The serpents den (Reader x Sir Pentious)

Chapter 18: Slip ups

Authors notes: We are drawing close towards the end my lovely readers. Chapter 19 will be the final chapter. Originally the story was only supposed to be 13 chapters and end far differently than the new rout that's been taken but alas when it comes to typing I tend to derail from 90% of my outlines and ideas.

Dark dreams of whispers and nothingness were comforting but when the crimson glow of hells dawn began leaking though the curtains and pooling into the room eyes still fought for a few more moments of that dark nothingness. Despite desired to sleep for a while longer the faint light that poked though eyelids eventually forced you to get up. Though still lacking thanks to the mess of nights with no sleep the one goods night's rest did do wonders to help bring back some energy. A quick shower all that was needed to wash away the remnants of sin, leaving sloth no longer able to have a grasp on thoughts despite its desperate clawing. It felt far better but no doubt you'd need a few more nights of true rest before that little blue hand would leave you be. Heading down stairs and past the main room claws hard just barely touched the kitchen door when an ever so gentle chime melody echoed out, pleasant to the ears but still loud enough to fill the air of the estate. You hadn't heard that noise before and didn't know where it was coming form or what it meant. The soft tune rang out for only a second before everything fell into silence once again, after a few moments it came back echoing out once more with that same odd tune. The sound of a door opening made you turn around. Curious eyes couldn't help but look as Pentious came slithering into the room. It was only apparent that the noise was the doorbell when he headed towards the houses main entrance. A few steps behind but you still drew close enough to watch as he seemed to peer through a little hole and open up the door. A small panic couldn't help but rise in your chest as eyes fell upon familiar faces, the princess and her white-haired friend once again. Charlie gave a little awkward wave "Uh, hello again. May we come in?" though asked as an innocent question it felt more like an order to you especially with what happened last time. Pentious opened up the door further and let the two girls inside, the one in white clearly upset but she seemed more pissed than frightened like the last time. "Why of course princess. Tell me, what brings you here this lovely morning?" though his main eyes were on her and her friend the eyes along his body were glancing else ware, mainly they were peering out the door as it looking for anyone else. "She wanted to make sure you two weren't erased" the white-haired girl replied, the girl had her arms crossed and a stern look on her face as though she couldn't stand being here. Her eye however was showing more hate and distrust towards the serpent than you though. "Hacked open and splattered against the ground but he didn't erase us" Pentious replied "Speaking of which, did you bring him this time around?" he asked. Both girls gave a different response, the princess saying that she didn't while the other said that he was outside and then hissing at the princess for saying that they were alone. You couldn't help but let out a small sigh and fold your arms over your stomach "Oh thank fuck" the princess looked over at you giving a symptomatic look "You're new here aren't you." You nodded "2 weeks" it was only when you said it that the realization hit you, you had only been in hell for two weeks and yet it felt like you'd been dead for so much longer than that. "What gave it away" you asked "When you've been in hell for a long while you can easily tell when someone is freshly fallen, usually cause they're far more frightened by everything. I'm sorry you had to experience Alastors'... playtime" she replied. That sentence just confirming that the entire blood bath was next to nothing for him, he was indeed just toying with you like a cat would toy with and torment a mouse. "Forgive my saying so princess but I hardly doubt you'd just come here to apologize from your partners uncontrollable actions. What's the real reason that you've come here?" Pentious asked. "Well, it wasn't a lie when Vaggie said that I wanted to make sure you were alright. But I've also come because I wanted to ask you to join us at the hotel" she replied. Despite what you wanted to say you held your tongue and let Pentious speak "Excuse me? You want the two of us to come and join your little project?" he questioned. She nodded "Yes, I'm hoping that maybe we can work things out between you, Cherri, and Angel. We've been talking with them for the past few days, trying to keep them out of trouble, and I was hoping that you'd be willing to talk to them so you can settle this whole rivalry and terf war thing. You wouldn't have to get along but it would help keep you guys from hurting each other and bystanders. That and I believe that you could be really helpful, those devices of yours could do so much good if you put your mind to it. You could help so many people in hell." She was trying but even you were skeptical if she could just have the trio calm down, you were still somewhat new but from what you had heard Pentious and Cherri had been fighting each other since the day she fell into hell. A rivalry like that wouldn't just end overnight, especially not while that video of her being violated was still viral. Still this wasn't you call to make, regardless of what he said though you'd still stick by the serpent since he was fun to hang around and mess with. Before he could even open his mouth to give his response a loud blast met your ears, loud enough to startle everyone and make you jump a few feet in the air. "You got to be fucking kidding me!" another blast shook the house and chandelier but Vaggie just charged at the door and kicked it open like nothing could hope to phase her anymore. "Stupid bug-eyed bastard!?!?" she yelled. Claws went to reach for your gun only to find it wasn't in your pocket. The damn thing was in your dress coat pocket which was sadly in your room on the second floor. You followed Charlie as she ran towards the door and peered outside, two figures stood just beyond the gate. A rather tall and somehow familiar looking spider demon and Cherri bomb. The spider immediately seemed to have a look of horror as Vaggie stepped out and started screaming at him, she was yelling in Spanish and while you didn't speak the language it was pretty easy to tell she was cussing him out. "I'm so sorry, husk was supposed to be watching them" Charlie muttered, you expected the bombs to stop but another loud blast rang out above. "Wait Cherri hang on" the cyclops didn't seem to give two shits about her friend's concern and another pink orb was chucked towards the doorway, not even thinking claws wrapped themselves around the princess's arms. Ripping her away there was only enough time to swing her away from the door and behind you before the blast rang out. "Charlie!" Wood splintered and broke with the hinges and the door was blown off once again, you were knocked back and grazed by fragments of the door but for the most part alright. Sitting up and jumping to your feet the faint sting in your arm was ignored as the spider grabbed hold of the cyclops "Are you insane! Charlies inside" she broke away from his grasp with ease "It's her own fault if she gets hit, come on and help me take the serpents head." "Lucifer is going to whack you and mount your ass over the fireplace!" she didn't seem to want to listen to the spider. The whole thing devolved into a massive cluster fuck as Vaggie darted inside. Pentious quickly raised a blaster of some sorts and slithered closer to the door. Flecks of blood followed movements as you got near the opposing side of what remained of the door and watched as the serpent took a few shots at the bickering duo. The first blast striking the Cyclops and leading both to break apart and start bolting towards a nearby parked limo. All but two more shots were taken before the white-haired girl let out a frustrated yell and drew a spear. She knocked the gun out of his hands but her aggression was quickly met with a tackle from you, a darker growl managing to escape your throat "Don't touch him." While you were a bit rough you didn't expect her to smack the shaft of her spear against your nose, a soft hiss escaping you as you realized she was going for blood. Biting down on the shaft of her spear the main objective was to just hold her down and keep her from harming Pentious as he drove off the other two outside. Too focused on the spear you were taken aback when a sharp pain rang out in your chest, in an instant you felt yourself get thrown off of the girl. Vaggie seemed to have far more strength than she let on. A soft howl left you as you were kicked back onto the floor "EVERYONE STOP!" clutching your chest your attention was turned back to the princess, larger horns had sprouted from her head and her eyes were now a deep crimson. Though you were salty about being stabbed you didn't attempt to strike again as you saw Pentious and Vaggie stop and step away from each other. The moth girl was still eyeing the both of you with a death glare but she backed away towards the princess. A faint hiss left you as you pried a small dagger from your chest and tossed it onto the floor. Sitting up a low growl was unstoppable as you got back up and stepped back to the serpent's side, hands too busy trying to ease the pain and stop the bleeding to bother to take a cheap swipe. The princess just seemed straight up done with everyone's shit but she calmed herself down taking the form that we knew better. A small sigh left her as she fully regained her composure "I'm sorry about all of this, I'll deal with Angel and Cherri bomb. That offer is still on the table though, if either of you want to join us, we'll welcome you with open arms. Come on Vaggie." The princess turned and started heading out the door clearly upset with everything that had just happened, Vaggie followed behind for a few steps before turning towards you. "Hey... Thanks for pulling her out of the way" she muttered "... Sorry about the stab wound" she finished. You were a little confused, you didn't expect her to apologize for the wound but it was still somewhat nice that she did bother to do so. "It's... fine?" you managed to reply, though it still hurt like hell a stab wound was the least damaging thing that had been done since you entered hell. Compared to being blown up and torn open being stabbed really wasn't all that bad, it still sucked but it wasn't as bad as the other shit you had to deal with. Stepping back away from the door you watched as Pentious went over and pulled the level letting a wall of steal fall and take the doors place. Taking a glance down at your shirt the brighter colors were being overtaken by the color of your blood, though a nice color it wasn't something you wanted to see dripping from you. Pentious slithered up to you and gently moved claws along your damaged arm and over where your hands still clutched your chest "Are you alright? Do you want me to help you upstairs?" he asked. "This feel so weird to say but, I'm ok. Hurts like crazy but... its fine" you replied. You tried to chuckle to let him know it was ok but that made the pain worse. You were hoping it would help convince him that it was alright but he didn't seem to believe it "I honestly can't tell if your being sarcastic or serious" he replied. "I'm serious. It hurts but I think I can deal with it till I regen" you replied "Are you sure you want to do that?" he asked. "Hey, I got to get used to this shit regardless" he didn't seem convinced, either he didn't believe you or he really hated to see you just stand there bleeding. "Look this is the third time I've gotten fucked up I need to get used to this" you replied. He rolled his eyes and drew closer planting a small kiss on your cheek "It's the fourth actually, if you wish to include your head cracking open when you first fell from earth" he replied. Though you wanted to wrap your arms around him you didn't want to get blood all over his outfit again, leaning into his touch there wasn't much you could do but embrace his small hug.