Project Motherhood: Verosika Mayday

by Gamer95

One night, after a long night of drinking and partying, Verosika Mayday wanders and finds herself lost. She comes across a lone house atop a hill, and decides to ask for help there. Little does she know, she's going to meet a little boy that changes her life entirely... Co-Writer: ImperialStar

1. Chapter 1

Verosika's head felt light and numb. She muttered to herself as she clutched at her aching head.

It seemed that Verosika did drink more than she planned, although thatt was normal when she and her group decided to go out drinking after a particularly successful concert, while on earth, although being drunk was not a problem for her.

The problem was that she didn't know exactly where she was, because after leaving the bar, Verosika and her group got separated at some point, and the hellish pop star somehow ended up wandering, until she came to a small hill with a house on it. . at the top

Verosika felt tired from walking, so she planned to call a taxi, but quickly realized that she had no balance on her cell phone. In a way, this was good, because she wouldn't do something stupid, like call her ex Blitzo or something like that, but being cut off in the middle of the unknown wasn't exactly ideal.

She saw that the house had the lights on, and from the noises that were heard, she knew that there were people, at least two, so Verosika had an idea.

She would go to the house, they would recognize her for the pop star that she was, and she would ask them to use the phone.

Sure she was lucky, she only had to sign an autograph or two, maybe act a little sexy, and if she wasn't lucky... well, he'd have to deal with ugly . dicks ...in more ways than one.

She walked up the hill, and as she got closer, she could detect something, a strange yet familiar sensation, but with the alcohol clouding her senses, she couldn't place it.

Also, as she got closer to the house, she could hear the activity inside the house better, there was a lot of commotion, that was for sure, but Verosika couldn't make out what was going on inside.

She put her hands on her hips and raised an eyebrow suspiciously. "Great… Is this one of those weirdos trying to use some weird ritual to summon a demon into his living room or something, only to end up with something from the underworld?" She rolled her eyes and snorted.

She debated what she would do in this situation. She could just leave, but she really needed to use the phone, and with the screaming and rage going on inside, she highly doubted she was going in there knocking on the door...

"Oh, screw it.." She said before she kicked the door off its hinges and was about to casually enter the house.

But when she did, she felt that same sensation as before, but now with greater intensity, hitting her like a gust of steam from an open oven, to the point that it stopped her for a moment. Whatever the ritual was, It was extremely intense, the idiot doing it must be trying to summon a greater demon, which is why the concentration of energy was so massive and permeated the entire house with the energy of hell.

There was so much going on that Verosika could swear she was back in hell itself.

She glanced at the door again, but she wasn't worried, she'd just pay the cost of the door at worst, and blame the damage on whatever the hell was causing all the fuss... assuming the idiot making the summoning ritual didn't end up being killed by the demon they were trying to summon, or because the ritual failed.

She looked around with her hands on her hips. She saw that there was a telephone. Unfortunately it was ripped off the wall with the cable snapped in half. She rolled her eyes in annoyance. " Greeeat …" she murmured, crossing her arms over her chest. She looked down into the basement. "Maybe the owner has a cell phone..."

She looked around, but couldn't see it with the naked eye, so Verosika snorted in annoyance, it seems like she would have to go inside the house to find the help she needed.

Something that Verosika noticed upon entering, is that the house was much bigger inside than it seemed on the outside, in a rather supernatural way, since while the outside the house looked like a small one-room house, but inside it looked like there was at least a second story, and a basement.

And in that basement, she heard the commotion he had been hearing since she entered, now that she was inside the house, she could tell that it was some kind of fight, and from the voice, it was definitely a woman screaming.

Her eyebrow slowly rose at the sound of it, and she frowned deeply. "Wow, whoever's down there is completely unhinged..." She began to debate with herself if she really wanted to go through with going down there. She did NOT need to deal with crazy today.

Suddenly, the door in front of her began banging loudly. She jumped at the sound of it, and her eyes darted back and forth. "Uuuuhh..." Was all she had the chance to say before the door was slowly opened. She tensed up, expecting something crazy to emerge.

What she saw was instead a small child, completely naked. He was a VERY tiny little thing, so tiny that he didn't even reach the doorknob. No, instead he was several feet off the ground, holding onto it for dear life as the door slowly swung open.

He was trembling violently, and there were tears in his eyes as the door finally fully opened. He looked down at the floor, seeing how high up he was, and then he flinched and began to cower in on himself, his tiny body trembling violently as he silently cried.

The succubus was completely stunned by the unexpected development of events, and as Isaac released the doorknob landing on the ground with some pain, she was with thousands of thoughts running through her mind

When Verosika got a better look at him, she was still surprised, more so than before, because he could see his face clearly, and she could see that the boy had a swollen black eye, with a trickle of blood coming from his mouth, and a small side of his shaved head was caved in.

And not only was his face mistreated, his entire body had evidence not only of abuse, but also of abandonment due to how thin and malnourished he looked.

And his eyes, for Verosika , were perhaps the worst, because they transmitted a pain and a sadness that she had only seen in not only those who had collapsed from living in hell and had abandoned almost all hope, but in herself when Blitzo broke her heart.

With this new vision, Verosika's brain no longer had thousands of questions, but MILLIONS.

so he started with the first one:

"Who are y-"

"ISAAAAAAAAC!"

Verosika was interrupted by a thunderous voice, it was a woman's, but everything was wrong.

She sounded human but at the same time inhuman, since that voice was accompanied by an otherworldly echo, as well as being imbued with anger, hatred, resentment, bloodlust and envy in the purest state Verosika had ever heard, to the point that her spine froze.

And the worst part is that it sounded close, WAY too close, and behind the boy, whose face turned to the door through which he had just left, and was filled with utter fear and despair, as his body shuddered and moved away.

Before Verosika could say anything, the owner of that voice made an appearance, walking out of the same door the boy left. The first thing she saw was a huge fat hand grabbing the frame, and plunging the fingers into it. Then the rest of the body came out.

She was a huge and obese woman, who wore a lavender dress with yellow polka dots and heels of the same color.

But the girth of that woman was the least of it, it was the face of said woman that called the most attention above all, since it was totally inhuman.

Her skin was completely pitch black, blonde hair falling from her head, her eyes were glowing orbs of pure red, she had no lips, instead just sporting a huge row of bright, numerous, sharp crimson teeth, which were in a perpetual laugh or snarl of rage.

And the second worst thing is that her face was completely distorted into a predatory expression full of hate, rage, anger and pure and undiluted evil.

And the worst thing is that it was totally directed at the little one.

"ISAAAAAAAAC!" the woman roared.

The boy, apparently Isaac, began running to the side of Verosika ,but the creature, because calling that a human woman would be a mistake and the Succubus knew it, was surprisingly faster than the boy, despite her mass, so it didn't take long for her to catch him, grabbing him by the neck, picking up the boy with great ease and smashing him violently to the ground, in such a way that the boy's face crashed to the ground.

Verosika flinched at the sound of the child's head and face cracking against the floor. She was used to seeing violence and blood flow, whether male, female or child.

But looking at this particular boy, it was different, maybe it was the fact that he was being tortured, maybe because he didn't give her a reason to hate him, whatever it was, Verosika was going to stop this situation and that monster woman right now.

But before she could intervene, the events that followed unfolded in slow motion, filling the succubus with unspeakable horror, as they burned into her memory forever.

That monstrous woman turned Isaac to look at her, and raised the other hand that wasn't holding the child, revealing something shiny and thick, and when Verosika's brain registered what it was, she froze. Because it was a knife.

Wasting no time, giving Verosika no time to react, and giving Isaac no time to escape or defend himself, she plunged the huge knife into the boy's chest, burying the entire sharp blade inside the boy's small body.

Then he pulled out the knife, splattering the boy's blood everywhere, and made a horrible cut across his throat. It was at that moment that Verosika decided to act.

"Sick... twisted... old HAAAAG!" Verosika hissed in disgust and pure rage. And then she began to change.

Her tanned skin began to turn a hellish red, two horns sprouted from the top of her head, a tail emerged from her tailbone and, though she didn't stick them out often for convenience, a large pair of batlike wings emerged from the top of her ribcage.

The monstrous woman's eyes widened at the sight of her, and then she turned on Isaac in fury, and with the demonic voice she roared at him.

"You lured another one of them here! When will you learn?!" The boy, curled up and trembled violently, trying his best to disappear, or would have, if it wasn't for the fact that the poor boy was lying on the ground, gasping for breath, choking on his own blood, due to to the serious injuries that woman inflicted on him with the knife, and Verosika wasn't having it.

"Focus on me, you overfed toad! The kid is the least of your worries right now." Shee said coldly.

Using her wings to propel herself forward, she lunged at the woman and pushed her against the wall and out of the house, then down the hill, knocking them both down.

When they reached the end, a bloody fight began between the two demonic women, with her sharp claws and quick movements, the succubus managed to scratch and hit the monstrous woman, but given the enormous amount of fat that covered her body, and a kind of supernatural of stamina, blows that would have killed a normal person only left her with serious injuries, but not enough for her to give up.

For her part, that monstrous obese woman, in addition to her supernatural body stamina, also had speed and strength beyond any ordinary human, but it was obvious that she was in a real fight for her life, against someone who could truly do real damage to her. Even though her attacks were furious and strong, she actually only managed to land Verosika 2 out of 10 hits the succubus landed on her.

If Verosika could notice something, it was that this couldn't be a normal knife, each cut that it gave her didn't hurt like a simple cut would, it burned as if it were acid or red hot, for some reason that she didn't know.

if Verosika had been paying attention to anything other than her opponent, and the pain of her injuries, she would have noticed that every time she harmed that monstrous woman, the house and the hill trembled, and small but visible cracks opened up.

But Verosika didn't notice any of that, she could only think of how to make her suffer for her shamelessly cruel actions towards a child

At one point, the monstrous woman had the upper hand and grabbed Verosika by the arm, and thanks to her superhuman strength, she held her in order to plunge the knife into her more easily, but Verosika managed to stop her before she could force it in by pushing against her wrist with her free hand.

The woman tried to plunge the knife in with all her strength, and Verosika resisted with all her might, but the latter felt that she was beginning to weaken and if she didn't do something soon, she would end up with that sharp object buried deep inside her body.

The position she was in allowed her to see the horribly misshapen face of the woman in greater detail, much to the succubus' disgust, allowing hrt to clearly see the lack of a nose, the unnatural black skin, her long, matted blonde hair, her mouth full of sharp crimson teeth, through which several threads of blood flowed from the blows Verosika dealt her, and finally the glowing eyes red as literal fire, red as blood... And that gave her an idea.

Taking advantage of how close her face was, Verosika spat into the obese woman's face, making sure that the drop fell directly into one of her eyes, and luckily for the succubus, it fell on both.

And since Verosika was drinking her "special cocktails" earlier, the kind of drink that would leave third-degree burns on the skin, that was more than enough to enhance the potenty of the spit. While what little was left in Verosika 's mouth wasn't enough to melt the woman's face, it was enough to make her stop trying to stab her. Her eyes began to bleed.

" Ghraaaaaaaa !" The now blind and monstrous woman screamed, releasing the succubus and dropping the knife in the process.

This gave Verosika the golden opportunity she was looking for because she quickly grabbed the knife, and before the obese monstrosity could recover, she pounced on her, repeatedly striking her in the chest with that knife, over and over, each blow full of fury, rage and pleasure at doing to that obese creature the same thing that she did to that child.

Each blow not only caused the monstrous woman to scream in pain and patter blood, but the screams on the hill and in the house grew deeper and deeper, until they became huge glowing pits of hell. Red began to appear on the ground, and huge pieces of the house were beginning to fall.

But Verosika was too focused on stabbing that damn monster to notice that.

The monstrous woman tried to defend herself against her, but the Succubus was much faster in her stabbing, and with one last push, plunged the knife into her chest with great force.

"AAAAAAAAAAARRGGGGG!" The monstrous woman screamed before falling backward, the knife lodged in her chest, and there it stayed.

Verosika panted, covered in blood, more the monster's than her own stared at the obese corpse for a moment.

"God damn, that bitch was tougher than I imagined," She said as she caught her breath.

"But as hard as it was, it shows that besides from that boy, he hadn't fought anyone- THE KID!" Was Verosika's reaction when she remembered the child and the situation in which she left him. She quickly flew up the hill, which luckily was small, and quickly entered the house, and saw him, lying in his own puddle of blood, with the wounds on his chest and throat, but amazingly still alive.

Verosika was not going to waste time, so she prepared to take the child away.

"GRAAAAH!" But suddenly her ears caught a thunderous scream, furious and familiarly demonic, and before she could do anything, the succubus was tackled with great force by a huge mass of flesh, which smashed her against one of the walls.

It was that woman, who despite her injuries, was not dead, and still had the strength to fight, which she demonstrated by grabbing Verosika by the neck, and holding with all her strength with one hand, while with the other she tried to stab her with the blood soaked knife.

This left them in a position similar to the previous one, where Verosika was being held down by the monster woman, and in turn was trying to stab her in the head, only this time the pop star from hell was with less energy than before, and she was quickly running out of air. If she didn't do something soon, she and the boy would end up getting killed by this damned humanoid abomination, and she couldn't play the same card as before.

"YOU GENDER OF HELL! I WILL SEND YOU IN THE NAME OF CHRIST TO THE KINGDOM WHERE YOU BELONG, AND WE WILL BE SAVED, SAVED FROM SIN AND CLEANSED OF EVERY STAIN ON OUR SOULS!" The monster bellowed with passion and hatred at the succubus.

But at that moment, she had a new idea, quite unpleasant and risky for her, but which was preferable to being dead.

She decided to let the woman stab her, and she did not hesitate and took advantage of the window of opportunity that Verosika gave her, so she directed the knife with all her might directly at the head of the succubus... who with her free hand deflected it and moving her head, dodged at the last moment.

Instead of being buried in her skull, the knife ended up buried in the wall just a few millimeters from her, a moment that she took advantage of to make her move.

*CHOMP * "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

Said movement she made was to bite the big meaty fingers with all her strength, making use of her sharp teeth, before wrenching them free as violently as she possibly could to maximize pain.

This was worth a scream of thunderous pain from the obese woman, when she felt how her fingers were severed by the bite, which made her step back, while she looked with horror and rage at how her phalanges had gone, and where they were before, now the blood gushed uncontrallably.

Verosika felt the unpleasant taste of that demon's blood, because that was a taste she would recognize anywhere, it was not the first time she had tasted it, and the unpleasant sensation and texture of her victim's calloused fingers in her mouth, which she quickly spit out.

Although he did not concentrate much on it, since he had something even more urgent to do, which was to grab the knife stuck in the wall, and with insane speed, he buried it in one of the monstrous woman's eyes.

Not even heeding her scream, Verosika hastily proceeded to seize the woman's head, digging her sharp claws into the fleshto make sure her grip was fully secure.

Once she did that, she threw her head back and then, to get as much momentum as possible, she gave the most powerful heabbutt she possibly could, making sure to hit the hilt of the knife, sticking out of the eye socket so that it was completely buried in the monstrous woman's skull, further bathing Verosika in blood and pain.

Thanks to the force of the blow, she and the woman separated, Verosika looked at what she had done, the knife practically disappeared inside the woman's skull, and everything was silent for a couple of seconds, which felt like 2 minutes.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

Until the monstrous woman, with that demonic double voice of hers, let out a scream of sheer pain, at the same time that where Verosika had plunged the knife into her, a stream of blood and a powerful crimson light came out, and everything began to shake.

The crimson cracks that had appeared during the fight between the two of them grew larger and more noticeable every second, which allowed the succubus to notice it, as she watched as the house began to crumble, and the tremor became more and more violent each time.

The monstrous woman began to move back further and further as she continued to scream in pain, unaware of what was behind her, so the next step she took back was her last, as she fell into the hole from which a crimson light was coming out. She fell, her screams getting fainter and fainter, until they were gone, replaced by the sounds of the house collapsing, and the floor creaking.

"What the hell is happening here!?" Verosika wondered but she didn't expect an answer, since she had a more important concern, the badly injured boy from earlier.
"It doesn't matter" she said as she grabbed the boy's body and cradled him in her arms.

It didn't take long for her to sprout her wings and fly high above the house on the hill, not far, just enough to be at a safe distance, where she saw how the house and the hill were literally swallowed by the earth, leaving a huge hole of crimson light. It was energy from hell in its purest form.

"ISAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

That demonic cacophony of voices was heard, while a huge torrent of fire, rocks and crimson lightning came out of the hole, shooting into the sky, while the earth trembled, as if it were a volcanic eruption.

Verosika could only gape as she held the boy, Isaac, tightly and protectively in her arms.

It went on like that for five seconds, the scream echoing farther and farther away, the tremor, the rocks, the lightning, and the flames dying with it, until all was utter silence in the night, the only sound the crackling of flames in the smoking hollow where once there had been a hill and a house.

"What in the nine circles just happened here!?" Verosika said when she managed to snap out of her stupor.

Suddenly, a cough caught her attention. It was from the boy, who surprised her by staying alive, something that should be impossible given his injuries and blood loss.

But it was not the moment to question what had just happened, nor the small miracle that the infant was still alive, so she wasted no time, and using her wings she flew at full speed towards the nearest hospital.

All without knowing that she had just changed the natural order of things forever.

She flew high, high in the sky, her eyes narrowed with determination as she headed for some place where he could get help for this child. Now, her actions here would definitely lead to reports of a cryptid sighting flying through the sky, but she honestly didn't give a damn at this point.

She gave the little boy a gentle squeeze when she felt him tremble violently in her arms. "Hold on..." she whispered as she flew through the sky as fast as she could, until she finally saw what she was looking for. There was a hospital just below.

She calmed down at the sight of it, and then approached the situation carefully. First, she searched for the most secluded area she could find. Parking in the back. There was no one parked there at this time. She flew down as fast as she could, then gracefully landed in a kneeling position, hugging the boy close to her neck. And the moment she made contact with the ground, she changed back into her human disguise. Altogether, it all took the blink of an eye. It was amazing what she could do when she was properly motivated, she had to admit.

And with that same motivation, Verosika ran towards the hospital, kicking the entrance door with such force that it almost knocked it off its hinge, but in the end her damage was limited to leaving a mark on her foot.

"Help! I need help now!" She screamed and was then surrounded by hospital staff.

They all took one look at the child in the woman's arms and quickly sprang into action. Verosika had to give the humans credit, they certainly took the health of their own much more seriously than the demons of hell. While the hospital staff in hell would pace around and show very little interest in their work, these people were actually urgent, they wanted to help the boy.

She gave Isaac a light squeeze and looked at him. He was so small in her arms, hardly bigger than a stuffed animal, and he looked so small and weak and vulnerable... She slowly wiped a few tears from her closed eyes.

He was... adorable. She had to admit it was adorable. She wasn't comfortable admitting it out loud, but…she had a soft spot for children, both those born in hell and on earth. She didn't interact with them much, she didn't want to show a soft side amongst her clique, but there was something about their innocence, their purity that just… made her want to protect them… A happy child was easy enough to ignore, but this child? One so damaged, so broken, so scared, alone, heartbroken and in pain? It... spoke to her. She COULDN'T ignore it. She HAD to help him.

It was difficult to have to let go of the boy, while he was carried on a stretcher to the operating room, but Verosika knew that it was necessary to treat his serious injuries, and do all the necessary paperwork to save him.

For a moment, Verosika was grateful to be in Europe, and not in the USA, because otherwise, the Succubus was sure that the child would have been left to die, due to lack of health insurance.

As she sat in the hallway waiting for Isaac to be attended to, the disguised succubus continued to reflect on her love for children.

Yes, Verosika appreciated children, perhaps the only exception was children who were directly mean or unpleasant, but even those children, she would never wish upon them what happened to this boy.

What could he have done to make that monster leave him in that state?

And now that she thought of her, who was this woman possessed by?

It was obvious that she must be some kind of occultist, but how was she related to the boy? And why did she do what she did to him?

After what seemed like hours, the doctor came out with a solemn look on his face, which really scared Verosika because she had seen that look before, many times, and knew what was coming.

The worst moment of the night had arrived... but not in the way she expected.

"Tell me the truth... please... just tell me" Verosika said not wanting to drag this out more than necessary.

"Well miss…wait, I guess I never knew your name, what's your name?" asked the doctor.

"I'm Verosika Mayday, please tell me how he is." She said with a pleading voice, she just wanted this man to say what happened to the little boy, and that's all.

The Doctor's eyes widened as he recognized the name, but he maintained his professionalism, there were more important things to focus on now than the fact that he had a big-name celebrity in front of him, although this certainly added extra layers of difficulty and complexity to an already complicated issue.

He cleared his throat and adjusted his glasses at the scathing look she was giving him. "Yes, well…You see, Miss Mayday, the boy is…stable. He is in no danger of dying from his injuries, which are healing faster than we could have anticipated."

Verosika sighed in relief, placing a hand over her heart. She was grateful that a small child wasn't going to die in her care…but what the doctor would say next would end any relief she had.

"However, the injuries he recently received, however serious, were unfortunately just the tip of the iceberg." The Doctor drawled, and his words filled Verosika with fear.

"What do you mean?" she asked, her chest crushed by terrible fear, she had already seen the state of the boy before that monstrosity stabbed him, and it was terrifying at first glance, the map of pain etched on the boy's body, she really didn't want to believe that it was worse than it seemed.

"After stabilizing him, we did a thorough review of the body to assess the damage, and what we found is...you better sit back down," He began, but decided to give this advice to Verosika, and she fearfully obeyed.

The doctor sighed, and it was obvious that what he was going to say next was not easy or pleasant, on the contrary, it was written all over his face.

"What we have seen when we did the analysis was terrible, almost all of his bones are or were broken and damaged in some way, his skin was full of scars and marks of all kinds, as well as multiple wounds, some infected. and with signs of necrosis, in addition to presenting severe malnutrition even for his age, he weighs 2 times less than he should, it seems that he was burned, with a metal in the shape of a crucifix, beaten and then put through hell for at least 3 years!" The doctor gasped for air, while his gaze was filled with horror and sadness.

"I'm not sure what horrible thing they didn't do to the poor boy, Miss Mayday, what happened to him?" asked the doctor, almost desperate to know, where the celebrity found this young torture victim.

"I... found him ...next to a huge burning crater on the outskirts of the city...I don't know what happened to it." Verosika, with great difficulty and her voice on the verge of breaking, half lying, because although that was not the whole truth, it was credible because it was partly true, she didn't mention the fight she had before bringing him, and there was no need, the blood of that woman on her clothes could easily be confused with that of the child.

"Will he live?" she asked, with her voice faint, since she felt that she was about to collapse at any moment, and urgently needed good news.

The doctor looked at her with some discomfort, but also somewhat more relaxed.

"Well, yes, although those wounds should have killed him, due to his miraculous stamina factor. With miraculously accelerated formation, he will be able to live without any physical damage, but I can confidently say that the most worrying thing is the psychological damage, the child will have serious mental ramifications after all..."

Verosika clenched her teeth and closed her eyes, she knew it was going to be like this, but she still hated hearing the confirmation, this kid was going to be absolutely traumatized after everything that had happened... He would never come back be the same...

"Can I see him?" Verosika asked. She felt like she was going to collapse, and it was obvious because the doctor nodded.

"Yes, but be careful and don't touch anything, if an emergency happens, you can press the button next to it and a nurse will come to attend to you, he is currently under anesthesia, so he won't wake up until tomorrow, okay?" the doctor asked, to which Verosika agreed, and unlike other times, she took the word of the medical staff seriously, since it was such a delicate situation.

"Well, see you tomorrow then, bye" said the doctor who knew that Verosika wouldn't leave the child all night.

Verosika wasted no time going in and seeing Isaac, and her heart broke.

There was the boy, in a bed so big that it seemed that ten of him could fit, covered with a sheet, and dressed in hospital clothes, but those were minor details, compared to the multiple bandages that covered much of the tiny boy's body, as well as the different tubes and cables connected to him which supplied him with oxygen or other nutrients, in addition to reading his different functions. Seeing that boy like this, intubated in a bed, with his breathing assisted, and his eyes closed was an extremely unbearable sight for Verosika. She simply sat in the chair next to the bed, and collapsed .

She lay half her body on the bed and wept bitterly at what had happened to him, wondering why this had happened to him in the first place.

She may be a demon, born and raised in hell itself, a place that is far from ideal for those with empathy and decency, but anyone with even a minimum of those two traits would soon snap one way or another at the sight of a child in a situation. like this, and Verosika was far from lacking in that "weakness".

Holding the boy's tiny hand, being careful of the wires and IV tubes attached to it, Isaac continued to sleep and breathe, while Verosika cried and cried herself to sleep next to the boy.

But if she hadn't been crying, and perhaps if she had stayed awake a few more seconds, Verosika would have witnessed something amazing.

Isaac's body began to glow, first red, then green, then gold, then black light, and so on with all the colors until it glowed pure white, before returning to normal. .

But since Verosika cried herself to sleep, and since only she and Isaac were the only ones in that room, no one noticed that light show.

However, Verosika unconsciously squeezed the boy's tiny hand in her own, feeling the calming energy emanating from him as they both slept. It was a relaxing sensation that easily eased her restless sleep, and she even smiled a little.

Meanwhile, in hell a few hours earlier, things were business as usual, which is to say, good for some and extremely bad for everyone else.

Some souls were people who were genuinely good, but ended up having a lapse in judgement, and ended up in that place despite a lifetime of good deeds, others were true monsters, and many of whom didn't even deserve to exist.

In each of the rings that made up this place, everything remained the same.

until...

"ISAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

In every part of hell, from Lucifer's palace, to the darkest and most insignificant corner, that thunderous cry was heard, which was composed of a cacophony of multiple voices, the main ones being that of a woman and a demon, a sonic boom that ended up causing almost everyone who heard it to cover their ears, something useless for most because that did not stop them from starting to bleed, or almost all the glass breaking.

Accompanied by an earthquake that shook all the rings of hell, but strangely, the tremor was especially strong in the rings that surrounded the Ring of Envy.

It lasted for about 20 seconds, until both the screaming and the shaking faded away.

But while the low level demons and sinners only heard the thunderous scream and felt the tremor, even they could sense that something had changed.

The demons and sinners who used magic regularly, and of higher rank felt something that for the first time for many, either in a long time or in their entire lives, made them shudder with fear to a lesser or greater degree, because although they could not pinpoint it, they knew that something very big and unprecedented had happened.

Happy Hotel

This was a place created to redeem sinners, and although its success so far had been nil, they were still giving their best efforts.

Charlie, the owner, was the princess of hell, daughter of Lucifer and over 200 years old.

So she was obviously able to detect that there was much more to this event than a thunderous scream and an earthquake, it felt like the annual exterminations, with a cacophony of millions of voices disappearing forever.

Although it disturbed her, that did not stop her from seeking to help the other residents of the hotel, to see if the event or the broken glass did not harm them.
The only one who seemed affected by this was The Radio Demon Alastor .

For once, his perpetual smile had almost disappeared from his face, before returning with great force.

Whatever had happened, it promised to be quite entertaining for him.

The other inhabitants of the hotel could only look around with concern, while they recovered from the event.

Meanwhile, in the Goetia Arts domain , things were no different, while Stolas and his wife Stella were in the middle of an intense discussion, because he had cheated on her with an Imp, the fact in question distracted them.

They both felt it until their cores could feel as if they had been ripped from reality itself, a primal part of themselves, something that was always there but now no more.

Far from there, in his own palace, Paimon was the same, but with a look that had horror etched all over his features, he had never felt anything like it before.

Lucifer's Palace.

And in the domains of the master and lord of the underworld, where he and his wife lived, for the first time in a long time Lilith and Lucifer felt something they had not felt since the first was expelled from heaven and the second from Eden, and that was fear, uncertainty and confusion.

Because something had happened to the foundations of hell itself.

Both were in a state of shock because of what they had felt, and everything caused by that event.

And since they were both the rulers of hell, they could feel it more deeply than anyone, and they both knew that whatever this event was, it had its origin in Envy.

Lilith wasted no time and told her husband to gather the leaders of hell as quickly as possible.

Back to Earth...

Verosika ended up waking up with a huge headache from her hangover, she groaned in annoyance as she sat up slowly, her brain starting to catch up, remembering the unreal recent events, and as unreal as they were, they were definitely just a dream. .

"Damn that drink was strong, I had the craziest dream, there was this guy, then that monster woman, and then…" She stopped when she realized she wasn't in her house, but in a place that she didn't recognize. It wasn't a hotel room either, so she didn't bed anyone...

No, these were strange and unfamiliar hospital walls.

She wondered why she was in a hospital, until her brain caught that she was holding something, and when she saw that that something was a very small hand, she finally remembered everything.

She gasped in surprise as she remembered that she was in the human world. She quickly went to put on her disguise... when she noticed that she actually still had it on, which was very strange, since that the disguise should not only have vanished during the night, but on top of that, she should have felt extremely tired from having it activated for all that time, despite being a simple spell, it still consumes energy.

But aside from her hangover headache, Verosika actually felt great, full of energy, even with her costume on all night.

Which in the end was a good thing. If one of the staff had seen her in her real form and she couldn't convince them it was a costume, things would have turned ugly for her and the kid.

That reminded her of what was important, and she diverted her attention to the boy, and she could only look at his state with great sadness.

"...He shouldn't be lying in that bed...A child in his condition should be cuddled close in the arms of a loved one." She said heartbroken.

But he couldn't, he was too hurt.

She clenched her teeth in frustration and fought the urge to punch the nearby wall. She knew there would be no point in doing so, it would accomplish nothing more than bruise her hand, damaging the wall and making her pay for it, and potentially wake up the child that needed his rest.

She took a deep breath and gently squeezed the boy's hand. Then she remembered her gang. She... literally had no idea where any of them were. She blinked before pulling out her phone to see if any of them had texted her to see where she was.

She wondered why she hadn't used it the night before and then remembered that she had run out of credit, but since the hospital had Free WiFi , she decided to use it.

Verosika wondered how that was possible, until she looked around and saw a sign stating that the room was equipped to wirelessly charge devices, in case the medical equipment cables failed or were compromised. and also for devices, like Verosika's phone.

In fact, Vortex had essentially blown up her phone with text messages. She smiled to herself. That Hellhound was a good boy, he knew he had made the right decision in taking him as his bodyguard.

There were more than 30 dozen messages, which could be divided into two categories.

1) boss where are you?!

and 2) did you feel that boss where are you?!

Verosika didn't understand what the messages in that category meant, at least not at first, but she had her suspicions about it.

She sighed before sending a text to Vortex . 'I'm fine. I just got screwed over and my phone died. Some shit fell. But I'm fine, don't worry about me, I'll live.' She looked at it before sending it. And then she saw that he was responding almost immediately. He was really worried about her.

' Where are you now? I can come pick you up.

'I'm…in a hospital somewhere. I don't know where exactly. I was pretty out of it after getting hit last night. It went off the beaten path. I'll get back to you when I have a better idea of things.

'Hospital?! You are injured?!'

Verosika read Vortex 's question , and was going to answer no, when she remembered the fight last night, and how the woman managed to hurt her with the knife, in addition to the blows she received.

It was then that she looked at herself, looking for her injuries, and realized that she had no injuries, not even pain (except for the hangover), and this surprised her quite a bit.

She knew that being a demon, she healed quickly, but they don't heal that fast, nor were the wounds she received from a normal weapon, she remembered the burning sensation she felt when she was wounded by the knife.

And now, the only proof that was left of that, were the torn parts of her clothes, where those wounds were.

'No, I'm fine' was what Verosika replied, as she racked her brain trying to find an answer.

'Ok, that's good to hear, but then why are you in a hospital?' Vortex asked .

And although she couldn't see it, Verosika was 100% sure that her Hellhound bodyguard breathed a sigh of relief before answering her.

Verosika then thought for a moment, how did she explain the situation to him? SHOULD she tell him?

Sure, he may just be her employee, and he may be a hellhound, but since she's known him, he's proven to be one of the nicest and most down-to-earth people in hell, even if it's not about business. .

So she made up her mind.

'Well, it's... a very complicated and fucked up situation, like talking about it on the phone, I'll send you the details, and here I'll explain everything to you in person, okay? come in the car

'ok, I'll be there as soon as possible, will I bring the rest of the group?'

'no, come alone, better not involve them yet'

'okay, see you there'

great

With that, Verosika put down her cell phone.

She looked at herself in the mirror and frowned. Her makeup was all smeared. That was a bit of a pain in the ass. Granted, she didn't need it to look good, but she didn't like the stripes running down her face, it was so unattractive.

She looked back at Isaac, who was still fast asleep, before letting out a sigh, reaching into her pocket and pulling out a tissue to wipe away the smudged makeup. A new coat would be applied, but that was in her bag, which she did not have on her at the time.

Hopefully Vortex had it with him, there were things in there that it would be a real shame to lose...

Verosika sat down again, and looked at the child who, despite the tubes and cables he was connected to, would sleep peacefully, surely it was the first time in years.

The succubus had so many questions related to the boy and the night before.

Who was that woman? Was she the mother of the child?

If it's the latter, why would she want to kill her own son?

Of course, Verosika knew that there were parents who were complete monsters, and who would not hesitate to kill their children without remorse, hell is inhabited by such people.

But even so, they were not that common, and many many times did not survive the annual purge, either because they were left to die at the hands of exterminators, other sinners, or their own children.

And who was the demon that possessed that woman?

The presence felt extremely familiar, but Verosika couldn't quite place where she had felt that before.

Although to be fair, at that moment Verosika could only feel anger and disgust at what had been done to the poor boy, so it's not like she could be very aware of that demon's identity.

She could only feel rage and massive power.

On top of that, this woman tortured and tried to kill her son, why was she possessed?

Or did that demon possess her because she was already rotten inside of her?

If she was a cultist It would make sense, if it wasn't for all the religious tirade she spat in her face, while trying to plunge the knife into her head, she was an insane religious fanatic.

So if that was the case, how did she come to be possessed and perform a ritual with such hypermassive amounts of demonic energy?

So many questions and no clear answer.

And it's not like she could ask that poor kid, that bitch took it upon herself to damage his vocal cords, so he won't be talking anytime soon.

Either way, when Verosika saw that bitch in hell, she was going to make sure to do everything in her power to torture that obese bitch until the next annual purge, then let the exterminators wipe her from reality.

She huffed and crossed her arms over her breasts before turning her attention back to Isaac. The doctors had said that he would wake up in the morning, but he was still sleeping soundly... Had they been wrong? Would he stay asleep much longer?

She received her answer a few seconds later when the boy started to move. First his eyes slowly opened. They then dashed around in confusion, before finally, he seemed to realize that he was in an unknown place and began to freak out.

Isaac looked around nervously, he was in a totally unknown place, and that nervousness only got worse when he realized that he had strange things inside his body.

From a plastic tube that was shoved down his throat, to several cables and other smaller ones stuck or buried in his body.

Although to the surprise of many this was not something new for the boy, many of his previous transformations were given by the objects he found, including things like a saw, coat rack, and other things buried in various parts of his body, even having nails buried in his eyes

And although those hurt infinitely more than these, these were not only new and unknown, but also the environment was different, Isaac was expecting his mother to pounce on him at any moment.

The last thing he remembered was her stabbing him with the knife, killing him for his sins, for making his father leave, for being like his father, for being like the devil.

He should have been dead, but instead he was in a different place, in an unknown situation.

His breathing became rapid, intense, his fear beginning to overwhelm him as his eyes darted from side to side in sheer terror, searching for something, ANYTHING that looked familiar, but found absolutely nothing he recognized in this place.

No dark room. There was no newspaper on the floor. No bowl of dog food or spoiled produce for him to eat. It was a neat and clean room, and he was suddenly afraid that someone would come out and start opening it.

Verosika saw that the boy was now wide awake and saw the raw fear in his eyes. She hurried over, took his tiny hand in hers and gave it a gentle squeeze. Isaac shuddered and squeezed his eyes shut, anticipating the pain and suffering... But it never came.

This almost seemed to calm the boy down, and although the situation didn't get any worse, Isaac was still in the middle of a panic attack, the succubus could see his eyes closing as he began to tremble, and rivers of tears instantly ran from his eyes, in a abnormal amount and speed, but she didn't care about that.

Verosika already knew that if this continued, he might start ripping off the wires and tubes he was wearing, so she thought and came up with a great idea, which was to sing a song.

The only problem was that almost all of her songs were too raunchy or talked about her breakup with Blitzo .

It seemed like she would have to give up on the idea, until Verosika remembered one of her new songs, one that had the melody and instrumental, but no words.

'I hope humming it will have the same effect.'

So Verosika began to hum the song slowly as she continued to hold Isaac's hand, while with the other she began to caress his head.

And the song had a slow effect at first, but slowly and surely the boy began to calm down, still keeping his eyes shut tight, but slowly and surely the rivers of tears dried up, as his trembling stopped, and his moans slowly ceased .

Isaac expected the pain to come from somewhere, but it never came, instead someone squeezed his hand, not squeezing until it broke, but gently but firmly.

Then something else happened, he began to hear a humming, while he felt another hand gently and slowly caressing his head.

It was a truly beautiful and magical sound that almost immediately calmed all his worries and fears. Little by little he managed to calm down, it was easier to breathe, the dark thoughts left his head and he could think clearly about his situation.

Slowly, he opened his eyes, then looked up to see the woman who was singing to him. She was pretty. The prettiest lady he had ever seen. She was so kind to him, so careful not to hurt him, and her song was so soothing…

She was an angel. She had to be.

As he relaxed, a part of Isaac couldn't help but think that there was something familiar about this angel, both in her voice and her appearance.

Verosika felt relieved to see how her idea worked, little by little the boy calmed down until he was completely relaxed.

So she went on for a while longer, not just because she wanted to calm the boy down, but because she wanted the boy to be happy, as he clearly enjoyed her humming to him.

'Looks like I've gained a new mini fan,' she told herself as she laughed at the idea, briefly pausing her hum before continuing.

She didn't really have childish fans, which was to be expected considering the content of her songs. Still, it felt...nice to know that there was a boy who enjoyed a song of hers And not because of the sexual overtones, but because the sound soothed him.

He was much cuter when he was in a relaxed state like this. All of his fears hid in the back of his mind as he allowed himself this moment to just relax and enjoy the attention he was receiving. The first positive attention he had received in a long time.

They went on like this for a while, until Verosika felt that she had received a message, it was Tex who had already arrived at the hospital.

But a problem had arisen, from the looks of it, security didn't want to let him go.

Since she brought Isaac, and unknown to her, the building tightened security and contacted the authorities.

Which made sense, being a super pop star who brings in a child on the brink of death and who seems to have been through a concentration camp?

That would do more than raise an eyebrow, they weren't going to let just anyone pass.

And since Votex had nothing to indicate that he actually had a working relationship with Verosika Mayday, and given the situation he was in, he was not allowed to enter.

Verosika snorted with some annoyance, it seems that she would have to go down to the lobby, and talk to the employees to let Tex pass.

She got up, and Verosika was about to open the door, until a small gasp stopped her touching the knob.

She turned and saw that the boy went from having a peaceful expression to one of surprise and sadness at seeing Verosika leave so suddenly.

"Oh, don't worry" said Verosika as she opened the door "I'll be right back, I'm just going to-" the disguised succubus couldn't finish, due to the scene of almost terror that suddenly began to form.

Se watched as the little boy began to hyperventilate and go into what appeared to be a mini panic attack.

He tried to get up, only all the wires and tubes connected to him held him in place, and this was where the worst happened.

Verosika watched in horror as he tried to pull out the wires and IV lines.

But before he could do anything to harm himself further, Verosika swung into action and managed to stop him.

"Wait, wait! What are you doing!?" Verosika asked sharply, which made Isaac flinch, and left the succubus wanting to kick herself. She decided to soften her voice and speak to him.

At that moment she realized what was happening, the boy thought she was leaving him.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to yell at you, but please, you have to leave these connected, they are important for you to heal, and I have to go do something, but don't worry, I'll be back." she told him as she tried to sound completely sincere.

Even so, the boy seemed skeptical, which he showed with a pleading look, so Verosika began to think of a way to make him believe her.

And that's when she had an idea, she would give the boy something, to let him know that she would come back for him.

At first she wanted to give him her cell phone…but then Verosika remembered the rather picturesque videos stored inside the device, so she thought of something else.

"What can I give you?...Oh, I know!"

She reached into one of her pockets and found what she was looking for, which were her sunglasses… they were cracked and bent.

'What!? Damn, they must have broken during the fight, dammit these were my favorite glasses! Agh... never mind, this will still do.'

She handed them to the boy, who looked at the object with wonder and curiosity.

"Here, I have to do something very important, I'll be back for them and for you, can you take care of them for me please?" She asked as she handed the glasses to the tiny boy.

The boy saw the object, and then nodded vigorously, which made Verosika smile, and she headed for the door.

"Okay, I'm leaving now, but I won't be long" she said as she left to settle the matter with Tex as quickly as possible and closed the door behind her.

Now that she was gone, Isaac suddenly felt dejected and looked sadly at the bed before turning his attention back to Verosika's sunglasses.

He was on a mission to protect them with his life and keep them safe from harm.

He noted how damaged the glass was, how the glass was broken, and how the metal was bent.

They must have been very pretty glasses when they weren't broken like him.

so he wanted a way to know how to return them to when they weren't broken.

Then in front of him, appeared something unknown, at first Isaac was scared, until he recognized that the object was a very familiar blue hourglass.

Then he smiled excitedly.

Verosika walked through the corridors and entered the elevator to reach the reception. She crossed her arms over her breasts and tapped her foot impatiently. She hated elevators, they always seemed to take too long to get her anywhere.

After what seemed like several minutes, she finally made it to her stop and headed for the front desk, trying to keep the annoyance off her face. "Excuse me, but is someone close to me trying to break in?" She asked as nicely as he could.

The receptionist looked at her for a moment, not quite recognizing her.

" Um , I'm not sure, can you tell me your name?"

"Verosika Mayday". The disguised succubus answered, and when she did, she could see the receptionist's eyes widen.

"Verosika Mayday!? Sorry I didn't recognize you!" she said apologetically.

"Yeah, yeah, I know, look, can you tell me if someone is looking for me or not? It's very important." She said something tense, she really didn't want to have to deal with fans at this time of day, much less in the situation they were in.

"Oh! Sure! Sure! Let's see... there's a certain Vortex who asked to see you," the receptionist said.

"And where is he?"

"in the waiting room"

"Okay, can he please come in?"

"Sure, I'll call you right back" said the receptionist, as she called Vortex through the microphone.

Verosika waited patiently for her Hellhound bodyguard to arrive and nodded when she saw him approaching at a brisk pace, a look of relief crossed his face. "Ugh... You had us worried enough, boss." He greeted her when he reached her, placing a hand on her shoulder.

Verosika smiled and rolled her eyes. "Oh, I'm a big girl, Tex, I can take care of myself." she assured.

" Heh . Yeah, I get that. So what are you doing in a hospital anyway? You seem a bit beaten up, but this is the kind of thing you usually walk away from."

Tex immediately knew that this was not a normal situation upon seeing how Verosika's face and attitude changed so quickly, from one of relief to one of concern and seriousness, while her body tensed.

He knew something out of the ordinary had happened, he had doubts about it, but seeing his boss react like that confirmed it.

"Actually… something happened, many things at the same time really, I… I want you to meet someone, come with me" She told him as she walked back to the room where Isaac was waiting for her to come back. Considering how the boy reacted when she left, Verosika thought it would be best if she explained everything to Tex while they were with Isaac.

The hellhound looked dead serious now. Se had to admire that about his employee. He was probably the most mature member of her entire gang, he was the one who responded to situations in the most appropriate way. Each group needed a voice of reason to keep things in order.

She found Isaac's room and let out a breath. "Okay... This is why I'm here." She entered, and Vortex followed her. He blinked when he saw the boy lying on the bed, holding his boss's glasses, and then looked at his boss. Had she gone out of her way to save a child? That was...unusually nice of her. He had to say... he was proud.

Verosika spoke as she entered. "Okay honey, I'm ba- Hmm ? My glasses! They're like new!" She ran excitedly to the boy's bedside and knelt down beside him. He turned to her, and his eyes began to sparkle with joy at the sight of her.

At this point Votex had too many questions and really needed an answer.

"So... who exactly is he?" the costumed Hellhound asked , drawing Verosika's attention.

"Oh well, his name is…Isaac…I think, wait a minute." then she turned to look at the boy, who was looking at Vortex with a little curiosity, and then he turned to look at Verosika.

"I'm sorry, but your name is Isaac, right?" Verosika asked, to which the boy nodded happily, for the angel knew his name. "Yeah, his name is Isaac."

"Oh, all right, and why is he... like this?" Vortex asked pointing to all the medical equipment the boy had attached to his body.

Now, he knew that the answer could not be good, but seeing how his boss's face changed from one of joy to the concept of bitterness made flesh, took him by surprise.

"What happened to him...was...was terrible."

She took a deep breath. "Some fat old hag was abusing him and I had to fight her and that's the most I'm willing to say while he's still awake because I DON'T want to dig up bad memories for the poor thing." She said simply.

Vortex visibly grimaced at her words and looked at the boy sympathetically. " Wow ... Geez... Sorry to hear that, little buddy." He gave Isaac a friendly pat on the head, and the boy blinked and tilted his head. Was someone else being nice to him too?

He always knew that people were kinder than his mother, but he didn't think that anyone would be so kind to him like this, he never thought that someone would feel sorry for him... He had felt as if he...

While Isaac was having those thoughts, Vortex saw the boy, with all that medical paraphernalia attached to him, he noticed that whatever this "fat old hag" did to this boy, it must have been terrible, he wasn't an expert in medicine, but he could recognize an artificial respiration machine, and seeing one hooked up to a child meant nothing good.

The Hellhound clenched his fist tightly, this way he avoided growling and scaring the boy, why would someone hurt a boy like that?

"And do you know why she did it?" He asked.

"No, I have no idea why that crazy woman would do something like that."

He decided to ask one more thing.

"And where is this 'fat old hag' now?" Tex asked.

"Where do you think I'd send it?" Verosika said she hoped Tex would take the hint.

"I see…wait, doesn't that mean we risk seeing her when we get back? I don't think she'll like it very much." Tex asked, confused.

"Yes, I know, but I know someone who can be in charge of keeping that monster away from us, locked up in some not pretty place, at least until the next purge, when the exterminators will take care of erasing that vermin from the creation forever, it's the least she deserves." She said angrily.

"Well, that seems right to me." Vortex said when he saw that the boy would receive justice,

"But wait... what's going to happen to him from now on?" Asked the Hellhound in disguise.

"Well, first we have to wait for the doctors to give him the go-ahead"

"Okay, that's logical, but later?"

Verosika opened her mouth to reply, only to find that words failed her. "I, uh... uh... I... I don't know." She sheepishly admitted. "My attention turned to getting that THING out of the picture and getting him to get medical help, but after that, I'm not sure what to do."

Vortex hummed and crossed his arms. "Do you think the little man has any living relatives he could go live with?" Verosika stiffened a little at what the hellhound was saying and she honestly had no idea why. Why was she suddenly feeling afraid?

Was she…attached to the child already?

That shouldn't be possible, she had just met the boy.

Yeah, he was cute and all, but she didn't want to be responsible for him... but she didn't want to be separated from him either.

Thinking of his bodyguard's question, she answered.

"I.. I don't know if he has any other relatives," Verosika said.

Vortex thought about that answer and had an idea.

" Um , well, how about this? Since that witch isn't home, why don't we go over there and see, I'm sure there must be documents or something, about his other relatives?"

At that, Verosika gave him an awkward look.

"That... it won't be possible to go back there anymore." She said.

"Why? Cause the police? We can wait until they leave the scene of the crime" Vortex replied somewhat confused.

"No, it's not because of that, it's something else."

"Why? Is it because of him? Didn't you send that monster to the other neighborhood?" asked the Hellhound, somewhat confused.

"Yes, and she took the whole house with her in the process" Verosika replied.

"How did she take the house? Did you blow it up or something?" asked the Hellhound , as he imagined that his boss blew that monster into the air.

"No, actually... I don't know what happened, I just know that after I made a knife disappear through her head, a giant sinkhole appeared, and now there's nothing left but a smoking hole." Verosika explained as best she could.

Not only did he not want to go into details, because Isaac was looking at both of them in their conversation, but not understanding what they were saying, what the goal was.

But also because he had no idea what had happened.

"Wait! A sinkhole? And by chance a huge column of fire and rocks came out, and you heard a scream?" Vortex asked, suddenly surprising Verosika with the precise description.

"Yeah, how did you know?" she asked, surprised that her bodyguard managed to describe it perfectly, something he didn't see.

"Because those were all over the news! Didn't you hear?" Vortex said as he searched for something on his own phone.

"No, I was with the kid and I haven't checked my networks for anything- wait, did you say 'those were' in the plural?" She asked as she was getting more and more confused.

"Take a look." He showed her one of the videos.

The video was of a subject who was recording an apparently abandoned house, which was surrounded by cracks from which a hellish red glow came out, Verosika quickly saw that they were identical to the ones she saw before the huge sinkhole appeared that swallowed Isaac's house.

And as with Isaac's house, these cracks grew until a sinkhole appeared, and swallowed up the house entirely.

Based on the information the video offered and the language spoken by the one she recorded, Verosika was surprised that this was also happening in another part of the world.

"How is it possible?" She asked.

"And there are more of these." Vortex said as he fiddled with the cell phone, and showed Verosika something that left her speechless.

It didn't happen just once or twice, in two different places, but in multiple parts of the world.

Not just abandoned houses, but factories, hospitals, commercial buildings, churches and various others, most of them were abandoned, but others had people inside, luckily the vast majority came out.

And it was not only limited to modern places, but also different parts of nature, abandoned temples, these sinkholes appeared and swallowed everything and then exploded like volcanoes of fire, rock and infernal energy, although only a few were recorded that were archaeological sites.

Although of course, none of the posts, videos or news had a clear answer to what was happening, but theories abounded by millions.

From an unprecedented seismic event, to a sign of the apocalypse.

Verosika decided to put that aside for now, since she had to get back to the main topic.

"Well, if that's what happened, then do you now understand why we can't go back to that house? Everything that was there is lost forever." Verosika said.

"Right, even if we left the boy here, it wouldn't have served my idea." He said.

"We couldn't leave him alone for long either, believe me I already tried, and he tried to take out the wires and IV lines, because he thought I was abandoning him, I had to give him my glasses to calm him down."

"Really? This is harder than I thought then." Vortex said .

"Yes, fortunately the glasses worked, he protected them very well." Verosika said as she stroked Isaac's head, a gesture that he appreciated.

Vortex was curious when his boss mentioned her glasses, and he remembered what Verosika had said when he walked in.

"He not only protected them, but also cleaned them, they must have been very dirty after last night." the hellhound said , imagining how his succubus must have stained them with blood.

"Oh no, actually when I took care of that witch my glasses... broke... completely."

At that, Verosika suddenly realized.

When she gave Isaac her glasses, they were shattered, the metal completely bent and the glass shattered, not salvageable.

Then how was it possible that they were now completely repaired?

"Really? They look good to me." Vortex said without understanding.

"Yes...they were broken" Verosika said.

She racked her brains thinking about how Isaac had fixed her glasses.

Was there a new pair right in this room within Isaac's reach? No, that would be too much of a coincidence.

Did someone come in to repair them? That was even more absurd.

At that, Verosika turned to Isaac curiously.

"Isaac, how did you fix my glasses? When I gave them to you, they were completely damaged."

Isaac looked at her curiously and suddenly understood what she meant.

At that he waved to Verosika to give him the glasses, she nodded and gave them to him.

And then he snapped them in half.

Verosika was about to ask him what he was doing, when something incredible suddenly happened, leaving her and Vortex completely stunned.

In a small burst of smoke, something appeared floating in Isaac's hand, it seemed to be an hourglass, but it glowed with a blue light of its own.

Then it glowed brightly, as a sphere of blue energy surrounded the broken glass.

Verosika and Vortex saw how the glasses unfolded, and returned to their original state, completely fixed.

Once repaired, Isaac examined them and with an approving smile the watch disappeared just as it had appeared.

Isaac then proceeded to hand over his glasses to a stunned Verosika, who examined them and saw they were as good as new.

"...Holy...uh...spit..." She stopped herself from cursing at the last possible second as she gave Isaac an incredulous look. "Well…thanks for that, these were my favorite pairs and I'm glad I still get to wear them." Isaac smiled at her praise.

She smiled at that and leaned down to gently rub his tiny bald head. He closed his eyes and leaned into her touch like a cuddly kitten, and that warmed the succubus's heart even more. Her tail curled into a heart shape before it began to wag back and forth...

"Uh... Boss ?" Vortex spoke. Verosika blinked before realizing that her disguise was slipping slightly. She quickly retracted her tail with a sheepish smile, hoping Isaac hadn't seen it. It tended to pop out when she was particularly happy in her human form.

After making sure her costume was still on, she continued to pat Isaac's head as she thought about what to do with the boy once he was released.

By itself, the option of sending him to an orphanage was an option that Verosika was not very fond of, not only because of the idea of being separated from Cutie Pie, but also because she had heard some horror stories, on several occasions.

Vortex too, as a Hellhound, knew what it was like in the care of a foster system, and earth may not be hell, but still the thought of letting another child get thrown into something so rotten it wasn't on his to do list.

And now, after what the boy has just shown he was capable of, even less so.

That also raised even more questions than before.

Vortex wondered if that was the reason she rescued the boy, but seeing her utter surprise confirmed that she didn't know any more than he did on the matter.

He decided to question her in more detail on the matter, preferably when the boy was not around her.

For her part, Verosika had similar thoughts, wondering if the reason that monster was torturing him was because Isaac had that unique and incredible ability.

'If that was the case, why did she try to kill him? Was it part of a ritual to take away that power? No, it seemed more like she was trying to eliminate him for it.'

They continued like this, until the Doctor who attended Isaac the night before, opened the door.

"Excuse me, miss, am I here to give the boy a routine checkup?" explained the doctor. Verosika blinked and stepped to the side to allow the doctor to reach the boy. Isaac was visibly saddened that she had to move, and he looked at the doctor with sad puppy dog eyes.

"Oh don't worry your pretty little head, darling, I'm right here." The disguised succubus cooed softly. This was enough to soothe the boy's sadness as he snuggled closer to the sheets. The doctor came over and began the procedures.

As the man did his work, Verosika felt an overwhelming urge to hold the boy. And not in the urgent 'get him medical attention NOW' kind of last night, but she wanted to hug him just for the sake of holding that sweet little boy close to her.

Still she held back because the doctor had to do his job and make sure the boy was okay.

After a while, the doctor finished examining Isaac and from his expression, it seemed that he was puzzled.

"Hey Miss Mayday? Can I talk to you for a minute?"

"What's wrong doctor, is something wrong?"

"No, can we really talk in the hallway?"

Verosika hesitated for a moment, she didn't want to be separated from the boy again, but she really wanted to know how his health was, even more after the last events.

"Can you be quick? He really doesn't like being left alone." Verosika asked.

"Yes, and I understand why, it's actually what I want to talk to you about, it will be quick, I promise."

"Okay, just let me do one thing." Verosika said approaching Isaac who was looking at her curiously.

"I'll be back, the doctor has something important to talk to me about, but it won't be long." She said to the boy, who was frowning when he found out that the beautiful lady was leaving again.

" Vortex, can you look after him for a moment while I'm gone?"

"- Eh , yes , but don't take too long, I'm not very good with children." Tex said a little uncomfortable, since he wasn't much of a babysitter, but given how extremely special this case was, he would do it. It would not be wise to leave this particular child alone.

Verosika went with the doctor to the corridor and closed the door, they moved away from the room, but not too far.

"Well, doctor, tell me what's wrong, is something wrong?" Verosika asked.

"Well, not really, I would say the opposite, I don't know how or why, but this boy is healing fast, and at an amazing level." said the doctor to which Verosika asked curiously.

"How awesome are we talking?"

"To be honest, Mrs. Mayday, he shouldn't be able to stay awake, let alone be as active as he is right now."

"And that wasn't because of the machines you've connected? I mean there are dozens"

"No, that would help to a degree, but it would still take time, do you have any idea why this is happening?"

"Not really" Verosika lied quickly, she actually HAD an idea, why, but she couldn't exactly tell him about it.

"Well, as far as his physical health is concerned, he's totally fine, but his mental health, I'm afraid, is a completely different story", said the doctor solemnly.

"What does that mean?" Verosika asked in fear of what the answer would be.

"The injuries that child has sustained... Well, I don't know where they came from, but... no child is going to sustain such severe injuries without extreme mental trauma from it... Do you know how he was hurt that much?" Verosika took a deep breath.

"It was... his mother..." she said softly, her heart sinking as she realized the additional trauma that simple fact was going to cause the little boy. "She was abusing him, and I fought her and ran away with him to bring him here and away from that nutcase.

"I see..." The doctor's mouth formed into a thin line. "And where is his mother now?"

Verosika started to sweat lightly, " I…I think there was a gas leak or something, because that house kinda…exploded with her in it?" I know it sounds hard to believe, but you have to trust me on this."

"Really? From what you describe, it may not actually have been a gas leak, Ms. Mayday," the doctor said.

"Yeah? So what was that then?" Verosika was suspicious, but it was better to feign ignorance.

"You haven't seen the recent news?" the man asked the pop star.

"I haven't had time, Isaac has taken all my attention, I barely had time to call my bodyguard." Verosika said, not entirely lying, which worked.

"I get it. Well, to make a long story short, some strange sinkholes appeared literally overnight last night, the origin of this is unknown, but it's possible from what you describe, that just as I rescued Isaac, one of these would open up and lift up and swallow the house." explained the doctor.

"Really?"

"Yeah, so despite what the poor boy has been through, he's lucky you found him." the doctor said.

"I understand... By the way, when do you think Isaac will be healthy enough to leave?"

"Oh well! At the rate he's healing, I'd say less than a week, a few more days, although his vocal cords are another story, it'll take longer to heal."

Verosika closed her eyes and exhaled through her nose at that. "I see..." Damn woman, taking the child's voice away...

"And if that's not enough... I know that this kind of trauma can lead to one... not talking to anyone. I'd be ready for the possibility that he may be too scared by the world around him to speak, even after his vocal cords are healed, at least for a while."

Verosika frowned at that. "I see, I see..." She let out a soft breath and put her hands on her hips. "Well... I hope a little TLC can help with that..." He tried to lighten the mood weakly, a weak smile on his face.

Verosika went back to Isaac's room, before entering she listened while the door was open for Tex to speak.

"...and that's how I lost my eye" Tex finished telling the story to an Isaac who was looking at him in astonishment.

" Vortex , would you be so kind as to explain, why did you tell a story like that to Isaac?" She said with a cold tone and he grimaced.

"Oh, I know what you're thinking, but I have a reasonable explanation."

"Oh well, I'd love to hear it now."

Vortex raised his hands appeasingly. "I didn't tell him any gory details, as far as he was concerned it was just a cool action story where I ended up losing an eye." Verosika frowned deeply and narrowed her eyes. "It's true!"

Verosika sighed. "Whatever... Just don't say anything inappropriate to him, okay? I know I'll have enough trouble with the rest of my friends..."

Vortex chuckled . "Oh yeah, you'll definitely need to talk to them. I saw Kiki giving 'the talk' to a five year old while she was waiting for you to put on your makeup. She said it was stupid to wait to tell her when it was a 'natural process' or whatever." .

Verosika rubbed her temples. "If she doesn't want to wake up UNDERWATER, she'll start to respect that most worthwhile parents DON'T WANT their kids to know these things..."

It might be illogical to prevent Isaac from exposing himself to that sort of thing, considering not only the kind of demon Verosika was and the music she made, but also where he'd be living soon. Yes... She was taking him. That she had decided.

So sooner or later, he'd be exposed to those things, but she wanted to enjoy Isaac's innocent before that, and if she could avoid him being corrupted as much as possible, within what's healthy, she would!

Although Verosika, seeing that Isaac was engrossed in the story, couldn't help but be glad to see the astonished boy, his sparkling eyes instantly warmed her heart, which made her decision to adopt him more or less final.

"Well, what did the doctor tell you?" Vortex asked snapping Verosika out of her thoughts.

She exhaled through her nostrils. "Well, he's healing up well, and he should be free to go by the end of the week…" Vortex knew from her tone that there was a 'but' waiting at the end of that sentence. "But... his throat was damaged, and after the trauma, he... might not be able to speak again for quite some time..."

Vortex frowned and shook his head. "Man... Some people... They just don't make any sense at all..." He sighed.

"No, they don't. I mean, really, treating their own children like that…Disgusting, isn't it, honey?" She gently rubbed the top of Isaac's head, and the boy let out a soft squeak of satisfaction.

"So, have you decided to keep him?" Vortex asked , already knowing the answer, but just wanting to be sure.

After a minute of silence in which Verosika patted Isaac's head, she finally spoke.

"Yes, I will, there is no other option, and I think that in the end if there was... I wouldn't choose it." She said as a small smile formed on her face.

Vortex was happy with the answer, but there was one more matter to deal with, following his boss's decision.

"You're doing the right thing boss, but there's a little big problem, when are we going to show him our err ...true side? It's not something we can keep hidden for long," the hellhound asked with understanding from Verosika .

Verosika was thoughtful as she reflected on the situation, Vortex was right, the truth of what they were was not something that could be hidden for long, if that was done too long, it would be possible that the boy would react appropriately.

But they couldn't tell him right now either.

Then Verosika made a decision.

"I'll tell him at the end of the week, when we can get him out and he's fully healed, until that time comes, I have to prepare him for when I break the news."

Vortex nodded, which seemed to him the wisest and most prudent thing to do at the moment.

But he still had one last question.

"If that's what you decided, how are you going to avoid exposing him to... unforeseen things? Where we're going is not a place that's... what was the word... Family Friendly , and I'm not sure he needs to know that I'm going to-" Tex paused to decide his words better.

"Well, you know how our home name is not well received, it's a dirty word in the best of cases, and in the worst feared by the adults, imagine for a child".

Verosika analyzed what Vortex wanted to say, and he was right, and if the theory that this monster was a religious fanatic was not wrong, it would be totally safe to assume that she would have put all the fear in the world on hell, and she would have told him who knows what about the place.

Although hell was far from a nice place, even more so for those who were low class, like imps, hellhounds or poor people, it wasn't such a terrible place as many of those ridiculous beings that call themselves "shepherds" used to shout to control people.

Again, it wasn't a heavenly place, but it was certainly better than many third world countries, and not unlike many bad places on earth.

Also if you had enough beauty, power, influence and money, you could live in relative peace and quiet, and Verosika met at least 3 of the 4 aforementioned requirements, so she could manage to give Isaac a good life, and when he was older, he could easily face the worst parts of life.

Still, there was a big problem. Verosika couldn't just tell Isaac something like, "Hey! What do you think about me taking you to hell with me! But don't worry, it's not as bad as they told you it was!"

'Yeah, that's not going to end with the kid becoming a traumatized mess, not at all…' Verosika said with a snort in her mind.

So she formulated a plan.

As she thought about it, Vortex and Isaac looked at her worriedly, a full 5 minutes had passed and Verosika was completely silent.

"Ummm... boss?" Vortex asked which seemed to wake Verosika from her trance.

"Huh? Oh yeah! Sorry, I was thinking about what you said, and I think I came to a solution."

"Really? Which one?" Vortex asked with interest.

"First in terms of an atmosphere' Family Friendly ', I have enough power and fame to create a space where Isaac can grow, at least for a few years, until he's old enough to be exposed to that, as soon as I get out of here, I'll talk to my team about the changes I'm making. And before you say anything, they can still be as obsessive as they want, but NOT in Isaac's presence, and that's something they'll definitely accept, or else I'll MAKE them accept it."

"Okay, that makes sense, and as for... his new home?"

Verosika was silent for a moment, Vortex feared that she would remain silent again for a long time, but this time it was only for a few seconds.

"I'm not going to tell you where we're going . , at least not yet, I'm going to take him there first, let him see what it's like, because I'm 89% sure that the witch who did this to him was an extremist fanatic, so I'm sure he'll have a NOT-so-impressive picture in his mind of our... world, so first I'll show him how it's really like and that way it'll prevent him from having a breakdown or something."

Once again Vortex nodded his agreement. It was certainly the best course of action to take.

"In the meantime, I will tell him the truth little by little, I will tell him that where we are going is a somewhat dangerous and turbulent place, but that in the end he does not have to fear, because I will be there to protect him, and all he has to do is stay close.

She paused before continuing.

"After a while, I'll tell him the whole story, by then he'll know what it's like."

"That's great, but how long will it take you to tell him the whole story?" Vortex asked.

"It will be 1 or 2 years, I think it will be more than enough time, at least so that he doesn't suffer a mental breakdown." She said.

"Well, that's an excellent plan boss" he said with a proud smile.

"You know I only have great plans, Tex," She said with joy and pride.

"Oh yeah? Like that NFT ad?" He asked jokingly, wiping the smile off Verosika's face, and a look of annoyance and some embarrassment replaced it.

"You know perfectly well that I was bound by a contract, one that I would not have signed if I had known they were ESO ads." Verosika shuddered.

"At least you sold everything before it exploded." Tex said, remembering what a disaster that was, Verosika's reputation took a blow that day, but in the end she recovered, she can't say the same for the rest.

"Actually, that's one of the first things I should teach Isaac when he's old enough, I should do it right after The Talk ." Verosika says determinedly.

"For now, Tex, I want you to go back to my crew and tell them I'm fine, I'll be back at nightfall and I'll explain everything in great detail and the changes that are going to happen. "

"Wait, when you say 'in great detail' does that include Isaac's ability?" Vortex asked.

"Yeah, though I'll make sure they keep their mouths shut, or make them wish they'd been purged by a terminator if they tell someone else." She said seriously, while Tex flinched a little.

"Okay, I'll go tell them then, see you later!" Vortex said as he got up to leave, which Isaac noticed, and tugged at the succubs' clothes. He called out to Verosika to get his attention as she gestured to the kind man leaving,

"Wait, Vortex." Before he could get to the door, Verosika called out to him,

"Huh? What's up boss?" He asked.

"Looks like Isaac wants to tell you something.

" "Oh yeah? What?"

As they talked, Isaac tried to pay attention, but he couldn't understand much of what they were saying, he understood several things, like that Verosika apparently came from a dangerous place, or that it wasn't appropriate for a child, but that she would make it work anyway. She'd do everything possible for him to be with her, something that made Isaac smile, knowing that the pretty lady with the voice of an angel wanted him close.

But the rest were things he did not understand, not only because they seemed like things of adults, but because he was thinking about the story of Vortex , how he lost his eye, and could no longer see with that eye.

As someone who has lost his eyes several times and had objects pierce or cover them, or monsters get them as they took them out before killing him, he knew what it felt like to not be able to see, and because he was someone who had only been nice to him. it was something that saddened Isaac.

So he had an idea and he had to carry it out before he left. And when asked what was wrong, Isaac reached out and focused on what he wanted to do, and what he wanted appeared on a bean bag.

Verosika and Vortex saw how Isaac extended his hand, they thought that he wanted the Helhound to give him something, until they saw him close his eyes, and in a few seconds, from a small explosion of smoke, similar to the previous one where that stranger came out, the watch, appeared.

Only instead of being that glowing hourglass, something else appeared.

"Is that a... glass eye?" was what Verosika asked surprised.

Vortex was the most confused, until he remembered the story he was telling Isaac, and how he couldn't see with that eye anymore, which moved him a bit.

"Is that for me ?" Vortex asked, half astonished and half moved, though, like Verosika, he wondered why he had such a thing.

The boy nodded enthusiastically.

"Thanks bud, it doesn't work for me because I still have my eye, but it's a very nice present, so I'll keep it". he said as he was about to put away the eye that was floating in Isaac's hand. Maybe he could put it on a shelf or something, surely his girlfriend would like to hear how a child gave him a glass eye.

But when Vortex grabbed the eye and stared at it for a few seconds, before something amazing happened.

The eye glowed white for about half a second, before disappearing, and before Vortex could ask what had happened, he felt two things.

The first was that his blind eye suddenly felt different, in a way he couldn't describe, though that was almost overshadowed by a feeling of power coursing through his body, one he felt coming from that eye, which he instinctively closed, and his head felt a sudden ache.

It did not last more than a few seconds, but when it was over and he opened his eye.

"Wow! What... what? What was that?" Vortex said a bit confused and disoriented.

"Vortex! Your eye!" Verosika said again, to which this time the Hellhound heard her.

"What? What's wrong with my eye?"

"Look!" she told him as she handed him the hand mirror that she brought in her bag, so that her bodyguard could see what was happening.

And when he did, he was speechless.

"No way..." he said completely stunned, seeing that his blind eye had not only disappeared, but had been replaced by an eye of another color, which he quickly recognized as the eye that Isaac had given him. .

Before he could ask anything else, through his reflection he saw something above him, which seemed to be floating.

"Huh? Boss... do you see the same thing as me?" he asked, hoping what he was seeing wasn't a hallucination.

"What do you mean?" She said looking up, only to fall silent when he saw what the hellhound was talking about.

Floating above was a black box, with the words:

" Glass Eye " written in white, and below it were the words "DMG + luck ", but in much smaller, but still noticeable letters.

"Yeah, I see that too Tex"

It lasted only half a second before disappearing

"what the dem ..." Vortex suddenly noticed something else, he didn't believe it at first, but after closing his good eye, he checked it, and the surprise grew bigger.

"It can't be... I can see!"

"Like, no way!

"Yes! I can do it! I can see with this eye again!" He said between disbelief and emotion.

"Isaac…what did you do…oh wait, you can't talk, right?" Verosika asked before remembering that she couldn't speak.

Isaac just looked at her curiously, before looking back at Vortex with a feeling of pride and joy at having helped him.

While Vortex was delighted with the gift, both he and Verosika realized that being able to summon an hourglass out of thin air was just the tip of the iceberg, and that Isaac was most certainly a jack-in-the-box, which had only just begun. . to emerge.

Things have certainly just changed in Verosika's life.

She didn't know they wouldn't be the only ones affected, but from the moment she and the boy met, creation itself was forever changed.