text: Bill narrowly dodged Daevia's chain, ducking his head and wincing as the shadow whistled over his head. Her chain snaked around, lashing out at Sophia as she tried to charge in and attack the Succuba from behind. Flaming sword met shadowy chain.
  
  "Do you really think you can defeat me?" Daevia purred. "I already bested you once, Seraph."
  
  "I was commanded by Heaven to stop you! I will do my duty or die trying!"
  
  "Such a good, little Angel," sneered the Demon. "Why did Heaven even bother to send such a weak creature? You're only a lowly Virtue! How could you can you have any hope of stopping me?"
  
  "With Faith and Love!"
  
  "What weak shields to hide behind."
  
  "It gave me the strength to escape Hell!" Bill shouted. "And gave me the weapon that's going to kill you!"
  
  "Sophia's too stubborn to see the writing on the wall, but not you, Bill," she smiled, whirling her chain around her in a blur, a shield keeping Bill and Sophia at bay. "I'll still allow you to serve me. Fall to your knees and be my servant. You can keep all your whores. I'll make you King of a sixth of the world."
  
  "Why would I even deal with you?" Bill asked. "You're just Mephistopheles's bitch! He sent you up here because he was too cowardly to do it himself. You're going to pay in his stead, suffering defeat when it should be your Master. Unless you surrender to us."
  
  "Now why would I ever do that?"
  
  "Because you're losing and you're smart enough to see that!" Bill grinned. "Because you're a Demon and that makes you a coward!"
  
  Anger flashed in her blood-red eyes, and her chain lashed out at him, opening her up to Sophia's attack. Bill's heart seized in his throat as he dived to the left, hoping his taunt would work and the Seraph could finish her off before the Demon killed him. He rolled to his feet, and Daevia launched herself to the side, black wings flapping, as Sophia's sword carved through the space the Demon had occupied.
  
  "Your Lemures are too weak," Bill continued. "Once they're all dead, you'll have to contend with all of us. You're barely keeping Sophia and me at bay. How will you stop even more people trying to kill you? Just surrender, and we'll let you crawl back to Hell with your wings tucked between your legs like a good, little bitch!"
  
  "I'll flay every inch of your body, Bill!" she screamed. "I'll —"
  
  Sophia's sword swung at Daevia's head. The Demon pivoted, grabbing her chain between both hands and blocked the Angel's overhand blow. For a moment, the Angel and Demon strained against each other, lights and shadows dancing as their weapons ground together, than Daevia let out a roar and pushed Sophia back. Bill charged in, but her chain flicked out at him, and he skidded to a halt, raising his sword to deflect it.
  
  Behind you! Juanita shouted suddenly in his mind.
  
  He reacted instantly, whirling around and cutting down the lone Lemure that had crept up at him, the black body falling in pieces to the ground at his feet. He couldn't think about how close that had been, whirling around to keep his attention on Daevia and her deadly chain.
  
  "You have no chance!" he roared. "You're going to be impaled on one of our swords!"
  
  "I'll feast on your eyeballs!" she spat, her blood-red eyes wild. "And I'll keep all your whores to be my amusement for a thousand years! Every disgusting creature shall know their flesh and defile their souls!"
  
  "You won't touch them!" Bill snarled.
  
  "I'll make Cynthia be my slut again! She'll be so eager to spread her thighs! Imagine every sick, filthy thing you have ever watched from the cesspool of the internet. What I would make her perform would sicken even the most deviant among your perverse race!"
  
  Bill stopped thinking. Anger took over. He charged in with a headless roar. "I'll kill you first!"