A Message from the Emperor

In Rome a man sat on the broken throne of the ruined Coliseum where many emperors have sat, only this man was Emperor of all Emperors. To some he is known as Julius Caesar, a man of tragedy. Others he is Caligula, the mad Emperor of Rome. At least I didn't play the fiddle when Rome was burning, was his thoughts. How he became immortal he didn't know or at least he thought he didn't know. Close to death he had a dream of a mysterious woman knelling at his side and with just a simple touch to his wounds he was able to be alive or what you could say living.

Cal took a deep breath as he felt the air around him become heavy meaning he was close by. The former Emperor wasn't afraid of the Demon God he was just wary of him. Back in his beginning years before he ran into Leviathan he was somewhat alive and yet wasn't. He wasn't a vampire by any means he can walk out in the sun perfectly nor was he a werewolf, nor zombie, not even a demon or anything not being human. Cal was still human with out the consequence of aging or dying but that was just about it for Caligula before Leviathan made a deal with him. Back then he couldn't taste the food nor the wine, sleep was out of the question and most importantly he couldn't get it up.

"Hello, Emperor," said Leviathan. The Demon God was only a couple of feet away and yet he felt dangerously close. Leviathan looked very grim and menacing, his body language was basically saying somebody better be dying. Cal stood up from his former throne like a soldier. Being around Leviathan you better show some respect or else it was the end for you. He learned that lesson when he was face to face with him. It was at the last days of the Empire when he tried to stab him in the back only to experience the agonies of Hell for a brief second then was back on the streets begging for mercy. "Why should I show you mercy Emperor? Give me a reason to spare you?"

"I'll give you Rome," he said once upon a time. "I'll give you the Empire." Back then he thought he wouldn't take it only to extend out his hand. "Deal and for your reward you shall indulge in the pleasures of Spring." After that Rome had fallen.

"You had a message for me….about Lilith….you saw something, what happened?"

Caligula didn't answer right away only walked down the steps. In the Spring, Cal was a partier, a faithful servant of the seven deadly sins (he practiced lust the most). In the Winter when his carnal desires were sucked out of him he was a quiet observer of whatever interested him. His latest interest was the affair between Merope and Leviathan. Cal had seen many affairs but not as strange and beautiful as this one. Which comes to this point when Cal is face to face with the Demon God once more.

"My Lord," said Cal taking in a deep breath. Leviathan was unpredictable when it came to bringing news but, he got the feeling this one was going to be bad. "I saw Riddle…..force himself upon Merope or should I say Lilith." It was quite for a moment and it was the kind of quite that wasn't good. Leviathan's face turned into a mask of anger when he grabbed Cal by the throat lifting him up three inches off the ground.

"You better not be lying to me Emperor or I swear I will do to you like I did with the Roman Empire!"

"I'm not….lying…my Lord."

Cal thought he was a goner when his body hit the ground only to find Leviathan wasn't there. Slowly Caligula got to his knees knowing a tragedy was going to happen.