The Bad Seed

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When Lucifer was cast out of Paradise, he made his prison into his own kingdom.

Just as his Father created him, he created some of his own. These creations came to be demons. Among the first he created were the seven deadly sins; Pride, Sloth, Greed, Gluttony, Wrath, Envy, and Lust. They are the 7 Princes of Hell and are so called because they are the root from which all other sins stem from. They are the representations, of everything Lucifer felt when dear old daddy threw him away after he told Him that humans, His favorite of all His creations, are imperfect and vulnerable to a fault.

The seven found satisfaction in collecting and punishing the souls of humans who committed the very sins they are respectively named after. The souls would be punished for years equivalent to the weight of their sins before they are turned to lower demons. However, the seven and every demon in existence are just as trapped in the underworld as Lucifer is.

Centuries passed. And like Lucifer had predicted, humans abused the free will his Father had given them. In their greed and search for something greater than them, they accidentally opened one of hell's gates.

"Come on!" Jinyoung said with a sarcastic smirk, throwing his hands up as he looked back at the bouncer. "We didn't even start the fight!" He dusted off his jacket as he and his friends regained their stance after being thrown out of the club. They can just go find a new place to be. The night was still young anyway.

Beside him, he heard Jaebeom groan. "Ugh! Bam, is that you? Man, what the hell did you eat?" Slightly drunk, save for Youngjae, the night's designated driver, they searched for their SUV in the poorly lit parking area of the club they were just in.

"Maybe this is why you're single." The only sober man of the group teased. "You should really consider not farting around your partner until after marriage. Or maybe never with this stink you're packing."

"What the hell, that wasn't me!" The man in question exclaimed.

Yugyeom then chimed in the teasing. "Hey, no shame. We all know your gut acts up when you get stressed." Everyone else was just laughing until they heard a sound.

At first they didn't mind it. But then they heard it again, this time sounding much closer. Senses now more alert, they looked around in search of the source of the clanking they just heard. But it was too dark.

It was Jackson who broke from their group. He was looking down at the ground where black smoke seems to be pooling around them, hiding their feet. His friends followed suit and saw the same thing he did.

"What the hell is this?" Mark said. The smoke kept surrounding them. It swirled up, seeming to grow thicker as it did. By now all seven of them realized this is where the stench is coming from. Frozen in place and panicked, the darkness swallowed all of them.

Present Day

"So let me get this straight... You said you'd bring her back home so when you bring up the idea of letting her stay with you she would be more inclined to agree?" Jackson asked, completely amused with their current topic.

Jinyoung had been MIA the last couple of nights without so much as message or a call. They found it odd. The moment he got to their usual spot, he was immediately in the hot seat.

"After centuries, you're still amazed by his wickedness?" Youngjae asked Jackson. "He's always been the most cunning out of all of us."

"What I don't get is why bother waiting? Why go through all the trouble of driving her crazy when you can so easily manipulate her into feeding you?" Genuine confusion shown on Mark's face as he asked.