I woke up again, in the cage, my nose filled with the unkind smell of sewage. My brain pounded against my skull. I sat up slowly, rubbing my head. I blinked my eyes a few times, trying to adjust to the black around me.
"Hello?" I croaked into the dark.
"Shhh." I heard a voice say back.
"Who's there?!" I squeaked.
"What do you not understand about 'shh'?!"
I took the voice's advice and stopped talking, hoping they'd answer me eventually. The voice sounded female.
"Who are you?" The voice asked a few minutes later.
"My name is Charlie." I replied crawling over to the bars where the voice was coming from. I peered through the cage, trying to see if I could see the person.
"I'm Marge," Marge responded. I still couldn't see her.
"Where are we?" I whispered.
"I dunno. I dunno how long I've been here. I tried to put together a schedule based on when the food comes but it's never at the same time. And I'm always asleep before it comes." Marge answered me.
"Food comes?" I asked, suddenly feeling my stomach rumble.
"Yes. There's probably some in yours, too." I looked around and saw a plate with bread and dried meat with a glass of water. I devoured the food quickly and chugged it down with the water.
"You have a power, dontcha?" Marge asked me as I finished the bread.
I sat up in surprise. "How did you know that?"
"I do, too. I think that's why we're here. There used to be a girl in your cage but a voice came and then her voice was gone. She had a power," Marge replied, oddly calm.
"Wait, Marge, a voice?" I interrupted.
"Yes, my love, a voice. One you're quite familiar with," another voice hissed from the shadows. It wasn't Marge's. And the voice was very right. I knew who this voice belonged to.
"Macayah."
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Lucifer (The Devil Chronicles #1)
Teen FictionLucifer is on top of the world. The underworld, that is. He is what humans call, "the devil". Lucifer is happy forcing Souls to do labored work until Michael, Lucifer's brother, comes along to tell Lucifer some interesting news. He has a soulmate. T...
