Back to Square One (Selene/Open)

[Selene Arya Strorm]

Selene wasn't bothered by the look on Isabella's face. She had received it before and it took something much worse (like the Charmed ones coming after her) to unnerve her. Selene laughed at what Isabella did next. It was the second time the girl had surprised her, and another thing she took to be as a weakness of Isabella's. Isabella was witty, she'd give her that. Powerful? She had no idea. At the moment it didn't seem like it to Selene.

"You're kidding right?" she asked. "You want me to waste my time on a free kill?" She shook her head as if pitying the girl. "I actually thought you were better than a lower leveled demon..."

[Isabella Somane]

At Selene's reaction Isabella smirked and let her arms go down. When Selene said she thought she was better than a low level demon Isabella herself laughed. It wasn't like her previous laugh. It was a mocking laugh. Like she had just played a prank on someone with a few touches of coldness in them.

"Let me give you a tip in case you need it sometime, which it seems like you will," said Isabella and then in a quiet voice as if she were speaking to a five year she said, "No demon wants to die."

Isabella crossed her arms and shook her head the amusement clear on her face. "If you haven't shown me anything about yourself how did I know you weren't going to kill me if I said that?" asked Isabella raising an eyebrow. "The most pathetic thing about this scenario is that you think I'm the one with the weaknesses." Isabella hoped that was a real stab at Selene's pride. In her own way she had just called Selene stupid and weak. No demon likes being insulted like that.

[Selene Arya Strorm]

"Doesn't make a difference to me," Selene replied simply. She wasn't going to let Isabella get on her nerves. She had dealt with more annoying demons before. More immature ones too. Although it could be because Selene was more mature than most her age because of all she had gone through, she often considered beings like Isabella as immature.

She waited for Isabella to finish talking, not even listening properly. All the little talk was boring her. She had killed more interesting humans than Isabella, and Isabella was a demon... Demons were supposed to be in some aspect interesting at least. "Are you done wasting my time yet?" she asked in an expressionless voice, which was how she usually talked.

[Isabella Somane]

Isabella smirked and shrugged at Selene. "It's only a waste of time if you want it to be," said Isabella airily. She wasn't stupid, she knew Selene thought this was a waste of time, that was her loss though. Isabella had just told her something that would be useful to her if there ever was a demon who was not only powerful but smart as well. As smart as Isabella anyways.

"So ignorance really bliss?" asked Isabella cruelly. "I mean I wouldn't know, I haven't been ignorant since I was five years old but since you seem pretty damn ignorant I thought I'd ask you."

[Selene Arya Strorm]

"No," Selene disagreed simply. It was a waste of time if Isabella was wasting her time...any normal person would see that. She didn't bother to elaborate though. Why should she? She smirked at Isabella's next words. Isabella thought her ignorant? "You think I'm ignorant? Have you ever cursed anyone in the Halliwell family?" It had been Selene who had cursed Coop to another Plane. Phoebe had hated her for that.

[Isabella Somane]

When Isabella heard Selene disagree she just smiled that smug smile and responded, "Yes." Like her she didn't bother to elaborate. Isabella really didn't expect Selene to understand. To some people it was just black and white. The truth was that if Selene had chosen to actually listen to her it wouldn't be a waste of time. It didn't matter though, Selene could think how she liked. Isabella knew that she couldn't change that and she didn't want to. The balance of the world just wouldn't be right without the supposedly powerful b!tch.

When Selene responded to her ignorant comment her face and eyes hardened. Did Selene really think that would prove anything to her? It was Isabella who had killed her own brother. It was Isabella who had to live with the pain of losing someone she loved and trusted knowing that all the while it had been her own fault. Selene wouldn't give a second thought to killing anyone though and that pissed off Isabella and it was really hard to get Isabella angry. She felt the solarkinesis in her create heat without meaning to and the cold air that was usually in the Underworld heated a bit in between them. When she spoke though her voice was calm altough her eyes were hard. "No, I haven't," said Isabella. "And that little comment just prove your ignorance."

Isabella flipped her hair behind her shoulder and added, "Plus, you didn't kill him. He could always come back. Way to tie up the loose ends, Selene." Her voice was cold now and she sounded like any other demon except she still didn't show any fear of Selene. Except no there was no fear. Anyone who knew her knew that the best way to make her stop being scared was to get her angry. And that in itself wasn't very smart.

[Selene Arya Strorm]

Selene just bored her eyes into Isabella's equally blue ones, hers hardened and piercing as if she knew exactly what was going on in Isabella's head at the moment. She actually had a pretty good idea. Most people who didn't know her thought, she was just a brainless, heartless bitchy demon who was feared by those less powerful than her. Well all of those things were true but hey...you needed someone like that with so many Halliwells around.

Selene felt the cold air change to hot between them. Did Isabella do that? She could tell from the hard look in her eyes she had gotten her mad. She smirked. "Whatever," she replied. It wasn't a word Selene would ever use, but demons like Isabella...she wasn't going to waste her breath. "So what if he comes back? Looks like you have no idea what's going on in the Magical world...shame." Phoebe and Cole were back together. If Coop came back that would only make things better because Phoebe would be torn.

[Isabella Somane]

Isabella's temper didn't fade away easily and her anger and the temperature stayed steady even as Selene said nothing to make her angry. The look that Selene was giving her didn't bother her. It took more than words and looks to intimidate her. Power was the only thing that scared her. Except at the moment were Selene could throw all the fire in the world and her anger would still stop her from being scared.

She shrugged when Selene said that. "I have enough going on in my life without having to worry about the Charmed Ones. I'm sorry you don't have a life and have to know about everyone elses," Isabella said coolly. Sure, her own life consisted of working, paying bills, and dealing with her brother's death. She wasn't ignorant though, oblivious maybe, but not ignorant. Isabella knew though that Selene wouldn't see it that way and thought that maybe that was her weakness. She was so focused on herself and what she thought that someone different might be able to destroy. Isabella didn't think she wasthat soemone since she wasn't all that powerful. Maybe that was the reason demons like Selene always prospered, no one was different and powerful enough to destroy Selene's kind.

[Selene Arya Strorm]

Don't have a life? What kind of lame insult is that? Was Isabella even aware she was talking to a demon? Selene doubted it. "Well you see when you have sad excuses of demons like you around, you need the truly evil people to wreck havoc in other's lives," she replied simply. She wasn't surprised Isabella asked that question. She seemed the type that was slow on those kind of things anyway.

[Isabella Somane]

Isabella laughed ironically at that. Selene didn't even know what she was talking about and yet she talked like she did. Isabella had killed her own brother had she not? One that was supposedly stronger than her. Yet she was the sad excuse of a demon when she doubted that Selene could kill any demon even the tiniest bit more powerful than her. Selene talked and acted like she knew everything, like she was the most powerful but she wasn't. Of-course, Isabella could tell her all these things but the saddest thing was she wouldn't recognize her words as truth.

"And pathetically ignorant demons like you are reason that the Charmed Ones are alive and have multiplied. All of you 'powerful' demons are the same. You act and talk tough and end up vanquished," said Isabella. "While the smarter demons lay around talking about the pathetic demons that got vanquished and laughing because they said that they were the most powerful."

[Selene Arya Strorm]

"I honestly don't care what demons like you say or think," Selene replied. Raine was the same way. He thought he was invincible...he was a vampire! All you had to do was kill the queen. Pathetic...ignorant...what other lame insults is she going to throw at me before she leaves? If Isabella hadn't been in Selene's territory she would've flamed out by now. Isabella was boring when she wasn't annoying her. All she did was try to insult Selene and who cared about insults?

[Isabella Somane]

"Then leave," said Isabella shrugging. "You think I want you here? Talking to you is a waste of my intellegence, honestly." She knew sometime or other Selene would learn the truth. If not, she'd get vanquished. That was a pretty much a win-win situation for Isabella. She had a different idea though. Her pent up anger had to be released one way or another. Selene didn't seem that powerful to her either, just someone with a big mouth.

"Or kill me," said Isabella and then she smirked and added, "Or try at least." Isabella had survived 18 years facing more than Selene. Maybe Isabella was weak, maybe she was low level but she had survived so far even if her fear sometimes put her at the edge. It'd take someone stronger than Selene to vanquish her.

[Selene Arya Strorm]

"Not your place to tell me to leave," she said simply. "Kill you?" Isabella felt she was smart, but she certainly was no where near smart enough to figure out Selene. "Why? I don't kill people that's not worth my time." And Selene's time was certainly more important than Isabella's

[Isabella Somane]

"Well, one it's harder to kill me than you think," said Isabella and then winking at Selene added. "Rule one of fighting. Don't under estimate your opponenet." Then, Isabella sighed and shrugged. "But since you don't want to even try to kill me and you don't want to leave then I guess there's no options left."

Isabella back up into a wall and sat down leaning her back against it. She smirked at Selene and then in a mock serious voice said, "Well, there's is <I>one</I> left, you could hand out with me and talk for hours and hours on end." Then making her voice higher pitched and preppy like a cheerleader in highschool she added, "And then maybe we could do each other's hair!"

Isabella wasn't being serious of-course. She knew that Selene must already think she's immature and that wouldn't help but in her opinion demons like Selene weren't worth trying to impress. They'd think what they want no matter what anybody did.

[Selene Arya Strorm]

"I don't need to hear a rule of fighing from an immature demon who feels she knows everything," Selene pointed out. Of-course she realised Isabella was smart. One thing though is if she didn't like Isabella she refused to admit any useful qualities she knew her opponent had out loud. She liked winning and saying it loud would be a loss for her and a win for Isabella so why should she?

Selene tried, she really tried hard not to laugh at Isabella's comment but she just couldn't help it. It came out just as cold as her voice was but it was still a laugh. "That sounds like a good idea," she said, sounding completely serious with a smile on her face. She defenitely was not serious but she was trying to catch Isabella off guard. Selene excelent at concealing her true emotions and acting unless she was truly rattled which had never happened before, so she knew she was convincing.