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"It is." Aly replied before returning the kiss.

"I can make up regular milkshakes while we wait." she then offered.

"Not too filling, but they'll taste really great." she promised.

"If you'd like one, just tell me what flavour."

Azazel looked at the ones that were piling into the room, and grinned... a grin that he hadn't grinned in a long time.

"Oh, fun." he said.

He then patted his chest slightly, before he coated himself in a dark aura, and dashed towards the hoard of cronies, tearing them down in whatever way came to him at the time.

And he was enjoying it.

He was a good guy, yes... but still a demon. And he needed to cut loose once in a while.

"Come on, come on, come on!" he declared, as he took three of them down at once.

"I'll send you all to the boss lady!" he added with a loud laugh.

"Oh, damn it all!" Azazel cursed.

"I have no intention of fighting Ashley, or these cronies that she's just summoned!" he told her.

"....actually, that's a lie, I'd love to raze this place, and all the evil people within." he then corrected himself.

"But can we PLEASE help Ashley ASAP?" he asked her.

"....and when I say 'we', I mean 'you'." he then clarified.

"I, uh... well, pretty sure I'm useless to actually HELP." he muttered, shaking his head and backing up a little from the hoard that was there.

Azazel seemed to be engulfed in the flames, but his figure just stood there, moments before he removed the ring, and expended some energy, sending a pulse out which dissipated the flames.

When the two females saw him now, he now had black skin with cracks in it, much like magma threatening to burst forth from the Earth's crust. He also had red eyes, and two horns, own of them broken.

"Dragon's fire? I can withstand HELLFIRE." he told Ashley.

"All right. I don't want to fight you, but I WILL defend myself." he then finished, before sending an orb of his own demonic mana her way.

"............." Aly was silent for a moment, before sighing quietly.

"Right." she said.

"One second." she told him.

She then went back to the laptop, and clicked a few things, before looking back.

"Ordered." she said.

"It'll be here in about an hour." she informed him.

"And okay then, I'll find us a romantic comedy." she finished, taking the clicker.

"GAH!" Azazel exclaimed, as he was tackled to the floor.

"Ashley!?' he exclaimed.

"What are you-!?" he started to ask, before he found himself instinctively grabbing Ashley's wrists, to stop her from clawing at him.

"...she has no control!?" he then asked Terra.

"Over what!? What's going on!?" he asked further, as he tried to push her off of him.

But that was one thing that Ashley had over Azazel... her dragon DNA made her strong. Strong enough to tangle with a demon of Azazel's tier.

".........." Chris was silent as Terra left, before biting his lip.

"....hm." he mumbled.

Meanwhile, at the hideout, Azazel was looking at Ashley in horror.

"What the hell IS this!?" he asked Terra.

"The pollen did NOTHING to me, but Ashley's like THIS!" he went on.

"And THIS guy-" he went on, looking at Azari's body... but it was now turning to roots that were persistently starting to bury under the floor and into the soil beneath.

"....huh." he mumbled.

"Anyway, Ashley needs help!" he told Terra.

Aly looked concerned immediately.

"Eke?" she asked.

"Eke, it's okay." she said.

"You don't have to think about it if it'll give you a headache." she told him.

She was also wondering what was wrong. Why was this bothering him like that?

Was this just one of those things? Or was the real reason more concerning?

"Got it." Aly replied as she returned with the laptop.

"I'll be sure to make a big order." she told him.

"And comedy? That sounds good. Animated or not?" she asked him as she browsed the menu for the local Chinese place.

"Hmmm... lots of meat, huh?" she asked.

"Oooh, I see some perfect dishes for you." she then chuckled.

"I'll get to placing the order."

"Shit!" Azazel cursed, before grabbing his phone.

He then dialled Sharp's number quickly.

Meanwhile, in his office, Terra and Chris were still there as well, when his phone rang.

"Agent Sharp." he answered it.

"...Agent Az? What's wrong?" he asked.

"And what is that screaming!?" he demanded.

"...something happened? A weird pollen? And Ashley is screaming in pain, holding her head?" he asked further.

"Damn it, we'll send someone there ASAP." he finished, urgency in his tone.

"....what!?" Azazel exclaimed.

"Ashley, what's wrong!?" he asked her, before looking at Azari.

"What did you do!?" he demanded, but it was too late. Azari was gone. And he could see the elf's body starting to slowly turn green and brown.

"...what the...?" he mumbled, shaking his head.

"Ashley, what's going on!?" he asked her.

Whatever was happening had an instant effect, but it seemed like nothing was happening to him. Why was that? Was he immune to it because he was a demon?

...or was this a targeted attack on Ashley?

Azazel was silent, and just sighed.

"Okay." he replied.

He then started to head for the door, before they heard Azari laugh loudly once more.

"VANESSA! I'M COMING!" he yelled, before he smashed his fist on a hidden panel that was beside him. As soon as he did, he slumped forward, and fell to the floor... just as numerous vents opened along the bottom of the walls.

As soon as he did, a weird pollen-like substance was vented into the room, spewing forward and surrounding Azazel and Ashley.

"AH, WHAT THE HELL!?" Azazel exclaimed as he covered his mouth and nose instinctively.

Azari was silent, before looking at her.

"...I've been waiting." he said.

"Answer her question." Azazel told him.

"I had to remain alive to see this." Azari continued.

"HOW. LONG." Azazel growled.

Azari just laughed again, before coughing up some more of the liquid.

"How long?" he asked.

"...about 5 days ago."

Azazel was confused, but nodded.

"Er... all right." he said.

"If... you say so..." he said further, before Azari started to chuckle.

His laugh was low and deep, but it eventually started to rise... until he was outright laughing.

That is, until he then started to cough up a strange-coloured substance that had the same consistency as blood.

"The hell?" Azazel asked.

"Ashley, what is he doing?" he asked her.