This is kind of a buildup towards the story where the Xenomorph Queen comes in, along with some references to both Alien and Aliens, so I hope you enjoy! And to Devlin Dracul, I'll do my best to try and pair Furuichi up with Isabella and Satura!

Disclaimer: Beelzebub belongs to Ryuuhei Tamura, not me.

Story 38: Betrayed

Characters: Furuichi, Hecadoth, Agiel, OC

Pairings: None

Summary: Furuichi, Hecadoth, and Agiel are trapped in the hive of the same hellbeasts Furuichi had encountered a while ago. In their attempt to escape, they discover that they were lured there by a third party, someone they thought was their ally.

"So, how come we have to meet with Jabberwock for our mission today?" Furuichi asked Hecadoth and Agiel as they ate breakfast this morning.

"Well, there's a special mission that we have been requested to take, and we have to meet the client who sent the mission," Hecadoth explained. "Though, I am finding it strange that this person wanted us specifically for this."

"It should be fine, right?" Agiel asked.

Before either of them could say anything else, Basilisk approached their table. "Oi, you three," he ordered, getting their attention. "Leader wants to meet you for your mission right now."

The three of them went to the meeting hall where the demon commander would be waiting to discuss the mission. When they reached the meeting hall, however, they were surprised to see another man standing there beside Jabberwock. The man was wearing a suit and he had long brown hair and dark eyes.

"You wished to speak with us?" Hecadoth asked, giving a respectful bow.

Jabberwock gestured to the man. "This is Samael," he started. "He's gonna be going with you guys on your mission, since he wishes to give you some guidance for this." He waved his hand. "Now, good luck, and don't fail this mission."

On their way out of the headquarters, Agiel started speaking. "So Samael, what's going on?" she asked.

"Right." Samael cleared his throat. "There is a hive filled with some strange hellbeasts that need to be destroyed, since they're wreaking havoc everywhere. I need you to destroy them."

"Okay, but why only the three of us?" Furuichi asked. "This sounds like something that requires full military action."

"He's right," Hecadoth agreed. He raised an eyebrow, feeling slightly suspicious. "What made you think that the three of us could do this?"

To their surprise, they heard a derisive snicker from Samael, and they turned to see him giving them a condescending look. "Is this seriously the reaction that I'm getting from two of the strongest Pillar demons and their Lieutenant?" he mocked.

Hecadoth's lips curled into a snarl. "Say that again," he dared, his voice sounding deadly.

"Maybe you aren't cut out for this mission," Samael continued. "I chose you because I was confident that you could do this alone. But maybe I was wrong. You're nothing but weaklings as it seems."

At that, Hecadoth and Agiel had their weapons drawn and aiming at him, glaring and snarling fiercely. However, Furuichi held his hand out, stopping them as he also glared at Samael.

"Knock it off, Samael," he ordered, internally surprised at the sternness in his voice. "You wanted us personally to do this mission, so we're doing so. But we won't tolerate any of your snarkiness, okay? Or else you can forget about having us do this mission."

Samael merely looked unfazed as he pursed his lips. "My bad," he said. "Let's keep going."

While Agiel and Furuichi tried to move on from this, the seed of doubt had already been planted in Hecadoth's head. He could sense that something was wrong, but he decided not to say anything.

It wasn't long before they reached the hive that Samael was talking about. Hecadoth and Agiel looked at the hive in surprise, never having seen anything like it before. However, Furuichi was stunned. This... This looked so similar to the one that he had encountered with Jabberwock's platoon!

"The hell is this?" Hecadoth wondered.

"Well, what are you waiting for?" Samael demanded. "Let's go!"

They slowly entered the hive, and were surprised at how hot it was. The inside of the hive looked especially strange, but they didn't see any creatures yet, much to their surprise.

"Geez, it's so hot in here..." Agiel sighed, wiping some sweat away from her forehead.

Furuichi looked around cautiously, trying to ignore the bad feeling in his gut as they continued walking. "You know, this looks a lot like something I saw on a mission with Jabberwock's platoon," he said softly.

"Seriously?" Hecadoth asked. "Did it look like this?"

"Yeah, actually," Furuichi said. He then glanced ahead at Samael. "Oi, do you know where we're going?" he asked.

"Well of course, human," Samael responded derisively.

Before Furuichi could say anything else, his attention was drawn to the sounds of something opening up. They all turned only to see a large egg slowly unfurling open, and Hecadoth and Agiel immediately pulled out their weapons as they watched it cautiously.

At that moment, a large, spider-like creature crawled out of the egg and started scuttling towards Furuichi, who stepped back in shock. What the hell is this?!

The thing suddenly lunged at him, aiming for his face, and Furuichi stumbled back in alarm. "What the-?!" he nearly shouted.

"Oh no, you don't!" A blast of demonic energy suddenly struck the creature and destroyed it. Furuichi turned to see Hecadoth holding his palm out at the remains of the thing, glaring at it.

"What the hell was that?!" Hecadoth demanded as Agiel helped Furuichi get up.

Before Samael could say anything, they suddenly heard the sounds of low, unearthly snarls coming from all around them. Instinctively, they all moved closer to each other before getting into defensive stances, waiting for whatever was coming for them.

At that moment, they saw a hideous, grinning creature lunging out from the shadows of the tunnel they were in. Landing in front of them, both Hecadoth and Agiel were completely dumbfounded by the creature that was hissing and snarling viciously. It had a strange, elongated head, a set of inner jaws, sharp claws and a tail, and features that didn't even look anything close to either a human or a demon.

Furuichi was stunned. "This… This is the same thing that I encountered with Jabberwock's platoon!" he said in shock.

The creature lunged at them, letting out an ugly snarl, only for Hecadoth to grab it and throw it into the walls of the cave. He then destroyed it with a blast of demonic energy before it could get up and attack him again. Meanwhile, Furuichi and Agiel were fighting back to back against some other creatures that had decided to attack. Furuichi managed to strike some with the end of the halberd that he was using, and Agiel was using her agility to avoid the creature before destroying it with a blast of demonic energy.

However, it seemed like the numbers were endless, and they were slowly starting to realize this too. "There's too many!" Samael told them. "Let's just get out of here!"

"Let's retreat!" Hecadoth shouted to Agiel and Furuichi.

"Got it!" Agiel shouted back.

The four of them ran hastily through the tunnel, trying to find their way back when Samael suddenly fell down after tripping on some rocks. Hecadoth, Agiel, and Furuichi turned back to see him holding his ankle, the creatures not too far behind them. Even then, they still had enough time to help him get up and continue escaping.

"Go ahead!" Samael called. "I'll be fine!"

"You idiot, you're gonna be killed by those things!" Agiel shouted.

"I'll be okay, just go before they get you!" Samael shouted back.

Agiel was about to protest this again when Hecadoth stepped in. "Those things are coming after us, we have to keep going!" he told her.

Agiel just nodded reluctantly before she, Hecadoth, and Furuichi ran ahead, trying to find the way they had come in. Unfortunately, that was a long way off, but fortunately, they saw a nearby cave to hide in. "Let's hide in there!" Furuichi said.

The three of them quickly ran into the cave before Hecadoth and Agiel knocked down some boulders to barricade the entrance. Outside, they could hear the angered snarls and screeches from the creatures, but they slowly faded away. However, they knew better than to go out. They would wait a while before judging whether it was safe to leave, and if it were, they would find an alternate way out.

Even though he was trying to stay calm, Furuichi was panicking on the inside. Shit, shit, shit... he thought in panic as he looked around him, moving closer to Hecadoth and Agiel. Right now, all that was running through his mind was the same thing: how the hell did this happen?

"Fuck..." Hecadoth snarled. "What are we supposed to do now?!"

"We just have to wait it out, unfortunately," Agiel told him, her tone worried. "Transfer devices are useless in here, they only work when we're standing outside."

As the three of them stood in the cave, they couldn't help but feel as if something was off about this mission.

"You know, something really doesn't feel right," Furuichi mused thoughtfully.

Hecadoth and Agiel turned to look at him. "What do you mean?" Agiel asked.

"These creatures… something doesn't feel right about them," he explained. "Do either of you know about those things? Are they a species native to the Demon World?"

Hecadoth shook his head. "No, actually," he said. "We've never seen them before, not even once. We don't even know where they're from."

"Yeah, this is the first time we've ever even heard of them," Agiel agreed. She looked at the structure of the cave, taking in the strangeness of the carvings and the humidity of the place. "See this cave? This doesn't look even remotely close to the habitat of any other demonic species, and it sure as hell isn't anywhere close to the habitats of fauna from the Human World, right?"

Furuichi nodded. "True," he agreed.

Hecadoth glanced at the boulders that blocked the entrance. "I don't know how much longer we have before that gets destroyed," he said. "But we need to figure a way out of here, and quick."

"What about Samael?" Agiel asked.

"We can't do anything about him," Hecadoth said. "As far as we know, he could be dead. We can't take the risk of going further into the hive; you saw what those things are capable of, right?"

At that moment, Furuichi noticed a path that led further within the cave, which was illuminated by the light that was shining through some cracks in the cave. Before he realized, he slowly started making his way down the path to investigate, trying to ignore the slowly growing dread within him. At first, he wondered if he really should be doing something like this, or if this was dangerous and he had to stop. However, his gut told him to keep going further and see what was really there, so he moved forth.

He reached a three-way, with both paths leading to dead ends, but it seemed that the left path had something further down. Furuichi made his way there, and to his utter surprise, he saw what looked like a storage room. … the hell? he wondered as he made his way inside to see what was in there.

In the room, he saw what looked like several plans strewn about on a table, as well as some notes on sheets of paper. Even though he didn't mean to, Furuichi glanced down at one of them and saw something suspicious on it, so he immediately grabbed it before leaving the storage room.

Once in the cave, Furuichi took it out and read through it. However, he was completely unprepared for what was written on the sheet.

Solomon Company Mission #937

Retrieve unknown organism and bring back to headquarters. Use live bait; Pillar Generals Hecadoth and Agiel, as well as the human they adore so much. Ensure that organism is intact; all other priorities rescinded; bait is expendable.

Furuichi's eyes widened in shock and horror as he felt his heart beating faster. Him, Hecadoth, and Agiel… they were no more than bait.

Samael had this all planned this out. And he was an agent of the Solomon Company.

"There's a reason for this, you know." Furuichi jolted and turned back to see Samael standing behind him, a slight smirk on his face. Furuichi gritted his teeth as he stormed towards him, grabbing his collar and pinning him against the wall.

"Is that so?!" he growled through his gritted teeth. "I don't wanna hear it, you bastard! You baited us for your own personal gain, you planned to use this… this thing to take over the Demon World!" Much to his dismay, Furuichi felt tears in his eyes and he closed them to try and control himself.

"Oi, Furuichi!" Hecadoth called from the distance. "Which way did you go?"

"I'm over here!" Furuichi called. He smirked inwardly. Good. Let them come and see what this- His thoughts were cut short as he was suddenly shoved to the ground by Samael. Looking up in shock, he saw the Solomon Company agent sneering at him.

"Looks like I have a little rat to deal with," he drawled. Grabbing Furuichi's collar, he roughly shoved him into the wall, causing Furuichi to let out a groan of pain as his head hit the wall.

Furuichi tried to fight back, but he was suddenly stopped when he felt a hand covering his mouth and nose in an attempt to suffocate him. Eyes widening in shock, he struggled against Samael and fought back, even biting down on his hand to try and break free. However, it was to no avail, but at that moment, Hecadoth and Agiel came upon this. And sure enough, they were stunned.

"You son of a bitch!" Hecadoth snarled as he tackled Samael to the ground, punching him in the face.

As Hecadoth continued to beat up Samael, Agiel went over to Furuichi. "Are you okay?" she asked in concern.

Furuichi gasped slightly as the colour returned to his face and his breathing slowly went back to normal. "S-Samael… he's a Solomon Company agent…" he gasped out. "We… were no more than bait for this… he wanted to have us killed…"

Agiel's eyes widened in shock before narrowing in anger. At that moment, Hecadoth returned to them, roughly shoving a beaten Samael with him. "Get over here, you filthy bastard!" he snarled, kicking him against the wall before tying some ropes around him.

"So, what do we do with him?" Agiel asked, glaring at Samael as she spoke. "Furuichi told me everything. We were no more than bait for his plan."

"Yeah, I heard," Hecadoth said. His lips curled into a snarl. "I say we leave this fucker to rot here right now!"

Agiel looked thoughtful for a moment. "I still don't understand," she said. "Why would he want us specifically? What was his plan exactly?"

Furuichi glared as he spoke. "He chose us because we were the requested bait," he explained. "You two are from the Pillar Squad, and I am the human that you guys seriously adore and would do anything for. So, if I got infected by one of those things, you would take me back to the headquarters to make sure I was treated, only to be killed by whatever was inside of me, and that would kill off the Pillar Squad."

"But why the fuck would he want one of these things?!" Hecadoth demanded.

"For the Solomon Company to take over the Demon World," Furuichi said. "And knowing them, they love to fight dirty to get whatever they want."

Samael chuckled condescendingly. "Pathetic," he said. "I can't believe you're deluding yourselves to believe that I'm the enemy."

Agiel glared at Samael. "You know, I don't know which species is more traitorous. At least you don't see those things fucking each other for their own personal gain," she told him in disapproval.

Hecadoth stepped forward, grinning savagely as he cracked his knuckles. "Alright then, it's settled. We waste him," he conceded, grabbing his collar as his eyes glinted with bloodlust. "No offense!" He raised his hand to deliver the death knell, but was stopped by Furuichi.

"No, wait! We have to take him to headquarters!" Furuichi insisted. "The Pillar Squad needs to know about this! And besides," A smirk crossed his face, "let's let the other pillar members deal with him."

Before either of them could say anything, they suddenly heard distant screeches from the creatures. Furuichi glanced behind him. "Let's get out of here!"

"No problem." Hecadoth placed a ball of demonic energy against the wall before striking it with his spear. Much to Furuichi's surprise, this created a hole in the wall, which they all escaped through. To their relief, this led them straight outside of the hive.

"Finally, we're out of here!" Agiel sighed in relief.

"Now, let's go back to headquarters," Hecadoth said, taking out a transfer device. The four of them were immediately engulfed by demonic energy as they were transported back to headquarters, where they were greeted by Laymia.

"How did-" She was cut off upon seeing Samael tied up. "What happened here?" she asked, looking a bit surprised.

"I think we'll let the traitor explain everything to you," Agiel said, smirking slightly as Hecadoth kicked him over.

"Try suffocating our lieutenant now, you bastard!" he snarled.

Laymia looked rather surprised, but nevertheless, she still nodded. "Very well then." She grabbed him by the ropes before forcing him on his feet. "Alright now, let's go."

As Laymia made her way to the interrogation room with Samael, Hecadoth and Agiel turned to face Furuichi. "That was pretty clever, the way you managed to figure it out," Hecadoth praised him.

Furuichi smiled slightly. "Thanks," he thanked. The smile slowly disappeared from his face, however. "Although, I have a feeling that this is far from over."

"Yeah," Agiel agreed. "Now that we've found that the Solomon Company has something to do with this, it's gonna get a lot more dangerous, I feel."

"It doesn't matter," Hecadoth said. "All I know is that the Solomon Company is gonna pay dearly for what they've done."