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Footsteps echoed through the hallway as the 2 robed figures approached the chamber guarded by the lone rhino. He had on a wizard's robe and a star pendent that hung from his neck. His horn was polished so bright that you could see your reflection on it as well as the fine marble on the floor. The hooded figures stopped and bowed.

"The Merlin wishes to see us" the one on the right spoke up with a feminine voice.

The rhino looked at both of them before closing his eyes. A slight wave of magical power could be felt before he opened his eyes.

"You may proceed" he said with a deep voice sidestepping out the way.

"Thank you warden" the right one said as they both bowed.

The door opened on its own accord as they proceeded inside. It closed behind them leaving them in a room surrounded with bookcase full of books, old and new. A chandler lit the room not too brightly but enough to see clearly. A red and gold carpet lead the way up to a desk where an old man sat, 4 books floated around his head as the pages turned without him lifting a finger.

"You wanted to see us Merlin?" they both said on one knee taking off the hood revealing their faces.

The one on the right was a fox with blazing red fur, silver hair and twin tails that moved lazily behind her. Her eyes were sparkling white like diamonds as white fur trailed under her muzzle down to her chest. The one on the left was a rabbit with cinnamon brown fur, black hair that was neatly tied into a ponytail and deep ocean blue eyes. Her right ear was bent lightly. The old man opened his eyes and looked at them.

"Yes I did" he said.

His voice was calm yet full of power. The white robe he wore was clean as not a speck of dirt could be seen on it. A long white beard went halfway down his chest showing his age, but his facial features made him look no more then 50.

"Remember those 2 strong magical powers I felt a couple of days ago?"

"Yes we remember" the fox said.

"Well I pinpointed it down to these 2 young men."

He snapped his fingers as 2 pictures appeared in a puff of smoke and floated over to them. They each grabbed one and looked carefully.

"What level do you think they will become?" the rabbit asked.

"Level 5" Merlin said.

"Both of them will become Level 5" the rabbit said.

"But Merlin that is unheard of" the fox said.

"Yes, even more so considering they are brothers too" Merlin said.

He got up and put his hands behind his back. "But knowing what I know about them it is no surprise to me. For now it is best you do not know but know this, they are only just starting to tap into their true power. I know other people have felt their magical abilities as well."

"What do you want us to do?" the fox asked.

"Emily, I want you and Angel to find them and bring them here. We must train them to control the magic they possess before they fall into the wrong hands."

"It shall be done Merlin" they both said and disappeared into the portal behind them.

Merlin watched them leave before looking out the window into the night sky.

"Heaven help us if they go astray with their powers."

********

Daniel let out a loud yawn making Billy flinch.

"Dammit Daniel, can't you be serious about this?" Billy the coyote said looking at him.

"I am being serious" Daniel said scratching his head.

"Look, we need to nab this imp before he kills any more kids."

"Yeah yeah" Daniel said stretching.

Soon the earpieces they were wearing crackled to life.

"Look alive you 2, I'm picking up something" Irons said.

Daniel and Billy looked out the car window they were in down the forest path. It was night time and the only light that could be seen was coming from lamp posts that aligned the street. Daniel felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand up. The air rippled in the background as a black hole appeared. Out of it walked an imp. It was small, about 5'5 with leathery batwings, barbed tail and sharp, twisted horns at about eye level. In his right hand, he had a hold of a small female cub no older then 5.

"Nobody make a move. We don't want to injury the child" Daniel said. "Russell, are the anti-phase wards in place?"

"All set bro. Just give the sign and I'll create the net of shadows." Russell said over the ear piece.

"Okay, we go on my mark."

The lion was crying and kicking away at the imp.

"Let me go. I want to go home!" she cried and scratched the imp hard on the arm.

The imp grabbed her by the shoulders and slammed her into the tree.

"Sssstubborn child" it said with a hiss. "Sssslience your mouth or I will not wait to eat you."

Daniel felt his blood boil as he gritted his teeth angrily.

"Russell, do it."

"But it's too early. He might hurt her if we move to soon" Russell said.

"If we don't move now, she dead. Now do it" Daniel said getting out the car.

Russ growled but stood up and started to the chant the spell. A thick, black fog started to roll in and cover the area the imp and lion was in. Daniel took that moment and ran into the darkness.

"What issss this?" the imp said confused looking around.

Daniel started towards the imp but stopped short to avoid the spiked tail that swung at him.

"Foolisssh human. You think I cannot sssee through this darkness?"

"I knew you could. But that's not going to stop me."

Daniel's body began to glow with an azure tint as he smiled. He took one step forward and disappeared, reappearing again with the cub in his hands.

"What? How did you do that?" the imp hissed.

"Accelerated movement, it's a beautiful thing" Daniel said with a smile.

"You dare make fun of me? I'll rip you to sssshreds."

The imp launched itself at Daniel who smiled and turned to the little cub.

"Are you okay?" he asked softly.

"I think so" she said shaking a little.

"Good. Close your eyes, this is not something you should see."

She nodded her head and closed her eyes. Daniel held his arm out and making a wave with his hand, finished the spell he chanted in his head. The imp dropped inches from him to the ground, water gushing from his mouth in streams. The fog lifted as everybody came over to watch the imp drown in water.

"Is the girl okay?" Billy asked.

"Yeah, she's fine" Daniel said giving her to the medics.

Russell came over and slapped him upside the head.

"OW, what the hell was that for?" Daniel said rubbing his head.

"Because you're stubborn. He would've killed the girl if you messed up." Russ growled.

"Well he didn't did he?" Billy said trying to keep these two from throwing punches.

Russell and Daniel started to growl at each other when Chief Irons walked up to them. He was a stout Doberman with a cigar in his mouth.

"Daniel, just what did you do to him?"

"Simple, I drowned him."

"Yeah but how? There's no water around here. I know some magic, but I'm not that good."

Daniel scratched his head and shrugged his shoulders.

"I don't know really. I was just really angry and wanted to make him suffer."

They watched as the forensics put the imp into the body bag, water still coming out his mouth.

"Anyway, head back to the station and fill out the paperwork. I'll handle things out here."

"Sure thing chief" Russell said heading back to that car.

Daniel stood there looking at the water on the ground, then his hands.

"How did I do that?" Daniel said to himself.

A car horn beeped snapping him out of his trance.

"Let's go bro" Russell shouted out the window.

"Yeah, I'm coming."

He hopped into the car as Russell drove off. A pair of red eyes in the shadows watched as they left.

"So those 2 are the ones? Very interesting" a voice said as the eyes disappeared.

*******

A portal opened on top of the skyscraper as Angel and Emily walked out. They looked down on the city which was illuminated by the street and car lights.

"Where do we start?" Angel asked.

"We could use a tracking spell, but there's a lot of magical interference" Emily said, her 2 tails swaying in the wind.

"Then I guess we just have to look" Angel pouted.

"I guess. But let's change clothes first."

Both girls got covered in a white light before emerging with different clothes. Emily had on black jeans, white tennis shoes and a red tank top that fit her tone, slim body. Her silver hair trailed down the front of her face across her shoulders covering her left eye slightly. Angel had on a pair of grey dress pants and a shirt that was a tad tight making her breasts stick out.

"Well, let's get started" Emily said with a smile.

"Right behind you" Angel said.

******

"That was way too much paperwork" Daniel said plopping down on the couch.

"Well whose fault was it to let it keep piling up?" Russ said throwing the keys on the table.

Daniel and Russell Miller, both brothers but never seeing eye to eye on certain things. Their mother died in a car accident when they were young and their father died of cancer when they were in their 20s. Even though they were 1 year apart, they were always there for each other.

Daniel was 5'10 with short metallic white hair, fairly built with amber eyes. He was always jumping the gun early and getting himself in trouble with the chief. Russell was the older one of the 2. He was a white wolf with blond hair, sparkling blue eyes, and a tattoo of an eagle on his right arm. He was human once but a spell backfired on him, permanently turning him into a wolf. A result of getting into his father's spell books on a dare from his brother.

They lived in a 2 floor, 3 bedroom house that was left to them by their father in a nice neighborhood where everybody was friendly and keep to their own. They worked together in the SDNU, Supernatural Defense Unit. When magical creatures and wizards go bump in the night, they were the ones that bump back.

"Hey we have some messages" Daniel said looking at the answering machine.

"What do they say?" Russell asked from the kitchen.

Dan hit the playback button and sat down.

"Message 1: Daniel, why haven't you called me back? I've been waiting 2 days to hear from you. If you don't want to see me again, just say so. You don't have to avoid me you jerk."

Dan heard Russell laughing as he entered the living room.

"You still haven't called her back?"

"I was getting around to it" Daniel said catching the soda Russ threw.

"You just have bad luck."

"Message 2: Russell you asshole. I waited all night for you but you never showed up. Thanks for standing me up again. I hope you rot in hell you son of a bitch."

This time it was Dan's turn to laugh as Russ's ears went red.

"Now who's having bad luck?"

"Shit, I knew I was supposed to do something tonight" Russ said.

"Well we got tomorrow off, try to apologize."

"Message 3: Daniel? Russell? How come you never visit? I get lonely here you know. I'm still you're grandmother and you should respect......Message erased."

Russell looked at Daniel who just shrugged his shoulders.

"Why did you do that?"

"Relax. We got all day tomorrow to visit her. Right now, I'm bushed" he said yawning.

"I guess. I'm going to take a shower before hitting the hay" Russ said.

"Just don't clog the drain with your fur again."

Daniel had to duck from the soda can that was thrown at him as he laughed.

*******

"Come on Lily, don't hold back on me."

"I don't know Simon. I don't usually do this on the first date." Lily said backing away a little.

"I promise I'll go slow" Simon said coming closer to her.

"No Simon, I can't" Lily said shaking her head.

"But Lily....." Simon said putting his hands on her shoulders.

"NO" she yelled pushing him away. "I'm going home."

Simon looked at her furiously.

"Don't you know who I am? I'm Simon Rios."

"I don't care if you are the mayor's son. To me, you're nothing more then a spoiled little womanizer" Lily said angrily picking up her purse and heading for the door.

"I'm warning you, if you walk out that door, you'll regret it."

"You don't scare me. Have a nice life shit head" Lily spat out slamming the door behind her.

Simon grabbed his brown hair in anger as he started tossing stuff.

"Dammit, why can't these bitches see what they are missing?"

Then an idea popped into his head as he gave an evil smile.

"If that's the way they want to play, fine. If I can't have them, nobody will."

He ran upstairs into his father's study. Before his father became mayor, he was a practicing summoner, but gave it up and went into politics. Said it was for the better. He rummaged through the books until he found the one he wanted called "Demons".

"Yes, this is will do perfectly."

Running back into his room, he locked the door and started to move his stuff around to make room for the summoning circle. He remembered everything his father taught him, from the ritual symbols to the correct measurements for the circle.

"Yes perfect" Simon hissed madly lighting the final candle the aligned the circle. "Now, to get dressed."

He stripped quickly and put on his father's old summoning clothes which were a tad big but he didn't care. Closing the blinds, he grabbed the book and flipped through the pages.

"Yes, this one will work perfectly. I'll fix them all, the whores."

Raising his hand out, he started the summoning.

"Creature of hellfire and brimstone, heed my call."

The summoning circle started to glow and spin in place, lighting the room dimly with its gloomy glow.

"Come to my aid and do my bidding. Crush all those who dare oppose me."

The house started to shake as thick clouds began to accumulate and swirl above the house. Lighting flashed back and forth as people in the street stopped and pointed to the house that was up on the hill.

"Answer my call and come forth. I summon you, Babau."

A column of thick smoke rose from the circle before spreading throughout the room. Simon covered his face and coughed heavily as the smell of brimstone and burning corpses assaulted the room. As the smoke started to clear, a figure was balled up in the middle of the circle.

"Yes, I did it. YESSS" Simon said happily.

The demon turned and opened its crimson eyes which glowed. Its skin was black and leathery as a large, curved horn could be seen in the back of its head amongst 2 pointed ears. It let out a hiss as a row of jagged teeth could be seen.

"Who summons me?" it said harshly.

"I do, summoner Rios" Simon said proudly.

The demon looked him up and down before laughing.

"What's so funny?" Simon said a little annoyed.

"You cannot be my master."

"What?" Simon said looking at it with anger. "I'm the summoner, you are my slave."

The demon walked over to the edge of the circle where a barrier blocked him from leaving.

"As long as I have control over you, you have to do what I say."

"Then I'll change that."

Rearing back, it threw its fist hard at the barrier causing it to shatter. Simon let out a yell and backed up till he hit the wall.

"You....you can't disobey me. I control you."

"Stupid human. Your mind cannot possibly control me. It is too weak."

Simon was shaking uncontrollable as the demon he summoned to kill all the girls that did him wrong, was closing in on him. All of its teeth were covered in saliva as it inched closer to him.

"S.....stay.....away. K.....kee....p away....from me. NOOOOOO!!"

*******

The phone rang again and again, even after the answering machine picked

up.

"Yeah yeah I'm coming" Russ said yawning. "Hello? What? But it's our day off. Say that again?" he said, his eyes widening. "You're shitting me. Okay, we'll be right there."

Russ hung up and ran upstairs into Daniel's room.

"Dan, Dan, wake up. We have to roll now."

"This better be good" Daniel said opening one eye tiredly. "It's my day off and I plan to sleep all day."

"Oh it's good. Hurry and get dressed."

Dan watched his brother run out the room. He shook his head and sat up. He let out a loud yawn and stretched, hearing some bones pop as he let out a groan.

"I got to get a better bed" he said getting up.

Getting dressed, they hopped into the car and took off.

"So where are we going?" Dan asked letting out another yawn.

"The mayor's house" Russ said pulling up to the drive through window. "2 coffees please."

"I don't like the mayor. Why are we going there, and on our day off even?"

"Because something happened last night that requires our immediate attention. Thank you." Russ said grabbing the coffees.

"We better get overtime for this" Dan said taking a sip.

The mayor house was secluded on a hill with a long driveway up. The driveway was packed to the rim with police, news vans, ambulances, and bystanders looking to see what happened. Pulling up, they got lead to a parking spot by a cop and got out.

"So what's the story?" Russ asked the officer.

"Head inside. The chief will explain. He's on the 2nd floor."

After tons of flash photography and annoying questions from the press they made it inside the mayor's house.

"Glad you 2 could make it" Billy said walking up to them. "This is a real doozy here."

"Can someone please explain why the hell we are here on our day off?" Daniel yelled causing everybody to look at him. "What the fuck you all looking at?"

"You 2, up here now." Irons said looking down on them.

Daniel sighed and started up the stairs behind Russell. Getting to Simon's room, the smell of death hit their noses. Irons stopped them at the door.

"Now I want you on your best behavior."

"It's my day off and I'm not in a good mood. Let's get this over with" Dan said angrily.

"Well just watch your P's and Q's."

As soon as they walked in, both their mouths dropped.

"Holy" Daniel started.

"Shit" Russell finished.

Entering the room, they were assaulted with the foul scent of brimstone and death. That wasn't as bad as seeing the entire room covered in blood and organs, hanging and dangling from all over the place like a sick parody of Christmas hangings. In the middle of the room hung a young man hanging naked covered in claws marks with his entire body ripped open. His inner organs and genitals where all missing as his face was twisted into a mask of utter agony and anguish as two forensics slowly let the body down from the ceiling.

"What the hell happened here?" Daniel asked.

"That's what we're going to find out" Irons said walking over to the forensics which was an otter. "What's the time of death?"

"Judging by the liver's temp, I'd say 10 hours ago" the otter said taking notes.

"Cause of death?"

"Whatever did this, bleed him death then proceeded to dissect him like a kid in biology class. There are claws marks but when it made contact with the flesh, it burned right through so I can't trace it."

The mayor and his wife, Julie, were outside the room crying. Irons walked over to talk to them.

"Any idea who would want to do this to your son?"

"Isn't that what we pay you to figure out?" the mayor said angrily.

"I understand that sir. But in order to find the culprit or culprits that did this, we need all the info we can get."

The mayor grunted and held his wife.

"I don't know anything."

"It's okay. I'm sorry for the lost."

Daniel and Russell were studying the room when Irons walked up.

"Well, what do you think?" he asked.

"I think we should go home" Daniel said.

"What do you mean go home?"

"We're off duty. Let Billy handle this." Daniel said walking towards the door.

"Well as of now you're on the clock. So get busy and figure something out."

"Chief that isn't fair. This is the only day off we've had in a month."

"I don't care. This is a heavy case and I need every available body to help. Now get busy" Irons said walking out the room.

Daniel watched him leave before kicking the wall.

"Son of a bitch" he yelled.

"No use arguing about it" Russell said looking at the circle. "Looks like a summoning, but what kind?"

Russell ran his hand over the body as he closed his eyes. A faint hum could be felt as he moved it up and down.

"His soul has been taking. I can't sense it."

Daniel leaned on the wall and closed his eyes.

"As far as I'm concerned, the little fucker got what was coming to him. Fucking mama's boy."

"Dude, have some respect" Russ growled.

"For what? He got everything handed to him on a silver platter because he's the son of a dipshit mayor."

"That doesn't matter. What matters is he's dead, and whatever killed him is still loose. Now either help me figure out what did this or take the keys and go the fuck home?"

Daniel let out a grunt and walked over to Russell.

"I really hate you, you know that right?"

"You tell me everyday" Russ said with a wink.

The otter and another furry came back with a gurney and body bag.

"Okay if we take the body?" he asked.

"Yeah, go ahead" Russ said.

They picked Simon's body up carefully and laid him down inside the body bag, along with his severed arm. The wife watched and began to cry harder.

"Everything looks in order. So what went wrong?" Daniel said looking at the circle.

"Maybe he got distracted. Robber, girlfriend, phone call, anything could've happened" Russ said.

"He must've summoned a demon" Dan said getting up.

"How can you tell?"

"Look by the bed's edge."

Russ turned around and saw the book Simon was using before being decimated, covered in his blood. Grabbing some gloves, he picked it up and flipped through the pages.

"There's got to be at least 100 demons in here, everything from Scamps to Balor Tannari." Russ said shaking his head. "It'll take forever to figure out which one he summoned."

"Not really" Daniel said grabbing the book and walking out the door.

"Where are you going?"

"Just follow me."

They walked downstairs to the living room where Irons, the mayor, and Julie were talking. Daniel walked up and tossed the book at the mayor.

"What's the meaning of this?" the mayor said shocked.

"Don't play games with me because I'm not in the mood." Daniel said.

"What are you talking about?"

"You were a summoner once, so you'll be able to tell what kind of demon your airhead of a son was trying to summon like daddy dearest."

"How dare you speak of my son that way." Julie spat.

"I'll have you're job for this." the mayor said.

"Go ahead. Maybe then I can finally get a day off." Dan said smiling.

"Daniel you're out of line. Wait outside." Irons said angrily.

"Fine by me. But the more time he wastes, the more the demon will kill." Daniel said with a snort before walking outside.

They watched him leave before looking at the mayor.

"I'm sorry about him Paul." Irons said.

"But is what my brother said true?" Russ asked.

Paul was quiet as Julie rubbed his shoulders.

"Paul?" Irons said.

Paul took a deep breath and exhaled.

"Yes, its true" he finally said.

"Great. That should make this go quicker" Russ said.

"It's not that simple" Paul said. "It's been a long time since I've done it so it'll take me a while."

"How long?" Irons asked.

"I don't know. 8 hours, maybe more."

"Okay. Just start whenever you're ready" Irons said getting up. "All right everybody, clear out of here, we're done."

Irons and Russ walked outside and over to the car where Daniel was sitting in the driver's seat.

"You were out of line in there" Irons said angrily.

"Cry me a river" Daniel said angrily before getting smacked upside the head.

"So what do we do now? We have no clue what this demon looks like or where it is" Russell said.

"I'm going to stay with the mayor until he finds out what kind of demon his son called. I want you 2....."

"Denied" Daniel said angrily. "It's my day off and I'm going to relax."

"Come on Daniel, give me a break will you."

Daniel grunted as he started the car.

"Look, do this favor for me and I'll give you a week off with pay?"

Dan looked at his brother who nodded his head. He gave a sigh and rubbed his eyes.

"What do you want us to do?"

"I want you 2 to get a hold of Simon's friends. Find out if he had any enemies that he would want dead enough to summon a demon."

"We better get overtime for this" Dan growled putting the car in gear and driving off.

********

"Any luck?" Merlin asked with his back turned as Emily and Angel appeared through the portal.

"No master Merlin. We've looked everywhere but the city is huge. We would try a tracking spell but there's too much interference." Emily said.

"What do you want us to do now?" Angel asked.

"Evil forces are working hard to get these 2 for their own purposes. We must not let them succeed." Merlin said turning to look at them.

Opening his hand, a small red butterfly appeared and floated over to them.

"Use this butterfly as a beacon. When it glows bright, you are near."

"Thank you master Merlin" they both said.

"Now make haste. You must find them before the evil does."

"Of course" they both said disappearing.

********

"What a waste of time" Daniel said sitting down at a table.

Daniel and Russell spent all afternoon talking to his friends, teachers, and co-workers, and were sitting in a diner about to get a meal.

"Well it wasn't a complete loss." Russell said looking at the menu.

"How do you figure? Almost everybody that knew him wanted to kill him. Some were even angry that he died before they had a chance to kill him themselves."

"Minor details" Russ said when the waitress came over.

"What are you having today gentlemen?" she asked.

"I'll take the house special and my brother will have the caesar salad wrap" Russ said handing her the menus.

"Coming right up."

Daniel took another sip of his mudslide before groaning.

"Well, back to square one again. Why the hell did I agree to this?"

"Because it's our job and we're the best?" Russ said with a smile.

"Bah" Dan retorted leaning back in the chair as their food was brought out.

Suddenly Russell's ears went straight up and Daniel's hair on the back of his neck stood up. They looked at the entrance as a person in all black with a mask and hat covering his face walked in. Looking in their direction, he walked over.

"Are you the Miller brothers?" he said, his voiced muffled by the mask.

"What about it?" Dan said taking a bite of his wrap.

"My boss would like a word with you."

"Sorry, men aren't my type."

"Who are you anyway?" Russ asked.

"My name is of no importance."

"Then have a nice day" Dan said waving his hand goodbye. "Hey don't hog all the salad dressing Russell."

"You had more then me" Russ snapped back.

The man in black balled his fists tightly.

"As I was saying, my boss wants you to join him. He can see great......."

"Waitress, can I get another mudslide" Daniel said raising his hand.

"I'll have another coke" Russ added.

The man slammed his fist down on the table.

"Dammit, don't ignore me."

They both looked at him as they felt the magic around him strengthen.

"We answer to nobody but ourselves" Daniel said. "Tell your boss, he can take his offer and shove it up both your asses."

"You dare mock my boss?" he said angrily as he started to glow causing the lights inside the diner to flicker off and on. "Very well, I see this going 2 ways. One, you can either come on your own free will or Two....."

"We kill you and send your body back to your boss gift wrapped." Russell said with a growl. "And if you did prove to give us trouble enough we could have the entire SNDU strike force here in less then 10 minutes."

Nobody moved an inch until Russell's cell phone went off.

"This is Russell. What? 2 more bodies found? Damn, okay, we'll be right there."

They got up and walked passed him, leaving money for the food on the table along with a tip.

"You're making a big mistake" he said not looking at them.

"We heard that one before" Daniel said waving his hand goodbye.

Hopping into the car, they took off as the man in black watched them leave. His cell phone rang a minute afterwards.

"Yes? Yes, they have great power. I tried to get them to fight but they aren't easily provoked. Even still, I could feel the power they had. Do not worry, I will make them an offer they cannot refuse."

********

Paul sighed as he put on his old summoner clothes.

"I swore I would never put on these clothes again."

"I know dear" Julie said rubbing his shoulders. "But you'll be helping other people before it's too late."

"But none of them are my son."

"Everything's ready Paul" Irons said.

Paul walked outside to the living room where a summoning circle was in place with candles. Placing the book in the middle, he walked back.

"All right, let's begin" Paul said.

Paul sat down in front of the circle, hands on his lap, eyes closed. The candles started to burn brighter as the circle glowed dimly. Paul raised his right hand up and placed it in front of his face, dividing it in half as he opened his eyes. They were pitch black from the iris to the pupil as his body glowed. The book in the middle of the circle floated up in midair as high winds started to turn the pages back and forth quickly.

"I've never seen an actually summoning" Irons said quietly to Julie.

"He's not really summoning. He's concentrating his thoughts on the marks."

"Marks?" Irons said confused.

"Each entity when summoned leaves behind a certain mark. Naked to the eye but seen clearly to a summoner."

Paul began to sweat profusely as his chest took in deep heavy breaths. His hand started shaking as his eyes twitched rapidly. The pages stopped turning as white light shot out of the book, displaying the demon Simon summoned.

"Is that it?" Irons asked.

"Yes, that's the one" Julie said.

The book floated back to the middle of the circle and closed on its own accord. Paul closed his eyes and fell to his side out of energy. Irons picked him up and laid him on the couch while Julie grabbed him some water.

"Paul, are you okay?" Irons asked.

"No I'm not. What the hell was my son thinking summoning that demon" Paul said angrily.

"What kind of demon is it?"

"Babau, an assassin type. Normally used for taking out small armies or anything that requires a mission of great stealth. And now it's loose in my town."

"Can you track it?"

"At the moment, no. I need some rest" Paul said wiping the sweat off his face.

"Okay, get some rest. I'll let my people know what we are dealing with" Irons said pulling out his phone.

Paul sat up and looked at the book that was still in the circle.

"Dear god, what has he done?"

********

Russ and Dan pulled up to a 23 floor apartment complex where the police and ambulances where already at the scene. Showing their ID's at the door, they went up to the 19th floor to apartment C.

"You guys are going to love this one" a uniformed skunk said.

They walked into the same scene as in Simon's room, this time there was more blood.

"Over here" Billy said waving his hand.

They walked over to see a wolf spread eagle on a couch. Its right arm dangled on the back of the couch as its left arm laid on the ground. It was a female from the way her vaginal opening was stretched and bleeding. Her chest was ripped open as her insides spilled out to the ground. Her heart was missing along with her head.

"What's the name?" Russ asked.

"Mary Barton" the otter said putting a stick into her liver.

"Time of death?"

The otter pulled the stick out as numbers were displayed.

"About 3 hours ago."

"Cause of death?" Daniel asked.

"Same as Simon's except she fought back. There are bruises on her knuckles."

"Where's the other stiff?" Russ asked.

"All over the place" Billy said picking up a bloody arm with some gloves. "The main body's in the bedroom."

Daniel walked into the back to see a body with no arms, legs, or head. It sat on top of the bed in a pool of blood. Organs displayed proudly like a piece of art.

What's the name of doe number 2?" Dan asked from the bedroom.

"Jonathan Smith" Billy said.

"What's the relationship with the mayor's son?" Russ asked.

"Don't know yet. We're going to check on that when we get back."

"Any witnesses?"

"Neighbor said he heard screaming, came to knock on the door only to find it open and these guys laying here."

"Where is he?"

"Over by his apartment."

Russ walked out the door to see a brown bear answering questions.

"Good afternoon sir. I'm Russell Miller with the SNDU. Can you tell me exactly what you seen and heard?"

"I was coming home from shopping and started to put my stuff away when I heard screaming. I thought it was just them 2 having crazy sex but then I heard a strange hissing sound. The screaming got louder as stuff was either being tossed or broken. I called the police then walked over to knock on the door."

The bear took another sip of water. His hand shaking mildly.

"Then what?" Russ asked.

"I touched the door and it opened. The first thing I saw was her body and all the blood on the floor and walls."

"Anything else?"

"Eyes. I saw these 2......burning eyes."

Russell looked at him taking notes.

"Any other features you can recognize?"

"That's all I saw before it disappeared into thin air. What if it comes after me because I saw it?" he said scared.

"Don't worry sir. We'll keep somebody here to watch over you. Thank you for your time" Russ said closing his small pad.

"Both their souls have been taking too" Dan said walking up.

Russ leaned on the wall, his mind trying to figure out something, anything.

"You guys can head out. I'll handle things here" Billy said.

"Thank Bill" Dan said heading for the elevator along with Russ.

Exiting the building, they walked up to the car.

"Dammit, what the hell did that asshat of a kid summon?" Daniel said angrily.

"I don't know. But whatever it is, has his soul as well as 2 others" Russ said.

"Now I'm wishing I killed him."

Russell looked at the setting sun before Dan's cell phone rang.

"This is Daniel. They're finally ready? Sweet. No, we're coming now. Be there in 10."

Daniel jumped into the driver's seat starting the car.

"Where are we going?" Russ asked getting in.

"To pick up our new toys" Dan said with a smile putting the car in drive.

********

Paul looked at the model city he had made on his spare time.

"Are you sure this will work?" Irons asked.

"It will work now that he knows what demon it is" Julie said.

"Let's begin" Paul said placing it in the circle.

Paul sat down in front of the circle and took a deep breath. Closing his eyes, he concentrated. Nothing happened for a minute until the circle glowed a light purple. The model city started to glow white as the candle went brighter.

"Damn, maybe I should be a summoner" Irons said softly.

"It's not so simple" Julie said. "If you lose your concentration, you could lose your life."

"Not good."

Paul started to chant incoherently as he raised his hand over the model. Using a needle, he pricked his thumb as a couple drops of blood fell onto the city. The blood started to swirl into a tiny funnel and move through the streets of the city.

"Damn, this is very intense" Irons said.

"Summoning takes a lot of mind control, concentration, and preparation. Since Paul hasn't done it for nearly 2 years, it's taking more out of him then usual."

The blood funnel turned yellow as Paul opened his eyes.

"I got it."

"You got it? Where?" Irons asked.

"It's entering the Whitegate Hotel" Paul said not losing his focus. "You have to hurry because it will sense me soon."

"I'm on it" Irons said hitting the speed dial.

********

"Oh man this is so sweet" Daniel said holding a sawed off shotgun with a custom made muzzle.

Dan and Russ were at Vincent's underground hideout where lots of illegal stuff came in.

"It's cool, but it's not yours." Vincent, a horse said taking the gun out his hands.

"Are these guns even legal?" Russ asked looking around.

"Ummm........" Vincent said looking at Daniel. "You didn't tell him did you?"

"Tell me what?" Russ said crossing his arms.

"Some things are better left unsaid" Dan said with a smile.

Russ let out a growl as the horse brought out 2 suitcases.

"Here we are. It took a while to get the paperwork for these but you're good to go."

He opened one of the suitcases displaying a Desert Eagle.

"Fucking sweet" Daniel said picking up the eagle.

It was gold with a black handle as an image of a wolf was engraved into it.

"Why is it so light?" Daniel asked.

"It's made with a light alloy but doesn't lose any of its firepower" Vincent said handing him another case. "These are some attachments I got for you as well."

"You're the man Vincent."

Russ looked as Vincent opened the other suitcase and handed him the Hand Cannon. It was a magnum with a longer muzzle.

"Russ, this is your baby, the Hand Cannon."

"It looks like a regular .50 magnum cal."

"Looks can be deceiving my friend. It has a lot of firepower coming out of that muzzle."

Russell picked it up as it was a tad heavy.

"I couldn't get the same alloy so it might be a little heavy."

Russ swirled it around like a toothpick and pointed it at Dan, with the laser sight pointed between Daniel's eyes.

"Seems fine to me" Russ said. "Five shot revolver, was expecting a four shot." He said opening the chamber.

"Here are your attachments and extra clips."

"Quick question? How much did all this cost?" Russ asked.

Dan and Vincent looked at each other.

"Well ummm, I kind of, sold you to his sister." Dan said.

"YOU WHAT!!?" Russ barked.

Russ loaded a fresh set of rounds and pulled the hammer back.

"Whoa whoa relax, I'm kidding" Dan said holding his hands up.

"How much did it cost?" Russ growled.

"Nothing. Vincent owed me a lot of favors so I'm collecting."

Russ grunted as he put the safety back on.

"I guess my work is done here. So if you see anything else you like, it'll cost you" Vincent said with a smile.

Russell looked around the various weapons. "Maybe later, but uh, think you could get your hands on an A.T.S.M.M.L.?" He asked putting his new

gun into its holster.

"Why the fuck would we need an Anti Tank Shoulder Mounted Missile Launcher?" Daniel asked slamming a clip into the gun.

Russell smirked, "If we ran into A Balor Tannari or Pit Fiend, we'd need serious fire power."

Daniel shook his head as Vic Spoke up, "I could get it, but it would take a couple hour, and would not be cheap" he says getting a nod from the brothers as Russell's cell phone rang.

"This is Russell. What? He's on the move now? Where? Okay, we're on it."

Russ stuffed his phone into his pocket and ran up the stairs.

"Hey wait a sec" Daniel said running after him. "Thanks again Vic" Dan yelled back.

He caught up with Russ as he jumped into the car.

"What's wrong?" Dan asked.

"The demon's on the move" Russ said as the engine started with a roar.

"Where?"

"Whitegate Hotel."

"Then let's go."

********

Amy sighed as she got out the shower.

"Man, that was a hard match today" the roo said wrapping a towel around her body.

Grabbing another towel, she wrapped up her blonde hair and stepped out. Walking into the bedroom, she sat down in front of the mirror.

"Let's hope tomorrow I win the tennis finals" she said happily.

She took off the towel covering her hair and began to comb it, humming a catchy tune to herself. She felt a chill run up her spine as she stopped combing and looked behind her.

"Must be my imagination" she said shaking her head.

She finished combing as her bedroom phone rang.

"Hello? Hey there girlfriend" Amy said happily jumping on the bed. "You saw my match on TV? How'd I look? Oh you big tease" Amy said with a giggle before the lights flickered on and off.

She looked at them as the flickered off and on again.

"Listen Betty, can I call you back? Something weird is going on."

Amy hung up the phone and walked out to the front. The lights flickered again before stopping.

"What's going on?"

Soon she heard a barely audible hissing sound making her skin crawl as she shivered.

"He.....he....hello" she stammered out.

The hissing got louder by the second before it turned into a laugh.

"How sweet. Another fresh innocent soul for me."

Amy turned around ever so slowly as the demon was on the ceiling, upside looking at her. She let out a scream and ran towards the door as it laughed.

"Yessss let the terror fill your soul. It tastes so much sweeter that way."

********

The car screeched to a halt as Dan and Russ jumped out.

"It's here all right. I feel a terrible malice in the air" Russ said.

"Then let's hurry" Dan said.

They ran into the lobby of the 35 floor Whitegate hotel to the front desk where a cheetah greeted them.

"Good evening sirs. Do you need....."

"No time to talk. Clear everybody out the building now" Dan said.

"But why sir?" the cheetah said confused.

Russ closed his eyes, concentrating on the malice he felt. He got a lock as he opened his eyes.

"Dan I got it. It's on the 29th floor" Russ said heading to the elevators.

"Call this number. Tell them your location and that the Miller's are here" Dan said giving the cheetah a card before heading into the elevator.

********

Amy ran down the hallway, knocking on doors screaming for help.

"Somebody help me please" she yelled banging on a door.

The door opened as a lion looked at her.

"What's wrong miss?" he asked.

"There's some kind of monster after me."

"Monster?"

He looked down the hall as it was empty.

"I don't see any......"

Before he could answer, he let out a scream as a clawed hand went right through his chest, holding his heart as it beat slowly. Amy let out a scream as she felt the blood spill on her body.

"Ohhhh, he'sss a strong one" the demon said with a smile.

Amy's knees left her as she fell backwards on the floor, pressing her back to the wall. She watched as the heart turned white before shrinking into a small blue crystal.

"Very strong indeed" he said taking a bite into the lion's neck drinking the blood that spilled out from the still full vein.

"W.....why are.....doing this?" Amy said shaking.

The demon dropped the body as it hit the floor with a splat. Blood coating the carpet as the lion's eyes stared blankly at her.

"Do not worry why I do this. Just be happy to know your soul will not go to waste."

The demon reached for her as she closed her eyes. Gunshots were fired as the demon hissed in pain. He turned to his left to see Dan and Russ as they fired some more causing the demon to let out a hiss. It tried to disappear but couldn't for some reason.

"Magical wards. Impressive" it said before racing towards the stairs.

Daniel ran after it as Russ went to Amy.

"Are you okay miss?" Russ asked.

"It killed him for no reason. All he did was try to help me" Amy said crying.

"Russell, he's on the roof" Dan shouted heading up the stairs.

"Stay here. Somebody will be here for you shortly. I promise" Russ said running to the staircase.

********

"Ughh, we'll never find them" Angel said shaking her head walking down the park path.

"We have to. We can't let Merlin down" Emily said.

Angel let out a sigh as the butterfly floating around them began to glow white.

"Look, they must be nearby" Emily said.

"Yeah, but where?" Angel said before the sounds of police and ambulances were heard nearby.

They rushed down the path and stopped at the side of the hotel. The butterfly went brighter and started to fly up. They shivered a little as they felt strong magical power.

"We have to hurry before it's too late" Emily said as Angel nodded her head.

Chanting a spell, they got lifted high into the air.

********

Daniel walked carefully on the rooftop, his gun held ready as he looked through the smoke coming from the vents and various pipes. Two small rooms, one marked Elevator Room and one marked Generator room were the only things on the roof beside a clear view of the night sky. Loud humming of motors could be heard coming from the elevator room causing hearing to be difficult.

"Shit, can't hear a thing" Daniel said to himself.

Slight movement caught his eye to his left as he turned quickly only to see a crow fly off. He let out a sigh and turned around.

"Fool" the demon said as it swung at him.

Daniel in reflex, brought his gun up and fired a shot just as the demon knocked the gun out his hand. Dan countered quickly with a left right combo. He ducked a swing and followed with a body blow and an uppercut dazing the demon. He went for another swing but got his arm grabbed. He let out a yell as his arm started to burn from where the demon was grabbing him.

"You got spirit. Your soul must be very good." the demon laughed.

He let go of Dan's arm and gave him a strong back hand blow sending him flying into a nearby vent, bending it in half from the impact.

"Mother fucker" Dan said holding his head.

He got up and held his hands apart as lighting surged between them.

"Let's see you handle this, Lighting Ball."

A ball of lighting surged from Daniel's hands and headed for the demon. The demon laughed as it held it hands out. The ball hit the demon's hands as it pushed him back slowly before the demon stopped it completely.

"I believe this belong to you" it said throwing it back towards Daniel.

"Oh shit" Daniel said jumping out the way as it exploded creating a dome of electricity around the vent behind him.

He recovered in time only to be met with a body blow and a viscous back hand causing Daniel's head to hit a steel pipe knocking him out.

********

Russell arrived at the roof door and walked out carefully. He took a couple of sniffs in the air as he got wind of 2 things, the smell of the demon and the smell of blood.

"Daniel, can you hear me?" Russ said.

No response as the only sound was the humming of the elevator room. He walked a couple of steps until his tail went straight up in the air. Turning around quickly, he fired off 2 shots as he heard screaming.

"Wait, don't shoot" Angel said.

"Jesus Christ. What the hell are you 2 doing up here? This is no place for civilians" Russ said with a growl.

"We're not just civilians. We're from the Wizard's Council" Emily said. "We're here to take you and your brother back to Merlin."

"Look lady, this isn't the time and place for stupid jokes. There are more important things at the moment" Russ said turning back around.

"There is nothing more important than getting you 2 back to the Merlin" Emily said walking up.

Russ's ear's went straight up as he turned to the left and saw the demon on the ledge.

"It's over demon. Give back the souls you took."

The demon smiled showing all of its teeth.

"Are you the one who put up the wards?" it said.

"What about it?" Russ said.

"Then how about we play a little game."

It brought its right arm around from its back, holding a knocked out Daniel in his hand. The other hand showed 4 blue crystals.

"Drop the wards, and I'll let you choose which one you want."

"You bastard. If anything happens to him, I won't let you leave alive" Russ growled.

"Your little toys can't harm me. Even though they do cause me some discomfort."

"Agree to come back with us and we'll help you." Emily said.

"Fuck you lady. I thought I told you to get the out of here."

"We cannot go back without both of you" Angel said.

The demon's eyes narrowed as he gripped Dan's shirt collar tighter, cutting off his air supply little by little.

"My patience is growing thin. Drop the wards, or I drop your friend and destroy the souls."

Russ growled angrily as the demon smiled.

"All right, fine. I'll drop the wards."

Russ snapped his fingers as the wards he placed around the building shattered.

"Good, very good" the demon said laughing. "Now I will keep my end of the deal. Now choose which one you want?"

With that said, he dropped them both over the edge.

"DANIEL" Russ yelled and ran over the edge, jumping down after him.

He grabbed a hold of Dan's body and held his arm out.

"Feather fall" Russ shouted as feathery wings appeared from his back.

The wings slowed his decent but not enough as they both took a rough tumble on the ground before being stopped by a nearby car making Dan yell.

"Fuck" Daniel said holding his shoulder which was dislocated.

"Are you okay?" Russ asked, a deep gash in his left arm.

"My shoulder's dislocated" Dan said with a groan.

They heard a hissing laughter as they looked up at the roof to see the demon looking down at them.

"Farewell" it said before disappearing.

Billy ran up to them along with the paramedics.

"Are you okay?" Billy asked.

"What the hell do you think?" Daniel said angrily.

The otter looked at Dan's shoulder which was twisted the wrong way.

"I'm going to pop your shoulder back in place. Are you ready?"

"Go ahead Sam" Dan said closing his eyes.

Sam nodded his head and took a hold of his arm. With a quick pull, his shoulder popped back into place.

"Dammit" Daniel grimaced as the pain shot through his body.

"You guys are lucky" Emily said walking up to them.

Dan and Russ looked at the 2 girls walking towards them.

"Who the fuck are you?" Dan said

"They're the ones that interfered" Russ said growling.

"Are you ready to go?" Angel asked.

"Go where?" Dan asked.

"To the Wizard's Council. The Merlin wishes to talk to you and train you. You 2 have great magical power inside of you" Emily said.

Daniel laughed and stood up after getting patched up.

"I'll tell you the same thing we told that guy in black, we don't answer to anybody."

Russ moved his arm tenderly after getting it wrapped up.

"Looks like our bullets have no effect on it" Russ said.

"Yeah, I noticed. I'll make a phone call tonight" Dan added.

"What do we do now?"

"Nothing at the moment. I'm going home to rest this pounding in my head" Dan said rubbing the bump on the right side of his head.

They walked over to the car before Emily stopped them.

"You have to come back with us."

Daniel grabbed her throat getting a strangled yip of surprise from Emily.

"Listen lady, my head's killing me and listening to your blabber isn't helping. Now, I strongly suggest you back off now while you still have your good looks. I don't normally hit women but I'll make an exception with you."

Daniel pushed her backwards as Angel caught her before she fell. Emily coughed a little as Dan got into the car.

"You haven't seen the last of us. We will bring you to the Merlin" Emily growled weakly.

Dan rolled down the window and looked at her.

"Come near me again, and you'll get a bullet between those beautiful eyes of yours" he said angrily before speeding off.

********

"So what happened last night?" Irons said looking at Daniel and Russ. "Paul gave you exactly where that demon was and you fucked up."

"Well chief he had a hostage" Russ said.

"What hostage?"

"Me" Dan said.

Irons puffed his cigar harder as it swirled around in his muzzle.

"You know that lion he killed back in the hotel?" Irons said throwing a folder on the desk towards them.

"No, who was he?" Russ said reading it.

"George Mason."

"Who's that?" Dan asked taking a look.

"He was leading the polls 70-30 in becoming the next mayor. Now they are breathing down hard on the mayor about that. They think he had him killed."

Daniel tossed the folder back on the desk after looking through it.

"Because of your screw up last night, he's riding me like a stripper on a pole."

Dan let out a suppressed laugh as Irons looked at him.

"Now he's going to pin the blame on us."

"He can't do that" Russ said. That stupid son of his started all of this."

"That doesn't matter anymore. What matter is the soon to be mayor is dead, that demon is still out there and we're going to lose our jobs if we don't deal with it."

"What, he's going to disband the SNDU because of his son's fuck up?" Dan asked.

"That's right. And I refuse to lose my job because of you 2. So as of now, you're both getting partners."

"Partners!?" Dan and Russ said.

They looked at Irons as he hit the intercom button on his desk.

"Send them in Susan."

"Yes sir" a female voice crackled over the speaker.

"Chief with all due respect, we work better by ourselves" Russ said.

"I'm not losing my job over this. I'm sorry" Irons said as a knock come on the door. "Come in."

The door opened as Irons greeted them.

"Welcome, these 2 will be your partners starting today. Say hello Dan and Russ."

Russ and Dan turned around to say hi. But when they saw who it was, shit hit the roof.

"YOU" they both said angrily.

"Hello boys. Told you you haven't seen the last of us" Emily said with a smile.

Russell let out a growl as Daniel had to hold him back.

"I take it you guys met before?" Irons said looking at them.

"Those are the 2 that interfered" Russ said angrily.

"Let the past be the past. Right now, I need you 4 to work together in bringing this demon down" Irons said sitting back down.

"Chief I refuse to work with these 2" Russ said angrily.

"Same. If I have to work with them, I'm better off working with Dennis" Daniel said.

They kept complaining until Irons slammed his fists down on the desk and let out a loud bark causing everybody outside to quiet down and look into the office.

"You listen and listen good. They are your partners whether you like it or not. Now I've covered your asses on more then one occasion. Now its time to pay me back. So get out there and stop that demon, or fill out you resignation papers and get the FUCK of my department. The choice is yours."

Daniel and Russ stood there steaming angry. Emily and Angel felt their anger and power grow almost close to Merlin's level making them shudder.

"Fine chief, you're the boss" Dan said angrily turning to leave the room.

Russ followed but stopped at the open door with his back turned.

"I'll you warn you right now. If you pull that stunt again, I won't hesitate to shoot you both where you stand."

With that said he walked out, slamming the door behind them making everybody outside jump. Irons let out a sigh and sat back down, rubbing his forehead.

"I'm sorry about that. They maybe hard headed, but they are the only 2 I can count on to get the job done."

"It's okay." Angel said.

"Welcome aboard the SNDU."

"Thank you sir." they both said saluting.

Walking out his office and the building, they caught up with Dan and Russ as they got into the car. Getting into the back seat, everybody was quiet until Daniel's cell phone rang.

"Yeah? You got them? Good. We'll meet you in the usual spot" Dan said closing his phone and starting the car.

He looked into the rearview mirror at Emily and Angel who looked at him. He let out a sigh before rubbing his eyes.

"Fuck" Daniel said before putting the car into gear.

********

Loud music rocked the club walls of The Dungeon as various furs and humans danced to the rhythm of the beat and strobe lights. Dan, Russ, Emily and Angel sat at a table quietly.

"I guess we got off on a bad foot. Let's start fresh. I'm Emily Summerstone and this is Angel Larose" Emily said.

Dan and Russ sat there, arms crossed and eyes closed. Emily looked at Angel who shrugged her shoulders.

"Look, I'm sorry we came at a bad time, but we have our orders."

Emily balled her fists angrily as they sat there non responsive.

"Say something dammit" she said angrily grabbing a cup of water and throwing it at Daniel.

The water and cup froze in mid air, inches from his face as they swirled in place. Daniel opened his eyes slowly and looked at Emily.

"Water's not my fancy, if that's the message you're giving me."

Emily watched as the cup and water settled back down on the table as if nothing happened.

"Where is he? He's late" Russ said not opening his eyes.

"He'll be here if he knows what's good for him" Dan said.

The music slowed down to a soft melody as couples held each other close. Movement caught Dan's eyes as a badger slithered through the crowd.

"Here he comes now." Dan said.

"About time." Russ snorted.

The badger walked up holding a black bag as he sat down.

"Sorry I'm late. There was some business to attend to" he said.

"You got my stuff?" Dan asked.

"Yeah. You know this shit is hard to get ever since the mayor signed that bill." the badger said handing him the bag.

He took the time to look at Emily and Angel who smiled back at him.

"I see you 2 are doing well for yourself" he said with a grin.

Dan lifted up his gun up to just above the table surface and pulled back the hammer.

"My brother and I are in a pretty foul mood, cut the jokes."

"Relax man" he said.

"Tend to business Adam" Dan said angrily.

Russ opened the bag and looked inside. Several clips were inside.

"This will hurt the demon?" Russ asked.

"If what Dan said is true, oh yeah. These will cause major damage" Adam said.

"I've never seen this kind before" Russ said looking at a bullet.

"They are melted down crosses with holy water tips. Those will eat right through him."

"Can you find it now?" Dan asked, putting his gun away.

"Yeah, but I need someplace more quiet. Let's head into my office" Adam said pointing upstairs.

They walked through the crowd of people until they got to 2 bats guarding a staircase.

"You guys are not allowed up here" the one on the right said.

"Easy Frank. They're with me" Adam said.

"Sorry boss" Frank said unhooking the chain.

They walked upstairs and down the hall, passing by several rooms where loud moaning, bed squeaking, and various grunts and groans could be heard.

"I see business is good for you" Dan said shaking his head.

"You better believe it" Adam said stopping by a door marked private.

Pulling out 2 keys, he put them both into the locks and turned them at the same time. The locks clicked open as he opened the door. Inside was a summoning circle already made with candles around it. The walls were covered with weird symbols and letters which didn't make sense to Dan or Russ.

"He's a summoner?" Emily asked.

"I'm THE summoner sweet fleas. I'm not like the mayor who gave up. Though I prefer dealing with Celestial, when some one wants justice or revenge, less messy, fewer questions asked. But if you got the cash I am more then willing to deal with the darker side of things" Adam said winking at her.

"Time's a wasting Adam. Hurry up and get started." Dan said angrily.

"Yeah yeah. Geez, you're such a cock blocker" Adam said with a whisper when he felt an electric charge from Daniel's spell he was going to cast at point blank range. Adam could feel the power, more then enough to fry his brain.

"Care to repeat that?" Dan said.

"Nothing, nothing."

Adam grabbed his summoner clothes and sat down in front of the circle.

"Shall we begin?" he said rubbing his hands together as he licked his lips.

Closing his eyes, he started to track down the demon. The candles grew brighter before going out, leaving the room in darkness before the symbols on the wall started to glow blue. The circle spun rapidly before it went transparent.

"Find it yet?" Dan asked.

"Don't rush me" Adam said not losing focus.

Adam clapped his hands as a mirror slowly rose up from the circle. It floated halfway in the air before stopping. Clouds appeared in the reflection before clearing showing the harbor.

"There he is" Adam said looking at the mirror.

"Crystal harbor huh?" Russ said.

"Yep, he's somewhere there tending the shots you gave him."

"Can you keep here there?" Dan asked.

"Sure, but not for long."

"We don't need much time" Dan said turning for the door.

Adam turned his head a little.

"Be careful. This one has the ability to summon others like him. If you're not careful, you could be overwhelmed in minutes. Also I don't have the power to keep him from summoning them."

"Thanks for the advice" Russ said.

"Thank you Adam." Angel and Emily said.

"I have some free time tomorrow is you want to thank me in private." Adam said with a smile before letting out a yell as a flash of lightning blasted past his right ear making the girls jump and Adam hit the floor for cover.

"Keep your cock to yourself" Dan said angrily.

"Bastard. Just hurry up and go" Adam snarled.

********

They pulled up quietly and turned the engine off. Russ reached into the bag and handed Dan the clips they got.

"Are there any people around?" Dan asked.

"Shouldn't be. I called port authority to evacuate the area" Russ said loading his gun.

"What do you want us to do?" Angel asked.

Russ and Dan looked at them.

"Stay here. You caused enough trouble" Russ growled getting out.

"But we can help you" Emily said.

"I think you helped enough" Dan said getting out also. "If you two hadn't been there interfering and distracting my brother, He might have ended this last night" he said locking and slamming the car door, making the girls jump not knowing how to respond.

Dan walked up to the front of the car where Russ had his eyes closed. Opening them, he looked toward the sea.

"Its in warehouse number 8."

"Then let's finish this."

They ran quickly down the dock towards the warehouse.

"Dammit, those two will pose a problem" the demon said pulling the last bullet out of his body as it hit the floor with a clank.

The wound closed up right after as he laughed.

"Oh well, all work and no play is boring."

Its ears twitched as the sound of a door opening and closing was heard. He peered through the darkness to look at the intruders.

"Don't be alarmed. We just want to borrow some ketchup" Dan said moving carefully through the warehouse, trying to avoid the boxes.

The demon grinned and disappeared into the darkness.

"You two don't give up do you?" it said as his voice echoed through the building.

Dan and Russ stood back to back, eyes searching the warehouse as only a couple of rays from the sun penetrated the darkness from holes in the ceiling.

"Very well, if you want to play, let's play."

The building started to shake as several pentagrams lit the floor. Smoke came out of them as demons started to crawl out of the circles.

"Since 2 on 1 isn't really fair. I figured I call some close friends of mine."

Each demon looked exactly like him, from the long horn to the leathery skin.

"Shall we start this little game?" they all said.

Dan and Russ smiled as they inched closer.

"I guess they want to play" Dan said taking aim.

"Why not? We have time before lunch" Russ smiled taking the safety off.

The first demon jumped at Russ as he fired 2 shots into its chest. It fell to the ground holding its chest in pain as white light started to burst from its body. Letting out another yell, it exploded, sending body parts and blood everywhere.

"I guess the bullets work" Russ said wiping his face.

"You can say that again" Dan said wide eyed.

All the demons started to snarl angrily.

"We'll take you apart piece by piece" they all yelled and attacked.

******

Emily and Angel listened to the gunshots, yelling, the sounds of roars, and various spells being cast as they cringed when on fire ball blew out a part of the warehouse.

"We have to help them" Angel said.

"No, we stay here" Emily said shaking her head.

A window crashing got their attention as a demon landed with a thud near them. It let out a yell before its body exploded.

"Ewww, gross" Angel said trying to wipe the guts and blood off her clothes and fur.

*******

Daniel fired a couple more shots until he heard the gun click.

"Shit" he said digging in his pocket.

He heard hissing above as he looked up to see 5 of them coming at him. He was about to react when he heard a shout, then several ice daggers flew into the demons, sticking them to the wall. Turning around he saw Russ, his hand glowing blue.

"You okay?" Russ asked.

Daniel responded with a shot as the bullet whizzed past Russ's ear and hitting a demon right between the eyes.

"Never better" Dan said.

They fought with everything they had but it seemed like for every 1 they killed, 5 more would take its place. Soon they were surrounded as they stood back to back.

"How much ammo you got left?" Dan asked Russ.

Russ emptied his chamber and chuckled.

"One shot left."

"Same here" Dan said.

"Out of firepower huh?" the original said appearing from the top floor.

They looked as the other demons made a hole for him to walk through.

"Before we devour your souls, would you tell me your name so I can savior it in my mind?"

"Daniel and Russell Miller" Russ said smiling as he said knowing the two of them could win this one way.

All of them looked shocked as they started talking at once.

"You two are the sons of Mistress Sheryl Airi Miller?" the demon said.

"You know our mother?" Dan asked.

"Everybody in the underworld knows about her. It's a pity she died that way."

"Died what way? We heard she died in a car accident" Russ said.

All the demons started laughing.

"You two only heard what "they" wanted you to hear."

"What are you talking about? Who's they?" Dan asked.

"Why don't you ask her yourself, when you join her in hell."

All the demons let out a wail of angry and launched themselves at Dan and Russ who stood there. When they got close enough, a strong magical barrier repelled them back.

"You don't know anything about our mother" Russ growled angrily.

The sky got dark quickly as the water under the building and along the shore line started to crash harder. Emily's tails went rigid feeling the magic grow powerful by the second.

"What's going on?" Angel asked looking at the sky as lighting struck around the harbor.

"They're losing control of their magic." Emily said.

"Can we reach them in time?"

"No, it would be too late."

The demons looked around as the floor started to groan before columns of water shot up, circling the 2 brothers who were glowing with a bluish tint.

"Our mother was a respectable person. Don't you dare compare her with the likes of you" Dan said.

"As far as we're concerned, this conversation is over" Russ said.

"Now you will pay for everything you've done."

They raised their hands as the columns of water got bigger and wider.

"Chaotic Maelstrom" they shouted.

The water underneath the warehouse shot up into the sky, creating a huge waterspout vortex that began to suck everything inside. All the demons started to scatter but couldn't get far as the suction was too great and pulled them to their deaths. The building they were in collapsed and got suck up, along with various boats that lined the harbor.

"It's too strong" Angel said as her barrier began to weaken.

"Hold on, just a little longer" Emily said.

The vortex got bigger as it began to uproot nearby trees and rip ceilings off buildings. Everything within a half wile radius was pulled in and destroyed. After a while, the vortex began to diminish as the sky cleared up. Debris fell from the sky as the sea calmed down.

"My.....god, what power they have" Emily said dropping her barrier.

Dan and Russ calmed down somewhat as they looked around. They heard the sounds of gurgling as they walked towards it. Looking under some debris, they saw the demon, well half of him anyway.

"You......really......are her......sons" he choked out as dark black blood flowed

from the bottom half of his body.

Dan held his hand over the demon's body as it started to glow. The 4 crystals responded and floated up into his hand.

"I.....never thought......I would......see.....2 level.......5's."

"Level 5?" Dan said confused.

"So....young, but yet.......not fully......aware of......how dangerous.....you are.

Just.....like.....your....mother."

Dan and Russ pointed their guns at him.

"Your shift is over. Pleasant dreams" Russ said.

They fired their last rounds as one went into the head and the other round pierced the heart. Instead of exploding, the demon's body started to melt. They let out a sigh and holstered their gun.

"Mission complete" Russ said.

"Good. Can I pass out now?" Dan said tiredly.

"Right behind you" Russ said as they both collapsed to the floor.

Off in the distance, the man in black watched from the rooftop.

"Superb power indeed. Such a young age to cast that high of magic."

He thought about going to get the two now but when he saw a human woman in grey slowly appear he just smiled as a black hole appeared under him as he sunk into it, allowing the woman to look down at the scene.

"They will be a great asset to our cause."

********

"May their souls find everlasting happiness in His good graces" the priest said making a cross sign on his chest.

Everybody in the church said Amen and started to file out the building. Emily, Dan, Russ, and Angel were outside by the car when Paul walked up to them.

"I want to thank you for bringing my son's soul back, as well as the others."

"Just doing our job" Russ said.

"But you're not out of the woods yet."

They both looked at the mayor confused.

"That little storm you two pulled off is going to cost you a lot."

"Is it now?" Dan said with a smile.

"Yep. I'll forget about it if you both resign from the SNDU. You guys have been nothing but trouble every since you joined."

Russ looked at Daniel as he got out the car with a tape recorder, 3 tapes and a CD.

"Have you ever heard of The Bouncer, Paul?" Dan asked.

"Never heard of it."

"Really? Well I heard you are quite the guest there" Dan said popping in a tape and pressing play.

"Oh Mr. Mayor, you are a naughty boy."

"You have no idea my sweet. Now then, why not take that top off" Paul

said. "Show me those beautiful breasts of yours."

Dan hit the stop button and shook his head.

"That was a doe named Happy Ending. She said you tipped her very well."

"I.....don't....know what you're talking about" Paul said swallowing hard.

"Oh no? Well here's another one" Dan said pressing play.

"Fuck me harder mayor, oh god your cock feels so good."

"You like that don't you bitch?"

"Pull my ears, please?"

"Does that turn you on?"

"Oh fuck yeah. That's it, pull them harder."

"That girl was a roo called Black Hole" Dan said holding up the CD. "This little baby has you and Pussy Willow. You remember her don't you?"

Paul's eye's started to dart left and right trying to see if anybody was listening. "How did you get that out of my private chambers?" he said scared of the two brothers now.

"Well let me refresh your memory. Let's see, about 5'3, black hair, cute yellow eyes and lots of spots. But of course a cheetah always has spots."

Dan saw the sweat forming around his forehead.

"But here's the kicker. That bondage loving little she-male was only 16. You sick fuck. Have you no shame?"

"Where did you get those?" Paul said.

"Don't worry about that. Just worry about your career when the Honda news gets their hands on these."

"What do you want?"

"Simple, leave us alone or you're going to be answering a LOT of questions and possible jail time for sex with a minor. I don't even want to know what they do to people in jail for messing with a minor. You involve yourself with our careers in anyway, shape, or form and you know what happens got it?"

Paul greeted his teeth just as Julie came walking up.

"I want to thank you again for getting our son's soul back."

"No problem. Glad we could help" Russ said. "Sorry my brother was very rude to you when we first met but he has a short temper."

Daniel had put away the tapes and DVD and nods. "Yeah and I wasn't even awake" he said saving face with her.

"Let's go Paul. We need to fix up his room" Julie said walking to the limo.

"You better not give those to anybody" Paul said angrily.

"Now Paul, you hurt my feelings" Dan said with an evil smile. "Who would I give these too?"

Paul balled his fists angrily before turning to the get into the limo.

"Where the hell did you get those?" Russ asked.

"You don't want to know" Dan said getting into the driver's seat.

The back doors opened and closed as Angel and Emily got in. They looked at them as they gave a sad smile.

"We were hoping to stay with you? We really don't know anybody in this city" Angel said with a blush.

"You two really are pushing your luck." Russ said shaking his head. "Do your selves a favor, stay out of our hair for the next few days, and maybe we can work with each other" he said as Daniel closed his eyes.

Now that the danger was dealt with both the brothers had calmed down in their tempers. They arrived home as Dan opened the door and tossed the keys on the

table.

"There's an extra room upstairs. Bathroom's up there too along with a linen closet" Dan said picking up the mail.

"And a spare house key on top of the book shelves over their" Russell said knowing it would be hard to get rid of these two, knowing why they were here.

"Thank you again" Emily said bowing along with Angel.

Dan watched them go up before heading into the kitchen where Russ was drinking a beer.

"So what do we do about them?" Russ asked.

"I say we get reassigned to a new department" Dan said grabbing one also and sitting down, only half joking about that comment.

They sat in silence until Dan spoke up.

"Do you think what that demon said is true about mother?"

"I don't know. Father never said much about her" Russ said sadly.

"Dammit. I wish she was honest with us sometimes."

"So how do we find out about mother?" Russ asked.

Dan sat there, twirling the beer in his hands.

"Maybe we should go see this Merlin they are talking about. He might tell us something."

"What about him wanting to train us?"

"We say no. All we want is to learn about our mother. Everything else is secondary."

Russ nodded his head before letting out a yawn.

"Well, I'm getting some sleep. Don't stay up to late."

"Yeah.......sure" Dan said with a far away look.

Russ came behind him and gave him a hug.

"We'll find out about mother, don't worry" he said giving Dan a small lick on the cheek.

With that said, he walked upstairs and closed his door. Dan wiped a single tear that came down his face before getting up. He walked upstairs into his room and closed his door. He didn't even bother to take off his clothes as he laid down on the bed. He was drifting in and out of sleep when he heard the heat shut off.

"Dammit" Daniel cursed getting up and walking down to the basement.

He checked the water heater as the pilot light was out. He let out a curse before heading back upstairs. Getting under the covers, he tried to get warm but it got cold quickly. After a couple of minutes, he heard his door open and felt that familiar fur on his back.

"Figured you might be cold" Russ said.

"Humph, you heard me say anything about me being cold?"

"No, but you're shivering."

Dan didn't say anything as Russ held him close, feeling his warm fur as he felt a little better.

"I guess you do have some use for all that fur" Dan said sleepily.

"I know."

"Just do me a favor?"

"What?" Russ asked confused.

"Don't shed in my bed" he said with a laugh before getting smacked on the head, right before Russell licked his cheek falling into a deep sleep.