Jill walks around the castle with her hands grasping the pendant Jack gave her. Her eyes wander at the dark floor while her face scrunched up in uneasiness.
"Sh*t! I should've been there! I was too careless to leave Damian unguarded!" She thought to herself. Her fists clenches tightly, the leather on her gloves starts to rub against one another creaking. It was her duty as his bodyguard to look after him but she was ordered by him that day to take a day off. Still, if she was there none of this would've happened. She regretted listening to him even though it was his orders.
Suddenly, her ears perked and picked up noises from in front of her. Her eyes enlarges in confusion as it sounded like conflict. She crouches down as her tails starts to straighten up. She plants herself flat on the walls as she moves closer to the sound. She took a peek from a corner to see the ruckus. She saw two demons, one pinning the other against the wall, choking and lifting him up the walls with on hand. The other demon, injured but... grinning... She recognise the one of them immediately.
"F*ck you Bozzwick! You f*cking lied to me!" He roars at him with such malice.
"I didn't lie... you just didn't listen caref-argghh!!" More pressure was put on his neck strangling and choking him. He starts coughing up as blood spat from his mouth and landed on Drake's hand.
"You told me that the poison would f*cking kill him!!" He says again with such malice.
"Hehe" Suddenly, Drake's hand froze up as does his whole body. He couldn't move as his muscles starts tensing up and pain starts pulsing through his body. His grip weakens as Bozzwick lands on the floor and moved away.. Drake kneeled before his body falls on the ground as he quivered and choked in pain. His head crashes on the ground as his body was undergoing an immense level of pain.
"Well, look at where all that might when... it's sad that even with all the brawn, you're still a f*cking idiot!!" Bozzwick laughs at him moving his face around. Drake's eye starts to turn red as his veins protrudes from his iris. His mouth open wide with chokes of pain escaping from it.
"Now, now, don't be a baby! So!!! Where were we? Oh yes..." Bozzwick pauses for a while.
"For our deal, we'd agreed that you'd poison the girl!! And with that, I'll provide you with two doses of the poison for your petty little revenge but being the hard-headed b*tch you are, you chose to poison Damian instead... so I'll ask you this..." He lifts Drake's head by gripping on his hair and lifting it to his face.
"Who lied to who?" Bozzwick locked his eyes with Drake's bloodshot eyes. Drake lets out grunts of pain as he gritted his fangs in regret.
"You know, I could just let you die a miserable death here, dying by poison is a pretty f*cked up way to go but at least I'll get a good laugh...
He laughs maniacally staring into Drake's dying eyes with no remorse.
but... you have been proven useful so... I might just let this off the hook.. IF... you do as I say!!! Ohh, and don't even think of crossing me again..cause there's more where that came from!!" He rummaged his pockets and in his hand, there were vials of liquid in his possession. He took a vial containing a yellow liquid and dripped some of it into Drake's mouth. Drake's eyes shot open as he turns his body and coughed up blood.
"Now!! Are you willing to listen to me?" Bozzwick asked him.
"I'm gonna f*cking kill you when this is over, I swear in hell!!" Drake lashes out at him.
"Yeah-yeah, I'm sure you would but for now, you'll be a good dog and listen carefully...
Jill's mind was boggled with what she seen.
"They were behind it!!" Jill rages inside as her fangs starts showing. She immediately prepares to engage them but she stopped when Damian popped in her mind. She shouldn't be too reckless or all of this was for nothing. She immediately retreated to warn the King. As she was about to take a turn, suddenly two royal guards appears in front of her. Jill immediately grins and stops in her tracks.
"Thank the devil you guys are here!! Hurry we must report to the k...
Suddenly both of them drew their spears and stomps them on the ground tilting it to each other blocking her path. Jill was baffled and immediately crouch to go into her battle stance. Her ears perked when more footsteps were heard behind her. She eyes her back as two more guards show up and blocks her rear.
"Drake's got a few men under his tail!" Jill thought to herself.
"You're sure you wanna do this?? I won't hesitate to kill you!!" Jill warns them as her tail wanders in the air like a cobra. All of them were intimidated, sweat running through their brows. They held their spear tightly and points them at her. Jill crouches as was getting ready to charge. Her tail became still and transforms into a blade. She leaps and her tail thrusts towards them when suddenly something pricked her neck. Her muscles suddenly tense up and froze as she crashed to the ground. Her eyes starts to blur as her hands weakly reached for the back of her neck and she felt something. She pulls it out as she brought it to her face. It was a dart which had some sort of liquid. Her mind starts to darken as her eyes close bit by bit. All she could here was a muffled laugh, belonging to none other than Bozzwick himself.
"Sweet dreams!!" His muffled voice barely makes it to her eardrums before she blacks out.
Meanwhile,
"Who are you?" A large voice calls out from behind Kayla. She looks behind to see a towering figure with fangs as sharp as a blade and a face to menacing to bear. She was standing in the presence of Lucifer.
Lucifer... in all her life she spends as a Christian devout, that one name that continues to haunt her. Banished into the depths of hell as a fallen angel, ruler of all demons, punishing the sinners, it was him in the flesh. Kayla was only able to merely stare at him, her body shook in fear as her pupil shrinks.
"L-Lucifer..." Her voice shook pronouncing his name.
"Yes, that would be me like many other names given to me but it seems you've failed to answer my question... who are you?" His voice raised and his tone took a more menacing turn. Suddenly, his head turns towards Damian. His eyes bulges and he walks closer to him, his feet stomping and his footsteps quakes the room.
He held the sphere and he became shocked.
"I-Impossible!!" He was baffled at the development of his son. Somehow, his soul was purifying itself of the poison. He immediately turns at look at Kayla. He saw her hand grasping tightly to what seems to be a cross hidden underneath her cloak.
"Who are you?" This time his voice took a more curious and soft tone. Kayla calmed down a bit hearing his the slight change in his voice thought it was hard to get rid of the fear she still have for him.
"You're clearly not a demon, holding that cross in your hand!" Lucifer pointed out.
" I apologize. M-my name is Kayla. I-I'm Damian's gi...f-friend!" She stutters while keeping her vision directly at the floor not wanting to meet his.
"Friend? And how does a 'friend' of my son managed to sneak her way into hell?" Lucifer asks her.
"I-I was there when he was attacked so I volunteered to come here, to support him!" Kayla explains to him.
"Hmmm, I don't know if that was very brave... or foolish! Hell is no place for the living, rules were established, separating our lands for the sake of YOUR peace, rules made by YOUR gods and angels." Lucifer roars at her. Kayla shook in fear but her body was only able to stay frozen and her lips shut.
"Your highness!!" A voice suddenly calls out from outside the room. It was the witch doctor.
"Ahh yes, you arrived at the perfect moment!" Lucifer states at him.
"Per-fect?" The witch doctor asked confused.
Lucifer then looks at Kayla.
"Little girl, it's best if you wait outside, we'll be continuing our little chat in a moment!" Lucifer orders her. Kayla was shocked at what he said but she heeded his orders anyway. She walks softly while still keeping her hood up and head down as she walks pass the witch doctor. He then proceeds to observe her as she passed him and exits the room.
"Who was that sire?" He asks Lucifer.
"You should take a look at this!" Lucifer ignores his question and instead directs him. The witch doctor moves closer and puts his hand on the sphere. His eyes bulge as he shot his face towards Lucifer.
"H-how??" He asks baffled by Damian's condition.
"I asked the same question myself. Somehow, his soul is purifying itself if the poison!" Lucifer states.
"That girl from earlier, who was she?" The witch doctor asks him.
"She claims to be his friend!"
"You don't think that she has something to do with this improvement, your highness?"
"That's exactly what I think! How is this possible?" Lucifer asks him. The witch doctor grumbles as he forced his brain to come up with an explanation but he sighs in defeat as only one reason came to his mind.
"To start off, demonic poison works as a corruptor and purification or blessings are the only way deal with them. However, us demons have no real way to obtain any of them. However, it is said that a bond between two people works as a sort of purification connecting two souls between one another...so hypothetically speaking, if what she claims is true, then maybe she is the key in fully recovering your son!" The witch doctor says to which Lucifer snorts and scoffs.
"Are you out of your mind?!! Demons don't and will never have bonds with the living! There's no way that my son would have any relationship with anyone. We're despised beings, doctor!! It's basically impossible!!" Lucifer denies his theory.
"But sire, it's the only explanation we have right now! Before that girl appeared, your son's condition was critically fatal but now... he's healing! I'm no expert but I think it's best if we keep the girl around for now..." The witch doctor suggests.
"What!!??" Lucifer yells in disbelief.
"Trust me sire, I think it's the only way!!" The witch doctor reiterate his statement. Lucifer stood idly for a second. A part of him believes that it might be the answer. He holds his chin for a moment contemplating on a decision. He then looks at the witch doctor with am intimidating gaze. He gulps in fear as he stares into Lucifer's abyssal eyes. Lucifer sighs before putting on a serious expression.
"Leave us!" He spoke softly to which the witch doctor complies. He left the room in a hurry. Kayla who was waiting outside flinched when a figure run passed her belonging to the witch doctor. Suddenly, she could feel the earth vibrate under her feet as a shadow engulfs her body. She look timidly to the side to see Lucifer's towering figure.
"My child, why don't you reveal your face? I want to take a good look at you!" He spoke to her. Kayla was puzzled and didn't know what to do. Slowly, her hands reaches for the hoodie of her cloak and she pulls it back revealing her face. Lucifer observes her thoroughly before walking off.
"Walk with me, child!" Lucifer invites in a heavy tone. Kayla froze for a while as Lucifer walks a step further from her. She hesitated whether to follow him or not but figures that it would be best to heed his orders for her safety. She walks silently next to Lucifer. His loud and heavy stomps masking her small steps. They walked for a long time. Perhaps it was minutes of silence.
"So.. tell me, about yourself, who are you and how've you met my son?" Lucifer asks her suddenly. Kayla didn't respond at him. Lucifer could sense her fear and felt amused.
"Don't worry child, no harm will come to you, I promise!" He says to her. Kayla picked up every word but still was fighting the urge to just run. Suddenly, Lucifer chuckles.
"It's alright, it's foolish to put trust in what the doctor said. We're despised beings after all, I'm sure admitting your friendship with my son is hard!"
Something then came into Kayla.
"No!" She spoke loudly.
"I'm not a little bit embarrassed or afraid to admit it. Damian is someone whom I care for! He's the closest person I have with me besides my parents! Him being a demon doesn't change that!" She defended herself.
"Hmmm" Lucifer ponders maintaining a stoic expression throughout it. He sense the truth in her words, perhaps she was different.
"In any case, I guess that my son haven't told you about me? Well, like there's anything new to tell that you already known!" Lucifer said.
"Yeah..." Kayla said dragging her voice.
"But for a Christian, you're not afraid of being in the presence of the devil?" Lucifer asks her.
"N-no" She stammers partly lying about it.
"Perhaps the world has changed...perhaps it has not!" Lucifer spoke.
"But I reckon that he never told you about our relationship, did he? Well, he and I were never close.." Lucifer spoke to her. Somewhere in his voice, Kayla could sense...regret...
"No, actually Damian told me about you!" Kayla told him.
"He did?! Well, he probably told you about all the worst things about me, didn't he?"
"... but he also told me how great of a king you are!" Lucifer's ear perks at this.
"He told me that you're a powerful being, so powerful that all of hell fear you. He also told me that you're wise. And even after every slander he throws, I can sense inside him that he looks up to you!" Kayla said.
"Looks up to me? That's...not possible!" Lucifer denies it.
"But it's true!" Kayla says before she was cut off.
"Child, you might been his friend, but I am his father. I lived with him long enough to know how he hates it here, how he hates me!" Lucifer spoke.
"Lord Lucifer sir, you're right! I haven't been with him long enough to know that but after all the times we've spent, he never lied to me, not even once. And truly, I don't think Damian hates you, he just...wants to understand you better and I believe he hopes you'll try to understand him as well!" Kayla says.
"I also have a dad. When I first told him about Damian, he was upset and wasn't too keen about our friendship but after a while, we managed to convince him, made him understand that Damian is a nice person. Perhaps, in a way, Damian is still searching for someone that understand him. Perhaps, he still believe you can!" Kayla told him. It was then she held her hand together, reminiscing of the times she had with him. The reason why Damian always stayed on Earth was because of her. Because she understands him. She grasped her hands tightly and that caught Lucifer's eye. Out of the corner of his eyes, he could see a familiar glint. A ring placed on her finger. A familiar ring his memories still remember. It's the same ring he had, the same as Narissa's. Lucifer looked closer at her and managed to figure it out.
"My child, you're..."
"MY LORD!!" A voice cuts him off as both of them turned their backs and saw a demon rushing towards them.
"What is it?!" Lucifer asked sternly, a bit annoyed that his conversation was interrupted.
"Your son!! He's waking up!" The demon said which shocked both Lucifer and Kayla.
"Damian!" Both of them gasped at the same time as they make their way to the room.
When they've arrived, they saw runes around the sphere lighting up in a sort of bright light, so bright that it was blinding. Kayla had shield her eyes with her hands as Lucifer just stood still taking the light. Soon, the light dims before it fades completely. Suddenly, they heard a cracking noise coming from the glass sphere. The crack soon was followed by more cracks until the sphere was covered with fissures. All of a sudden, the whole sphere broke as Damian's body lands on the ground in front of them. Kayla immediately rushes towards him. She slides and kneels besides him as she held him in her arms and places him on her lap. She puts her head near his chest for any signs of life. Tears flow from her eyes when she heard his heartbeat.
Damian's head was all blurry. He tries to open his eyes, his vision all fogged up. As he opens it fully, he could see someone above him. He could here that person, her voice sounding so familiar.
"K-Kayla?" He called to her weakly.
"Yes Damian, I'm here!!" Kayla says her tears falling on his body as she hugs him.
"What happened?" He asks her.
"Don't you remember? You were stabbed! We had to rush you here!" Kayla told him.
"Stabbed? Urgghh!" His head suddenly aches like lava was flowing through it as he tries to remember what happened to him. He couldn't remember anything that happened before.
"Please Damian! Don't move! You were badly injured!" Kayla warns him.
"I,I couldn't remember! Wait!! Where am I?" He asks swinging his head around trying to see his surrounding.
"You're in hell, son!" Lucifer said. Damian was shocked to see his father in front of him and...
"KAYLA!! NONONO!" He cursed in his mind.
"Kayla you have to leave!" Damian urges her.
"That won't be necessary!" Lucifer said which confused Damian.
"Damian, I'm proud that you have chosen your queen!!" Lucifer said to his son.
"D-dad! You're...not mad?" Damian asks him.
"Why would I? This would ensure our bloodline to continue on. Soon, hell will have a new king and queen to rule!!" Lucifer spoke.
Damian gritted his teeth as his worst fear have come true.
"What's he talking about Damian?" Kayla asks him as she was baffled.
"You didn't tell her about it, son?" Lucifer asks Damian.
"No dad! I didn't!" Damian said with malice in his voice.
"Why? It is an adressed policy that...
"Because I'm not staying here dad!" Damian says. Lucifer froze for a while trying to comprehend what his son just said.
"WHAT!!!" Lucifer roars at him.
"Foolish child, it is our custom that the king and queen shall remain in hell for the rest of their lives. It's the rules that has been set since eons!!" Lucifer scolds him.
"It's your rules dad!! Not mine!! I have no intention in letting Kayla suffer for the rest of her life down here! I promised her that!" Damian said valiantly to him as he gave Kayla a warm smile.
"This is getting out of hand! Letting you roam the overworld was a mistake. It's feeling your head with this silly little idea!!" Lucifer spoke angrily stomping his foot.
"I raised you, I've given you the chance to be the king you are meant to be! But it seems that I have made a mistake!! You should have never gone up there!!" Lucifer said with malice.
Damian and Kayla both turns their head toward Lucifer. Kayla then gave Damian a concerned look.
"What do you mean dad?" Damian asks him.
"Guards!! Take the girl and escort her out of this dimension immediately!" Lucifer orders his guards.
"WHAT!!!" Damian stammers.
"And close all path to the overworld after it is done!" Lucifer said. Damian's eye bulges at what his father said.
"NO!! YOU CAN'T DO THAT!!" He crawls his way to his father hurting every muscle in his body. His body haven't fully recovered from the poison.
Suddenly, two guards grabs Kayla by her shoulders and drags her away from Damian.
"No!" She gasped as her body was dragged forcefully. She struggles although she knew it would be futile.
"NO! KAYLA!" He screams dragging his aching body with all his might. Kayla saw Damian full of pain trying to reach her. She closes her eyes and uses all her might as she was able to throw off the guards and escape from their grasp. She immediately runs toward Damian as the guards chased her before they were stopped by Lucifer. Lucifer hold his hand blocking them trying to see what she'll do.
Kayla lands beside Damian and hugs him.
"It's alright Damian! It's alright!" She holds him, comforting him with her soft voice.
"No, Kayla! Please! I'll find a way! Don't leave me!!" Damian begs her his energy weakening. Suddenly, she felt him grabbing his face as her lips crashes on his. Both of them had tears running through their faces as their lips met. Somehow, even with all the dread, that kiss somehow made Damian a bit calm. Soon, they separate from their kiss as Kayla hold Damian's cheeks.
"It's alright Damian! It's alright!" She repeated the same thing but somehow it meant everything to him. She knew that Damian would hurt himself so she tries to calm him down. He directs his vision away from her as he cries even more. Kayla then stood up and walks toward the guards, sniffling as she wipes her tears. As she walks pass Lucifer, she suddenly brought her head towards Lucifer. It was the first time she ever looked at him directly. Lucifer eyes met hers as he saw the sadness and grief in her but she tries to control it for Damian.
"Thank you, for giving me the time to be with him!" Kayla spoke shortly before the guards escorts her out of the room. Out of all the time she was within his views he couldn't bring himself to look at her. Lucifer ponders on what she said. Somehow, inside him, he could feel that what he had done was wrong. He then turns his back to leave the room before...
"I HATE YOU!!" Damian snarls at him. His snout wrinkled as his fangs show. Lucifer looks at him and it was the first time he felt guilty.
"I WISH YOU WERE NEVER MY FATHER!!" Damian snarls again. Lucifer didn't look at him as he just walks outside. Soon, the door closed from behind him, leaving Damian in the dark. He bashes his hand on the hard floor leaving a small crack. His anger flowing inside him. Anger and grief. Once more, he was all alone, again!
Lucifer stood outside frozen, thinking on what he did. This was all new to him. The feeling of guilt and the feeling that he made a mistake. He could feel an aura besides him so he turns his head to see Narissa with a horrified look.
"It's for the best!!" Lucifer only managed to come up with that.
"What's best for him? Or what's best for you?" Narissa said to him with a hint of malice as she walks away from him. Lucifer didn't have anything to say as he stands there, all the power he had but he couldn't figure out why.
On the far edge of the castle, Kayla walks in the middle of two guards as she was escorted to the portal room. She sniffles looking at the ground feeling helpless. Suddenly the guards stop before saluting. Kayla who saw this turns her head forward to see a demon wearing a fancy robe.
"It's alright boys! I'll take it from here!" The demon said. The guards then left the two alone as Kayla followed the demon.
"So, that was something!" The demon said to her.
Kayla just sniffles and maintained her vision on the ground. As they continued to walk, he suddenly halts.
"Okay, we're here!" The demon said.
Suddenly they've stopped in an empty room. It was spacious but it was empty and dark. Kayla felt confused as she didn't remember this place and asked the demon about it.
"Where are we?" Kayla asks him.
"We are where we're supposed to be!" The demon responded blatantly.
"What do...do... you...mea-"
She fell as her vision starts to get blurry. Her mind was suddenly sleepy as her conciousness fades. Her body dragged down by gravity before she was caught mid air as her eyes stare into the demon's cynical and wicked eyes.
"Let's see how Damian saves you this time!" He chuckles menacingly at her.
"Damian..." His name came up in her mind as she fell asleep.
"Everything's going as planned!!" He chuckles again.
A/N: This took a while. It's been fun writing this chapter. So anyways, love the support, appreciate your comments. Thanks and I'll see you in the next one, Peace!!