Nora hesitantly stepped up to the gates of Heaven where she was escorted into the sanctuary of where the Winners lived. Her eldest sister, Charlie, had been here just a few weeks beforehand and failed to get her point across to Adam, Sera, and the other high ranking Angels. It was finally her turn to do something useful.
They strolled through the streets and suddenly all of her confidence fled her as the eyes of Winners picked her out of the crowd. Not too long ago she believed herself to be a Sinner, not knowing that her Mother was actually the wife of Lucifer. Lilith had her in secret and hid their life together. Days would go by when she wasn't with Lucifer and Charlie and instead she was with her, keeping everything a secret. How she didn't find out still baffles her to this day.
But now she realized her place as a Hell-Born, even if she didn't exactly feel like royalty. That was the only way she managed to get up here to Heaven and leave the dimensions of Hell. She didn't notice when her escort, Gabriel, stopped as she bumped into him. He gave a nervous smile and gestured to a pair of large golden doors, "This is where you want to be. Please, if you need anything don't hesitate to ask, we love having guests. And once again, welcome to Heaven!" He said cheerfully before spreading his perfect white wings and launching into the air.
She was left alone in front of the doors, "Ok, this is it. Charlie wasn't nervous coming here so I can't be either. Come on, Nora, you've been through worse than this." Her mind flashed back to her time with the Vee's and a shiver ran through her. "Much worse." She grumbled as she pressed a hand to the door and pushed it open.
The door made a loud creaking noise as it opened so any thought of not making an announcement was dead and gone. As she stepped in she saw a few pairs of eyes on her, or, one eye from each person. Then more black masked heads turned to look at her. The exorcists. They stood around a desk where a man sat with his feet propped up on it as he let out a boisterous laugh. "And then I told her, Uh, fuck no! We aren't canceling the extermination because you want to try out some stupid hotel that won't even work. The man upstairs wouldn't even allow it! Tell 'em Lute." He nudged the woman beside him who didn't have the mask on, the one staring her dead in the eyes and looked less than happy about her being there.
"Lute? What the fuck are you star-" He started before following their gaze over to her. "No way, they sent another one?! Ha!" With a flap of his wings he was up from the chair and standing before making his way over to Nora where she stood at the door. His wings rested lazily at his back like he didn't have a care in the world. Nora was on his turf and he knew it. "Let me guess, I hurt the Princesses feelings so she sent someone to try and convince me? What are you to her, a maid or something?" He asked once he was standing just in front of her, looking her up and down.
Instead of blonde her hair was a pure white and she lacked the red cheek markings her Father and Sister wore. The shape of her body was a dead giveaway of who she was related too. She stood at the same height as Charlie with the same slender build. Her eyes even took on a slight apple frame just as her eldest sisters did.
"I'm Nora, and nooo, I'm actually Charlies sister." She said as she took a slight step back to give herself some space. The iris of her eyes were already starting to turn a hue of red as a defense mechanism, showing her distrust in this man and her will to change to her demon form quicker than her sister.
Adam stared at her for a moment with a brow raised while Lute flew in behind him and gave a look of disbelief. "She has a-" She was cut off instantly by Adam laughing. "A sister? God this gets better by the day! I need to know everything now, this family sounds fucked. Why did Lucifer never add you to the agreement? "You won't harm my family and I'll let you exterminate Sinners blah blah blah." He raised a hand as a mocking mouth. "It's complicated, but that's not why I'm here." Nora retorted and cleared her throat before quickly following up so Adam didn't have the time to interject. "You see, Charlie was just here and couldn't convince you guys to give the hotel a chance and cancel the extermination. But I thought of a fool proof plan. Why not bring winners down to show the people of Hell that Heaven is real and the people here are happy? It could change the entire course of hell. They could see that living the way they are isn't what makes them happy. They could learn from the winners and instead how they want to live and act. It could be a form of rehabilitation in and of itself." Her enthusiasm was kicking up as she spoke but suddenly dropped again as she saw Adam idly scratching his neck and giving her a blank stare with his masked face.
"It.. could help keep the peace, so you wouldn't have to exterminate anyone.. else." She knew she'd already lost him while some of the other exorcists crowded around to listen in. "Yeah, about that. We don't want Hell to change cause frankly its fucking hilarious going down there and seeing them run around for their lives." He let out a yawn showing just how uninterested he was in this idea. Lute cleared her throat some and nudged Adam with her elbow as she landed beside him. "We could do *our* plan." She mentioned almost too quietly for Nora to hear.
Adam let out a sigh and took a moment to think. "Meh, fuck it. So, other-princess-we-had-no-idea-about, we had a little plan too. See, some of the winners up here are turning into bad eggs and I can't be bothered to deal with them, but it's my job. So- we had a similar idea. We show the winners up here that Sinners and Demons aren't something you want to become so we don't have to send anymore downstairs." Nora's eyes brightened at the idea.
"See, our plans can work together. Bring the bad eggs down to us and it's a win-win situation! Your bad eggs are still a great example to the people of Hell! I'm so glad this might actually work out, Charlie is going to be so-" Adam lifted a hand and cleared his throat. "Nu-uh, we don't bring them to you. We aren't sending any of out Winners to Hell just to prove a point to your Sinners, that's your problem. But, our problem just seems to be solved. I mean, you're already here, so.." He tilted her head from side to side, speaking in a sing song voice. Nora's eyes narrowed slightly. "Why would I help you when you won't do the same for us? We could finally work together on something." Her voice was filled with defeat.
Lute let out a playful, mocking sigh. "See, that's the part where we weren't asking. When the opportunity arises you simply take it." She said as her feet lifted off the ground with the help of her wings and Nora took a step back. "You thought you were gonna be the savior of hell and surprise your wittle family, right? Did you even *tell* anyone you were coming here? Did you even tell the higher ups of Heaven you were coming? So you're just a random demon who decided to make a visit using one of Lucifers spells? Hello, wake up call, Heaven and Hell aren't really the best of friends." Adam spoke as he motioned his hand towards the door.
With this motion two exorcists moved behind Nora and blocked each door, their Angelic spears at the ready. Adam let out a laugh and shrugged his shoulders. "I'm getting sick and tired of being asked all these favors yet no one offers anything to me. 'Give me this, Adam, give me that.' I'm done with it. I'm gonna take what I want just like every sinner down there does." He lifted off the ground and spanned out his wings as if to show off everything he had become. "I didn't become the first Angel by letting people walk all over me, Babes. Lute, rough her up a little." He said as he took to the air and glided back to his desk where he sat to simply watch the show.
Lute cracked her knuckles, "Gladly." She said with a purr as her helmet formed over her head to show that menacing grin. Nora's heart pounded in her chest as she jerked back once Lute made a step forward but she was stopped by the exorcists behind her before being shoved forward. Lute smirked through the mask and sent a fist flying right into Nora eyes. Nora fell back from the force and that fact she hadn't expected to have to fight at all, this wasn't what Charlie had told her about at all. Before she knew it blood red horns spiked from her head and a dagger like tail sprouted from her back just as Lute brought her foot down hard on her chest, her eyes finally turning a dark crimson red. "Wow, you're much faster to piss off than the others. Daddy didn't teach you any manners did he? That's another reason he was cast out of here like a dog." Adam snickered from where he sat and picked up a large cup with a straw and sucked up his drink. "I came here to talk! You're a coward, Adam! You won't even fight me yourself!" She snapped as her tail whipped up and grabbed Lutes ankle that was planted on the ground and yanked hard, bringing her off balance enough that she could roll out form under her and get to her feet. "You're gonna pay for this!" She snapped and lunged in his direction, all sense of control gone from her.
"Get her!" Lute snapped as she regained her balance. Adam's face dropped as she got closer to him, claws and teeth bared before she was met with the butt of a spear directly into her abdomen. With her momentum and the force behind it she instantly stopped and dropped to her knees while trying to suck air into her lungs. Lute finally got behind her and put the length of the spear under her chin and yanked back, practically choking her as she held her head against her. Any movement would cut off her air and hurt her as she tried to regain her breath. "Fuck, man." Adam let out a breath as Nora grabbed hold of the spear and tried to pull it off, struggling to try and do so the whole time. Her body just wanted to curl over from the pain in her stomach, something felt broken, her lungs needed more air but the more she struggled the less air that went into them.
"Well shit, do something, don't just watch. She's like a feral raccoon." He made a disgusted face that almost seemed like he pitied her. She heard the rattle of chains before feeling the cold metal around her wrists, yanking one behind her back before the other followed as she was effectively handcuffed. The strength in her body seemed to drain and that's when she saw the glow of them. They were made from Angelic steel, but why would they have these? It was understandable to have the angelic weapons but they were never known to take prisoners.. Unless it had been planned for Charlie and Vaggie since the beginning when they first came. Political prisoners to put Hell in its place.
Next she felt the cold of metal around her ankles, leaving just enough slack between them so she could walk but only at a controlled pace. Last the cool touch replaced the spear handle at her neck, tightening ever so slightly like a choker collar. Lute yanked at it to test it, causing it to squeeze around her neck and cutting off her air before being given slack as it eased up around her throat.
There she kneeled, completed incapacitated in the worst place she could think to be. Her tail and horns vanished, the color of her eyes returning to the normal grayish hue. She didn't have the energy to keep it up, it was all being sucked from her body. Lute walked around with the end of the chain wrapped around her hand and leaned down so she was face to face. "I thought you'd be a bigger hassle than that, it was almost too easy." She let out a laugh and pulled on the chain again, bringing Nora's body up so she was kneeling straight if she wanted to breathe. "It's going to be so sad for your little family when they realize you're gone and how simple it was to take you down, for someone who fought as a Sinner you would think you'd have a bit more in you." She smirked.
Nora bit her lip and narrowed her brow, "You know nothing about me. Take these chains off me and fight me one on one." She hissed in retort but Lute simply scoffed in return. "You wouldn't stand a chance against any one of us, so quit wasting your breath." Lute turned her head to face Adam who was drumming his fingers along the desk looking off into space as if the entire scene never happened. He came to after a moment and let out a chuckle. "Shit, Lute. If I didn't know any better I'd think you're enjoying this. The chains seem a bit much, but hell, we're doing it." He said as he stood up once again and stretched out his arms, like he'd done all the work. "Well don't just stand there, take her somewhere. But, for fucks sake, don't let Sera or that twerp Emily see her. I have plans tonight and they can't get canceled cause of this Demon wanna-be." Adam walked over after grabbing his cup and took another large sip from the straw as he looked down at Nora. A wide grin crossed his mask as he reached for the chain and tugged ever so slightly. "This'll be fun.. For us obviously, not you. You're gonna have a terrible time." He dropped the chain from his hand while Lute held it firmly in hers. "Welp, bye then." He moved around them and walked to the doors, whatever meeting they were having was now over. "Come find me in town, Lute." He offered as he opened the door and stepped out, giving one last grin back to Nora who was turned just enough to see it.
Once the door closed she turned her head back to face Lute, having to look up at her now. "What are you going to do to me?" She finally questioned, the force in her voice gone. With the Angelic steel chains sucking the energy from her all she wanted to do was sleep. Lute gave a smile that could've seemed friendly if not for the situation they were in. "Wouldn't you like to know?" Her laugh echoed through the large room and Nora knew then and there she was in a new sort of Hell.
(Hi all! This is my first fanfic, if you would like to see more let me know! I can also delve deeper into this Nora Character if you'd like as I put a bit of info in about the Vee's that won't be touched on in a bit. Please let me know your thoughts!)
(This was a quick write but anything I come up with in the future will definitely have added detail, thank you so much for reading.)