Tifa & Sparkles (Darkhunter)

[Tifa Lockhart]

Andy didn't cower when he got nasty, in fact she just raised her chin a little and glared at him stubbornly. If he couldn't be civil she didn't really want to talk to him.
"Well after the things I've seen done recently, how am I to know you couldn't pull something?"
Her stubborn expression remained for a few minutes, before it faltered, she'd obviously decided she didn't have much of a choice.
"I only know one..." she murmured. "A man named Rayn..."

[Sparkles]

Jaden looked mildly taken aback, but nodded none-the-less. "Nika." he looked towards the corner of the room, where there was a small figure hunched over. It jerked at it's name being called and looked up at Jaden in a lightning-fast motion. It's glowing blood red eyes and white pointed teeth the only things that stood out clearly as it stared, wide-eyed, across up at Jaden. "Find the Dark Hunter Rayn and tell him Jaden knows where the the human is and might be able to make a deal with him. Get his reply, then get back here and tell me.
The tiny wide-eyed demon nodded stiffly before disappearing with a quiet 'zap'.
Jaden continued to watch the corner of the room, expectant.

[Tifa Lockhart]

Andy wasn't sure what to think of this man or the strange creature. She watched it warily as it vanished, but did not venture to speak again. She wasn't really sure what might happen if she did... anything could happen in such strange company.

[Sparkles]

Several minutes later, the small demon flashed back into the dungeon, illuminating the darkness momentarily and causing a hurried scurrying of the rodents residing in the shadows. It looked to Jaden first, then with untethered curiosity, it stared up at Andy for a few moments before looking back to adress Jaden. "The Darkhunter has the simi and the simi want barbeque sauce to eat the daimon.. and Nika. The simi wants to eat Nika but the black God says "No simi you can't eat Nika. Nika is a friend." Nika tells the darkhunter rayn that Jaden wants to make a deal with him cause he knows where the woman is. The darkhunter gets angry at Nika and says he want to talk to the Demon Broker.."
Jaden smirked but didn't react in any other way.
The demon swallowed, "The black God says he can't come here and... that he's calling in his favour."
Jaden's mouth turned down in a sharp frown and his eyes narrowed on the demon as it took a step back and crouched down, trying to make itself invisible. "The dark God also said not to hurt Nika" the demon added quickly.

Jaden held his frown for a few moments longer before he dismissed the demon with a flick of his wrist and looked back at Andy.

[Tifa Lockhart]

Andy was just hanging there, not really sure what to make of anything the strange little creature had just said. She really wanted to go home.
"... I want the short version," she murmured.

[Sparkles]

"The short version is I owe a friend a favour and he's calling it in now for me to help you. I don't know why, but you must be pretty special and I hate being in debt of others so I'm going to help you."
Looking a slight disgruntled, Jaden indicated to the demon and pointed to Andy.
The demon, feeling rather apprehensive, approached Andy slowly. Jumping suddenly, it grabbed a hold of the cuff around Andy's right wrist; trying not to touch her in the process.
It looked towards Jaden again for confirmation before hooking its claw in the lock and undoing it, moving onto the next and doing the same to that one before looking back to Jaden for its next move.

Jaden watched as she was released and had a whisper of resentment pass through him that it would never be so easy for him. "I'm not stupid enough to believe you can make it out of here alone. I can't go with you as you can see.. so if you want a chance of finding your way back onto the earthly, you'll take the demon."
Nika perked up, standing properly for the first time as it smiled widely at Andy, its pointed teeth glaring. "I'm a good demon. I will get you out. i will." it then glimpsed a look to Jaden, with barely restained excitement on its face and whispered loudly, "Does this mean Nika is free? That Nika can help the girl and then not come back?" it bounced forward on the balls of its feet, anxiously biting its lips.
Jaden grunted in response and promptly ignored the demon.

[Tifa Lockhart]

Andy dropped down onto her knees the moment her wrists were released. It took her a few seconds before she was able to get to her feet, trembling just slightly. She was uncertain of the strange creature... but if he was her ticket out of there...

[Sparkles]

Nika stood up tall, reaching hip height on Andy once she stood up. Its bright red eyes glowed irredecently as it stared up, seeming fascinated, at her, and she held out her hand. "Nika will take the human back to the darkhunter. The human may feel a little light of head and a little bit sick of stomach, but the human has a strong soul and will not be harmed."

[Tifa Lockhart]

Andy stared at the demon for a moment or two longer before she swallowed thickly. She really had no choice but to trust this creature. It was go with it or stay and let the Daimon do god-knows-what to her. She turned to look over her shoulder at Jaden, murmuring a soft thank you to him before she extended her hand to take a hold of the demon's.

[Sparkles]

Without any warning, Nika teleported Andy into an old grecian-styled room with life-sized statues, a high ceiling, priceless ceramics and an out-of-place silver mink sofa and television in one corner. There was a large spiral staircase on the other side of the room to the sofa and several ajoining hallways and rooms.

On the sofa sat a large man with the perfect everything, dark sunglasses, purple and red head and goth/punk style of clothing, big thick leather boots and an old shoulder backpack (very out of place in the grecian room) with a sun pierced by three lightning bolts stitched onto the front.

Sitting next to him was a young teenage goth girl with black hair, purple eyes, porcelain skin, 2 small red horns on her head and a masive bowl of popcorn in her lap.

Rayn paced, back and forth, infront of the staircase on the other side of the room until he noticed Andy moments after she and the demon appeared. The relief on his face was tangible as he ran over to her and engulfed her in his arms. After a few seconds of reassuring himself that she was real, he suddenly dropped his arms. "Uh.. sorry. Momentary lapse of concentration... Are you alright?"

[Tifa Lockhart]

Andy barely had the chance to register where she was before Rayn had swept her up in his arms. She blinked at him a few times, her mind and her body obviously not in sync yet.
"I..." she began, suddenly feeling very dizzy. "Don't feel very well..."

[Sparkles]

Simi had disregarded her popcorn and was now staring at Nika over the back of the couch. Nika let go of Andy's hand and, with an anxious glance towards simi, teleported out of the room without a word.

Rayn collected himself in a few seconds and took Andy's arm as he lead her over to the couch to try and encourage her to sit down. "Do you want a drink? Or something to eat? No doubt the bastard hadn't given her anything while he'd held her.

[Tifa Lockhart]

Andy let Rayn lead her to the couch and sat down heavily, still looking very disorientated.
"Uh.... Drink? I guess..."
she started looking around now, looking very confused.
"I'm not even sure I'm awake right now..."

[Sparkles]

Rayn left without a word.
Acheron shifted so that he was only just sitting on the couch, facing Andy, with simi between them, her attention once more glued to the television and her popcorn. "You're not asleep, although I completely understand why you'd want to be."
Rayn was gonefor a bare half a minute before returning with a glass of water. He held it out to her "Just sip it.. not having any recently, you don't want to make yourself sick..." He crouched down in front of her, a look of concern on his face.

[Tifa Lockhart]

Andraste stared at the new stranger for a long moment, before she seemed to decide once and for all that she had no idea who he was. Then she looked at Rayn. It took her a moment to get her brain to send the message to her hand to reach out for the glass. She took a careful hold of it, before adding her second hand just to be sure - she was shaking slightly.
She felt very ill, and even though she wanted to cry, it was as if she was too scared to even do that.