Warning: NOT for kiddies or the easily offended!

Seriously: This's one of the edgier pieces in AIL history- it's about at the boundry of where we want things to get, in fact..

Graphic language, graphic scenes, and the word "bitch" used nine times!

BUT it's ALSO a powerful, well written piece that really fits into the nature of Catrina being ever-defiant in the face of bitter odds, and in this case, bitter demons! It says in no uncertain terms that we're in Hey Daze, and while not ALL demons end up being THIS strong, it certainly lives up to the Hades and hell inspiration!

Her Sebastian is still stuck on another plane- more on that next chapter- and her friends are scattered throughout Hey Daze (which we'll see more of in the chapter after next), but Catrina's not about to go down without a fight!

Catrina was surrounded by demons of the Darkness. They had taken her katana away, and all of them had a desire to play with her in ways that Catrina just didn’t want to be played with- at lest not by lusty demons. But they were many, they were strong….

…They were demonic. At present they were playing with her as she knew some cats played with their prey before making a final kill. Catrina had never done this, preferring a clean, quick and easy kill to prolonging the suffering of her prey- in fact it was the Goddess’ wish that they do so. But she knew there were those who did this….

One of the demons smirked after Catrina gave him a particularly nasty claw to the cheek. “Bitch thinks she’s a fighter. Might make for something interesting.” The others chuckled, in a way that raised Catrina’s curiosity.

The demon spoke to her. “Tell you what. You think you’re a fighter- then fight. We pick the opponent. Give us a good show and win- you go free. Lose…well; you can imagine what’ll happen.”

Catrina tried to put on a brave front, but deep down she knew she was in trouble. “I could just gut the lot of you and be on my way….” She nodded with their laughter. “Okay, so I got no choice. Bring on your bitch- I’ll take her on.”

The demon nodded, and soon another entered the ring of demons that had formed around her- and Catrina knew she was in trouble. The demoness was larger than Catrina, with the same dark fur and glowing eyes as her male counterparts. Her body was exquisitely muscled, and she radiated that same sexuality that naturally came to all felines. More than that, Catrina caught a whiff of her pheromones. Now, female pheromones were great to a male- giving the message ‘come and get it’ but to another bitch they sent a completely different signal. “Mess with me, and get your eyes clawed out, bitch!”

The demoness stopped on seeing Catrina, then glared at the other demon. “You woke me from a good nap for THIS?”

Catrina’s hackles raised at the insult and she growled at the demoness. “Maybe you better go back to sleep, bitch. Avoid the embarrassment….” A corner of her brain knew she was asking for trouble, but Cat ignored it, knowing she already was in trouble. Catrina knew the demoness was larger and stronger than she was, she also knew that she was more agile and quick than her. She knew that, if she played it right, she had a (small) chance at this.

She smiled as the demoness swelled at the insult. She needed to use this time- the stare down of any fight- to get her opponent off balance, to get her to attack without thought. That way Cat had a better chance of getting an opening. “Whassa matter, kitty? Strike a nerve?” She snorted. “Of course, I don’t know why I’m bothering talking to you. Bitch like you probably doesn’t have the brains for more than fighting and …well, you know.” She forced herself to purr. “Or do you? Mate that is.”

She danced back, narrowly avoiding the demoness’ claws as she swiped at her, chuckling as she continued to taunt. “No? Don’t tell me, the boys won’t play with the big pussy?” She gave a gasp of realization- after dodging another big paw. “Ohhhh….is THAT why you stink like a common back-alley who-.”

On hindsight Catrina realized she probably took it too far; as the demoness connected with a heavy blow to her cheek- a bitchslap to end all bitchslaps! She had been ready for the inevitable blow, though, and rolled with it, coming up into a crouch and sprigging into an attack. She didn’t stay close long, landing one or two blows and then dancing back out. She felt her Chi flare up, coming to her assistance, letting her move a bit faster than normal, but she held her confidence in check, knowing that one misstep could easily turn into disaster for her.

She held her own for a while this way, dash in, hit hard, dance away but then the demoness changed her tactics. Instead of trying to hit Catrina she grabbed her by the hair, pulling her in and off balance, then letting loose on her smaller body with all her strength. Catrina screeched at the hair pull, punching at the demoness’ body, trying to make her let go. She then bit at the demoness’ arm and was rewarded by the demoness’ roar, followed by a hard punch to the muzzle that had Catrina seeing stars.

The demoness lifted Catrina high above her head, then brought her down hard, driving her down so her back was across the Demoness’ knee. Catrina screamed with the pain, feeling as if her back would surely break. The Demoness repeated the move, eliciting another scream from Catrina. She held Catrina that way, applying pressure to her back, causing Catrina to scream even louder, then shoving her to the ground. “Get up!” the Demoness roared.

Catrina got up, she didn’t have a choice. If she stayed down she gave up. If she gave up she lost. If she lost….well, better not to think about that too much. But the bad turn in the fight affected her thinking, made her think things that were of no help in her fighting. If you die in Hell, where does your soul go?

The demoness growled, obviously thinking Catrina was not moving fast enough. She took her by the hair again, pulling her eye to swollen eye. “Any other bitch I would just break every bone in your body and gut you- but I understand the boys want a play toy...” She snorted at that, then crushed Catrina's head between her breasts, nearly wrapping them around her, making sure Catrina could not breathe. Catrina fought desperately- clawing, biting and puinching but the demoness' grip was firm, and slowly Catrina began to fade. The last thing she remembered was sinking to the ground and the Demoness' words.

“Have fun with her, boys! I'll be back to take care of what's left later!”

Quite a fight, huh? Poor Catrina.. it's not over yet.. how'll she get free of the demons? WILL she? We'll have to wait on that answer; we're going back to Sebastian Dash for the next bit.. and a new ally!