My name is Lucifer Morningstar, I am part of a special family, It's older than records and each member has played vital roles in history. I myself am written in a very popular book and religion; as well as my brothers and my father. But what the book failed to mention is we are not angels or gods or demons. Just a family of Immortals.
Well when I say immortal I mean not that we aren't killable we are, just we don't age, we don't get sick and we are a lot harder to kill.
My father has cast me out of the family for a crime that doesn't even warrant the punishment. I refused to end a life and thus proving myself disloyal.
Too many times have I taken lives; bloody and gruesome, limbs torn apart, skin removed slowly, organs harvested and soul destroyed. When I was called to end a life I did that and more, I wiped them off the earth leaving nothing but a crimson stain to ever prove they existed.
I have been away from the family for over 120 years. Left to wander the world alone. At first I was terrified but after a while I adapted…
March 14th 1967
The air is cold enough to make the hairs on my arms stand up, I feel a slight shiver coming on as I sit in wait on top of the building. My mark still visible in the dank light of his apartment in the building opposite. I check my watch '11:40… it's too early' I think to myself.
I ready my sword and lean against the wall of the roof entrance, the city is busy despite the lateness. Manhattan is the city that never sleeps after all.
I glance at the photo of my mark, she is a girl aged 17 long blond hair past her hips, the girls eyes are a piercing blue, her face is flawless and by the looks of her body she is well fed. I glance up at the girl as she moves through her life unaware of the danger she will soon be in.
The girl is donning a purple silk night gown and a towel wrapped around her hair indicating she has just bathed.
I notice something in my peripheral move on the roof I glance at the time. It reads 11:47. He has arrived to soon I stand and walk away from the edge of the roof, turn and take a running leap clearing the space between the buildings too far for a mortal to make. As my feet land on the target building a voice disturbs the steady background noises.
"Lucifer. It's been a while, how have you been?" The voice young but not lacking the tone only a person with experience of the world would have.
"Micheal." I growled. My long platinum blade aimed in his direction, the guard of my sword is a snake's head with the blade protruding from the mouth as if it where eating it. "You need to leave, your mission is over this girl is protected." The eyes of the snake begin to glow a blood red.
"Now now" Micheal taunts "that's no way to speak to your brother now is it. Besides my orders are to eliminate the girl no matter what." He states as if it's logical to end a life with a simple swing of his sword and not feel any remorse.
I step to the side away from the side of the building with his mark, he does the same matching me in distance and steps.
"Then you will go through me." I place one foot in front of the other, both hands on my sword and ready for a fight.
"So be it!" He roars as he lunges towards me sword aimed at my heart. I parry knocking his arm back and take my opening to run my blade through his cold unfeeling heart.
Damn! Another's sword sweeps in front deflecting my blow I leap back a few paces and glance around.
"Gabriel! Why are you here also?" I call into the darkness engulfing the majority of the roof.
Out of the shadow a blonde man steps sword raised,
He is relatively well built but not as much as myself or Micheal. "I knew you would be here" his voice calm. His features relaxed. "Micheal, go take care of your mission I will entertain our guest" a sinister smile creeps it's way across his younger face.
Without a moments hesitation my white wings shoot from my back and I take off, from the sound of it they both are following. I keep climbing until the air begins to thin. Each wing is the size of an average man. Micheal and Gabriel quickly catch up with great ease both with their swords aimed at me. I run my finger along the blade of my sword when it begins to glow a warm yellow and elongate, when the light fades a spear replaces my sword long and gold two eagles feathers tied around the neck of the spear. A long snake wrapping its body loosely up the pole.
Both angels stop their advance. "Brother, can we not get past this without violence, I would rather not spill family blood" Gabriel calls to me.
"Leave the girl and I will lay down my arms, if you continue I will lay you down! Both of you!" I ready my weapon pouring energy into it.
Gabriel and Micheal look to each other and nod, they proceed to put both their swords away and raise there arms to prove they are not a threat. "May we speak?" Gabriel calls. I nod in return revert my weapon and sheath it, I then gesture for them to follow me which they obey.
After a few minutes of flying we reach a place I deem safe to converse. A concealed island near liberty island, mortals cannot see nor set foot here because it's warded.
We all set down and and face each other. The island is bare apart from a small wooded area with a dense canopy where I call home.
"Speak!" I say my temper has always been short but I have always tried to manage it as best I can. I run my hands through my short dark brown hair and down my shaven face. I take off my black overcoat revealing a black slim fit long sleeve button up, sleeves rolled and dark grey smart trousers with a pair of shiny black pointed toe shoes.
"Why do you protect them so much? They are abominations." Micheal questioned as he stepped toward me.
"What gives any of us the right to destroy life. You act as if they are beneath us!" My anger is swelling up at the lack of decency these pair of twats show.
Gabriel takes this opportunity to speak. "They see you as the devil why would you protect them? Besides they are just mortals there are millions of them to the few of us what matter is it if a few die for the cause" with the passion in his voice I can tell he truly believes what he is saying.
"Yes, some see me as the devil and that is there prerogative, I see you as a monster is that reason enough for me to die because of an opinion? You are not judge jury or executioner, you have no right to take lives that the old man sees fit." I am fighting the urge to draw my sword and finish this discussion.
"No lucifer we are not judge jury or executioner we are merely keeping balance over population is a problem. These things breed too fast." Gabriel replies waving a loose strand of hair out of his face. Micheal remains silent feeling no need to add to his brothers argument.
"Only Gaia has the right to decide that she created them as well as us so it is her job to end who she sees fit and even then it is the fate's and death's jobs to do the deed not you and not me!" I wave a hand and branches wind their way down and take the shape of a chair behind me, I sit down and relax back into my newly formed throne.
Gabriel advances towards me another step in desperation for me to see things his way.
"Please brother, join us once again you were the best, we all know it" he has no argument to what I say which means he knows I'm right but he won't accept it.
"I have convened with Gaia, she supports my decision to protect the mortals. If you continue to harm them then I will stop you all" my golden eyes flare up threatening to burn their souls, if they had one. "Leave now think about what I have said and tell the old man my terms; leave the mortals or I will fight" I growled another wave of my hand to dismiss them.
"He won't have it" Micheal said before their wings unfolded and they departed.
I stood up from my oak throne, raised my hand palm facing the outset of the island, I pull out my sword and cut into my palm then closed my eyes.
"Their suffering means nothing to you,
Who are they to compare their pain to yours,
Now you will feel their pain"
As the blood falls from my palm it stops mid air and each drop making the floating blood ball get bigger and bigger, I keep my eyes closed until I hear a crackle as the energy pours into the blood. With a quick flick of my wrist the crimson ball turns to mist and begins to pursue my brothers.
I know that Micheal is right he want accept my terms, so I have done what is necessary. Every time they harm a mortal the pain will reflect on them.
It's been a few days since the last hunt and nothing has happened to the mortals. Well nothing that my brothers have done anyway.
I decide I will head to the pools and see what's happening in the world. After I arrive at the pool I wave my hand over it and the water quietens to reveal images allowing me to focus on points in the world. I focus on my last mark and as soon as her image enters my mind there she is that young girl going about her life… safe… unaware of the dangers that surround her.
Next I focus on my brothers knowing their wards would stop me seeing them, I couldn't help but try after all they are my family no matter how bad they are. As I suspected nothing just a black void. Out of frustration I decide I've seen enough I'll come back later and look again then. I look around me the fauna glowing a bioluminescent blue lighting up the dark woods where I live, I place a hand on one of the trees to charge up my energy, in return I care for this island, keep it pure and untouched. After an hour of feeding the woods I leave and fly back to Manhattan it's now just midday. Thankfully I have a ring on that hides me from mortals when I choose. My father gave me this ring so I can travel with ease amongst the mortals.
my life remains quiet and uneventful for many years.
May 22nd 2016
I stop at a usual café I visit when I travel here, a small not very popular place but it serves great coffees. I walk in the door the usual bell alerting staff of a customer.
The smell of freshly ground coffee filling my senses. I walk up to the counter pull out my wallet and order a caramel latte. Heidi usually works when I come in and she makes the best coffee of all the staff here, each cup a work of art.
"Your late today Lucifer." She says a huge smile on her face her shoulder length curly hair tied back, only her beads hanging down
She is a rock chick but she has such a bubbly infectious personality.
"Sorry Heidi, I got caught up on the island I was busy last night so had more to do today, how are things with you" she comes bounding round the counter and giving her usual big hug.
"I'm great thanks I just found out Racheal has tickets to a upcoming rock artists venue her friend is in the lineup. Wanna come?" She ran back around the counter to make my coffee.
"Of course that sounds awesome where do I get the tickets I'll grab one while I'm patrolling!" I can't help but get excited, a night out with Heidi and Racheal is always a good one. They are the only mortals to ever have seen the island.
An hour later while patrolling I hear a loud crack of lightning but not the normal kind someone has used a gateway.
I speed up gliding onto a nearby roof, sword drawn. I peer at where the lightning struck and what I saw almost stopped me dead.
A demon… not just any demon