Venator : Devil's Moon

XLI I AM PAMELA

Sebastian must've gone for a long time now because when he opened his eyes; the gloomy cavern was no longer there to welcome him. The expanse of the earth was still the same, cold and smooth. But he no longer was trapped in that disastrous cavern. Above him spread the vast sky and circled the cold yet gentle winds. The earthy trapped smell of the cavern was gone and Sebastian enjoyed a lungful of the fresh mountain air.

He tried to move but the pain wouldn't let him. There was no dark infinity suppressing his essence, there was no sinister Cross to support his torn self, yet the injuries on his body still prevailed, making him battle the agony endlessly.

"Sebastian!"

As soon as he'd failed in his first attempt to sit properly, something fell on him with the agility of a tiger – Pamela.

She wrapped herself around him, crushing him from all sides, while tears of relief rolled along her cheeks.

"Oww." Sebastian yelled and realizing he was in no shape for a bear hug, she quickly pulled herself from him and helped him lean against the stony wall that stretched behind them.

"Where are we?" Sebastian asked.

The earth beneath them was still stony and cold. Few meters away from where they were, the stony plane gave in to a cliff the fall from which would not only shatter one's bones but also cause destruction to the cellular level. And beyond that there was nothing. Tall and mighty mountain ranges snaked for miles; but from this distance they seemed like little lines of broken hills. The stony wall against which he rested was a part of a much wider bigger structure – Behemut's Ruins, the actual ruins.

The tall palace which once reached the skies was now fallen, its towers broken and crumbled, its pride injured and shattered.

But one could still imagine how grand the palace once must've been. Few towers still stood high, aloof from the rest of the structure while some, still quite intact, had fallen horizontally, not much damaged. The tower that had fallen behind Sebastian was one such. Beautiful carvings adorned every inch of it. Some were still intact while some, eroded by the heavy winds and rains, were faded almost completely.

"Somewhere still in the Ruins. When you were passed out, we decided to carry you out of that wretched cavern. We could've walked another mile, but man, you're heavy!" She said.

"Where's Laura?" Sebastian asked.

"Sitting by the pool." She said.

"Pool?" He asked.

"It must've rained here heavily yesterday; a big wide pool has formed not far from here. And, yeah, you should really take a dive. You smell like...like blood. But before that..." Pamela said.

"Sorry Pam, now's not the right time. And don't worry about it; it's been taken care of. Instead, find a way out of here. With Delroy gone missing, dozens of demons should be on their way. And that angel guy, who was he?" Sebastian said.

"Once you make up your mind to tell me everything about Thanos, ask me then. Now, as you said, we need to get out of here." Pamela said.

"Fine. Never it is then." Sebastian said.

"What do you think of yourself, Seb? First, without informing any of us, you and that stupid old man try to trick the master of trickeries and risk all of us. Then, you let your hero juices flow and summon powers of the dark, not truly understanding the consequences. And when I ask how you got off easy from a treacherous being like Thanos, you wave away the question just like that, like us knowing doesn't matter. Like we don't matter at all." Pamela shouted.