The area was blackened by the fires that once burned 2000 years ago. It was a place where a great battle took place between the flame and hell fire demons. It devistated the surrounding land, destroing it's ablity to reproduce the plant life that once stood there.

Diablo sat in the blackened forge that was the center of the camp. He had just finished a meeting and was hitting his head on the table.

"Master... that isn't good for you." Ella mused lightly. "They are under your command so they will return if you call."

"I would rather have them dead and use their blood than have a pair of nightmares under my control. I don't trust them never have. There is always a way to undo control over a creature and since they've met Shiva, I'm ceritan she'll figure out away." He muttered raising his head.

Ise giggled lightly as she watched the pair.

Ayden remained quiet, but looked at Ise a few moments later.
"I should be uinder the command of this guy?"

Ise nodded. "He's having an off day." She mused.

Diablo loked at the plans in front of him. "Her army is growing. I'm surprised actualy" he siad turning from the subject of the nightmares.

"As am I." Ella admited. "Her army is nearly the size of ours Master. Yet... she has not made any attempts to stop us from weakening the spell around the rift."

"If she does, her powers will be absorbed by it." Diablo mused. "She will be the reason the rift tears to begin with."

"What are they talking about?" Ayden asked.

"Empress Atela's army in Ren." Ise said quietly.

"How much longer?" Ella asked floating.

"Next spring." Diablo said with a small smirk. "She'll have no choise but to fight me then."

"That bad or good? And should I hit him with a mud ball?" Ayden grinned.

"Depends on which side of the war you are on and go right ahead." Ise said as she giggled a little.

Ayden grinned and stood slightly, chucking the mud at DIablo's head, and duckign low.

Ise ducked with Ayaden and kept her giggles low.

Diablo blinked as the mud dripped down his face. "Ella...."

"I didn't do it." Estrella said laughign.

Ayden smirked and formed another mud ball, debating on throwing it or not

"I didn't do it, Honestly master." Ella said laughing as she flew away from him a bit.

"Then who or what did? The mud man from the swamp?" Diablo asked as he wiped the mud from his face.

"Maybe?" She said thinking.

Ayden grinned and crouched low, walking as quickly, but quietly, as he could to get behind Diablo, and threw the ball, slinking back toward Ise.

Ise had her mouth covered as she watched with amusement. Diablo was fuming, the mud turning to sand as high as his anger was getting.

"Calm down or you'll set the place on fire." Ella said in a sing song voice.

"Who did that?" He said pounding the forge with his hands. Several people jumped outside and raced away from it.

"This is fun," Ayden grinned, forming another mud ball and throwing it at Diablo's head.

"Yes it is." Ise said giggling as she watched.

Diablo sent a wave of black fire at a random minion destoring it. "This is getting irritating."

"Well killing htem won't help." Ella laughed.

"Yes it will>" Diablo said as he killed another.

"I wonder..."
Ayden formed an orb that looked like yellow ice and threw it at Diablo, grinning.

Ise had to keep her self from laughing.

Ella was laughing more as Diablo dodged the ice and it hit a random minion. "This is funny." She said floating up to find the culprit finally.

Ayden turned into a small bird and flew behind Diablo, turning into his human form and ducking behind a set of boxes. He threw another orb that looked like yellow ice.

Diablo growled as he vanished from where he was sitting and floated above the ground. "Who keeps doing that? DO I have to destroy the entire forge?" He yelled causing Ise to fall from her hiding spot.

Ella smiled and caught the ice mist. "Nice little ice mist. Good little ice mist." She said causing Ise to struggle.

Ayden stood and formed a black orb, throwing it at Estrella and ducking.

Ella pouted as she was hit by the black orb but kept a good grip on Ise. "Silly ice mist, I'm not letting you go that easily this time. Nope not at all. I want you as my pet for a bit. Or in the doll house. You know I brought it with me." She said ignoring Diablo as she talked to Ise.

Diablo's eye twitched as Ella went on about her doll house and how Ise would fit in really well with the people there. That most were men so she'd be very useful to them. "I swear...." Diablo muttered smacking his forhead.

Ayden stood and leaned on the crates he hid behind.
"Does she ever stop acting so perky or is that how she always sounds?"

Diablo looked over to where Ayden was. "She is always like this when she isn't destorying things." He sighed loweing his head.

"Awww. So you got a friend with you, Ise. What a cute one too. Do you like him or is he just someone that decided to tag along with you?" Ella asked causing the ice mist to blush and struggle mroe. "Oh he's one of your nightmares, Master." Ella said smiling.

"Choice three is correct. I just couldn't help messing with my new boss first, though," Ayden grinned, "so, who are you, miss?"

Ise gave up struggling. Ella wasn't playing today. "Estrella though most call me Ella." Ella giggled.

"Or pain in the ass. Demented mistress. Psycho bitch..." Diablo muttered under his breath.

"Pleasure to meet you, Ella," Ayden winked at her and smiled, "I'm going to have fun here."

"Much fun." Ella giggled as she flew down. "What to do with her? Shiva will come after her soon... could use her as bait to get Shiva here then Pyro..." she mused softly.

Diablo sighed. "Why do you want to kill Pyro anyway?" he asked confused as Ella made Ise take the form of mist and place her in a sealed jar. Ise would survive since she didn't need to breath air.

"I don't know..." Ella said blinking. "I just want to."

"Why not just use her to locate them and capture them then and there. She might not be here for a day or two and what would be the point in waiting when you can kill them and then go kill someone new?" Ayden shrugged.

Ella thought it over as she tossed Ise's jar up catching it on the way back down. "Could work. As long as the kids aren't around." She said giggling. "Let's go play with fire."

"Just don't get burned...and why the hell did I just say that?" Diablo said his eye twitching again as Ella laughed at him.

"Dunno, why not if kids are around? Train them and make them work for you. Got a few people right there in your own army," Ayden said, "And to think i was about to think you were worthy of my time."

"Because the more you trian them after you kill a parent or both of them, the more likely they are to turn on you. Then again, they'll train until they think they are strong enough to kill you anyway. And we have to contend with Vincent for them if we kill Pyro and Shiva." Ella replied without a hint of a giggle. "They aren't stupid enough to fall for that trick easily. We would have to use various illusions to make it look as if another killed their parents if they were present or kill them as well to make sure they don't get in the way."

Diablo raised his hand to say something then stopped. Ella was way too unpredictable to argue with for him.

"Then why not do that?" Ayden asked.

"As long as I kill Pryo some way, I really dont' care what happens to the kids." Ella said shrugging. This of course caused Diablo to hit his head on the forge repeatedly.

"Poor Diablo, stuck with a demented woman who thrives on misery, pain and insanity," Ayden chuckled, "so how are you going to kill them?"

Ella looked very thoughtful for a moment. "I've yet to decide. It's always best to be random about the killing. YOu never know what will be around when you actualy get the chance to do it."

"I like the way you think," Ayden grinned, "and do you know where?"

"Last I heard...." Ella said thinking. "The sea shore was where he was.... but that could have changed." She said rattling Ise's jar. ISe glared at her and only gave a slight nod. She couldn't do much else. She hoped Pyro could get her out of the jar. "Sea shore."

"Then why not go and kill him now. What is he?" Ayden asked, "I'll gladly help."

"He's a fire demon." Ella said as she floated up. "wonder why he's at the sea? Blowing rocks up or fish?" She mused.

"Well, atleast we have an advantage," Ayden smiled. " do you have any abilities in controling water?"