The last of her.
Chapter 1: They must all die.
Panic was the first emotion filling the numerous hearts standing in front of a barbed wire fence guarded by different kind of hellborn demon and high-ranking soldier sinner, who one by one, checked the health state and passport at each civilian passing through the checkpoint.
?: "I don't remember when it happen" sadly spoke a young feminine voice.
An explosion behind the gate was the first thing that triggered the event leading the crowd to finally burst into a hysteria of panic and scream, over the gun shot and gurgling painful moan coming from some strange humanoid creature cover in orange moss.
?: "Or what we have done to deserve such…punishment".
A second explosion coming from a shell lurched from beyond the red blackened sky, came to spread a spored like substance on an area filled with hellborn and sinner civilian, who after felling the substance hit them, started to collapse and spam on the ground before getting up and attack those who were not affected, in a feat of savage thirst for blood. Among the chaos, a duo composed by a gothic hellhound and a black suit imp with a white burning mark on the side of his face, were running between the multiple military tents in order to find a way to escape this madness.
?: "But if there is one thing that I'm sure of-"
Holding the hand of the hellhound, the both of them finally founded an escape, but not without any challenge nor injury.
?: "his how much it made us change"
Zooming back on the terrified imp helping her companion his now injured companion, the both of them then suddenly stopped when a bright light came to illuminate them.
3 months earlier, Heaven exorcist headquarter.
They betrayed her, they betrayed their people, but most of all they betrayed Adam, the only person to defend heaven against those filthy demon and make sure that those above stayed safe with their hand clean.
?: "Traitor…" cursed a white haired women clad in some exorcist armor. Emptying out her fifth wine bottle before tossing it aside to let it shatter on a wall, she then pops out another one to drink half of his content in one swing, "Make peace with those scum…god that make me sick*BLURGH*" vomiting on the side of her bed for a moment, she wiped the remaining puke stick on her cheek, "And that fucking queen of hell, who doesn't even lift a finger from that damn chair" mouth open to welcome the liquid slowly descend from his container, she then decided to continue to drown her sorrow into the bottle she was holding.
*Knock* *Knock* *Knock*
At least that's what she would have done for the rest of the day, if she wasn't interrupted by someone knocking on her door. Silently eyeing and cursing whoever was behind, she just turned around to lie down in the opposite direction of the sound to drink.
*Knock* *Knock* *Knock*
?: "Lute, are you there?" came a feminine voice from the other side.
Not reacting, she sighed tiredly before taking another swing and let the bottle fall lazily from her grasp.
Lute: "Fuck off" she mumbled before taking her blanket and roll inside.
Closing her eyes, she heard the clicking metallic sound of her door followed with the exterior bright light illuminate her room.
Lute: "I said fuck off" she angrily murmured through clenched teeth.
?: "I need to talk to you" a sense of concern was lingering in the new comer voice, yet it also contain something else, resolution.
Has she tiredly watched at the corner of her eyes the familiar figure of her long-haired blonde friend, Climotus, she could only grumble.
Lute: "What do you want?..."
Climotus: "Damn, you look like shit" she deadpanned.
Lute: "What. Do. You. Want?" she punctuated annoyingly.
Climotus: "I want you to follow me" she demanded.
Lute: "…Why would I do that?"
Climotus: "I got something important for you" she said before taking her blanket off and force her to get up, "But first, take a shower…you smell like vomit and piss".
While she hatefully glared at her compatriot ex-exorcist, she didn't try to argue nor fight back, and just obeyed at her command without complain…I mean, have you ever tried to punch a guy or even move during a hangover? It's difficult…But while the narrator was putting some line to break the fourth wall and make himself interesting, Lute on her side was taking off her cloth and undergarment in order to enter the bathroom and take a hot shower, while telling herself that maybe it will be something worth it…or not.
Heavens technological and pharmaceutical facility.
Passing through a blue automatic plastic door with a now properly dress and clean Lute, the angel following Climotus, couldn't but stop to watch with interest at the dozens of Hazmat Cherubs and ex-exorcist doing diverse activities, going through the manipulation of strange chemical container, or creation of new equipment and armor, who for a reason were now slimmer and bulkier than their original one.
Lute: "What are they doing?" she asked while pointing to a group of lab coat ex-exorcist working on their new armor.
Climotus: "They are putting some sort of biological tissue and some filter inside the helmet" Has she explained that to Lute, she saw one of those little lion Cherubs fly toward the scientist team to incorporate a metallic piece on the newly designed helmet.
Still wearing the horn with that evil grin which now got two filter at the extremities of the smile, the eyes who were once a glowing orb and an X, was now replaced with a linear slide reinforced cyan glass visor. Lute could already guess that this minor change would give more restrain on the vision for the wearer, but in reverse offer more protection.
Lute: "Why those change, the old design was already great" leaning closer to the armor, she ignored the multiple angel and cherub complaining about her presence in their working zone.
Climotus: "They weren't made for what we are about to do…common, we don't have all day"
Leaving the big head go back to their work, the both of them then entered inside an observation room with multiple button and command.
Climotus: "Do you know what I used to do before I became an exorcist?" taking a chair to sit on it, she then putted a strange circle container inside a tube, and be immediately suck up.
Lute: "You were a biologist? If I remember correctly" she said while leaning against a wall and observe her impassively.
Climotus: "A musicologist to be more precise" correcting her word, she then activated multiple buttons to turn the light inside the test room on, "I loved this job, observing the mushroom brought me a certain tranquility, and the fact that some of them could be used to help other was a bonus for my own ego too" she joked before finally pushing a red button to open a metallic door in the opposite room, "But while I was a good scientist, killing demon was just something that I was born to do".
Mocking Climotus by doing a bored 'bla bla bla' duck hand, Lute sighed in annoyance after feeling the last string of patience broke up.
Lute: "Cool stories, but what does it have to do with me nor the extermination of those vermin" while she putted a certain trust toward her friend, she really questioned how does her mushroom story will bring the demon race to their extinction.
Climotus: "You are about to find out"
Focus on the other room, Lute could only choke in surprise at the view of a crow like Goetia, push inside by some newly armored exorcist equipped with sci-fi like angelic assault rifle.
Lute: "What the-?! Why is there a Goetia here?! And why is he not dead?!" she screamed dramatically, "No, more importantly. How did you manage to capture one?!".
Has she been completely ignored by her friend, Climotus just continued to push some other button and then pull a lever to his 'maximum spore contamination'.
Climotus: "Alas, when the earlier extermination was launched by Adam and we failed…" looking at the Goetia smack the glass separating them, she could only smirk at the pathetic display that this…thing was trying to show, "I could only stay bitter in my own rage, but when we signed this peace treaty…" growling silently while dinging her finger in the console, she then closed her eyes to take a deep breath to stay calm, "It was just enough for me to take some initiative".
A smile of pure madness was the last thing that this Goetia saw before Climotus finally smacked the last button, and leave an orange fog fill the room. Starting with a few painful coughs at first, the demon noble then suddenly felt some blood leak out of his beak, with his vision slowly being obstructed by a white veil and an indomitable pain, who forced him to roll and scream in raging agony.
Climotus: "Initiative who leaded me to this…and you" has she spined on her chair to look at the now dumbstruck Lute, she couldn't hide the hint of satisfaction she felt at the view of such reaction, "While other reunited those who were willing to continue the fight" she stated with a hand on her chest, "I, in my corner, was working on a fungus that I discovered during a trip on Earth" turning around once more, she dramatically pointed a hand at the kneeled Goetia, "Let me present to you, the Cordyceps".
Startled by the sudden outburst of the subject lugging himself toward the glass they were standing behind, Lute slightly recoiled in fright at the black socked eyes and newly appearance that this monster was showing. Cover in a few places by some patch of rotten yellow moss, his face was now replaced by a giant red and bright yellow corrupted fungus, who rapidly spread his root all across his body to fully take the control of it, but yet not kill his host.
Climotus: "Good thing that we have this, huh" tapping the reinforced glass smugly, she was also glad that this room was totally sound proof, God know how long she would have been able to support the scream of each test subject. Seeing her friend slowly approach what was use it to be one of the most powerful enemies of hell, Lute gently touched the glass in awave before leaving herself smile like a lunatic in front of this beast, "Usually contaminating the insects, I changed his genetic to be more adaptive in hot temperature, and so be more efficient in hellish environment and demon body" taking out the sample from the tube that she once place it inside, she then took a white metallic case to then open it, and place the fungus inside a sterilize box with multiple other sample, "I also modified his growing capabilities to make sure that the contamination his much more faster, and that the mutation are more…" looking at the infected Goetia headbutting his face on the glass, she once again smiled in delight at the suffering of the host, "Aggressive".
Case close with a loud metallic sound, she then tossed a file fill with medical report toward Lute, to leaved her surfed between the multiple page and lines reporting the contamination speed and mutation stage.
Lute: "So…it is much slower on hellborn, but much more faster on sinner and Goetia" gently throwing the document on a nearby table, she crossed her arm, "While I'm having a bonner at the idea of turning all those fucker into mushroom fertilizer, how are we going to make sure that they stay infected..." she pointed, "Don't get me wrong for the hellborn or a fucking Goetia part, but unless you have forgotten, a sinner could just put a bullet in his head and go back has if nothing ever happen, so it's still a lost".
Not entirely wrong, Lute still felt herself confuse when the only answer she received was low mocking laugh.
Climotus: "Always going fast…you never take the time to look at the detail don't you" she mockingly questioned, "If you have took the time to properly read the report, you will have saw that the fungus have developed a rather…interesting mutation" putting her behavior into scientist mode, she walked back and forth while explaining her research with dramatic hand gesture, "Not only it develop his structure much more faster inside a sinner body, but it also cling itself into his very soul, making the host-".
Lute: "Infected forever" she finished, "Could it also work on this bratty princess? And duck sucking dick Lucifer?"
Pensively humming for a moment, her friend could only give her an unsure shrug.
Climotus: "I don't know, we didn't really have a lot of subjects like this to test on" she replied with sarcasms.
Huffing annoyingly, she massaged the bridge of her nose before changing into another matter.
Lute: "Why are you doing this?" she questioned.
Climotus: "Come again?"
Lute: "I said, why are you doing this?" she repeated, "And don't give me that 'for the good of heaven' bullshit, I know you better than the other".
If Lute have taken a better look at her friend eyes, she would have saw the glowing red darkness momentarily take place in her usual green cold gaze.
Climotus: "Because you weren't the only one to love Adam"
Despite that such revelation would have usually made her burst into a flurry of insult, she could but quell her emotion since she was the one to actually do something, rather than drown her rage and sadness in an entire box of Nutella or wine unlike her. Closing her eyes to take a breath and pass a hand in her hair, Lute then took a seat with her leg cross and an attentive glaze.
Lute: "What the next step?" She asked, sounding more like an order than a question.
Back to her cold and calculated behavior, Climotus taped a yellow button with an hazmat sign paint on it, which then engulfed the test room with blue holy fire, who slowly burned the Goetia alive.
Climotus: "Over the few month, we have released a few infected here and there in pride" she told while opening an holographic map of the pride ring, with a few marked red and green dots, "And has I predicted, they are evacuating the hellborn toward some sort of polyvalent checkpoint placed toward the elevator of the different ring" pointing at an certain green dots, the map immediately zoomed to show a 3D image of a camp with a crowd of people waiting for their turn to pass, "Those camp contain at least twelve thousands of those rats…and that his were you enter the scene girl".
Eyebrow raised curiously; she leaned forward to properly observe the area.
Lute: "Explain" not giving her a look she zoomed on a guard post to see the defense apply there.
Climotus: "Welp, first of all, you are a leader and I'm not" getting the ex-right hand commander exorcist attention, she continued on with a heavy sigh, "Look, I know mushroom, medicine, and science, but giving order and lead troops to combat…it's more of a you thing" she explained, "you're also the only one to have access of the seraphim quarter and the hammer of god"
Closing the map to rest her head in the palm of her hand, she gave a long moment of thought at the 'hammer of god'. While this literal floating island were just trillion of rusted angelic artillery battery, who sole purpose was to quench the first uprising of Lucifer, the weapon, despite his old age, have always manage to maintain a certain fear effect on the people of hell…but that is until the idea of exorcist, proposed by Adam and the ruler of hell itself, came to make sure that the hellborn weren't taken into the collateral damage account, "Hellborn should not be concern by this" she mentally mocked.
Lute: "You do know that we don't attack hellborn" she told with a fake serious tone, "They are innocent".
Climotus: "They kill our sister and leader, they broke the treaty first" taking a breath, she momentarily closed her eyes, "They are all guilty for like I care".
Giving her a nod, Lute discretely smiled before heading toward her friend.
Lute: "Glad to see that we are on the same page" she complimented while patting her shoulder, "Tell me when you are ready, I'm going to see where's that weapon his now".
A positive hum was the only response that Climotus could give before seeing her superior march toward the exit. With a stature more determined than ever, she took a time to contemplate the now closed door that Lute have pass, to then turn around and admire the flame taking on the remaining ash of the subject that was once a powerful demon.
7 weeks later, Imp city, I.M.P headquarters.
?: "Come on Mox! We don't have all day" yelled an imp dress in a black and red suit with a skull attached around his neck.
At the moment that he prevented his other employee, the little imp Moxxie to his full name, violently kicked the door of the armory with multiple duffle bags full of gun and ammunition.
Moxxie: "Rooms empty sir" passing a hand through his now sweaty white hair, he then scratched his upward horn after having readjusted his fancy suit.
?: "Same for tha paper Blizt!" replied a female imp with a south accent. Clotted in a black tank top held by two golden like button around her clavicle, she dusted her messy shorth black hair and torn up jean of the remaining soot, that was once the numerous totally legal paper work that they have keep over the years.
Blitz: "Good job M and M!" he happily encouraged before shoving the last horse figurine inside his bag, "Where's Loonie by the way?".
Moxxie: "She's already inside the van sir, doing what she does best" checking a pistol, he then put it back into one of the bags, "Nothing".
Blitz: "Hey! Don't talk to my Loonie like that she-"
Moxxie: "Can do whatever she wants" he lazily finished before heading toward the door with his wife Millie, "Hear it a thousand time now sir".
Blitz: "Don't get this attitude with me Mox, or I'll cut your paycheck and give it to your damn wife" he threatened while putting his bag over his shoulder.
Moxxie: "Already done it sir" he flatly replied, before wheezing in pain at the elbow blow that her wife gave to him, "Millie *cough* Why?"
Millie: "To make sure tha' yer don' dig yerself deeper" she joyfully answered while patting his back.
Blitz: "See! Your wife gets it at least!" putting his personal flintlock pistol in one of the bags that his employer was holding, he then kicked the door of their office with a victorious finger pointed forward "Alright gang, let's get the fuck out of here!".
Pride ring district border, Stolas mansion.
Octavia, a young Goetia with a Gun 'N rose jacket followed with a slim jean torn at the knee, wasn't sure how to take out the situation right now. Despite that she has to endure the multiple screaming contests that her parent was doing at one another over the multiple good or not so good reason, she wouldn't have imagined that one day she would have to leave the house were all the memories she has created during her small life, would be abandoned just because of a stupid pandemic that she was sure was just something overly exaggerated. Looking up toward the reddish sky of the pentagram above the pride circle, she took a long grad of the sulfured air to then silently puff out exasperatedly and then go back on the screen of her hellphone to text with Loona, a hellhound she has meet a few months ago, during one of her escapades to see the tear of Azathoth…which ended badly yet goodly at the same time.
Octavia: "So you too huh" she texted before sitting at the step of the exterior staircase.
Loona: "Yeah, Blitz his doing a real household at the office before we move out to another ring".
Hearing some hooved step behind her, Octavia moved aside to not disturb the butler lifting the multiple baggage toward the limousine trunk.
Loona: "What about you? How things going on your side?"
Octavia: "Same has you, dad his making the servant carry the most important stuff inside the car, and mom-"
Perking up at the screeching sound of her mother voice, the teenager could only sigh while massaging the bridge of her eyes to soothe the incoming headache.
Octavia: "Mom his bitching about whatever reason dad is doing"
Loona: "Shesh, don't tell me about it, got the same thing with Mox right here" smiling, she was glad that she wasn't alone in this mess, "Do you know where your going by the way?"
Octavia: "Maybe in envy or sloth, dad don't want to go in lust because of me, and mom don't want to go in wrath because of the 'peasant' class there" she tipped while putting a rolling eyes emoji at the end.
Loona: "Ha! No booze for you girls :(" she read before giggling, "But more seriously, I just hope that we can still see each other after that pandemic".
Octavia: "Don't worry, I'm sure this crap will only last a month or some shit, I mean, I'm sure its just another hell plague or something".
Loona: "I don't know, it seems pretty serious this time, I just saw a convoy of yellow suits people pass bye, they seemed tense has fuck"
A sense of worry passed through Octavia mind for a moment, but quickly decided to brush it off and stay positive.
Octavia: "You're probably taking this too much seriously, everything will be fine, and maybe that the yellow suit was just a bunch of doctors taking out the body or something"
Momentarily leaving her eyes off from the screen, she headed toward a small black bag pack with multiple pins and her name stitched on the side, to take out from it a black beanie with a small golden crown printed on it. Putting the beanie on her head, she carefully brushed her hair with her hand before going back on her phone after feeling a buzzing notification.
Loona: "Yeah, maybe your right, anyway, fatty and his wife are back, and Blitz his going to come at any second now, I call you when we arrive to our 'new home'" sadly frowning at the fact that their conversation has to end here, she could only accept that they at least will be able to text to one another later, "Take care of yourself Octi ;)"
Octavia: "You too Loona"
Turning her phone off, Octavia then grabbed her bag to put over one shoulder and tranquilly march toward the limo in order to wait patiently inside. Has she opened the door to take a sit and observe the pride district from afar, she still undeniably shared the same concern that her friend felt at the event happening now, and while having taken a look at the numerous post and video online about a strange virus or drug making people going extremely feral that made them attack one another, surely didn't improve the already concerning feeling she was sensing.
Imp city elevator station 1, Checkpoint 764 Alpha devil, hours later.
Loona always knew that she wasn't the kind of girl to have a lot of patience, the orphanage and the numerous other hellhounds be her witnesser, but she sure has shit that the fact that Moxxie whining about the bad smell and the giant fucking line leading toward the elevator, was a factor that still didn't bring any improvement on it, nor it was helping to keep the last string of cool intact.
Loona: "Satan fucking dammit fatty, can you stop crying and bitching about everything for more than five fucking seconds" she snarled while stretching her leg over the glove box.
Moxxie: "But seriously, don't you smell something weird?" he said while taking a few sniffs around, "I think there is something rotting somewhere…"
Blitz: "Mox, we are literally in a traffic jam with thousand cars around" he explained with an eye roll, "And I'm on Loonie side, if you don't shut the fuck up, I'm throwing you out of the van".
Millie: "Nat if a have something' ta say" she argued with a glare.
Has the group leaved themselves in silence for the time, Blitz finally saw the line move.
Blitz: "Finally…Fuck"
Slightly pushing on the accelerator to follow behind the other car, he then stops when he arrived at the border post to be greeted by a muscular imp, wearing a red and black uniform with an respirator.
?: "Paper sir" he demanded with a rough muffled voice.
Tired of all this and just wanting to get out of this shit hole quickly, Blitz rapidly took from the glowed box the paper of everyone before passing it toward the guard, "Fuck me, the month have already been hard with the small amount of client we've got, and now this…" mentally grumbling with is teeth clench, he was then taken by surprise when four other guard came to check his eyes and temperature while doing the same with the other.
Loona: "Watch it asshole!" she threatened a small imp guard who pointed his light flashlight toward her.
?: "Everything's good sergeant" putting his flashlight off, he gave a nasty stare to Loona before moving on.
A nod was the only thing the sergeant gave to his men before giving the paper back to Blitz.
?: "Go to sector 9, and wait for your turn" pointing a finger to a large area surrounded by barbed wire mesh, he then gave to him a pass who was label has 'non infected'.
Blitz: "Are you serious?! We waited an hour in this Satan damn line, and now you want us to wait more?!" he complained while punching the guidon of his van.
?: "It's that, or you can stay here buddy"
Blitz: "…Fine" he agreed while pouting a little, "Fucking moron".
Driving in straight line before taking a turn to park between two other cars. Loona then slightly yawned, before deciding to be the one to get out first and have a moment of fresh air, and most of all, a time for herself to clear out her thought from all the complain of Moxxie.
Moxxie: "Where are you going?"
Or maybe not.
Loona: "Gotta takes a fresh air fatty, hearing you whine got me sick" she mocked before unlocking the door.
Moxxie: "for the thousand time! I'm not-"
Closing the door before Moxxie could continue to argue, she then stretched her back to then leave herself wander around the area. Nonchalantly watching the thousand military and civilian tents lingering around the place, she continued her way further to then see some group of people chatting or scrolling on their phone to wait their turn to pass, while also being held under the surveillance of the soldier inside their watch tower, "Why is there so much guard here?" moving aside from a group of children playing catch, Loona slightly groaned annoyingly but stopped when the sound of cry came to perks her ears up. Taken by her curiosity, she then made her way to follow the sound of sob, to be in the end enter a public tent with multiple benches, and a lonely women succubus.
Loona: "Huh…hey" she greeted, making the succubus gasp in surprise, and reveal her now ruined makeup and bandage head, "Are you…Okay?".
?: "I…" silently looking at her for a moment, she then wiped the tear and remaining makeup away to then take a deep breath, "No…" she explained sadly.
Normally, that kind of thing wouldn't have concerned Loona, but while she still tried to act tough around everyone including her 'friend' and da-Blitz, she still at least possesses a certain soft spot…If we could say that.
Loona: "Hum, wanna talk about it?" she awkwardly offered while taking a seat beside.
?: "Why do you care?" she scoffed with venom, "You don't even know me".
Feeling something snap inside, Loona just angrily got up and stomped her way outside.
Loona: "Fine then! Die in your tear like I care!" she barked back, "That's what you get when you're trying to be nice"
?: "Wait-I" rapidly catching her hand, she then sadly looked down when the hateful glare of the hellhound was upon her, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to".
Less angered, Loona then took a long breath before letting herself lead back to the bench they were sitting on.
?: "It's just…I lost my girl and husband when we tried to came here" she sadly recounted, "I-I was packing our baggage inside the car, and when I turned around i-*choking sob*" slightly sobbing, she chocked on her own word "I saw a man beat my husband to death, and eat my baby in front of me" completely breaking up to cry once more, she then felt a hand on her back reassured her…or at least try, "I didn't know what to do, *Sob* I just stood there with this…BEAST, and those yellow lifeless, Satan does eyes, I-I-I can't forget them*Sob* Dammit!".
Not knowing how to react at such…tragedy, Loona could only come closer to the women and hug her to comfort at the best she can, after feeling that she wasn't trying to resist and on the contrary embrace it. While she has received her own part of pain, going through the rejection of her birth parent, life at the orphanage, and adoption to her new 'father' (even if this one couldn't be count has one), she could still always find herself being take by surprise about how much certain people can be sick and screw in this place.
?: "Thank you" she whispered with a sad smile before letting her go.
Loona: "No problem…Huuuuuh…"
?: "Catherine" presenting herself while wiping out the last tears, she then offered a hand.
Loona: "Loona, glad to make you feel better" accepting the hand shake, the both of them then heard a loud electronic horn buzz around the camp, "What's that?"
Catherine: "I think it's the next elevator" she sniffed, "Guess it is time for the both of us to leave each other".
Nodding approvingly, they then both leaved the tent to go in their separate direction but not without giving one last goodbye.
Catherine: "Thank you again Loona, you're the only person to actually care since I came here" she said while giving a genuine smile, "You're a good person".
Has the hellhound cheek reddened and her tail waged at such compliment, she immediately tried to hide it in embarrassment.
Loona: "D-D-Don't mention it…I was just bored" she stuttered, "Anyway, I got to go, my d-friend his probably waiting for me".
Catherine: "I understand, take care now"
Leaving one another to go in their own way, the hellhound then slightly accelerates her pace when she saw multiple people and car moving toward the gate of the ring elevat-.
*WHACK* *BOOOOOOMMMM*
Ejected by a powerful blast caused by a sudden explosion, Loona, who violently knocked her head on the ground, tried to resist at the dizziness clouding her vision, but nonetheless felled unconscious with little bit of black blood driping from her snooze.
Heaven council.
Pulling out her sword from the dead body of an angel loyal to the court, Lute, accompanied with her new henchwoman Climotus and a thousand exorcist all clad in their new armor, were all killing the remaining survivor of the heavenly council while holding the archangel and remaining survivor tied up in the middle of the room.
?: "What his the meaning of this?!" exclaimed a giant archangel with black light skin, and dress in a giant puffy white dress, "Explain yourself Lute! HOOF!" having tried to get up with her hand cuffed by some angelic chain, she was then forced to kneel when one the guard watching them, violently kicked her in the knee.
Hold by his commander, the guard was then slowly pushed aside to let Lute, with her helmet in hand, kneel in front of the Archangel to look at her with a glare of anger and disgust.
Lute: "I'm doing what any of you coward couldn't have the balls to do it" putting her mask back on, she then pressed a button on the side to call Climotus squad about the situation via intern radio, "Slayer 6, this his Stalker 8, how's your situation?".
Waiting for a few second, a response was then return.
?: "Slayer 6, to Stalker 8, objective have been secured and prepared to be used, only 4 of those canon were good to use, the rest were to old"
Lute: "Fuck…should have expected that" trillion of years without using them, the tie of time will have surely taken his tool on the majority of them, "Doesn't matter, start to load the first shell, and fire at my order".
?: "Copy, Slayer 6 over and out"
Has she made her way toward the exit, the sound of footstep came to grab her attention back from the prisoner.
?: "You can't do that Lute, there may be sinner, but there is some innocent too!" pleaded a young archangel beside Sera, eyes filled with tears, she kneeled on the ground with her hand clapped together in a pleading manner, "Please Lute! Don't do this, I beg of you, *sobs* don't do this"
Eyeing her with this impassive gasmask of her, she then approached the young archangel to tenderly grab her chin.
Lute: "Ho Emily…Of all the people in this room" venom in her voice, she pushed the face of Emily away, "You were the one that I hated the most" drawing her one handle crossbow from her hip with inhuman speed, she then pressed the trigger to kill without mercy a nearby consular angel who tried to discretely escape, "Banish Emily in this pit, for the rest…kill them all".
Receiving a salute from each soldier, our rebellious angel then holstered her weapon to leave the group of prisoner scream or plead at the murderous group of exorcists, slowly approaching them with their ever-devilish smile over their mask.
Pride ring, highway leading to the ring station elevator number 3.
Has she been listening to her music and partly block out the dispute between her parents, Octavia with an disinterest look continued to scroll through the multiple music harboring her playlist, before ending up by tapping on a random song and move to Sinstagram to check on the news. Numerous of topics going through the new challenge and other uninteresting media, flashed at the bored eyes of the owlet, who at the end just sighed annoyingly and gently toss her phone aside to walk toward the driver.
Octavia: "Hum excuse, but are we there yet?" she politely asked the young trans woman imp at the front, while taking off her earphone.
?: "Almost me lady, it's just-" squinting her/his eyes, she/he then slurped into the seat with a loud groan, "Well shit".
In front them, Octavia could only see in despair the giant line of car gathering up at the gate blocking the elevator that they were supposed to take and join (to her discontent) the mansion of her uncle, Andrealphus in the greed ring, to momentarily stay for a few weeks and wait for the thing to calm down a little, "Fuck my life" was the only thing that Octavia could think about before slumbering down into her place to watch with a look of boredom, the multiple building and explosion afar from the-
Octavia: "What the…"
?: "What's happening?! Why aren't we moving right now?!" yell a tall white and light pink Goetia, clotted in a white puffy dress with a small crown over her head. Holding a glass of wine in order to support her husband during this trip, her piercing pinkish and white glare, almost made the small little imp shit his pants due to the pressure put into him.
?: "Hum- We are stuck into a traffic jam me lady Stella" dodging a bottle thrown at her/his face, she/he then readjusted his driver cap before fearfully look at Stella.
Stella: "It's duchess for you plebian! And find a way to get out of here, or I'm going to make sure that you properly stay a woman, cunt!" she hatefully threatened before downing her glass in one go.
?: "Y-Y-Ye-Yes ma-Duchess!" hitting the honk multiple time, the driver silently cursed and prayed to Satan, in a useless attempt to make the car move faster.
A scoff was the only thing that escaped the duchess throat before going back to her drinking and silent plotting contest, about the assassination to her soon dead ex-husband Stolas, "Little wanker, you're gonna get what you deserve" drowning another glass, she saw her 'husband' turn around to approach their daughter.
Stolas: "His everything okay my starlight?" asked a masculine blue shaded Goetia dress in some royal garment, who were accompanied with a top hat that leaved two perfect holes for his fourth and fifth eyes to see, "You have been…extremely silent during this trip".
Gently grabbing his hand to pull it away from her, she then sited back to her seat while forgetting the explosion she just saw, "It's probably nothing".
Octavia: "Yeah well, you and mom doesn't make this trip very chatty…If we put aside the constant yelling between you two" she flatly answered before grabbing her phone and quickly check for any message from her friend or Loona.
Stolas: "Ha ha ha…Huh welp, this certainty does not bring any warmth for a moody conversation" he awkwardly responded while stretching at his collar nervously, "May I say, would you like to do something with me after we have properly acquainted ourself to our temporary home? You know, father daughter day"
Now that her attention was properly taken off from her phone, she could only raise an suspicious eyebrow at her sweating father.
Octavia: "Sure, 'long that it isn't a day too LooLoo land again, or one of those mom galas, I'm fine with that" hearing a small hoot of delight from her father, she couldn't but happily shake her head at the silliness that her dad was only capable off.
Has she watched Stolas made his (unfortunate) way to his place, the young teenager then stretched her back, before grabbing a bottle of water laying on a couch in front of her, but to then stop mid-way when she saw the water slightly and unnaturally vibrate.
*BONG*
Startled by something hitting the door car, she then glanced above the window to see a black hellhound scramble on his feet to run away with some other hellborn following behind.
Stella: "Damn peasant!" tossing her glass aside, she lowered the window to pass her head and yell, "Watch you're damn step you fucking peasant! This car cost much more than your pathetic life!".
Stolas: "Stella please, can you stop getting the attention on us" he snarled before taking a glass of his own.
Stella: "Getting the att- Ho! Ho my fucking god! Youde be the one to talk about getting the attention, when the only thing you do his fuck one of those scum in our bed!" she bitterly replied.
Stolas: "Again with that? His that the only thing you're going to throw at me, or does your brain rotted spoiled child attitude is the only thing that his capable to remember from all those years! That YOU! Made a living hell for me!"
Stella: "Woah! Look at you now, acting thought and mighty, bravo, really, you should try to write a book about 'How to constantly whine all the time' you fuck".
Bickering and arguing to one another once again, the two leaved the young goetic girl look with entrail at the explosion replacing the last string of light of the distanced setting sun, who were also covered up by a strange orange red smoke scattering randomly around like some flower petal carried by the wind.
Stella: "Go fuck yourself Stolas!" finish on this last note with a loud angry bird noise, she then turns her glare toward her child, "Octavia, close that window, I don't want the air of the poor, infect you…just like that damn 'virus' they called".
Octavia: "Mom…Dad, I think you should come and-"
Stella: "I said" grabbing her daughter by the back of her jacket, she then yanked the girl back toward her seat, "Close that damn window!".
Take by the surprise, she coughed up a little while massaging her throat due to the strangulation caused by the force that her mother has exerted on her.
Octavia: "*Cough* *Cough* What the fuck mom! *Cough* that hurt!"
Stolas: "Stella!" getting her starlight behind him defensively, he then came face to face toward her soon ex-wife, "Lay a hand or scream at me if you want" he warned, "But do not even think to lay a finger on Octavia" threatening her with a low disoriented voice produced by his demonic form, the only thing he received was just an small disinterest 'humphf' that only her was capable to irritate everyone…irritation that finally took his tool, if the raised hand of Stolas was a clue to take upon, no 'humphf' will be accepted when it come to her daughter, "You little-"
*WHACK* *BOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMM*
All losing their balance due to an explosion that made the car violently shake, Octavia, who was the first one to quickly retake her footing, scrambled at the window to see the explosion from earlier, approach rapidly toward them. Staring in shock at the destruction, and multiple screams of panic upholding in front of her, she couldn't even take notice at her father lightly push her aside.
Stolas: "Get us out of here! NOW!" He ordered the driver, while Stolas didn't appreciate to give order to anyone, that be lesser nor higher demon, the situation made him thrown his standard away.
?: "On it sir!"
Hooved on the accelerator to shove the car blocking them away, the driver by unknow miraculous way, manage to drive the limousine between the multiple obstacle and explosion, to then find an exit leading at another road.
?: "Where are we going sir?!" avoiding at the last minute a burning truck, the driver then refocused back on the road.
Stolas: "To the mansion!" he screamed before taking Octavia in his arm, to reassure her and reassure itself at the same time.
Stella: "What?! No way I'm going back with you in this-"
*SMACK*
Cut off by a small slap, Stella who could only touch her bruised cheek in shock, stared at Stolas with her beak agape.
Stolas: "For the first time Stella. Shut. Up".
While everyone inside the car (even the driver) was shocked by the goetic prince action, they were suddenly brought back at the situation at hand, when another explosion came to burn a neighboring building to ash. Despite the burning cars, building, multiple turn and other problem encountered on the road, the group finally arrived hours later at their destination, pressing on the accelerator in a last effort, the driver was then slightly taken by surprise when his employer grabbed his shoulder.
Stolas: "If we survive this, I'll triple your salary miss"
?: "Thank you s-"
Octavia: "Look out!"
Focused back on the road to see someone standing in the middle of the way, the driver then forcefully pressed the brake to avoid the person, but in return lose control of the vehicle and roll on the side with his passenger sent in the air to bump at every corner of the interior, and then finally stop to leave them fall all unconscious when the car managed to stuck itself inside a ditch.
Imp city elevator station 1, Checkpoint 764 Alpha devil.
A gasp for air was the first thing that Loona did, when she suddenly regained consciousness to feel her ears ring over the muffled scream and explosion happening in the back ground. Rolling on the side while continuously cough desperately for some oxygen, she emptied out her stomach content after finally registering the pain taking over her spine and head clouding her mind even more.
Loona: "Fuck…"
Shakely getting up with a little bit of vomit drooling down her mouth, she then dizzily walked with a hand on her head, around the now chaotic camp, that was supposed to be a 'safe' place for the hellborn to evacuate-.
Blitz: "LOONA!"
Brought back to reality at the voice of her adoptive father screaming her name, she was then taken by surprise when Blitz immediately took her into his arm, while this kind of gesture would have made the hellhound extremely mad, she was just too shock by the situation that she didn't even care.
Loona: "Da- Blitz…What's happeni-".
*WHACK* *BOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMM*
Shoved on the ground by Blitz, who then used his body to protect her from the ejected dirt and debris caused by another blast, he then grabbed her to help her up and sprint.
Blitz: "I don't know what his happening sweetie!" has a burnt tent felled in front of them, he then took a random direction while dragging by the hand his daughter, "But we better get the fuck out of here! I leaved the van with M and M, they are waiting for us at the exit!".
Stopped by an hellhound with orange red glowing eyes tackling an imp woman in front of them, they then saw to their horror, the canine hellborn bite down at the jugular of the lady and savagely devour her.
Blitz: "Christ on a stick!"
Loona: "Shit!"
Sprinting toward another direction, Loona then immediately took the leads of the pace, when she saw from the corner of her eyes an young imp with the same glowing eyes than the hellhound from earlier, run after them.
Loona: "HO FUCK!" taking her dad under her armpit like a big lizard, she then forced on her aching leg to desperately run off from this mad men, who only accelerate each second, "Shitshitshitshitshitshitshitshitshitshitshitshitshitshitshit-" passing through a public tent while leaving Blitz shove some furniture to slow down their pursuer, she then looked behind to see that it momentarily worked for a moment, only to saw this…monster, rapidly get up and continue his chase, "For Satan sake!" panting heavily while feeling her burning muscle force her to slow down, she then stopped at an intersection.
Blitz: "Left! Loonie, that where the bright idea always come from!" came the suggestion of the imp, who still dropped a small smile despite the situation.
Loona: "Shut up dad!" she growled before going right.
Not taking notice of the proud expression that her father was making due to the fact that she has rarely called her dad, he was then dropped on his feet to leave himself follow a tired Loona, who then take a close turn when they both saw a group of those glowing orange eyes infected pass them to chase a group of survivors, who to their demise, were being eaten one by one.
Blitz: "There!" pointing at a hole made into a by some other hellborn, the both then internally sighed in relief, "Last run Loonie, go!"
In a last effort, the both then forced on their leg to give a last sprint toward the exit, and find their other friend who were probably-.
Loona: "Hoof!" tackle to the left by the imp who were chasing after them, Loona with the fatigue accumulated, tried in despair to push back the man teeth from her neck or anywhere else from her body.
?: "NAAAARHGG GNN! HAAAARRGH! GAAAARTH!"
Has the snarl and scream of pained anger ringed inside her eardrum, Loona, who was almost face to face with those dead yet alive conscious hide behind those glowing orange eyes, almost loosed her strength when some droplet of black blood coming from the man mouth, splattered her cheeks and border of eyes to deconcentrate her.
Blitz: "GET OFF MY DAUGHTER BITCH!"
Release from the man grasp and weight pining her down, the hellhound then looked on the side to see Blitz beat the young boy repeatedly with a brick while cursing and roaring angrily, until the piece of rock just broke up in two.
Blitz: "Fucker…" wiping with his sleeve the accumulated blood off his mouth, he then walked toward his girl, "Are okay Loonie?"
Giving a shaky nod before rising on her feet and quickly copying her dad by wiping the blood dripping on her cheek, they both continued to jog toward their escape, but were once again slowed down, when Loona right foot got caught into some barbed wire after having followed his father by lowering herself to go through the hole and try to escape.
Loona: "HA! Dammit!" shaking off the thing off, she only aggravates the situation by making the wire plant itself deeper, "GAH!" wincing in pain but still managing to crawl and join the outside, she was then immediately helped by her dad, who meticulously took off the thing without making more damage, to that put an improvised bandage by ripping his sleeve (the one that wasn't soil in blood at least), "Don't think that I'm calling you 'dad' after that" she replied with sarcasm, trying to light up the mood after all that have happen.
Blitz: "Jokes later lady" finishing up with the bandage, he then helped her by positioning itself under her arm to let her use his body has a support and-
?: "You! Stop right there!"
Enlighten by a bright blinding light, Blitz, with his hand protectively in front of his eyes, manage to recognize the figure illuminating them.
Blitz: "Hey…you're the guy from earlier" he said, still trying to adjust his stance for his daughter, "The asshole you didn't want to-"
?: "Shut up!" he ordered while pointing his assault rifle menacingly, and move two finger to his headset, "Command, this his Teta, I have two civilian trying to escape the zone, one is an imp the other a hellhound".
Loona: "Listen asshole, you don't see it, but people are killing each other right now…I mean, more than usual- but can't you leave us alone so we can join our friend at-"
?: "Are you sure?...Understood"
Loona: "Hey! I'm speaking to you mor…on" trailing off after seeing the guy's expression change, she then suddenly felt her heart stop, when he putted a finger on the trigger of his gun.
Blitz: "Ha shit"
Was the only thing Blitz could say before diving on Loona to cover and shove her away from the rafale of bullet. Tripping on the ground to fall and roll-on a dirt hill leading the both in a dried canal, Blitz momentarily felt his world spin, before growling in pain to stand on his elbow yet slightly wince at the small bullet bruise on his leg, "Satan, I'm so fucking lucky" he smiled before immediately drooping it at the sound of a metallic click followed with an ever-bright flashlight coming back to illuminate his face again, "Or maybe not, should have keep my gun dammit" giving a glare at his executioner, he will make sure that this fucker didn't get the satisfaction from him to beg for mercy.
*BANG*
Lifelessly standing for a moment before dropping dead in front of Blitz, the imp then saw to his surprise, a succubus armed with a smoking colt approach the duo.
Catherine: "Are you okay?" she asked with concern while kicking the dead body, "Yep, dead".
Blitz: "I'm fine, thanks for the quick safe love" he said while limply standing up.
Catherine: "My pleasure, names Catherine by the…Ho no…"
Perking up at the sound of cry coming from behind, Blitz to his fright, turned around to see his adoptive daughter bleeding on the ground, with three bullets hole on the chest and stomach.
Blitz: "Satan- Loona!" painfully making his way before dropping beside her, he then instinctively took out his jacket to put some pressure on one of the injuries, and do the same on another with his hand, "Ho fuck, ho fuck, it's okay Loonie, you're going to be okay" covering his face when her daughter coughs up some blood, he immediately panicked even more.
Loona: "Blitz?" she pleaded with a choke, "It hurt…it hurt dad" she tiredly sobbed while slowly closing her eyes.
Blitz: "Nononononononononono- Stay with me girl, I will get you out of here- Don't just stand there! Help me!" screaming at Catherine while taking Loona into his arm, he then felt his own emotion broke up into tear.
Catherine: "Mister, she's not-"
Blitz: "Don't you even dare finish that sentence! She's going to be fine, and she will continue to live with her father and his annoying employee that his M and-"
Loona: "Dad…"
Looking down at his daughter, Blitz immediately froze when he saw her limply in his arm with her eyes close.
Blitz: "Loona…" he softly call, "Loona…" he called again, desperately attending for a response, "Please Loonie, don't do this…" tearing up a little bit, he gently shake her to wake her up, "Please girl, you can't do this to me, not when you finally call me dad" he pleaded, leaving his tear fall to mix with his daughter blood, "Come on girl, wake up, dad his *Sob* dad his waiting for you to *Sob* Ho Satan, please don't do this" embracing her more closely to cry in her chest, he then gently grabbed her hand with his tail to rub it with care, "Please girl, *Sob* don't go, don't go please".
Has one kneeled with the body of his daughter in his arm, and the other could only helplessly stare at it. The both still didn't know that everything that they knew nor everything that they love, will be forever change for the worst.
Pride ring district border, Stolas mansion.
Slowly opening her eyes to come back from the 'living' world and feel the aching migraine threatening to blow her head up, Octavia didn't get the time to take a break when the driver side of the now return car she was in, started to be engulfed in some green flame that menaced her to burn the rest of the vehicle. That is until an invisible force yanked her out of the car and send her fly directly into the arm of his father, who embrace her has if it was the last time they would ever see each other.
Stolas: "Ho Lucifer! Are you alright my owlet?!" checking his daughter meticulously, he then sighed in relief when saw that no major injurie were to be reported.
Stella: "Ho sure! Just fucking leave me behind" came the annoying voice of his wife, who dusted her sleeve from the accumulated soot, "At least that dead plebian was a better use than you" she muttered, referring to the now dead driver who got his neck snap after having been ejected during the crash.
Stolas: "A little bit of respect Stella, that women manage to get us back to our house alive!" he responded with a venomous glare.
Not even paying attention to her husband, the feminine goetia then readjusted her crown before taking her 'husband' in surprise by pulling out a white and black glowing revolver hidden between the fluff of her chest.
Stella: "The plan was to kill you after we got into my brother castle, but now…" eyes momentarily darkened by her feather (hair), she then growled angrily, "Now, I have lost all kind of patience" walking slowly toward Stolas, she shoved her shocked daughter aside to make sure that she didn't get in her line of sight, after all, only Stolas was supposed to die here, "On your knee, imp whore…".
Stolas: "Please Stella, not in front of Octavi- OOFF" falling on the ground after being struck in the face by the butt of the revolver, Stolas then groaned while massaging his bruised cheek.
Stella: "Shut up, you fucking worm!" cocking the harmer, she then closely pointed the barrel much closer to his face, "You didn't feel any shame when you brought a peasant in our bed!" she screamed, eyes glowing in rage, "I have endured enough of your antics, your little whine, and this goddamn marriage, now" madly smiling she pressed a finger on the trigger, "Now I want my revenge…I want you to die Stolas".
Octavia: "Mom! No!"
Eyes close to await the inevitable, Stolas just whished that his starlight and lover Blitz, will be alright after his death.
*BANG*
Silence was the only thing that followed after the loud detonation, while Stolas have lived a thousand years and plus, he would have thought that death would be little bit more painful than he have ever imagined…or lifeless at least.
?: "RRRRRRRAAAAARRRGGHHH GNNAAAAA HHHAAAAAAAA!"
Eyes snap open to finally realize that he was still alive, Stolas to his shock saw Stella struggling on the ground with a greed hellborn jellyfish, who for a reason was growing some small mushroom around his glowing yellow eyes.
Stella: "RAAAAHHH, GET OF ME" able to found enough strength to push the demon away from her, she then retook her pistol in both hands, and rolled on her stomach to take aim, "DIE YOU- HAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
Not having be able to push her attacker far enough from herself, Octavia and Stolas could only gasp in horror at the same demon who started to dig his fang into her neck, and tore out an entire length of muscle who leave the poor goetic women desperately hold with her right hand the spray of black blood desecrating her once beautiful feather and dress.
Stolas/Octavia: "Stella/Mom!"
Pull off from his shock by a sudden rush of adrenaline coursing through his vein, Stolas immediately teleported himself beside the greed demon to give a kick in his head, who completely decapitated him. Tossing the remaining body aside, Stolas then crouched panickily beside Stella to turn her on her back and hold the wound with his hand to quench the bleeding.
Stolas: "Nononononono- please Stella, stay with me" leaving his sight from his dying ex-wife to look at Octavia, he then saw his girl run toward him and slide on her knee to take off her jacket and use it has a makeshift bandage, "Octavia, go to the library and take the health grimoire, it's green and brown, you can't miss it"
Shakily nodding with her beak agape in shock, she then stood on her feet to sprint toward their house, shove the door aside and continue her way toward the library while accidently bump into a vase that immediately broke into contact, "Fuck", more focus on the task at hand than a stupid vase, she continued her way toward another corridor to turn left and kick out the door of the library. Entering the place to observe each book with an careful eyes, she slowly panicked at each shelf that wasn't containing the say grimoire that she was asked to take.
Octavia: "Health, health, health, health, health, where the fuck is it?!" abandoning the idea to look at each one of them, she then started to take all the green book by two and give a quick glance on the title before tossing the wrong one behind her back, "No, not this one, no, no, gotcha!".
Grabbing an enormous dusty old brown and green book with the title 'Knowledge of medicine', the teenager then quickly leaved the room to join his father, who now was looking at his bloodied hand and Stella with a long distant stare, "I got the book dad!" crouching beside her father he then extended the thing toward him, "Come on dad! We don't have a lot of…time"
A quick glance at her mother was all it took for Octavia to understand that today, her mother, the woman who have given birth and lived with her for all her life, was now looking at the sky with her eyes closed.
Octavia: "Mom…" she whispered while dropping the book aside, "Mom!" she cried before shaking her, "Mom! Wake up! Please mom!" burying her face into her mother dress to cry, she then felt her father put a hand on her.
Stolas: "Octavia, I-"
*Slap*
Air choke in his breath with harsh slap he received over his hand, he then saw to his astonishment his daughter glare at him with a look of anger, fill with tear.
Octavia: "Why didn't you try to save her!" she screamed at her now shocked dad, "Why did you leaved her?! Is it because of what she said earlier with the imp? Or maybe it was maybe an excuse to kill her, Huh!"
Stolas: "Octavia I…I didn't want anything of that, you have to believe me, I tried everything I could!" he pleaded, tear almost threatening to pour out of his eyes.
Octavia: "Everything? EVERYTHING?! Bullshit! If you really have done everything then she would be with us breathing and…and…" breaking up into a uncontrollable sob and choke of sadness, Octavia couldn't but feel like a helpless little child trying to find someone to blame, "I-I…*Sob* I'm sorry dad, I didn't want to-"
?: "RAAAAAAHHHHH GAAAAAARRRRGGGHH"
Looking behind to see two infected sinners jump off the fence and charge toward them, one of them tried to jump on Octavia, but didn't manage to approach since Stolas manage to use a spell of gravity to levitate him mid-air, and use his petrification stare toward the other…Petrification that actually didn't work to his surprise and horror. With a wipe of his hand, Stolas then used the second levitating sinner has a projectile to make the both collide and fall on the ground and give more time for the owl to grab the revolver scatter on the ground and putt himself protectively in front of Octavia. Taking aim at the first sinner and shot him in the head to splatter his gray and gelatinous yellow matter on the ground, Stolas was brusquely taken by surprise at the recoil, but quickly manage to take aim once more at the second sinner to shoot him…or at least try, since he forgot to rearm the hammer.
Octavia: "Dad looks out!"
Tackle on the ground while dropping the pistol to put his hand defensively, Stolas tried to take his true form but didn't manage to do, when the infected sinner grabbed his hand and hardly bite on it.
Stolas: "HAAAAAA! GOD FUCKING- CHRIST!" while used to be bitten by his lover Blitz in every way and every part possible, it still didn't deny that this time, it was even more hurtful than usual.
Managing to take out his hand by forcefully tearing the palm out of the sinner mouth, it was still pined on the ground by the surprisingly strong weaker being, that was slowly making his way to plunge his red rotted teeth toward his throat.
*BANG*
Head pierced on the side with a bullet, harshly breathing through the situation and effort he has been put on, he turned his head at the side to see Octavia holding the revolver with a trembling hand. Sliding the corpse away from him, Stolas would have taken his girl in his arm if it wasn't for the fact that he heard three more other infected climb the fence.
Stolas: "Shit, starlight run!" grabbing his daughter hand to lead her inside the mansion while closing and barricading the door with an cupboard "Where going into my room and *Cough* *Cough* lock the *Cough* *Cough* *Cough* door"
Octavia: "Dad, are you okay?" she asked with concern, making sure to stay as far from the banging door.
Stolas: "I am fine my starl- *BLURGH*" vomiting his dinner and some blood on the ground for a moment, he then eyed the hand where he has been bitten and see to his horror that the wound was slowly covering itself in some sort of brown and red glowing roots, "No"
Octavia: "Dad wha- Are you really fine?!"
No, he was not fine, and he knew it, not needing to be a professional doctor or scientist, Stolas already knew that the disease that they talk about multiple time on the news, was the one who slowly yet rapidly took place into his body, that will soon be turn into one of the monsters he has saw earlier, "Fuck…I need to call Blitz…Who his Blitz again?" panicking after feeling something block out his memories, he then felt something plunger itself into his brain and take the control of his mind.
Stolas: "Honey…Go to your room, *Cough* and lock the door" he painfully yet sternly told before slowly marching toward her.
Octavia: "Huh?! But- what about you?!" she interjected.
Stolas: "Do not worry about me Just-HAAAA! JUST GO! GNNNN GRRRRA!" fighting over the thing that tried to take over the last remain of his mind, Stolas then snatched the pistol off his girl hand and calmly march with a hand over his head, toward his garden, "Whatever haPPPPEEENNN! Starlight, I will ALWAys be *Cough* THERE FOR YOU!...NOW GO!"
Seeing her fearfully walk backward with tear in her eyes, He then to his sadness saw his girl run in the corridor and turn to fully disappear from his view, "Blitz…Who his Blitz?..." entering inside the giant garden whose glass dome was making the last ray of sunshine shine more brightly over the most colorful exotic plant leaf, the royal goetia then tiredly coughed before finally making his way toward a chair to sit on it, take out his phone and…call someone, shaking his head, he then felt his vision slowly turn white which forced him to accidently drop his device.
Stolas: "SHIT! HAAAAA!" not able to move anymore due to the unnumberable pain tearing his mind, Stolas knew by instinct that his end was near, and that he will soon become one of those atrocities, "No…"
Slumbering in his seat to concentrate, he surely knows that he will rather die than become one of those things that will potentially hurt his little girl…gosh his girl, how much she has grown, how much she has made his life more bearable against his wife…how much he wished to see her now. Clenching his teeth while bringing the barrel of the gun under his chin with an armed hammer and bullet chambered, his finger then gently pressed the trigger and-.
Octavia: "Daddy look!"
A sudden echo was all it took for him to lose his focus, and watch on his left to see a carnivorous plant with purple eyes, slightly yawn. He remembers this plant, he and Octavia planted it together went she was still a little girl.
Octavia: "Daddy look, look!" happily called an 7 years old Octavia, "It grow!"
Stolas: "Ho, marvelous my little owlet, you do have a hand for gardening" he praised before ruffling with her hair, eliciting from her a few giggles, "What's his name?"
Octavia: "It's a boy?"
Stolas: "Why yes my little star, you see those black roots" he explained while pointing a finger at some small roots hanging above the plant, "This mean that he has…huh, special part for boy" he awkwardly chuckles.
Octavia: "Can I touch it?" she asked innocently.
Stolas: "I don't think that's a good idea, anyways, what name do you want to give him?"
Cutely thinking with a small humming sound, she perks up at a name.
Octavia: "What about Martin? Martin his a cool name...No?"
Stolas: "Of course my little star, it is a great name" chuckling a little, he then poured a little bit of water over the plant before extending a hand toward his girl, "Are you coming Octavia, the snack must be ready".
Giving a light pat on the plant before grabbing his hand, Octavia then happily jumped while giggling with his father at her side.
Octavia: "Do you think that Martin will live with us forever?"
Stolas: "Why of course my owlet"
Octavia: "And you?"
Taken aback by the question, Stolas then took his daughter in his arm to give a small kiss on her forehead.
Stolas: "Always my owlet, always"
Octavia: "Promise?"
Stolas: "Promise"
Seeing the hallucination fade with the last remain of his vision, Stolas then sadly smiled at such flashback, "I'm sorry that I couldn't fulfill my promise honey" eyes close to take a long calm breath, he then-
Stolas: "I love you my little starlight"
*BANG*
Pressed the trigger to only leave out an echo for his terrified daughter to hear under the bed she was hiding.
At last, i have finnally published this crossover, for all the people who were waiting this i'm sorry for the wait, i was really about to abandon this idea, but the fact that i replayed the game and saw the new episode of helluva boss, it just gave me enougth determination for me to give myself a kick in the ass and move.
Also the second problem was how i was going to implement those two stories without breaking too much of the helluva humor, and the grim dark environement of the last of us (also, Joel and Ellie will come later, so don't worry about it now).
Last thing before i go, i would like to thanks cinnamon kat for letting me use her OC (Ari) in this storie, don't worry, your character will make an entrance in the second chapter i promise, for those who follow me, go check her out, she's on titok and she made some cool hazbin hotel animation.
Anyway, time for me to go and sleep, has usuall, don't forget to leave a review and a critics, without flaming to much. thank you everyone and Merry christmas, see ya.