Why Vampires Sleep With The Lights On

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I followed his gaze up to the ceiling and saw Ashley hanging above us, her mouth stretched into a wide grin full of sharp teeth.

Oh, crap...

Grabbing Kian I rolled us over as Ashley dropped down in front of Will and stood over him.

I quickly looked up at the now-empty gurney and was thankful that Dylan had managed to get mum and himself out of the fight. They had been through too much already.

Dad... how the fuck we were going to deal with the mess this had made was currently beyond me, but right now we had to stop Will. Lucifer couldn't be allowed out, that much was clear, and it seemed like Will didn't have all the information he needed to complete the spell that would break the seals of hell. We just needed to stall him, make sure that he couldn't complete what he had started.

Will stood up and wiped the blood from his face and nose.

"Well played, Alec," he said "You almost managed to pull off stopping my plan. Too bad you're not going to be around to see how it ends..."

All of a sudden pain surged through my body and I howled out before dropping to my knees.

M was back on his feet and muttering under his breath as he walked towards us, Dorian Gray just behind him, his tailored suit ripped and frayed down one side.

I heard Kian yell out in pain.

Damn it, this was not going to end well...

Will walked towards me and bent down until our eyes met.

"A soul was sacrificed, but it wasn't quite enough it seems." He said softly "I'm going to have to improvise."

In far too much pain to answer him back or stop him, all I could do was watch as he took out a long, thin knife from his jacket pocket. It looked old, and the handle was definitely made of some kind of bone. Not sure I wanted to find out what it came from...

With a quick flourish, Will grabbed my hand and used the knife to slash a long cut down the inside of my arm. I could feel the burn as I watched my blood pour from the wound.

My head began to spin, and I knew that I was close to passing out from the amount of blood that I had lost.

My vision started to blur as Will stood up and began to chant.

"Come our Lord Of Darkness! Our Lord Of Destruction! The sacrifice has been made, and the final seal broken! Free yourself of your chains! Fill the sky once more with your mighty form!" Will's voice filled the room as it began to shake.

Shit...

I don't think that was part of me dying... the room was really shaking, which meant that the spell was working. Lucifer was rising from hell.

At the point where my blood was pooling out onto the dance floor, a bright red light shone. The shaking seemed to get more and more violent until it suddenly stopped and the floor burst open in a shower of concrete, dirt and wood.

The light died down and a man stood in the pool of my blood. He was completely naked, his skin slick with sweat. He had a nicely toned body, his face was perfect to look at, long golden locks of hair hanging down over his bright blue eyes and neatly trimmed beard.

Lucifer...

"My Lord..." Will said, "We have freed you from the depths of hell to reign over this mortal plane."

Lucifer frowned, obviously not expecting to be free. He looked around at all of us, before kneeling down next to me. He took my hand and ran a finger over the cut that Will had made. My entire hand felt cold as I watched the cut heal.

Lucifer then stood and pointed at Will, his eyes like shards of ice.

"You, vampire, are you the one who released me?" he asked, his smooth tone sounded like heaven, I felt like I would do anything that he asked.

What the fuck? Why did I feel like that? He was the freaking Devil! I should be hating everything about him, but for some reason, I just couldn't bring myself to think a bad thought about him. He must be using some sort of magic.

"I am the one who freed you, my Lord, yes," Will confirmed, the first sign of fear breaking through his cool expression.

Lucifer laughed then, a joyful burst of emotion that I was not expecting.

"You did good, kid," He smiled "You've done yourself proud. I am going to need some clothes though. I can't exactly fit in if I'm running around the place naked."

Will nodded "Of course, My Lord, whatever you need we will provide."

Fear was running through Will's voice. I almost felt sorry for him. I remembered all the nights I had slept over at his, and how he had always slept with the light left on in his ensuite bathroom.

Of course, our friends had all made fun of him for being scared of the dark at his age, but, I realised that maybe there were things out there in the dark that would scare vampires. The Devil was certainly a prime candidate to explain why vampires sleep with the lights on.

Lucifer's eyes flashed momentarily turning a pure black before he blinked and the ice blue returned.

Yeah, he was definitely nightmare fuel...

"Oh, I'm sure that you will," Lucifer smiled "Several centuries locked away down in the pit... I have a lot of things I want to do while I burn this planet to the core. I plan on getting real weird with this Apocalypse."

This entire bloody experience was surreal...

"Should we dispose of the witnesses, My lord?" Dorian Gray asked, glancing down at me with a look of pure hatred.

Lucifer considered his question, glancing at both me and Kian who was laying on the floor, still racked with pain.

"I think not," Lucifer replied after a moment "They are of no importance to my plan. They cannot harm me.'

"Nevertheless, we need to get you to somewhere safe, My Lord," Will said "At least until you can figure out how to implement your plan. Everyone form a circle, M, you can transport us out of here."

My head was still spinning from the blood loss, and I just about saw Will, M, Lucifer, Dorian Gray and Ashley come together in a circle.

M began to chant as they all held hands "Undi Homs Vwet Mar Gaerh... Undi Homs Vwet Mar Gaerh..." His dry croaky voice called out until all of them disappeared as I finally lost my battle with consciousness.

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