Chapter 9 -- Here comes the twist.
The next few weeks passed quickly, they trained at least 3 times a week.
Sandy finally figured out how to block a large fire surge, a small but very strong gravity anomaly would warp and disrupt lines of power, no matter what their size so no fire could be ignited past the point of the disruption.
Gravity for some reason is extremely easy to generate requiring very little life force. Cat theorizes that gravity is actually an energy that leaks in from another level of existence, so they weren't actually creating gravity, they were thinning the walls in a specific way to allow more to pass through.
Either way its results that count and gravity was cheap personal energy wise.
They wound up moving back into the house, feeling more secure with their abilities and powers they stopped hiding so much. They were not brash or looking for a fight, but they decided they wouldn't let it interfere with their lives anymore.
Sandy was practicing with her powers and doing the house cleaning at the same time. She giggled as the local gravity field zipped around the house sucking up dust and dirt from the furniture and rug. She worked on her control to exclude the things that shouldn't be affected, like pictures and knick knacks.
Crap. Like that picture that just hit the ground. Still beats vacuuming by a mile though. Sandy sent it outside and released it, all the dust and dirt falling to the ground.
Jez walks in and grins, "That is so handy Dee, you ready for work?"
Sandy nods, "All set."
Jez is pretty happy with things, but the thought that it can't last has been nagging in the back of her head, sooner or later things will come to a head. Even if they manage to kill Daniel Price what will that really accomplish? Will the Angels just send another like him to continue, or worse send an arch Angel?
Jez sighs and lets it go, she has been over eating so to speak and is brimming with energy right now, which tends to make her edgy. Kind of like she drank too much coffee and is mildly jittery, add to that so horny her nipples won't stop tingling staying sensitive and erect.
They both head into the back to change as soon as they arrive, Jez putting on her waitress outfit. Turning around to see what Sandy is wearing makes her start laughing so hard she almost falls off the bench.
"Oh, that is so perfect love," she gasps out, controlling the laughter.
Sandy is wearing loose but scanty blinding white shorts and a white shirt just barely covering her assets. She is also wearing a golden halo made out of tinsel.
"My slutty Angel," Jez says with laughter in her voice. She pulls Sandy in for a quick kiss before continuing, "Tony and dad should get a real kick out of it, not to mention any Angels that may be lurking around."
Sandy with a mischievous look says, "You've been naughty and I'm here to punish you." With a spank for Jez and fake pout Sandy continues, "It will have to wait for later though."
Jez watches as Sandy saunters out to the public part of the club, a sexy sway to her hips that makes Jez tingle and tighten. She so did not want to wait. She wanted it now, badly.
She watches as Sandy throws a knowing look over her shoulder, delighted mischief dancing in her eyes.
Jez giggles knowing she was busted, the young sexy Witch in her mind.
Jez follows her out and heads to the bar.
Tony nods in greeting, "Jez."
"Hi Tone, any news?"
Tony sighs, "Nothing good, a lot of Demons dying, Angels too of course, makes you wonder why they do this, it's like they want to thin their own numbers as well. You need to watch out though, after the failures the rumor is Price is coming for you soon, personally.
"Most of the Demons that are left are friends with me and your dad, the ones who aren't skipped town for the mountains upstate hoping to hide. Point is you should be safe from Demons, at least for right now. Don't let your guard down though either."
In the background Jez hears the DJ, "And now on stage one I give you, ANGEL!"
Tony gasps and looks up, seeing Sandy dressed up as slutty Angel makes him bark out a laugh.
Chortling Tony says, "That one is a keeper Jez, she knows how to poke fun."
Jez snickers, "Just one of the many reasons."
Jez arches an eyebrow meaningfully and winks at Tony. Then she taps into all the customers as she makes her rounds, bringing out drinks. She doesn't really need to feed, but she still feels like she should use her ability to smooth out issues and to make them enjoy it more, thus increasing the tips so everyone wins.
It's a good night for the club, very busy for a Tuesday night. There are some Angels, which she easily picked out even without power as they glared at Sandy. But not enough of them to start trouble. Maybe keeping an eye on Tony?
She is not sure what kind of deal he has going, or maybe he is so powerful they just pass him by during the scourge looking for easier prey, or maybe he just keeps kicking their asses until the purge is done.
Just when she thought they would get through another day without an attack 15 Angels pile in as the last of the customers leave.
There are only 6 Demons. 3 bouncers, Tony, her dad and herself were it. But of course 3 of us had more punch than the standard Demon and there was no counting Sandy out.
Tony nodded his head at one of them and said, "Daniel, been a while. What brings you here? Don't suppose the scourge is over? Last one wasn't half this long."
Jez was impressed with Tony's equanimity, obviously this is a tense situation and he is treating it like ordering coffee. She prepares herself for a fight by starting to clear her mind and meditate, but holds back on any action. She was determined to only kill in self defense. Really, it was the only thing she could control since this craziness started.
Daniel nods, "Well, yes, the purge is over, the big bosses have decided we killed and sacrificed enough lives for the next 50 years or so."
Tony peered at him suspiciously, "So what's with the party, you could have called, sent a lackey or even dropped by for a pint."
Daniel sighs, "Well, we have a small problem you see, my bosses caught wind of the little abomination over there."
Jez heard Sandy gasp behind her. Strange thing though, the tone in Daniel's voice didn't imply any agreement with what he said. That made her speak up.
"WTF is the deal here, you guys are acting like buddies, and he called me an abomination but looks like he'd rather be getting oral surgery than be here. Please explain."
Daniel answers Jezebel, "Well you don't really think we like to kill and die do you? It's the Angels in our home plane, they are afraid we or the Demons would try to take over here and they don't want that. I don't know why, but the idea of it terrifies them.
"Instead of population control of some sort for our kind they decided it's easier to just order a purge every 50 years. Didn't Tony explain that to you?"
Jezebel nods but still looks confused and asks, "But if you think it's just as stupid as we do why not just ignore it?"
Tony answers for Daniel this time, "I guess I should have told you, Angels have no free will from the tier of power above them, an Archangel or 'Arch' for short, tells those below to order a purge, and they have no choice but to obey. Kind of like a compulsion or mesmerizing.
"They literally have no choice in the matter. Then they have power over the ones below them and so on until all the Angels are under compulsion to go kill a Demon."
Tony turns to Daniel and asks, "So don't tell me, you are under orders to kill the abomination at any cost."
Daniel sighs, "Not exactly, they want her brought before the Arch in charge of North America. They did not tell me why."
Jez is baffled, this is too weird. Curious she uses her Angel power to check the comparative level of the Angels around her. She finds that outside of Daniel and two others she is higher, and only Daniel is more powerful than her, and he is one level below an Arch.
Curious she looks at the other Angels and commands, "Leave," trying to throw power behind it.
Nothing happens so she says, "Sorry, I was curious. As a half Angel I can tell who is higher than who, but apparently my commands have no impact."
She hopes her Demon side makes her as immune to this command power as well as the fact that she can't use it. She has a bad feeling she is going to find out.
Daniel nods, guessing her thoughts, and commands, "Come here, now."
Jez sighs in relief as nothing happens. Apparently she is immune from that effecting her.
Jez shrugs, "So. Now what? Should I go see what this arch Angel wants?"
Simultaneously Sandy and her father say, "No," only her father continues, "There is no way that is happening."
Jez frowns.
"But what if he just wants to talk, or learn about me, make sure I am not a threat, " Jez sighs, "I wouldn't let anyone hurt me, but apparently the only way to stop an Angel under this command compulsion is to kill him. Am I supposed to kill every Angel in North America when I don't know what the Arch wants with me?"
Andy looks determined not to let it happen no matter the cost.
Sandy looks thoughtful, Jez knows she doesn't want to kill anyone either at all, much less without knowing if it's in self defense or not.
Daniel coughs, "So yeah, that's what I meant about a problem, I don't have a choice. I'd rather not fight, just in the last 5 minutes I've figured out Jezebel is not to be feared or destroyed, but that doesn't matter, I have no choice but to bring her with me."