Chapter 157: The Devil Arrives

A/N: So Zeus is now finally dead, but the story isn't over yet. Reason it isn't is because the FanFiction app keeps me limited to 2K words per chapter, so when I initially planned to end this story with 100 chapters, I had to divide it into over 150 chapters. So here we go, Chapter 157!

Adrian opened his eye, and saw he was flat on his back in a familiar dark forest, and standing over him was a faceless man he hoped to never see again,"Slender!" Adrian gasped, rushing to his feet,

"Yes, it's me," said the faceless creature, "and you are simply unbelievable. You managed to destroy the God-Slayer and save your world, congratulations, but in the process you just unleashed something far worse."

"The Child of the Apocalypse, I'm guessing?" Asked Adrian.

"Yes," Confirmed Slender.

"Just what is it? The Child? Is it an actual child, or some sort of artifact? What?"

"Well let me ask you this: Are you familiar with the Four Horsemen?" asked Slender, to which Adrian nodded. "The Child of the Apocalypse is a child with the powers of each horseman, fused into one, capable, and willing, to end any and all worlds in a heartbeat...and you helped Zeus to create her." Adrian raised an eyebrow,

"Her?"

"Yes, her," repeated Slender, "and for such a crime, you shall be punished." Slender then extended one of his tendrils, and poked Adrians' eyepatch, causing Adrian to reach up and swat the appendage away, "From henceforth, your missing eye will never return. Not with Asias' Twilight Healing, not with Damons' Green Orbs, and not even with Tears of the Phoenix, for it is your mark of shame, and when the day comes that the child brings her power down on everyone everywhere, they will know who to blame, you shall bear that mark for the rest of your eternal life." Upon hearing those words, Adrian brushed his fingers against the eyepatch,

"Well I suppose I deserve that," Adrian said, mostly to himself. He then refocused on Slender, "This Child of the Apocalypse, does she have a name?"

"Of course," said Slender, "and her name is-!"

Adrians' eye shot open, and he leaned up from the ground, seeing he was back on Liberty Island, soaking wet with Damon, Katrina, Issei and the rest of their friends staring at him.

"Guys...what-?" Adrian didn't have time to say anything as Katrina wrapped her arms around his neck in a tight hug, along with Llarya and Pennie planting kisses on his cheeks,

"You saved us, but it nearly killed you!" Katrina said through tears.

"You went full on Stray Devil and jumped off the Halo with us in your arms," said Damon, "and then you used your Boneshell to shield us from both the explosion and the upper atmosphere as we fell down to Earth."

"But when you landed in the water you weren't breathing," said Issei, "and we thought you were dead or dying."

"So I made a couple of quick calls, and...uh..." Damon turned around, and everyone followed his eyes and saw a girl in a pink dress with white trim, a red sash in her hair, and had blonde hair and blue eyes. She was currently in the process of smoothing down her dress, and as soon as she noticed the others staring at her, she blushed and turned away, refusing to make eye contact, "...I couldn't think of a better option at the time."

"Ravel Phoenix?" Adrian looked up at Damon, "You called Risers' little sister for help?"

"Hey! It worked, and you owe me big time motherfucker!" Said Damon, a vein popping in his head. Adrian slowly stood up, gently pushing the girls away as he stared at the white haired devil,

"What was the catch if saving me put you in that bad of a mood?" Damon, frowned, and turned to Ravel, who was giggling evilly to herself.

Some time earlier...

Outside the Statue of Liberty, out of sight of the others, Ravel had her hands against the wall at the base, her dress hiked up and panties down around her ankles, moaning as Damon knelt behind her, his face between her buttocks,

"Ooh yes! Eat my ass you barbarian!" She growled at the devil pawn, who had his hands on her hips, and his tongue deep in her rear hole. Ravel then suddenly pulled Damon away by his hair, turning around and planting his mouth to her crotch, "Now just stay...right...there..." Ravel blushed deeper than before, and Damon felt something warm and wet gush into his mouth, but his eyes went wide at the salty and slightly bitter taste, trying not to cough or choke as he realized that she wasn't orgasming, she was relieving her bladder...

Present...

Damons' eye twitched at the memory as Ravel continued laugh, vanishing in a plume of flame while Adrian and the others continued to stare at Damon,

"The catch...is none of your fucking business," grumbled Damon, "anyway, we finally beat Zeus, you're alive, everyone is okay, what are we supposed to do now?" Adrian bit his bottom lip, looking down at the ground in thought, and he saw a brief flash of red, followed by a prolonged flash of blue, and the group saw Wesker had returned, along with Sona and her house. A pit formed in the bottom of Adrians' stomach as three final magic circles appeared, and out the left strode a blank faced Grafia, then an ever cocky Azazel from the right, and finally Sirzechs from the center, the devil king giving Adrian a deathly serious look. Adrian sighed, and turned to his friends,

"I guess now I go and face the consequences," said Adrian. He then turned back to Sirzechs, and began to approach him as Wesker, Sona and her house approached Katrina, Damon and the others.

"So, what's going to happen now?" Katrina asked Sona and Wesker.

"I guess we are going to find out," said Wesker, with all of them looking as Adrian approached the Governor General of the Fallen Angels, the Devil King and his Queen.

"Sirzechs, Grayfia, Azazel," greeted Adrian solemnly, "I'm guessing you're all here for me?"

"Actually, Sirzechs and Grayfia are here to see you," said Azazel, still bearing his signature smile, "I'm here to simply mingle among the new kids on the block," he said, pointing to Adrians' friends, and that's when Adrian noticed,

"You got a new arm!"

"Yep, this is the omnipotent arm I made from all my Sacred Gear research," said Azazel, lefting his arm and revealing it was entirely mechanical, changing shape from metal tendrils, to a large drill bit, and finally reverted to its normal flesh colored form, only for him to roll up his sleeve and shoot the arm off like a rocket, soaring around the island and coming close to Adrians' friends until Thatan lifted his hand up and caught it with ease. The large Sangheili inspected the arm before releasing it and letting it return to the owner,

"Interesting technology," he commented, "and you said its' your design?" Azazel grinned at the seven foot tall friend, and let his metal arm return to its place,

"Indeed it is." He then patted Adrian on the arm before strolling to the group, ready to get acquainted.

"Grayfia," began Sirzechs, "do you mind accompanying Azazel? I need to have a word with Adrian, alone." Grayfia nodded, and began to walk past Adrian, but not without stopping to whisper to him,

"Good luck." She then walked away to join Azazel and the others, leaving Adrian alone with Sirzechs.

"I suppose you want to know where I've been and what I've been up to, huh?"

"Starting with you evading capture from Sona after you abandoned your master," said Sirzechs with a serious tone. Adrian sighed,

"Well, I guess it all begins with me driving Weskers car through that portal Raiden summoned, and when I drove through with Katrina on the roof she dissappeared, and then I found out Damon was in the backseats..."

Adrian continued to tell his story as most of the others looked on, while Azazel spoke with an uncomfortable Pennie and a protective Thatan, Grayfia conversed with Katrina, Damon, Issei, Llarya, Jason and Cleo, wanting full accounts of what happened on the God-Slayer, all while Jason managed to slip away from the group, behind Sonas' group that was mostly watching what was happening, and finally he reached Bennia, pulling her aside to speak with her in private,

"Hey, reaper gal," James said in a hushed tone, "care to explain why your sythe didn't kill me earlier when it should have? I saw it go right through my chest, but it didn't even break the skin, so what in tarnation did it do to me?!" Bennia sighed regretfully, not wanting to look James in the eye,

"Look, when that big alien guy slammed Brother Rugal through that car, I thought he was dead, and if he was dead, I was going to take a life for a life."

"But you didn't even leave a scratch," said James confused. Bennia gave him a look, and stated in a serious tone,

"Yes I did. Not one of the flesh, but one of the soul..." Bennia looked down to the ground in shame, "...my sythe curses those with a cut soul, and depending on how strong they are, can cut down their remaining years significantly." James gently placed his hands on her arms, not out of anger, but out of concern,

"How long do I got?"

"A year or two...tops." James looked to Adrian, who was still speaking with Sirzechs,

"Well then, if he survives today, hopefully I can spend that year or two with my nephew."

"I wouldn't place my money on that," said Bennia, "I took most of your remaining years for one of your friends hurting someone I love like a brother. Do you think Sirzechs is going to be merciful towards the one who broke his little sisters heart?" James said nothing, and resumed with the others to witness Adrians' fate on Liberty Island...