Hell

Training begins

        "Why do we have that be the final test?" I asked. "You know the answer to that question." Said a voice that seemed to have authority over life and death. "Still to have to seal Azazel in one of them... You know why I was able to resist Lucifer but I've been thoroughly messed with over the years." I respond. "Last time we tried to put Azazel in someone you know what happened." The voice was silent for a bit then responded. "Yes I remember taking full control of you and gutting her," said the voice, "but when it's between my host or another person, I will never falter." I shut out his voice from my mind. Silver walked into the room I was in. "Sorry to disturb you but I have to know who was the person Ryan mentioned out there?" The voice came back. "See she even torments you for answers you should just finish Azazel's plan to control her." I shut the voice off sending it a big fuck you. "She was a transfer student like you but unlike other students I've had. She was already skilled so we thought her to be ready to take on the final test and... No I can't." I stand up. "I'm sorry but that's one topic I cannot bear to remember." His laughter came back. "Getting emotional are we? You are as weak as you were back then." "Lucifer can you shut him up? I've had enough of him for one night." I asked one of the other demons sealed in my body. "I'll keep him silent, pay your respects accordingly." Said the demon nicknamed 'Crimson Satan'. "Come on Silver." I say and head for the basement, "Time for you to begin your training."

       "My training? I thought I was here for college classes." I respond but followed. "Yes you are here for college classes, but you will have a problem with a certain group of undesirables." Eryk responds as he unlocks the door. "What group? Is it the bikers?!" I say and think back a couple of hours. He looks over his shoulder and I realize that his eyes are naturally blood red, no contact would allow me to see rage and fear build up in the eyes. "The bikers are one of the weakest members of the group I mentioned and since me, Ryan or one of the other 8 trench coat wearers are not gonna be around you all day. You need at least basic skills of hand-to-hand combat." He said "Ryan is teaching ranged combat to Elizabeth and Tod since they will be in most of your classes." I nod. "I understand but why only teach me close combat?" I ask. He stops and thinks over possible things to say, in the end all he said was, "A reliable source tells me, you are the only one who will possess the necessary skills to pass the close combat test." All I do is nod. He goes to the middle of the mat and takes the trench coat off. "You will spar against me and if you can last a minute without falling to the ground you pass the first test." He said. I noticed two things about him, he had intense focus on his opponent and he had perfect muscles. I ran at him starting with a right hook followed by two quick left jabs. He wasn't phased. "Good but could be better." He said with a smile, "You have potential but your lack of hand-eye coordination will be clearly seen by your opponents and be used against you." "What do you mean?" I asked. His hand just dropped on my head. "You got spirit but you need to practice, consider this basement your own, but I will occasionally use it to train Tod or spar with Ryan." He said as he picked up his trench coat. "In two weeks I will test you again and hopefully you improve and manage to hurt me." He walked out of the basement.

       "She is the one, just summon Azazel and get it over with." Said the voice in my head. "Lucifer..." I start thinking but then I get a better idea. "If you want to summon Azazel go ahead, I will stop him from reaching her until she is ready." "You think you can defend her from the nightmare you faced?" Asked the voice. "Yes, now would you fuck off I have work to do, Grim." I say and Grim laughed. "Telling the demon that can instantly kill a human to fuck off... You got melon sized balls, mate." "Fuck you." I say and ignore him. Ryan comes upstairs to where I am standing and hands me keys. "What's this?" I ask him. "You think I don't know your plan to give her that car? Here are the keys to a replacement one." He said. "I don't even wanna know how much you took from my savings so all I will say is thank you mate." I say. He must of noticed something was troubling me. "What's wrong Eryk? You never looked so distracted in your life." Ryan said. I just sigh. "Grim's at it again and I'm annoyed as fuck at his constant comments." "Who the hell are you and who the hell is Grim?" Said a high pitch voice we were not happy to hear. "Hello Lili, to answer your questions a fucked up version of Mario." "What does that mean?" "Means he is a fucked up version of Mario." I say and walk back outside and got in the Chevy Ryan bought. "Never imagined you would spend more than 20k mate." I say. "No expense saved for you." He answered with a smile. "Yeah because you took my money and used it to buy this." I say and drive back towards the college.

      How am I ever gonna train and become able to phase him? I wonder to myself. "Why do you wanna know where Silver is Lili?" I hear and cringe at Lili's name. "Because unlike you all, I'm actually her friend." She answers smugly and I wish I could choke her. "Tod!" Ryan yells. I hear footsteps above my head. "Yes?" I hear Tod say. "Get the tape." Ryan states. "What did I ever do?" She yells. "Be born." States a very deep voice I never heard before. "Get down into the basement now." Ryan says. "Why is that not one of your friends?" Asks Lili. "Stop asking questions and move it!" Ryan says. "Tod catch. That key is for the safe behind the training mat." I hear the footsteps race downstairs. "Eryk we have a big problem come back immediately." I hear Ryan say and assume he called him. "Silver!" Screams Lili and she hugs me, really wish I could move but I'm still stunned at the fact that someone attacked us. Tod opens the safe and inside we find shotguns, ammunition a longsword and tower shield. Ryan then falls through the floor. "Use those to defend yourself for a bit, Eryk is almost here." Ryan says then passes out from the pain. "So you are the worthless pieces, he picked up this time." Said the man as he jumped down the hole in the floor "Would be simple to kill you all but it seems that I can have some fun with you two." He said with a twisted smile and pointed to me and Lili. I grab the sword and shield while Tod grabs both shotguns and holds them akimbo. "So you were taught already? Let's see how well he taught you." Said the man as he charged at us when like last time a knife impaled the hand reaching for me. "I don't appreciate having my students attacked Austin." Said Eryk. "Really an easy way to piss me off." The man named Austin gets a big grin. "I thought you would of died from the bikers, looks like I underestimated you again." He laughs. "Let's see how well you can defend them from your most powerful ally." Eryk does nothing but stares him in his eyes and responds. "If you think you are an ally of mine, you are sorely mistaken Austin. My allies don't attack friends, also you are not even the ninth strongest of my friends." Then he moves his hand in front of him and a sword manifests in his hand. "You have 2 seconds to leave this place alive." Austin laughs and manifests a sword of his own. "I am a demon you have nothing on me, weakling." Austin says. "I don't know how you got that sword but you are mistaken if you think you can defeat me. I am Leviathan, the demon of the deep." Eryk laughs. "You may be Leviathan but tell me this, how do you deal with the Grim Reaper and the demon named Lucifer?" "You are bluffing, no one is powerful enough to host two god level beings." Eryk is then clad in pitch black armor and gains red gems on the gauntlets and chest plate and a blood red cape. "How?! I am the only one that can possess a god rank being! You are nothing and she is mine!" Austin yells and charges at me but somehow as he turns Eryk appears right in front of him and stabs him in the gut. "No one hurts my friends or allies. You may of once been my ally but all I see now is a pathetic shell of a human possessed by a weak demon." He states as he rips the sword out of Austin's gut. "I will be back and she will be mine." Said Austin and disappeared in a cloud of blue smoke. "That is part of the group I mentioned to you Silver, that's why me and Ryan are training you." He said as he looked over his shoulder. I am supposed to beat him in hand-to-hand combat! "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU?" Screamed Lili. He looks at her and the sword and armor disappear. "I am your teacher as well as the host of the Grim Reaper and, the Crimson Satan, Lucifer. Welcome to your first day in Hell." He said and disappeared along with Ryan.

      "You best still be alive Ryan." I say. He opens his eyes. "I won't leave this nightmare yet." He said with a smile. "You would not last a week without me." "Too right man." I responded, "You have any luck finding the others before he attacked?" He nodded "Stacey, Brian, Emily and Chris are still in America. Kevin and Rian are in Russia. We are in Europe and last I heard Vero is still in Canada." I nod. "Only ones close enough to help us are the other Rian and Kevin... Against Austin we might be able to protect this place with them." I say. "Call them all and tell them what happened to Austin and get Kevin and Rian here as fast as you can." "I'll get on it tomorrow." I go back to the basement to see the trainees cleaning up the rubble. I snap my fingers and all the rubble returns to its original position, they turn to me. "Who was that? And what did you mean by host of the Grim Reaper and Lucifer?" Silver asks. "The man that attacked tonight was named Austin the Armageddon, and I meant exactly what I said on the host question I have the Grim Reaper and the demon named Lucifer sealed within me." I answer. "So you're not human!?" Asked Lili. "I am superhuman if you can get anything from that description. I can manipulate my surroundings as you saw, dodge point blank bullets and summon the essence of the demons within me and a bunch of other things." I reply. "Summon the essence?" Tod asks. "What's that?" Then Grim and Lucifer walk out of the shadows and say, "It means we can keep an eye on you in the classes he does not have with you." Answered Lucifer. "You all pass the first test by surviving his attack, tomorrow after classes Ryan will take Tod and Elizabeth for sniping practice while you and Lili spar and I give pointers." I say. "All of you have a good night."