Chapter Eleven
Lucifer The Lord of Darkness
Aireth looked around. She stood in a large room with tanks on along the walls. A staircase lead up to a door painted in red. Over the door
was the words "Lucifer" (originally Jenova. I haven't forgotten, folks!) written in Japanese letters. She went over to one of the tanks, and looked inside. Inside of it, was one of the many puppets which had been created for the war thousands of years ago. Aireth walked over to the door marked "Lucifer", and opened it.
Aireth had reached the room where Lucifer was. She looked up at a gigantic tank a few steps away from her. Inside the tank, was a creature which seemed to have a human form.
She gulped nervously. Now that she thought about it, she couldn't deny that she found it scary to stand in front of the Cetra who'd raged a war against her people. She raised her hand, and threw a lightning bolt at the tank, and the glass cracked. The Cetra inside the broken tank opened his eyes. He pushed away the remnants of the tank, and got out of it. At first, he didn't look at Aireth. He examined his own body. Aireth could see now what the dark thoughts that had haunted Lucifer for so many years had done to him. His skin was not what Aireth would have called "ordinary". There were scars all over his body, for what Aireth could see. His eyes were big, like hers, but instead of brown, they were poisonous green. They flared, as they made contact with Aireth's, and she quickly dropped her gaze to the floor, and didn't dare to look into the lord's face. "Who are you?" The Lord of Darkness, Lucifer spoke for the first time in thousands of years. It was naught but a hoarse whisper, due to the fact that he hadn't used it for so many centuries. "Aireth opened her mouth to speak, still not daring to meet his eyes, but no words came out. She was so terrified she couldn't speak. "Are you a Cetra?" Lucifer asked. Still, Aireth didn't say anything, but nodded, looking down at the floor.
"And you still released me?" Aireth nodded again. Her body was starting to shake with fright. Lucifer didn't seem to take any notice of this. "What's your purpose for breaking the Seal?" "I wanted….." Aireth mumbled, but she couldn't finish the sentence. "What?" Lucifer asked, in his hoarse whisper. "I wanted to break free from my people." Aireth said. Her legs shaking so badly she fell on her knees, and she was so terrified she couldn't get up again. "And for that, you undid the Seal on this Reactor?" Aireth nodded. "This sounds like something I would've done thousands of years ago." Lucifer said quietly.
"I never thought there would be another Cetra rebellion after the war ended." Lucifer said. "What's your name, girl?"
"A-Aireth." Aireth replied, her body still shaking. There was something about him that made her terrified.
Some kind of aura around him that prevented Aireth from not feeling endless despair while in his presence.
"If I remember correctly, my closest Shimobe shared your name, but she died at the hands of Kami-Sama, the previous Cetra Chief." He said. (Since Lucifer had been sealed inside that reactor for so many centuries, it felt to him as if only a moment had passed since he was sealed away so long ago. so to him, it was as if it had only been yesterday since he'd killed Kami-Sama, and was sealed away inside the reactor) It seemed like he was speaking more to himself than anyone else.
"Is something the matter, Aireth? Your body is shaking." Lucifer said suddenly. He raised his hand, and Aireth's shaking stopped, but she felt even more terrified than before, which, of course, was the Lord's purpose. She still did not dare to face him.
"Aireth. You have Lucifer's gratitude for releasing him. He is proud of you for proving your loyalty towards him and his ideals." Lucifer declared. "Rise, Lady Aireth." She quickly and obediently got to her feet. "The Cetra of Darkness has risen again!" Lord Lucifer raised his arms, and laughed. A cold, hoarse and horrible laughter far more terrible than the one Aireth managed. Cold shivers ran down her back as she heard it. She closed her eyes, and tried to imagine her people's village, her house, and her pet, Momo, the flower field, which she had destroyed, Aeris's happy face back then when they were together, before their friendship collapsed. (At least that's what it felt like) But she could not do it. Not with The Lord of Darkness' pitiless laughter ringing in her ears.
"Aeris. Help me." She thought pleadingly, but no one heard her call.
"Come, Aireth. Let's resurrect the Darkness!" Lucifer said. He went out of the room. She followed him, too terrified to do anything else.
Lucifer stopped in the middle of the room, with all the tanks around him. "Hear me, Spawn of Darkness! Your master summons you!" He said in a commanding voice, the same voice Aireth had used when she undid the Seal on the reactor, but far more Magical Powerful (and far more hoarse than hers). All the tanks opened, and the puppets inside of them came back to life.
Lucifer looked over at Aireth again. "Now I'll show you the true nature of the Cetra, Lady Aireth!" He declared. "By showing you how I'll create a new world for the Cetra to live in, you'll learn how the Cetra are supposed to live and think." She nodded, not able to speak, as she watched how all the Monsters walked purposelessly around the room. "What have I done!" She thought. "Aeris. Wo negai forgive me."
"Now, Lady Aireth. It's time for your first assignment from your new master." Lucifer said. Aireth jumped, and looked at him.
"Don't tell me I have to do more evil bullshit." She thought.