Caged

Chapter 15

     I continue to slip in and out of consciousness on the cold, hard floor. The revolting smell that enters my nostrils with every inhale causes my gag reflexes to kick in. My eyes slowly open and I'm met with a grotesque scene, a decomposing body shackled to the rough stone wall. I know exactly where I am, the devil's dungeon. I pull on the large metal shackles clasped around my wrists, they're bolted to the wall.

     "I wouldn't pull on those shackles too much Abigor," his deep voice caused a burst of fear to ripple through my body. 

     "They've been affected by black magic, and I don't think you'll want to deal with the consequences." The black mass moved closer to me as he spoke, all visible light avoiding him, his razor-sharp teeth displayed behind his grin made me shudder. 

     "Alastor, The Executor. Well, isn't that fitting." Of course, I could've guessed that Lucifer would get the guy most known for his black magic, and his executions.  There isn't much I can do at this point, I can't overpower him with a bullet lodged in my heart. I only have one option, and that's to wait this out until I heal, which could be the most painful few hours of my life. Everybody knows what Alastor is capable of, he doesn't have a single drop of mercy in his name. 

     "I can't wait to get my hands on you, you'll be screaming for me to end your pathetic little life. Nobody can save you now Abigor, now I can make you feel the same amount of pain your brother felt before I took his life. He swore you were going to save him, but you were too late weren't you?" His merciless, unshaken voice drowned me in my own thoughts. Lowering my head, locks of hair falling across my forehead, I glanced at him through my eyelashes.
     "Don't talk about him like that." His grin became wider, sharper. 

     "He was worthless, we all knew it. Including you. That's why you didn't save him, isn't that true Abigor?" I lunged at him, ripping on the shackles that were secured to the wall. 

     "I said don't talk about him like that!" My demonic voice made an appearance, now standing on my feet I glare at Alastor. A split second later the chains wrapped around my throat, throwing me against the hard stone, they moved on their own as Alastor mumbled an ancient language under his breath. Electricity zapped throughout my body, causing my muscles to stiffen. The pain is unbearable. Clenching my teeth, I refuse to show him the pain I feel. 

     "It's okay to scream, it's music to my ears." The electricity stopped. 

     "Fuck you." After my remark, the chains immediately tightened around my neck. I couldn't breathe. That's when I noticed the blue glow emitting from the chains, the burning began. I underestimated Alastor's black magic, the burning intensifies with every second on my skin. 

     "You shouldn't have betrayed our Lord, you imp." Everything stopped and I slid down the wall, breathing heavily as I compose myself. 

     "I didn't betray him, I had a contract with a human girl. We can't break those contracts and you know it." I spit venom in his direction, rubbing my throat with my cold fingers. 

     "She's not human." I rolled my eyes.

     "Oh wow really? I had no idea. Idiot, of course, I found out about that once I got there." 

     "We're not allowed to create contracts with other demons. We have nothing to receive in return. Which means the lord wouldn't get any profit and you know how much he hates that." Mimicking him with the movements of my hands, and a high pitched tone. He did not like that. Stepping closer to me he created a flicking motion, sending me flying across the room, cracking the wall behind me. 

     "You really are different from your brother. He begged me to stop. Screaming and crying." 

     "He was twelve, what do you expect!" Smiling at me, a dark orb hovered above my head. Forcing its way into my mouth and disappearing, my voice disappeared, touching my lips I try to scream but no sound makes it way out of my throat. 

     "You talk too much," mouthing 'I'm not scared of you' I flip him off. 

     "You have a hell of a night ahead of you." Laughing to myself I think, well I am in hell so isn't that protocol? I continue to pull on the chains, while Alastor stands in the middle of the room with arms crossed.

     "The only person that can break those chains is me and the dark master himself. Leonardo." That's it! Maybe if Athena can get Leonardo on her side, we have a chance. I have a chance. They are technically related anyway, so how hard could it really be? I need to keep my composure, Alastor loves to see people suffer. He feeds off of it. Maybe if I stay completely unmoved by his torture methods he'll get bored and let me go. The black orb that took a plummet down my throat finally emerged. 

     "Everything is fine." Everything was not fine. 

     "It most certainly is not Abigor, if Everything was fine you wouldn't be stuck in this mess. You should have stayed a fallen angel. You're obviously not cut out for the job of being such a high ranked demon." As I say in silence waiting for his move, I continued to try and contact the demons I had power over here in hell, there was quite many of those. Maybe they could get me out of here. I had a powerful mind, but due to my weak body, I can't send signals from this far away. The Devils dungeon is extremely secluded. 

     "Look at me." Alastor was demanding attention which I wasn't planning on giving him. 

     "Yeah, no thanks. You're kind of an eyesore." In that same moment, I was lifted off the ground. The chains were pulling my arms behind my back straining my shoulders. The pain became a serious one when both of my shoulders became dislocated. Alastor let my shoulders heal for twenty minutes, then he did it again. This continued on for what felt like an eternity. As I hear footsteps descend down the stone steps leading to this dungeon, relief washes over me. 

     "Yes! I'm saved." The heavy, wooden, double doors swing open with purpose. Slamming against the walls on each side. As Lucifer himself enters the room, grazing the ceiling with his large horns. The only thing going through my mind is, I'm not being saved. This is it. If Lucifer wants me dead, he could most certainly do it, especially now that I can't put up a fight. 

     "Alastor, you're dismissed." His booming voice made small pebbles fall from the ceiling. The intense stare that I'm receiving is definitely not a warm one, I can tell you that much. 

     "What the fuck were you thinking Abigor!" His humongous arms wafting around in the air as he explained everything that could have gone wrong with me as I was shot. It slipped my mind to tell you that Lucifer, he's a good friend of mine. He explained that Athena followed them all the way to the portal, which is very bad. If she enters into this realm, everything goes south from there. Everything down here would be on her ass, they'd want her soul. He broke the chains and they fell to the floor with a loud bang. 

     "What are you going to tell Alastor when he sees that I'm gone?" 

     "That you escaped, like you've done before." As we both chuckle to ourselves at my past escape methods, seriousness plastered on Lucifer's face once more. 

     "Just make sure you keep Athena away from the portal, it would be very ba-" the doors swung open. But harder this time. And there she stood in all her glory with flames dancing upon her head and lava flowing in her veins. Lucifer's eyes became wide open as Athena sprinted toward him wielding his very own, very powerful, enchanted knife. In her hands, it looked more like a sword. As he held out his hand to tell her to stop, she plunged the knife right into the palm of the one and only most feared creature in the universe.