your chaos powered spells!"

Anya raise an eyebrow and said "You have a death wish, skunk?"

"Are you saying that I'm not worth it?" said Kay flatly, "Or that you are too weak to use such a spell?"

~

The trio ran as Anya furiously gave chase.

"Don't wear yourself out, Sissy." said Jewels, "That will speed things up!"

Sissy looked to jewels. "I don't have much longer miss jewels. I'm gonna be stuck here soon. The least I can do is get you and miss Jess out. Cause I helped make this mess"

~

Cyrus looked to the proffessor seeing what the proffessor was trying to do. He smirked. "I may have magic in my blood due to my anscestors. But now is the time to make you realize I'm not your normal mancer" he came out of the exosuit using both necromancey and technomancy.

Cilia chanted angelic magic once more 

~

Frost looked around for something cold he could absorb for a quick recharge

"There's too much noise here." spat Anya.

She snapped her fingers and a glass dome covered both Cilia, Max and Sissy.

"If you think I don't sence the Duskstone emeralds on you, Skunk, you are dead wrong." she snorted at Kay, "And I don't believe their true power."

~

As Anya was reaching out to grab Jess, Chikanere and Esper both tackled her to the ground and Esper managed to trap them in a cell of Ice.

"Now for you three!" she snarled at them.

Sissy let go of Jess. She growled. "Oh no you don't! " she tackles esper a demon hunting knife in her hand. "I'll hold her go!"

~

Necro and Cyrus spoke at the same time. "Why dot you find out Anya. Or should I say demon who murdered. Helio Jacob  luror!"

Leo roared. 

 Suddenly something slashed Anya's back. Azrael was there holding a sword made of hell forge and sky forge steel

Anya fell to one knee at the attack.

"You are testing my wit, Demon Hunter." she snarled, "And as for you, macer, If you wish to see my demonic blood brother about your unfortunate situation, you might as well aid me!"

Anya suddenly tossed a fireball towards Jewels and Rhine that weaved around Leo.

"!!" gasped Rhine before a burst of steam knocked it to the ground.

"Not a chance!" smiled Steam with Malahat in tow.

~

Esper tried to shake off Sissy as both Jewels and Jess made their escape.

Suddenly, Anya grabbed Sissy and ripped her off Esper.

"I did not expect to see another demon besides Chikanere and Sylus," she snorted, "Where ever he is."

"Like hell would I fall to you!" snapped Esper.

"I have no time for a demon in disgrace!" snapped Anya, "Chikanere's power is already mine and soon this girl and Sylus will fully join me! But you aren't supposed to be here! Who are you?!"

"He he he he." laughed Esper, "Then you freed me of my own prison!"

Sissy smiled. "So mister sylus had some complications. And your about to have some aunty sysilia. " the sythe slashed at Anya's arms

Sylus growled walking to them. "Lady chikanere where are you.

~

Hmph sorry we don't work with demons other than Isis" cyrus/ necro growled 

Azrael growls. "I'm not goig down wihout a fight. Your not gonna kill my daughter " demonic rage a scary thig even with demons.

"I see why my former sister fell for you." snorted Anya to Azrael, "However, If I die, your daughter goes with me! It would be as you killed her."

Then turning to Isis, snarled "And before you said a word, In my world of darkness, I have her with me. Once she is fully mine, Even the witch's soul will be mine. Then I, Anya the Abyss, will devour all the power that is now surrounded here! And there's not a thing you can do!"

"Malahat. Take Steam and get out of here!" hissed Kay.

"I'm not going to leave you..." started Steam.

Malahat grabbed Steam's non metalic arm and said "I'd think it's best we make for the hills, kid. I'm sure he's got somethin."

Malahat dragged Steam out back to Gyro's shop and Rhine closed the portal to it.

~

Esper grabbed Sissy as Sylus walked over to them.

"You master, Chikanere is dead." said Esper flatly to him, "This demoness killed her for her power. And she plans the same for you and this demon child!"

"Who are you Demon?" demanded Anya, "Why is your power feel so different and yet identical to Chikanere?!"

"I am Esper Mystar!" snarled Esper, "My power was trapped inside Chikanere when my dark void collapsed around me. But she never took my power. By taking her 'power', you have freed me. But you gained no power but an empty void! All that power was passed to me by the chaotic nature of the void."