The song here is "Little Monster" by Royal Blood
Little Monster – Bonus chapter 2
Everything was quiet, but it was always like this in this part. It was dark, cold and eerie; sending a shiver down her spine as she revisited this corridor down to the deepest part of Hell, to the forbidden part of Hell. It was the place that she couldn't forget and the place that continued to haunt her dreams. It was the place that she came face to face with the fallen angel within the cage; the tormented angel that revealed pain in his eyes.
Keara was on her way to see Lucifer like the several other times she had these last few years. The older she got, the more she couldn't understand Lucifer and the more she began dreaming of him.
It had been twenty-eight years after she helped her mother keep Lucifer's cage closed and he still remained a mystery to her. She didn't know why he intrigued her so much, but after her first visit, she hadn't found any answers.
Keara had just turned thirty years old, but her body had slowed down in aging. She now resembled a seventeen year old girl and it was times like this she wished she could still age quickly. It was odd that Cambions and Nephilims were both hybrids, but were so completely different. As she remained young, Ezekiel was a handsome young man. It would seem he was the eldest out of the both of them, but he never treated her like a little cousin. His parents eventually went back to serving hunters with spells and car parts, training their son and putting him through college for a better life. The Winchesters were still hunting, although now they seemed to help the newcomers of the trade. And Castiel, well, he pretty much remained the same, still saddened by the fact he broke his promise to Micah.
Back to Ezekiel, the funny thing was, out of all the hybrids, Keara's mother was the only one that didn't age at all. She stayed forever young and beautiful. Keara was a little envious, wishing to look like a woman and not a teenager. However, no one else seemed to complain, not Lucifer and especially not Nikolai.
She was now old enough to date Nikolai officially, although she had been secretly dating him for the last three years. Her father kept teasing her by saying she had to be fifty years old; the age her mother was when they met, but he allowed her to date at thirty. He probably figured out that she was already dating Nikolai. Funny how he wasn't upset…
When she could official date Nikolai, she helped him to remove that stupid plastic ring that she placed on his hand when she was two years old. It was cute how long he lived with it, but he looked way better without it. After all, she no longer had to put something on him that would tell all other women that he belonged to her; they now knew it.
Now, on her way to see Lucifer, she thought of her previous visits with him. She knew he hated demons and that he wasn't thrilled about humans, but he seemed titillated by Cambions, well the females at least.
That day, Jesse Turner was tossed into the cage with Lucifer and now he was pretty much damaged goods, curled up in a corner of the cage, shaking and murmuring to himself about the tooth fairy. He had aged, but horribly and his face had been punched so much that he didn't seem like anything Keara could recognize. Lucifer said he wasn't vicious like he used to be, but Jesse's wounds were a contradiction of his words.
As Keara got closer, she could hear Lucifer whistle as if he was enjoying his confinement. He knew she was coming to see him, like he figured out the next time she'd visit. She hadn't made a pattern with her visits, but it just went to show how mysterious he was. He knew it and he teased her by not revealing a single thing to her. He wanted her to keep coming back and part of her wanted that too.
Once she walked into the large room, Lucifer stopped whistling and smiled at her. He was leaning against the cage with his hands in his pockets, smiling charmingly at her. There was a time where she wondered if she had a crush on him, but the look in his eyes made a shiver run down her spine. He didn't make her feel the way Nikolai did; she loved being with Nikolai, his touch and his kiss… but Lucifer was just a fascination that made her eventually want to leave. Yes, she kept returning, but with Nikolai, she'd never want to leave him.
It was confusing even when Keara thought she had it all figured out.
"Keara." Lucifer said, his voice so smooth that the way he said her name made her want to go closer. She knew she had to fight it; she couldn't trust him and she would never let him out of his cage. Never.
"Lucifer." She said, casually approaching the cage. He sized her up and his smile became creepy, in the sense that he was thinking dirty thoughts as he looked at her.
"Just as beautiful as your mother." He said and that unnerved her. When she remained silent, he gave her a mocked saddened frown. "Wasn't that flattering?" he asked her and she crossed her arms over her chest.
"Not when you have the hots for my mother." She said and he smiled at her with that creepy look in his eyes, like he was mentally undressing her. That was the expression that made her want to go back to Nikolai, to take comfort in his loving embrace.
"Oh, you get an equal amount of my affections." He replied and she arched an eyebrow at him, unconvinced. "So, how's everyone?" he asked and she grinned as he pressed his face against the bars with a friendly smile; he was so quick to change the subject just to fuck with her head, but she wasn't a fool.
"I didn't come here to talk about everyone." She said and he rolled his eyes.
"Typical teenager. No, you're here to talk about you." He replied and she arched her eyebrow again. "So, what's new in the life of a Teenage Drama Queen?" he asked and she gave a mocked glare.
"Yet again trying to get under my skin. Don't you ever get tired of doing that?" she asked him, but he simply grinned at her. "It seems you don't get that nothing you say will make me release you or prove to you that I'm a powerful creature, which would possibly free you." She added and he had an expression that said he was contemplating her statement.
"I'm not saying anything. You're insinuating." He replied and she narrowed her eyes at him.
"You want me to insinuate." She replied and he smiled at her, like this was fun for him.
"Why do you keep coming here?" he asked her and she tilted her head at him, fighting a smirk.
"Don't you know; you're so interesting." She said and he smiled smugly, as if that was nothing new to him.
"I know, but what do you want from me?" he asked and looked at the cage. "You obviously don't want to free me. And I'm sure you have friends to talk to." He said as he smiled back at her. His eyes were dark and it seemed like, despite his questions, he knew exactly why she was visiting him.
"You've always been this way, I get that, but stuck in that cage with me coming here once in a while… you never remove the mask." She said and he stared at her, making it feel like he was staring into her. "I saw something years ago; something in your eyes." she added and his expression didn't change.
"You saw something you wanted to see." he replied and his expression was so difficult to read that she wasn't sure if he was trying to hide something or ticked off that she was trying to dig it up.
"Why do you want to be free?" she asked and he raised an eyebrow.
"Are you kidding me? You spend a lifetime in this cage and tell me you don't want out." he replied and glanced away, as if he couldn't take anymore of this conversation.
"It's not just stepping out and doing whatever you want." She said and when he glanced back at her, she was certain she was pissing him off. However, he'd never do or say something that would guarantee that she never come back. He liked her visits too much.
"And why not? Oh, I get it; you want me to say that I want to have a family reunion, a group hug and forgiveness; a promise that I'd be a good little boy." He replied and grinned at her. Keara retained her expression and it seemed they were having a small stare-off.
"Why not?" she asked and he glanced away, chuckling darkly as if he was getting annoyed.
"There's no God. My family is dead and Gabriel is a little traitorous shit." He replied and Keara suspected that she hit a nerve.
"So there was pain in your eyes all these years." she said and he glanced at her with a grin slowly appearing on his lips.
"You see what you want to see." Lucifer replied with a dark glimmer in his eyes. He was either angry or amused. It was difficult to tell and apparent to see that they were playing a game of wits; who could figure out whom? Keara wasn't sure who was winning. "But I see what you can't hide." He added and then she was certain that Lucifer would always win this game.
"I'm not hiding anything, unlike a certain someone." She said and his lips twitched into a smirk.
"You're an open book. I figured you out in two seconds." He said and she grinned.
"And you're difficult to figure out, which is why no one will ever let you out of the cage." She replied and he smiled at her, leaning up against the cage once more.
"So, if I talk about my feelings, someone like you would let me out of the cage." He said and before she could say a syllable, he stood tall and pointed at her. "But wait, you have no intention of releasing me. I'd be opening up to you just for your own entertainment." He concluded and smiled at her, having figured that out awhile ago and now just playing with her.
"No, not entertainment." Keara said sincerely with a straight face. "To understand." She added and he smiled at her as he pressed his face against the bars.
"And why would you want to do that?" he asked. At that moment, she realized that he couldn't have figured her out that well if he couldn't comprehend why she wanted to better understand him. Either that, or the idea intrigued him so much that he had to hear it from her.
"You're a complex character." She simply said and he stared at her as if her answer wasn't enough information to feed his curiosity.
"So are you. That's a compliment, by the way." He replied and her lips stretched into a small smile. She remained silent and that told him that she had her fill; she was ready to leave. "Don't wait too long before your next visit." He said and she grinned at him.
"Who says there's a next visit?" she asked and his grin made his eyes glimmer.
"You'll be back." he said, certain.
Keara turned and walked away as he began to whistle again, watching her leave. Once he was out of earshot, long gone behind her, she stopped and exhaled. She may have been a step closer to understanding him, but she always left just as unsure as she felt walking in. Maybe she should stay true to her words and not see him again. Then again, there was something that kept bringing her back and she couldn't quite understand what it was. Maybe it was the fact that he spoke to her like he enjoyed seeing her. Maybe it was the fact that he didn't seem as evil as he was made out to be. He always could be portraying himself in that way on purpose, to play into her image of a hurt Lucifer.
As she continued walking, something struck her and it was too late to realize she wasn't alone.
Nikolai walked out of the shadows with an expression that made her breath freeze in her throat. He was angry and disappointed to see her coming out from the forbidden part of Hell where Lucifer dwelled.
"Nikolai." She said softly, but that didn't lighten his mood. "I –" she began, but he raised a hand to stop her.
"I don't care to hear an explanation. There's no explanation that would sit right with me. Visiting Lucifer… what were you thinking? That's a rhetorical question, by the way." He said, crossing his arms over his chest, flexing his muscles and having the Mark of Cain peak through his folded up sleeve. She was never afraid of that mark, but it was looking intimidating at this point.
"Nikolai," she said, but he wouldn't listen just yet.
"Lucifer can't be trusted. He's deceitful. You know that demons are better lie detectors than lie detectors, but no one has ever detected his lies or deciphered his truths. Do you understand?" he asked and she nodded her head, wanting to say that she already knew that.
"Nikolai," she said, but he still wouldn't let her talk.
"He uses others, Keara. He'd kill you in a second flat." He said and he was about to continue, saying something, but Keara had enough of him not letting her say anything.
"I know." She snapped and he just looked at her, unimpressed with what was going on. "I don't trust him." she added and again Nikolai cut her off.
"How many times?" he asked her and she frowned.
"What?" she asked and he met her frown with a glare.
"Don't give me that –" he began, but she growled and crossed her arms over her chest.
"A few times, okay?" she snapped and they remained silent. Keara looked down at the ground and exhaled. "Please don't tell my parents." She said and he grunted.
"I should." He said and she looked up at him with worried eyes. "But I won't." he added and she seemed relieved. "Just promise me you'll never go back down there." He said and she was about to say something, but he raised his eyebrows. "Promise me." he said and she grunted.
"I would if you'd shut up and let me talk." She said and they stared at each other. "I'll never go back there, I promise." She said and only then did he relax that angry look. He approached her and pulled her into his arms.
"I don't want you getting hurt." He said and she grunted as he wrapped his arms around her tightly so she couldn't wiggle.
"I wouldn't." she said, but he seemed to have ignored her reply.
"If anything was to happen to you, nothing would stop the Mark, not even me." he said and she remained silent, knowing that that was everyone's greatest fear that lingered in the back of their minds. "I'd destroy everything and there would be no control. Do you understand?" he asked and she nodded her head.
They remained silent in their embrace. Keara listened to his heart as it was slowing down from its angry beat. It was becoming a calm rhythm and she was confident that they could have a decent conversation without him acting like an older brother. At that moment, she needed him to act more like her boyfriend.
"Why would you go see him?" Nikolai asked. Keara was about to remind him that he just said that he didn't want to know, but she decided not to anger him again.
"I saw pain in his eyes years ago. I guess I want to understand him better." She said and, although he was silent, his heart began beating a little faster as if this irritated him a little.
"If you're looking to pity something, work in an animal shelter." He replied and then kissed her head, rubbing her back tenderly, his heart slowing down again.
"Can we go home now?" she asked and he released her, but slipped his hand into hers.
"You bet. And, just to give up a heads-up, I'm keeping my eye on you." He said and she glanced at him with a glare. He didn't even meet her eyes to know that she wasn't thrilled to be treated like a child. "I'm not a jealous boyfriend; I'm just worried about the influences Lucifer had on you." He added and she glanced away, still not impressed.
"He didn't." she replied coldly, but that wouldn't be enough to convince him. Was there anything she could say that would convince him she was alright?
"Yeah, how many times did you see him again?" he asked and she tried to pull away from him, but his grip on her hand tightened. He pulled her closer to him, quickly releasing her hand so he could wrap his arm around her, holding her tightly against him.
"Not a jealous boyfriend, you said?" she asked and he glanced at her, unimpressed.
They got to the cavern where her large Hellhounds growled in excitement to see her back. Her favorite was Lizzie who, over the years, took on an alpha role in the pack and the other Hellhounds obeyed her. They weren't allowed to approach Keara before Lizzie. It was cute.
Keara walked up to the front doors that opened automatically. She was about to walk in when she realized that Nikolai wasn't following her. She turned and frowned as he just stared at her.
"Aren't you coming in?" she asked him.
"I've got to make my rounds." He said and she arched an eyebrow. "I'll be back later." He said and turned to leave. Her face relaxed and she wondered if he was still pissed at her for visiting Lucifer.
"Hey." She said, making him stop. He turned around and met her saddened gaze. "Don't be too long." She added with a soft tone that let him know she was worried. He gave her a slight smile that made his eyes glisten.
"You can count on me." he said, turning away again, making her feel certain that he wasn't angry with her, maybe disappointed still, but he loved her all the same.
Keara went inside and went straight to her room, knowing that her parents would be in theirs, having some alone time. It made her smile to think of them still acting like newlyweds.
She walked into her room and turned on the light. Her room was no longer white and pink; it matched her parent's room, looking regal and modern. The only childish thing that lingered was her plush pony that Nikolai got for her in New York twenty-eight years ago.
Keara changed into some black pajama pants and a small black T-shirt with red ruby lips across her chest. She crawled into bed, listening to the silence, thinking of when Nikolai would be back. Although they were allowed to date, her father drew the line at sleeping in the same bed, at least for now.
Keara tossed and turned, unable to relax and let her mind go blank. She couldn't stop thinking about what had happened. Lucifer was so sure she'd go back to him and Nikolai wasn't kidding about her staying away. Out of the two, Nikolai mattered to her more and she knew she had to keep her promise to him or she could be responsible for the fall and destruction of Hell at the tip of the First Blade.
She closed her eyes and decided to do something that might put her mind at ease. She got into the mind of her large Hellhound Lizzie and began leaving the mansion. The other Hellhounds growled, asking Lizzie where she was going. She turned and looked back at them and they knew Keara was looking through Lizzie's eyes. She gave them a comforting growl and left the cavern.
She walked down the corridors that were surprisingly large enough for such a large Hellhound. There were no demons in the halls, but since they heard about Keara's large hounds of Hell, they seemed to keep out of the corridors and find something useful to do.
It was quite a long way, but it was the risk of running into Nikolai that worried her more. If he recognized her in Lizzie's eyes, he'd know she wasn't checking up on him.
Eventually, she got down to the forbidden pit without running into Nikolai. As soon as she entered the place, Lucifer looked up with a dark grin, obviously impressed with such a large creature. He approached the bars and just stood there with his hands in his pockets.
"Just can't stay away." He said, knowing it was Keara through her large Hellhound.
At that moment, she focused and had the ground just before the cage sizzle. Lucifer looked down, curious as to what she was doing. In the dirt, something began to burn and take form. It spread and it soon began to become familiar. The forms were letters and Lucifer realized she was spelling out Goodbye in the dirt. He looked back up at the Hellhound and his eyes were dark. He mustn't have been thrilled to see that.
The fire died and the dirt seemed untouched. Keara was turning around, about to leave, when Lucifer spoke, making her freeze in place.
"If you're looking to pity something, pity Nikolai." He said and her heart began to beat hard. "One of these good days, that Mark is going to destroy him and everything he touches." He added. Keara fought against turned her head to look at Lucifer. She didn't want to look at him, so she settled for a deep growl and walked straight, out of that place, leaving Lucifer to rot in his cage.
Keara bolted upright in bed, her heart racing and her head full of sweat as if, despite her calm demeanor as Lizzie, she was terrified. Having Nikolai going off on a rampage was everyone's worse nightmare.
She swung her legs out of bed, needing to get out of the mansion to breath and clear her head. She silently walked out of the front doors and just stood there in her pajamas. Lizzie came back after a few seconds, walking straight towards Keara to see if she was alright. She gave Lizzie a little tap on her muzzle and she turned to sleep with the other Hellhounds.
At that moment, just after Keara was calming down, easing her mind, her mother stepped out and stood next to her. She glanced over and gave a small smile.
"Couldn't sleep?" Clara asked and Keara nodded her head. "Neither could I." she said and continued to stare at her daughter. "Did I ever tell you about the time I dated a human?" she asked and Keara raised an eyebrow.
"Like a million times." She replied, but Clara looked off in the distance, ignoring Keara's reply.
"I really liked him. I kept going back to him, even if it didn't quite feel right." Clara said and Keara began to feel unnerved. Did her mother know about her visiting Lucifer? "He made me want to be human, but we both know that doesn't work out well." Her mother added and Keara was beginning to suspect that her mother did know about Lucifer. "Eventually, the demon fights to dominate and when I discovered my boyfriend was possessed by that Micah prick, I fought back. I left my human boyfriend, knowing that I couldn't keep doing what I was doing and I never looked back; promising that I would never do something like that again." her mother concluded and glanced at her with this strange glimmer in her eyes.
It was without a doubt that her mother knew she had been visiting Lucifer.
"How long have you known?" Keara asked and now her mother didn't seem impressed.
"It doesn't matter. Point is, I knew if I prohibited it, you'd do it anyway. You're like me; can't be told what to do. I let you go to find out for yourself, but when I suspected you were beginning to feel drawn, I had to stop it." Clara said and Keara looked away, feeling stupid for having underestimated her mother.
At that moment, Keara realized what her mother meant by "had to stop it". She glanced back at her mother with a bit of surprise written on her face.
"You sent Nikolai." She said and her mother met her eyes with such authority. "He was so angry with me." she added and her mother's lips twitched into a grin.
"Can you blame him?" she asked and Keara's expression relaxed.
"No, but he didn't have to be a dick about it." she replied, looking away.
"We all know how important you are to him. If anything was to happen," Clara said, but Keara finished her sentence, knowing exactly what would happen.
"Hell would be destroyed and whatever else he can get his hands on. I wouldn't even be enough to stop him." Keara replied and they both fell silent, as if both imagining how terrifying that would be.
"Does Dad know?" Keara asked and her mother looked off in the distance.
"No, but I didn't like keeping it from him." Clara replied, only then looking at her daughter in a warning manner. "I hope you've learnt your lesson." She added with such a cold tone, Keara was sure to agree.
"Yes, Mom." She replied, looking down at her feet. "I guess he was right; I was seeing what I wanted to see." she said and her mother put an arm around her shoulders in a comforting hug. Keara looked up and met her eyes. "Thanks." She said so softly and her mother smiled.
It was then Nikolai walked back into the cavern with still a hard expression on his face, as if he couldn't shake off what he caught Keara doing.
"I'll leave you two alone." Clara said, turning to return into the mansion. "You know the apartment is always available." She added and Keara turned to her mother.
"Mom!" she shouted in a whisper. Her mother grinned and shrugged her shoulders.
"Just saying." She concluded and walked in, having the door close behind her.
Keara looked at Nikolai as he approached and couldn't help but smile at him.
"Did you wait up for me?" he asked her and her smile grew.
"No, I was in bed." she said and he nodded, closing in. "But then I got really lonely." She added and he met her eyes with a charming grin. "I was thinking of going for a little walk with you." She said and his grin grew.
"I was just on a little walk." He replied, playing stupid to where she was going with this.
"Yeah, but mine leads to delectable unexplored territories." She added and his grin turned wicked as he closed the gap between them, standing in front of her, his arms slowly wrapping around her waist.
"I'm going to like this walk." He said and she let out a soft chuckle as she pressed herself against him. She wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him, forgetting all about Lucifer and thinking of all the fun things her and Nikolai could do on their little walk.
Nikolai kissed her neck, his hands smoothly caressing all her curves. His approach was always aggressive, yet gentle. Although her mother's suggestion surprised her, she was beginning to like the idea; going to the old apartment and getting Nikolai to kiss every inch on her body. Her father drew the line at sharing a bed in the mansion, but nothing was said about sharing a bed momentarily in the old apartment…
"Are we going or do you want to have fun by the front doors of my parents' place?" she asked and he pulled back, grinning with black eyes, his hands dropping to her ass.
"Screw the walk, let's teleport; it's quicker." He said, snapping his fingers eagerly. With his hunger, she was certain this was going to be aggressive, yet gentle, love making with the demon she loved. Keara couldn't agree more with him.
The End
This trilogy was fun to write, even if this last part took me forever to finish. It was well worth it and I'm a little sad it's all over, but new stories are waiting to be written.
I wish to thank everyone for reading "One Lonely Night", "I Just Want to be Loved", "Take a Howl at That Moon" and this jewel, "We're Family, Blood". I wish to thank everyone for the pleasure of reading your reviews. And I wish to thanks those that inspired me to write these stories.
I wish to thank Supernatural, the cast and the crew, for being so awesome and inspirational (I like to think they love the Supernatural fanfictions we write). The characters are precious and they inspired mine to come to life.
Thanks! xo
Laurie Archer