Chapter 3

There is only darkness all around you and the feel of cold air, adrenaline blasting through your body and a feeling of someone holding you as you both fall. 'Wait... I'm supposed to be dead, why am I feeling anything? Why am I falling? Whose holding me?' but your mind feels to foggy to think to deeply into it. You hear muffled voices all around you as you fall. The whispers turn to wails of the damn, the sounds making your skin crawl. It doesn't feel right, what happened to you, where you are going... Suddenly you weren't falling anymore and it wasn't cold.

You feel a soft warm couch beneath you and vaguely hear "She not supposed to be here!" a deep voice shouted "She's mine, I don't care what you say or what they will!" a deep radio static voice shouted back. 'Whats going on? Who shouting... Whats with all the voices...' you thought in a foggy daze.

The voices fade into nothing "Whaa... Just happened." you spoke gruffly. The feel of warm arms wrap around you, picking you up off the soft surface. You cant seem to stay conscious, lights are fading in an out of your vision and you feel yourself moving. You get a sickening feeling of not belonging here suddenly... That you were going to be taken away... Everything fades into darkness as you slip from consciousness...

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You wake up barley conscious in a semidark room, on a very soft bed, warm arms wrapped tightly around you, a chin resting on your head. You can't move out of his grip, try as you might. You turn and see that its Alastor holding you. So you cuddle with an extra pillow near you and try to go to sleep. Knowing that it would be fruitless to struggle. But before you drift off, you notice that its easier to see in the dark? Almost like it's day time.

A few hours pass and you wake up again. Your still wrapped up in his arms, but he seems awake this time and the room is no longer dark. You can hear the sound of his heart beat, his breathing, the shuffle of the covers, a owl hooting outside so intensely that it startles you. 'My hearing is so intense!' You thought looking around the room, you can see the finest detail in everything, making you rub your eyes in disbelief. 'My vision...'

The room itself is decorated richly in the colors of red, black and light gray, having a Gothic Victorian design to it with tall ceilings and black crown molding. The bed you were on was a huge black Californian king sized canopy bed with a detailed red and black comforter and red silk sheets.

"Hello my dear." you hear him muffle in your hair, nuzzling you. You yawn and turn to look at him. He has his signature smile on and is without a shirt... though he has many scars, he was beautifully built and is generally ripped. You blush, looking away. 'Do I look any different?' you thought blushing, trying to distract your mind. You sit up on the massive bed "Can I use the restroom?" He sighs, reluctantly letting you go. "Its on your right." he says pointing over you.

You get out of bed, claws clinking on the black marbled floor. 'What? Claw's?!' you thought in a panic, picking up your pace. You open the door quickly and see a decadent looking black, gray and gold bathroom with a walk in shower and a large soaking tub.

You almost run to the sink. Looking at the mirror, what you saw frightened you. You had two straight (C/H) horns accompanied by two fluffy cat like ears, a pair of (C/W) angel looking wings and alabaster white soft scaly skin. You look down and see large (C/CL) clawed feet. You find that your hands have similar colored claws.

You raise your wings and spread them out. They are massive and beautiful. You feel a tail wrap around your legs. It was long and had (C/F) massive tail feathers on the end. The whites of your eyes were black and your (E/C) eyes seemed to glow, your puples cat like slits. Your hair (H/C) (H/L) was stunning and soft looking. Your body was tall and filled out in all the right places. You were wearing a black lace silk night gown.

'I look stunning!' you thought staring into the mirror. Though you were still weirded out by your appearance "Yes, you do." He spoke behind you, his hands on your shoulders "This is the new you." You turn around startled by his sudden appearance, clutching your chest. "Where are we?"

He chuckled, looking down at you "Well, we are in hell and this is our home." He leans close "Lets get ready and I'll show you what Hell really is..." Your ears perk up. It would be nice to see your new world you would be stuck in...

He leads you to a walk in closet filled with cloths you would wear if you were still alive, all your exact size... you spot a black holographic sparkle dress with ruching, the dress going a little past your knees, you decide to wear it. You also find black leather knee high boots. You take your items and go back to the restroom to get ready. Deciding to have a shower, you moan in bliss as hot steamy water cascades down your new body, making you relax a little from the stress of this new life. This new body of yours is going to take a bit of time to get use to. 'Especially the wings' you thought, shifting your wings around in the showers confining space.

You get out of the shower and get ready the rest of the way. Leaving the restroom you see him sitting on the bed wearing a black suit with red and gold stripes running down the length of it, a red silk undershirt, black slacks and dress shoes. 'He looks good...' you thought blushing, remembering he can read thoughts. He chuckles, saying "You look beautiful yourself, darling." you blush even more, looking away.

You both leave the bedroom and are greeted by a long hallway. The floors are black marble and the walls are a light gray. There are black arches and crown molding throughout the length of the hallway. He leads you down the hall, going to a balcony over looking the foyer with a set of stairs on either side, leading down. You both enter the foyer, having much the same effect as the hallway, just grander.

He materializes his microphone cane into existence, grabbing it and leads you outside the mansion. It was as if a volcano had gone off and started a massive forest fire. The sky is a deep red with a pentagram in place of the sun... The house was fenced in by a tall stone wall and had a massive gate at the front. From what you could see the house was surrounded by a massive forested area, despite it being in Hell, the trees look alive as well as the grass.

You couldn't find any other houses near his... your house... Though there was a paved asphalt road leading into the city. You could see a misshapened city on the outskirts, it's lights barely visible to you.

He grasps your hand and you both are teleported into the city. The rush of teleporting startled you, making you stumble. He takes hold of both your shoulders to steady you. Where you both teleported to what seems to be the well to do side of the city. There are shops and restaurants all around. Though you can just barely see the other side of the city, it seems to be in shambles.

He grins down at you, still holding your hand leads you to a restaurant that looks like a dinner called "The Swelter" You chuckle at the ironic name as you both enter. "Lets get breakfast, darling!" he says jovially. You nod smiling up at him, you are famished.

Everyone in the diner suddenly stares at the both of you in fear, mainly at him. The whispers start in a rush. "He's here! Lets leave!" coming from behind you, near the door "Who's that? That poor thing..." you hear ahead of you. He seems to ignore it all, which puzzles you. But you just shrug it off.

A female with black eyes, red skin, long horns and white hair comes up to the both of you. "Just the two of you?" she ask sounding intimidated. Her eyes staying on the ground. 'He must have a very fearsome reputation. Their all so afraid.' you think as his grin only widens. "Yes, just the two of us!" he says as she leads you and him to a table in the back. You sit down from across him and both of you are handed menu's. You look down and find that you would like the breakfast skillet with sausage, scrambled eggs and pancakes to the side. You also get a soda. Surprisingly they have normal earth food here. 'Huh...'

He orders much the same as you, but instead of pancakes. He gets a rare bloody venison steak and coffee. You quirk an eyebrow, but shrug your shoulders. 'Each to their own.' As you eat, you ask "So how is it here, in hell? Is it all fire and brimstone?" He looks at you, quirking an eyebrow "It is if your not one of the overlords or the rich." his grin ever widening, looking at you intensely "Your lucky your mine... Here in Hell, its over populated and every year there is a population control procedure done, brought to you by God and his Angels."

You blush looking away, remembering your deal... "I thought Hell didn't have a capacity limit? Hmm..." you look at him again "Considering that were dead and all, shouldn't land mass not be issue?" He shrugs his broad shoulders "I don't quite get that my self... Oh well." You both continue to talk. You ask a lot about Hell and what it is like beyond what you already figured it out to be. It turns out that its more of limbo of sorts, to your estimates. For those who believe themselves damned by their actions while alive. You've read that energy cannot be destroyed, only moved. So some of Hell inhabitants may die via angel blade, but that shouldn't mean the end of them or their energy. It had to go somewhere, didn't it?!

So why were so many people still here? Could they not get over their own cruel and twisted ways? Would they ever do so? Or could something be done to help them. There has to be more than this!? Hell and Heaven can't be the only places to go when you die! You didn't want to believe that there were only two ways. Up or down...

Now finished with breakfast, both of you leave after paying for your morning meals. He grasp your hand once again and leads you to a surprisingly beautifully park. Once in front of a large lake, he kneels down. He looks up at you and in his hand pops a black velvet box. He opens it to reveal a black ring with a gold band running throughout the middle. A big ruby sits in the middle with small diamonds circling around the ruby.

"Will you honor your deal with me and be Mine? Be my future wife?" You look down into his red glowing eyes "A deals a deal, so yes." you say knowing that there is no way out. You set this ball rolling and you were not going to back down. It wasn't in your nature to do so.

He puts the ring on your finger, it started to glow, perfectly fitting you. His grin widening. "This is a start to a new and wonderful afterlife! My darling!" He says while standing up, reminding you again of his towering stature. He wraps his long warm fingers around your smaller ones "We need to go and meet some people at this place called the 'Happy Hotel' It's a rehabilitation clinic of sorts for demons wanting to redeem themselves. I had recently offered my services to help their cause." he explains in a sneer, as if he had something else in mind...

The world starts to spin again as the now familiar feeling of teleporting wrings through you...