Hell

The arguing begins yet again

        "Ugh, I feel terrible." I say as I get up and see Jane sitting by my bed. "I don't even know if I should be glad or scared to see you." "I would prefer not, but seeing that Jack is not here I hope glad." Jane answers. I reach and touch my back. The axe made more shallow cuts. "Lucifer, what's going on with my mom and Silver?" I ask. "Arguing for the past six hours on how she knows where you sleep." He answers. Ugh I think as I get up and fall to one knee from the surge of pain that follows. I look over to Jane and ask, "What no help this time?" She smiles and lets me lean on her as we go downstairs. I hear Silver and my mom arguing in the living room so I ask to go to go to the kitchen. I make a cup of tea for myself, then hear the bell sound. I hear the sounds of angry yelling then boots going upstairs. Jack comes in the kitchen and says, "You pissed off an archangel." I sigh and stand up. "Not the first time." I lead them to Tesla's lab and unlock the door. Just as I close the door I hear a yell, "HE IS NOT HERE!" We proceed down the stairs and see Tesla working on a grapple hook gauntlet. "How can I he... What happened?" Nikola says. "Sealing an angry god and losing a lot of blood." I answer and sit down near him. He nods and goes back to his work. "Should we go back upstairs to mislead the angel?" Jack asks. "I don't think it is needed, but go if you wish." I say and he nods walking upstairs. "So Tesla, you finish any of the projects?" I ask. "I finished one. The sword scabbard that has a hidden flamethrower in it." He says and hurries over carrying the scabbard to my sword. "Thank you Tesla." I say, but as I reach for the scabbard another wave of pain rolls over me and I start coughing blood. "That is a terrible state to see you in." Tesla says and helps me back into the chair. "Is there anything we could give you?" I laugh and say, "A liter of blood, but since I'm sure you are not donating just let me wallow in my pain." "We have a problem up here." Lucifer says in my head. "What's wrong?" I ask. "Some of the high ranking demons heard about your current state and are trying to find you to drink your blood." He answers. "Wonderful..." I say and look at Jane saying, "High level demons broke in be ready just in case they get down here." She nods as the door upstairs opens and my family runs downstairs. "IS HE DOWN THERE!" Screams a voice, I assume he is a demon. "YOU CAN GO TO HELL!" I hear Silver scream. "WORTHLESS WHORE!" The demon screams and throws Silver down the stairs. He comes down the stairs and smiles as he sees me. "Look at the Crimson Satan. The supposed unkillable God slayer that can heal any wound. PATHETIC LIE!" He says, stepping on Silver's back. My anger explodes... and so does most of the room. "There is a reason high level demons are under god ranked ones. You are about to witness why." I say. He laughs and stabs me through the gut. I shake my head and pick him up by his neck. "Why do people think that stabbing me in the gut will work..." I say as I snap his neck and drink his blood. I feel most of the wounds heal and my energy is restored. I walk over to Silver who is still on the floor bleeding. I pick her up and start to walk to my room. "WHERE DO YOU THINK YOUR GOING?" I hear my mom scream. "Away from you." I say with anger and hatred in my voice. I walk upstairs to see Jane speaking with Jack. They turn to me and, even though they are cold blooded killers, gasp at the sight of Silver. "What happened?" Jane asked as she went to bandage Silver. I look at Jack then back to Jane and say, "High ranking demon threw her down the stairs to the lab and stepped on her spine." Jane was silent for a bit, but Jack reached up and removed his mask. "We all craft masks to hide behind. Mine was crafted after I endured the pain of my eyes being gouged out with a spoon and having tar poured in the empty sockets. You have your mask to hide behind after being trapped in the realm of darkness. Jane has her own mask for failing to stop Jeff. Silver is the only one without a mask to hide behind let this be the thing that gives her a mask and not something worse." I understood what he meant. After leaving Tartarus a strange half face mask appeared with me and stayed with me all my life. I pull the mask out of my back pocket and stare at it for a moment. It's made of solid onyx, which is why I never have trouble getting that gemstone and where the eye should be is a swirling red pool that reminds me of blood. "I never hid behind this mask for that very reason. If everyone has something to hide behind they will never evolve into stronger human beings, but I will not try to shove it away now." I say and put the mask back in my pocket as he puts the mask back on. We walk upstairs to my room. I lay Silver on the bed and turn to face Jack. "I have a question for you. Even if people wrote about you, why kill them?" I ask. "Anyone that sees Slender Man's face is marked to receive a mask. All those we killed were to save them from getting a mask." Jack says. I nod and take off my shirt and go get more bandages. When I come back only Jack is in the room. "I just realized a strange detail about your mask. While all others are smooth along the edge yours is jagged and spiked. Why is that?" "When I came out of Tartarus, I put the mask on and walked to Lucifer's palace. On the way there a demon attacked me and the masks edge shattered as he was disintegrated." I say and he nods. "Why protect her of all people that are here? You did not make a move until she was hurt. Why do you value her life so much?" Jack asked. I sat down in a chair by my bed and said, "Who else do I have left to defend?" He nods and walks out of the room. I rest my head on the mattress and end up passing out after a moment.