Smoke Against The Moon (Devil X OC Cuphead)

Chap 19.

"Shadow's POV*

I really hated this guy. He was cocky and way too arrogant for my liking. The way he spoke of Lucifer made me angry but I kept reminding myself I needed to hold my tongue. I had to watch myself and not burn the bridge I needed to cross before I even arrived to it.

We finished in the bath quickly and Gabrielle handed me a flowing white robe thing. It was really just one long piece of cloth that wrapped around my body and I actually needed his help putting it on which he was all too egar to do. His hands worked quickly as he wrapped my body and stood close to me, I could feel his warm breath on the nape of my neck and I shivered in disgust, resisting the urge to step away as he used a golden tassel to tie around my waist before he stood back from me, that stupid smirk on his face as he looked me up and down slowly.
"A vision in white." He mused as his eyes lingered on my cleavage.
Jeez. For an angel he sure seemed to have only one thing on his mind but... that could play to my advantage later so I again held my tongue.
"Yeah... thanks. It's nice... very flowy..." I say, giving him a small smile which seemed to over joy him.
For someone who knew my mind as well as he should he sure didn't seem to know how good I was at playing men like him.
He held out his arm for me to take and I took it before he lead me back out into the long halls.
"Now we can focus on repairing, or rather, finishing your soul. All my brothers are waiting for us now." He explained, patting my hand that rested at the crease of his elbow.
"Oh! Ok... so what will you all have to do? It's not gonna hurt is it?" I ask, suddenly a little nervous.
He chuckled and shook his head, his golden locks swaying gently as he did so. "Oh no no no. Not a bit... afterward you may experience some... emotional pain from the trama you've experienced in your life though... without a full soul you've never been able to feel the full effects of what happened to you, and to your family, but not to worry. I know every detail of it all both from your soul and my own research so I'm more than capable of comforting you during your fit."
"I won't throw a fit. What happened happened and there's nothing I can do to change it. I ve moved on..." I say, looking forward, not happy to be thinking about this again.
"Have you? You can barely look at the photo of your parents. You hate talking about them...."
"Because who would want to talk about that kind of thing? Who wants to live in the past?"
He nodded slowly and looked ahead. "Either way... they did love you."
I swallow hard and close my eyes as we walk, deciding against saying anything. What could I say to that? Of course they loved me... they moved their entire lives to try and give me a better one... they failed but at least they tried.

We arrived to yet another door, again looking just like all the others so I had no idea how he was able to know which one was which but when he opened it the gentle murmurs from all the arch angels spilled into the hall as they spoke to eachother, about me. Their conversations quickly halted as we stepped inside and all their eyes fell on me.
"This is her?" Asked one, with huge brown and green colored wings.
"Yes. This is.... Ms. Shadow. Our dear brother's new companion." Gabrielle said, taking my shoulders and pushing me in front of him with a gentle nudge.
I couldn't help but stare at them all in a bit of wide eyed fascination. I may not trust a single person in that room but... how many times has a mortal gotten to stand before every arch angel like this? I can't imagine many.
"Remind us again why we are helping Lucifer?" Said another with blue and grey wings.
"Because it is father's wish for us to do so. He says it's all apart of the grand plan. Now behave Seraph, Shadow here at the very least deserves to have a full soul, same as all mortals." Gabrielle said as he took me into the center of the room where there was a large stone altar.
"Hop on up my dear. This won't take long with all of us working on it."
I bit my lip as he patted the stone and I moved to climb up on the slab, still nervous about all of this, afraid of it hurting and even more I was afraid of how it may change me. What if Lucifer no longer liked me with a full soul? What if I became a whole new person? I wasn't exactly thrilled being who I was but it was at least fimiliar and comfortable.
Gabrielle laid me back gently and smiled down at me which should have eased my stress but it only seemed to heighten it.
"You may close your eyes if you're afraid." He said, leaning down to whisper in my ear and I blush a bit.
"Me? Afraid? You've got the wrong girl if you think I'm scared." I said, balling my fists tight to my sides.
He chuckled and so did a few of the others and the sound made my hair stand on end. The sooner this was over and I was home, the happier I would be.
Gabrielle moved away from the altar and joined ins brothers in a tight circle around me.
I did in fact close my eyes as I heard them all begin to make some sort of humming noise and I felt a tightness in my chest, like pressure building. It was uncomfortable to say the least but it wasn't bad. It felt like someone sitting on my chest but from the inside.
The noise grew louder and I opened my eyes but...couldn't see anything, the room had gone stark white with light coming off the men and so I quickly shut my eyes again as the sensation continued to grow and grow before suddenly it was gone...