Heart isn't feeling so safe right now. Things probably aren't going to be looking up like she'd like.
Ch 28: Overlords Awaken
(Heart's POV)
It's been about a week since I told my friends about my engagement. They all were trying to give me suggestions now with the wedding. If I had a theme, if I knew what flowers I wanted, what kind of cake flavor. I just laughed at them and said I wasn't really thinking about that stuff yet. I feel they were blowing it out of proportion now. I understood that they were only trying to help me though. I appreciated it, but I wanted to have at least a month before I started to do any planning.
I finally asked Charlie as well to be another bridesmaid which she happily accepted. I was so glad to have her now as part of my wedding. Charlie was probably my first friend I ever made. She was just so kind and sweet. It made me glad I knew her. If it wasn't for her and her little hotel, I would have never met Alastor. My wedding should be fun with her around. I just stuck with having three in my wedding party and I felt it was nice to have a small one.
Alastor actually asked Husk to be his best man and was surprised when he said yes. Husk was Alastor's best friend even though he didn't' really act like it. I'm sure Husk cared for Alastor though and was happy for him. Then he asked Russ as well, which was another surprise to me. Alastor didn't know Russ too much but I'm sure he liked him enough to ask him. After all that stuff when he left, I'm sure Alastor appreciated him taking care of me when he was gone. Become my friend. Alastor still had to think of one more person but he had time, so he wasn't worried.
Alastor always joked saying he was going to take me into town to sign the papers. I couldn't do anything but laugh at him. I know he was joking to me, Alastor was just old school and wanted to just get it over with so I can be his all the way around. I would truly belong to him. That didn't sound bad to me though. Besides bitemarks and sucker bites to show I was his, I would have a ring as well. That would seal the deal.
I also noticed that Alastor has been on edge since last week when we went out and I didn't know why. He was way overprotective lately. He seemed more twitchy than normal and I also heard his radio stations more than I ever have. He was always on alert; he almost didn't want to leave me alone in the house. When he did leave it wasn't for very long. He was always by my side. I didn't mind it, but I was worried about him stressing himself out over whatever it was he was concerned about.
I woke up this morning in Alastor's arms and he had my back close to his chest as my wings were folded against me, his head resting on top of mine behind my horns. He was basically spooning me. Although he has been keeping me in his arms like this the last few mornings, I didn't mind because it was the safest place for me to be and my favorite. I knew he was doing it for his own comfort as well. I felt the light rise and fall of his chest from him sleeping. I felt his breath on the back of my ear slightly.
I let out a small sigh in content at this. I took my hands and started to rub his arms that were against me. Just feeling his skin under my fingers felt so nice. I watched as his fingers twitched. I chuckled a moment from it. I felt him move and he tightened his hold on me more. He must have been waking up. I was soon correct as I felt kisses being planted on my ear. I let out a chuckle at the feeling.
"You awake now Al?" I whispered over my shoulder.
He didn't say anything as he unwrapped one of his arms and glided his claws down the side of my leg. I felt goosebumps start to form from the touch.
"I am awake, yes." He finally answered. "I don't, however, want to get up."
"I don't want to either. I'm quite happy where I am." I told him and I snuggled into him.
Alastor chuckled. He shifted, taking his other arm out from under me and I rolled to my back as he hovered over me now. He leaned down and kissed my lips gently. I wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed him back. He pulled away but I kept my arms wrapped around him, my hands going through his hair.
"I don't want to go out today. I want to stay with you." Alastor whispered as he looked down at me.
"Then stay." I told him. I pulled him back down into another kiss.
He pulled away again. "I have to, but I'm worried since I'll be away longer than usual today."
"Don't worry about me Al." I told him as I put a hand to his cheek. "I don't want you to get stressed because of it. I'm afraid of you running yourself down over it."
"I would never. Don't you worry about me." Alastor took my hand from his cheek and kissed the top of it.
"I can worry about you. Powerful or not, I'll still worry about you." I told him sternly.
Alastor chuckled and just kept his smile. "I just want to look out for you."
I still smiled at him. "I know, I'm glad you do. Especially since I am just a small weak demon." I put my ears back slightly.
Alastor took the hand he was holding and brought it to his chest. "You are not weak my love. You have your own strength in you. You don't need powers to be mighty."
"Says you." I whispered.
I saw him give me a sheepish smile. "You have some kind power over me though." Alastor leaned in and kissed me deeply.
I gave a small chuckle against his lips and kissed him back. I guess that was true. I did seem to change this icy hearted demon into something different. He was warmer and more open. At least to me anyway. I loved him so much and nothing would change that.
I heard a static sounding growl in his throat. "Mind if I have a piece of you before I leave?" He asked in a whisper and he kissed my cheek.
"Don't take a piece, take all of me." I answered with a breath.
I saw Alastor smirk before he went to my neck and started to attack it with bites and kisses.
I laid in bed on my stomach as I had the covers pulled up to my waist. After Alastor was done with me he went to go clean up before heading out. He told me to just rest as he pulled up the blankets to cover me. Then he joked and said that he would be back to have more of me later. I just laughed at his statement, I loved him so much. He placed a kiss on my head before leaving the house. I had fallen asleep not long after he did.
I was slowly waking up. I thought I heard footsteps in the room. Alastor couldn't be back, yet could he? I then heard a whisper, but it was more than one. I was almost freaking out, but I kept my eyes shut. I wanted to make sure they didn't think I was awake.
If they planned to do anything to me, I'd take it upon myself to defend myself.
I heard them whisper a few minutes as they walked around the room. I then could tell someone was by the bed.
"Let's get her and get it over with." I heard one say. "We don't know when The Radio Demon will be back."
"Make it fast." I heard a second say. "Boss wants us to not come back empty handed."
They were going to do something to me! I wouldn't stand for that. I felt that if I had to defend myself then I had to do it with more strength. I wasn't going without a fight.
I snapped open my eyes and jumped up out of bed, transforming into my wolf demon form as I did. My engagement ring fell off my hand in my transformation, but I noticed it landed on the bed. I got a look at the demons beside my bed. There were only two, they were both humanoid looking demons with cat ears and horns coming from their foreheads. I flapped my wings to keep aloft as I looked at them. They had a state of shock on their faces. I'm sure they were surprised with me waking up.
"What are you doing here? Leave at once!" I demanded.
They both got rid of their shocked faces and then smirked at me.
"Afraid we can't do that miss." The one with grey ears said.
"We have a job to do." The other one with orange ears added.
"I said leave!" I yowled and bared my teeth.
"Not without you." The orange one said.
I saw them reach at their sides and pull out rope. They threw lasso at me. I dodged their ropes and I dived down to the grey eared one. My teeth out, I aimed for his neck. I managed to knock him down, but I couldn't get to his neck as he had put his arm up and I bit on that instead. Blood came out but I didn't let that stop me. The demon grunted in pain and tried to push me off. I then felt a pain in my side. I howled in pain. I jumped off the demon and landed back on the bed. I looked to see a knife in my side, the demon stabbed me. I looked at him and growled. I jumped at him, but he jumped out of the way, I slammed into the bedside table. The lamp toppled and fell as well as the picture sitting there. I chased the cat demon with a bark.
"Brother don't stand there, help!" The grey one yelled.
I jumped onto his back and knocked him down, but we tumbled around on the ground a moment. I got pushed and got pinned up against the wall. The orange demon finally came to the other aid. I then felt weight on my back as I got pushed to the ground, I wasn't expecting it. I tried to bite at him, but I couldn't reach. I then felt pain in my back now as a knife got put into it then aggressively ripped out. I howled again.
"Knock her out! Knock her out!" The grey screamed.
I found my strength and pushed up and bucked the one demon off my back and bit the arm of the one holding my side. When they let me go, I ran away from them. I ran to the other side of the room. I was out of breath, my wound in my side and back still hurt. I stood on shaky paws.
The two cats stood up. "How much fight you got left in you girl." The orange one laughed.
"You don't look good now." The grey one grinned.
They were right. I don't know how much fight I had left but I had to keep them at bay long enough. I had to keep fighting till Alastor got back. Unless, I just ran out. I'd bump into him, eventually wouldn't I. I saw the door was still open slightly, just enough for me to get out.
I bolted and headed for the door. The two cat demons jumped the same time I did, but I managed to get out the door before they got me. I heard the door slim from them hitting it. I then heard the door swing open as they ran out into the hallway. I jumped over the railing of the stairs but as I was in the air, I felt a rope got around my one wing. I couldn't stay aloft and fell to the floor in the living room, smashing the coffee table in the process. I was in pain now. I felt my left paw was injured, I don't know if it was broken or not.
I then felt weight on my back and then a stabbing in my neck. "Got her!" It was the orange demon.
He got up off me. I felt dizzy. Woozy. I tried to stand but I fell back down. They both laughed.
"Not getting away from us that easy pretty dog." I heard the Grey one say.
I lifted my head and I felt my eyes getting heavy as I looked at the demons. What did they do to me?
The grey one walked up to me and kicked me in the face, and I fell to my side. "We have you now. See if your little Radio friend can save you now." He then kicked me in my injured side.
I couldn't move. Couldn't think. What was that stuff they injected into me? Must have been something to make me sleep because I was really feeling weak. They had gotten me. They had won. I felt myself transform out of my wolf demon form and I laid there naked. That was embarrassing for me now, I never wanted to really show my body to another. Whatever was planned for me I did not know. All I could hope for...was Alastor would save me now.
The two demons laughed again. I felt my world slowly go to black as my body went limp.
(Third Person Pov)
Alastor was walking home from his plans he had today. He tried to get them done as fast as possible so that he could get back home. He didn't want to leave Heart alone for long. He usually had shadows watch over her, but she told him to not have them watch her today because she was worried about his wellbeing and didn't want him stressing. He granted her wishes by doing so.
He didn't realize that doing that was a bad idea.
Alastor walked down the dirt road back to the house. He then had an uneasy feeling hit him. He froze a moment from it. He tried to push it aside and continued down the road. He soon got to the front of the house. The uneasy feeling was really hitting him now. It almost felt like a weight on his shoulders. When he went to the front door his heart almost sunk a moment. It was open, it was only ajar, but it was open, nonetheless.
He didn't even think as he quickly walked inside and was almost surprised at what he saw. The living room was a mess, the coffee table broken. He could smell Heart, but he also smelled her blood as well. He walked over to the coffee table and examined the spot. He saw blood stains and black fur. There was also an unfamiliar smell in the air mixed in with everything, but he didn't know what it was. His heart quickened. Where was his love? What happened here? For again in his life he was worried about Heart and fear was starting to come upon him. Just like it did that night of the extermination.
"Heart!" Alastor called out just in case.
Maybe she was hiding from what it was that attacked her. Hoping she was still in the house somewhere. He left the spot in the living room and ran up the steps and into the bedroom. When he saw the sight of it, his heart dropped.
The bedroom was even more a mess. Blood stained the walls and the floor, the bedside table all knocked over and the sheets of the bed were everywhere. Alastor knew that the blood was Heart's, her scent was embedded into his memory, so he knew. That feeling he had outside now was pushing him down. He felt his stomach almost drop at this site of whatever happened. Heart had to be safe. She had to be.
"Heart?" Alastor called out again.
She couldn't be gone, could she? Who would have done this? Why her. The one time he didn't have shadows to protect her because he was actually granting her request...and this happened. He just wanted to show her that he would listen to her. To push his worries aside. He knew that since last week something wasn't right. No matter how hard he tried to keep a lookout for something dangerous, it still snuck by him. How? There had to be some bigger picture here.
He went to the bed and looked at the state of it. Black fur and blood covered it. Then he saw it there, in the middle of the bed. He reached over and grabbed it. He held it in his hands a moment...Heart's engagement ring. She told him she'd never take it off.
Something happened to her. Why though? And who? Who the fuck would do this? Alastor had no idea, he knew he had enemies. To many. The question would have to be who? More importantly, how would they have found out about her? They never really made it public that they were together. Nor engaged. Only close friends knew. Unless someone saw them when they were out in public, it was the only thing he could really think of.
Just when they were starting to pick their lives back up after Alastor returned. To finally live their lives how they wanted. Then this happens. No such thing as a happy day in hell. Nor a happy ending.
Alastor didn't even realize it, but he was crying. He clenched his fist around the ring.
"Heart." He choked out through his tears.
He fell to his knees and put his arms on the bed. His other hand gripping at the sheets.
"Why, why her?" Was all he said aloud.
As he kneeled there and cried, he realized that he had never experienced this before. True sadness and despair. He knew what loneliness felt like, but this was another form of it he never felt before. He almost felt...lost. Whoever did this to them...would pay with their lives.
His sadness soon melted away and was replaced by anger. He felt it boil through him. It powered him. Someone deliberately wanted to hurt him by taking the one thing he cared most about. To take the person he finally felt love for. It was personal. He stood up, his tears still falling down his face. The void around him shifted as his radio static filled the air. His voodoo symbols floated around him. His antlers grew bigger from his head. His eyes glowed and they just seemed so bright from the anger that was going through him.
He looked at the ring in his hand again. "I'll find you my little wolf. I promise." Alastor put the ring in his pocket. "I need to find out who did this, but I will need help first." He said in a deep radio static voice.
Alastor then ran out of the house. He needed help from the demons he considered friends. He needed Charlie's help. Lucifer would never help him, he hated him. He would probably laugh in his face. Charlie was Heart's friend too, he needed her to help him. Plus, the help of all her other friends. He had to find Heart; he just didn't know where to start.
Alastor tried to list off all the people that could do this. He didn't want to go around destroying the city. The person who kidnapped Heart probably wanted him to do that. He had to control himself though. Heart would hate it if he went around slaughtering everyone just to find her. She'd probably never forgive him. He wanted to, so bad. His old self would have, but he had to know better. Think with a straight head.
He tried to locate her, used his shadows to go out and look. Something was blocking her from him. It had to take a lot of power to do that. Block him out from her. His shadows would stay out looking for her, no matter what. I'm sure they were feeling the same he was. Worried. Scared. Something he never really felt before. Heart was in trouble and he seemed powerless to help her right now.
Alastor soon arrived at the hotel and he burst in through the doors. He was almost out of breath from everything going on. He made everyone in the lobby jump in surprise. Then some screamed in fear from him since he still had a strong aura around him. Some of the guests ran away and back to their rooms. His anger still was going through him, distorting the world around his form.
Charlie was in the lobby when Alastor barged into the hotel. He scared her from his anger. She needed to calm him down. She saw tears were still falling down his face. Charlie had never seen the deer demon cry before. Something had him upset. Very upset.
Angel Dust and Husk were surprised by the burst in of the Radio Demon and hid behind the bar but peaked out to see what was going on. Angel was almost shaking from seeing Alastor's form. The main thing he wondered was, where was Heart if Alastor was here?
Vaggie stood behind Charlie from the sudden burst in from the demon. She gripped onto Charlie's shirt and just looked at Alastor with slanted eyes. Wondering why he was here and in such a state. Charlie started to walk towards him, but Vaggie stopped her a moment. Charlie looked back at the girl to let her go. Vaggie didn't trust it but did as she said.
Charlie slowly walked over to him. "Al, calm down." She said calmly to him. "I can see your upset. Tell me what's wrong. Why are you here?"
Alastor looked down at Charlie, he tried to calm himself. He saw the fear in her eyes as she looked at him. If he wanted her to help him, he had to calm down. He tried to hold back his radio static and make his symbols disappear.
He looked down at Charlie, he tried to stay calm. "My princess, this is important. I have no one else to turn to."
Charlie walked up closer to Alastor, his eyes were still aglow, and his antlers were still large above his head. He was asking her for help, this surprised her. "I'm here to help you Alastor."
Alastor felt tears fall down his face still, but he had no control over them. He reached into his pocket and pulled out Heart's engagement ring. He held it out to Charlie. The demon princess took it into her hands.
Charlie was shocked to see it was Heart's ring that he had just given her. "Alastor, this is Heart's ring. What's going on?" Charlie asked with worry.
Alastor took a pause, he felt his sadness taking back over himself. He never felt this before. It confused him; he didn't know how to act. He fell to his knees in front of Charlie as his tears fell.
"Heart's gone. Someone has taken her." Alastor cried softly to Charlie, looking her in the eyes.
Charlie kneeled in front of him and put a hand on his shoulder. "Where is she, Al?" She asked him.
The deer demon shook his head, "I don't know. I can't find her. Something is blocking her from me." He cast his head down to the floor. "I'm lost."
Charlie looked at him with sad eyes. She had never seen him this upset before. He was taking this very hard. She also knew that he has probably never felt this way before, so he was probably wondering what was going on with himself as well. Someone strong had to have the ability to block out Alastor's powers. The question had to be, who?
"Al, come on, get up. Let's go to the couch, ok? We can talk." Charlie suggested.
All Alastor did was nod. He stood up and walked with Charlie over to the couch and they sat down. Vaggie had also walked over and sat next to Charlie. Husk and Angel got out from behind the bar and went over to the couch as well. They all felt bad for Alastor right now. Someone had kidnapped the love of his life and he couldn't find her. He felt powerless. Useless. How can he ever live up to protecting her now? He broke that promise to her.
As Alastor sat on the couch he had his elbows on his legs and his face on his hands. His tears fell but he couldn't find a way to stop them. All his shadows were coming back to him empty handed and with no sign of her at all. This made things worse if even his shadows couldn't find her.
"Al, tell us what happened ok? Think you can do that?" Charlie asked him.
Alastor lifted his head and looked at the fireplace. "I can try."
"Try, that's all we ask.'" Charlie told him, looking at him softly.
Alastor took a breath and went to tell them about when he came home.
(Heart's POV)
I felt the world coming back. My head was just killing me. I was slowly waking up from what was going on. I tried to remember what happened. I remember the two cat demons, then they were trying to kidnap me. They had succeeded. I heard nothing at first. I tried to blink my eyes open from my sleep but when I did, I was surrounded by darkness. My eyes quickly adjusted, and I noticed that I was in some kind of bedroom. It definitely wasn't' my own. Where the hell was I?
I tried to move but then I realized...I was all chained up. I was standing and was up against a pole. Whoever had me now, still didn't even take the time to dress me. I was still naked. I was so uncomfortable now. I didn't like being naked in front of strangers, I had a hard-enough time being comfortable around Alastor. Now I was forced.
I then heard voices from somewhere. I saw light protrude from a door not far away. My ears flicked at the sounds. I was trying to catch what they were saying.
"My boys came back successful. Now I get to see this prize of Alastor's in person." I heard one male say.
"I'm interested in seeing as well. This is definitely going to be fun to torture him with." I heard a second male say.
I heard the door unlock and the light from the hallway spilled into the room. It was right in my face, so I squeezed my eyes shut and looked away from the change in light. I couldn't even get a look at the men in the doorway. I heard the light of the room being turned on, but I kept my eyes shut.
"Looks like someone's finally awake." I heard the first male say.
I heard footsteps going across the floor, they were getting closer to me. I felt a hand take my chin roughly to make me put my head up.
"Open your eyes." The voice demanded.
I did as told. If I was to survive this, I had to be cooperative. I opened my eyes and when I did, I was greeted to a very tall demon with muted blue skin, he had red eyes that were covered by pink and gold heart glasses. I saw he was wearing a top hat and saw two antennas sticking out of it, one having more fuzz. He had a fur-lined coat with more of his fuzz as his 'collar' having hearts implanted in it, and plain white fluffy cuffs. I knew this demon; I've seen him before. Valentino
I saw him giving me a wide pink toothy grin. "What a beautiful specimen Alastor has here. No wonder he never told anyone he was with someone."
"I couldn't care less, Val. I'm just more concerned about getting back at the scumbag." I heard the male behind Valentino say.
Valentino let go of my chin and turned to face the demon behind him. He had a giant flat-screen TV for a head, a black top hat sat on top. His eyes were red with light-blue pupils, but his left eye had black stripes and a jagged pupil. He was wearing a striped tuxedo with a black and red striped shirt. He had a red bowtie and a white-ish blue undershirt. Vox. From what I remember Alastor telling me, he was one of his enemies he hated the most.
"Vox, are you sure you don't want to partake in this part?" Valentino asked the Tv demon.
"No, I'm going to be more focused on recording it and getting under that Radio Demon's skin." Vox then laughed.
"What do you want with me?" I finally found my voice to ask.
"Ah, it speaks after all." Valentino turned back to me. "If you must know, little dog, we plan to get back at that boyfriend of yours. He has had his time with us, now it's time we returned the favor." The blue demon laughed.
"Alastor will find me in no time, then he'll kick the shit out of you." I said cocky.
They both then laughed then.
"We thought ahead you stupid bitch." Vox said. "The stuff our boys injected you with not only knocked you out but blocks out his powers too. He has no idea where you are." He laughed.
I felt my ears go back against my head. Oh no. Who knows how long I'll be here then if Alastor can't find me?
"We have other plans for you, little dog. You're going to be part of our little experiment." Valentino told me.
Vox laughed. "In the meantime, we are going to take care of you while I broadcast the whole thing. It will make its way to Alastor eventually." I saw an evil smile come onto his face.
My heart was racing so much. I felt my blood pulsing in my ears. I was at their mercy. I was tied up with nowhere to go. I was in their clawed hands. I didn't know what they would even do to me.
"Let's get our scientist friend up here to start. I think it's time we see if this will finally work." Valentino said.
"I'm already here, Val." A voice said.
They turned to the doorway. I looked around them the best I could and saw a red furred wolf demon wearing a lab coat. He had a clipboard in his hand.
"Doctor. Good to see you here. We were going to have you inject her with that serum you've been working on for me." Valentino said with a grin.
The wolf demon pulled out a syringe from his pocket. "I have it right here and ready for you sir."
"I hope that you have been doing better with it since the last time we tried to use it." Valentino said with a small growl.
"I won't know if this version works. If not, I will have to tweak it again." He glanced at his clipboard. "I am about 95% sure it will work though. Once I see how it reacts then I might be able to fix it to be a better percentage." The wolf demon scientist said.
I was feeling scared, what were they going to do to me? What in the world was in that syringe? I tried to struggle out of the chains that bound me, but it was no use.
Vox turned to me. "No point in struggling you little bitch. You can't get out. Your ours now."
Valentino reached and grabbed my chin again, "I'll make you be a good girl and obey."
"I would never obey you! You can't make me do anything!" I growled.
"Let's take a bet shall we." Valentino chuckled.
Valentino opened his hand in front of me and I saw pink smoke release from his hand. It went around me; I didn't want to breathe it in. I didn't know what it was. I was still scared. Why me?
"You can't hold your breath forever." Vox laughed.
He went up to me and then punched me in the stomach. I opened my mouth and breathed in. The pink smoke entered my lungs.
The scientist grabbed the tv demon's sleeve. "Be careful!" He yelled at him. "If you hurt her there then I don't know how well the serum will work."
Vox huffed and pulled his arm out of the demon's grasp.
I felt my body start to tingle. What was happening? I felt my control over my mind slipping. It was like I was being trapped while my body was doing its own thing. Then I realized, Valentino wanted to control me. Put me in a trance. Almost like hypnotizing me. I tried to fight it off, but I don't know how long it would last.
"You can't fight an overlords' power. You're just a weak damned soul. When I have full control over you...you'll do as I say." Valentino said evilly and then started to laugh.
He was right, soon I stopped struggling. I was still here but not fully. He had his trance over me now, but it felt like I was having an out of body experience. My body stood where it was but all I could do was just stand off to the side and watch.
"Good girl." Valentino patted my head and then he turned to the scientist. "Inject her with it. Once that's done, we can start the real fun."
"As you wish." The scientist said and walked towards me.
I wanted to move but I couldn't because my body wasn't listening. I just stayed still. The doctor took my arm and then took the syringe and started to inject the purple serum into me. I had no idea what it even was or what Valentino's evil plan was with this. All I knew is that it wasn't good.
The two overlords just laughed.
"Vox, why don't you go get ready. Meanwhile, I'll get her ready in here." Valentino growled seductively.
"Let's see how Alastor likes this for his entertainment." Vox laughed as he walked out of the room.
"I usually don't partake in my own business, but for this, to get back at that Radio asshole, I'll gladly do so." Valentino turned to the scientist, "Do you want to stay?"
The wolf demon shook his head. "No, I will be off. I'll check on her after you're done."
Valentino nodded and the doctor walked out. The blue demon turned back to me.
I wanted to just punch him so bad, but my body still would not move. He went around me and undid the chains; they fell to the floor. I wanted to run, but again my body did not listen.
Valentino stood in front of me and just looked at me up and down, I was still naked after all. The demon smirked, "Hopefully this serum works this time, you will be the perfect one to experiment with this." He laughed again. "When I'm done with you, Alastor won't look at you the same again."
Oh shit, what do these two have planned up their sleeves? Let's find out yea. Next chapter.