Chapter 25.
Christian
After he had left Beal he appeared in a small dingy apartment to a frustrated, screaming Leila she was clearly losing her composure. He stood just watching her for a few seconds waiting to hear what the person on the other end of the phone said because if the person on the other end of the phone agreed to help her he or she would be going down with them all.
Luckily for whoever she was talking to he declined to help and swiftly hung up, which left Leila so angry, she smashed the phone against the wall. Christian decided with a smile that he had watched her long enough, and couldn't wait to ruin her day some more, he shimmered over to her not wanting her to hear his footsteps and give her the chance to run from him not that she would get very far.
"Hi, Leila, please tell me you didn't think anyone was going to be stupid enough to help you, after what happened with Hera and her children." He could hear she was getting ready to shimmer so he grabbed her around the throat getting right in her face. "Don't even fucking think about it, you are coming with me to join your sister.
She struggled desperately trying to get out of his hold scratching at his hands, but he never loosened his grip, as he shimmered then both to the caves that held the gateway to hell, then from there he shimmered them to Beal's kingdom. As soon as Leila realized they weren't going to Christian's kingdom she began to panic again. She knew that once Beal got his hands on her he would show her no mercy, not that Christian would have. Huldah was his family and she was carrying his nephew when she had been hurt by these fucking bitches, no one in his family would show them any fucking mercy.
He dragged Leila kicking and screaming through his brother's throne room, everyone bowed as they saw him, some gasped, they weren't used to seeing him here, he very rarely came to his brother's kingdoms, he preferred them to come to him.
When he reached his brother's throne Beal was just coming into the room, he would have sensed him shimmering in the second he had appeared. He looked down at Leila who was now kneeled in front of him visibly shaking; Christian still had his hand wrapped around her neck, only now it was wrapped around the back of her neck instead of the front.
"LEILA, STAND UP" Beal's voice echoed around the room and everyone stopped talking to not only watch what was happening but to hear what was happening as well. Christian lifted Leila to her feet and he could feel her tremble in fear, good the fucking bitch needed to be scared after what she had done. Beal stepped forward placing a chain around her throat making sure she couldn't shimmer out, "Thank you, brother, for bringing her to me, please go and bring everyone here while I lock her up."
Christian nodded and turned to leave, he could hear that Beal was barely hanging on to his temper at seeing Leila, knowing what she had done to the love of his life and after what she had nearly done to his son, normally he would never take orders from anyone, not even his brothers but when it came to this situation he knew Beal needed him to do this, there was no way he was going to leave Elena and Leila to be watched by anyone but him.
He made his way back to the Villa to see everyone sat around the table, they all looked like they were ready to leave the second he showed up they all stood. "I guess you're all ready?" Ana came up to him with the twins and kissed him softly.
"Did you find her?" he nodded his head not needing to say anything more, he picked Abigail up and Ana did the same with Theo. He wrapped his arm around Ana's waist as he watched everyone else grab the other children. He looked at Huldah and could see a mixture of fear and determination on her face. When she looked from Liam to him he winked at her, silently telling her it would be alright and she seemed to relax a little.
They all arrived at the gateway and as they stepped through he heard Beal in his head telling him the room had been cleared, and to bring everyone to him. He did as his brother asked. The second Huldah saw Beal she practically ran to him, careful not to jolt Liam too much with her movements. Beal grabbed her and held her tight to him, kissing her before he grabbed his son gently and closed his eyes as he brought Liam's head to his face and kissed then inhaled his scent. Christian smiled sadly missing that scent, there was nothing better than the smell of a newborn baby, other than Ana's scent of course.
"Thank you for bringing them here Brother, come let's get everyone settled in my private quarters" they all followed Beal who was holding on to Huldah and his son like their lives depended on it. He opened the massive doors that Christian knew led to Beal's private chambers. Christian fully expected to see a massive bed and sex equipment that he knew his brother had been partial to in the past but was very thankful when he saw that Beal had done what Christian had done, and changed the room to look like the front room in the villa, it was filled with toys, games, and books so that the children would be comfortable.
As soon as they entered the room the twins jumped down and ran over to the toys, joined quickly by Mia and Jamie, Ava went to sit on the sofa and tucked her legs underneath her before putting her headphones in; he watched her carefully as she leaned back on the sofa and closed her eyes, she looked worried and he didn't like it.
He excused himself and walked over to Ava, gently tapping her knee to get her attention, she opened her eyes and looked at him. "Are you ok Ava?" she sighed and her head dropped down as her shoulders slumped.
"I can see everything all around us, I can see all of the people in the cells, I can see the man spinning on the burning wheel, and the woman from today screaming, and the one next to her who we saw in her mind. The only time I can't see it all is when my eyes are closed. If I have my headphones in, and my eyes closed I can pretend nothing is happening."
"I'm so sorry sweetheart we will make this quick, I promise, and then we can go home and back to normal." He hugged her to him and saw Izzy and Elliot watching him with worry on their faces, he gave them a small smile and he knew they had heard what had been said. Every adult in the room had been listening, as they all stood together looking concerned and sad for Ava having to deal with this at such a young age.
He pulled away from the hug and put her headphones in her ears before kissing her forehead, and standing to walk over to everyone, leaving Ava to lie down and close her eyes. With one more look at Ava, he turned back to everyone. "The sooner we get this done the better, I don't want her back down here again" everyone nodded in agreement.
"Kate, Benji, Apollo, Artemis, and Pythia can you stay here? If there are any issues don't wait, come and tell us, we won't be long." They all nodded and he watched as they all went and took their seats, Artemis and Pythia chose to sit next to Ava while the others joined the smaller children. Knowing they were all settled, the rest of them walked out of the room and seated themselves in the throne room.
Beal had glamoured a throne for each of them, he had used magic to lengthen the platform his throne usually sat on to be able to accommodate so many thrones.
Once they had all sat down the other demons came in, he could hear them all confused as to why they had been made to leave, and then they all looked to the platform and saw everyone sat looking down on them, when they spotted Zeus he could see the fear on everyone's faces.
Once everyone had taken their seats and had stopped mumbling about what could be going on Beal rose to greet the room. "QUIET EVERYONE, WE ARE HERE TODAY BECAUSE THREE BEINGS MADE AN ATTEMPT ON NOT JUST MY BROTHERS FAMILY, BUT ALSO ON MY SOON-TO-BE WIFE AND QUEEN AND MY SON. I WILL SHOW YOU TODAY WHAT WILL HAPPEN SHOULD ANY OF YOU TRY THIS, BROTHERS BRING IN THE PRISONERS."
Christian sat and said nothing; he knew they would all be finding this very strange as usually if Christian was in a room like this he would be the one giving out orders. He wanted to laugh at the confused expressions on everyone's faces as they looked from Beal to him. Sathanas, Leviathan, and Abaddon came into the room each holding a prisoner, or in Abandon's case rolling in a prisoner, as Samyaza was still on the flaming ring. When everyone saw this they all gasped, including some of his family, Christian couldn't help the smug smile at seeing Elena and Leila looking at Samyaza with shock, horror, and fear.
They stopped the prisoners in front of them and Christian cracked his knuckles the second he saw Elena look at Ana with pure hatred. He was about to stand up when Ana placed her hand on his arm, he looked down at her and she shook her head telling him no, before leaning over to him.
"She wants you to make this quick, it's not your punishment to hand out this time baby, it's Beal's and Huldah's, stay calm my love let them have this." He could have kissed her with how much he loved her, she was his calm and happy place. With that he nodded and sat back down before holding her hand to his lips and then holding it against his cheek watching the proceedings, he needed the contact to keep him calm and grounded.
He watched quietly as Beal turned to them, "ZEUS, ANA, I need you to check for any magic they have in them that the gods may have given them, if there is any remove it please." They both stood and walked forward, he could see the beautiful yet vindictive smile on his wife's face as she approached the scum currently screaming and shouting on the floor, it brought a smile to his face.
"Don't let her fucking touch me, she stole you from me, you were mine, and she came along and stole you from me. Lucifer, my lord don't let her ruin what we have, you can stop this please." Ana turned to look at him with her eyebrows raised in question, she didn't know he had ever been intimate with Elena, so he spoke in her head.
"We had nothing, we fucked sometimes but never since I first saw you or for a long time before I saw you, she is fucking delusional." Ana smiled a blinding, smug smile before turning around. He watched shocked as Ana backhanded Elena before grabbing her by the chain and pulling her up so that she was right in her face.
"You will never address him again, he is My King and My Husband and the father to My children, you had nothing, you are nothing. As for me touching you oh please do try and stop me, I would love it so much, I have been desperate to get my hands on you all after what you did to the people I love, however, it's not my punishment to give, I just need to make sure you don't have anything inside you that's not yours." He watched fascinated as Ana stood and winked down at Elena, as Zeus came up and placed his hand on her shoulder, showing her which magic to look for and which magic to take.
Elena screamed and Leila was desperately trying to get away, Samyaza was screaming because of the flames surrounding him it was a wonderful sight to witness. Ana's eyes glowed as she placed a hand on Elena's head, everyone watched as Elena's screams got louder and her body started to shakes. A glow spread from Elena's body and up into Ana's arm, the glow traveled up her arm and simply disappeared when it reacher her shoulder, as it did Elena sagged in exhaustion.
Ana walked over to Leila who was screaming louder and seemed even more desperate to get away from her. When Ana reached her Leila spat at her, and it took all of his strength to stay sat down. Ana held one hand behind her telling him not to do anything, and wiped the spit away with the other, she did all of this very calmly. Even Beal looked close to losing his cool, he was in awe of the amount of restraint she has had, he knew for sure if that had happened to him he would have never have been so calm.
Ana placed her hand on Leila's head and did the same as she had done to Elena, only this time there was much more light coming out of her body. Leila had started to lift off the floor shaking uncontrollably and screaming. When Ana had finished with Leila he could see the strain on her face, "that was a lot of fucking power, who gave that to her?" Ana had turned to Zeus when she spoke.
"I can't tell you whose power it was I'm afraid, only that it belongs to one of my offspring that were involved in the fight, no matter, whichever offspring it belonged to they are no longer with us." He shrugged his shoulder and turned to sit back down.
"They are clean of any power that is not theirs, they are all yours Beal."
"Thank you, my Queen," Beal held out his hand for Huldah to take and he couldn't have looked prouder than he looked seeing Huldah lifting her head and walking over to him, she looked so confident. Beal held her hand in his and lifted it to his lips, without taking his eyes off her he spoke to the room.
"YOU WILL ALL BOW DOWN TO YOUR FUTURE QUEEN" the whole room bowed down without a second thought. Beal spoke to Huldah quietly, "do you have a recommendation of how you would like these three to be punished my beauty?"
"I want them punished to the highest extent, I never want them to have the chance to escape and come for us again, I want them dead." Christian knew how hard saying that for Huldah would be, she was so gentle and loving.
"Very well, my Queen" he smiled and kissed her, making everyone cheer before he turned back to the crowd and the condemned. "MY QUEEN AS CHOSEN THEIR FATE, THEY ARE ALL SENTENCED TO DEATH; THEIR SOULS WILL REMAIN WITHIN MY KINGDOM WHERE THEY WILL BE SUBJECTED TO A TORTURE OF MY CHOOSING." They started to scream when Huldah grabbed his hand and spoke to him in a quiet voice that even Christian struggled to hear.
"The wheel Samyaza is on, will that work on their souls?" Beal threw his head back laughing.
"Yes my love it will, is that the torture you wish for them?" she smiled shyly and nodded, and Christian could see the love Beal felt for Huldah written all over his face. "Very well, Brothers remove Samyaza from the wheel, for now, I will need two more made for when we are done here, that will be your fate, but rest assured I will be back to exact my own revenge on you when I feel the need. You will spend the rest of your afterlife in unimaginable pain for what you did."
Christian could see that Beal was playing the pain Huldah was in and the pain Ava was in watching Huldah hurting over and over again, and he watched as Beal's other form burst free. He could see that he was losing it and fast, just as he was about to get up to calm Beal down Huldah placed her hand on his arm. Beal looked down angry at being interrupted until he saw that it was Huldah who had interrupted him.
Beal closed his eyes as Huldah touched his cheek gently, "Let us end this my King, and then let us leave, remember Ava" he saw her whispering this last part in Beal's ear, and his eyes snapped open with determination, he nodded his head and kissed Huldah lightly before turning back to the condemned who were now all kneeling quietly watching their exchange.
Leila looked like she wanted to rip Huldah apart, something Huldah seemed to notice as she took the sword of Beal, "she is mine my love" Huldah looked to the crowd of demons and he could see the shocked expressions on his brother's faces and everyone else who was sat next to him.
"I will not allow anyone to come between me and my family, Beal is MY King and will be MY husband, he is that father of my child and any child I may bear, he belongs to no one else, as I belong only to him, you will all do well to keep that in mind for the future, as you witness the condemned's punishments." Without another word, Huldah brought the sword down and he gasped in shock to see Leila's head fall to the floor.
Everyone who knew her was in so much shock that they almost let Leila's soul escape, but Beal caught himself before she could and with a swipe of his hand Leila's soul was made corporeal and attached to one of the flaming wheels. Elena for the millionth time today screamed in horror and tried to get away, Beal just held his hand out to Huldah who handed the sword over to him with a quick kiss before she walked back to her seat and sat down.
He looked to the side at Huldah who looked at him with a sheepish smile on her face and at that moment he knew this woman was born to be not just Beal's Queen but she was born to be Christian's sister. She was the sweetest, quirkiest, funniest most loving woman he had ever met besides his wife, and just like his wife she was fiercely protective when it came to those she loved, he couldn't have been prouder. He winked and smiled as Ana reached over to squeeze Huldah's hand reassuringly.
They were pulled out of their little moment by Beal speaking to Ana, "My Queen would you like to do the Honours?" Beal held the sword out to Ana as he stood in front of Elena.
"No thank you, Beal, she is all yours, I would however respectfully request the honor of Samyaza's life for either myself or my mother" she looked over to Carla who nodded with a smile.
"With pleasure My Queen" he held out the sword and just as he thought that Ana would stand, Carla, stood proudly and walked over to Ana holding her hand out for her.
"We will do this together sweetheart" Ana stood and they both walked over to Samyaza.
"Well, it looks like you were somewhat right Samyaza, it was always destined to be one of your offspring that would be the reason for your demise, but I bet it never entered your head that one of the women you tricked into sleeping with you would also be the end of you" with that both Ana and Carla who were both holding the sword brought their hands down together, and Samyaza's head hit the floor.
Beal once again took control of his soul and within seconds he was attached to the flaming wheel screaming, it was fucking music to Christian's ears. The room erupted into cheers as Ana and Carla turned back to their seats, when Ana reached him he didn't care what people would think when he pulled her into his lap and kissed her. They sat holding each other and watched as Beal stepped up to Elena who was watching him and Ana, he couldn't help the smile that spread across his face seeing how much the sight of Ana being in his lap and his arms wrapped around her was killing Elena.
She didn't take her eyes off them as Beal brought the sword down finally taking the life of the last of the condemned. Once they were all on the wheels screaming in pain he knew that they would all be feeling a sense of peace. He knew that this wouldn't be the last time they fought a fool who sought to bring them down, being who they are it was inevitable, but for now, they had some peace and could get back to their normal lives.
Once his brothers took the prisoners away they dismissed the room full of demons and made their way into Beal's private quarters. Christian looked over to Ava and saw that she was fast asleep with her head in Pythia's lap, Pythia was stroking her hair smiling down at her, she hadn't even noticed them all coming into the room until Elliot and Izzy were next to her.
"She is ok; she saw a little of what was happening so I did my best to take it away for her, being what we are I can somewhat manipulate what she sees, but she is much more powerful than I, so I could only hide enough to let her sleep." Elliot and Izzy smiled in appreciation as Elliot Picked Ava up careful not to wake her.
They all left as quickly as they could not wanting to be down here any longer than they had to. Christian didn't miss the irony of he and his brothers no longer wanting to be somewhere they had once called home, and somewhere they had taken great pleasure in being. Now however this place was somewhere they had to be only when the need arose.
Once they were back at the villa they all decided to stay here for a little while longer before going back home, feeling that they had all earned a stress-free mini vacation. He stood by the patio doors with a drink in hand watching his family when Beal came and stood with him.
"Brother I need your help" Christian looked at Beal feeling a little dread at what he could possibly need now, but when he saw how nervous Beal was and how he was looking at Huldah he knew that there was nothing to worry about.
He clapped Beal on the back "What do you need brother? I am only too happy to help" Beal turned to him smiling.
"Help me plan a proposal" Christian couldn't think of anything more he would love to do after what they had all gone through.
"With pleasure" with that they walked away to make their plans.