Chapter 35: Defend the City!
Joan and the two demons that accompanied her stepped through the portal and appeared over Charleston City. They all descended to the ground. Joan turned to the demon to her left commanded, "Richter, go west towards the strongest spirit energy you can sense!"
Richter was a humanoid demon with orange skin, shoulder length hair with a ponytail in front. His face was bland and unmoving. He stood at 5'11 and weighed 190 lbs.
"Yes ma'am!" responded Richter while, just moving his mouth and not changing his expression.
He then ran in straight line heading directly for the spirit energy he sensed. He ran through vehicles, buildings, and even people. The demon left a trail of death and destruction as he ran.
"There he goes, overdoing shit again," said Joan to herself.
The remaining demon kneeled to Joan as if he was waiting for orders. Joan walked over with her shield and rubbed the demon's head. She smiled as she rubbed his head. "Go ahead and head east for me and take care of the demon hunter there, Lance," said Joan.
"Anything for you. Do I have permission to use my full strength?" replied Lance.
Lance was another humanoid demon with short, black hair, tan skin, and a horn in top of his head. He only wore pants resembling the same type of trousers of a Ge. He was around 6 ft tall and looked like a body builder.
"You have my permission. Be sure to enjoy yourself because after this, we'll be busy taking over this world," answered Joan as she presented the Astral Shield.
Lance nodded towards her and then stood up and ran Eastward towards the strong spirit energy he sensed.
Joan closed her eyes and thought to herself, "The one I want to fight is already heading here. He better be worth waiting for!" Joan began to tremble with excitement! "Come on boy! Come find me!" said Joan aloud as she raised her demonic energy, clearly luring Quint to her.
As Richter continued to charge forward, a blade of pink, psychic energy hit him in the shoulder. Richter stopped in his tracks! He looked shocked as he reached over to the shoulder that was wounded and looked at the blood that was on his hand.
"Where did that come from?!" yelled Richter as he looked in the direction that the attack came from. In the distance, he sees Simone flying right towards him. Simone fired two psychic blasts at Richter! Richter dodged them both! Richter turned around and saw that Simone was already behind him. She then punched him in the face and said furiously, "You chose the wrong opponent today!"
Lucas continued running in the road heading to the hospital with his mother in his arms. He could sense a demon heading towards him, so he ran to an empty parking lot. The demon appeared in front of him and took a swing at him, but Lucas jumped backwards, just barely avoiding the punch. Lucas looked angry as he locked eyes with the demon.
"I don't have time for this right now! Get out of my way!" yelled Lucas while filled with rage.
"Well, you're just going to have to make time. My lady wants me to kill you and your friends," said Lance.
Lucas then flickered passed Lance and tried to escape, but then Lance grabbed him by the arm and threw him back to where he was.
"You're not going anywhere! I, Lance, have been ordered to kill you and nothing will stop me from doing so!" announced Lance as he took his fighting stance.
Lucas place his mother into the ground gently and completely covered her body with stone. "I'll finish this quickly!" said Lucas angrily.
Quint, Shay, and Ariel ran towards Joan's demon energy.
"Running through the city isn't the business, we need a better way to travel," said Shay.
"I could fly!" said Ariel as her wings appeared and took flight.
"Can you feel that Shay?" asked Quint.
Shay focused on the power levels in the city and said, "Yes, Simone and Lucas have already started fighting."
"I hope they're ok. Lucas was running pretty quickly before the demons appeared," said Ariel.
"They will be both fine, I'm sure of it! We just need to do our part and defeat the demon we're headed to," said Quint as he started seeing Joan in the distance.
"That's her! I didn't think that Joan would be the one to appeared!" said Ariel while pointing at Joan.
"You know her?" asked Shay
"I know of her. Apparently she's been making moves to be the leader of the Imperials. She's seriously dangerous," explained Ariel.
Just as Ariel was finishing her sentence, Joan disappeared from sight and appeared in front of Quint. She then attempted to bash him with the shield, but Quint smoothly dodged the attack and threw a punch at her. She blocked the punch with the Astral Shield, causing Quint to take damage from hitting it. They then started to trade blows and moving faster than the eye can keep up. Joan and Quint then separated from each other.
"I guess you are as good as Tupp said you were Shrimp," said Joan.
"My name's not Shrimp! He would have a lot to say considering that I kicked his ass when he was here and I'm going to do the same to you!" said Quint.
"Ha! You make me laugh! A fledgling like you can't hope to defeat me. Tupp is our weakest member, defeating him isn't something to brag about. Now you're faced with a true warrior with real strength and the Astral Shield. I am Joan, you're destroyer!" announced Joan.
Shay began to get angry from the conversation.
"I am Quint, the one that will end the Imperials!" said Quint as he surveyed the area and looked at the destruction caused by her arrival and Richter's recklessness, "You Imperials do nothing but destroy! Your corpse will be the powerful message to the rest of the Imperials!"
Quint then charged at Joan, but Shay ran right passed him and attempted to kick Joan, but Joan blocked the attack with the shield, repelling Shay away from her. Shay landed on her feet and said, "I won't be ignored! Quint, I'll take her on!"