Demons

Chapter Eighteen | Emma

Emma looked out over the dark landscape of purgatory, a soft chuckle leaving her when she thought of how ridiculous this situation was. She was just a normal human girl and now she's standing here on the roof of the castle of her husband, the demon overlord. A pair of arms suddenly wrapped around her from behind and she felt Azazel's nose snuggling in to her shoulder, a soft moan of content leaving his mouth. "I want this to last forever" He softly spoke, taking one of her small hands in his. "To think I owe all of this to Axel.." Azazel spoke before laughing softly, pulling the small girl against him as tight as he could, just to make sure she was real and that he wasn't imagining her. Emma closed her eyes when she let her head fall back against Azazel's chest, "You truly mean the world to me" He softly murmured before pressing a soft kiss on the back of her head. "Let's go back down to the others, okay?" "Yeah, sorry, I really needed some fresh air" Emma answered, taking his out-stretched hand before following him down the stairs. Azazel sat down at the long dinner table to his daughter's side, Emma sitting down on the chair on his other side. Emma looked up when Jack entered the room, two servants unlocking his shackles. Jack walked over to the empty chair next to Emma, the two of them looking at each other with smiles before Emma quickly averted her eyes to the table when she felt her face heating up. "Can I pour you some more wine m'lady?" One of the servants asked, Emma answering with a short nod before it felt like everything happened in slow motion. The servant pulled his hood of to reveal Sawyer's face, making Jack respond exactly at the right time to hit Sawyer's wrist so that the demon blade clattered on the floor. Azazel and the others changed into their demon forms, Emma grabbing her knife before digging it in Sawyer's skull, the man screaming in pain until he fell on the floor. The other servants took their hoods off too to reveal more hunters and fallen angels, Azazel leaning over the table to grab Raven by her arm and easily lifting her up to move his daughter behind him. "Stay close to me, both of you" Azazel spoke when he looked at Emma and Raven, who both nodded in response. Alvah and Dante had already slaughtered about 20 fallen angels before a few of them came running up to the 4 still grouped up together, Jack tugging Emma's arm so that an arrow missed her head by just an inch. Azazel suddenly pushed Raven to the floor when almost a dozen arrows hit him, making him groan in pain before slicing his sword to the group. Raven stared at the scenario in silence as it dawned on both Emma and Raven what was about to happen, Emma looked around for anything she could use as a weapon but to no avail. A fallen angel suddenly came walking over when Azazel had managed to win the fight just barely, black blood streaming over his metal armor. The fallen angel kicked Azazel in his stomach which made him fall back on the floor, Emma wanting to run over to them but Jack grabbed her by her waist, securing his arms around her when she started to scream for him to let her go. "GABRIEL DON'T!!" Jack suddenly yelled, making the fallen angel look over to him before Raven screamed his name too, a relieved smile forming on her face. "And exactly why shouldn't I, and thank you for all the free information Raven." Gabriel spoke before thrusting his large sword through Azazel's chest, Emma finally being able to pry herself out of Jack's strong hold. Gabriel took a few steps back and looked down at Azazel with a smirk, before Emma slid down on her knees when she finally reached him. She swore softly when her sight got blocked by tears welling up in her eyes, moving her hands under Azazel's head when he opened his eyes to look into hers. His hand moved up to the side of her face and he caressed her skin with his still armored thumb, "Please be strong for me.. and look after Raven" Azazel softly spoke, a gentle smile formed on his face. Emma quickly nodded as she tried to hold back the tears, "I will" She answered before leaning over his large frame, gently pressing her lips against his. Azazel's eyes closed again and she felt his hand falling from her cheek, making even more tears role down her cheeks. His armor started to turn to ashes around him, Emma thinking back to what Azazel told her about that she had to take his powers when he died. Emma looked up when she saw someone walking past her, seeing Jack walking over to Gabriel and coming to a halt right in front of him. "We did it my friend" Gabriel spoke with a smile, placing his hand on Jack's shoulder who looked down at it in spite. Jack suddenly pushed his knife in Gabriel's chest and pulled him closer to make sure the angel knife would do it's job, "You made a big mistake" Jack told him before pulling the knife out, causing Gabriel to drop to his knees. Emma heard Raven screaming from behind her when Gabriel's dead body hit the floor. Emma took Azazel's hand in hers which was so hot she almost burned her hand on his skin, and she noticed that this time it was red smoke traveling up her arm. Jack turned to look at her, making Emma extend her hand to share it with him. "Jack please.. please don't" Raven begged as more tears rolled down her face, making him look at her for a moment before returning them to Emma. "I need you.." She softly spoke, making Jack close his eyes as he took a deep breath before opening them again to take her hand.