Hell

Pissed off Eryk

        "What is he doing?" The Valkira asks. Lucifer points to a glowing pentagram on the ground behind her and says, "Getting really pissed off." She yelps as a gigantic dragon head emerges from the portal. Next thing I see is Eryk kicking Austin into the dragon's mouth and the dragon disappearing as the pentagram does. He looks at Lucifer and says, "I really hope that dragon is as lethal as you told me." Percival inches towards him, sword in hand. "You might as well put that away." Michael says, "He killed a demon that could kill you in under 6 seconds." Ragnarok lands behind Eryk and says, "I really hope that is the last time you need my help this month. I grow old listening to the shit coming out of Leviathan's mouth." It says and disappears. She puts the tip of the sword to Eryk's collarbone and says, "Submit and be punished." Eryk looks at her and says, "He is dead. I trained with him before a suicide mission 7 years ago and failed to protect him." Tears come to the girl's eyes and she asks, "Did he have an honorable death?" "Why don't we ask him?" Eryk answers and snaps his fingers and a man in medieval battle armor appears before us. He is around Eryk's height and has deep golden hair and blue eyes. On his head rests a crown of 13 different gemstones, but I recognize Eryk's onyx, Grim's black pearl and Lucifer's ruby. "What's this? Who are you..." He looks at Eryk and Percival and smiles running to them. "You kept the promise Lance. Thank you for bringing me back to another of the order." "What? You knew about him being a demon?" Percival asks and the man laughs. "There are no secrets between man and man." He says as he embraces them. "I have kept my end of the deal. Now will you honor mine as well?" I hear Eryk ask and the man nods and draws his sword and places the blade on Eryk's shoulder saying, "I Arthur the king, fully reinstate you as a member of the order." Eryk's armor seems to switch a bit and now has magnificent dragons as shoulder pads. "What? Why did Lance lose his shoulder pads before?" Percival asked. "I was dead. You do not keep any honor when you die." The man named Arthur nodded. I remembered an old fictional story about a legendary king named Arthur and two of his knights being Percival and Lancelot. The names that all three of them kept using. "Is anyone else confused?" I ask. "Seems like a Wednesday for me." Lucifer says. They all agree on that statement. "Lance I would like to know how you got killed." Arthur said. Eryk sighed and pointed to Azazel saying, "Thank him." Arthur looked at Azazel then back to Eryk and asked, "Am I alive again, or am I just an echo?" Eryk laughed at the question as Grim walked behind Eryk and said. "I have full control over death. You are as alive as you were 7 years ago." Arthur nods and thanks him. The shadows come back. "What do you think you are doing, Eryk? You cannot go back home if you do not help me." Tartarus says. "I would not go back home, even if I helped you. My friends are here and so is my lord. Anything you offer is now meaningless." A shadow impales him. "You cannot destroy me, nor can you harm me. Why do you try?" Eryk sighs as the shadow dissipates. "Looks like rage will not work, so I will use the power of my allies to finish you."

       I summon Malphas, Lucifer, Grim and Ragnarok. "Will the four of you lend me all of your power without holding any back?" They all nod. I look at Arthur. "Will you give me permission to use their power?" He nods. The Aamon I summoned before reappeared. "Go fetch him for me again, will you?" It nods and disappears for a moment then reappeared with Tartarus. "I may not be able to do any damage but you cannot do any damage to me." He laughs and manifests a sword. "I've killed giants that are more skilled than you. How do you think you can last against me?" He says as he cuts me but shadows attach the halves. He tries again but the same result happened. "What is this?" He says. I manifest my sword. "This blade was holy when I wielded it in my life. When I died it got infected by some of the demonic powers of Hell. It is now a holy sword with the power of gods and demons." I say as I stab him. "Was that supposed to hu..." Tartarus begins but then coughs out blood. "You said I would not be able to kill you without the help of a god. So I brought the god and king of our order back and asked his permission for power. Now see the power of demons and god." The power inside the sword skyrockets as I add the power that the demons are pouring into me. The sword's blade becomes black and has a golden insignia carved into the blade. "How did you get so much power..." Tartarus said as he and his shadows start to dissipate. "See you in the next... 4,000 or so years." I say. "No... I will... not go before... taking your... peace away." Tartarus says and I hear a gasp from the crowd behind me. I turn to see Silver impaled on a spike of shadows. My rage explodes and so does Tartarus being ripped into trillions of tiny pieces."No not again..." I say as I walk over to Silver who smiles and falls into my arms. I fall to my knees saying, "Not another one. Please don't make me bury another one." Lucifer and Malphas are no longer smiling. Michael and the angels back up with the rest of the crowd giving us privacy. Percival and Arthur walk over. "Lance..." Percival begins but is cut short by Arthur putting a hand on her shoulder. "Happened twice now?" Arthur asked and I nodded. I teleport only Arthur, Percival, Silver and the demons home. "You sure stepped up your living style." Percival says grimly. I walk into the basement and say, "Azazel you know what I'm gonna ask you to do, but answer me truthfully. How well do you think I can pull her out a second time?" "I'm sure you won't fail." All the preparations were made in record time. When I took of my shirt and saw that I had a chant carved in my chest, Arthur and Percival gasped. Grim got the knife and carved the next line. "printr întunericul și lumina, domnul respirații întuneric viață nouă, se tem de întunericul nopții și se tem secerătorilor roșii s-ar putea, pentru că el are putere de furie și de iubire, ură și speranță, se tem de roșu numele și îngerii morții lui Satan gazdă pentru el este Dracula, liderul cruciani a puterii, liderul de spaimă, bautor de sangre, se tem de călăreț de noapte." It now read 'Through the darkness and the light, the lord of darkness breathes new life, fear the darkness of the night and fear the Crimson Reapers might, for he has power of anger and love, hatred and hope, fear the Crimson Satan's name and angels of death host for he is Dracula, the leader of the crusade of might, the leader of fright, the drinker of blood, fear the rider of the night.' "Um... Why did you carve your chest with romanian phrases Lance?" Arthur asked. "That's the price I pay for a chance to bring back a soul from the dead." I answer. "That is not right or just, Lance." Percival says. "I trust this lady is the only one you would take this risk for?" Arthur says but I shake my head and he frowns. "I would take this risk for any of you and any of the group I did not teleport." He nods. Azazel takes the shot of blood and cuts the palm. "Why does he hurt a body that is not his. That is unacceptable." Azazel reapers and says, "This is my host and I need to cut her palm so Eryk, or Lance, has a path to cross into her mind with." She frowns and starts to say something but stops when she sees me slice my palm and take the shot of blood. I fall into her mind again and She immediately calls me to her. She starts to cry as I hug her. "Shh... it's ok Silver, no matter what happens I will be there for you." She still cries but some of the pain goes away. "Why do you keep doing this for me? I'm gonna get you killed one day." She says. "If I die that day I'll be happy to have met you." I answer. "You should not joke like that. I mean death, you can't... Wait can't Grim just bring you back?" She asks finally figuring it out. "Bingo." I say as I kiss her. She arches her back and leans into me. "Please do not let me die." She says as she hugs me again. "You will not die as long as you train hard, and I find a way around one pesky problem." I answer. She stares me in my eyes and I feel her take my shirt off. She stares at all of my old scars and the new part of the chant. "Why do you keep getting those damn scars on my behalf." She asks as I lean a bit back. "I will keep getting those scars as long as you are there for me and I don't have to dig another grave for a family member." I say. I feel her moving and I saw her taking off her shirt. "Silver, why are you taking your shirt off?" She blushes then I feel as if I am in nothing but my undergarments and I look to see that she is also in her undergarments. "Umm... Silver?" She leans forward and kisses me as she puts my hands on her back. She leans forward until she is leaning on top of me. I realize then the full extent of the love we feel for each other, god she feels great. "Please, protect me from the monsters that keep trying to separate us from one another. I don't want to be left alone." She says and blushes as her bra falls away. I blush and avert my gaze but she drew it back to her. "Please, take my virginity away!" She says and I blush and feel the pull to return to my own body, but I ignore it. All that mattered to me is that she was happy. We both took off the undergarments and she positioned herself in form 69 and we began to 'understand' the inner functions of each other. She squealed with pleasure as we began. She hugged me as we committed to each other. We switched up forms so we were hugging and kissing each other as I thrust my hips and she blushed even more. "Thank you." She whispered in between thrusts to avoid biting her tongue. She blushed even more as I felt her legs tighten a bit making her vagina tighter. After a few moments she squealed with pleasure as I released my discharge directly into her. The entire time we were engaging I felt her growing in strength. Must have been me staying in her mind and some of the demons strength being poured into her at a steady pace. When I awoke in the real world, I noticed two things. I felt different and the fact that my red hair had turned blood red like Malphas' armor and that the cloak of my armor now was pitch black with Arthur's insignia on it. I turn to face the crowd that I left at the border staring at me. "What did you do to switch your armor so drastically?" Michael asks. "I thought demon's armor only switch with a great increase of power." Lucifer walks out of the crowd and says, "What you did was very dangerous. Even though the reward is unbelievable." "Hmm?" I say. Lucifer seems shocked that I did not know what happened. "You can now host up to 72 googolplex demons in you." He said. "Lucifer, I really don't care about that right now. All I wanna know is why my fucking chest pains me right now." I say. He points to Grim and says, "Ask the master of the ritual." "It might be that your body is not ready to have such major transformations, like I dunno increasing nearly a million times the power you were use to." I ignore his comment. "Not like I think 'hmm you know today is a good day to get stabbed or impaled on a shadow so I can grow in power' Grimly." I respond and stand up. Michael walks over and asks, "When did you put Malphas in you? We were with you for almost the entire time." I smile. "After he picked me up. He kept his hand on my shoulder, where I had a little cut and my armor had a nice spike." He nods and walks away. I look around and finally see Silver sitting in the corner, head on her knees. "What happened to Silver after she woke up A?" I ask. "She said that there were voices in her head." He answered. I sigh and walk to Silver. "Fucking worthless possessive spirits have to invade everyone..." I mutter to myself as I put a hand on her shoulder. She hugs me and starts crying again. "There's so many of them." She whispers. I nod and say, "Trust me we all have devils in us. Myself more so than others. All you have to do is think about all your good qualities to drown them out of your mind. They cannot control your thoughts if you do not let them." She nods and stops crying. I teleport all of us to the living room and look at the angels. "Why are you still here? If I may ask?" I ask. "We would not like to leave with you becoming so powerful without much strief, even if you did no harm to anyone yet. Power is corruptive." Michael answers. "I have nearly 20 empty guest rooms available, just please let me sleep." I answer and he nods. In the next hour Tod, Ryan and Elizabeth leave for their conversation and I begin to cook dinner. Michael is helping me set the table while the other angels are enjoying some of my movies. "Seems unnatural, a demon and an angel getting along so well." Michael says to me. "Not really like I chose to become a demon. I was sucked down to Tartarus right after I died." I respond. "Still, how do I know you won't poison the food we eat?" He asks. "The same way I trust you not to kill me or my friends while we sleep." I respond and he nods. "Ah yes. I almost forgot, where did Salpsan go after we teleported here?" Michael asks and I frown. "I thought he was with you... Fuck." I say and look at Michael. "Was Salpsan near Tod for around two minutes?" Michael sighs. "So that's why he followed all of our rules while we were waiting for you to wake up. He was sitting next to Tod for around 5 minutes." "Well, looks like I broke my promise by not taking the time to warn you about demons possessing abilities." I say. "No you did not break your promise. You were preoccupied with Tartarus and the man named Austin." Michael says and we go back to preparing dinner. Twenty minutes later, all the angels are shocked to see a massive buffet waiting for them. "Why would you treat us so well?" Selaphiel asks. "I don't know how you would treat a guest at your house, but I tend to spoil them." I respond. "Still how do we not know it's poisoned or something?" She asks. I look at Michael and both of us laugh. "What is so funny?... ANSWER ME!" "We had this discussion while you were watching the nice torture filled movie." Michael answers. "We were not... not like there are... I... No comment." She says. "Fyi I have movies in the cupboard under the TV and the entire bookshelf filled with them, and plenty of them are better than Saw 5." I say. "How did you..." She begins. "I had those movies for a long time. You begin to remember scenes from your favorites." I say. She blushes and says, "Half of them were rated R." "And the problem with that is? What are you not old enough to watch 21 and up movies? Do I have to lock them away?" I say with a smile. "RUDE!" She says and sits at the table while all the angels laugh. Michael shakes his head and says, "Ignore her. She became an angel after she died as a 20 year old, more to the point 1 day before her twenty-first birthday." I laugh and say, "I died as a 27 year old, yet I look like I'm 24." "Yeah but back then, you could sleep with anyone and nobody would care." Michael says. "How would you know that? Where you a naughty boy once Mikey?" I say and burst out laughing as he avoids eye contact. The demons, Silver, Perceval and Arthur walk into the kitchen. "Why are they still here? I thought they would of left to help out God already." Arthur says as he sits down near Selaphiel. "They will be staying with us, since they fear me being corrupted by the power I gained." I say and he nods. "On other news we have to get you and Percival registered for college." I look at Michael and say, "That goes for you and your angels as well, lover boy." He nods but the other angels gasp. "Why should we follow your rules?" They asked. "You are staying in my house. So my rules go." I respond and all but Selaphiel stop complaining. "I will not succumb to your rules. Why should I listen to you?" She says. "Because without me, you would not be able to watch all those nice R rated movies." She looks away furiously as Michael laughs. "Looks like not all demons get along with all angles." I laugh and agree. Another 20 minutes pass as all of them eat their lunch while me and Michael stand on the porch. "Did she get into heaven?" I ask him. "Yes, she was taken there by me personally. Hoping to meet you there." He answers. I sigh "Sorry to disappoint her." I say to him. Malphas and Lucifer walk over to us but I wave them away. "So why did you actually choose to stay here, knowing that I would not be corrupted by the power?" I ask. "Like you I promised her that if I found you I would bring you to her, but since you are a demon I cannot bring you into heaven without you being ripped apart by the warrior angels stationed at the gate." He says. "Why would you promise something like that Mike? That is one thing that an angel cannot do." I say. "I cannot have anyone suffer in their own little piece of heaven, so I made sure to say I would not come back without you..." He answers. "So what you're saying is by accident you locked yourself out of heaven... That is the reason why angels don't make promises." I say and turn away. He grabs my arm and quickly says, "So what would happen if Grim brought her back to life?" I sigh and turn to him. "To bring someone back to life I would need a liter of their blood and their body." His smile fades and he says, "I know how to get both of those, but..." I raise my eyebrow. "The only way I know is traveling back in time but that would require someone to stay in their place if I remember correctly." He nods. "Who would wanna willingly stay in the past?" I ask. "That I don't know." I walk back inside and leave him out there for a bit. Twenty minutes pass as Lucifer and I clean up the mess. Another 20 minutes pass of me just sitting in the living room. Finally all the angels and demons walk in and start watching Saw 6. I walk downstairs into the basement to find a crying Percival. "What happened Percival?" I ask. "I can't believe it. First I find out you are a demon and now you brought my crush back to life." She says. "Why don't you tell him?" I ask. "Why would he, a king, want me a lowly peasant knight?" She asked. I sit down next to her and say, "If he loves you, he will say yes no matter if you are a peasant or a princess." She looks me in the eyes and says, "When I was alive I could not find love for other than him. When I became a Valkaria I hoped to find love but still could not. Then Michael went to get me and I saw you standing there. A memory I thought because Lance was dead, but when you greeted me I knew that you were real. Why did you not come for me sooner? I thought, but when you summoned the armor and dragon I knew why. After she was stabbed I knew how you really felt. I could not feel anything else but love for you and now you are here to comfort me while the others are enjoying themselves." She says and suddenly kisses me. I pull away from the kiss. "Percival you know that I would do anything for you but please, do not attempt that again." I say and stand up. "Why? Why do you and Arthur not see how I feel for you." I smile as I see Arthur standing in the doorway and think up a quick plan. "You love Arthur right Percival?" She nods. "Why did you not tell him?" I ask. "I did not want him to reject me. I am not worth him and yet you seem to treat me with almost no respect." She says. "If you told Arthur how you felt, how do you think he would see you?" I ask. "I hope with love or respect, but why would he treat me with any other feeling but shame?" She asked. "I would treat you with more respect than before. You have had self control and fear hold you back but now that you spoke, how can I not treat you with anything but respect and love?" Arthur says as he walks into view. She blushes. "Why would one like yourself like a peasant like..." She is cut off by Arthur kissing her. "Why indeed? Is it because I am ashamed at myself for not noticing those feelings before or is it because I was scared to tell you as well?" He said with a smile as he stood up and picked her up. "If you wish I will get you a private TV and some movies for you to watch, tomorrow after college." I say. "That would be wonderful Lance. How can I ever repay you for your loyalty throughout the years?" Arthur asks. "By being happy with her." I answer with a laugh. He nods and walks upstairs with Perceval in his arms. I walk to my room to find Silver sleeping in bed. I go take a shower then go for a fly outside. Michael joins me partway to the college. "You think it through?" I ask him. He nods and says, "Instead of bringing you to her... I'll bring her to you." I raise my eyebrow. "What do you mean by that?" "I'll bring down her spirit so she can see you." He says. "Where do you want me to be Michael?" I say as I land on the roof of the college. "Standing there will be fine." I nod as he disappears. I think back to my meeting with my late childhood friend Jasmine. She was standing in the middle of the practice field being harassed by some of the knights in training. "How can you be so popular? You are nothing compared to us. I know I'll make you more popular by letting you be the mother of my heir." Said one of the bullies. "I don't think she would like that, imbecile." I said as I held a real sword and had guard armor on. "Who are you to order me around? My dad is an officer in the army while you are a lowly... Why do you have such masterfully crafted armor when you're only a guard?" The bully asked forgetting about Jasmine who was staring at me bug eyed. "Looks like you did not get the memo." said Sir Gawain. "This man was just promoted to knight." They instantly knelt before me and Gawain. "We are sorry, we are only in train..." "Then you had no right to question this man's judgment since he is a higher rank than you." Gawain says, "Expect more than just practice tomorrow. You will have to spar with this man. Who personally defeated me in a duel." All the bullies ran away. Gawain rides off with a nod. "Are you alright, m'lady?" She nods and passes out. I smile as I remember that day. It's almost the same as when I met Silver. Michael reappears with Jasmine, who gasps at the sight of me. "Hello m'lady." I say with a bow. She runs to me, but before she reaches me a knife stabs me in the chest. "I will not die before she is mine. You cannot control me, nor can you kill me. You are nothing compared to me." "Lance... No..." I hear Jasmine say. I pull the knife out of my chest and she gasps. "I really hoped you would of finally died Austin. I've had enough of your attacks." I say as I summon my sword and armor. "Let's finish this once and for all you weak excuse for a demon lord." "No you cannot match him. You are just a man..." Jasmine starts saying but I spread my wings and summon the dragon inside of me. He laughs and does the same except summoning Leviathan. "You cannot stop me I live in the West lord's territory not the East lords." He says as he stabs me in the gut. "You should know by now. I don't die from weak excuses for attacks. I was stuck in the pit of darkness for 500 years then trained under Lucifer for 100 more. That attack means nothing to me." I say and stab him in the gut. I flow the same power that destroyed Tartarus into the stab and Austin dissipates. I look at Michael and say, "Could you find the West lord for me, or at least tell Lucifer to look for him as I explain this mess?" He nods and flies away. "What happened to the noble knight I knew?" Jasmine asks as I land. "He was killed by an angel and reborn in Hell." I say and she nods. "Is there anyway I could stay with you? I don't wanna be separated from you for an eternity." She says. "There are two ways, but one is unavailable. Firstly I could resurrect you but I cannot do that for a multitude of reasons. Mostly being we cannot find someone to take your place in the past or secondly I could let you live inside of me as the dragon and demons do." She nods and says, "Please let me live inside you." I nod and cut my palm and let some blood fall into a glass I manifested. "Why did you do that? Why did you lose some blood..." Jasmine starts but is cut off by me putting the blood in my mouth and kissing her to get the blood inside of her. She seems shocked by the sudden contact. I put a hand on her shoulder and will her spirit inside my body. Malphas appears at my side. "That won't work Eryk. You cannot lead someone into your body. I will lead her into your head and teach her how to manifest into a real form." I nod and move away. He puts a hand on her shoulder and disappears along with her. "Where am I?" I hear Jasmine ask in my head. "You are in my body like you asked, and that man standing next to you is a demon that will teach you all you need to know to survive inside my body."

       The last thing I remember is being stabbed in the gut, and Eryk having to save me again. I heard that he and Michael went to fly together. "Why would he fly with Michael? I thought demons and angels hate each other." I say to Lucifer. "He and Michael have a special bond. They are both from each others eras, unlike us." He answered. "What do you mean by that?" I ask. "Means that me and Eryk met when no one but Malphas, Grim and Lucifer were alive." Michael answered. "Don't startle me like that." I say. "Boo." Says Eryk from behind me. I jump again and they both laugh. "You know you can still teleport, lover boy." Eryk says with a grin. "Don't you start... Why can I not feel her presence in heaven anymore?" He asks. Eryk laughed and said, "I was wondering when you would notice she left. I found a different way to keep her alive." Eryk answered. "How?" Michael asks. "I just had Malphas drag her soul into my body." Eryk answered. "So now she is an immortal demon... Wonderful." Michael says. "Not quite. She is alive as long as I am but she does not have any power yet." Eryk responds. "Technically she is still a soul." "That makes it so much better." Michael responds. "Now release her soul." "I cannot, the only way she would be alive is as long as I made a blood pact." Michael sucked in his breath at the mention of that. "You really do not know when to stop when helping your friends." "You should see me on Mondays." Eryk says. There was a sudden knock at the door. "Wonder who that is..." Eryk said and walked over to open the door. Ryan, Tod and Elizabeth walked in. "We have a major problem." Ryan said to Eryk. "What do you mean?" Eryk said. I saw two men and two women come out of the car Ryan was driving. "You said Austin, tried to kill you." One of the women said. "Good to see you Stacey, and yes Austin tried to kill me." Eryk answered. "Why would he try to kill you..." He is cut off by a knife landing in front of Eryk's feet. We all turn to see Austin again. "You really can't leave me alone for a day. Can you Austin." Eryk says as he walks out the door past the group of trench coats. "You will not stop me. You cannot stop me. I AM GOD. YOU ARE NOTHING!" Austin yells. "What you are is melodramatic." Eryk says and summons his sword. "Looks different than before." One of the men say. "I do grow in power, Chris." Eryk says. "You may grow in power, but can you rival a.." "Melodramatic fool who thinks he is a god? Yes, yes I can." Eryk says cutting Austin off. Austin summoned his sword and armor and the other man gasped. "You cannot win against him. He merged with his demon so closely he can use its armor." Said the other woman. "Emily, Brian this is why I am the leader of the missions and not you." Eryk says as he summons his armor and all of them gasp. "Since when are you and Lucifer bonded so closely?" Stacey asks. "Stacey, I do have time on my hands." Eryk says as Malphas, Grim and Lucifer come out in full battle armor. "Thought the dragon was enough." Lucifer said. "You go talk to the West lord and see if he can keep this little wanker in chains for a year or two." Eryk says and Lucifer disappears. Austin summons Leviathan again while Eryk summons Ragnarok. "Since when do you have a goddamn DRAGON inside you?!" Brian yells to Eryk. Ragnarok and Leviathan engaged in a fight. Eryk blocks a slice to his throat from Austin. "Since I figured out the true name of my sword." "Yeah it's called blade." Brian said with a smile. "It's in a different language but it translates to something that you would not understand." Eryk answered. Brian looks offended and says, "I would understand what it means." "Says the guy who did not major in studying mythologies and demonology." Eryk says as he and Austin sparred. "I AM NOT A CLOWN SIR!" Brian yells. "Would you please stop?" I ask. He spins and puts a blade to my throat. "Who the hell are you to question my judgment?!" An extremely pissed off Eryk approached Brian. "Put the knife down or I will kill you like I will Austin." Eryk says in a closely guarded voice. "I will put the knife down if you move away." Brian says. Eryk reaches over and grabs the knife, takes it away and goes back to fight Austin. "That is the scariest man I have ever known." Chris says. "He still is no match for Austin. If he can fly then Eryk's done." As if on cue Austin spreads his wings and flies up. "Well that's the end of..." Chris starts but is cut off by Eryk spreading wings that I don't remember seeing. They looked like angel wings made of shadows. Chris looks at me and asks, "Since when does he have wings?" "Six months I believe." I say and he nods. Two minutes later I feel a tap on my shoulder and see Michael with a finger over his lips beckoning me inside. "Yes Michael?" I ask. "They cannot find out about me and the other angels before Eryk has a chance to explain why we are here, but I cannot find Selaphiel." I look to see Selaphiel take flight to join Eryk and Austin. "Oh no." Michael says as I hear Chris ask, "Why is there a third figure fighting."