Chapter 1

Death, an old friend.

Sometimes it needs a sacrifice to meet an old friend, who will make everything better and takes you in their arms.

Jenavive walked around the large halls of the castle, she was carrying a wooden plate a few cups of coffee and tea. She was walking rather fast as she kept her vision straight forward, she was clearly very focused and had something on her mind.

She walked into a big conference room as a servant opened the door for her, Jenavive smiled and gave the servant a quick nod as to thank him.
The conference room is used by the princes to discuss important matters about the kingdom of Hell.

She placed the plate on the table next to Sebastian. Sebastian unlike the other princes, was very quiet, all the princes were screaming through the room, they were loud, aggressive and interrupted someone on every possible moment. Normally Nero would attend these meetings too…but Jenavive suspected something like this would happen, so she told him to skip it this time.

Jenavive looked at Sebastian and sat down next to him 'What's wrong with you? You're awfully quiet' she said as she took two cups of tea off the plate, she placed one in front of him and kept the other one for herself.

Sebastian was resting his chin on his fist as he sighed and looked at her 'I'm a bit lost I think Jenny, I don't know what we could possibly do…my thoughts are a blank paper' he said and picked up the tea cup.

'I understand, I feel the same way since a few days ago' Jenavive said as she looked around at the screaming princes 'And these screaming children aren't helping either'.

Lucifer was screaming loudest of all, about how they had to listen to him because he's the first prince, and he's the most powerful. But then Satan comes between and simply tells him to shut up. Claude of course is also screaming bullshit…so they weren't really useful.

They were discussing Mortem, the virus that had killed thousands if not millions of people in Hell in the last year. No one had survived this horrible virus…except one, Sylvanas, the youngest child of Sebastian and Jenavive. She had been effected by the virus but not killed, in fact, it even made her stronger instead of weaker.

She became faster, stronger not only physically but also mentally, she became very quiet but that's just part of the virus itself, she stopped talking, and started fighting.

Sebastian had been researching the corpses of people who didn't survive the virus to see if there were any links, Lucifer helped him and Jenavive made sure Sylvanas didn't get any worse.

The other Princes didn't really help, they were just hiding in their rooms, avoiding Sylvanas and hoping it would go over soon…although everyone knew, it wouldn't

As all the princes were screaming about who was the best prince of Hell.

Sebastian stood up and took his cup of tea.

Jenavive looked at him slightly confused 'What are you going to do?' she asked him as she put down her tea.

'I Jenny, am going to the lab, because this screaming doesn't make anything better, it doesn't fix anything it's only about their ego's thinking they are so great while they are not. So that's why I'm going to make myself useful down in the lab' he said and walked off.

Jenavive sighed and stood up, she ran after him and walked beside him trying to keep up 'I'm really proud of you, you're doing so much and I'm happy you won't give up, I'll bring you a piece of cake later this day, okay?' she asked smiling brightly.

Sebastian grinned 'yes, thank you my dear that's really nice of you, I'd like a piece of cake. And of course I will not give up, she's our daughter and I'll do everything I can to not lose her to this…unknown curse' he said and gave her a small kiss.

She smiled and nodded 'Good luck today my love' she said and turned around back to the conference room.

Sebastian sighed and walked towards the lab which was located near the dungeons. He walked inside and locked the door behind him.

The lab was a very dark place, the lights were on, but they didn't do very much. Sebastian could be found in the lab a lot the last few weeks, he was researching samples day after day, Lucifer had taken over some of his work, so Sebastian could focus on the virus.

Jenavive had let him do what he wanted, not like she could stop him from trying to understand the virus, he had found new things about Mortem, like what cells the virus attacks and he discovered it must have come from outside of hell, because the way Mortem is build is a way they don't use in hell, they don't have the equipment in hell to make such viruses, the viruses hell makes, are usually made with already existing viruses or sicknesses, and they are made by powerful demons who don't need equipment.

Mortem doesn't have any sign of an already existing virus or sickness, It's something completely new. Sebastian only had one explanation for it, It's either from Earth but that would be impossible because Demons are resistant to human sicknesses. So the only option in his eyes was, the virus must have come from the void.

The void was the name, demons and people in hell had given the "real" hell.

There were two kinds of hell, when you die you meet Death, he gives you two choices which are presented as doors. One with Heaven above it and one with Hell.

He gives you the task to look at the life you have lived and choose which door would be right for you. If you'd choose Hell, you would arrive in the hell Sebastian, Jenavive and now also Ciel live, there's nothing scary about this hell, it's kind of like a second life, only you can't die anymore and you have to live amongst demons and other creatures.

But if you choose Heaven, and you aren't worthy of entering Heaven, you fall down a large hole and end up in the "void" which is the real hell which is described in the bible, you'll get tortured day after day, sicknesses crawl around and creatures will do anything they want with your body. The void was full of viruses and sicknesses, so that was the only explanation Sebastian could think off, but he needed proof before he could go to the princes and tell him what he knew.

In all the times Sebastian was down in the lab, Jenavive would look out for the children and attend meetings for him. Sylvanas was getting stronger each month, She became a woman very fast, she joined the army and after a few months she was in one of the highest ranks.

She got her own soldiers and trained them the way she wanted, her soldiers became very strong very fast, she let them train every day for 5 hours no more no less, she was emotionless so asking a day off was a deathwish and giving up was not an option, she had no mercy and didn't listen to excuses and cries.

She was a very busy and strong woman, and compared to the other children she managed to get high up very fast.

Nero was still learning, he was reading books and tried to understand Sebastian's work, he helped his father by doing the work he did understand which also taught him a lot.

Tash had set a goal for himself, he wanted to read every book in the world, and because he had all the time in the world, he was already over 60% done, he only needed to read the Arabic, Russian and Japanese books, but the Language barrier was a bit problem, all 3 of these languages had sighs instead of letters, Demons can change their languages but that's mostly for talking and listening, reading stays a problem. And besides that, the biggest problem was still to come, the Vatican Library, a library which was very difficult to enter, he knew it would be difficult, but he'd find a way.

Alexis stopped messing around with boys and instead started working at the gates where all the new people arrive after they died, she'd tell them where they were, show them around and get them started in a house or shelter, She wanted to take care of her sister, but seeing how fast Sylvanas grew up, she felt like she'd be more helpful at the gates than at home.

The meeting had ended and the princes stormed out of the conference room, Jenavive didn't stand up until most of them had left, she sighed and rubbed her eyes. When she looked up she saw Claude infront of her.

She looked at him and blinked 'Can I help you?' she asked a bit confused.

Claude stared at her 'You know…there is a way to get rid of this virus once and for all…' he answered in a cold tone.

'Really? Then why didn't you tell us before? What is the cure?' Jenavive asked still a bit confused.

Claude started grinning 'Kill them all…If we had killed all the infected, this virus wouldn't even have a chance of spreading, but of course that would be "inhumane" even though we are demons'.

Jenavive looked at him 'S-Shoot them! Are you crazy!? That would only leave the people restless, scared, that would be inhumane yes, but also reckless, there is a way of saving those people we just haven't found it yet!' Jenavive screamed as she stood up and pointed at his face.

'No you are wrong miss Jenavive, You want a cure for YOUR daughter, you don't care about the people, you just want your sweet little daughter back'.

'How dare you! My daughter is still alive! The people who are suffering are important now, my daughter doesn't seem to be suffering in the slightest so we have to focus on those who do!'.

Before Claude could open his mouth to answer back, Lucifer stepped into the room 'Jenavive is right, we have to focus on those who are suffering, Sylvanas can help us with that. And maybe Claude, you can help us too? Instead of pissing people off and jumping to conclusions' He said helping Jenavive before she'd jump at Claude and rip off his skin.

'Me?' Claude started 'You are asking me to help? While Sebastian hasn't attended a meeting in weeks, is he sick to? Did he infect you little daughter maybe' Claude said looking at Jenavive trying to piss her off even more.

Lucifer pulled Jenavive back 'Sebastian, has been researching the virus since his daughter got infected, he should have started earlier but at least he's doing something, he's helping us, trying to find a cure, he probably knows more about Mortem then all of us together. And don't act as if the meetings were important, the only thing what happened is everyone screaming at each other like little children, even I don't want to attend these "meetings" anymore, so Sebastian not being here, is not a problem. And his beautiful wife has been here for him' he said as he looked at Claude waiting for an answer.

Claude didn't answer, he turned around and walked away without returning a word.

Jenavive watched him walk away and mumbled some curses.

Lucifer grinned and turned around, he patted her head and smiled 'Keep that temper of yours, and angry queen is a useless queen dear Jenavive'.

She sighed and nodded 'I'm sorry, I'm just not sure what to do, the children have grown up so fast, and Sebastian is always in the lab, and he locks the door! So I can't even go in and bring him some delicious cookies' she said looking at Lucifer with a sad face.

Lucifer shrugged 'Then bring me the cookies! I like cookies to!' he said and crossed his arms.

Jenavive laughed 'Fine alright, next time I'll bring you the cookies' she grinned and walked off.

Lucifer sighed and walked to his office, when he walked inside he saw a black cat laying on his paperwork.

'Nodi get of my work please, Not everyone likes black cat hairs in their files'.

Nodi meowed and looked up, she yawned and looked at him while she twirled her tail.

Lucifer walked towards her and grinned, he patted her head and picked her up 'Yes, you're a sweet black kitty' he sat down in his chair and put Nodi on his lap.

She meowed again and laid down on her back, she pawed at his hands playful.

Lucifer sighed again and played with her paw 'you annoying little cat, keeping me from work' he said and patted her head again.

He looked at his work and back at Nodi, he yawned and grabbed his pencil as he started working.

Jenavive was walking through the halls, she was on her way to check on the kids when she heard something behind her, she turned around and saw Sebastian running towards her.

'JENNY! JENNY! I FOUND SOMETHING' he screamed as he kept running towards her.

Jenavive blinked a few times 'what? What did you find? Calm down first'.

Sebastian smiled brightly as he showed her some papers, I know where it came frome! The Virus! I found out Jenny!'.

Jenavive looked at the papers he had handed her 'Sebastian I don't understand anything from what's written on this paper' she said a bit confused as she returned it to him.

'Oh come on Jenny just look, Look!' he showed her the paper again 'I did a test on the cells of Mortem, and compared them with viruses and sicknesses which already exist! They didn't match, nothing matched, not from the human world, not from here, but not from the Void either' he said excited.

'…yes? And what's so good about that? Isn't that just another dead end?' she asked even more confused.

Sebastian laughed 'Of course not Jenny! This only shows there's one place left where it could've possibly come from, and it all makes sense!'.

'Then…were did it come from? Sebby please stop talking in riddles' She said as she gave the paper back again.

'Heaven Jenny! The virus is made by Heaven!'.

I'm baaack! Making this chapter wasn't as difficult as I thought it would be, I hope I can keep my promise of one chapter each month but again I can't promise I can keep my promise…okay that sounded confusing XD. I changed my FB page to mostly Cosplay now, so I won't upload the chapters anymore on my FB page, but ofc I'll try to be as active as I can on here!

Hope you liked Chapter 1 of my new story! Gimme a review to tell me what you think!