Jimmy wiped the sweat off of his forehead, he had been working non-stop for three hours. Lilith had drifted off into a deep slumber about an hour ago, and Jimmy had to dodge a puff of fire out of her mouth every now and then.
Suddenly a monitor appeared in his face, making him jump back in surprise. Sheen and Carl's smiling faces appeared on the screen, and Sheen was clutching a few movies in his hand. Jimmy rubbed his head, he had forgotten on Thursdays his friends would usually come over and they would watch scary movies.
"Hey Jim, we brought the scariest movies we could find! Don't worry, I told Carl to bring a spare pair of underpants ahead of time." Sheen snorted, as Carl weakly slapped his friend on the back.
"Sheeeen, you weren't supposed to tell Jimmy that!" Carl whined, making Sheen smile mischievously. Jimmy tapped a button, allowing his friends to come inside his lab, and soon enough they came through the sliding doors.
The doors closed behind them, and Carl jumped back, "AWARRRRGGG!"
Sheen looked to where Carl was pointing, and saw something with a long black tail snoring on top of a mountain of cool devices. Sheen stumbled back in surprise, as Carl screamed at the top of his lungs.
Lilith snorted, opening an eye, and shifting her body to where she looked at Carl and Sheen suspiciously. Her ears twitched, as she listened to Carl's unhealthy heart beat, and his rapid breathing, before looking at a skinny boy who hid behind Carl.
"Oh powerful being, please eat Carl instead of me, he is fatter and tastier, I just taste like Styrofoam peanuts!" Sheen pleaded, as Carl screamed making Lilith flinch.
"Guys, GUYS, she is cool, she is my friend." Jimmy said quickly, as Lilith's eyes lolled, trying to wake herself up.
Lilith hiccupped, as Carl screamed when she stretched out her long black wings. Sheen pointed a finger at the demon, trying hard to recognize the creature, but drawing a blank.
"Sheen this is Lilith, she was the demon we released, but she is friendly, Carl, say hello to Lilith." Jimmy encouraged, watching as Sheen pushed his buddy towards the demon. Carl trembled, as the female demon stood over him with her arms crossed, and a dangerously playful look in her eyes, which to Carl, looked like she was going to eat him.
Carl stuck out his clammy hand, as Lilith looked at it. Carl's lip was quivering, as Lilith stuck out her hand and tried to figure out what Carl wanted her to do.
Lilith hiccupped, this time a small puff of fire coming from her mouth, and in two seconds Carl was back at the wall screaming.
Lilith smiled, before speaking. "Be still human, calm your trembling hands, I come without hostility. My name is Lilith, daughter of Lucifer and-"
"AWAGGGGG!" Carl screamed, covering his eyes, as Lilith's mouth twitched in frustration.
"-and I would be honored to-" Lilith was cut off once more.
"Just eat Carl already! So I can escape!" Sheen screamed, shoving Carl forward, making the overweight teen tremble with fear. Lilith did not understand their strange behavior, why would they want her to eat this human?
"As you wish," Lilith said, opening her mouth.
"Lilith NO, stop!" Jimmy said shaking his hands, before Lilith could actually start stealing and consuming Carl's soul. Lilith stopped, and folded her wings back, as Carl fainted onto the ground in fear.
"Guys stop, Lilith isn't dangerous, she just doesn't really understand human culture yet." Jimmy said, as the demon nodded her head in agreement. Yes, Lilith did not know much about human culture, but she had a feeling she would have plenty of time to learn.
Lilith walked over to Carl, and offered him a hand, the boy trembled as she pondered what to do. Eventually Carl accepted her hand, and Lilith helped him up, before crouching and rubbing the top of her head on his chin. Carl was shocked by this sudden behavior, as Lilith rubbed her soft wings against his body.
"Carl! Lilith is trying to use her demon powers to take over your body!" Sheen said, but Carl was too busy scratching Lilith's fuzzy ears as she grinned.
"Hey, she isn't that bad, hey Sheen, come over here and pet her ears, her tail moves whenever you scratch her!" Carl giggled, as he scratched her left ear, making her tail thump on the ground happily.
"Wow Jimmy, it's like your own pet demon!" Sheen said, petting Lilith's tucked wings, as she smiled, liking the attention she was getting from them. Lilith should be ashamed to be called a pet, but for some reason she didn't mind, probably because she liked her ears being scratched.
"She isn't a pet guys, and I am sending her back to where she came from as soon as I take these over to Cindy." Jimmy said, holding up a beautiful necklace made from Astrorubies, along with a pair of earrings.
"AH! Ruby madness! Ruby madness!" Carl screamed, making Lilith jump at his sudden shout, making her panic, and sink into the ground suddenly vanishing.
"Woah," Sheen said, stepping on the large shadow under his feet. Lilith poked her head out from the shadow, looking up at Sheen, as she sank back into the floor, vanishing once again.
"Calm down Carl, trust me that won't happen a second time." Jimmy said, carefully placing his masterpiece in a box. Carl hid his eyes between his fingers, as Sheen poked at the shadow at his feet.
"Jimmy, why don't you just keep Lilith around, she seems pretty cool." Sheen asked, as Lilith poked her head out from the shadow, before pulling Carl in, making him scream in terror. Carl's body vanished into the floor, as the shadow shifted.
"Lilith needs to go back to her dimension, I am surprised being on Earth hasn't affected her at all, since demons can't be here." Jimmy said, as Lilith's ears poked out from the ground as she listened.
"Jimmy, I don't want to go back, there is so much to learn, and experience. I wish to stay, and make more friends!" Lilith said from under the shadow, Jimmy was surprised that she had spoken without being formal. Jimmy looked into Lilith's red eyes, she seemed scared, and desperate, and Jimmy couldn't figure out why.
Suddenly Lilith burst from the floor, holding Carl's foot, as he hung upside down screaming loudly, as she dropped him on the floor gently. The shadow vanished, as Sheen begged Lilith to do the same thing with him. Jimmy turned and grabbed his box, getting ready to depart.
Lilith looked at Sheen before speaking, "I only took your companion into the void, because I felt as if I could protect him from this creature called ruby madness, that he is so openly intimidated by."
Sheen grabbed Lilith's arm, "please take me into the void, and show me that cool trick where you blow fire out of your mouth!"
Lilith took a deep breath, before a spurt of fire came out of her mouth, making Carl scream and swat his hands at the flames. Lilith withdrew her flames, before grinning at Sheen as his eyes lit up in excitement.
"You are so cool Lilith! I have never met a demon before, but it is almost as cool as when I met Ultra Lord at the annual Ultra Lord fan convention!" Sheen said, as he admired the demon, looking her up and down.
"I do not understand, do humans not possess the ability to summon flames at will? What kind of abilities do humans wield?" Lilith asked Sheen, as the quirky kid thought, before lighting up once more.
"Behold!" Sheen said, sitting on the ground before lifting up his leg and putting it behind his head. Lilith's mouth dropped open, this human was worthy of high praise!
"Aha! I am very amused, show me more! I like this human, what is your name, dear one?" Lilith said, sitting on the ground Indian-style, as she stared intensely at Sheen's display in front of her.
"My name is Sheen, and that scared little pumpkin shaped kid over there is Carl," Sheen said pointing to his friend.
"Sheeen, you know I am pear shaped!" Carl whined, making Lilith laugh as she clapped her hands in amusement.
"Carl, Sheen, I need you two to look after Lilith until I return, I will be back soon, stay out of trouble, and don't let Lilith set anything on fire… okay?" Jimmy said, taking his box to the sliding doors that lead out of his lab.
"Hey Lilith, what kind of music do you like?" Sheen asked the demon, as she tapped her chin, and flattened her ears in concentration.
"Music… I suppose I admire the symphony of billions of souls screaming in harmony… That is how I have lulled myself to sleep each passing hour." Lilith responded, looking back towards Carl and Sheen, but her playful smile faltering when she noticed their horrified looks.
"C-Carl, we need to change her taste in music," Sheen said. Carl nodded his head, as Lilith looked at both of them confused as to how she had scared them.
Jimmy walked out of his lab, the doors closing behind him. Lilith would be okay with Sheen and Carl, they were his best friends after all, and they were his most trusted teammates.
Lilith wouldn't cause any trouble, Jimmy didn't think, after all Lilith was just a curious little demon. Jimmy walked out into the sunset, the air was cool, but he was getting the chills from something other than the breeze. Jimmy hardly any time to gather his thoughts, since Cindy's house was like twelve feet away. Jimmy felt his heart jump into his throat, once he saw the lights turn on in Cindy's home. What was Jimmy going to say? Seriously, should he just drop off the box and let the jewels do the talking?
No, that wouldn't be acting his age. Even if Cindy was seriously intimidating, he still needed to face her sooner or later. Jimmy hesitated when he stepped onto Cindy's driveway, he swallowed his anxiety as he slowly walked up the steps, reaching out to knock on her door.
Jimmy closed his eyes, before knocking on the door gently. Jimmy waited, and waited, until he heard someone approach the door, making his stomach drop. The door slowly opened, to where only green eyes could be seen from beyond the door.
Jimmy waved gently, holding the box in his right hand. The eyes behind the door rolled, before the door slammed in his face, almost making him drop his box out of surprise.
"Wait Cindy, I have something for you, please just give me a minute to explain!" Jimmy said, clenching his teeth in fear, as he listened hard for some kind of sign that Cindy was still on the other side of the door. Jimmy waited, but there was no sign of Cindy still being there, making him sigh, she was just so stubborn!
Jimmy was about to leave, when the door swung open, as Cindy leaned on the side of the doorframe.
"What do you want and what happened to you," Cindy said in a dry and annoyed voice.
Jimmy realized her eyes were locked on Jimmy's torn shirt, and the teeth marks with dried blood around them. Jimmy had almost forgot about what had happened not too long ago, he was surprised his friends didn't point out his wound, perhaps they were just oblivious? Or they were just too interested in Lilith?
"I, uh, got into a fight with three hundred aliens." Jimmy said sheepishly, before Cindy lost interest and was about to close the door, when Jimmy put up his hand begging for her to stay for a few more minutes.
Cindy sighed, before turning back to face Jimmy and leaning on the door frame once again. Jimmy slowly opened the box, letting the sunlight hit the jewels, and as the red glimmer washed upon Cindy's face, Jimmy felt his heart soar when he saw her eyes light up.
Even if it were for a moment, it was almost like they were little again, she had that playful gaze, and it made Jimmy's heart flutter. He could see she was excited, but when she caught his happy expression, she immediately shut back down, and the hardness appeared back in her expression.
"So what, are these supposed to make up for everything?" Cindy said in a cold and snappy tone.
Jimmy felt a cold sweat, as he carefully closed the box and handed the necklace and earrings to Cindy.
"I don't expect a truce, but I made these for you. I hope one day you can forgive me, and perhaps we can go back to the way things were." Jimmy said, as Cindy accepted the box and eyed him. Jimmy stood there, hoping with everything he had that Cindy wouldn't let him walk away.
She just stood there, staring at the box, looking at the jewels inside. Jimmy looked at his feet, as the silence settled on the both of them. Cindy suddenly looked up, and quickly slammed the lid closed on the box, staring at Jimmy without any emotion.
Jimmy felt like his heart snapped in half, but he slowly backed away, and turned around in defeat. Jimmy sulked down the steps, he tried, but he still felt like a piece of dirt, even though he has tried everything he could think of.
Jimmy has never felt so depressed before, he felt like he was dragging a train behind him, making his steps sluggish and slow. Jimmy felt Cindy's eyes on his back, making the hairs on his neck stand up.
Suddenly a soft voice spoke up from behind him, "J-Jimmy wait."
Jimmy felt so relieved to hear her speak, as he quickly turned right around and went back up the steps.
"Thank you, that was really depressing and I felt horrible." Jimmy replied.
Cindy's expression still seemed skeptical, but her eyes were softer, enough to make Jimmy wonder if she was reconsidering her feelings about him. Jimmy refrained from biting his lip, as Cindy looked at the box of gifts, before looking back at him.
"Perhaps it is time I stop this, you have done a lot to make up for the things you said to me, the words still hurt, but I think I can move past them." Cindy mumbled, with such bitterness in her voice, Jimmy didn't know if she was actually serious.
"Really?" Jimmy said, trying to keep the excitement from bleeding out of his voice. They wouldn't be friends, but at least they would argue like old times, and Jimmy wouldn't ever hate their little spats again.
Cindy looked to the side, avoiding Jimmy's eyes as she hid her face from view. Jimmy couldn't tell what his rival was thinking, he didn't know if she was relieved that their fight was over, or just hating the fact that he got to her in a positive way.
"J-Just get off my porch, I don't want the neighbors to see you here." Cindy said, quickly ending the conversation by hiding behind the door, and slamming it in Jimmy's face. Jimmy wasn't even upset, the long feud was over, and Jimmy could finally sleep in peace without feeling guilty.
Jimmy didn't want to pat himself on the back or anything, but he was pretty happy he went to go get those Astrorubies. The wound on his arm still stung, but it hurt a little less now knowing that it was all worth it.
Jimmy looked around, before he jumped in the air and celebrated silently. The boy genius giggled when he noticed how silly he was acting, before he ran back to his lab, excited to share the news with his new demon friend and his best friends.
Jimmy entered the lab before approaching his sliding doors, but before he entered his main room, he put his head to the doors listening to a loud upbeat tune leaking through the thick metal.
"What on earth?" Jimmy said, as he heard the loud music rattling the shelves he had in the room. Jimmy opened the sliding doors before his eyes opened wide, at what he saw.
Lilith was on a table along with Sheen, with hundreds of speakers provided by VOX, blasting ear shattering music. Lilith held what looked like Sheen's phone, as Carl jumped up and down excitedly, wheezing fiercely as if he had been doing that for a very long time.
"I'm a Barbie girl, in a Barbie world! Life in plastic, it's fantastic! You can brush my hair, undress me everywhere! Imagination, life is your creation!" Lilith sang, making Jimmy actually jump, she wasn't half bad.
"Come on Barbie, let's go party!" Sheen said, taking his phone and singing into it. Carl screamed like a fan at a concert, as Lilith and Sheen started dancing like maniacs, Jimmy would have guessed that they were intoxicated, but then again, Lilith is with Carl and Sheen.
Lilith sang another verse, and Jimmy had no idea how many times they have played this song, in order for Lilith to know it by heart. Sheen sang the parts by Ken, as Lilith sang the girl parts, and Carl screamed several times, clapping with glee.
Jimmy was confused, but as long as they were staying out of trouble, he wouldn't question their bonding time. Jimmy leaned against the metal frame in his lab, as he watched his friends with a mocking smile on his face.
"You can touch, you can plaaay, if you say I'm always your-" Carl sung, but he stopped soloing and stealing Lilith's spotlight when he saw Jimmy. "JIMMY!" he cried, making the music die right in the middle of the beat.
"Uu-oooh-u," Lilith sung quietly, trying to nail the last note from the last verse that played.
The flashing disco lights continued to light up the room, as Sheen looked around awkwardly.
"Why did we stop," Lilith asked in confusion.
"Yeah, why did you stop guys?" Jimmy said in a playfully mocking tone, as Carl's top and bottom lips quivered, as he tried to stay quiet and not give away any secrets.
"Sheen wanted to show Lilith music, we were listening to cool songs that were for men, and I SUGGESTED we keep listening to them, but Sheen clicked on a really girly song, and I tried to change it, but he wouldn't let me!" Carl said rushing all the words out of his mouth at once, before pointing a shaky finger at Sheen accusingly.
"W-What...! Carl!" Sheen yelled angrily, clearly angry that his friend just threw him under the bus without a second thought.
"What happens in the lab stays in the lab, agreed?" Jimmy asked, as the boys nodded their heads quickly. Lilith shrugged her shoulders, that was the most fun she has ever had, and she was a little sad that her new friends had decided to stop with the fun.
"So, I am totally not changing the subject to make everyone forget about what just happened, but did Cindy forgive you?" Sheen asked Jimmy, as the boy genius nodded his head and gave a relieved smile.
Carl and Sheen clapped for their buddy, as Lilith shot a fireball out of her mouth to celebrate (or just because she wanted to.) Jimmy scratched the back of his head awkwardly, it wasn't that big of a deal, but his friends seemed relieved that their nasty fight was finally a thing in the past.
"Let's celebrate by watching Llama Friends!" Carl shouted, as Sheen shoved his friend to the floor, making Lilith laugh and point.
"No LLAMAS!" Sheen shrieked, as Lilith sat on the edge of the table, and swung her feet over the side.
"I say we watch.. What was it you said earlier.. Something about a scary movie?" Lilith said, making Jimmy scratch his head. Why was Lilith no longer talking so formally, when Jimmy had left, she was talking weirdly to Sheen and Carl, and now she wasn't.
Lilith sank into the metal floor, melting into a shadow, as a trail of darkness went over to a pile of inventions. The darkness took over the stash, before returning back to the table, and Lilith coming out of the floor, and standing next to Carl.
Lilith held a few movies in her hand, as she curiously went through the movies, and jumped excitedly. Carl hid his eyes when a picture of a demonic ghost with black bleedings eyes snarled at him from the cover.
"AWARGGHH! I hate scary movies! Make it stop Lilith!" Carl said, swatting weakly at the demon, as she quickly hid the cover of the movie behind her back.
"That sounds pretty fun actually, we can watch it on my big screen, VOX should have repaired it by now." Jimmy said.
Carl yelled in defeat, as he fell on his knees dramatically. Jimmy rolled his eyes, as he took the movie from Lilith and popped it into a slot underneath his giant computer screen.
Lilith climbed on top of her horde of Jimmy's inventions, before settling and looking at the screen in curiosity. Sheen and Carl sat in front of her, as Jimmy sat in his giant chair, as the movie started playing.
Pretty much throughout the entire movie, Sheen and Jimmy were on the edge of their seats. Carl hid underneath Lilith's black wings, and jumped whenever there was a scary drop in the music. Jimmy liked scary movies, but they were always predictable, and the people in them always acted really stupid.
Jimmy turned back to Lilith, to see she was on her back in a very uncomfortable position, with her right arm hanging off of the pile of inventions. Lilith was snoring loudly, as smoke came out of her open mouth.
Jimmy paused the move, "guys we need to wake Lilith up, she is missing the movie."
Sheen gently poked Lilith in her cheek with his pointy finger, her mouth closed, and the smoke came out of her nose. Sheen then got frustrated, and decided to yell at her to wake her up.
"LILITH, you are missing the movie!" Sheen yelled, making Lilith's eyes pop open. The demon stretched, making Carl's only protection from the scary screen move from his hands.
"I am sorry for falling asleep, the… Movie.. Or whatever you people call it.. Was just so boring, you all don't know how to create true fear." Lilith said, locking her eyes onto the boys, almost as if challenging their tolerance to fear.
"What do you know about scary things? I have watched every scary movie there is, and I guarantee you at least one of them will make you wet your pants!" Sheen said confidently, as Carl pushed up his glasses.
"One of them already did," Carl mumbled, as he shrank behind Lilith's horde of inventions.
"Well Sheen, I am a demon, I am the master at creating fear, and if you truly want a scary experience, why don't I show you my dimension. I have experienced your world, aren't you curious to see mine?" Lilith said tauntingly, watching as Sheen's eyes lit up.
"I don't know Lilith, I don't think I can take anymore scary things for tonight, it's bad for my allergies." Carl said, scratching the back of his head nervously. Lilith moved carefully towards Jimmy, and played with the top of his hair as she spoke.
"I believe that once you experience where I come from, you will run for your lives! Because, let's face it, humans are weak minded, and get scared easily." Lilith taunted, as Sheen and Jimmy protested angrily.
"Now wait just a minute!" Sheen said, standing up and shaking a finger at Lilith who was grinning victoriously.
Lilith wanted to show her new friends where she came from, and she was excited to see their reaction when she took them into the underworld. They would not last a single minute, once they saw how horrifying her homeland would be.
"Humans aren't weak minded!" Jimmy said, as Lilith moved from him and wrapped her arm around Carl's shoulders.
"Very interesting, then what do you call this one?" Lilith said, poking Carl's head as he broke down in fearful screams.
"Carl doesn't count! He is not a real man!" Sheen yelled, making Carl look towards the floor in shame. Lilith patted Carl's back to comfort him, as she giggled softly, the poor boy was absolutely terrified of everything.
"Alright, we will prove to you that humans aren't weak minded, how about we have a little wager!" Jimmy said, watching as Lilith cocked her head, showing that she was intrigued.
"That sounds fun, if you can make it an hour in my dimension without crying or begging to go home, I will admit that you are fearless. But if you lose, and I have to drag you back here, you have to do something for me." Lilith said.
"Okay Lilith you are on!" Jimmy said, as he shook the demon's hand. Lilith's eyes sparkled with a splash of evil, as she withdrew from the handshake and backed away.
"Wow, I have never seen the underworld before! I wonder how many famous ghosts we are going to see!" Sheen said excitedly, shaking Jimmy's shoulder.
"Ghosts! Awaaaaaarg!" Carl screamed, throwing his hands in the air and hiding behind Lilith. The demon moved away from Carl before standing in the middle of the lab and moving her left hand in a small circle.
"This will definitely be a very cool discovery, I don't think any living human has ever stepped foot in the underworld!" Jimmy said, watching as sparks appeared in the air, and flames started to form a ring of fire.
Lilith controlled the ring of fire, to where it stretched out, spinning larger and larger until the ring of flames was large enough for people to fit through. The inside of the ring lit up with bright light, making everyone expect for Lilith cover their eyes. When the light died down, a large dimensional portal was visible in the middle of the lab, as intense heat surged through the room.
A land filled with lava, burning rock, and thick clouds of smoke rising into the air from pits of fire could be seen. Mountains and volcanoes decorated the landscape, spitting drops of lava into the pitch black sky. Large rock formations rose from the hot rocky ground, along with spiky stones that littered the ground, which looked painful to walk on.
"I can make a portal to the underworld, but I cannot make one back to Earth, so this portal must remain open at all times." Lilith said, as Jimmy shielded his face from the intense heat.
Sheen was the first one to hop through the portal, hopping backwards once his shoes touched the burning ground. Lilith pushed him forward, making space for the next person to go through. Jimmy went next, and as soon as he stepped into the underworld, his face felt like it was peeling off from the heat.
Jimmy looked back into the portal to see Lilith shoving a protesting Carl into the portal, who screamed loudly as soon as he saw the bubbling lava beside him.
"Do not scream, I do not want to draw attention to our little group. If we run into my father, I do not think I save can you." Lilith hissed, slapping Carl angrily as she stepped through the portal.
Lilith was a little nervous going back to her homeland, but she knew how big the underworld was, and where her father spent the most of his time at. Lilith knew this place like the back of her hand, she knew every path, every little rock, after all she had spent eons down here.
Jimmy was fascinated, he dared to say Christianity might not be complete bull.
"Anyone already wanting to go home?" Lilith asked, watching as Sheen and Jimmy shook their heads no, except Carl, who was slowly raising his hand.
Sheen slapped Carl's hand back down, as Lilith nodded her head in satisfaction before gesturing her friends to follow her. Lilith's bare feet sizzled when she took a step, as the teenagers behind her followed the demon into the deep cave-like wasteland before them.
Lilith walked over a bridge made of black rock, that hung over a huge cavern, with a large river of lava beneath it. Stalactites hung from the bridge, as Lilith jumped over the edge, spreading her wings and catching herself before her body went plunging into the lava.
Lilith flew beside her friends, before looking downwards.
"I used to swim in there with my old friends, but they were too busy screaming all the time to pay attention to me, our friendship didn't last long." Lilith said, as Jimmy and Sheen walked over the bridge.
Carl was crawling over the bridge, his body shaking as he looked over the edge. The boy didn't realize that the stone underneath him was loose, and his weight caused the rock to collapse, making him fall face first down towards the lava. Lilith caught his shirt before he could even fall a few feet, and Carl screamed so hard, it echoed throughout the dimension.
Lilith stayed airborne for a few seconds, before rolling her eyes, letting Carl hang as she brought him back to solid rock. Carl wailed, before sliding back as far as he could away from the edge of the cavern.
"You have to be careful Carl, this dimension is far more different then our planet! You could get hurt at anytime!" Jimmy warned, as Lilith landed, her ears picking up on the cracking and splitting rocks.
"Shall we keep going?" Lilith asked her friends, eager to see if they have given up already.
"Yes," Sheen and Jimmy said.
"NO!" Carl yelled, as Sheen slapped his hand over his mouth and gave a slight smile at Lilith.
Lilith turned around slowly, before vanishing in a cloud thick with smoke. Her tail flicked, before being swallowed by the heavy smoke, and her body completely vanishing.
Jimmy and Sheen swallowed hard, when they noticed that they would have to wander aimlessly through smoke, not knowing what was under their feet. Sheen pushed Jimmy forward, and the boy genius carefully crept into the smoke, before Sheen followed closely behind.
"W-Wait don't leave without me!" Carl screamed with his shrieking voice. Carl ran into the smoke, before slamming into Sheen making him fall to the ground and take a big whiff of smoke.
Sheen coughed loudly before yelling, "Carl! I just about broke my nose because of you!"
Jimmy kept walking, his eyes stinging from the smoke. Suddenly Jimmy's shoes started to step on something that was crunching beneath him. Jimmy froze, before something rubbed against his ankle, making him jump out of his skin.
Sheen's shoes crunched on something as well, as Carl held onto his buddy clutching his arm in a panic. Sheen picked up his feet, spinning around and trying to identify what he was stepping on, but couldn't see anything.
The three boys heard a dark giggle, as something shifted all around them. Sheen crept closer to Jimmy, as they all yelled out in surprise when something heavy and large shifted through something clattering and scattering away from the object.
Jimmy squinted, looking behind Sheen before turning his head to see a human skull pressed in his face. Jimmy cried out in fear, as he stumbled back, slamming into Sheen and making them both tumble to the ground. The smoke cleared around them, to where it only surrounded them, and Jimmy and Sheen screamed loudly when they saw what they were laying in.
Thousands of human bones were scattered around them, each bone charred and burnt, some of them glowing with small flames. Ash fell upon the bones, as the boys huddled close to each other, looking at the field of remains sitting before them.
Lilith pulled her arm back, and looked at the human skull she was holding in her hand with a grin. Ah humans, so easily scared, they would be begging to go home any second now!
"What… What… I do not understand?! What happened here!" Sheen cried, as Jimmy scrambled to get untangled from the large ribcages that were keeping him pinned to the ground.
Lilith tossed the skull into a pile of remains, before walking towards her friends. Humans weren't the only things in the underworld, there were also other species, and creatures that were punished here as well.
"Well, if you must know. Humans are sent here when they are judged and are seen to be evil, and the creator that has been said to have created everything, sends the human's soul down here with a mortal body attached." Lilith said, kicking a pile of bones to where they collapsed onto the ground.
"What do you mean with a mortal body attached?" Sheen asked in confusion, as Lilith looked at him with a dramatic fearful expression.
"Well, the souls that are judged as unworthy to live in paradise that are sent here, are sent with a mortal body attached. What I mean by that is, the creator lets them keep their mortal bodies, so that they cannot experience what it means to be free of all mortal sins. My father, in a rage, then rips the mortal bodies apart and casts their spirits into the River of Souls, to be tortured for eternity." Lilith replied darkly.
The creator is Lucifer's worst enemy, Lilith heard stories about their falling out. The creator keeps the good souls with him, and liberates them from their earthly selves, to live with him for eternity in paradise. Unfortunately for those that seek the path of evil and destruction, they end up here, ripped from their mortal bodies, and sent to flow through the River of Souls into the pits of fire.
Jimmy looked around him, the smoke around them probably covered billions of broken bones, from the humans that have been sent here. Carl trembled, looking like he was on the verge of tears, but Sheen punched him in the arm to keep him from breaking.
"Well next is the River of Souls, come along now." Lilith said, completely unfazed by the fact that her friends were standing in mauled body parts.
Jimmy and Sheen looked at each other nervously, before Lilith clapped and the smoke cleared completely, showing a gruesome sight.
Jimmy felt sick to his stomach when the smoky aroma cleared and was replaced with a rotting and burning smell. Miles and miles of bones about a foot high were stacked on each other, some way fresher than others, making Carl swallow the bile creeping up his throat.
The three teenagers and their demon guide walked through the land of bones, before climbing down a stony cliff side. Lilith easily flew down the rocky cliff, but Jimmy and Sheen had to struggle to climb down, flinching from the heat of the stones.
When everyone was down, a large rushing river of lava cut through a large section of rock, before flowing down another deep carven. The heat caused Carl to flinch, as Lilith dipped her hand in the lava, withdrawing it, and showing the thick substance dripping from her fingers.
"Ooooh, cool! I want to stick my hand in the lava!" Sheen cried, rushing over to the lava, before Lilith grabbed his shirt and threw him back.
"No you don't, if you touch the River of Souls, I do not know what would happen. Living mortals have never touched this river, and I really don't want to see you experience the consequences." Lilith said, watching as Sheen's face melted into a disappointed look.
Lilith whistled, and suddenly hundreds of hands moving throughout the lava poked out from the surface. Glowing heads popped out from the river, wailing and begging for help, as they squirmed in pain, slamming into other souls, oblivious to the other's pain.
Lilith stood firmly in front of the River of Souls, watching her companions make faces of pure horror. She knew how gruesome her dimension was, but she was raised here, so she was used to all the death and darkness.
Lilith saw cracks in their prideful shells, she was actually surprised they made it this far without running home.
Lilith grabbed Jimmy's frozen arm and forced him to walk forward, along with Sheen and Carl following closely behind. The group walked until they approached a vast open area with puddles of lava, probably from the lava flowing underneath the rock.
Lilith's ears turned, as she listened… something wasn't right. Jimmy saw Lilith's worried face, and he placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Are you okay Lilith?" He asked nervously, as the demon suddenly lit up in alarm, tackling Jimmy to the ground as a giant sharp rock sliced through the ground, shooting upwards.
The sharp rock was twelve feet high, and would have pierced Jimmy if Lilith wouldn't have tackled him. Carl screamed as he stumbled back, and the ground started to break apart, revealing the hot lava underneath.
Lilith rolled off of Jimmy before spreading her wings, blocking the group from a giant fireball that slammed into her back. Lilith closed her eyes, as she endured the pain, and spun around to face about ten large creatures approaching with large weapons.
They were about ten feet high, with large plated bodies. Their arms were long, and looked to be naturally armored. Large spikes infused with burning fire stuck up from both their shoulder blades, as their bulky bodies stood firm in the light of the flames beneath them. Every step they took, left the landscape scorched, and flames marked where they walked.
Long spikes ran down their backs, as their bodies hunched over, revealing their long and ugly faces. They had noses with large nostrils, leaking gross liquids, and a large mouth, with terrifyingly sharp teeth. They had long horns coming out from the bottom of their jaws, pointing outwards, and stained with blood.
Another set of horns started at their temples, before curling upwards and then out to where it pointed in front of them. Their chests were bony, but armored, and had specks of glowing lights in the cracks.
They held large axes, decorated with bones from the deceased, and clubs, and spears, all larger than five feet.
They snarled, making Carl burst into tears. Lilith flicked the embers from her wings, before staring at the creatures that had challenged them.
"Lilith what are those things!" Jimmy cried, his voice shaking purely from terror, as he kicked his body away from the creatures.
"Those are demons, you need to stay behind me, they will kill you." Lilith responded fiercely, never looking away from the demons.
Jimmy didn't know how to help Lilith, he smacked himself mentally for not bringing weapons. Lilith took a deep breath, this went against everything she was ever told, she was going to protect the humans from the very creatures that were supposed to help her take them down.
The demons snarled again, spitting foamy saliva all over the ground as they charged. Lilith roared angrily, before charging towards them with no plans on stopping. Jimmy yelled at Lilith to fall back, but the demon knew they could not outrun them, or outsmart them, their only option was to fight.
The first demon swung his axe, Lilith bent her body backwards while sliding under the moving blade. Her knees slid on the rocky ground, as she recovered behind the off balance demon, and punched his spine with her flaming fist. There was a loud crack, and the armored plates of the demon, along with its spines, snapped, as it flew into a cavern.
The demon roared as it fell down the carven and was lost in the smoke. The second one got on all fours, and spat out hot flames, Lilith shielded herself with her arms, as the fire covered her. Lilith endured the heat, as she swung both her arms to her sides, controlling the demon's fire, until it ceased.
The demon cocked its head, as Lilith opened her wings, and opened her hand. The demon realized that its body was not responding to its commands, as the demon's body lifted itself into the air. The demon clawed at the ground, with its long claws, but could not keep itself on the ground.
Lilith opened her other hand, and placed them in front of herself. The demon roared, as it felt itself tearing apart. Lilith made a pulling motion with her hands, as if she were ripping something apart. The demon's mouth opened, as it squealed painfully, its body stretching and pulling away from itself.
Lilith jerked her hands, and the demon's body ripped in half, spilling black liquid all over the ground. The two halves of the bulky body, fell to the ground, sizzling and steaming as its eyes grew dim.
Another demon thrust its hand forward, and a wave of rocks went towards Lilith, popping out of the ground until it reached her. Lilith stood strong, and the sharp rocks making their way towards her burst when they made contact with her body.
Lilith took a deep breath, and soon fire poured out of her mouth. Lilith's cheeks puffed, as the flames slammed into the demon's face. The demon howled with anger, as it shielded itself protectively, and the flames melted its body, making drops of hot liquid fire drip onto the rock.
Lilith ran out of air, and she quickly recovered from her attack, as the demon swung its fist at her. Lilith dodged by swooping up into the air out of reach, before dropping down on the demon by swinging her joined flaming fists down on the demon's head.
The demon's body shattered, its head the first to go. Black goo gushed out of its body, as the last of it collapsed on the ground, its club slamming into the rock. Lilith flinched as the goo splattered on her face, she gagged, before wiping it off her eyes and flicking it off her hands.
The fourth demon went into the fray, along with the rest, all coming at Lilith at once. The female demon stuck out her hand, and the charging demons were stopped immediately, and snatched up into the air. Lilith levitated all the demons with ease, making them slam into each other. Lilith then easily tossed the demons into the cavern, releasing them from her telekinesis, as they cried out in terror, until they hit the smoke, and were gone from view.
Lilith panted, before standing tall and wiping the sweat from her forehead.
"Enough!" a voice boomed, causing a harsh wind that blew the group over. Lilith felt her body bending to another's will, she struggled to resist, but her body forced her to kneel. Lilith fell on her hands, as her throat closed up, making it almost impossible for her to breathe.
Lilith gasped for air, but she could not move, and her head was bent to where she looked at the rocky ground. Lilith felt the pressure of millions of heavy weights on her shoulders, forcing her to use all her strength to keep herself up on her hands and knees.
Darkness fell over the group, and the wails of distant souls stopped. Nothing made a sound, as shadows crept across the ground, hundreds of them, all rushing towards the group.
Lilith closed her eyes, she didn't need to see the shadows to know they were there, and to know they weren't leaving here alive.
The shadows broke apart, revealing a long and black body. The hood of the creature opened up, and its red eyes locked on the group. A long tongue flicked out if its mouth, as its jaws opened to reveal its long fangs.
The other shadows melted into body shapes, revealing hundreds of demons standing behind their commander… Lucifer.
Lucifer gazed upon his once faithful daughter, and the weights on Lilith's back grew heavier, as her head was pressed to the ground. Lilith cried out in pain, as her skull smashed into the stone, causing severe pain.
"What do we have here? You left my lands, only to come back with living mortals? How foolish are you to bring them here? You had a chance at destroying them, and you disgraced me by hesitating, and not doing my bidding!" Lucifer hissed, as Lilith cried out in pain.
"L-Leave her alone!" Carl screamed, tears of fear and desperation falling down his cheeks. Carl was terrified, but Lilith had saved his life, the least he could do was stand up for her.
"Yeah Carl is right, leave her alone! Or you will have to face all of us!" Jimmy shouted angrily, making Lucifer listen silently, as he pondered.
"O-Or, you can have Lilith, and let us go back home peacefully! You can have Lilith, it looks like you two have a ton of catching up to do!" Sheen squeaked, as Jimmy punched Sheen hard in the arm.
Lucifer turned his gaze to Lilith, before releasing her from the pressure. Lilith took a gasp of air, clutching her throat as she sat up on her knees. Lucifer's lip curled, as he looked at Lilith, in disgust.
"Who are these humans Lilith?" Lucifer asked, with a tone full of hatred and anger.
Lilith swallowed, before turning to her companions and her expression growing soft. They had banded together to try and make Lucifer cease his attack, it wouldn't have worked, but the point is they tried.
"T-These.. Are my friends," Lilith said softly, looking up to Lucifer with fearful eyes. Demons didn't make friends, Lucifer told her that friends exposed weakness, all those emotions like love, compassion, and joy, were what made humans soft, and demons were raised to never experience any of that.
Those emotions, love, compassion and joy, were all strengths of light. The light, was what the creator was made out of, and Lucifer hated anything that had to do with the creator. Lilith was always different then other demons, she was raised to be the Anti Christ and bring doomsday, but she always tried to make friends with the souls that came into her dimension.
Lucifer would beat her, scream at her, threaten her, but at the end of the day she never changed. Lucifer had always said that he would always rule out of fear, but hope is stronger then what Lucifer used. Lilith would watch the fire in her lands, and live off of hope, and hope that one day, she would get the chance to change her destiny.
Lucifer's eyes were filled with shame and his gaze was murderous, "Lilith, I will not allow for my one chance at freedom from this place be casted away! You know your place, these humans, I have told you, they kill and destroy everything around them! The billions of souls here, do you think they want to be here? NO, they are here because they ruined the earth! Humans need to be controlled, they need to ruled, their God has abandoned them!" Lucifer howled, as Lilith caved into herself, as the cobra lifted itself taller, looming over the demon.
Lilith knew there were bad people on the earth, but Lucifer only focused on the bad things, never the good things.
"The creator had made these humans to live in harmony, but all they do is war and slaughter the other! Tell me Lilith, have you really only seen the good in these humans?" Lucifer taunted, watching as Lilith's face started to fall.
"Lilith, don't listen to him! He is just trying to trick you! We are your friends Lilith! We are the good in the world! Lucifer just doesn't see that!" Jimmy shouted, as Lilith thought.
That human… Cindy… her bloodlines were beating her. The murderous spark in their eyes, that was what Lucifer was talking about… Murder and the look of war.
"Ah, so you have seen what I am talking about. The Earth is in chaos Lilith, look into your human companion's memories, and look at what he has seen! The wars his generation talk about, and the wars that are yet to come. Tell me Lilith, if the humans are your friends, why does their kind still want to destroy you?" Lucifer said, looking at Jimmy with a scornful expression.
"No Lilith, our kind just doesn't understand! They will understand one day, we trust you Lilith! Please believe us!" Carl pleaded, as Lilith chewed her lip nervously.
The humans… They would never accept her the way she was.. They would always fear her, never trust her, and always jump at the chance to wipe her from existence. Lucifer was right in a sense, the humans were unorganized, deadly to each other, and never at peace.
"Lilith you understand what you must do, I will forgive your reckless behavior, but, your so called 'friends,' need to be eliminated. Your destiny does not lie with them, you were meant for so much more." Lucifer cooed, as Lilith turned to her friends with a fearful expression.
"W-What, do you want me to-" Lilith was cut off as Lucifer hung over her angrily.
"Kill the humans! Reclaim your spot at my side, I will not ask again!" Lucifer said, watching as Lilith swallowed, and turned to her terrified friends.
"Lilith, please… We are your friends!" Carl begged, but their demon friend seemed lost in her own thoughts as she lowered her head.
The humans were bad, she should have never went to earth, her mission and her mind were plagued. All her life she only heard tales of the billions of souls that had murdered, neglected, deceived and much, much worse. This is what Lilith was born to do, this is what she trained for, she was a demon… and nothing else.
Lilith's fists then lit with flames.