"I'm going to tear you to pieces, Lucifer!", my claws aimed for his throat but it did not faze him.
Instead Lucia quicky moved to shield him. Barely managing to pull my hand back I looked at her in disbelief.
"Lucia-", I began when she started growling like a beast.
Lucifer was laughing loudly and caressed the remnants of her cheek.
"Protect me, my dear. Don't let him hurt me - your master.", he donned a wide grin, exposing sharp teeth.
Lucia nodded slowly, purring as he retracted his hand from her face.
"You bastard.", I shouted before Lucia shifted her attention to and lunged at me.
She was much quicker than during the time I trained her. I managed to dodge her attack but
she immediately set for a counter attack and grazed my cheek with her pitch black claws.
I instantly felt a sort of tugging at my very core. I placed my finger on the scratch and noticed black liquid on the tip.
Dodging while looking at her in disbelief I saw how her figure became more abstract.
She landed another hit on me and I aimed to grab her arm.
Again. Tugging. Suddently it felt like a piece of my core escaped.
The black liquid that was on my finger seemed to run towards her arm and
I watched it being absorbed into her as if it was a black hole.
The darkness oozing from her grew and the buzzing made me let go from her arm.
"Lucia! Do you not know who I am anymore?", I pleaded her.
But she did not look at me.
Instead her face became distorted, features changing by the second.
Now she was grabbing my with a force that would have absolutely crushed any humans bones and flesh.
I saw her mind was repressed, there was no way negotiating with her.
I looked over to Lucifer who watched while grinning.
The house behind us was in flames, burning ever so brightly.
I aimed to pluck her arm off me to which she hissed and motioned to get a hold of me.
I twisted her "arm" or what became of it behind her but just before I could pin her down I lost grip of it.
It became almost like smoke and my hand slipped into air.
Her limb reached for my throat and she clasped her claws around it.
The strength was overwhelming and it pushed me to go all out.
Sharp nails were digging in my skina and I threw my head back, groaning.
She pushed me over, now sitting on top of me and staring deeply into my eyes.
Once again the dark essence escaped from my skin and flowed towards her.
As it got absorbed into her she started to shiver and her eyes now looked like a war raged through her inner self.
I wriggled until I managed to push her aside.
Backing off I observed her while gritting my teeth.
Lucia was trembling all over until she was even more consumed by darkness.
She turned into one whole sinister ghost; emitting pitch black smoke while she shook her body.
The irises were now glowing even brighter, piercing my very heart.
I could no longer just dodge, I had to get her out of that state.
As of now I knew she was absorbing remnant of souls whose left-over feeligs she utilized to enhance her strength.
She seemed to have to keep feeding them though or she'd grow weaker.
It was like she kept them captive by giving them more and more fuel.
I charged at her, preparing myself to jab my claws into her body.
I felt conflicted about hurting her but there was no other way.
Her aura was practically sucking me in as she lifted her limbs, possibly to feast on my life energy.
She latched onto me but I proceeded to plunge my claws into her chest, causing her to scream in agony.
I sucked in as many souls as I could which she had trapped in her body.
Shaking her body she tried to escape but I could already see her body returning to its original form, her eyes clearing up more and more.
At some point she grew limp in my arms and I held her as I grit my teeth.
The sinister energy was raging inside of me until it finally seemed to calm down.
I saw Lucifer moving in the corner of my eye and watched him closely.
His face was void of any expression as he approached.
"Lucia.", he growled. "Don't disappoint me."
Right after he uttered these words her eyes that had been shut snapped open and she pushed me aside.
I was left with a laceration and she came to a halt in front of Lucifer.
He walked behind her, slowly resting his slander hands on her quivering shoulders.
"Kill him. Even if it ends up tearing you apart.", he pronounced each word clearly and Lucia's face seemed to freeze.
Lucifer let go of her, slightly pushing her towards me.
It was as if he set his marionette free.
I watched marks on her body glow brightly, placed there by Lucifer.
I grit my teeth trying to come up with a solution that allowed Lucia to make it out alive.
She was then running towards me and my body tensed up.
"I'm sorry.", I whispered when Lucia was already aiming for my chest with the tip of her hand. Carefully waiting for the right moment when she shifted her body weight into the attack, I dodged.
Whirling around her arm I pushed her face-down with full force.
I could hear her ribcage crack but she was still resisting.
Letting go of her arm that I had twisted, I quickly smashed my palm on her back.
Right on the center, the heart of the seal Lucifer had placed on her, I let my hand sink into her aura.
Diving deeper as she writhed in pain until I could reach into his energy.
I wrapped my hand around it and started tugging firmly.
It broke my heart to hurt her so badly but I saw no other way.
"I will try to make it quick, please bear with it.", I said desperately.
Lucia was convulsing until I ripped Lucifer's essence out in one go.
She let out a high-pitched scream and grew limp right after.
Her eyes started spacing out and her breathing became shallow.
I quickly flipped her around.
"Forgive me. But I can't let you die.", my voice was quiet and I shut my eyes.
I aimed for her forehead and transferred a small chunk of my essence onto it.
Not a lot as to not crush her soul due to its weakened state, but enough so she will be able to regenerate.
I let her rest and quickly got up from my crouching stance.
I caught a glimpse of Lucifer's face. It deformed into an ugly grimace as bits of his essence was reabsorbed into his body.
He slowly walked towards me, clenching his fist as his figure became obscured.
He had let his human facade fall at last.
I braced myself, moving in front of Lucia.
Lucifer did not waste any time and immediately charged at me. I blocked him, barely. He was quite visibly angry.
"Sebastian, you should know better than to mess with my toys.", he growled.
Digust washed over me and I pushed him back, susbequently launching at him.
"You are a disgrace, so rotten, even for a demon.", I growled back at him.
He laughed hoarsely as I tightened my grip on his throat.
"Do you want to know what I did to her?", his lips curled into a devilish grin.
The palm of his hand pressed against my forehead and images began flashing in my mind.
Images of what Lucia had to endure, the abuse, the assaults and her brainwashing.
Lucifer let go of me when he deemed it was enough.
I dragged him up whilst anger swept over me.
"You are just as low as the humans you claim to hate so much, Lucifer."
His grin faded and his eyes started to look empty when he said: "You are the one who stooped so low to tie your 'feelings' to a human.".
Finally he began to resist, plucking my hands off his throat and launching a kick towards my abdomen right after.
What followed was a heated fight, we clawed at each other, tore our bodies apart.
Constantly clashing we were slowly losing our strength but not giving up on pushing.
Blood started trickling down our noses; Lucifer was focusing solely on keeping me at arm-length.
So much that he did not sense Lucia behind him.
She was holding a poker, probably from a fire place of the mansion.
I pushed Lucifer backwards just when she thrusted the poker forward.
She had put all her strength into it and so it pierced through Lucifer's heart.
Looking at Lucia's face it was twisted with rage and disgust.
Sweat drops trickled down her forehead, along her cheeks and finally on the ground and she slowly twisted the poker.
While Lucifer was still caught off-guard I enveloped him in my aura, beginning to chew him up alive.
He was wriggling like a bug. "You...", he struggled to speak but Lucia until pushed the poker even further until the handle hit his back.
Lucia was hissing and I put all my strength to absorb him.
His yelping became faint as his figure dissolved.
I dropped on my knee right after and held my arms as a burning sensation rushed through my body.
