"Attention! Funhouse Amusement Park will be opening in five minutes!" the automated voice on the loudspeaker declared. As guests waited eagerly for rides and games, a gathering of demons was taking place in the bellows of the park.

      "Unbelievable!" the pride demon exclaimed angrily. Sitting on his throne, he was joined by a man in his twenties in a fur lined jacket and spiky, slicked back hair. A woman dressed in a skin tight dress with a long slit up her bare thigh and enough of a cut to reveal her ample bust was also with them. A demon of greed and a demon of lust.

       "In one night we've lost a good portion of our reapers to this A.O.D.!" he roared. Word travels fast among demons. The demon of lust crossed her arms.

       "If the humans start thinking they have a chance, then we lose our source of fun," she replied, calmly but darkly.

       But, a fourth person joined the scene.

       "Such pointless whining," a female voice rose. At first, the three turned with condescending looks. But then, the sight of the person made them all shake with fear and surprise.

       It's her, the pride demon thought as he heard her heels echo down the stairwell into their lair. A woman in a black, sleeveless dress came down. A pale yellow sash was wrapped around her slim waist. Her hair dark brown, cut shorter in the front and long in the back. But it was her cold black eyes that could chill all the air in the room.

       "If you had done your jobs, then this wouldn't have happened," she replied, voice like winter wind.

       "Saya," the pride demon greeted, faking authority. "It must be serious if you're here."

       "This group 'A.O.D.' ...they are the Angels of Death," she stated bluntly. But the three demons knew that name: there was nowhere a demon tread that that name didn't stalk them like a creature in the shadows. There were rumors, there was gossip, there were exaggerations, but the fact remained: any that crossed their path, could only talk about it in hell.  "We want them on our side."

        "So what?" the demon of greed challenged. "Going after the Angels of Death? The legendary demon slayers? No demon works for free, Saya. What are you gonna offer us to make us risk our time here in the moral world?"