The run to the door was one of the most rushed and frenzied moments of Jace’s life. The push from behind him almost caused him to lose his balance, but luckily for him, he managed to stay on his feet. He slammed open the door and waited for all the team mates to have entered before slamming it shut behind them. It seemed that his partner had decided upon going to the roof, not that Jace minded in the slightest. Anywhere had to be better than where they were right now. He glanced up the stair well and saw sizable hoard of demons on the stairwell.

“Fuck this…” Jace mumbled as he readies his shield. He was prepared to charge his way up the stairs until he heard something strange from behind him. Chanting of some sort echoed in the hallway before a blast of energy cleared the way. “Gotta love an exorcist” He said with a smile as his partner took the lead. Following the warning of his partner, Jace made sure to keep his shield from getting stuck on anything. He had gotten caught in way too many doors over the years, and didn’t want it to happen at a moment like this. As they made their way up the staircase, Jace took the time to relax just a bit. His wolves were being sure to keep a watch out from behind as to not get ambushed, and Aiah was still in his vest, nursing her light wounds. Truth be told, Jace was surprised they made it inside with that few injuries. He made a mental note to thank the sniper from earlier for the backup. He was about to say something when he noticed the wolves begin to stir. He glanced around before a sound hit him with enough force to almost knock the wind out of his chest.

“The hell was that?” He asked as he tried to determine the source of the noise. These demons were far too small to have produced something like that. It must have been some kind of attack, hopefully against their enemies. Standing around ant thinking about it wouldn’t make a difference though, so he continued his way up the stairs following close to his partner. He glanced up to notice some light at the top of the stairwell. In a moment of excitement, he squeezed past his partner and quickly made his way to the door.

“Looks like we found our way out!” He said as he reached the top of the stairs. He knew that once they went on the roof, there would be little chance for escape from it. One entrance and one exit, but anything was better than being on the ground with the thousands… no, millions of demons that must be down there now. He pushed open the door and looked out onto the roof of the building. To his surprise, there were very few demons, just a few blobs here and there, but nothing too extreme.

“Dib, Onai.” He said as he pointed to the blobs. The wolves charged out and cleaned up as many as they could. “Looks like the roof was a good call” He said as he smiled back down to his partner, glad to see a resting place in sight. But something didn’t seem right. Something seemed a little too easy about all this. It was after making his way a few steps more onto the roof that he noticed it. To his left was a massive group of imps that had gathered together. He just managed to raise his shield in time to block most of the attacks, but the shock was rather strong. The eyes on his shield started to glow a deep blue as it drained some of his energy to sustain the impact, before Jace pushed the demons back with a quick fling of his shield.

“Spoke way too soon!” He yelled out to his partner as he kept himself safe behind the shield, formulating a plan of attack while holding the demons off. “I think we are in a lot of trouble!”