Murdoc gasped sharply at the pain now surging through his being. He looked up into the eyes of the demon as it gleefully watched him squirm in agony. It felt like fire and ice both flooded through his veins with every passing second, and he wasn't sure what this was supposed to do to him. Noodle watched helplessly for what seemed like hours as the demon kept his claws pressed firmly into Murdoc's chest. Murdoc finally stopped moving and closed his eyes as the demon extracted his claws. He was coated in sweat and blood now poured from the wound at an alarming rate.
"Murdoc! What the hell did you do to him?" She tried to rip herself from the cackling demons grasp, but it held tight.
"Oh I do love a good pun. We didn't kill him if that's what you mean, bitch." The demon that had stabbed Murdoc walked dangerously close to Noodle and grabbed her face bringing her closer to it's face.
"We're just going to make him suffer a little bit, just before the real fun begins. I poisoned him, gave him some good old Hell-ice. It will remain in his body for a good couple of weeks, it'll give him hellatious nightmares, horrible hallucinations and ultimately make him beg for death. Even if he does survive, this will make him wish he hadn't." It laughed again and let her face go as she pulled away sharply.
She looked back over to where Murdoc was lying and while glad to see the wound had stopped bleeding, but she couldn't help feeling perturbed at the thought that Murdoc was going to suffer any which way. She ran over to him a kneeled down, not caring what the demons did to her. He was breathing so shallowly it didn't seem like he was breathing at all. She reached down and ran her fingers through his damp black hair as tears fell down into it. He opened his eyes slightly before trying to say something, but he couldn't. His brain wasn't in accordance with his body and Noodle's voice seemed to echo around inside of his head.
"It will be alright, you'll be OK. Just hold on." She leaned down and whispered in his ear. He looked at her again with something in his eyes she never thought she would have ever seen from him, fear. She could only return the look as the ground rumbled underneath them rumbled once again.
"He's coming, he's here to collect his dues!" The demons jumped around excitedly as the rumbling became deeper and from the ground emerged the famed devil. He sat upon a throne of flames and glared down at the demons.
"SHUT UP, You pathetic fools! This was so poorly handled that you should all be obliterated." They jumped at the anger in his voice and slunk away out of sight terrified of what was to become of them all. Murdoc opened his eyes to meet with the higher demon and gasped as it felt like weights crushed his body.
"Well well, ol' Murdoc Niccals has landed right back to the place he's wanted most. You know, when you're wanted somewhere, you usually try and keep out of that certain place. But you just keep coming back. I'm feeling generous, so I'm not going to kill you right out." The devil cupped his chin thoughtfully.
"I don't really see a point, it's no fun killing someone in the place their supposed to go to. I feel there should be a refund sent to me somewhere if that were to happen." His voice was like nails on a chalkboard and Noodle found herself cringing at every word. She watched as Murdoc desperately tried to keep his eyes open. She tried to keep looking at Murdoc managing to keep her eyes off of the sickening being, hoping he wouldn't bring her up but it was inevitable.
"Ah little Noodle's not so little anymore is she Murdoc? Developed quite nicely if I don't say so myself. You missed it all, she practically grew up here while you were sitting on your ass having a long term pity party." The demon leaned forward to look closer at Murdoc, he licked his lips as his eyes flashed at Noodle. She looked away blushing in embarrassment and anger. He kept his eyes fixed on Murdoc waiting for an answer or some form of a retaliating answer and quickly grew angry as Murdoc remained silent.
He reached out his gnarled hand and raised it upward making Murdoc's limp body rise off of the ground. Noodle fell back in surprise and watched Murdoc face twist into a mask of agony. Broken bones cracked and shifted as Murdoc's body unwillingly lurched upward. He tried to take a breath but a broken rib quickly made him exhale what little air he took in. Gritting his teeth he managed to glare at the devil.
"Look at you." Satan said with a hit of sympathy in his voice, if that was at all possible. He cocked his head taking in Murdoc's bruised and broken
"You look like complete shit. When you were getting ready to come here you actually looked prepared, what a joke. It wouldn't take much to harvest what is left of your pathetic soul." Murdoc grimaced as his body moved closer towards the demon king. Noodle blinked away tears as she watched the pain in Murdoc's face. Murdoc swallowed trying to muster up the energy to speak.
"I- came 'ere for- Noodle. She doesn't deserve to be- 'ere. Do- whatever you want with me, just- let 'er go. 'ow-ever, I'm through dealing with you." Murdoc glared into the eyes of the demon king, all sense of fear long gone. He could feel the poison moving around within him viciously, setting his blood on fire. He suddenly lurched forward to cough as blood dribbled down his chin. He couldn't breathe, it felt like his ribs were crushing his lungs, and each breath was increasingly painful. The demon king just stared at the man in front of him and sighed.
"You can't be through with me. I own your soul, there's no going back, all sales are final."
Murdoc spit out the remaining blood and glared back at the devil.
"You 'eard me- I'M THROUGH WITH YOU, YOU FUCKING BASTARD!" Murdoc, gaining a small amount of strength back from standing up, tried reaming himself free from the unseen chains. But the more he tried the longer he stayed right where he was. The devil now grinned maliciously flinging his hand towards the ground, making Murdoc's body slam into the heated sand. He groaned in renewed pain and tried to pull himself up, only to collapse weakly.
"NO!" Noodle screamed and ran towards him only to be stopped by some unseen force field. She fell to her knees and watched in horror as Murdoc was slammed into the ground once more.
"Stop it! You'll kill him and you said you wouldn't!" She cried out getting the devil's full attention.
"You actually believed what I said, how precious. You forgot one little important detail, you're in hell, I run this place." His eyes burned into her innocent soul making her blood boil.
She closed her eyes as tears rolled down her cheeks. She felt helpless. Murdoc had come back for her and without him she would never have been found. No one else cared to know where she was, and her fans thought that this was some made up story. She clinched her fists in uncontrollable anger and stood straight as a board. She screamed and ran straight to the 'shield' and pounded furiously. Murdoc was near unconscious but he could still make out Noodle angered screams. He continued to lay there hoping he wouldn't be moved again as his mind clouded with ebbing darkness. The devils sudden laughter rumbled throughout making the entire realm quake. Noodle felt her heart pounding furiously as she looked from Murdoc to the Demon king. She gritted her teeth settling on a plan.
"What is is that you want? Anything. Just leave Murdoc alone." Noodle swallowed hard knowing whatever she was going to be given, would most likely be very steep.
"That didn't take long, and Murdoc you pathetic bigot, you wear so many masks. I'm almost ashamed to have you under my thumb." He smiled grotesquely and stood up off of his throne, amused by Noodle's anger. She shivered as the demon king locked his glowing eyes with hers.
"What exactly do you have to give? You have half a soul of which I already own. The other half, were you willing to give it up wouldn't do much. However if I do take what's left of your soul you may get sent back to earth unharmed, but your memory of Murdoc Niccals will be erased and you will live under that contract for the rest of your life. Or then there's another option, I send Murdoc back up there but you would remain here with his memory of you erased." He sat back down grinning madly.
Noodle's jaw nearly unhinged. Tears pricked her eyes as she ran through her highly unfair options.
A.N.: It has been SO fricken long since I have gotten around to this story. The dust is unbelievable. But anyways I'm glad to be working on it again and I hope I'm getting you guys somewhere. What do you think Noodle will do?
Till next time...