(18th June, 05:12, Full Moon)
Beast and the Beast
Chapter Twenty Two – Time to Escape
(Please note this story has vast similarities to Beauty and the Beast, yet I claim no ownership over Beauty and the Beast, only my inspiration is stolen from the movie/book.)
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Sakai was still leaning against the wall, completely rigid with panic; why hadn't they come to look for her yet? She hadn't even heard footsteps on the stairs to indicate they were trying; surely they must've known she couldn't leave the castle.
Were they just waiting for her to come out and then they would trap her?
"No way in Hell will that happen." She muttered to herself as she tried to guess the time, it was probably around five in the morning now; which meant she would be transforming any second now and she prayed that second was close.
She needed to find a window to see the sky; to see whether their 'sun' was rising yet; she didn't even know what it was that caused light in this place but she needed to see whether it was approaching.
She took a deep breath and started to slowly and softly walk towards the stairs leading up.
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Baal opened his eyes and looked around and then sat up slowly; getting off the bed with the same action. He looked towards his door and saw it was open; did he forget it open or had Sakai been in the room?
He sniffed the air, but didn't any trace of her. Perhaps he forgot it open.
He stretched out a bit and walked towards the door; time to wake up his brother to commence the search and then get him to clean the dust in his room that he had so conveniently caused and then clean the debris of the cleaning room.
You fix what you break or damage and Diablo would learn that soon enough as he didn't have the power to refuse.
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Sakai reached the first floor and was relieved that she didn't see anyone she needed to deal with; she wouldn't have been able to deal with them anyway, or talk her way out of it, not in this form; not as a human.
She knew this floor had no windows, except high up where she couldn't reach or see and she couldn't risk leaving the castle in fear of running into a demon.
That only left one option: she would have to go to the second floor and see from there; it scared her because her companion's room was on the second floor and Baal's was just above that. What chance did she have of avoiding them, regardless of how early it was?
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Baal was in Diablo's room now and walked towards his sleeping brother, it was obvious he went to rest later than Baal did, judging by the deep sleep he was in.
"Diablo." Baal spoke sternly as he walked closer to him, but his brother still didn't budge; what time did he go to sleep? "Diablo!" Baal hissed impatiently as he grabbed his brother by the shoulder and yanked him off the bed in one shift movement.
Diablo shot up the instant he hit the ground and almost punched Baal before he realized who he was. "Is it time?" He asked the second he regained control of his mind; he wanted to find the human more than he wanted to hit his brother; nothing was more important at the moment.
"Yes." Baal said as he started to head for the stairs again.
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Sakai was on the second floor; she had been careful in going up, the instant she thought she had heard something she had ran back down but soon she realized she was just being paranoid and she could've been finished with it already.
She walked towards a room away from that of her companion's and entered it; seeing as it was deserted she immediately ran towards the window to view the sky; hoping it would be close to sunrise already.
When she got to the windows she stared outside and a sense of relief flooded her; she could see the pinkish glint of light in the sky; it was almost time; but now the most important thing needed to be considered. How would she cover up this whole mess? She knew they probably looked for her in the castle and she couldn't use the dungeon as an excuse since they probably knew the 'mortal' ran down there.
She was almost positive Baal had been looking for her with the whole human thing; what would she say to cover it up? And more importantly than all of that, what would Diablo say to her, since the girl he saw had shoved him into a cleaning closet, there was no way he would like her anymore after that; they probably thought it was her.
Suddenly she heard voices, she didn't recognize either but once she heard the word 'Diablo' she immediately knew it was Diablo and Baal and it sounded like they were going to search for her and the human now.
So they thought she was involved with the mortal? They had no idea how right they were; the only problem now was that they would be in the castle grounds or downstairs. She would need to find another way to appear inconspicuous to them; for that she needed to come from outside the castle.
She stared out of the window and saw not one demon was down there. "I can't believe I'm going to do this." She whispered as she climbed onto the ledge. "Oh my God." She said as she looked how far down it was.
Slowly she started to descend.