Loona and the Garica, except for Tobias and Angela, are now sitting at the rectangular wooden table in the kitchen. Angela and Tobias were preparing the dishes before they were placed on the table.
After the dishes are done, they were placed on the table. The dinner that everyone's having consist of avocado soup, in a small bowl that's on the plate, roasted carrots, roasted broccoli, green beans, and roasted chicken.
At the table, Liam was sitting at one end of the rectangular table while Angela was sitting at the other end. Loona and Tobias were sitting at the right side of the table with the baby feeding chair between Tobias and Liam, while Rebecca, Beatrice and Onan were sitting at the left side of the table.
When Loona look at the food, she admittedly didn't find the appearance of the food appealing to her. Disgusting. She thought to herself. Is it just me, or is it that it blows my mind that they have lived there for 20 years and they eat like this? I wouldn't survive on this if I were to live here for 20 years. Ok, Loona. It's just gonna be at least a month of living here. Just go with it and, the sooner the job is done, the better.
Before everyone starts eating, Liam calmly asked everyone: "Ready for prayer, everyone?"
Loona looks at Liam, feeling confused. Liam realizes what's Loona thinking.
"Oh, not to the gods that humans worship. I mean, a prayer to Lucifer." Liam quickly explained to Loona.
They start to hold hands with each other and close their eyes to pray to Lucifer. Loona and Tobias, who are sitting next to each other, felt awkward about holding hands. Liam started the prayer, saying:
"Oh, Lucifer, King of Hell, Ruler of all demons, the New Devil living among us, and punisher of transgressions, we are here at this table to give thanks to you for always protecting us despite us ourselves exiling ourselves from Hell to live on Earth. We thank you for restoring and maintaining the stability of the Hell Society for seven centuries after the hundred-and-twenty-year civil war after the death of the Original Devil. And we thank you for providing us with Loona who will spy and, if necessary, assassinate whoever this undesirable stalker is. Please don't forsake us, for, although we are no longer living in Hell, we are still and always be demons. We say all of those things in the name of the Original Devil. Amen."
"Amen." the rest of Hellhound repeated.
Then, they start eating their dinner. While the Garica was able to eat their dinner, Loona was struggling to eat her dinner, because she was not so used to eating vegetables.
Noticing Loona's struggles with eating her dinner, Angela, who's sitting near Loona at the end of the table, maternally asked Loona: "What's the matter, Loony Honey? Is there something wrong with your dinner?"
Loona, with a disgusted face, replied to Angela: "Yeah, it tastes like shit. How can —"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa," Liam stood up, raising his right hand. "Language, Loona."
Angela then told her, feeling a bit annoyed yet maintaining her maternal feeling and tone: "Now, Loona. From what I can see, you were raised in Hell, where swearing is widespread even among young children. I understand that you were raised in that way. However, it doesn't mean that you can swear in this household. This time, you will just be given a warning. The next swear word you use will result in a soap being in your mouth. We may be demons, but it doesn't mean that I will allow my children to pick up that foul language as long as they live under our roof. As long as you live under our roof, you are not allowed to swear. Is that understood, Loony Honey?"
"Yes, Angela." Loona flatly replied.
As they continue to eat, Loona, feeling curious about what Liam said in the prayer, asked Liam: "What did you mean about the hundred-and-twenty-year civil war, and the original devil?"
At that, Liam asked Loona: "Ah? Didn't they teach you that in school?" Loona responded: "I didn't attend school. The only education that I received was in that 'prison', which was ..."
Loona paused for a second to think. She doesn't want to get soap in her mouth for swearing, even though she was legally an adult. After briefly looking at Angela and turning back to Liam, she continued: "... Mediocre."
"Oh, okay," Liam then continued: "So you see, long before Lucifer became the King of Hell, Hell was chaotic. Barbarianism was widespread, what you now know as Sinners were spread across the seven rings, and there were no laws. Demons regularly go to Earth and interact and/or mate with humans and other humanoid species, producing cambions, vampires, werewolves, and zombies, However, they all look at a singular religious leader who held a massive influence over them, so influential that he was considered the God of Hell. He was Satan. Satan the Devil. Satan was one of the first deities to be born shortly after the Big Bang. At an unknown point, before Earth was formed, the other deities banished Satan for unknown reasons. There, he was instrumental in influencing the evolution of demonic species in Hell. Up until 1000 CE, Satan, along with the demons and deities like Ahriman and Set who have betrayed the Heavenly deities, waged holy wars against Heaven, most notably during the First Crusades. During that time, Satan the Devil was attacked and disappeared, never to be heard again. Some say that he perishes in battle, others say that he's hiding, waiting for the right time to raise again and take back what's his. After his disappearance, a civil war broke out. The Overlords, Hellborn and Sinner alike, were fighting for control of Hell, and, by the next century, it looks like Hell civilization was on the brink of collapse. That's when Lucifer Morningstar came in. He was originally a guardian angel named Samael, the half-brother of Michael. After he was banished to Hell by the Heavenly Council of Gods for treason against the Deities, Adani, Allah, Yahweh, and Jehovah, he and the fallen angels who followed him joined the civil war to take control of Hell as a way to annoy Heaven. After fighting for a further 15 years, by 1220 CE, Lucifer and the other six Hellborn Overlords were in a stalemate. To ensure that order can be imposed without doing away with the chaos and peace can finally be reached, they agree to compromise: Lucifer will be both the king of Hell and Prince of Pride Ring with Mephistopheles acting in his place regarding the policies related to Pride ring, while the other six will become a prince or princess of each other six rings. It was also agreed that the support for cambions, vampires, werewolves, and zombies should be discontinued. The last cambions died out more than 30 years after Lucifer became the King of Hell, and the rest of other species produced on Earth disappeared by the 15th century. This has been in that way to this very day."
Loona was a bit confused by what Liam said so she ask for some clarification: "I thought that Satan was still alive. And what were cambions? I don't get it."
At that, Liam responded: "Well, actually, the Satan that you are talking about is Satanael, the illegitimate son of Satan the Devil. After the civil war, Lucifer Morningstar permitted him to legally change his name to Satan to honor his father. As for the cambions, they were a hybrid of demons and humans. There's also Nephilim, a hybrid of fallen angels and humans, Anakims, a hybrid of angels and humans, and nephalems who are ... hybrid of Angels and Demons."
Loona looked for a while and notices the baby feeding chair, so she asked Angela and Liam: "Why is that there? Do you also have a baby here, too? If so, where is it?"
At that, Liam and Angela look down at their plate, with their facial expression sad. So Tobias awkwardly turn to Loona and explained: "Th-they ... they don't like to talk about it."
Hoping to find something to move away from that subject, Tobias commented to Loona awkwardly: "You ... you look nice, Loona. And also smell ... smell beautiful."
Loona was a bit uncomfortable at that, so she replied with an uncomfortable tone: "Uh, thanks?"
Tobias tries to elaborate on what he said, saying: "I mean, the dress on you really looks nice on you. And I really like the bunny ear hairstyle that ma give you, and-and I —"
Tobias looks further and starts to notice that Loona was getting more uncomfortable, with her cheeks going red. So Tobias ended: "Sorry. Didn't mean to make you uncomfortable." Then Tobias notices his tail wagging and up in the air, so he excuses himself, saying: "I need to go to the bathroom." then Tobias exit the kitchen.
There was silence for a little, so Loona broke the silence, asking: "So, what led you to conclude that there's a possibility that the stalker was an angel or D.H.O.R.K.S. Agent?"
Angela replied to Loona, explaining: "We just have a gut feeling about it and we ran into them before. The first time, 25 years ago, a month after we move to Portland in the Pine Tree State, there was an angel, a cherub, who was following us, seeking to kill us, so we kill that cherub. However, the angels start to get suspicious of us and think that we kill someone, so we end up fleeing to Florida under new identities. Then, about five years later, a D.H.O.R.K.S. Agent was investigating the area where we were living and actually found out the truth about us. So before she could report this to the headquarter, we kill her. However, that led to ... *cough* *cough* the furry incident."
Liam took his turn and explained: "We heard that we have a secret stalker from Steve through an anonymous tip. We became more suspicious after Steve's fellow friend, Geri, was found mysteriously murdered. To prevent the coroner from finding out his true nature, we and Steve stole the body and cremated it. That's why we have Helena hire you. Because we don't the authority to trace the assassination of the stalker to us. The last thing we need is to flee and leave all of the 20-year histories of this region behind. So, we have to be careful before the assassination is warranted."
Loona then asks Liam: "Plans for tomorrow?"
Liam replied to Loona: "Tomorrow, we are gonna meet up with Bill, our close associate. He specialized in forging fake identities, so he's useful to us in this case. There, he will give you a fake birth certificate, ID card, social security number, and so on. And, let me ask you this: did you ever encounter the D.H.O.R.K.S.?"
Loona answered: "Uh, yeah. Me and Millie broke into their headquarters to rescue Blitz and fatty. We kill so many of them."
"So, they saw your human disguise?" Liam asked.
"Well, yeah." Loona flatly replied.
"Well, good thing that you're looking different, Loony Honey," Angela commented to Loona. "Otherwise, they would have recognized you and put us at risk."
"I guess that Bill was needed after all," Liam remarked.
Angela look at the clock and see that it was 9:00 PM, so she told Loona, Rebecca, Beatrice, and Onan: "It's bedtime."
"You do realize that I'm 22 years old, right?" Loona responded.
"I know, Loony Honey, but you need a real good sleep for tomorrow. The more hours of sleep you have, the better for you at your age. I will show you your bedroom for your time here."
So Angela took Loona to the bedroom that Loona will stay in for the time she's on her mission. Opening the door for Loona, the bedroom has a single-size bed with bed guard rails on both sides of the bed. The bed also has a pink bed curtain on one side of the bed, and a blue bed curtain on the other side. Also in the bedroom is the creamy white dresser, a stack of cardboard boxes, and a medium-sized changing table.
Loona was becoming a bit weirded out and suddenly have a thought in her mind. Is she gonna treat me like... a baby?
Confronting Angela, Loona asked Angela: "Are you gonna treat me like a baby?!?"
Sensing Loona's agitation, Angela, who was standing at the door of the bedroom, calmly and maternally explained to Loona: "No, Loony Honey. I'm not here to treat you like a baby. I'm not like that traitorous imp who owns a hotel for the delinquents in Purgatory, notable for her ... strange methods of purging the 'evilness' within the demon. I would have given you that bedroom that you got changed in but that's Helena's vacation bedroom and she doesn't like people sleeping in that bedroom. So this is the only bedroom that I could give you. It's at least better than sleeping on the couch or sharing a bedroom with one of us. Just like us, you also deserve a bedroom of your own."
Before turning away, Angela requested Loona: "Please, take this bedroom with utmost care. This ... this bedroom means a lot to us. It's ... it's like a memory to us." then Angela left Loona alone.
Loona then closes the door and looks at the bedroom. As she does, a memory resurfaces in her mind.
5 years ago
Blitz was showing Loona his apartment they are in, after showing the kitchen/dining room/living room, Blitz show the bedroom to Loona.
"And this is a bedroom, Loony." Blitz cheerfully explained. In the bedroom was a queen-size bed, dresser, and desk.
"So, this is your bedroom. Why are you showing me this?" Loona coldly asked.
"Well, this is not my bedroom; this is YOUR bedroom now, Loony!" Blitz replied with a smile.
Loona was shocked but maintain her attitude.
"Why, Blitz?" she asked.
Blitz elaborated, saying: "It's because you're my daughter, and children deserve their bedrooms. All of your life, you have been sharing a cell with a person or more. You never had the experience of having your bedroom. So, I decided to give you the only bedroom in their apartment. It may not be much, but you can personalize it in any way you want, except for drugs. Don't worry about me. I will take the couch. I gonna go and cook dinner for both of us. I'm gonna let you get settle in your bedroom. Okay, sweetie?"
"Whatever." Loona coldly replied as Blitz closed the door behind him after leaving the bedroom.
Loona then look at the bedroom and, as she does, tears start to come down her cheeks.
Loona then snapped out of it and, looking at the bedroom, her tears start to come down her cheeks.
