Author's note:
Let us continue, time to write as much as I can in one night!
I definitely recommend you check out the other Helltaker fanfictions.
I have just finished reading Infernal Tales- A Helltaker Story by UltimateDemonBeast65, Helltaker: Hell on Earth by Numb-Life is an interesting concept. I would like to read Mistakes, Madness and More by Another face in the crowd, when I get the chance.
Chapter 23: It's a Living Thing
As soon as he had dressed himself with his standard red shirt and black suit pants, he headed back downstairs to the lounge, he had a few hours to kill before he and Modeus were going to eat out at the restaurant. Their table was booked for eight, so he decided to relax before treating Modeus to a proper date. He entered the lounge to find Pandemonica, Judgement and Lucifer talking.
"Make sure to tell Eligos not to back the new proposals unless she is absolutely sure" the tired demon said to the high prosecutor, "Also tell your big brute of a friend to take it easy, he is apparently doing twice the work you were, puts alot of pressure on us at DR". Judgement didn't look impressed, she smiled upon seeing him come into the room. Both the devil and the punisher weren't really listening to the former secretary,
The two demons in question were wearing their traditional hellish outfits; the revealing yet intimidating high prosecutor look and the sharply dressed CEO. Pandemonica was wearing a grey turtle neck sweater, similar to Modeus's, she was also wearing some red thigh high socks and shorts too, borrowed from Modeus. Her glasses were resting lazily on her nose, allowing her to look over them. She realised no one was paying attention to her and sighed, retiring to the lounge. "I'm going back to Hell" Judgement said looking at the Helltaker, ignoring Pandemonica's muttering of obscenities. "For how long?" he asked, concern evident in his voice. "For a few hours" she took a step closer. "Not for long".
"Better not be" he smirked back, Lucifer was stood at the high prosecutor's side. "I'm going with her" the devil said wiping some dust of her shoulder, her face was weirdly blank as if she was trying to remember something. "The Queen has to keep up appearances" he quoted her, "So you do listen to me" the smirk returning to her face. "Alright, stay safe. I don't want to have to come after you a third time" he joked to the two demons. Lucifer walked closer to him, planting a kiss on his cheek. "You too" she smiled, she began to manifest a portal on one of the walls in the hallway, the one the stairs was connected to. Judgement also stepped towards him and kissed him on the lips, wanting to one-up the devil. Suffice to say, the devil was more than jealous.
She had looked over her shoulder just as the portal had manifested, seeing the two kiss. "Get going high prosecutor" Lucifer snapped, Judgement smirking at her as she walked through the portal on the wall. "Don't wait up for us" her voice echoing from the portal as she entered. The devil scowled at him and nodded, following the other demon through the wall. The orange light disappearing into nothingness, leaving the blue wall unharmed.
He turned around and walked into the lounge, sitting next to Modeus and Pandemonica on the sofa. Malina was also in the lounge, not acknowledging his presence, her mind was still reeling from the events of the last night. "Hey Monica" he said to the demon as he resumed the normal cuddling position with Modeus, placing his arm around the Lustful Demon. "You once told me that lust for sin is in your blood, it being hard to keep in check", referring to their first ever conversations. "That's right Mr Taker" she yawned. "Would you like a coffee?" he noticed the tiredness of the yawn.
"No it's alright. BEELZEBUB!" Pandemonica shouted loudly, the demon in question coming down the stairs rapidly. "You called?" she said nervously, standing behind the sofa. "Double Espresso, on the double". "Ye-es of course!" the enslaved demon hurried into the kitchen. "Don't you think that's a little mean?" he said looking at the former head of demon resources. "Is mind controlling you into becoming an abusive, heartless husk of a man 'a little mean' too?" she spat back. "Fair point".
"Anyway, what were you saying?" she referred back to his original point. "Ah yes, why do you think you demons are all lustful towards me?" he asked, curious if she knew something he didn't. "Well, let me guess, you have sin coursing through your veins" she smirked tiredly. "Just what I was thinking". It was true, he had sinned too many times to count throughout his life; he wasn't a nice person, he wasn't married, he had premarital sex, he was not Christian, often denying the idea of a God and being a strong atheist, until he met the devil. He had killed, he had tortured, he had stolen, he had robbed, the list was endless.
"I wont pry, we all have our secrets" she sighed, "I imagine just like me, this family was a clean slate for you, it helped me realise how important my job was. Helped me forget a few bad memories too." she paused temporarily. "You then made me realise how important retirement was" she joked, Beelzebub was now coming over with Pandemonica's mug of coffee. "Here..." she said, her hands trembling slightly. Pandemonica took the mug in her hand and took a sip of the brown liquid, her face almost instantly reacting in disgust, her brow and cheeks scrunching up. A long pause followed. "You can't even filter coffee properly you stupid woman" the sadistic demon stood up quickly, fully awake and moving faster than he could blink.
"Ah, I'm sorry! I'll make you another one!" Beelzebub took a step backwards, terror filling her red eyes. "NO! You got it wrong again! You have to be taught a lesson" Pandemonica snatched Beelzebub's hand and broke her index finger at lightning speed, professional bone breaker. Beelzebub screamed in a short gasp, Pandemonica moved over to her middle finger.
She was holding Beelzebub's hand in a vice grip with her right hand, holding the coffee in her left, she took another sip from the mug before speaking again. "That was for not filtering the coffee properly", the Helltaker trying to remain silent. He knew the consequences of getting her coffee wrong all too well. She broke her middle finger. "That was for putting too little sugar in the espresso!", Beelzebub fighting the urge to scream.
"Monica" the Helltaker spoke, trying not to raise his voice. Modeus was cowering behind him, not wishing to see the sadistic demon unleashed. Pandemonica now moving to her ring finger, "This was for spilling it!", "I didn't even-" she screamed. "SILENCE!" Pandemonica, the Sadistic Demon now smiling a cruel smile, the sound of bone crunching and agonizing screams following. "Pandemonica!" the Helltaker forced to raise his voice, he was now stood up facing the two. The sadistic one moving to break her entire wrist. "THIS IS FOR TAKING HIM FRO-", "ENOUGH!" he shouted, coming inbetween the two. He grabbed Pandemonica's hand and ripped it off of Beelzebub and pushed her back gently. "Stand down" he ordered.
He was a human shield, protecting Beelzebub from her attacker, Pandemonica's smile turned into a menacing scowl. She held her ground, remaining silent, a single fist clenched. "I said...stand...down" he repeated, his fists also clenching. He knew he wouldn't win in a fight against her, he just had to assert himself as best he could in this situation, hoping that Pandemonica respected and cared about him enough now to listen to him.
"As you wish...", she slowly planted herself back down on the sofa, not breaking eye contact with him until she had calmed, she gave Beelzebub a deadly glare. Malina had been watching the entire confrontation, smirking when he became aggressive. She would make him be more rough with her next time. "Are you alright?" he said finally, turning to Beelzebub and breathing a sigh of relief. "I'm alright, thank you..." she whimpered, holding her broken hand, "Nothing a bit of magic can't fix right?" he joked, trying to lighten the mood.
"Yeah, I'll just go make her coffee before-" she began, "No, it's okay. I'll go make it" he said, already walking into the kitchen. "I'll show you how to make it properly next time. Go on, go heal yourself" he smiled, Beelzebub simply nodding and walking back upstairs. "Fucking Hell Monica, remind me not keep you two in a room for more than a minute" his voice returning to it's normal cheery tone. "She deserved it" her voice called back. Pandemonica received no reply. He sighed, turning on the espresso machine and letting it do it's job.
"Taker, can you please tell Azazel I'm right!" Modeus turned to look up at the man she was cuddling. "Uhhhh" the man was sweating profusely. "Modeus, I don't even know what sex is!" the angel was also sweating nervously. Somehow, the conversation topic had jumped from Beelzebub's punishment to the Helltaker's sex life in a matter of a few short minutes.
Azazel was sat crossed legged on the floor facing the front of the large sofa, Zdrada and Malina were both present, both listening to the conversation but both remaining silent: Malina half focusing on her game, her sister was sat on the dual recliner, having reverted to chain smoking, alternating between the vape and cigarettes. Justice was sat at the kitchen table, not really paying attention to their conversation, she was listening to another audio book.
Pandemonica was sat on his left chuckling too much to be involved in the conversation. "You must have learnt about it in Heaven?" Modeus looked puzzled at the angel. "N-no" the angel felt incredibly nervous now, "Well, they told us it was one of the cardinal sins; lust, adultery, these all featured frequently during our lessons".
"Azazel, Modeus is half right. Sex is natural yes, but it only happens when two people are romantically involved with one another" he tried his best to word the sentences correctly. "I suppose you were taught that anything before marriage is sinful, sex has always been a taboo subject", he was struggling to help her understand. "Alright" the curious angel smiled nervously. "But what is it". Gulp. The question he didn't want to address. "Well, when two people are romantically involved, they like to have some of their desires fulfilled" he was dancing around the question terribly. "Are we romantically involved?" Modeus asked him, blushing intensely.
"I suppose we are" he smiled back at his demon, he received a small squeal of delight and a tighter hug. Malina and Zdrada both scoffing, both dripping pure jealousy. "But what is sex?!" Azazel was becoming frustrated. Modeus was the one to reply this time, he had his head in his hands as she described what he would do to her on a typical lustful night. After these lewd rantings had filled Azazel's mind, he finally spoke. "Jesus Modeus, you don't beat about the bush do you" he chuckled, receiving only a confused look from the demon at his side.
"You're a kinky fucker ain't you Modeus" Zdrada's muffled voice sounded as she held her cigarette between her lips. "Since when were you so sexually active ya horny devil? Screwing all night?" she now turned to look at the Helltaker, he ignored Zdrada best he could, embarrassment was flooding his mind. Pandemonica was silently dripping jealousy next to him. "Azazel, you can also have sex with a woman, love and lust come in many different forms. It can be a man and man or a woman and a woman", he wanted to reassure her, trying his best not to deviate from the main point of this conversation.
He was almost a hundred percent sure that Azazel was bisexual, he remembered her timid attitude during their first few weeks together. "How long have I been here?" she had asked, "The things I have seen", "The things I have done". It was obvious she had been pushed out of her comfort zone, the demons pressuring her to do an array of sinful activities. Azazel had been more than curious to Judgement's revealing outfit, he had caught her eyes wandering at all the demons and himself whenever she had the chance.
"Modeus here can help you with whatever questions you have, she is an expert in this type of field" he smirked at his cuddling demon. "An expert?" Modeus gasped, "How?!". "Mo, you are literally called 'The Lustful Demon', of course you are the expert" he smiled. "But..." Modeus began to protest but didn't follow it through. "Azazel, the point is there is no wrong answer when it comes to sex and relationships like this" he stopped to laugh upon seeing her manifest her notepad and begin writing. "Just do whatever comes naturally Az. We have been together for three years, you know that no one will judge what you say or do harshly"
He didn't receive a reply for a while, Azazel was busy writing on her notepad. "Th-thank yo-u" she stuttered, demanifesting the notepad. "Anytime Az" he smiled, glad that this conversation was out of the way. "What have you decided to order for takeaway tonight?" he was asking the group at large but was addressing the angel mainly. "W-ell, I don't want to decide for everyone, I-" the angel began, she was quickly interrupted. "Pizza" Malina inputted, "Again Malinka? We have had pizza a thousand times. Live a little" her sister jabbed. "What about Taco Bell?" Zdrada was looking at her phone. It always confused him how those demonic phones worked.
"What's a taco?" Azazel asked, to which no one replied. "Chick-Fil-A?" Zdrada was just listing takeaways in the area not listening to anyone. "Wendy's? Burger King? Five Guys?" He decided to stop her. "How about, you let Azazel decide for once?" he raised his voice slightly. Zdrada paused, a scowl on her face. "Fine", she threw her phone at the angel, the latter catching it clumsily.
"A-ar-e you su-re?" Azazel looked down at the phone's screen then at the demons in the lounge, Justice had come to sit on the recliner next to Zdrada, clicking her fingers and lighting her cigarette for her. Lastly she looked at him. "Knock yourself out" Malina didn't care, "As long as it isn't pizza" her sister smirked as she took a drag, aiming it at Malina. "Choose away dear" Pandemonica manifested her notepad and read a section. "What were you guys talking about?" Justice asked the room at large, "You don't wanna know J" he chuckled. The Helltaker winked at Azazel, "I'm sure they won't mind".
He turned to look at a contempt Modeus, her mind had been trying to comprehend their 'romantic involvement', also wondering how to help Azazel over the last few minutes. "Modeus, is it time you go get ready? Table is booked in two hours, I don't know how long you need" he smiled, giving the demon a gentle squeeze. "Oh! I'll go right away!" her exited smile warming his heart, she quickly exited the room, he heard her rapid footsteps as she climbed the stairs. "Me and Lady Justice helped her pick an outfit for tonight" Pandemonica said from his side, "Yeah, you're gonna love it" Justice chimed.
"I'm sure I will"
"Hi there, I'm outside with your order" the voice over the phone. "Thanks, I'll be out in a second" the Helltaker replied, ending the call and moving towards the front door. The sharply dressed man opened the big grey door, a man in a standard Taco Bell shirt was stood on the doorstep. He was struggling to carry two giant bags of food, one in each hand.
"Here you go!" he struggled to lift the bags up to the Helltaker, he grabbed both of them and lifted them with ease inside the door, resting them on the floor to his right. "Here, this is for you" the Helltaker reached into his wallet and handed the delivery driver a twenty dollar bill. "Very kind of you sir!, I hope I deliver to your house again" he beamed. Suddenly, a strange barking could be heard from behind the giant man. It sounded like a human imitating a dog's bark. Three identical girls, dressed in identical outfits were currently charging down the hallway, they had detected an intruder. "Yeah, sorry about this buddy" the Helltaker said quickly, allowing the three to charge past him.
"Sorry for?-" the man saw the three girls fast approaching and began to walk away, the walk quickly turning into a run back to his car. When the man had entered the car and shut the door, he finally said their name. "CERBERUS!" the Helltaker called, "DINNER!" he knew one trick to call them back into the house, thankfully, the man was faster than the three, this time. Upon hearing the special word, they almost instantly turned tail and bolted back into the house. "You three are gonna get us in so much trouble one day" he smiled patting each one on the head as they passed. "Go wait with the others". He walked with the giant bags into the kitchen.
"Jesus, how much food did you order?" he asked Justice and Pandemonica who were getting plates for the demons, condiments and other utensils for their food. They were both acquiring drinks for themselves too. "Don't ask us, it's mostly for the sisters and Cerberus" Justice smiled, fixing herself a orange and vodka. "Well, it's making me hungry" he placed the bags down on the circular kitchen table. "Would you like any help?" he asked the two demons, standing with his hands in his pockets. "No, we should be fine. Modeus should be ready soon" Pandemonica smiled at him, going to look in the two bags. "Smells good".
"Well, looks like you two are in charge tonight" he smiled, "I know I don't have to go over any rules" he walked out of the kitchen, going to retrieve his phone and wallet off of the hallway counter. Beelzebub came down the stairs and approached him from behind as he was looking at the phone's notifications. "Hi B" he said, looking up at the demon, he pocketed his phone and took a step closer to her. "Are you okay?" he said, almost whispering. He took her previously broken hand and examined her fingers. "I'm fine, don't worry about me silly" she smiled, blushing at how he cared so much.
"Glad to see you are healed up" he smiled, he noticed the item she was carrying in her other hand. "Is that the blood diamond? The one we used to get to Hell?" he looked at the glowing gem, the red light escaping through Beelzebub's crimson gloves. "It is..." she looked ashamed, not meeting his gaze. "Where are the other items?" he asked the embarrassed fly. "In my pocket dimension" she replied, she held the diamond out to him."I know you don't trust me with it" she confessed. He didn't even know what it was, what it could do.
He was silent for a while, the pros and cons of trusting Beelzebub again fighting each other in his mind. "You don't plan on leaving anytime soon, do you?" the question startling Beelzebub. "Uh, no of course not" she replied, confused by the randomness of the question. "Promise?" his face was blank. "I promise" she spoke truthfully. He reached out to take the diamond, but instead, he moved her hand to close around the diamond. "Keep it, I trust you" he didn't want to know what power was hidden in the artifact, hidden in any of these ungodly relics.
"I may need them to return to Hell again, so don't go too far" he smiled his signature smile, Beelzebub shocked at his decision. She demanifested the diamond, it being stored in her own personal pocket dimension. She looked down at his feet, she was truly ashamed of her past actions, punishing herself mentally ever since she stole this man for herself. How could she do such a thing? He was kind, he was so gentle, he cared, he- "Hey" his hand was under her chin, he delicately moved her head to look at him, "Chin up". Tears were beginning to form in her eyes, all she wanted was to be held in his arms. Suddenly, she leaped forward into his embrace, the urge to kiss him overwhelming her, he chuckled mid-kiss and returned the gesture.
"I want answers soon Beelzebub" returning to his casual tone, "But" he paused slightly, "In your own time", their faces were close to one another. "Thank you...you are the only one who has ever cared about me" she whispered, her forehead now pressing against his. "You'll get answers soon I promise". "Don't go soft on me now you self absorbed fly" he joked, giving her another kiss and stepping backward. She released her hold of him, fighting down a sob with a cough. "Have a goodnight Taker" she tried smiling and began to head back upstairs. Another night alone in her room.
"See ya B"
"Hi, booked a table for two. Name Taker" the giant man smiled, his black suit jacket and red shirt following the traditional demonic fashion. At his side, holding tightly onto his large middle finger, a beautiful infatuated demon stared admiringly at him. She was wearing a crimson red dress that covered her down to her thighs, the Tea Length dress had silver and black sequins scattered down the sides of her body and along her arms in a variety of patterns. The dress being a tight fit caused for the top of her chest and cleavage to be on display, a feature she made sure he noticed. On her legs she was wearing black tights, leading down to pair of red platforms she owned.
Her horns and tail were hidden for now, the usually messy hair tied up into a neat bun. She had borrowed a golden hair clip from Azazel, it shining brightly in the sea of white from the lights reflecting off it in the restaurant. On her right wrist she was wearing a bracelet he had never seen before, it was a red wooden accessory with a black stone connected in the middle of the bracelet. On the stone, the initials T and M were engraved in a heart. Modeus was out-dressing every single person there, even him. She was...stunning.
This guy AGAIN?! How the fuck does he come back every week, no, almost every day with a stunning hot date?! the Waitress was in denial again. "Of course Sir, if you would like to follow me to your table" the waitress deciding it best not to say anything, she wasn't payed enough to get involved with a customer's love life. "Thank you" he smiled, leading his date to their table. They were both seated, the female waiter taking their drinks order before she left. The Helltaker going for a Bud Light, Modeus deciding to try a Pink Gin and Lemonade.
"Calm down Mo, you're shaking", he placed his hand on her trembling one. "I'm sorry! I'm just so excited" she looked around her, she had never been to a place like this, dressed like this. The table they were sat at was inside this time, not the usual one on the balcony. She noticed alot of jealous men looking at her, changing their gaze from their wives to the Queen of Lust. "Hey, eyes on me. They're all just jealous" he gave her hand a gentle squeeze, he knew that there were many eyes lingering on them, mostly on her. "Why would they be jealous?" she obeyed his instruction. "Because I have one of the most beautiful demons sat opposite me", his signature smile spreading across his face.
Throughout the course of their meal, the two chatted about an array of topics. He wouldn't allow the demon to talk about himself, often keeping the focus on her. He asked her questions about her past life, before they ever met. She reluctantly told him everything; her undercover role as temptress for some of Lucifer's worst enemies, seducing many, killing more. Those were back in what she called "the easy days", as soon as Hell became a productive machine, Modeus was left jobless, she would wander aimlessly for days. Apparently, Lucifer allowed her to seduce and eventually kill whoever she wanted, but Modeus had an uncontrollable urge, an urge that the CEO eventually had to address.
"I didn't take you for a Femme Fatale, were you planning on killing me soon?" he joked, taking a sip of his drink and resuming his Lasagne. "No, No! Of course not!" Modeus shocked that he would joke about such a thing. "You are special" she blurted, instantly covering her mouth with her left hand. "I didn't mean to-", she began her excuses. "Special? How special am I?" he smirked, shoveling another fork full of pasta and meat into his mouth. Modeus looked around her nervously, no one was in earshot, but she couldn't risk it. "I can't say here" she whispered.
"Mmmhmmm. Anyway continue", his fork scrapping the bottom of the plate. She continued her story, mentioning how she obtained a job as an assistant punisher to Judgement, she didn't enjoy inflicting pain but it "helped her pass the time". Some of the punishments she described didn't sound too bad, mostly just trapping someone and teasing them with something they couldn't have, often teasing with her body. However, some of the other punishments she inflicted were much, much more horrific. He quickly encouraged her to get off that topic and continue her story. Eventually she left the punishment division and lived with Justice for a time, helping the demon adapt to her blindness.
"So it was you who helped Justice, she hinted that someone helped her overcome her post blindness depression" he smiled at his partner, the demon in question blushing profusely. "It was nothing, I barely helped. Judgement was there too", she was lying of course, Modeus was more important to Justice than he realised. "Didn't sound like nothing", he looked over the menu again briefly. He turned around and caught the eye of the waiter, "Excuse me, can we get a bottle of the house red to share please?", "Of course sir!" the waiter scarping away. "I needed her, as much as she needed me" Modeus put simply, the Helltaker was surprised at this confession. He always thought that Justice would have looked after herself.
Eventually, the conversations blurred into one, reminiscing and compliments flying left, right and centre. Both himself and Modeus had become very intoxicated, Modeus had expressed more than once what she wanted him to do to her as soon as they left, he was trying his best to suppress her lust until later. He finally decided it best they leave earlier than closing time.
Unfortunately, the night was too cold for them to venture down to the beach, as much as he enjoyed the drunken walk home along the beach, the sea air sobered him up. He instantly gave Modeus his black suit jacket to keep her warm once they left the restaurant. "Aren't you cold?" Modeus said concerned seeing the giant man shiver, the wind picking up and chilling his soul. Wasn't it supposed to be summer still? "Nahh Mo, I'll warm up when we get home" he smirked, taking her hand in his as they walked across the carpark, they were heading to the concrete footpath that would lead them back home over the cliffs. "We sure will" she smirked, her horns and tail now appearing. Her pupils had been constantly heart shaped over the last hour, the waiters were very confused.
As they walked over along the clifftops back home, Modeus was strangely silent. She maintained a strong grip on his hand, listening to the distant sound of water crashing on the beach and the ramblings of her drunken partner. "I guess I never thought my life would improve after that" he slurred, now looking at his demon. "Is everything okay?" he stopped their walk home. "I actually had a dream" she began, her timid behaviour beginning to show again. "I hope it was a nice dream" he smiled, "It was, but it felt strange, like it was an illusion" Modeus looked at the floor, not letting go of his hand.
"Well, what was it?" he squeezed her hand, somewhat afraid of the answer, he also had strange and terrifying dreams. After what felt like an eternity, Modeus confessed: "I was pregnant" she spoke quickly. Gulp, this was NOT what he was expecting. "Well, who was the father?" he said, he was working up a cold sweat, "You were obviously!" Modeus seemed offended at his question, "We had two children, a dark haired boy and a white haired daughter..." she stopped herself, tears were beginning to form. "It felt so real..." she whispered, moving to bury herself in his embrace. He was speechless, he didn't know what to say.
He held her for sometime, the darkness of the path to his house concealed the couple, it was just the two of them. "It was just a dream" is all he could say, "I know" a muffled sad voice replied.
"If only it was a real"
What could have been.