"Vale, come on. You can do it." Andy sighed, looking down at the girl. She was on the floor, her head in her hands. They had found an old building to start training in it after work everyday, then Andy would practice with the band.

Vale was exhausted- Andy worked her a lot every night now and she just couldn't master the move he was trying to teach her.

"I'm sorry but I can't." Vale said, wiping away her tears and standing up. "I need a moment." She exited the warehouse, ignoring Andy's yells.

She needed to breath- to try and forget for a second. She stood in the alley outside the building and slid down the brick wall. She drew her knees to her chest and breathed deeply.

For the first time in a while she thought of her parents. What were they doing? Was Hallie with them? Did they have new children that they loved even more because they were actually theirs?

So many questions floated around in Vale's head she thought she was going to explode.

"Hey there little darling." A group of boys walked past her and she picked her head up. She crossed her arms, trying to hide the fact that she was in only a sports bra.

"Uh- hey." Vale looked up to see four guys surrounding her. One had glowing red eyes that made Vale's throat run dry.

Demons.

"What are you doing out here all alone?" One asked. Vale swallowed.

"Uh- just needed some air." She said. "I'm going back now so.."

"Valea!?" Andy exclaimed, slamming the door open. All demons snapped their heads at the name.

They all began laughing. "You!? The great and powerful Valea!? You're nothing but a pathetic looking woman!"

"Oh god.." Andy whispered, picking her up from the ground and pulling her to his side.

"Oh god indeed." The demons laughed. Andy pushed Vale behind him, defensively. He put his hand on the the hilt of the blade he had underneath his sweat pants.

"What do you want?" Andy asked.

"Well..originally we just thought Valea was sexy but I guess now.." The guy laughed. "I guess we need to take you back to Satan."

Andy lunged at him and knocked him off his feet. He grunted as Andy kneed him in the stomach.

One of the others lunged at Vale and she pushed them back, trying to remember everything
Andy had taught her over the past few days.

She kicked him in groin causing him to double over with a grunt. Vale took this as an opportunity to flip the guy on his back and jam her fist between his ribs.

Andy fought the other two guys, killing one in minutes but fighting against the leader. He was pissed- they weren't touching Vale and with that anger in mind he threw the guy on the ground.

"W-wait.." The demon sputtered, holding his hands up as Andy pressed the tip of his blade to his stomach. "We have information if you don't kill us." Vale held the other guy against the wall, his head in her hands and she was ready to snap his neck.

Andy chuckled. "Nice try." With that they both killed the enemies, causing them to turn to dust. They both stayed silent, breathing heavily. Andy glanced up at Vale to see her already looking at him.

"I'm sorry." She whispered.

"It's not your fault." Andy protested.

"I shouldn't have gone outside." She shook her head, tears forming in her eyes. Andy sighed at her words.

"Come here." She moved to him and sat on his warm lap. He wrapped her in his embrace, tracing circles on her arms and rocking her back and forth. "You're alright."

"We killed them.." She muttered, almost horrified.

"I know."

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Andy helped Vale back to the apartment as she was still shaken up. "Go lay down, baby." He said, seeing everyone on the couches. They looked up at the couple in wonder.

"What's going on?" CC asked, watching as Vale laid on her and Andy's mattress.

"Demons." Andy sighed. "We killed them. She's a little shaken up." He grabbed a bottle of water from the fridge and took a long sip.

"Andy.." He heard Vale say, softly. He looked back to see her curled up, sadly, with eyes pleading for him to come to her. He moved over to the old mattress, feeling awful that she was so horrified and laid next to her. He spooned her and wrapped a warm arm around her chest.
She was a vegetarian. She didn't kill things, much less people even if they were demons.

"It's alright, Vale. You did what you had to do." Tallie said, walking to the couple and taking Vale's hand.

"I know." She couldn't get the way it felt to feel his neck snap underneath her hands out of her head.

"If we're going to beat these demons, you're going to have to get over that." Ashley said, crossing his arms.

"Ashley.." Andy warned, locking eyes with him.

"It's true, Andy." Jake said. "You killed a demon! You should be ecstatic! That's really hard!"

"I still remember that beat down you gave me." Ashley chuckled.

"Yeah me too." Jinxx laughed.

"See? Your strong! Be happy that you killed a demon." Jake smiled at her and she nodded, a small smile appearing on her lips.

"Thanks guys." She mumbled, turning in Andy's arms and hugging him tightly. He sighed in happiness before resting his chin in the crook of her neck.

"Well, I hate to say this but we do have band practice-" Jake cut Ashley off.

"Why don't we just work on guitar today Ash?" He said. Andy gave him a grateful nod as Vale's eyes were closed and she was falling asleep tucked into his chest.
Talula smiled at CC as he pulled her on his lap.

"Just go to sleep." Andy smiled as she jolted back awake. "I've got you." She nodded, feeling him roll over onto his back.

Vale fell asleep with dreams of cracked necks and demon dust in her head.

Notes

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