"........" Ilias was silent for a moment, before sighing.

"All right." he said.

"I... I concede your point." he told her.

"Right." he mumbled.

"I should... probably still leave, though." he reasoned.

"Odds are Peyton won't be happy to see me here without knowing what's going on..."

"......." Ilias was silent, before nodding.

"Okay." he replied.

"I understand." he told her.

---

Hal sighed as he sat in his office, and Erica entered.

"Ah, hello." he greeted her.

"You're looking... a bit worse for the wear." he commented.

"How are things going?" he asked.

"A few." Hal replied.

"You already dealt with Roxanna?" he asked.

"I did." Erica replied.

"Then Ashley Fyrane is another you'll need to deal with." Hal told her.

"And... well..." he then stammered.

'The Archangel Uriel." he added.

"The best way is to go through either Aimee Leblanc or Zeke." Hal replied.

"Or Azazel." he then said.

"All of them seem to have a more direct line to the ones in charge." he told her.

"So take your pick." he continued.

"Have a preference?"

"To my knowledge, yes." Hal replied.

"I don't believe... whomever that was... managed to get to anyone else outside this building." he continued.

"So I'll let you deal with that." he told her.

"And good luck." he went on.

"An archangel and a Fyrane? Not going to be easy."

One of them did, indeed, answer.

And it was the one she was looking for.

"Oh, hey Erica." Azazel greeted her.

"...you're not lookin' so hot." he commented.

"There something I can help you with?" he asked.

"........" Azazel was silent for a moment, before sighing.

"Right." he said.

"Come on." he told her.

The two of them then made their way to his backyard, where he stood away from her.

"The thing is... she knows." he told Erica.

"Odds are she knew you were coming here as soon as you decided to. So she's getting things ready." he went on.

"We just have to wait, and be ready when it DOES happen."

Azazel just sighed.

"I'm all right." he said.

"I suppose." he muttered.

"I hate that I was manipulated like that, though." he growled.

"Leaves a bad taste in my mouth." he told her.

Meanwhile, upwards, a certain female made her way to where one male was making sure ANOTHER male was staying down and not able to do anything.

".....it time?" he asked her when she approached them.

"Just tell me what to do."

"Very well." the male replied.

"I'll send him now." he commented, cracking his knuckles.

Meanwhile, down on earth, Azazel nodded.

"Yep." he replied.

"I WILL be watching from the window, though." he told her.

He then turned and headed back to his house... and just as he stepped through the door, a pillar of light formed in the backyard, and a confused and almost dazed Uriel appeared.

"Wha!?" he exclaimed, looking around.

Uriel looked at her sharply.

He narrowed his eyes and looked at her arm.

"...I sense the demon in you." he told her, before looking around.

"Elizabeth's lapdog is here, too." he went on.

"I'll feel much better once I purge the two of you!" he then exclaimed.