Purgatory

Chapter 10

Kat tore off her ruined glove, revealing her arm, which was dark purple, and covered in scales.  She had claws like a dragon.  As Kat was rummaging through her drawers for a new glove, everyone was staring at her arm.  Kat put on the new glove, her expression serious.  Ella cringed.  “Shit, I hope she’s not too mad.” thought Ella.  “I was trying to do what she asked, she did say ‘try to kill me’.”  Instead of heading for Ella, Kat instead headed for Anastasia and the newly awakened John.  “What the hell was that?”  She asked, her expression serious.  

“I told you to try and kill me, and you…” She twirled around, facing John. ”...fire off three rounds, and faint.  And you…”  She twirled back to face Anastasia.  “...make a weak attempt to stab me, holding your knife like it’s contagious.   I am disgusted with you both!”  Kat was fuming.  She gestured towards George and Ella.  “At least they made an attempt at killing me, you guys were just playing around.”  Kat strode over to Anastasia, who was now standing.  She grabbed her arm, and thrusted the dagger into Anastasia’s palm.  Kat got alongside with Anastasia, and showed her how to stab, moving Anastasia’s arm for her.  “See, this is how you kill someone!”  Kat just looked over at John, shaking her head.  “The worst part is,” she said, looking him in the eyes.  “You can actually shoot well.”  Kat turned away, shaking her head.  Just then, a short, pale, blond guy in a delivery boy outfit appeared at the door, knocking three times.

Kat walked over to the door and opened it with a snarl.  Everyone else followed, wondering what chaos would ensue.  “What do you want…” She said, her voice dangerously low and controlled.  The delivery boy didn’t even look fazed.  It was just the demon chick being angry again.  Nothing he hadn’t seen before.  It seemed to Ella like he had put up with Kat in a worse mood before.  He pulled out his scroll and began to speak.  Kat sighed and lit a cigarette.  

“Katherine Harper, you are being summoned to Earth, where you and your team will kill Bobby the rapist, before he harms anyone else.  This mission comes directly from Cecilia herself.  End Message”  With that, he rolled up the scroll and walked away, teleporting once he was off Kat’s lawn, before Kat could burn anything.  He had gotten new gloves, and he rather liked them.  Grumbling, Kat put her leather jacket on, extinguished her cigarette, and turned to face the group.  “Well, guys,” Kat sighed.  “Looks like we’re going to New York, after all, an order from Cecilia must be obeyed.  All hail the mighty Cecilia.”  Ella looked at Anastasia with one eyebrow raised.  It seemed like Cecilia and Kat had some history.  Kat muttered a few words under her breath, then, they all flickered out of existence.  When they flickered back, Kat had to pull the gang out of a busy street.  Ella gasped.  The cold sank right through her hoodie and into her bones.  How the hell did they get into New York?  “Well gang,”  Kat said.  “Welcome to The Big Apple.”