A few quick notes for my readers, in my story the term "Partner" means a demon couple who are romantically involve but not Mates. (Married)
The term "Mate" means a demon couple are joined together, similar to marriage.
And with that, lets get on with the show!
Chapter 2 - A Bun in the Oven with a sprinkle of Nightbane.
Flonne sat on the chair staring into space with her slender legs swinging, Nurse Julie was busy at a nearby table checking the fallen angels blood.
Nurse Julie's eyes narrowed in concentration as she pulled out a plastic stick and placed the tip into the vial of blood, after a minute she pulled the plastic stick out and washed it in a basin of water.
The tip of the stick once white, was now blue.
Nurse Julie gave a smirk and turned towards Flonne, who was still staring into space.
"I've found the cause of your illness." said the Nurse in a light voice.
Flonne snapped out of her daydream and looked down, a look of expectant and worry on her pale delicate face.
The Nurse gave a chuckle and walked forward, "It seems our little Fallen Angel isn't as innocent as she seems."
"Wha?" said Flonne tilting her head in confusion.
"What do you mean? what's wrong with me?"
The Nurse held out a hand and coughed loudly, Flonne gave a sign and handed over a bag of Hell. Medical treatment was so expensive in the Netherworld.
Nurse Julie gave a wide smile.
"Your Pregnant."
Flonne stared wide-eyed at Nurse Julie, her mouth hung open like a giant O, her face turning the deepest red.
"I-I-I'm P-pr-pregnant!?" she finally stuttered.
And with that, Flonne keeled sideways and collapsed onto the cold stone floor.
Nurse Julie looked at her still form and burst into laughter, "Oh Hell! I love my job!" she sniggered.
Laharl sat on his throne watching Etna play golf with the Prinnies, the Prinnies were the golf balls.
"FORK!" yelled Etna with a maniac grin and whacked the shaking Prinny in front of her. The Prinny went screaming through the air and out the window, a few seconds later there was a loud bang from outside.
Etna looked at the Overlord and smirked.
"Oh Princey! Had another little fallout with your mate?"
Laharl slammed his fists on the armrests and bared his fangs, hissing.
"She's NOT my mate! How many times do I have to tell you!?" he spat.
Etna gave a frown and placed a hand on her hip.
"Wow, it's seems you and Flonne had a BIG fall out. Are you still Partners?"
Laharl looked away crossly. "Of course we're still Partners! Don't be stupid!"
But Etna could see a shadow of doubt and worry on his face, just what was going on between them?
"Prince!" shouted a voice.
A demon that looked like a scarecrow walked forward and bowed.
"Sir! There's been reports from the North, a village called Nightbane has been completely destroyed! So far there is no signs of any bodies, dead or alive."
"What!?" yelled Laharl angrily, standing up from his throne. "How is this possible!?"
"I don't know sir!" said the demon backing away slightly from Laharl furious crimson eyes.
"All I know is that the village has been grazed to the ground, there is no sign at all of the residents. They've completely disappeared!"
"Damn it! How dare anyone destroy any part of my Kingdom! I'll find them and make them wished they were never born! Etna!" order Laharl.
Etna who had been looking horror struck snapped to attention.
"What is it Prince?" she said seriously.
"Fetch Flonne, we're going to the village to access the damage and see what we're dealing with here." order Laharl.
Etna gave a nod and with a flick of her tail, she was gone.
Laharl slumped into his chair and closed his eyes. It's just one problem after another, why can't being an Overlord be easy?
Flonne opened her eyes, the first thing she noticed is that she was laying on cold stone floor, damn nurse! She just left her there on the floor!
Flonne sat up and rubbed the side of her head, suddenly she froze as she remembered something.
"I'm pregnant!" she whispered in horror. How? How was it possible?
Then Flonne covered her red face in her hands.
She knew exactly how she got pregnant, with Laharl demanding sex constantly she couldn't see how she COULDN'T get pregnant.
Oh lord! Laharl is going to be furious when he finds out!
"Flonne! There you are! What are doing on the floor?"
Flonne looked up and saw Etna looking down at her with a raised eyebrow.
"Come on… Laharl wants you. We're going off to a village."
"A village? What for?" enquired Flonne.
"You'll soon find out." said Etna darkly.
Flonne was started by the look on her friends face.
Both girls met up with Laharl who was standing impatiently by the castle portal, he looked at Flonne who just blushed and turned away.
"The Portal is now connected. It should take you straight to the Village of Nightbane."
Said the Gatekeeper.
The Portal swirled and crackled with power, a faint smell of ash and soot wafted from it.
"Alright let's go! The sooner we do this, the sooner I can track the guy who did it and destroy him!" said Laharl shortly and he stepped into the portal.
Etna rolled her eyes and followed after, Flonne took a step forward and hesitated, a sudden feeling of foreboding washed over her body.
She was just deciding whenever to enter or not when suddenly Laharl's hand appeared in the portal and pulled a shock Flonne in by the front of her red leotard.
In a whirl of colours and flashing lights, Flonne suddenly found herself clinging to Laharls bare chest in a burned down, smoking village.
With a started gasp Flonne quickly jumped out of the Overlords arms and rushed forward towards Etna. For almost a second Flonne was close to telling Laharl that she was pregnant, that she was carrying his baby.
But nerves got the better of her. Maybe next time she'll tell him. Maybe next time.
"Oh my Hell!" gasped Etna stopping with a look of utmost horror on her face, Flonne also did the same while Laharl looked around with a silent glare.
The village was completely burned to the ground, everything was gone. Charred wooden foundations of destroyed homes and buildings pointed to the sky like jagged clawed fingers.
"This isn't right. All I can smell is ash and the smell of burning. If the residents had perish, I'll be able to smell burning flesh." Laharl said grimly.
Etna sniffed the air.
"Your right prince. Maybe they ran away, escaped."
But somehow, they all knew this wasn't true.
Something moved in the corner of Flonne's eye.
"Huh?" said Flonne as she turned her head, but there was nothing there.
"Must be my imagination."
Suddenly a pillar of fire burst from the ground and twisted in mid-air, it came pelting straight for Etna who had her back to it.
"WATCH OUT!!!" screamed Flonne.
Laharl and Etna turned around and yelled in shock, Etna managed to jump out of the way just in the nick of time as the pillar of fire smashed into the ground.
This wasn't good. This wasn't good at all. The fallen angel placed her hands over her stomach in a protective way.
Laharl pulled out his sword and rushed over to where the attack came from, upon arriving he found a small ghost demon, but there was something wrong with it.
Laharl noticed that it's eyes, which were normally white glowed red. It look rabid and mindless.
Just what the hell was wrong with this thing? Never the less it was dangerous, so with a quick slash, the demon lay sliced in two at Laharl's feet.
He turned around to make sure Flonne was okay and noticed that she was covering her stomach, as if shielding it.
What the hell was wrong with the Love Freak?
"Whoa! Where did HE come from?" asked Etna as she poked the dead body of the Ghost demon.
"He came from here." said a grim voice.
The trio turned around to see a dragon like demon staring at them.
"He lived here in this village, until he changed and lost his mind." said the Dragon demon.
"Did he burn down the village and killed everyone?" asked Flonne looking pale.
The Dragon demon gave a short bark of laugh.
"Hell no. It was another resident who burned this place down. They all turned crazy, every single one of them. The whole village lost their minds."
Laharl looked around the village, just what the hell has happened here?