The Mighty Belthazor

After a trek to the western portion of Fandom Island, Our Heroes reached the entrance to some old sea caverns. There were several tunnels heading off in different directions. Bel was fairly certain which one led to his mother; she was really making no attempt to hide. But there were other demons lying in wait down the side tunnels as well, and they couldn't afford to have them come up behind them.

"Okay," Bel said, trying to be all leader-like. "Group one is Cam, Molly, and Alanna. You take the tunnel on the far left. Group two is Bridge, Isabel, Walter and Camulus. You take the tunnel to the near left. Group three takes the right hand tunnel and is John, Ivanova, Pip and Pippi. Angel, Piper, Paige, and I are going down the middle. We'll meet up back here. Is everyone all set?"


[Locked to those who know who they are.]

After Veronica's phone call, Bel started checking the route from the school to Caritas, desperately searching for Phoebe.

Halfway there, as he hurried through the park, he sensed another demon nearby. Immediately conjuring a fireball, he turned in a circle, scanning the darkness around him.

( His mother's voice, cold and cutting, came from his left. )


[ooc: pre-played with myself.

...dirty?]

After this:

You're here. Trapped inside. You can't get out.

The human soul is the weak one, not me.

You're trapped here. You're the weak one.

I'm a killer. He is a killer. He can't fight me for long.

He can. He will. And his friends will help him.

Bel awoke with a cry as he threw the fireball at Isabel. The trooper on guard shone a light into his cell, blinding him momentarily. "Quiet in there," he ordered.

He settled back down on the bed, shivering under the blanket. Isabel had said he couldn't hurt her in the dream, but he couldn't help but worry that he had.

He can. He will. And his friends will help him.

Trying to take strength from Isabel's words, he fell into the first restful sleep he'd had in days.

So his first 24 hours in jail hadn't been too bad. He'd gotten visits from five cute girls (even if one of them was responsible for leaving him unable to free himself from the cell) and one cat. Everybody seemed to believe he wasn't guilty and promised to help prove it and find who was setting him up.

The time in between visitors was excruciatingly boring, however, at least until Lana gave him some books and paper and pen. One of the troopers had laughingly tossed him a copy of an old issue of Cosmo as well, but he ignored the garishly pink cover with the big yellow letters spelling out "How to find the clinardis."

He hadn't told anyone about the nightmare yet. He had hinted to Phoebe about his worry that maybe he really had been the one to attack Alllie and he simply didn't remember it, but she had dismissed his fears. Still, he couldn't help but wonder if his demon side was capable of suppressing his human side instead of vice versa. Which was stronger, human soul or demon?

When the troopers turned the lights off in his cell and he couldn't even read anymore, he sat on the bed in the darkness, dreading falling asleep. Between the darkness and the boredom, eventually he drifted off.

( He woke up.... )

After leaving Allie at the diner, Bel shimmered to the old warehouse on the edge of town. He had no idea why Veronica wanted to meet him there of all places, but he hadn't had the chance to ask for an explanation after she'd passed him the note in Sociology.

Finding a spot where a streetlight outside streamed through a cracked window, ( Bel lit a cigarette and waited. )

[Preplayed with marsheadtilt, no IC interruption possible.]