The Inside discussion

A famous tourist attraction, this tomb secretly houses the Gate to the Inside.

Sparky didn't want to say the obvious, since stating the obvious was the equivalent of promoting small talk, and small talk was the equivalent of hell, but the tomb was extremely quiet for once. No tourists were about. There was absolutely no activity.
Something was wrong.

Carmen sighed. "Jeez. Not again." She mumbled, wanting to smash her head on one of the columns.

((remember they aren't out yet Robin lol))

Caz and Asher walked up to the Gates, Caz tapping his fingers impatiently on the back of his phone. The sound of the air ripping was just what Caz was waiting for, because Jasmine stepped out. "Hey Carter." She said teasingly. "Don't call me Carter, Jasmine." He spat.

Asher stood patiently waiting with him. She grinned when Jasmine appeared, now they were ready.
((Sorry.))

((Lolol its okay))

Jasmine patted her brothers head and cracked her knuckles. "Okay, so the seal is at its weakest. I can bend it for a short time for us to get out, so no dilly-dally, you hear?" She said, glaring at the two.

Asher looked at her, "of course."

Jasmine gave a poison smile and turned to the gates. She muttered something as her eyes turned gold.

Asher stood ready.

((I know you can but does he want to.))

Jasmine winced as the searing hot metal hit her skin when she grabbed the gate. She pulled on it, and it slowly creaked open. Caz rubbed his hands together, antsy. as soon as the opening was big enough, he slipped into the dark tomb on the outside.

Asher followed him.

Jasmine ripped into the air and followed as the gates slammed shut.

Sparky's head spun towards the ripping sound. "We caught them just in time." Grinning, she threw her black hoodie over her head. She muttered in Swahili, and mist rose from the cracks in the ground and surrounded her body. Her face transformed, her eyes turned pure black and a white paint seemed to bleed from her pores until her face was covered with a skeletal mask.

"What the hell." Carmen said flatly. Caz stepped out into the light. "Carmen." He said with a smirk. "Caz." She spat back.

Asher growled as she stepped out her eyes turned yellow and her skin grey as she transformed to her demon form.

"I've got the girl demon." Sparky said speaking in English with an echo of Swahili in each word. With a laugh, she moved with super speed towards Asher.

Caz put an arm in front of his girlfriend protectively, snarling. His knife slid out of his sleeve and he threw his glasses off. "DON'T LOOK HIM IN THE EYE!" Carmen yelled, fighting Jasmine.

"I WON'T!" She cried back, the mist once again rising from the cracks in the floor, curling and moving in such a manner that it formed a shape in Sparky's gloved hand.
A scythe.
She swung the curved sword, at Caz's shoulder.

Caz stood unmoving until the last second, when he pushed Asher back and just barely swerved the blade.

Sparky continued to slash the elongated staff at Caz, her movements swift and precise.
She turned her gaze briefly to Carmen, to see how she was holding up with Jasmine.

Carmen was having trouble focusing for some reason. She kept getting caught off guard and getting attacked from all sides by Jasmine.

Caz dodged the girl easily, having adrenaline flooding his veins because he was so happy to be out again.

"All of this was incredibly difficult to do without looking the demon in the eye." She called to Carmen. "Tell me, what are your demon powers?" The banisher played dirty, and for some reason quite unknown to her she punched the demon in the eye just as he had dodged her latest swipe with her scythe.

"The one you're thinking of is hypnotism." Caz replied, regaining his balance.

Carmen stumbled back again, why couldn't she think clearly?! She got up and pulled her other knife from her boot.

"Interesting." Sparky remarked, back to using her weapon. "You aren't perhaps related to a siren are you?"

"My sister over there is a succubus." He said, pointing to Jasmine, who was having fun with the disoriented banisher.

Asher had disapeered into the shadows after Caz had pushed her. She waited silently.
((GAH SOO LOST!!))

((Lolz))

"Tell me, what is the difference between a succubus and a siren?" Sparky asked, swinging her scythe at Caz's arm.

"A succubus is something like a female vampire." Caz explained simply.

Asher stayed where she was in the shadows.

"Ah. Hey, Carmen. One of them has disappeared." Sparky called to her partner. "Anyways demon, you are rather agreeable." She spun her weapon towards him. "But the seal exists for a reason."
She lunged towards him.

Caz ducked and swiped at her legs, while Carmen was knocked to the ground. "Damn." She growled as Jasmine towered over her.

Asher grinned and sat cross-legged.

Sparky gasped as she hit the ground, a pain sharper than a knife of electricity stabbed her tailbone. "Oh..." She grimaced, the facial movement looking fearsome on her painted face.

Caz smiled "Sorry, Id love to chat more but I have other plans. Leave her be, sister. Time to go." He looked at her sister, who was about to kill Carmen. "Come along now Ash." He took his girlfriends hand and they all ripped and disappeared.

Carmen grunted. "What the hell is wrong with me?!" She growled, frustrated.

Sparky made a whimpering sound, and the scythe vanished from her hand. The white paint disappeared along with the black in her eyes. "Is disorientation a trait among the succubus species?" She looked up at her fellow banisher, also feeling confused. What kind of magic had the two demons pulled off?

"I-I don't think so...." Carmen gasped. "Caz is an illusionist!" She realized. "Illusions, hypnotism, and bodily poison. That's what the records say."

"Oh my." Sparky whispered, getting up. "There aren't many of those left. No wonder." She stood up straight in her all black outfit. "Did you know him before?" She asked, remembering them having a nice warm greeting at the beginning of the fight.

"He gets out ALL the freaking time." Carmen growled. "His sister too."

Sparky's brow creased, and she bit her lip. "The sister..." She trailed off, a her brain working faster than the machine on a BMW. "She is a succubus. Not terribly powerful. It doesn't seem that she would be a valuable asset and yet-" The banisher looked at the empty tomb. "She comes with the escape group every time."

"She opens the gate. And transports the escapees." Carmen explained.

"If we separate the three, everything will fall into place. Jasmine is the asset here. If we isolate her, we can make sure that no other demon comes out of the seal." Sparky shrugged. "But I am thinking you have already tried that."

"They never leave each other when they are outside the seal." Carmen sighed. "Caz is such a pain. I don't know much about his girlfriend."

"Do they have any patterns were they escape? For example where do Banishers normally find them?" Sparky grilled her new friend for information. The succubus was her major concern. If she was taken care of, then demons escaping the seal would be a rarity.

"Everywhere." Carmen rolled her eyes, stretching her leg and examining her swollen ankle. "He never stays in one place."

"I would like a map to see where they were found each time." Sparky said excitedly, finally having something to steer away her boredom. "Maybe there's a pattern. Ooo how fun!" She clapped her hands together.

Carmen sighed and flexed her twisted ankle. "Wonderful." She muttered.

Sparky held out her hand to Carmen, smiling. "Let's kick those son of guns back where they belong."

Carmen accepted the help up, but fell over with a sharp inhale. "Damnnnnn. Gimme a minute."

"Ok." The woman said, a brief look of concern over her features.