A Realization (A Radioapple/Appleradio story)

Ch 35 The Mystery

Alastor explained everything for the second time in one night. He was starting to memorize the story at this point.

Lucifer felt a little dizzy as he comprehended the information. It almost didn't seem real to him.

No, Eve was in heaven. She had apologized for everything.

No…

“Wait, so how did you see her again?”

Alastor had only briefly explained that part; Lucifer still didn't understand it well. Alastor rolled his eyes slightly and sighed. “Such a slow brain you have, my king.” Lucifer clenched his fists and then took a breath.

“Anyhow, I explained I saw her last night breaking into the hotel. And I had helped her off, though she won't be gone for long.”

Lucifer nodded. “Ah right….and you came to me since I knew her back then, right?”

Lucifer glanced over at Alastor watching him nod. “Precisely.”

Lucifer thought back to his time in the garden… with Eve, which was vivid. It had been so long.

Lucifer leaned back into the bed a bit until he was almost lying down flat on the bed. His forearms are holding him up.

“Hmm, well, she was very interested in my power. She would always ask me about them when I was…up there. She would ask me to do tricks and stuff. She also hated—”

Lucifer sat up suddenly, realizing something. “Wait…Eve's in…hell?!” Alastor gave Lucifer a look twisted with irritation.

“Disrespectfully, my king, I think that was implied when she broke into your daughter's hotel in hell.”

Lucifer's hands waved in the air. Continuing to speak. “But how did she survive down here? I have my powers while she's just a regular sinner. Surely she'd be dead by now.”

Alastor seemed to hesitate for a moment. Lucifer tilted his head, leaning a bit closer to Alastor.

“Are you okay, Bambi?” After a few seconds, Alastor nodded.

“Eve was using some sorts of green power.” Alastor muttered reluctantly; Lucifer wondered why, but not too much.

“Power? How could she get power?” Lucifer questioned aloud. She was a sinner. Sinners didn't come down and have power. They had to earn that.

“Eve isn't an overlord or anything, so… how?”

“I assumed she had it when she came down.”

“No, that can't be it. In the garden, she played the lead important role. I and Lilith got powers since we were the most important.”

Lucifer was fully confused.

“How can a sinner get power without killing other people?”

…..

Alastor thought about Lucifer's words for a second before his eyes grew wide, realizing.

Alastor had gotten his powers from a deal, and he was just a sinner. That must mean…

“Perhaps she's made a deal with someone of power to get her power.”

Lucifer snapped his fingers, turning his full body over to face Alastor. “Yes! Yes! That's it! She's made a deal with someone more powerful than herself and got powers.”

“But who?”

Lucifer spoke, mimicking Alastor's thoughts.

……

“Please, Roo,” Eve asked, staring pleadingly at the mess of plants and body parts that was Roo.

“This is everything I've ever wanted! Everything I've ever hoped for. The reason I made a deal with you in the first place! So I could take down Lilith and my bitch of an ex. I got one, which was harder than I thought. “

Eve glanced down at her arm, which held a long scar from her wrist to the bend in her arm.

Eve had thought Lilith was going to break her arm at the time of the incident.

“I had barely made it out alive... There's no way I can go up against the kill of hell without more power.

Roo reached out for another dead sinner.

“Hmm... I'll think about it. If you come back tomorrow with 20 more.”

Eve nodded, thinking of places the most sinners went to.

“Okay, I'll be back then.”

Eve ran off into the woods, heading back to start killing sinners already.

I'll finally get to kill him... after so long.

…..

Lucifer and Alastor talked and theorized over the course of 20 minutes and then gave up.

“Fuck, we need to figure this out.”

Lucifer glanced over at the clock next to Alastor's bed. It was almost 12:00 PM at this point. Lucifer yawned.

“Perhaps we should get some rest. Someone looks rather tired.”

Lucifer huffed, crossing his arms over his chest.

“Nooo, I don't want to go to sleep yet.”

Lucifer pouted before returning to his regular tone, realizing this was a serious situation.

“We need to figure this out.”

Alastor looked annoyed and then shook his head. “Right, but we cannot without sleep.”

Lucifer, after a moment, nodded.

“Fine…”

Lucifer said, though he didn't move.

……

Alastor waited for a second, expecting Lucifer to start walking to the door. When he didn't, Alastor sighed.

“Let me translate this for you.”

Alastor stood up from the bed.

“Bye, bitch.”

Alastor snapped his finger, a portal appearing to Lucifer's room.

“R-right...”

Lucifer seemed hesitant to leave, though he left anyways.

Once the portal disappeared, Alastor stared at the spot for a second. Before Alastor could start thinking about..him he continued trying to think about who it could be.

…..