CHAPTER THREE
A few months had passed since it seemed my afterlife finally was getting a little more interesting. Xion was a fast learner and it surprised me how much I really liked working with her. Her feisty personality made her more interesting and she certainly put up a fight when she didn't want to do something, although, she also seemed to joke a lot with me so sometimes that fighting was all for shits and giggles. Hanging out with her was becoming something I enjoyed very much. Even on days where I wasn't training her, we still managed to hangout. Like today; I knelt down to a naked Xion as she relaxed in the blood Jacuzzi and asked, "You ready to see to your first pick up tomorrow?"
"You've trained me well so I'm going to go with yes," Xion mentioned. I smiled as I answered, "Oh, good. I'm glad to hear it." I then moved to the back of her and slid my finger down her spine. She hissed a bit, "What are you doing, Axel?" I remarked moving my hands to her wings and gently stroking them, "You seem tense, Xion. I could give you a massage as you tell me why that is." She didn't say much at first, but as I applied a bit more pressure, she let out a moan.
"Feels amazing, doesn't it?" I questioned and she moaned out, "Ah, hell yes... where did you learn to use your hands like that?" I sighed a bit and asked, "Do you really want to know?" She seemed confused as she posed, "Well, I did ask, didn't I?" I couldn't argue with that response.
"Why? Did you use your ability to massage to hurt people?" Now she got it. I answered not lying once, "Yes, all the time. I had raped women and men, but I would relax them with a massage, warm milk and words of lies. Most were slaughtered, but a few escaped and I just recently obtained the knowledge that one of them I got pregnant." Xion leaned her head back to glance at me and informed, "Besides the raping and killing part, how you lured them sounds lovely."
"Doesn't it?" I took a sigh knowing all too well that I had done dastardly deeds. Xion asked as I continued her massage, "What did you do with the bodies?" I remarked with a grin "I burned them to ashes and then threw them away as dirt. I really had no mercy for my victims at all and when it seemed like I did, it was an act. I also only killed them in one room of my house that I kept locked under all circumstances. I had everything thought out."
"It certainly seemed like it... oooo, can you go a little lower?" she replied and smiled and moved my hand slightly downwards before she moaned a bit more letting me know I hit exactly where she wished.
I finished off her massage before I stood and stretched a bit before remarking, "I need to make a trip to Earth now actually. Tonight, if you still feel like talking, maybe we can hang out." She admitted playing with the bubbling blood, "I'll actually be hanging out with Kairi tonight, it's nothing privet though so maybe we all can."
"Sounds like I plan. If I'm back, we can. I'm not sure how long this will take." I smiled to her and transported to the old barn and there was Saix's scent just like I expected. I headed inside and saw a set of white wings hanging off the loft. A voice came to me as the angel asked, "You're here again, demon." I flew up to him and sat on the opposite loft of him and stated, "And you are here again, why is that?" Saix sighed and turned his head to look at me and questioned, "Why in God's name were you talking to a human those couple of months ago?" I glared at him and laid on my stomach as I posed, "Why the Hell were you eavesdropping?"
"I wanted to talk to you, but you were busy. Then the words you left me with still confuse me to this day," Saix stated and he turned body so he was laying on his stomach as well and he looked me dead in the eyes. He questioned seriously, "Were you flirting with me that day?" I didn't know, to be honest. I really still hadn't decided on it. I sighed as I was now forced to think about how I felt for an... ugh, for an angel...
"Something about you intrigues me, I have no idea what it is about you, but there's a spark to you that grabs my attention. Maybe it's simply because you witnessed my demise or something, I don't know. Something keeps bringing me to you, though," I answered the best I could. Saix glanced to the floor and sighed himself. He stated, "I see your black wings and know you're a demon and have done wrong, I don't know what, but you were clearly horrible enough to piss off a family to the point of them slaughtering you... yet I feel maybe if we lived and met, you wouldn't have killed me." I rose and brow and questioned, knowing myself, "I had no mercy, no conscience. I killed because I was bored, there was never an underlining reason to my killings. Why the Hell do you think I would have spared you?"
"I don't know! I don't know... I just… my own dumb, fucking luck maybe..." At Saix's words, I remained silent. If I had been given a few extra days of life, would I have spared the blue haired man? Would I really have? Or would I have just made him fall in love with me and then raped and killed him? I glanced away from the angel and sighed...
"I was a monster that didn't spare anyone. I deserved my death far more than anyone else in this world," I stated, but his next words shocked me, "No one deserves to be killed, Axel." Fuck, he was dense. I yelled sitting on my knees, "Wha...? Why are you trying to defend me now?! Before you blaming me for your own death and now, you're trying to convince me I should have lived?! I don't get you!" I flew over to him and deemed, "You confused the fuck out of me."
"Move..."
"Shut up and stop..."
"Move you fucking idiot!" Saix yelled shoving me to the back of the loft before a beam cracked and fell directly where I was flying. My wings were a bit sore from the rough blow to the back of the wall, but other than that, I was fine unlike I would have been if the beam had fallen on me. My eyes met with Saix's and we both just stared at each other in silence.
"You... you saved me... Why did you save me?" I finally stuttered out. Saix sighed before flying up and mumbling just clear enough for me to understand, "No one deserves to die." He then flew off leaving me the confused one for once. I didn't even know what to think, I was just saved by an angel who I thought liked me... He couldn't like my personality so it has to be my looks... I sighed and glanced out the newly made hole in the wall where he'd flown out of. As the pain began to set in, I snapped my fingers and wound up in my room where I laid on my stomach and let my wings settle around me, caressing me in a blanket of velvet. I still could not get over how he saved me… no one ever saved me before, I was told I'd never be worthy of being saved, ever and I lived for years believing that and even longer in Hell. Why did Saix treat me like I haven't done anything wrong in my life? Why did he give me mercy? Questions now encircled my brain giving me a headache. I shoved my face with my pillow to try and ease the pain, but it wouldn't leave and nether would my thoughts. My headache soon turned into a migraine and now I was groaning from how much my head hurt and tears soon fell from my eyes. I was sure I cried myself to sleep that night because when I woke up, my pillow was wet. I lifted my head and smelt Xion with Kairi.
"Axel, are you alright? I was going to ask when I smelled you come back last night, but I didn't want to bother you because you seemed..." Xion started to say.
"Tense? Anxious? Pissed?" I suggested as I glanced to her.
"All three..." she mentioned looking down with her wings drooped and Kairi's were too. I sighed and sat up as I told the girls, "I'm fine. I just had something happen to me last night that... took me off guard. Don't worry about me." The girls nodded and I moved my wings a bit before stiffness took its toll and they felt even more sore than last night.
"Tell Lucifer I can't do much flying today, my wings are sore as fuck..." I reported and they nodded, but Xion looked the most worried about me and I could see why. I trained and treated her like a younger sister and I'm pretty sure she thought of me like an older brother which was sweet of her. She nodded and informed, "I'll be sure to. You rest, Axel. You seem like you need it." I smiled as the girls left holding hands. I thought to myself "So? They did get hooked after all? Great for them." I sighed and laid on my side and relaxed my wings, letting them fall to the bed and against the wall. My head felt better, but Saix's words still echoed in my mind along with his gracious act of kindness. It was such an unexpected move and I didn't know how to feel about it. Then again, an angel and a demon having any connection besides being enemies was unheard of. I figured even my twin would hate me if we saw each other again... Why did Saix seem to care for me then? I groaned threw a ball of fire at my wall before sighing. I then proceeded to entertain myself by throwing fire at my wall and it soon became an unconscious act. I was only interrupted when I heard my name be called and I glanced up to see Lucifer in my door way.
"Your wings are sore? What happened?" he asked, sitting next to me. I couldn't tell him an angel saved me, so I lied, "I got hit by a beam falling and the force slammed me against the wall of the building I was in." He frowned before beginning to give me a massage which wasn't expected by him at all. His hands were holy… I couldn't imagine a better massage.
"You certainly have a way with your hands, Lucy," I remarked and I heard a huff of a laugh come out of him at that, he grasped my shoulders and informed, "I've had centuries to practice. Now though, since your wings are useless, why not take the day off. Relax with me. You already know what I want, don't you?" His tone lowered and I let out a deep moan just from hearing his voice. I asked feeling the need to touch myself, "Oh, yeah? Same treatment as last time?"
"Only if you want it, Axel," he whispered in my ear before biting my ear and then kissing me down the neck, driving me wild. With bliss in my voice, I remarked "That sounds divine. But I have to ask, am I always the one you come to when you need a fix?" He smirked and stroked my hair, staring into my eyes: "You're one of my favorites. I know you appreciate how rough I like it too."
"Hell yeah…" I spoke softly before he kissed me. My hand went up into his silky hair, catching on small knots that molded themselves throughout the day. Though, I made more knots as I twisted my fingers into his hair. He let go of me and smiled down at me, insisting, "Axel? I think now it's time to take you to my personal part in Hell." I moaned hearing him say that as I concluded, "Mmm, I crave your personal Hell." He laughed to that before letting me stand then he snapped his wrist and when my opened my eyes from a mere blink, I was in his room.
Sore, sweaty, out of breath, I laid in Lucifer's bed next to him. He stroked my hair that I could feel the gel was coming out of for the day. He kissed my chest as he held me and informed, "You should shower." I nodded slowly, answering, "I will eventually, don't worry." He smiled and leaned back in his bed. I leaned back as well, closing my eyes, but soon found myself in my old house. I knew I was dreaming, but let the scene play out as someone entered the house. I glanced to the door and my eyes grew wide. It was Reno… He ran past me, as if I wasn't even there, yet he was calling out my name. He sounded more scared than anything, or tormented perhaps was a better word. I watched him as he searched my house before going to basement and I followed as he ran down them, still calling my name. Though, he soon fell to his knees and begged, "Lord, if I could take my twin's sins away from him, I would. I don't know what happened, he just… snapped one day. I feel as if I am cursed to feel the remorse he cannot. It should have never been like this…" Reno took my acts onto himself? That I never knew before. Then again, this could just be some messed up dream… but it felt so real. I rubbed my arm, wishing I could tell him that I regretted what I did, or at least, I regretted making my twin suffer so much. That I never meant to do. I sighed and turned to leave before he called my name and somehow, I felt as if he was looking at me. He stood up, gazing towards me.
"Axel…?" he asked yet again and reached towards me and ran through me, making me gasp. I glanced up the stairs and saw myself… bloodied and alive. Reno sounded as if he was crying as he asked, "Axel…why, why do you do this? Why are you like this?!"
"Why? Hm, I'm not sure. But it sure is fun! The screams that light the night, the adrenalin of people trying to escapeand I have to catch them before they leave? I can't get enough," the alive me spoke and I sighed, remembering that's how I felt. I glared at me now, though. I wished that I could be a little more understanding.
"Axel! Please! That's not a real answer! You're going to get yourself hanged!" Reno pleaded and that was a stupid threat. I was never scared of death. The alive me shrugged, confirming my current beliefs, "Death doesn't scare me. You want to know what does?" My voice became surprisingly threatening and I noticed Reno shaking his head, but the alive me still informed, "You calling me out!" At that, I had taken a knife to my twin and I cringed, waking up, gasping. I was getting the oddest gaze from Lucifer and he posed, "You? Having a nightmare?"
"I… yeah… I dreamt I killed my brother, or an alive version of myself… I guess, even knowing he's an angel, I can't say I don't miss him," I explained and Lucifer nodded before telling me, "It's because you are his twin. Twins have a different sort of connection than other siblings." I glanced to him curiously and asked, "Are you a twin?"
"No. I've known so many. Some twins kill together and some are your case. One is normal while the other is sadistic. It's not as uncommon as you think," Lucy told me and I sighed. I got out his bed and told him "I'm using your shower before I go back to my room." He nodded, saying, "Very well. Yell is you need anything from me." I nodded and walked to his bathroom and stood in his shower, turning on the hot water and letting the water fall over my body, drenching my wings and hair. The water felt so good on my skin and especially wings. I fluttered them lightly as they grew heavier.
After nearly an hour, I stepped out before taking the long walk to my hall, completely naked. It's not like I could fly right now and besides, the walk would help dry my wings a bit. When I got back to my room, I laid on my floor so my bedding wouldn't get damp, just letting my wings rest beside me. I took a long sigh and thought more about my dream, wondering if that's how Reno really felt. Though, my thoughts quickly changed from thinking about my twin to thinking about that damn angel. Hell, why did he have to come into my mind? I began thinking about his memories even; he went to the church the barn wasn't far from. In fact, the church was still intact and in use to this day. Things are still held there and I watch the living go in and out all the time. I look in the windows, but not even during my living years did I ever go inside, never had a desire to. My mind soon became engulfed with thoughts of Saix. He was something else, something so special and I wished, for some reason, that things could work out for us. I wasn't going to lie, he was very attractive, but both of us were well aware of the consequences we could face for seeing each other and having any sort of relationship.
"Why am I thinking of having relations with an angel?! Axel… pull yourself together!" I scolded before sighing and realizing I just needed to stop thinking about that. I then remembered that today was day that Xion would get to make her first pick up and tried to focus on that as much as possible.