Chapter IV
I walked into the dorm and saw Lucy sitting on the couch with Riane holding her and comforting her. Lucy got up as she saw me enter into the dorm. Riane stood by the couch as Lucy ran to give me a hug.
" I shall take my leave." Riane spoke as she left the dorm. I held Lucy close as she cried into my shirt,
" What's wrong Lu?" I spoke. Lucy sniffled and looked up at me,
" I was worried you'd be hurt badly by the giant." she spoke and I smiled.
" Don't worry, I'm fine. I will always come back for you." I said and she gave a small laugh. I ran my index finger under her eye and wiped the small tear from her face.
" Now why don't I go make you something to eat." I said as I gave her a small hug then headed to the kitchen. I started to pass Lucy when she put her hand on my shoulder.
" Mu, I have something else to tell you." she said. I turned when I heard the strange tone in her voice. She looked in my eyes and I saw a tinge of hesitation,
" Yes, what is it?" I asked after a moment. Lucy inhaled deeply as she closed her eyes to gain the courage.
" I'm pregnant, with you'r child." she spoke finally. I felt my legs numb but I stood standing, I felt a feeling of joy rush over me as I smiled to her.
" You're sure?" I asked, my voice held the excitment I was feeling. Lucy nodded and I put my hands up on my forehead and smiled.
" Yes I can feel the child in me." she said as I burst into a fit of joy. I put my hands on her shoulders and looked into her eyes.
" We're going to have a child." I spoke, I pulled Lucy close in a hug. I kissed her cheek as I laughed happily. A thought hit me and I looked to Lucy,
" We need to make the nursery." I said and Lucy nodded. I paced around and had completely forgotten of everything else I was going to do.
" What color are we going to paint it? I mean, will it be a girl or boy? We need to get the food, the clothes, the crib, and the diapers. I should start working on the crib and nursery right away." I said as I paced around. I turned to Lucy who stood watching me as I thought aloud. I saw her smiling to me,
" What?" I spoke as her smile widened.
" You look so cute when you're worrying about those sort of things." she said and I shrugged.
" Yeah I guess, but it's only because I'm trying to figure out what we're going to do when the baby is born." I replied and she nodded. I stood quietly for a moment and thought. Lucy seemed to do the same, or so it seemed until she started making goofy faces at me.
" What are you doing that for?" I asked as she crossed her eyes and blew out her cheeks.
" I just feel like it." she said as I raised an eyebrow to her when she stuck her tongue out while making the same face. I laughed as she gave a silly smile to me and crossed her eyes. I walked with her as she leaned her head on my shoulder, we went to the kitchen as I made her a sandwich.
" Have you had any cravings lately?" I asked and she shrugged.
" Unless you call wanting some apple juice a craving. No, I haven't had any." she said and I smiled,
" Yes, I call that a craving." I responded as she hit me lightly on the shoulder. I smiled as she chowed down on the sandwich, we went back to the couch and spread out across it. Lucy put her head on my chest as I sighed and looked out the window.
" So how's the paln to start a war going?" Lucy asked and I chuckled.
" So far so good. How's your body feeling?" I replied and she gave a small shrug.
" It feels good, strange but good." she answered and I nodded. We dozed off as I let my hand rub her belly.
I woke up to the smell of food cooking. Lucy was still laying on me, which meant someone else was in the dorm with us. I slowly crawled out from under Lucy as she rolled to her side. I waited by the corner to the kitchen as a figure walked out, I was about to attack when I rrealized this person wasn't an enemy.
" Mother? What are you doing here?" I said and she turned.
" I heard from Lucifous that you and Lucy were having a baby. So I came to help with things around here." she said and I stood, dumbfounded by what my mother was saying. My mother was not known for her hospitality and plain out 'motherlyness', in fact she was known for her reputation of killing anything in her path, literally, if you were standing in front of her while she was walking you'd be dead before you could say hello. My mother was also known for her special fighting move in the demon world. All the other demons call the move 'The Silver Feather' for a strange reason, the move involves the wings. Basically my mother jumps in the air spins around with her wings folded like a blanket around her and she spins while sending throwing knives out from behind her wings, the throwing knives look like feathers shooting from her wings. I've seen her perform the move many times. But seeing her standing in front of me with fresh pancakes and a smile on her face - an out of place smile - creeped me out to a point until I finally managed to get it through my mind as a motherly thing to do.
" Yes, well thank you mother. I appreciate your actions very much." I said finally. I watched her walk to Lucy with the pancakes on the plate in her hand.
" By the way mother. Where's father?" I asked. As if on cue a hand plopped down on my shoulder like a clamp. I turned to see my father standing behind me, the scar over his right eye was just as visible as it was the day he got it.
" I'm right here son." he said and I smiled.
" It's good to see you father." I said and he nodded.
" Likewise, how long has it been since I've seen you." he said. My father taught me a few things about the life of the criminal. He took me to one of the bigger cities that had actual vehicles and taught me how to get into the car without smashing the windows. He also taught me how to picklocks and pickpocket, although it's been awhile since I've done it. My father stood before me smiling.
" Good to know you plan on getting more demons here on earth." he spoke and I shrugged,
" What can I say. It's in the family." I responded and he laughed. He looked to me,
" You definitely are my child." he said. Now it was my turn to laugh, I finished and walked with my father outside on the steps of the dorm. We talked and caught up with eachother. My father was busy from the sounds of it, he had taken a few items from a blacksmith back in Ireland. He took a pair of knives from his jacket and handed them to me. They had the same design on the handles and the blades were long with encryptions on the flat sides. I read the words etched along the blades and handles,
" Ave satani, long live the father of hell." I said aloud and my father smiled.
" Yeah, for some reason the blacksmith was one of the satanist people." he spoke and I chuckled. I read the second encryption,
" This one is strange. When the fallen rises his servants will be revealed." I spoke and my father looked to me. He nodded,
" Yeah, the guy was completely obsessed with learning about the demon world." my father said and I looked to him. He took his bag and set it down, he opened it and laid out several different objects and weapons. I saw him take out a set of throwing stars, throwing knives, and a cool looking helmet. My father handed me the helmet,
" I got this one for you, it doesn't fit me but I thought it would fit you." he said and I took the helmet, I put it on and it fit like a hand in a glove. The helmet was built so a demons horns could fit out at the top, then the open area for the horns turned into a row of spikes all the way down back of the helmet. I put the mouth piece up and it covered the bottom half of my face, only my eyes could be seen from the helmet. My father reached over his back and took a sword out,
" I grabbed a few swords, bows and arrows, and some old rifles." he said. I watched as he put the sword down by the rest of the items, he walked down the steps and to his vehicle.
" Hey father, did you hijack that car?" I asked and he shrugged.
" Maybe." he replied smugly. I smiled and gave a small chuckle. My father returned with a large box and went back for a second. I watched him open the boxes, inside were swords, bows and arrows, old rifles and a single crossbow. I grabbed the crossbow, my father handed me a quiver. Inside the quiver were arrows,
" I think you'd like the bow and stuff more than me. So you can have them all if you want." he said and I nodded. I took all the bows and arrows out and put them up by the door. I took out an old rifle and looked it over.
" That's one of my favourite kind of guns." he said, I nodded. I didn't know the names of many guns but I knew how to use them. I held it up and aimed at a bird, I pulled the trigger and the gun clicked. Of course it clicked I hadn't loaded the gun. I put the rifle back and took out a different one, it was lighter but longer.
" I don't like the feel of that one so it's yours if you like it." he said and I nodded.
" Yeah, this one feels nice and comfortable to me." I said aloud. My father was sure nice to me, we were really close considering we didn't get to see eachother very often. We finished our little gift giving conversation and I walked into the dorm with my father. We carried the weapons to the back closet of the dorm and I sorted everything to fit into the small space. I went out to meet with my mother and Lucy, they were chatting and laughing on the couch when I walked over to them.
" Oh, son. Before I forget, I remembered your birthday was coming up in a few weeks so I got you something early." my mother spoke as I watched her reach into her pocket. She pulled out a small flat box wrapped in newspaper.
" I didn't have anything else to wrap it in." she said as she handed it to me. I tore the newspaper off and looked at the tiny cardboard box, I slowly opened the box. I poured the contents of the box out in my hand, a red bullet rolled out into my hand and I looked to it.
" It's just something I found, thought you might like it." she said and I smiled.
" I like it mother." I said giving her a hug. I sat down by Lucy and she looked to the bullet,
" That's a pretty neat color for a bullet." she said and I nodded.
" Makes it unique." I replied. Lucy sighed as my parents stood up and walked to the kitchen, they conversed in there while Lucy and I talked on the couch.
" That bullet seems to be made from a strange metal." Lucy said and I shrugged.
" I don't know what it's made of it just looks neat." I retorted and Lucy nodded.
" But the only thing I think is a great present is the idea of having a child with the one I love." I said looking Lucy directly in the eyes. She blushed slightly as I kissed her cheek.
" Hey son, want to go and test out the weapons?" my father asked from the kitchen.
" We could let your mother and your friend have some girl time." he continued as I nodded. I picked out my crossbow, my rifle, and one of my bows. I took a couple arrows and walked with my father out into the back of the dorm. We set up targets, which were basically glass bottles and other good sized objects. We put them up in a line along the tree branches and on a rock. I took my rifle as he loaded his, he aimed and fired. One of the bottles blew to pieces as I raised my rifle, I took aim at a hat with torn holes on it. I fired and the hat went flying, I dropped the rifle and took out my bow, I grabbed the arrow and stretched out the string then let loose the single arrow. The arrow flew to the hat and carried it to the tree, the arrow stuck out like a branch with the hat still hanging on it.
" Wow, you're pretty good with that." he spoke as I walked to the tree. I grabbed the arrow and pulled it out of the tree, the hat fell off as I shook the arrow.
" Well it helps when the hunters prefer the old fashioned crossbows and other stuff." I said and my father nodded. We fired our rifles at the same time and took out bottle after bottle. I spun around behind my father as he shot a tin can, I ran up behind him and jumped up off his shoulders and fired at the same tin can. I spun a full circle and knealed down on one leg and aimed again. My father stood behind me as we shot the tin can once more each. I stood up and high fived my father.
" Good job son. You're getting better with the weapons." he complimented. I shrugged,
" Like I said, I've had practice." I replied and my father nodded. We walked back in the dorm and put our weapons away, my mother was chatting with Lucy on the couch as I came up to them.
" Well son. Your father and I have to go now. We have places to go and things to do, but I'm sure we'll see you again soon." my mother said as she stood up. I nodded and gave my parents a hug before they left, my mother sighed and my father ruffled my hair with his hand.
" You're growing up so fast." my mother spoke as she walked out the door.
" See you later son." my father said. They both smiled and I returned the gesture. I closed the door and sighed,
" Your mother is so wonderful." Lucy said as I walked to her.
" Yeah, she can be sometimes." I replied. I spread out on the couch with Lucy, she closed her eyes and set her head down on my chest. I rubbed her back and smiled as she talked to me about the baby.
" It's so wierd, I'm having cravings for all kinds of food." Lucy said. I chuckled quietly to myself,
" Do you want an orange?" I asked and she nodded. I got up and walked to the kitchen, I took an orange from the small basket and walked back to Lucy. She sat up as I handed her the orange, I had unpeeled it as I walked. She handed me a piece and we sat next to eachother sucking the juice out of each orange slice. We both walked outside and around the courtyard.
" So how do you feel about having the baby?" I asked and Lucy held my hand.
" As long as it's you'rs I'm proud about it. I'm so proud of it I'd breg about it." Lucy said and I smiled.
" Let's hope you don't breg about it." I spoke and she laughed. I looked to the fountain just down the path, the water was running over the stone faces making the statues appear to be crying. Lucy walked up to a statue of the demon father Lucifous. The statue was of Lucifous in his human form,
" I wish grandpa was here to see me happy and birthing a child with the one I love." Lucy said as she looked at the statue.
" Who says he isn't?" a familiar voice said behind us. We both turned to see Lucifous standing behind us, the smile on his face was wide with lots of teeth.
" Grandpa!" Lucy said happily. She ran to hug him,
" I thought you'd be happy to see me." he smiled wider. I bowed slightly to him,
" Lord father. I have been working on your request as you told me." I said and Lucifous looked at me.
" Come on now child. I didn't come to talk about business, I came to visit the prodigy children." Lucifous said.
" Prodigy children?" I asked confused.
" Yes, haven't you heard. You two are the main news for demons all across the world. The demons are waiting to hear about the child." Lucifous explained and I looked to Lucy. We were both stunned at what we just heard.
" Oh, I almost forgot. Here's the crib and other things you'll need to take care of the child." Lucifous said. He snapped his fingers and in a burst of flame a full built crib and other baby necessities appeared before us. Lucifous tossed a blanket bag to me, I caught it in my arms and looked to Lucifous.
" Thank you, lord father." I said and he nodded to me. I watched as he walked towards the statue, he stopped in front of it and turned to Lucy and I.
" Miguel, get your job done, and get it done fast." Lucifous told me. I nodded and he dissappeared in a cloud of red smoke and flames. Lucy stood with me as the objects started to float to our dorm. The crib hovered just inches off the ground and sped around the bushes and trees. The two of us walked back to the dorm, I was holding the blanket bag in my hand and it started tugging. I let it go and it sped off to the dorm.
" Well, at least we don't have to carry any of it." Lucy said and I smiled. When we got to the dorm the objects hovered in front of the door, the blanket bag was slamming against it as though it could bust through. I opened the door and the item rushed in and set themselves up on the shelves, closets, and in an open area of the floor.
" Seems they can prepare themselves." I spoke and Lucy nodded.
" Apparently they can." she retorted. We sat down on the couch and relaxed, I knew we'd have to go into school tomorrow. Lucy cuddled up against me as we leaned back on the couch.
Eight Months Later
I woke up to see Lucy laying beside me on the bed. Her stomach had grown with the pregnancy, she also looked well near ready to give birth at any moment. The school had been good about giving Lucy some time away for the pregnancy, I kind of gave them no other choice. As for my job to do, I've done pretty good with getting a war started, although it involved a few premature battles. The angels were starting to attack demon students with no warning or reason, I dealt with a few that tried to take me down. Demons were getting worked up as well as the angels. Some of the other classes were getting riled up with it as well, I realized which classes were with the demon students and which were against the demons. The demons allies were pretty good, we had the aid of the cyclops, vampires, draculas, werewolves, goblins, gargoyles, minotaurs, and the death mongers. All the other classes were with the angels. Such as the elves, giants, dwarves, pixies, gnomes, and the sprites. I had gotten a few of the out of school creatures to join the demons. I have the aid of the trolls, chimeras, and the basilisks. So now we were so close to starting a war, and I was close to having a family. Lucy rolled to look at me,
" Morning Mu." she smiled and I smiled back.
" Morning to you to Lu." I responded as I kissed her forehead. I got up out of the bed and went to the kitchen, Lucy came in after a few moments as I was cooking pancakes. She came up beside me and leaned her head on my shoulder,
" It's kicking Mu." she told me. I smiled as she put my hand to her belly, the taps from inside were small and almost impossible to feel. I continued cooking breakfast as she sat down at the table to study her notes. I finished the pancakes and set them on a plate, I set the plate down by Lucy as she put the papers away.
" Don't worry about the notes." I told her as she put them in a pile to the side. I sat down and we took pieces of the pancake, I chewed my piece then took another.
" So do you think you can make the final spark to start the war today?" Lucy asked as I finished chewing.
" I don't know, maybe." I answered and she smiled.
" So how are Stephen and Riane handling themselves in class?" Lucy continued. I smiled, Stephen and Riane had caused a few fights on their own with the angel students.
" They've been good so far." I replied, Lucy nodded slightly and continued eating. We finished and I picked up my papers then headed for the door. I stopped and turned to Lucy,
" I'll see you later." I said. I gave her a kiss and headed for the door. Lucy waved at me as I went to the school, I reached the school doors and walked up the steps. Some of the angels students were standing lined up in front of the doors with their arms crossed.
" Hey demon. You're said to be the strongest of the demon students. Then prove it and take us all on." The biggest said. I smiled,
" I'm sure that would just make my victory all the more stunning to you pathetic insects." I said. The angel lunged at me and his companions were not far behind. I blocked the angels first attack and kneed him in the stomach. I went through the others like an arrow through cloth. The students were on the ground moaning,
" Told you." I said as I walked to the doors. I opened them and got a fist in the face, I stumbled back and looked to my attacker,
" We have backups." the angel spoke. I liked that, they were finally getting smarter. I looked at the angel in the doorway. I slammed the door closed and opened it again. The angel lay on his back on the ground. I walked to the demon class as the angel students walked to theirs, an elf stood in front of me. Elves were not much of a physical kind, not unless it was really necessary. Elves in fact were a more verbal species.
" I saw what you did back there demon. I'm not proud of your kind being allowed in this sch.." he started but I slammed my fist in his face before he finished. The elf fell back as I continued on my way. Class was the same old same old, learning about history after we've all pretty much lived it. I was getting impatient because I wanted to go back to Lucy and stay with her. Stephen and Riane were looking a little banged up, the bruises on their faces and arms were healing slowly as the cut over Riane's cheek was dripping blood. Class broke out for lunch and I walked to the exit of school. Angels were waiting at the bottom of the stairs as I walked down.
" Hey demon. We weren't done with ya. Come here and we'll finish you off." the large angel said. I rolled my eyes, angels always tried to prove they were tough, but around me they were nothing but cowardly wimps.
" You didn't even have a chance to start with me." I said and the angel tossed a chair at me.
" Yeah, well we're going to finish you." he said. I dodged the shair and the angels had started their attack. I grabbed one by the arm and swung him full circle into his companions. The biggest angel remained standing in front of me.
" It's a pity you can't save your pretty little girl." he laughed. I realized what he was saying and made a beeline for the dorm. I ran fast and I ran hard. The dorm was swarming with angels and I ran at them. They were all pretty big angels, I got through a few but was overpowered by them. They dragged me into the dorm and I was pinned against the wall. The big angel back from the school came in,
" Hey, Gabriela. Could you bring in the demon girl." he said. A female angel nodded and walked to the kitchen, Lucy was brought in wearing a cloth hood and her human form was down, leaving her in her demon form.
" Why's she in her demon form what have you done to her?" I shouted. The big angel walked up to me with a grin.
" We haven't done anything... yet." he said. I struggled as he walked back to Lucy and removed the hood. Lucy was beaten up a bit and her bottom lip was cut. The angel leader walked up behind her,
" Do you remember what you always tried to do when you fought us angels?" he asked and I knew full well what I had always tried to do. As the angel grabbed Lucy by the wings her face went from stubborness to fear.
" No!" I shouted and struggled to get free but with no success. The angels pinning me were big and strong. The angel pulled on Lucy's wings and bones snapped and broke as Lucy cried out in pain. I watched as the angel tossed the wings aside, Lucy was left bleeding from her back and beaten half to death. I continued to struggle and fight to be free.
" Please be patient as I finish what we came to do." the angel spoke. I looked in horror as he pulled a long knife from his jacket pocket.
" No! Please! No! She's birthing a child! Can't you see she's pregnant!" I screamed at them. I saw Gabriela's face go from anger to shock at the sentence.
" Sherman. She's pregnant, don't kill her." Gabriela said. The angel with the knife looked to her,
" The demon is lying Gabriela. That's what they do. They never tell the truth." Sherman spoke. Gabriela seemed torn between the choices. Sherman put the blade up to Lucy's neck, I watched as he sliced the knife across her throat with speed and precision.
" No!" I screamed at the top of my lungs. Sherman tossed the knife aside and looked to the rest.
" Lets go. Our job is done here." he spoke and walked out of the dorm. I was hit in the stomach by one of the angels and they tossed me over to Lucy. I crawled to her side. She gurgled through the blood and I cried at her side. I held her in my arms and cried, my tears rolled down my cheeks.
" I'm so sorry Lu. I'm sorry. Lu please don't die on me now." I said and she coughed and gurgled for a moment. I felt her hands clutching my shirt, I leaned down to listen to her last words. She seemed to whisper them into my ear,
" Kill... them.. all." she spoke. I felt her hands loosen and her body went limp in my arms. I cried for what felt like millenium, I rested my forehead against hers. Her body resting in my arms as I rocked back and forth. I felt my sadness, my love, my emotions die. All except one, anger. I felt it burn in my chest as I looked up to the door. I set Lucy's body down lightly on the couch and covered it with a blanket. My wife, my unborn child, dead because of the angels. I walked to the closet with the weapons. I grabbed a few quivers of arrows and two bows, I saw the bullet case and took a pistol I had gotten from my father. I put the bullets in my pocket and walked to the door. I looked to the blanket that covered Lucy, her last words echoed through my head. Kill them all. I stopped for a moment and looked to the blanket,
" I will Lu. I will." I said and walked out the door. I headed towards the school, I shot any angels in my way with an arrow. I walked up to the injured ones and grabbed their wings. I tore them off and slit their throats. I did the same with the dead ones. I came into the school as everyone started screaming, I got the angels with the arrows and tore their wings off then slit their throats. I took out alot of the ones that were at the dorm and had helped to kill my love. I ran out of arrows and started using my pistol, I came across Gabriela and Sherman. I looked to Gabriela, her eyes went wide as I pointed the gun to her. I waited a moment then put the gun down,
" No, you don't get those bullets. You could have saved my Lu. You chose not to do anything." I said as I put the unfired bullets back in my pocket. I took my red one out and loaded it into the pistol.
" I didn't kill her though. I was deciding over what to do. I tried to stop Sherman." she begged as I aimed the gun to her and fired.
" But you didn't save my Lu." I said as Gabriela dropped to the floor with a bullet hole between her eyes. I walked up to her dead body and tore her wings off, Sherman looked shocked as I slit her throat.
" You, you killed my wife, you killed my unborn child. For that you will pay." I said, Sherman backed away as I walked to him I towered over him now, I slammed my fist in his face multiple times and slipt his lip. I blackened his eye and broke his legs. He crumpled to the floor, I stood over him as he tried to crawl away.
" I beg you. Please don't kill me. Show mercy, please!" he pleaded at the top of his lungs. I stood over him, I slammed my foot down on his back between his wings.
" In case you haven't noticed, I'm not going to be merciful." I said. I started ripping his wings off, as slowly as I could I heard the bone crack then snap. Sherman's screams filled my ears and I felt the pleasure of the killing the feeling of my enemies slow and painful death filled me with desire. I finished ripping his wings off and discarded them. I leaned down and grabbed his hair, I pulled his head up and his tears rolled down his face.
" I'm sorry. I didn't know she was pregnant. I didn't mean to kill her. I'm sorry." he cried. I growled at him,
" Bullshit. I told you she was pregnant. You killed her with the intentions of killing her, and now you want me to believe you didn't mean to." I said and the angel cried louder.
" I'm sorry. I'm so sor.." he began and I slit his throat with quick precision. His pleading was cut short and I slammed his head back down on the ground.
" You weren't sorry for killing her. You were sorry because you didn't want to face the repercussions of your actions." I said. I stood over him as his blood stained the wood staircase. I looked around and saw all the other classes in an all out war. People were being killed and angels were still fighting. I saw Stephen and Riane looking down to me from the top of the stairs. Their faces were filled with shock at what they had just witnessed me do. I walked up to them and they looked to me.
" Where's Lucy?" Riane asked and I felt a pang of sadness wash over me like water.
" She's... dead." I answered. The two of them went wide eyed and they comforted me with a hug, or at least tried to.
" Get off me, both of you." I said and I felt a hand on my shoulder. I turned to see an angel standing with his hand on my shoulder. I slammed him in the face with my fist before he could hit me. I walked over to him and snapped his legs with my foot. He yelled in pain as I kicked him in the face and rolled him over.