Alice's Secret Obsession

Chapter Six: Unexpected Happenings

I jump, slowly looking behind myself, and then I smile when I see the Demon Lady with her murderous, bloody grin and sadistic gaze. 

"Hello, Miss Demon," my smile widens as I say this. "Or should I call you something other than Demon Lady?" I giggle when I ask this. 

The Demon Lady's grin drops when she hears this. "Oh? I did not think that you knew my name. Or what the other humans call me. Never mind, of course, you know my name. You stalk me. That is not what my actual name is." 

I look at her with curious eyes. "What is your real name, and why are you standing in my bathtub and shower?" 

The Demon Lady's grip on my shoulder tightens, and her bloody grin returns. "My name is Zagan, but feel free to call me Miss Demon or whatever else you want. It is not important why I am here, Alice." 

I gaze at her retaining my curious eyes as I ask, "Okay, then what is important?" 

She looks down into my eyes, growling. "What is important is that you are flirting with your friend. You are MINE! No one else can have you! You belong to me!" 

I stand up, gently remove her hand from my left shoulder, and turn towards the Demon lady with a blank face. "I was not flirting with Athena." I then smile insanely as I say, "It brings me great pleasure to know that I matter enough to you for you to be jealous of Athena~." 

The Demon Lady grabs my neck, lifts me in the air, and replies with a growl, "Enough with the games! I saw you kissing that girl, and it looked like you enjoyed it too!" 

Embarrassed, I whisper, "You should keep your voice down, or you will wake everyone up." 

She scowls, and the scenery around us changes to an unfamiliar yet familiar place. The walls of this familiar yet unfamiliar building are laced with a sickening shade of yellow. There is a large dried blood stain on the awful, pink, shagged carpet, a destroyed roughly 4-year-old TV lying on the ground, and all of the leather couches in sight are covered in moldy stains on the cushions. 

The Demon Lady presses my unresisting body against the wall and asks me with a face torn between jealousy and worry, "This room is familiar, is it not?" 

I nod, my heart rate skyrockets and my stomach twists, but I do not know why. "Wh-why are we here, Zagan?" 

The Demon Lady frowns as she says, "To tell you who the man I illusioned myself as earlier was." 

Then I pass out a few seconds after she finishes her sentence. "Alice? Alice! Wake up!" The Demon Lady yells as she shakes me. 

----A minute later---- 

"What the hell do you think you are doing, damned traitor!?" I yell...? 

Her eyes widen in surprise. "Alice? Why would you say that to me!?" 

I glare at the Demon Lady and retort, "I am not Alice, idiot!" 

She drops me on the ground and asks with a growl, "Then who are you!?" 

I chuckle as I get off the awful, pink, shagged carpet. "I am not surprised a damned traitor like you would ask such a stupid question. I am Sarathiel. And it seems we meet again, but this time I am the elite angel. I was tasked to act as this girl's guardian angel!" 

The Demon Lady laughs, then she grins very wide. "No, you are not. Alice, I thought I said enough with the games. If you continue, I will murder everyone you cherish in front of you. Then I will torture you in an extremely prolonged and painful way!"