Indenture

Chapter 13

"Where am I?" Celestia muttered as she felt her form float around the dark abyss.

The last thing she remembered was Zerro handing her a glass full of his blood before she drank it while holding back her disgust and then experienced a ton of pain. After that, she couldn't recall any memories...nothing.

Celestia decided to search for any clue as to where she was by forcing her body to move around, even if it was difficult to do so. To her dismay, there was nothing to find. Just emptiness.

The black haired girl was at a point of giving up when suddenly a holographic screen appeared in front of her causing her to reel back in startlement.

"Take him down, Celestia."

The female realised she was watching her own point of view and a look of astonishment appeared on her face as she witnessed how Zerro had pushed her into the enemy to save himself. If her enemy had a sword in his hand, he would have impaled her the second she fell towards him.

"Is he serious?" Her so called enemy muttered before he focused back on her.

Celestia mumbled a curse, wishing she had some sort of control of her body at this moment but she was put into shock again when the male known as Lucifer helped her back onto her feet before taking a step back, creating a distance between them.

"Prince Zerro went ahead so there is no point in me fighting you. Plus, I'm too lazy." Lucifer let out a yawn before he pointed to a door across the Hallway.

Celestia could tell there was another meaning behind his words but she waved away the thought when he began to speak again.

"If you want to help, just head to the end of the hall and you'll find him there." He explained before he sent her a small wave and stalked past her, his posture relaxed compared to her stiff one.

Now that she was left alone, Celestia had started to become worried. Since she was not in control of her body and Zerro wasn't there to give her orders, she stood in the middle of the hallway with a blank expression.

"If you were going to take control of me, at least make some sort of use to me. He ruined ten years of my life just to throw me away at the last minute? And that scientist said he used to be nice." She ranted with an angry scowl.

She needed to do something before any other demon guards spotted her. She floated towards the screen and reached her hand out, hoping that the theory she predicted would turn out to be true. Turns out, she was correct as the screen began to glitch and the girl flinched as the tattoo on her hand began to absorb the holographic screen until it was completely gone. It was silent for a moment or two and Celestia held her breath as she caught a light ahead of her. She hesitated at first but soon moved inched forward, a gasp leaving her lips as soon as her body was forcefully pulled towards it.

"I'm back."

Celestia concluded this as she stared at the hallway ahead of her, her blank expression changing to a more or less brighter look while the gleam in her eyes returned revealing she was in control of her body once again.

She checked for any injuries by clenching her hand and unclenching before moving her body around to check if she had any sore spots but in the end, she found none.

She then focused on the end of the hallway where she assumed Zerro was probably still fighting his brother.

"Does he need my help?" She mumbled the question as she recalled he hadn't given any order to help but decided to go ahead and check.

What she stumbled across as she reached the King's room made her eyes widen and she froze, her eyes glued to the figure on the marble floor. Zerro laid on the ground in a pool of his own blood whereas his brother, Erlik stood proudly with a wicked smile on his lips.