Cass and V

21. Vacation

The crystal blue water sparkled in the sun as the waves crashed onto the shore. Viper and Cassandra were the only two on the beach, thankfully Crowley had discovered it years ago and taken them straight to it while he and Aziraphale went to do... well they didn't really want to know what.

Vipers dark hair was pulled up into a messy bun and had dark sunglasses, as usual, over her eyes. A red bikini covered her under a blank tank top she wore on top. There was a black and white towel beneath her and didn't have a single grain of sand on it, it was a trick she was very proud of.

Cassandra's hair hung down her back in gentle waves that seemed wild and untamed, yet it fit her, she wore a pink bikini with a white wrap around her lower half. Their other clothes were in a bag nearby, underneath the umbrella that was casting a shadow over both of them. She was laying on the same towel as her sister, and staring out into the ocean through her white rimmed sunglasses.

"Hey sis?"

"Hm?" Viper asked turning another page in the book.

"Last week,"

Viper looked up, marked her spot in the book and closed it. She rolled over on her back to face her sister, "Yeah."

"What happened?"

"What do you mean?"

"Well Hastur came out of bloody nowhere."

"He's the one who attacked me Sissy."

"Yeah, I know that. But why?"

"Dunno, he could have been following orders, seeking personal revenge cause we both know he had to be having a relationship with Ligur."

Cassandra shrugged, "Likely, but why would he attack you?"

"Because whether he likes it or not, demons listen to me. I'm not a Duke of Hell or anything, but I am up there in the ranks. There are a lot of demons below me, Dad happens to be one of them."

"You out rank Dad?"

"Yeah, but only when we're Down There."

"Who else do you outrank?"

"Tavor, he's one of the agents I have up here. He was sent as a body guard for me, but I told him to watch you too."

Cassandra nodded, "What happened with Eirian?"

Viper cleared her throat, "Well... You know how when I went Down There with Daddy the first time and I came back with this?" she held up her hand, "The reason Dad put it on me was so that he could still outrank me up here, one and two, so I would have a connection to him even though I'm a demon."

"Woah, wait you're a demon?"

"Not yet, but I'm headed there."

"You can't be a demon! You never had the chance to fall!"

"Eirian pushes me, Cass. I had a dream a few months ago of an angel throwing me out of heaven."

"You've never been to heaven."

"I know that, but he pushed me and I fell. I just know I became a demon."

"That doesn't make sense."

"I know." she said slowly shaking her head, "Lucifer's already laid claim to me like He's laid claim to you."

Cassandra fell silent and stared back at the ocean, "So why was Eirian hurting you so much?"

"He's really high up in the ranks of angels, His aura hurts me. He was purposely pushing it towards me to cause me pain, but when he started to threaten you I pushed back and overcame the pain. It shouldn't hurt me like that anymore."

"Hm." Cassandra said simply, "You think Pepper and Adam are here yet?"

She glanced down at her tattoo, it twitched, "Almost."

"So did they tell you anything to do?"

"What do you mean?"

"You know, them."

"Lucifer? Yeah. Told me to watch Adam, make sure he doesn't screw anything else up, I believe were his exact words."

"What happens when Adam dies?"

"I get a new assignment." she said simply, before standing up, "I'm hungry. Let's go eat."

Cassandra nodded and hoped now that most of her questions were answered, this vacation would start to become relaxing.