Inner Demons

Chapter 7

Kelsey hit the ground so hard her eyes rolled back into her head. Her energy had drained drastically as she killed the monster on top of having also been hiding the pain from her still healing wound the succubus had inflicted on her earlier. Even with her healing gel, it was still filled with poison.

Raptor landed in the wall getting stuck; she cursed to every god and deity out there at her misfortune. Pulling her limbs, Raptor only managed to free her right arm. Looking at it she looked around to see Rin had landed so hard he was sticking feet up out of the ground; tail wagging furiously. Ichigo fared better since he landed at the base of the wall, though it looked like he hit his head since blood caked his hair. Kelsey was in the far corner, further away than anyone, her entire body in a crumpled heap in said corner, the bright pink flames that was once around her were now completely gone and her normally bright pink aura was dull and dark. "So... That was fun but is anyone awake enough to help me out of the wall?" Raptor asked looking around. With a scowl she counted the number of people in the room again. "Where's Shiro?"

Shiro walked back in from the hallway with a slight limp. "Down the hall. Damn bitch threw me pretty far." He said walking towards Raptor. Raising his sword, he sliced down destroying the stone holding her. Raptor landed with a solid 'OMF!' before jumping to her feet. "You jerk! You could have killed me!" She shouted at Shiro earning a chuckle and "Pay back's a bitch." from the albino. Signing Raptor walked over to Kelsey, who hadn't moved from her spot since she landed there a few minutes ago. "Hey you ok?" Raptor asked slowly moving Kelsey's hand to see the wounds.

Kelsey stays limp as Raptor saw how bad the original wound on her cheek really was. Looking down, Raptor saw another wound on Kelsey's chest that had ripped from her side to the other side with greenish-purplish ooze mixing with Kelsey's blood as it seeped out of the claw marks. Giving a small hiss Raptor looked up, "You got any of that healing goo left?" Kelsey lets out a faint whimper, still not moving or opening her eyes. Carefully, Raptor pulled off Kelsey's ruined jacket and start ripping it into strips. Lifting Kelsey's shirt, Raptor wrapped the strips around the wound as best she could. She then placed Kelsey's arm around her shoulders and lifted Kelsey as slowly as she could. Turning' Raptor saw that Shiro had helped Rin out of the ground. Both were helping Ichigo walk around. "Shiro, Kelsey won't make it unless we take her home." Raptor stated earning a shocked look from Shiro.

"You know the rules - Angel would be pissed if we take strangers into the sanctuary." He replied moving through the tunnels.

"I think she would understand if we say an ancient inflicted the wound..." Raptor looked down at Kelsey to make sure she was still breathing. The two remained silent the rest of the way out of the nest. Sunlight greeted them before the group headed to a clearing. "Come on Shiro... We have to help her..." Raptor pleaded causing Shiro to sigh before opening his phone.

"Fine, but you take the blame if we get in trouble." Shiro stated before dialing a number. "Yo oracal, we need pick up... No. Not three, five people... Yes I know but there was an ancient and... Great man." Shiro hung up just a portal opened in front of them.

Rin backed up as he watched Shiro head through with Ichigo. "What the hell?! Aren't we heading back to the temple?!" Rin questioned, unsure of what to do.

"No, Kelsey will die if we take her there so I'm taking her home. You're welcome to come along." Raptor smirked before walking through. Once on the other side she was greeted by a medical squad who removed Kelsey from her shoulder. Looking back Raptor saw Rin had walked through the portal and was currently looking around with wide eyes. The room was huge with large doorways for portals and doors that lead deeper into the base. Chuckling Raptor walked over, "Welcome to the Sanctuary Rin."