(~Between Darkness is Fate~) {ON HOLD}

A Warning To All (Part 1)

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"Stefan, enter. " Lucifer said, his face pale as ever and his smile so wide.

The demon, Stefan, entered the large and grim throne room. He walked over in front of the thrones and bowed down to the king and queen of Hell, he was shaking with fear, for this was his first time serving as an advisor, especially to the Devil and his beloved queen.

"Y-yes, your majesty..? " Stefan spoke meekly, his fear gave Lucifer such positivity. And Lilith? She enjoyed how scared and terrified the advisor is on his first job.

"What is this I've heard of demons being killed? Hasn't the yearly extermination been dealt with a week ago? " The king asked, curiosity filling the room as Lilith looked down in the opposite direction, sighing softly.

Years had passed and yet they still haven't solved the extermination problem, it was stressing them out as they have to come and go about many possible solutions for the matter.

Lucifer would throw tantrums in the meeting room, Lilith was often seen at the bedroom balcony, contemplating. Obviously, the two were upset about how their lives have gotten, but one thing always lifts their dead spirits up.

Charlie.

She was the light to their darkness, Charlie was always there to put a smile on both of their faces, even in the direst and stressful situations. The young princess would bring tea to her father to calm his nerves, and she would read and hang out with Lilith every time the queen would feel down.

Charlie was indeed a gift from heaven, something that Lucifer and Lilith didn't want but yet she was still given to them. Lilith smiled at the thought of Charlie returning home from her date.

Lilith snapped out of her thoughts when Stefan spoke up, irritating her, "Oh! That... Well, uh... You see... There was a... Problem... " He stuttered, pausing in his sentence, making Lucifer lift a brow, annoyed at how horrible Stefan is at his job.

"What problem, Stefan? " Lucifer grumbled, his demeanor changed drastically and growled lowly, but Stefan heard this and knew he fucked up.

"We have a serial demon on the loose your highness! He's out of control!! " Stefan panicked, his hair then began to puff up and his eyes widened in fear. He almost ripped his hair out, he was freaking out like crazy.

The king and queen's eyes grew wide at the sudden change of character Stefan had taken, the two began to feel a little concerned. When it comes to a demon killing other demons, it wasn't much of a problem to them, unless if it was a huge massacre.

Lucifer hadn't seen this type of panic since Jack The Ripper manifested in Hell, but they solved that problem by making Jack an executioner for the royal family. Lilith also thought the same, but she never got used to this type of panic before. Cause usually they'd be fine with only a few deaths, only a few.

The devil stepped up and looked down at Stefan, "And who dares try to make a wide massacre in my domain?? " Lucifer yelled, his voice echoed across the halls of the castle, the staff heard his voice and immediately a chill ran down their spine but continued on with their business.

Stefan stopped panicking once he heard Lucifer, " We didn't get a name yet your majesty, the guards tried catching him but they ended up getting butchered, and-" The demon was cut off when the doors were suddenly slammed open, revealing another demon wearing battle armor, which was now broken and ripped apart.

Lucifer and Lilith widened their eyes at the sight, Stefan with them who was chattering his teeth. The guard fell down on his knees and breathed heavily, he seemed to be hurt, as blood and bruises were visible and exposed across his body.

Lilith gasped and jumped down from her throne, one leap already took her to kneel down and observe the demon's wounds. Lucifer walked down from his throne and looked at the terrible sight, while Stefan stood there idly, horrified and is in complete shock.

The queen slowly reached for the open wound on the guard's arm, but she didn't even get a chance to touch it as the demon growled in pain and flipped himself around, panting and lifted his eyes up, seeing the king and queen looking at him.

"Ferdinand, what happened to you??? " Asked Lucifer, he was shocked and confused at the same time, this was going too fast he wasn't able to process what was happening.

Ferdinand looked at the king and gasped, fear overcoming him again, "I-it was horrifying!!! He killed them, he killed them all! He was nothing I've seen before...!" He yelled, scared to death, Lilith was shaking uncontrollably than ever.

Lucifer stepped back a little, the adrenaline rushing through him was making just as scared as Lilith. "Who??! Who?!?! "

"He didn't give a name! He spared me because-" Then, the sound of the nearby radio suddenly turned on, everyone raised their heads up and all turned their unwanted attention at the radio on the left side of the room.

Then it happened.

"Hello there folks! I hope you all drank your tea and did your morning routine because this one is something to die for! "

Everyone and I mean everyone, gasped and slowly crept over to the radio,

"This just in, a serial killer is on the loose here in Hell, now that's something you hear every day down here, am I right folks? "

Ferdinand breathed heavily, that was the demon who killed his comrades.

"But ohoho! This is not just any demon, this one killed many overlords who had dominated so many of territories here, isn't that exciting? "

Stefan was just about to lose it, he was scared, shocked, and horrified and he hated it.

"And who can that be? Well... That would be... Me... "

Lilith gasped in fear as she held onto Lucifer's arm, this was nothing that she had experienced in her demonic lifetime.

"Alastor! A pleasure to be meeting and greeting everyone here in Hell! And for the king and queen... "

Lucifer's eyes were focused on the radio, he can't take it anymore.....

"Your daughter is very nice... "

.....silence...

Then, someone walked in the throne room, Lucifer and Lilith almost jumped, but it was merely Charlie that greeted them, "Hi mom, hi dad! I'm ba... " Charlie stopped herself and sees Ferdinand, Stefan and her parents all huddled around the radio. She raised a brow at them.

"Did I miss something? " She asked them. They didn't respond but Lucifer and Lilith thought of what Alastor said on the radio, they just looked at her.

Fear in their eyes and tears were welling up, what would happen if the radio demon gets their daughter? What will happen if he gets to Charlie and... Do something, really bad?

Will they lose their only light?