Monday Night

Over time you’ve gone from goth apparel to simple black robes. Tonight you have a backpack and a hood as well.

You know from your demon Hunter memories that succubi are stronger at night, but avoiding the casino’s security is far more important.

You reach the quiet side of the building and pull suction cups from your pack. You check to make sure you’re alone and then begin your climb.

The darkness covers you as you climb. Each twelve feet bringing you a floor closer to vengeance. After an hour of climbing, your muscles burn, but you are outside Candace’s suite.

You remove a glass cutter from your pack. You suction it down and begin to spin it with one hand. With the cut done you pull the glass piece outside, so as not to make any noise. You slide through the hole.

Across the suite you see Candace. She is in demonic form, a red skinned sexpot. Two men are busy licking her ass and pussy.

You pull out your sword.

You are nearly on top of her when she sees you.

“Who? Guards! Intruder!”

You pull your hood down, so she knows who is going to kill her.

“You!”

You thrust your sword at her and she dodges back as expected. You turn in one graceful, fluid, arc and slice off her head.

Her body falls to the ground and begins to evaporate into acrid, sulfurous smoke.

Three burly men close the gap. They pull out guns.

“Freeze.” One growls.

With you free hand you throw powder on the ground and close your eyes.

Even with your eyes closed you sense the brightness of the flash.

You open them and charge the guards. You thrust your sword into the first one’s chest killing him instantly. You pull it out and swing it, slicing the second guards throat. He drops the gun as he tries to stop the spray of blood from his neck.

The third on seems trying to focus on you. His trigger finger tenses. If there is a gun shot you’re fucked. You sweep kick his legs out from under him. He falls down with a loud thud, the wind clearly knocked out of him.

You spin and bring your sword straight down through his eye. He stops moving instantly.

You don’t have any time to rest. You sprint out to the balcony. With a sprinting start you run jump on the rail and push off. You clear the ten foot jump needed to reach Miko’s balcony and land with a somersault. You enter her suite.

She is punching the buttons on the elevator. Four guards are running toward you.

You throw a pair of throwing stars. They lhit the elevator panel and give a visible arc of electricity. The panel goes dark.

Miko turns. “Kill him! The guard who kill him gets to fuck me!”

You run at the guards. At the last moment you leap over the first and thrust your sword backwards. It finds its mark. Warm blood sprays you.

You spin around. The closest guard has a gun out. You throw your sword. It punctures his neck. He goes down. You charge the next guard grabbing his gun hand. You break his wrist then use his body to shield you from the last guards gunshot.

You throw the body at him and pull out a knife. The body knocks him down. You slice his throat before he recovers.

Miko looks at you. “Who the fuck are you?”

You slide off your hood.

“You.” She laughs. “You know your boyfriend’s soul is still my favorite.”

It’s meant to make you angry, make you sloppy. You ignore her.

You slice with your knife.

She dodges it.

You spin and slice again. She swipes her claws at you. You both miss. You are acutely aware you are running out of time.

Of course you know any good assassin can trade blows.

You move in. Her claws rake your face making deep gouges. You swing your knife upward and gut her.

You push her back. She swings at you meekly. You plunge your dagger into her eye. She falls to the floor and her body begins to smoke.

You did it!

You fall to your knees. Your entire life the last year has been planning this moment. Now you feel empty. You have no plan. You suppose it doesn’t matter. In a few moments a very angry succubus Queen is going to skin you alive or worse.

You close you eyes. You feel the gouges on your face throb. The pain from your left eye is excruciating. You are covered in blood. The acrid sulfurous smoke from Miko’s decomposing body fills your nostril’s and you are at a total loss for what to do next.