Lucifer

Chapter 6

Breakfast went in the same way, them bickering and picking on each other. They didn't seem bothered that I was there among them. I had expected more blood thirsty animals from the way Lucifer had made everyone else seem, but this was the total opposite.

"So you're staying in Lucifer's room?" Asked Asmodeus. Everyone froze at that, looking at me expectantly.

"Uh, yeah, I guess," I answered, feeling the weight of all their gazes.

"You spent the night with him!" cried Leviathan.

"No!" I shouted back very quickly, and blushing.

"Calm down, Levi, there is no way Lucifer would stoop to the human level," Satan said cooly.

"What do you mean by that?" I shot back.

"Lucifer is the most powerful among us, and the oldest. Humans are very much so not even in our playing field for a multitude of reasons," Satan answered. There was no malice, it was just a statement of a fact, one that the others seemed to agree with.

"I'm just there for protection, I guess, from others. I won't be here for long..." I trailed off, wonder where exactly I was going after here. Would I be going home, or with those witches after their meeting?

"I wouldn't say she's a normal human, there's clearly something about her. I could feel it the first time we met. She's got something more about her," Asmodous said, looking at me with suggestive eyes.

If it was too much for the others, it clearly was not too much for Asemodous.

Then I remembered that he had been there too, that day I had come down the elevator to find Lucifer. I had almost forgotten, having been so wrapped up in the now of things.

Satan rolled his eyes. "Asmo's power is that of lust, I wouldn't look at him too long or he might catch you in a spell," he warned.

I quickly looked away from his direct gaze, and he chuckled. "Thank you, for that day, I mean," I told him, then I looked to Mammon, "You all have powers?"

"We're demons, of course we have powers," Mammon replied, incredulous.

"I think she means what, exactly, are our powers, stupid," Satan said, "Mammon's is greed. Levi's is envy. I am wrath. Asmo is lust, as Mammon has already said. Beel is gluttony. And Bel is sloth. All of our powers come from those traits, in essence."

"What's Lucifer?" I followed up.

Everyone shifted uncomfortably in their chairs, but it was As who answered, "He's pride. He takes his work very seriously. We heard he disobeyed Lord Divaolo to save you, which is unheard of with him."

Everyone looked at me again, and I didn't know what to say. It felt like I should have had an answer, an explanation as to why I was here, why I was being given so many exceptions, but I didn't have one. I don't know why I'm being hunted. I don't know why I'm special.

"What happened?" Asmo asked.

I shrugged, not really wanting to relive the memories again, "I'm being hunted, I guess, and I don't know why. I don't have answers for you. I ran into the restaurant I work at hoping he would be there and he was. The witch was not far behind."

Levi sighed, settling back into his chair. "He's always one for theatricts. He can't help but try to be the savior, and with someone who has a soul as blindingly pure as yours his demon instincts likely took over."

"What do you mean, demon instincts?"

"We're driven by our needs, just like anyone else, and when we see something tempting we try to take it for ourselves. Lucifer has a lot of control over himself, but you do look pretty tasty," As answered, leaning forward and smiling, as if it was a complement.