Alastor X Reader: Blood For Freedom

27. Puff Pastry

*** Your POV ***

The meeting was heaven was not for a couple of weeks, so the hotel mostly kept going with business as usual. Today, however, your apparently way to peaceful afternoon was rudely interrupted by Lucifer seeking you out again and pulling you away from Alastor, with whom you were pleasantly chatting by the kitchen. Him tilted over towards you slightly with with both palms on his microphone cane and you leaning on the wall with your shoulder.

"Khe-hem, could I burrow you for a second?" He asked, clearing his throat.

"You are going to anyway so might as well," You gave him a little shrug and pushed yourself off the wall, "I'll see you." You told Alastor before following Lucifer into the kitchen, which was the closest room with no one in it at the moment.

Once you were both in you stood with your arms crossed and your eyebrows raised waiting for Lucifer to explain his little visit.

"So uh... King Asmodeous called says he needs a favor, having to do with your unique talents." He informed you waving his cane around as he talked. Your demeanor changed, you let your arms fall to your sides as curiosity and surprise bubbled up in you.

"Ozzie did? Couldn't he ask you to heal him?" You had a pleasant history with the King of Lust, in fact he had tried to get your soul back for you from first Mammon, then Paimon. However, that lead to Paimon being angry with him and them having a major falling out, resulting in Paimon making sure you would never cross paths. It appears that with your current set up, he was able to go around Paimon to Lucifer and find you that way.

"Says he won't let anyone else but you do it." Lucifer shrugged, he seemed to really not know what was up. "Anyway, I'll have a room set up off the main entrance with medical supplies and such."

"Alright, when is he coming?"

"Greetings! I am looking for a cute little lass named Y/n?" King Asmodeous's low booming voice came from the entrance, answering your question.

"I keep telling you Oz, I'm fine, lets just go home." Another, smaller gravely voice followed that sounded like the person had permanently fried vocal cords.

"I'll go get things set up." Lucifer popped out in a flash of light and you went out of the kitchen and through the dinning room to the main entrance.

Asmodeous was in his full glory, absolutely towering over everyone here even in his downsized form. In the crook of his arm he was holding a spindly imp all cocooned up like he was trying to become as small as possible.

"Ah, there is the woman of the hour!" Asmodeous walked over to you and bent over for a hug, then put his cheek on yours with a little kiss noise. It was his customary greeting or goodbye to friends. "Thanks for helping an old pal out. This is Fizzarolli. Fizz, this is Y/n. It's good to see you doing well."

The little imp looked at you with narrowed, untrusting eyes. "Hello! It's good to meet you." You said pleasantly, but he just turned back into Ozzie's chest with a loud humph.

"Don't be that way babe! She's gonna help you out. She's delicate, I promise. More so than even I." Asmodeus said quietly trying to comfort the little thing. This is when you figured out the favor was not for Asmodeus technically, though he absolutely used the opportunity to check up on you, but for what appeared to be his lover.

"It's ready!" Lucifer yelled out pointing to a room on the far side of the hallway. The rest of the crew watched you curiously as you led them over, including Alastor who's eyes were darting between you, Lucifer, Fizzaroli and Ozzie.

Lucifer had prepared the room with a bench and a few seats, a table covered in bandages, cotton balls, and other medical instruments on the far side and a very overly bright lamp which you turned off immediately. Lucifer was a kind man, but he did not think things through sometimes. You preferred a dimmed space, and you didn't need a lot of light to treat people because you were a bat, shouldn't be that hard to figure out. Your little head shake and annoyed groan made Asmodeus laugh. "How have you been?" He asked.