I apologize for the confusion in the last chapter, Devlin Dracul! That was an older file, and I think I missed out on editing that part, but I've changed it now. His main motive is still concerning Laymia though. Here's chapter 18! Enjoy!

Disclaimer: Beelzebub belongs to Ryuuhei Tamura, not me.

Chapter 18- Escape

(Yumi)

The door opens after a while. I lift my head up and I see Azazel pushing a handcuffed Hecadoth into the room. "Get in here!" he commands roughly, pushing him to the ground. When I get a closer look at him, I see a stream of blood at the corner of his mouth as well as some cuts on his face.

"Hecadoth…" I whisper in despair.

"I never thought a Pillar General like you could fall for a girl like her. You're leagues above her. Why'd you choose her?" Azazel taunts. He then notices Hecadoth looking at Ariadne. "Why are you looking at her? She's just a woman."

"That's what you always thought," she suddenly retorts at him. "That's how I was able to get away with it."

"You shut up!" Azazel roars at her. He then sneers at us. "Now, let's start this." He turns away and starts talking about the different methods he's going to use to torture me. Hecadoth and I turn away, unable to hear this. Right then, we suddenly see Ariadne silently pull a tiny knife from the folds of her apron and stick the blade into the keyhole. My eyes widen in surprise as she starts twisting it in an attempt to pick the lock.

Upon seeing us looking at her, she presses her finger to her lips before successfully undoing the shackles. She then quietly crawls over to us and picks the locks on our shackles with the small blade, successfully undoing them. We stare in surprise at her but before I can thank her, she walks up to Azazel, whose back is still turned to us.

"And then, by the time I get to this one, you'll be in tears and pleading, and that's when-Aaahh!" he suddenly shouts in pain as Ariadne suddenly plunges the small knife into the back of his shoulder. He turns in both surprise and anger. "You little-" He's cut off when she drives the blade into his palm, causing him to let out another shout of pain.

I watch in shock as she grabs the collar of his shirt, holding the knife to the corner of his mouth, seething at him. "I'm not some old man! Or a wounded prisoner! Motherfucker! Don't you dare hurt the girl! You won't be the first pig I've gutted!" she snarls in rage, slashing the corner of his mouth, causing him to howl in pain and stumble towards the door, glaring at us.

"You little bitch!" he snarls, clutching his cheek as blood seeps from the wounds. "You'll definitely pay for that! I swear you will!" He runs out just as the maidservant disappears.

Hecadoth and I stare in surprise as we get up. "Who was that?" he asks, helping me up.

"Her name's Ariadne," I explain. "She was a Demon Maidservant who was also a spy."

"Yumi!" We turn to the door and we see Dad, Furuichi, Lamia, Agiel, Graphel, and Naga!

"Guys!" I exclaim, relieved.

"Yumi, are you okay?" Dad asks. I throw my arms around him in a hug, so relieved to be safe.

"Dad… I was so scared…" I tell him, my voice choking up.

"It's okay, Yumi," he consoles me. "You're safe now."

"Now let's go catch up to the others," Lamia says. "They're all fighting outside."

We all run out of the storage room towards the exit of the warehouse. Fortunately, the exit is a large overhead door, which is rolled open, allowing us to see the fight outside in the shipyard. However, before we can run outside, we hear a voice snarl, "You're not going anywhere!"

We turn around and see Azazel holding his sword, a bandage on his cheek, shoulder, and hand, glaring at us. "You're not getting away!"

To my surprise, Hecadoth steps in front of us. "I'll take care of this bastard," he says. "You guys, go ahead."

"No. We'll help you out, Hecadoth," Naga declares.

"Agreed. We'll all take him down!" Furuichi adds.

Hecadoth shakes his head. "No, you all go ahead." He points his spear at Azazel, tendrils of demonic energy surrounding the tip. "This is my fight. I'm gonna make this guy pay for even attempting to hurt both you and Laymia."

We all look at him in surprise before Naga gives him a small smile. "Very well," he says. "You'd better give him a thorough beating."

I smile at Hecadoth. "Good luck," I wish. "And don't go dying on me."

He smiles back at me. "I wouldn't dream of it," he says. "Now go!"

The rest of us run out of the warehouse to join the battle with the others, leaving Hecadoth behind to settle the score with Azazel.