I dance as a man approaches me in the night. "Hey, why are you naked?!" I sniff the air and smile at the smell of a demon. "So what was that pulse about?" He squints, "Yeah, I never saw anything like that. How can they mask-" I run up and he pulls out a knife. He tries to stab, but I slip through and push him to the floor. I jump and spin, he tries to get up, but I punch his face. He tries to cut mine, but I punch his forearm, then his fingers. He drops the knife, I swipe it so quick, he punches me as I stab through his chest. "Guess who." His eyes widen as I ask, "Now, other demons trapped here with you? Talk." He grasps the knife and slices his own throat. I shrug as he bleeds out, "Well, thanks for the clothes I guess." As soon as I get dressed, a blow lands against the back of my head.

I fall down and twist to face- Amber? Two Ambers, no- Three. She pulled her punch, is that why I'm still awake? She shouts, "You're a lying piece of shit!" She looks at my now unburned face in confusion as I hop up, "And you're a demon?!" "If it isn't the beautiful Amber." Ugh, she tied her hair up again. I blow her a kiss and she rushes towards me, "I'm gonna kill you!" She punches and I dodge with ease. I hop back as she throws another. "I never lied to you!" She's a great hunter. Or- Shit. She bugged me. I pick up my pants and drop them, "I know you care, but bugging me is a breach of privacy."

She walks up slowly. She's going to attack me again. "You just murdered a man for his pants!" She gets ever closer, she's too big to fight. "I like that walk you're doing. It's careful and calculated." She looks down at her legs and I close the distance between us. "It's amazing how you can sneak despite how big you are." She looks up and her eyes widen. She shouts in surprise and tries to punch. I shift to my right and hug her, face to upper stomach. "I'm not fighting you." She grabs my hair and pulls at it. That just makes me cling on tighter, "Let go of me!" She manages to rip me from her and she pushes me to the floor.

She snarls, "Why can't you just leave me alone!?" I get up from the floor, "Because I like you." It seems I'll have to prove it.

I take a step back. He's just pumping my head up. I take out my knife. Time to die, Slim.

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Jean nudges me, "Markus!"

Wait, Slim? And holy crap, that's a big woman. She’s tall like Thadius, that’s crazy. "Amber, your hair was pretty the way it was!" She rushes in like a wild beast and cuts away. "It got in the damn way!" Slim barely dodges. She tries to grab him, but the rain on his skin lets him slip past her grip, right between her legs. He grabs her rope shaped hair and swings it down with all his might. She collapses backward, Slim crawls over her and hammers at her collar bone with his knife's handle. "It still does!" She tries to punch, but Slim leans back into a roll. He springs up as Amber kicks at his back.

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At the last second, Slim twists and he falls from the forceful boot scraping his skin. They both get up and she quickly pushes him down. She tries to bring her knee down on his face, but he manages to slip past yet again. He rushes behind her and cuts the ties on her hair, then runs his fingers through her hair, the knots stop the motion and the hairs tug at her scalp. She grabs at her head as he punches repeatedly at her back muscles. She twists and smacks him across his chest. He flies and falls onto his back.

They lock eyes, he rubs at his pecs as she rubs at her scalp and tries rubbing her wide back. Slim springs up with a smirk, "You look cooler this way. Hair's wild with the wind." She walks to a run. She throws her fist, he spins past while grabbing his knife. He jumps, allowing to reach her head, he swings it upward, the knife's handle smacks against her chin. She stumbles back and he ducks between her legs. He pushes her knee in and she collapses backward. He springs up, but her hand finally catches against Slim's face. As she falls, he falls with her, she smacks his head against the floor with ease.

She catches her breath as Slim lies still. Suddenly, he bites her hand. She twists to face him on her side. Just to find he slams the knife's handle into her forehead. She throws a punch, he catches the fist with two hands, knife handle first. She steals the knife as he swings his leg up to her face, she swings the knife down as he rolls away from her.

They both catch their breath, Slim looks down at her on the floor. She looks up with a mean glare. Wait, is Slim... Blushing!? He flips me off and I jump. He can tell I'm watching!? With the knife in her mouth, she uses the distraction and tackles Slim to the floor.

I pin his arms to the floor as he just looks up at me. I've got you! I reel in with the knife, he slips his hands out from under my own and he presses his lips against the knife's handle. I reel back as he looks into my eyes. What is this? What did he just do to me!? He rests his arms above his head, "You got your quarry. Now finish it." What is this? My heart's beating so fast. He opens his mouth and now I'm looking at him. Why is he blushing? He looks so dumb. Vulnerable. "If you don't think you're worthy of being loved, stab me through my stomach. Be the monster they want you to be." This is it. I take the knife out my mouth and raise it up. I fucking hate you, Slim! I swing down.