Alastor sat with his hand resting underneath his chin while he squeezed his other hand. Small droplets of blood dripped as a large tentacle was summoned, smashing into a floating blimp that was flying above him. It grabbed the blimp shaking it until a snake like demon came crashing out the window along some egg people.
"I don't know why I reacted like that. I've never felt any thing like that before." Alastor murmured under his breath. His shadow hovered next to him, leaning closer, whispering.
(Why not kill her then?) His shadow had a dark expression on his face with a scary grin.
"Why keep her alive?" Alastor questioned. He laughed. "My friend, even i don't know. She stirs something in me something that I've never felt in a long time. Not since, mother..." His eyes drifted down. Alastor's shadow frowned with an angry expression on his face as he crossed his arms.
(She's ruining everything! You've forgotten what you promised to do!) Alastor shifted his gaze on his shadow.
"Oh, I've forgotten what I'm supposed to do?" Alastor asked. He stood up abruptly, making the shadow back up. Alastor narrowed his gaze at the shadow, glaring at it, scowling. "How dare you question me!? I know exactly what I'm doing and I will proceed with the plan!" He yelled.
"You know, if you keep talking to "yourself" people are going to think that you're crazy," the two heard a familiar voice call out. Alastor and his shadow turned to see Rosie and Mimzy. "Not that you're already are." Rosie smiled as she finished. Alastor grinned.
"Why if it isn't my two favorite ladies!" He replied. "Why are you here?" The two women walked over to him. Mimzy held out Alastor's monocle to him.
"You left this," she said. Alastor stared at it in silence with an owlish look. He took it from her putting back on.
"I've completely forgotten about it," he replied. "Thank you, ladies."
Rosie looked to the side, seeing the remains of Pentious blimp, exploded all over the streets. The snake demon was trying to crawl away but Alastor manipulated his tentacle to catch him and was now smacking the poor guy back and forth, slamming him on the pavement. His egg bois were screaming in terror as they ran around trying to get away as more tentacles came after them.
"So your venting your rage on this poor unfortunate fellow?" Rosie laughed with a twisted smile on her face.
"He was flying that obnoxious contraption in my territory. So I had to teach him a lesson." Alastor answered, shrugging his hands. Rosie looked at Mimzy before looking back at the radio demon. She smiled.
"Are you sure that this doesn't have to do with a certain human?" Alastor stiffened, dropping Sir Pentious in midair and the snake landed face first right on the sidewalk.
"No, not in the slightest! Even if I was, which I'm not, she overreacted!" Alastor said. The two girls looked at each other with suspicious looks on their faces by the way Alastor acting.
"Well, you did slap her on the butt. Can't you see from her point of that how that can be odd?" Mimzy pointed out. "I wish that you would do that to me." She murmured so quietly that Alastor didn't hear that last part.
"No, how so?" He asked.
"She is from a different time than you and me, Al," Mimzy said. Alastor raised an eye not exactly understanding what she meant.
"Are you telling me that I've offended her?" He questioned. Both girls nodded.
"Yes," Mimzy replied.
"Absolutely," Rosie commented.
"Pardon me, ladies, " Alastor said. "I need to go. Thank you for the chat."
Anna walked into the park and soon found herself in the gardens as rose bushes were lined down the sidewalk. At the square, stood a fountain. She walked over to it and sat down. However, as she was lost in her thoughts, Anna didn't notice that she wasn't alone.
Soon, she heard someone humming on the other side of the fountain. She got up and walked around and spotted a tall woman with long flowing, wavy blond hair. On the top of her head protruded two very large dark horns, curled at the top. She was also wearing a long sleeveless black dress, dark heels, a pearl necklace, and arm gloves. Anna couldn't help but to feel entranced as the woman's voice sounded like angels singing in her ears. Her voice had also attracted several crows as well as she continued to sing throwing bread crumbs at them.
The woman stopped singing when she noticed Anna. She smiled. "That was a wonderful show, darling." Anna walked over to her. There was something familiar about this woman until she realized who she was.
"It's you! You're the woman in the family portrait with Charlie."
"I'm Charlie's mother, Lilith." Lilith said. "And I've heard a lot about you. A little snake told me that a human was helping my daughter with her hotel idea."
"Why are you here?" Anna asked.
"I was out for a little stroll until came across you," Lilith replied. "Why are you here by yourself?" Anna didn't answer. Lilith patted beside her gesturing Anna to sit down.
"Here take a load off and feed the birds," she handed Anna a handful of crumbs, throwing some at them.
"Well, I'm conflicted between two guys. I don't know what to do. One is my boyfriend and the other is someone who I'm not really sure about," Anna sighed.
"How so?" Lilith smiled. Anna frowned.
"He makes me angry, but I can't help, but,..." She paused, trailing off.
"But, what dear?" Lilith asked.
"I think I'm falling in love with him too?" Anna replied, unsure.
Lilith raised on eye brow, while playing with a piece of bread with her fingers. "Well, do you?"
Anna groaned. "Maybe? I don't know!" She shook her head. "It's all too confusing for me!"
"I think that you should go with what your heart is telling you to do," Lilith told her. As she threw some crumbs, some of the birds glared at each other. They opened their mouths showing sharp rows of teeth. The birds pounced on another, digging their sharp talons into the other, biting. The victor chomped down as it ripped the flesh off their defeated foe. Anna stared with wide eyes in disbelief completely mortified at what she witnessed.
"Oh good lord!" She exclaimed. Lilith laughed.
"It's in their nature darling, you can't change it," she said. She smiled a little before it dropped, frowning. She sighed.
"You know, I was at a similar crossroad to your own," Lilith told her. "I had to choose who I wanted to be with."
"You were?" Anna asked. "Who was it with?
"You have heard the story of Adam and Eve, correct?" Lilith asked. Anna nodded her head. Lilith continued. "Before Eve, I was actually his first betrothal. However, we were completely different. He was all about orders and rules, while I longed for excitement and adventures. I couldn't stand him. Until I met an certain angel one day that changed my life for the better."
"That's completely different from what I've read. So, why did you choose him, instead?" Anna questioned.
"He makes me laugh," Lilith simply answered.
"He makes you laugh?" Anna asked, confused. Lilith nodded.
"Yes, Luci did what Adam could never do." She told her. "Right then and there, I knew that I was destined to be with him. So I defied Adam and God, and in return, was cursed with this horns."
"Did you ever ever regret it?" Anna asked.
"No," Lilith replied. "Not one bit." She stood up tossing away the remaining crumbs. "Sooner or later, you are going to have to decide what you want and what you want to do." She told her. Lilith began to walk away. "It was lovely talking with you. I just get back before my husband starts to worry about where I am. Ta ta!" She waved.
Anna looked down, thinking. What was she going to do? Stay here and be damned or return to her life with Chris? Besides him, there wasn't really anyone else left. She was alone. Anna groaned as she looked up at the red sky. Plus, Alastor's already dead and she wasn't. How would that even work? Anna sighed. Why did it have to be difficult? Why not have both?
Suddenly, Anna heard someone calling out to her. She blinked and right in front of her was Alastor. Right in front of her face. She screamed, startled, and fell back right into the fountain. She sputtered and spit out water, completely drenched from head to toe. Alastor laughed. Anna glared as she narrowed her eyes, looking up at him.
"Why are you here?" She asked, angrily. She hated the feeling of her soggy dress. Alastor wiped a tear from his eye, from laughing so hard.
"I've come to apologize," he said. Anna stared at the demon in disbelief. What kind of trick was this? Alastor continued. "I believe my actions may have offended you, that wasn't my intention. If so, I'm sorry," he held out his hand to her. Anna stared at it, for a moment. She took it, however, pulled Alastor, right into the fountain with her. He was now wet, drenched, as well. She smirked.
"Now we're even."