The Nephilim

30 | The Dance of Angels and Demons

"Lucy!"

Lucifer stopped moving. They all fell silent as he froze. "Oh come on, that's it?" Azazel said with disappointment in his voice.

The next thing they all saw was Azazel hanging above their head, his chest stuck in Lucifer's wings. "Argh!" He grunted as he coughed out blood.

They were all astonished, Azazel, Chamuel, and Vin. Everything happened too fast, their eyes couldn't even follow it. Lucifer slowly turned around to Vin and Chamuel. "My daughter called me." He said with a dazed look in his eyes.

They were all amazed that Lucifer could even think about that at this rate.

Chamuel looked at his wings in awe. It was too white almost as if it's glowing. Blood dripped from his right-wing, where Azazel is hanging. "Nice... One... Lucy." He struggled to say then raised his hand and hit Lucifer's wings, attempting to cut it.

He failed to do so when Lucifer's other wing stabbed him again in the same spot, now both of his wings are stabbing him. They were looking at each other, face to face.

"Oh don't be a show-off." Azazel said as blood continuously drips from his chest and back, making half of Lucifer's wings become tainted with red.

He grunted and suddenly, eight wings grew from his back and he flew, breaking away from Lucifer.

"I miss this, Lucy." Azazel said as they fought mid-air. Slashing and blocking each other. "I didn't." Lucy said with rage in his voice. "Aww, you're too cold." He said with a pout.

Despite their bloody battle, Azazel seemed to enjoy it like a lunatic. Chamuel couldn't get Azazel's smile off her mind, haunting her.

Vin grabbed Chamuel and lifted her up on the black horse, Vin's familiar.

Azazel and Lucifer continued fighting. The two of them paused for a while. Lucifer looked dreadful while Azazel looked elated. "A new old friend joins us tonight! How exciting." Vin and Chamuel looked at him with confusion.

Lucifer spared Vin a glance as he shouted, "RUN!"

As soon as he did, a scythe swung by Vin's face, he was able to dodge the blade. It almost hit his face, only a thread away from his face.

He backed away and looked to see the attacker was. "I am here to eliminate the Nephilim."

"Samael?" He exclaimed with surprise.

The angel of death itself is here, Vin felt a tremor in his system. The intensity of the room was getting into him, making his senses shake. He checked Chamuel but she wasn't shaking, nor did she look afraid. She was too awed by the wings of angels in front of her.

Because Vin wasn't looking, he didn't see Samael charging to them. "Vin!" Lucy tried to warn him but it was too late, Samael was already in front of them, swinging his scythe.

"Excuse... me!" The woman while kicking Samael on his side, making him fly away and slam its body on the wall and even making him go through it.

"Well, what a pleasant surprise!" Azazel exclaimed and clapped as he was too entertained by what he is seeing.

Lucifer tried to attack him, grabbing his attention again. "Battlefield rule number 1, right?" He said which made Azazel laugh maniacally and charge at him.

"A-Aosoth?" Vin said with surprise. Not believing what he was seeing. "Long time no see." She replied with a gentle smile.

In a swift movement, Azazel was able to stop Lucifer from moving by successfully kicking him which sent him flying to a pillar.

"How were you able to escape, my dear Aosoth? I think I made sure to assign half of my minions on killing you while you haven't regenerated yet." Azazel said. 

Before Azazel left to attack, he assigned half of his legion into killing Aosoth with Verin and Vanth leading them. Aosoth cannot die while she is still in the torture chamber so they have to take her out first while her wings were still torn apart and her body all ragged up. They failed to do it, obviously.

Azazel suddenly appeared in front of Aosoth, Vin and Chamuel.

Aosoth saw it coming, even before he could appear she already drew her sword, when he appeared in front of them, Aosoth stabbed him in his heart. Shocking him and making him freeze.

Aosoth sharpened her hands and poked it on his mouth that is open wide because of surprise.

Blood surged and squirted everywhere. "Torturing me really made me read you a lot better." She smugly said staring deeply into his eyes.

Azazel flew away, gagging out blood. With his throat pierced through, he couldn't speak at all.

"When you said your 'minions', you mean these two?" She asked then lifted two heads. Vanth's and Verin's, looking smaller like two little balls. They all looked at it with surprise.

"I thought they would look cute as my keychain so I took it. Maybe it'll warn others not to fck with me." She said with a smile yet her eyes were flaming with intensity.

Azazel coughed out more blood when Lucifer suddenly threw a spear at him that was a decoration in the lobby.

Samael flew back and this time, Aosoth was the one who flew away. She stopped mid-air, taking out her harpy wings. "Oh, you did not just do that." Aosoth said, sounding so tired and irritated. She transformed into her real demon form and attacked Samael.

Lucy went near them while Azazel was still impaled and touched Chamuel's forehead. She was confused and surprised, then her eyes rolled back and suddenly she said some incantations while pointing at the door of the lobby.

"Patentibus!" She shouted the last word and fell back. The door suddenly glowed and a portal appeared.

"Oh, dear Lucy!" Azazel said, regenerating his throat and throwing Lucy the spear. 

"I brought you a gift!" Azazel said again with a smile on his lips. He pulled out a jar and broke it by smashing it on the floor.

Darkness loomed over them as a swirl of black cloth floated above them, slowly forming as a man. Malus Umbra opened his eyes and looked at Chamuel with bloodthirsty eyes.

"Chamuel Grace!" It said then charged at her. Vin was faster than him, kicking him away, making him fly away.

Lucifer screamed in rage as he saw Malus. "You bastard, Azazel!" He exclaimed and attacked him.

The vengeful spirit laughed as he saw Lucifer. "Long time no see, Lucifer!" He said then laughed.

Lucifer was enraged. He stabbed Azazel which made him kneel then flew to Malus to grip him by his neck.

"I'm here to take your daughter again." He said while licking his lips. "Again." He said again.

Lucy buried his head down the floor, smashing the flooring and bringing Malus three floors lower than the lobby.

The wraith that killed Lucifer's firstborn Nephilim that he tortured at the deepest torture chambers was Malus. The moment Lucifer went up on Earth for his vacation, Azazel took it as his opportunity and released Malus into Earth and making him possess a body.

Azazel intentionally made him board the bus but it was only after Chamuel stabbed him that he realized that Chamuel was a Nephilim, that's why he grabbed her.

Azazel was able to recover quickly and attack Lucifer back.

While the others were still battling, Chamuel and Vin took it as a chance to escape. 

"As if I'd let you go away easily." Malus umbra said, grabbing Chamuel by her hair. She lost her grip on Vin.

Then the portal closed.