One Hell of an Operations Manager

Chapter 5

Nikita bent down to pull Callen to him and stopped as he hit a barrier.

"What the...?" He stopped confused.

This wasn't supposed to happen, he stepped back and reached out with his hand. Again it hit a barrier that seemed to stop Nikita from physically touching his son.

He pounded on the barrier that seemed to be protecting Callen like a bubble, his anger growing he turned and tried to get to Sam. He felt the barrier extend as if from Callen to protect both Sam and Nell.

"What is this?!" Nikita snarled, "Stop it!"

Callen looked confused, he had no idea what this Demon, his father, was on about.

"I haven't done anything, I told you...Kill me already, take my soul. Just promise me you won't hurt Hetty or anyone else." Callen waited with his head bowed.

"See, Henrietta...I told you the boy would have it in him." A gentle confidant voice came, as Hetty and a man appeared as if walking through a mist.

"I did say, my brother, that he was truly special." Hetty smiled indulgently at Callen. "But now was not the time this was supposed to happen."

"Hetty?" Both Sam and Callen said at the same time.

Nikita, Nell and Amy all bowed at the being who followed Hetty into the circle of light that Callen was sitting in.

"Grey, child, look at me." The Balance said as he walked past the barrier, ignoring the others and knelt down to Callen.

"Do you have any idea what you just did?"

"I made a mistake, I was a child then, I didn't realize what I had promised." Callen gave a small, sad laugh. "Yet another example of my screwed up life. But I won't go back on it, I mean it, he can take me if it keeps her safe."

"No child, what you just did has never been done. Never, since time began. Never has someone offered their own soul in exchange for another Demon's soul. It has been done, only once, for mortals. But never to redeem a demon's soul."

"I'm sorry." Callen didn't know who this man was, but under his gaze he felt like a child.

The Balance smiled, "Don't be. I have been waiting a long time for you, but you are not ready yet." He turned to Hetty. "We need to sort this mess out."

"You can't have him, he made a deal...this is why he was created. I wanted his soul, I needed his soul; you...of all people can't disrupt the balance, It's mine!" Nikita argued.

The Balance laughed, "I of all people...? Nikita, son of Lucifer; you have no idea do you. This child, the child you and Clara created, is to be the newBalance."

"But...HE PROMISED ME HIS SOUL!" Nikita shouted.

"Actually, he promised me." Hetty interrupted.

"And you are a Demon, you work for me." Nikita told her.

Hetty gave a derisive laugh, "Hardly. I am an Imp, that is true. However, I am also the sister of The Balance. I made him the offer, albeit on your orders, but to protect his soul, not to harm him."

"I don't understand?" Callen said.

The Balance turned to him. "Child, even we... Demons, Angels, higher beings are not immortal. Everything in the universe has its time. I have been in existence for a thousand millennia. I am tired and wish to move on to the next phase of existence. I wish to rest. However as The Balance, I cannot leave a vacuum. I have watched The Light and The Dark battle for eons, it is time it came to an end. When I go, you will be Grey, as your name suggests, the new balance between light and darkness. Your children will help Mortals, Angels and Demons to find a new common ground, to stop the fighting. This is why you were born. Why my sister taught you about the dark and light within all of us."