The demon charged at Sonia with sharpened, open claws. The beast's claws thrust from side to side, ready to impale the steady girl. With each thrust it made, Sonia dodges its attacks while her pets sprang right behind her. Sonia then took her sword and lunges at the beast. The power of the sword mixed with the amulet gave Sonia impressive acrobatic skills as she climbs up the creature’s arm and swipes at its face. The beast roared painfully as a large gash was left on its face. The demon then knocked Sonia away, crashing her into a set of lockers. The children that attempt to escape are suddenly stopped by the beast as it blocked their way and scared them with its menacing glare. Puny, fear-induced souls sounds quite delicious right now... 

"Sonia? SONIA! are you alright?" Matthew feared as he and Scruffles ran to their aid, "That was quite a hit you took."

"Yeah..." Scruffles intervenes, "What-... is that thing?"

"I don't know, but whatever it is, we HAVE to stop it," Sonia bravely enacted, surprising the cat-and-dog duo. Matthew's ears sprang as he warned Sonia, "But we have to get it out of the school. It's gonna kill all the kids!" She picks up her sword and calls to Scruffles, "Scruffles. Do you think you're able to distract the beast?"

"You must be pullin' my tail," Scruffles said a little defiantly. However, Sonia was not kidding as she stared at her cat in a serious manner. Her eyes were stiff and unemotional, almost as if the girl was entranced in the amulet's spell.

"Oh," Scruffles muttered as she narrowed her eyes and strutted away, "I think whatever that jewel is, it's getting to your head..."

Scruffles trailed the demon across the halls. Running through broken classrooms and a destroyed gymnasium until she found the monster preparing to eat a rather pudgy boy. To think on her feet, Scruffles looked around for something to distract him. That is until she found out she was standing on a few pebbles. She picked up as many as she could and tosses them at the beast. The beast felt each pebble prod at its spine. It slowly turns its head to Scruffles, giving the cat a devilish glare. Taking a chance, Scruffles begins to taunt him, "HEY BEAKFACE! Y'know, it's birds like you that make a great meal in my tummy! I could eat you up and for weeks and never have to eat anything ever again!! You're nothing but CHICKEN & BONES to me!!!" The demon gets taken aback, assaulted by Scruffles' gut-punching insults.

"Maybe I could have some... Sautéed turkey roast. Chicken wings. Filet mignonette with a dash of bird meat.  Mmmmmmm... Such tasty goodness," Scruffles continued to talk up some amazing bird-based meals... that is until her stomach began to growl.

"Oh great, now I'm ACTUALLY hungry," muttered a regretful Scruffles. Just as she annoyedly lowered to her paws, the demon crept behind her with its face pressing on her back and growling loudly in her ears, ".....but... Maybe that can wait." Scruffles immediately turned to the beast and gave it a queer-looking smile, grabs its cheeks and gives it a goofy kiss on its beak and then quickly runs away laughing as the demon shakes its head, roared and gave chase to the wack-a-doo Scruffles. Scruffles sprints on all four legs as it got closer and closer to her.

"Yo! Back it up! I'm a majestic woman," Scruffles scolded, "And you NEVER get behind a majestic-" Scruffles was suddenly interrupted as the avian attempted to snap her tail clean off, but missed by just a hair. The cat grabbed her tail and ties it around her waist, away from the demon's gaping maw. Scruffles's head pounded with adrenaline as she ran back into the school hallway. Meanwhile, Matthew and Sonia make their way to a nearby exit that led to the school's baseball field. There they watched out for Scruffles or any passing students.

The cat ran through the halls as the demon's wings break through the classrooms heading to where Matthew and Sonia are while screaming, "RUUUNAWAAAAYY BIIIIIIRRDDD!!!!!" Sonia gasped and quickly shouted, "QUICK! GET DOWN!" as she and Matthew break for cover before Scruffles and the avian demon charge for the exit. Sonia quickly grabs Scruffles and pulls her to safety right before the demon crashes through the exit and drilling itself into the ground, leaving a gigantic hole in the wall. Scruffles wheezed hard and deep, frazzled and shaky from the adrenaline. Sonia suddenly snapped out of her trance and comforts her shaken cat.

"It's ok. It's ok... Shhhhhh.... Shhh..." Sonia spoke softly, "I'm sorry I made you do that, kitty-kitty."

"Murrrrrrr... You owe me four bags of catnip for this..." Scruffles mumbled as she nuzzled against Sonia's chest.

"I think this strange creature is tired from taking so many blows from the walls and corridors. Now we put an end to this maddening chaos before any more children get hurt," Matthew urged, stretching his paws while his eyes fixated on the collapsed beast.

"I'm pretty sure everyone evacuated, the whole school felt barren as if some writer forgot to add in the dangers that the kids went through. Heck, I don't even know if they truly survived," Scruffles added.

"Well whatever it is, we'd better confront it... And... Kill it..." Sonia gulped. The sensation given to her from the sword was both exhilarating and fear-inducing at the same time. She could feel the power rushing through her. An yet... she didn't like how the jewel was manipulating her mind once she started to connect two-and-two together. But if it was the only way to destroy the beast, she'd have to give into its power. If she doesn't, then heaven knows what will happen... 

Sonia lowered her head to watch the glimmer of sun shine against her sword. The young ginger lifted sword towards her, and through its solid steel frame and iron-clad strength. There was one thing Sonia could see in it that would suddenly changed everything, thus allowing its power to manipulate her mind into that of a warrior. Sonia gently let her cat down, clutches her sword and heads outside to confront the beast, commanding her pets to stay behind. The pets willfully obey as Sonia contronts the fallen angel.

"YOU! DEMON!! Why have you come to attack me and my school?! You and your malicious friends have been playing a lot of sick games to me for the past few days, and I've had it! Now tell me what you want, and I'll make sure you'll at least be able to walk away alive." Sonia commanded to the demon. She may not be as tall as the colossal beast, but she was brave to step forth and talk back to it. The demon then suddenly begins to twitch and grumble and fall onto its hands and knees. Its eyes suddenly turn from dark red and black, to a mix of purple and white as if the fire was steaming out of its head, almost as if a dark entity was consuming its mind. What could be heard is a malicious, evil voice... the voice of the lord of demons, Solaria... sliding in with a laugh menacing enough to throw Sonia out of her brave trance. The demon's dark aura surrounded Sonia, giving the newcomer a little taste of the darkness.

"This is the great champion that Feliferi entrusted to stop me?" Solaria scoffs as he controls the avian to circle around Sonia, "Look at you... weak... foolish! Nothing but a squeamish, feeble, shell of a human. Or as you carbon lifeforms call it... a defenseless little girl." The bird pushes down Sonia with only a finger and continues to taunt and scare her.

"I don't think we've been properly introduced" the vile monster shifted, "I am Solaria, one of the many gods that maintain balance in the universe. At least... until a certain... 'accident,' that is. But you can refer to me as, 'The Lord of Demons...' For centuries, I have been spreading my evil across the galaxy... Conquering worlds. Punishing the poor fools who attempt to find refuge frm my expanding empire. I almost feel sorry for them, especially when rumors of my defeat come in play. Retardation at its finest whenever they place their feeble "champions" to fight against my cause. You, my little morsel, are no different. And yet... You wield my prize."

"What prize...?" Sonia humbled with a lump in her throat, slowly hiding her amulet in her shirt, "I-I don't know what you're talking about..."

"THE AMULET, YOU INSIPID LITTLE GIRL!" Solaria roared, causing the beast to create an earthquake of flames that surrounded the parking lot. His puppet then grapples Sonia and swung her to the avian's murky face. Raged fueled the demon's black heart as Solaria threatened, "I KNOW THAT DAMNED GODDESS INSTILLED YOU WITH THE ONLY SOURCE OF POWER NEEDED FOR UNIVERSAL DOMINATION!!! AND I COMMAND THAT YOU RELINQUISH THE GEM, UNLESS YOU WANT YOUR SENSELESS BODY TO BE SNAPPED INTO LITTLE PIECES WHILE I HAVE MY MINIONS DEEPLY TEAR YOUR FLESH NICE AND SLOWLY WHILE I LEAVE YOUR SPIRIT TO ROT IN THE FLAMES OF THE UNDERWORLD!!!!!!!!!!!" 

Sonia was scared stiff. She couldn't take the Dark Lord's devilish demands as those threatening punishments clouded the stiffened ginger's mind. Sonia shuts her eyes tightly, trying to hold back large amounts of tears, but all she could do is cry as she got a clear taste of what the Darkness had up its sleeve. Sonia wished it was all a dream. Scruffles and Matthew watched as the torture continued, and while Sonia cried and choked on her overflow of tears.