Pandora's Box

A Box

A dark shadow slipped through two tightly knit trees into a darkened clearing. Branches of the trees were woven thickly together to prevent any light from leaking in. The trunks of the trees were so close together it was almost impossible for one to get through.

He could sense an ancient barrier hiding the very thing that he wanted. It was unknown if the humans or the Demon King himself sealed this demon here. All that mattered was that he knew how to get past the barrier guarding what he wanted. The blonde-white snapped his fingers a small orb of light showed the empty clearing. The light zipped towards the center of the clearing, bouncing off the barrier before diving at it once again, dissolving it away.

"Are you sure it's here?" A young voice asked before releasing a bored sigh. The man ignored the young monk as he turned his attention to a rock pile in the middle of the clearing; on top of that very pile was a medium sized wooden box. He glided over to the box, his blond to white gradient tail swishing behind him.

"My dear demon," his soft voice called as he reached for the box's rust colored lid, freeing whatever was inside. A shadowy figure rose from the box and grasped the sides as Lucifer released the lid. A grey misty figure rose out of the box, coiling and preparing to attack its awakener. "I have a proposition for you." The blonde said in a soft voice as a he snapped his fingers, a blinding glow coming from the palm of his right hand, forcing the demon to retreat from the burning heat.

She glared at him with black eyes as the light faded. Lucifer gave a small smile as her form gained a bit of solidity. Showing interest, more or less, to what the Demon King of Light wanted. "What is the deal you offer me? It better be something to my liking or I'm taking back what is mine," she growled, her voice flowing from the misty like demon, sounding like stone grinding against stone.

Lucifer smiled as his blonde tipped hair brushed against his cheeks. "If you want to live then you will obey and stop planning on ways to take my soul." The demon scoffed at Lucifer's threat. It shifted slightly as if to say it would consider it.

"You cannot take my life, only my King can." Lucifer gave a fang filled smile.

"But I could easily tell your King that you have escaped." The demon sank into the box as if reconsidering before rising upward.

"What do you have in mind?" The she-demon hissed through what sounded like grated teeth. Lucifer chuckled softly.

"Do you know of Sameal?"He fought a cough that crept at the back of his throat. He needed to take care of business before the disease took over his body again.

"Commander?" A feminine voice called as he waved it away. The woman took a step back but he could feel her eyes burning into him with concern.

"The Demon King of Time and Space?" The she-demon responded with a snarl. "His life was mine from the very time I first met him before his younger brother intervened."

"Do you still want his life?" Lucifer's voice dropped to a soft whisper as he wheezed. The she-demon regarded him upon sensing his weakened body. Lucifer's tail twitched nervously, dragging along the ground.

"Don't worry I'll spare you. I would never pass up another chance at getting what was mine." Lucifer released a soft chuckle as the lid of the box slammed shut after the demon had melted back into it. The shadow gripping the sides of the box vanished without a trace. Lucifer sighed, allowing himself to sink to the ground, no longer being able to remain standing.

"Commander!" A woman with dark hair and blonde bangs approached Lucifer, helping him to his feet. Lucifer looked at a young man leaning on his monk staff, watching a moth flitter about.

"Shima," he called as the pink-haired boy snapped his attention to the Demon King. "Do you know what to do?" Lucifer wheezed as more of his minions rushed to his aid.

"Tell Shura about the box and that the Illuminati plans on using it." Shima yawned rather boredly as Lucifer smiled at the boy.

Once the demon has tasted Sameal's presence, Sameal will never be able to escape it unless her King manages to seal her again, or kill her. Lucifer coughed as blood ran down his chin. "Pandora's demon will get to him eventually, no matter how long Sameal avoids her." Shima sighed as Lucifer broke into a coughing fit. "Shima, humans can also destroy her, try to prevent that from happening." Lucifer coughed as his body went limp. His head lolling back as the darkness claimed his vision.