Upon reaching the bottom, Mors collapsed onto the floor, splashing sewage everywhere. His emotionless, despondent eyes staring at the wall. As the minutes turned to hours, his breathing quietened and, even though the entire tunnel was already black, it seemed to darken as the shadows converged.

==== Two Days Earlier - Kara POV ====

"Urg, Runt... when will they give up? They have been looking for us for days now."

Letting out a small whimper, Runt places her head back down on the floor and looks at me with anxious eyes making me pat her on the head. "Don't worry, I am sure Mors is fine."

Initially, after overhearing guards talking about Mors' escape, and how he was now hiding somewhere near the outer regions of the Great Desert, I fell into despair, thinking that I had been abandoned once again. Remembering the look in Mors' eyes, full of concern, as he screamed at us to run, I realised I was being silly and pulled myself together.

Deciding that we needed to meet up with him as soon as possible, I lead Runt to the eastern city gate only to find that everyone who entered of left the city was being searched and questioned.

When that man's guards and the angels ignored us at the Inn, I had thought that maybe we were of no interest to them, and they were only after Mors.

This illusion was shattered at the moment when one of the guards spotted Runt. Letting out a warning to his comrades, the air filled with the ringing of steel as they drew their weapons and started closing in.

Knowing we were no match for them, we fled into the slums were Runt found the abandoned warehouse we are currently hiding in. It's a little dilapidated, and there are large holes in the roof and back wall, but at least its shelter.

Fidgeting on the straw I had piled up for a bed, Runt lets out a menacing growl causing me to freeze. "Runt... what is it?"

The wooden walls eerily creak as the silence becomes deafening. -"Runt must have heard a rat or som...*BOOM*"

Cutting off my thoughts, the wooden double doors suddenly explode inward, causing a wave of scorching air to hit me.

I watch in horror as a fire elemental steps through the debris, its entire body wrapped in a cloak of fire. It slowly turns to look at me, its black eyes and mouth twist into a jubilant expression. "Foundss Youu"

Before Ruth or I could even react, A huge fireball forms in the air and with a flick of the elemental's wrist screams towards us, causing anything it passes to erupt into flame.

Realising that there was nothing I could do to stop it, I run towards the broken window and jump through, cutting my arms on the shards of glass.

Rolling on the floor, the moment I skid to a stop and get on my feet before turning around and watching the hole I just escaped from getting engulfed by flame. "RUNT!"

A shadow appeared in the middle of the flame causing me to flinch and step backwards, expecting the worst, however, bursting through the flame was Runt. Her beautiful white fur was singed causing an awful smell to hang in the air, but I didn't care and threw my arms around her.

A booming voice erupts from the burning warehouse causing me to let out a squeak of fear as I turned and start running down the street with Runt at my side. "GETSS BACK HERES."

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The earth-shaking sound of heavy metal boots slamming into the floor causes me to briefly look back as I turn the narrow corner into the maze that is the slums. Dozens of armoured soldiers are charging towards us as they let out a terrifying battle cry.

Runt takes the lead and sprints down the alleyways as the air is filled with the shouts of our pursuers. Every now and again she slides to a stop, sniffing the air before changing her direction and disappearing down another twisting alleyway.

I sense my limit soon approaching as I start to slow and gasp for breath. -"Mors.... where the hell are you?"

Suddenly, out of a gap no bigger than me, a man tackles me to the floor, causing me to let out a weak cry.

"Lookie what I have here. A little demoness and a cutie at that, no wonder the City Lord wants yAHHHHHH."

Slamming into the man at full speed, Runt sends him spiralling to the floor before quickly leaping on his chest. "NO! NO! NOOOOOOOOOO." Without a seconds hesitation, she tears out his throat.

Shakily I rise to my feet as my will starts to falter. "I..i...i I can...cant do this... I."

Runts pained yelp startled me, and I turn to look at her. An arrow is sticking out of her back leg as she growls down the alley that man had come from. "RUNT LETS RUN!

Runt tried to follow, but after a couple of hundred meters and over a dozen turns she stops. The sounds of our pursuers getting ever louder I run back to her. "Runt! We have to go."

As I reach out to touch her, Runt snaps at my hand and lets out a deep growl. "Runt? I am not leaving you."

Snapping her teeth furiously, she takes a few lunges at me, forcing me to retreat. "R..runt Please! We need to move...I can't do it alone."

This time, Runt jumps, catching me in the chest and knocking me to the floor. Rubbing her head against me, she turns around and runs back the way we came.

The moment Runt turns the corner, she lets out a thunderous howl, full of pain and sorrow.

I let out a weak, pitiful voice. "Runt.... no... you can't..."

As I sit there in the middle of the alley, I listen to Runts howls as they fade into the distance along with the clamour of armoured boots. "....Don't Leave me."

Realising that Runt was leading them away for my sake, I get to my feet before looking around at the buildings surrounding me, most seem to be small houses that have been abandoned for a long time.

Finding a door that I could push open, I creep up the rotting stairs. The roof of the building had half collapsed, displaying foreboding sky, thick with clouds. -"If I stay here, Runt will find me... when she gets back. When she gets back, I will give her all of the food she wants... when she gets back."

Pulling myself under the collapsed roof, I hug my knees and start to cry. "Who am I kidding... I am not cut out to be a demon. I..i..i.. I don't want to fight or hurt people. I just want to go on adventures with Mors and Runt... I tried to be a good demon so Mors would not throw me away but I just can't do it... I'm useless."