stomped up the stairs. "Whore of Babylon."
She kicked the doorframe—it made a satisfying noise. "Who does he think he is?—Whore of Babylon."
She strangled the toothpaste tube and brushed her teeth as if she were murdering them.
"I'll give him the Whore of Babylon."
Chapter 22
Wild laughter interrupted Agonostis' work—he'd been refining and adding to his battle plans. He walked out to the main office to discover that the imps had found a television set and VCR, and had gotten them to work.
"Did it tape? Did it tape?" one shrieked.
Its twin howled, "Rewind! Rewind!"
"It's rewound! Play it! Play it!"
He was going to tell them to turn the TV off when the imps' tape started to run, and he realized the reporter onscreen was interviewing Dayne. She had a great television Q, he noticed—even though she was obviously tired, and obviously angry, she still looked terrific on the idiot box. He leaned against the wall with his hands tucked into the front pockets of his jeans and watched—he would learn something useful about her from the interview.
Moments later, she went from being angry but polite to being furious and dangerous. He saw her reach into her pocket and pull out something, though he couldn't make out what she had. But when the reporter turned and she sprayed in the face with whatever it was, then gave him a couple of well-placed kicks and a punch, Agonostis felt an itch growing between his shoulderblades. She aimed a