Demon Saviour

Assassins, Nightmares, and Love

"Thank you so much for putting Damarco in that room." I told Jeremiah sarcastically. "The combo of that and your girls will most certainly make it easier for me to get him to leave."

He laughed. "I could put you in there and him in here you know."

"No thank you. I will just drag him out by his dreads in the morning."

"Yeesh...," Jeremiah stroked his short dreadlocks, "Violent much?"

"Yes, I know. But we have a job to do."

"So, you're really going to keep him as your partner?"

"Of course. He knows almost everything about everything and he is great at distractions and he is a true fighter."

"And you want to bang him?"

"Yes. Wait, no! I mean, not anymore." I smiled.

"What about Cozmel?" He rolled his eyes. "Are you going to tell him?"

"I-"

The girl I burned, Letta, came into the room.

"Master," She bowed, "there is a man downstairs to see you. He said his name is Grendel."

"Jeremiah," I touched his arm, "Please, don't. Have him come up here, or take me downstairs with you. He will kill you."

He kissed my forehead. "Alright. Have him come up here, Letta." Letta bowed and went downstairs. "Take the revolver and go into the bathroom. If he does anything that you are against, you can just shoot him."

I nodded and went into the bathroom. I shut the door, but stood with my eye up to the crack so I could see Jeremiah. A few moments later, Letta came back with Grendel. Grendel came into the room and kneeled at Jeremiahs feet. He kissed the ring on Jeremiahs finger and stood. I saw his hand as he did so. It wasn't a hand anymore. It was a gnarled stump with four very short fingers growing out of the end. The skin was completely black.

"Why are you here, Grendel?" Jeremiah asked him.

"I am here for Aria." Grendel replied. "I know you are harboring her. Xerxes, Dick, and Brent are all dead thanks to your next in line. She has to be eliminated before she can get to the others."

"I would really love to help, but I do not have her."

"Your lying."

"Is it really in your place to accuse that?"

"Yes, actually. I am here as a rep for Lucifer."

"To scared to crawl out of his hole, is he?"

"You know full well he cannot leave without the help of an Angel. And since Gabriel was killed, there is no easy way to find help."

"You still haven't been able to corrupt any? Well now. Isn't that a surprise."

"We have one, actually. He is very reliable. He is trying very hard to stop Aria."

"May I ask his name?"

"No. You may not. Our Lord doesn't trust you. Now, give me the girl."

"Why would I do that? If I did have her, that is."

"Look at what she did to my hand, Jeremiah!" He shoved his grotesque hand into Jeremiahs face. "She has to be stopped!"

"You do things like this all the time." Jeremiah put his forefinger on Grendel's wrist and pushed his hand away, a look of disgust on his face.

"Fine. I was given orders that if you refused to help, I was to dispose of you and search the house." He pulled out another blade. "You've really made a wonderful lust. It's too bad Aria won't be able to fill the position."