Hello, My Name Is Lucifer (Book III)

Chapter 15 - A Warning

One might think now that we managed to escape from hell and that Winter is still alive things would go uphill again, but there is still this tiny little annoying problem which is constantly urging the back of my brain to solve it. This little problem that Gabriel wants to be daddy's favourite and wants to push the others out of the playground. But you know, just a tiny, little problem. Nothing special. But of course there are always things stopping the situation to brighten up - in our case a demon.

A friend of Weeron, called Roji, came to visit us at Leo's house just hours after we came back from hell. It was just before midnight. I didn't even manage to clean all of my wounds, which took absurdly long to heal, and Winter was still sleeping since we arrived. I didn't even talk to her yet.
Roji knock on the door and as soon as Weeron opened it he burst in. "Your brother is in trouble." Roji looked directly at me and walked closer.

"Which one?"

"Cupid." He answered with an eyebrow risen questioning. "Shortly after you left we got the order to find him and bring him to hell."

"Why? You never bothered to hunt fallen angels before."

"Amnael was angry, but you definitely weakend him. He gets more powerful when more angels are in hell." Roji wanted to explain the whole concept to me but I cut him off with an impatient look. "As far as we are concerned Azrael is the last one who saw him and she killed one of us, so they sent a large group to her house. Not to pressure you, but you better get her."

"I'm on it." I replied without wasting any time and concentrate all my energy on teleporting to her. I might have never been at her house, but I sure as hell knew where the only person I ever really trusted lives. "Thank you." Was everything I managed to say before I dissolved in flames and reappeared in front of Azreal's house. I knocked on the door and tried my best to get back some power while I waited for her to open the door. I needed rest so my body could adjust to the energy my new, or old, form was holding. It was worn out and tired. I wasn't completely myself yet, but for now I needed enough energy to save her.

"Lucifer." A warm smile, which made me feel as safe as I didn't feel in weeks, greeted me as Raz opened to door. I almost cracked a smile in response but my body didn't want to work the way I told it to. "What brings you here?"

"You need to leave." Was the only thing I managed to say. I brushed past her to enter her house so she wouldn't notice how tired I must have looked and quickly scanned the room for her bedroom. My body was screaming for rest and not a single nerv of me had the power to explain everything now. There wouldn't have been enough time to do so now.

I heard her question why I came her and especially why she had to leave but my brain decided to ignored it. It was like a bizzare background noise. I only concentrated on getting to her bedroom to grab her most important things and leave. Instinctively I motioned towards a door, questioning myself if it was the room I was looking for. Better try it than to think about it for too long.

Luckily. Her bedroom.

I was already working on getting together all of the things which might be necessary for her, while Raz kept going on about telling her what is happening, by now she sounded annoying. So was I. At least the part of me which wanted to rest.

"We don't have time for that. Pack and leave." I snapped at her and pushed her clothes in a bag that I found under her bed. Not that I wanted to be mean to the person who meant so much to me, but I almost blacked out after getting up from her bed and I wasn't used to feeling this way. Every part of my body was on alert.

One last time she asked. This time she spoke loud and clear to make sure I wouldn't ignore her again "Lucifer. Don't make me ask again, what is going on?"

"Demons. There is a herd and they are coming." I looked at her while her eyes widened. I had everything I thought she could need and now I could concentrate on her. Just a quick glance out of the window to make sure the demons didn't arrive yet. Not yet.

"Why...why are they coming here?"

"They want to find Cupid and you seem to be the last one who spoke to him - and I don't think they like you." I replied and took her bag. Question time was over for now. I put my hand on her shoulder and took my last energy to bring her somewhere safe. Somewhere where they wouldn't expect her to go now and somewhere where I didn't want to be either. Home. I hadn't been there since Dea got murderer and I didn't plan on returning.

It was dark in my living room but nothing a light switch couldn't change. Afterwards I gave in to my body's scream for rest. I dropped down on the couch and let all the ache vanish for a moment. I always felt safe here. If this moment could just last forever.

Azrael was standing there awkwardly and confused for this moment until I showed her to sit down, which she gladly did before dropping all the questions on me.

"Why Cupid? Why have the demons never tried to get you? How come you know they are looking for me? How-..." 

"Look, it's not that easy. I'm tried to figure out what's going on since quite a while. I know a lot and I will explain everything to you, but you have to promise me to be careful." I answered her. Relieved that my body was finally recovering.

"I'll be careful." She answered with a small nod and looked curious at me.

I took a deep breath. I need to make her understand and to believe me. "Good. As I said, I tried to figure out what's going on since a long time and I could always guess who was planning all this but I never had some real evidence. I always knew he was jealous, if not crazy but now I have proof. The one who did all the bad things that ever happened to us, the one who told the demons to hunt Cupid, it was-..."
I wanted to explain. She needed to know. To hide from him. But I couldn't. Something was dragging me away and my body was burning. I tried to get out the word "Gabriel", but I couldn't. I was being teleported and I couldn't stop it from happening.

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I could end this story within 1-2 chapter, I could expand it for about 10 chapter or I could write the 4th book of this series (as originally planned). Depends on how I let the story continue.
Leave a comment on what you prefer.

(Not proof-read  [again])