Interrogation

Camila opened her eyes. The last thing she could remember was being pummeled into the wall by that blonde brat.

She looked around, finding herself on a bed in some kind of hotel room. Then her eyes focused more as she saw… her.

That damned blonde brat was standing at the foot of her bed. She was just smiling at her without a care in the world.

"I'm going to kill you!"

Camila was just about to lunge at Helen however, another voice came echoing out of another room.

"Cease!"

It was said with such authority and such grandness that Camila actually stopped in her tracks. 

That's when she noticed that her ankles and wrists were bound by chains that held her to the bed.

A door opened up to a dark room where a tall shadowy figure emerged wearing a dark cloak and suit, and a black mask was on its face. It had an ever-present smile yet only one eye. 

Dark mist began to plume by their feet while they walked towards Camila making no sound whatsoever.

"I have granted you the mercy to be spared by my disciple, Baroness Camila. Now then, you shall explain to us why you have begun to take over this city… my city."

He spoke with a deep and booming voice that seemed to echo around in the room as if he were some kind of demon.

Camila looked down at his hands, they were claws, with long dangling fingers with fingernails that looked to be as sharp as knives.

That must be he, whoever this was, must be some kind of demonic entity, which explained that brat's freakishly immense power. 

"Your city? I-I was not informed of this at all. We did not know that t-this city had someone else controlling it."

She was trying to keep her composure, but how could she? That Helen brat managed to defeat her easily, and now it turned out that someone was stronger than her this entire time? 

Someone this overpowering and menacing, working from behind the scenes?

"Of course you would not. None of you are important enough to know… but you've begun to make a lot of noise. I was quite enjoying the state of my streets until your people came in and began to cause quite… a stir."

The demonic entity gently caressed Camila's body with his nails, causing a shiver to go down her spine.

"I know that there are more of you out there; you are but a small bird in this grand forest. So tell me, who was pulling your strings?"

He cupped her chin and stared straight into her eyes. She could not even hear him breathe, nor even hear his heartbeat. It was the real deal.

"I-I can't tell! They will kill me! They'll ruin me! I-I can't tell!"

She squirmed, scared out of her life as she wanted some way to break free but can't exactly think of how.

"We will do much worse things to you if you don't tell. We have the means to take away your strength, your powers."

Camila's eyes widened as she shook her head. "No! Y-you can't possibly do that, it was granted to me by-"

"The same artifact that she can connect to."

The demonic figure pointed its sharp finger towards Helen. "Her and my other disciple were looking for it and found that you were connected to one. You see this artifact… Malkuth was it? I have the power to manipulate it as well. I gave Helen her powers… and you saw that she could share it. This is only but a fraction of what I am able to do."

He traced his sharp claws down to Camila's abdomen. "You only obtained your powers recently… what were you like before this? Some pathetic little girl willing to do anything? Would you want to return to that state again?"

Camila's mind raced back to just a few days ago. The demon was right; she was nothing more than some street urchin who wanted to make some money. 

She was just about to sell her body until… that woman came along. She talked about having the power to change her life if only she obeyed dutifully and helped her take over Alexandra.

"Please no… a-anything but that please… I-I can't go back to who I was. Please…" Camila began to shake, shivering under the demonic entity.

"I-I don't know who she was… but it's a woman who had this golden ring on her finger. She said that I had to spread her kingdom around and that she would reward me if I did."

Camila looked down to the bed. "She gave me vampirism or something just like it and then said that she would meet with me again every week to check on the progress… the weeks ending in three days."

"Excellent, and you shall serve as our gateway towards her. Don't worry; your services will be rewarded in your life. However, we shall watch over you in these days to monitor your… service."

The demonic entity recedes from the bed. "And if we find any reason to think that you are working against us. We shall ensure that… you shall be punished."

He cackled as Helen followed the entity towards the dark room, closing the door as they left Camila alone to think on what to do.

Click

Helen turned on the lights as she illuminated not some dark and mysterious dimension, but rather a bathroom where on the toilet seat sat the demonic entity undressing himself, removing the mask, the gloves, the coat, and the heels to reveal…

That underneath it all, it was Simon in some sleek bodysuit, sighing as he wiped his sweat.

"Well, now we know what to do next."