Simple lies

The Morning After

Luci pov:

Wham! I felt myself get slammed against the wall for the hundredth time. My ribs and wings were on fire along with the rest of my body. When would this stop? I tried to raise my head to glare at my captors.

"Aw don't look so upset Lucifer, it makes you look like a kicked puppy" Sariel mocked as he held my chin between his fingers. Through my limited vision, my left eye had been swollen shut long ago, I could see him smiling. I would have to say that between the two of us he defiantly looked more demonic than I have in a long while. Seeing as my jaw was still broken I managed to spit onto his face. He frowned before slamming my head into the wall. I groaned in pain. That was the thing with angels fallen or not, they could inflict massive amounts of damage in a short amount of time and the problem was, even if Maou and the rest of them bothered to look for me, it could take those weeks. Olba and Sariel had moved their hideout and placed a detection shield over it so that you couldn't simply find it with magic.

"Now, now you wouldn't want to irritate me further. It'd be a shame if I broke you before we got to have any of the real fun I have planned" Sariel said in a low and sadistic voice. I... I don't think I'll like whatever you have planned bastard. I couldn't stop the slight shiver that passed through my spine. Sariel's grin somehow grew wider and he yanked the chains that kept me grounded. He leaned in real close before speaking again.

"Goodnight morning star~" After he finished speaking, before I could register what happened, he slammed his fist into my already disoriented mind and I felt the edges of unconsciousness begin to form and I felt my body slam to the ground with an audible thump. In the background I could hear his dark chuckle become sinister laughter that echoed through the room. Please.... help me... anyone......

Maou pov:

It hadn't been easy getting me to sleep the night before, I mean could you blame me? Lucifer was not only missing but it was Sariel who took him and knowing him he wouldn't just lock Lucifer up, no he'd most likely take his anger out on him. Geeze I need to calm down. Lucifer will be fine; we'll get to him in time. Besides worrying won't help me-er us, us find him. I sighed and ran a hand through my hair as I sat up. I looked around and saw that it was still pretty early, far too early for me to head to work. Why do I even care so much? I mean yeah its okay to worry about him; there isn't anyone who isn't but..... They slept fine. I can't understand why I can't just push the worry away long enough to stop feeling like I'm going to have a panic attack. I shake my head and smell food. I look over and see Alciel cooking breakfast. At least he's still normal. I watch him for a moment before speaking up.

"what are you making for us today Alciel?" he jumps slightly when I speak and he turns around.

"Oh sire, I wasn't aware that you were up. I am making noodles from the leftovers that we still have from Suzuno." he replied as he put a hand over his heart.

"Sorry to scare you Alciel." I said as I stood up.

" you're fine sire. Don't worry about something so minuscule". He reassured me.

"Do you need any help with it?" I asked.

"No I think I have this covered, but would you mind waking up the girls and telling them breakfast will be ready in a matter of minutes?" he asked as he turned his head slightly to look at me. I nodded and walked out of the room and towards Suzuno's apartment. I knocked on her door and shouted.

"Time to get up; try not to take too long, Alciel has made breakfast for us!" It didn't take long before I heard an irritated response.

"Shut up Satan! It's too early to hear your obnoxious voice!" Emi yelled. I laughed slightly and walked back to the devil's castle.

"They should be ready soon." I informed Alciel. He nodded and I sat down at the table and began to think about our plan. Sure we have the basics but there are things we need to work out, as well as a backup plan in case Sariel doesn't fall for it or if Chiho doesn't agree to the plan. That reminds me...... I pulled out my phone and texted Chiho to meet us over here as soon as possible. It wasn't too long after I sat down did the door open up, reveling Suzuno and Emi. They had bags under their eyes and it gave away the fact that they probably got as much sleep as I did. I let out a small breath and waved.

"Good to see you awake." I said as they sat down at the table. Alciel waked over and put a bowl of noodles at each spot.

"So good Sadao, when are we going to initiate our plan?" Suzuno asked.

"We just have to wait for Chiho and ask her if she's willing to talk to and convince Sariel to tell her if he knows anything." I said and ran a hand through my hair. "Let's just eat and wait for Chiho, there's no point in worrying over the things we can't change at the moment, Wow am I a hypocrite..... I began to eat after saying that. The dark cloud of worry and silence hung over our heads regardless of our attempts to lighten the mood. It was when we were halfway through eating when we heard a knock on the door. Ashiya got up and opened the door.

"Oh Miss Sasaki, I'm glad you could join us." Ashiya said and opened the door wider for her to enter. She flashed a tired smile and walked in.

"So how did things go.....? Did you guys find Urushihara?" she asked softly and she looked around only to see our solemn faces and I could see her expression sink as well.

"I take it no luck then....... B-But hey don't worry Mr. Maou we'll find hi-" she started but I cut her off.

"No... That's the thing, he's been taken and we only have a vague idea on who it could have been and we need your help to get the information we need to find him." I said and she looked surprised and upset.

"W-What?!? H-He's been taken?" She stuttered out as she sank down next to Emi. It took her a minute to register the other half of my sentence. "What do you need me to do?"

"Well we were think we could have you talk to Sariel. He might still be obsessed with you like the creepy perv that he is so it should be easy to get something out of him. I mean from what we know it definitely has to be an angel of some sort that took Lucifer." Emi said. Chiho sat there for a minute in thought. Please let her agree.......

A/N guys sorry its been so long since my last update, i had writers block for a while. Anyway vote, comment, and follow. Thanks for reading!