Chapter Seventy Nine
Isabelle was reading when the alarms went off.
"Not again!" she said, marking her page and closing the book.
"Lucifer!" She said loudly, walking into the other room. "Why do demons keep on tripping the alarms?"
Lucifer, Moriarty, and the Master were playing poker. It seemed like Moriarty was winning.
Lucifer put down his hand. Everyone turned to look at her. "What are you talking about?" He asked.
"What do you mean, 'what am I talking about'?" Isabelle asked. "You're minions are setting off the alarms! Again!"
"No, they're not," Moriarty said.
"What?" Isabelle asked.
"They're not. You would have sensed it," Moriarty said.
Isabelle froze, as everything made sense.
Not too long ago, they created a hive mind to one-up the other side. Isabelle was in control. She knew what every demon was doing, every alien. The only ones who didn't join the hive mind were Lucifer, Moriarty, the Master, and their generals.
For instance, not all of the villains in all books and TV shows joined the evil side. Sebastian Monroe, from Revolution, was on the good side. As was Klaus from Vampire Diaries and Originals. But Slade from Arrow joined Isabelle's side.
The ones that joined Isabelle's side became generals. They didn't become part of the hive mind either. Neither did Crowley.
The Master wanted to do that thing where he turned every demon into him, but Lucifer, Isabelle, and Moriarty all agreed that that they should stay far away from that idea.
Truthfully, most of the Master's ideas get shot down, but he was still very useful for his knowledge on Time Lord technology and the Doctor.
Isabelle had not sensed a demon tripping the alarms. Which means…
It wasn't one of their soldiers. It was someone else.
The Master walked over to their set of computers and tinkered with them. He mumbled something like, "Human technology is terrible."
Everyone all glanced at the screen as the room that set the alarms off showed up on screen. And the intruder was…
Rissa.
"What do we do with her?" Lucifer asked.
"We kill her," The Master said.
"That's too predictable," Moriarty said.
They all turned to look at Isabelle. "What do we do?" Moriarty asked. You could see how much he hated having to say. But he did have to admit, with Isabelle in charge: things got done.
Isabelle had been careful to keep her relationship with Rissa a secret.
"I'm leaving it up to you," she said, putting Rissa's fate in their hands.
And then she turned and walked out of the room.
...
Sweet dreams, everybody! :)