Drugs

Chapter II

August, 18th 2020

Why had I been summoned here in such haste? I turned right to the other man by my side, Samael. My blood boiled as I gritted my teeth. Only Rainbow's promise had stayed my hand from wanting to slay him right here and now. Yet where was she, how long did she expect to keep me waiting here? There were four others that stood standing beside us. I had never seen them before and they like us were also in human form. However, these men, they looked too beautiful like something out of a drawing. One man was silently reading while the others stood in quiet with their gazes forward.

Low bestial growls were the only thing that broke the silence of the large dark room. They were three women that stood before us like the men they bordered upon perfection, at least that was the image they portrayed. They could not be human with those conceited smiles upon their faces. No woman would smile in this situation.

Strangely, I sensed nothing about them to tell me otherwise. It was the same as Samael, Rainbow, these men beside me and now them. Did that mean they were on the same level of power as they are?

A speck of light pierced the crack, revealing further how far this room had fallen into disrepair. It was hard to speculate how old this place actually was and where exactly it came from. They were ancient writings transcribed all up on the walls. Of different kingdoms and civilizations that didn't seem to match. Kings and historical figures seem to be out of place or rather where they shouldn't be. Napoleon era troops invading what looked like China, Nazi Germany wins world war two what looked like a horde of horsemen sweeping upon civilization and the last legible thing I saw was a man holding a heart on what appeared to be a temple up to the sky.

It seemed like a lot of what ifs?

Behind these three women, the sunlight rested upon the old throne, displaying the pronounced dust upon the air. Further was an enormous stone door it had symbols that I had seen before, the same as the key that my mother had left me, strange.

My gaze fell behind us at what only could be described as a contingent of army generals. This was like a palace from a fairy tale, but instead littered with monsters both big and small. For those looking at the sky, it might have looked like quite the spectacle to behold. It reminded me of that old child's tale about Jack and the Beanstalk but instead of climbing a tree. It was filled with these horrid, impractical stairs instead. For all of its glory, the person who had invented this place clearly did not know about elevators.

My two lieutenants all stood behind me in human form, their gazes down as they like all the other monsters knelt to the ground.

This wait, I could no longer take.

"Where is she?" I asked, my eyes falling upon the first woman.

The response was with a calm smile. "Lady Lilith is tending to the human child."

"What!?" Samuel blurted out next to me.

It would be strange to me if I had not seen it myself. She had seemed to have grown attached to Martini's child, and that bond had seemed to be even deeper now. Why and how? I did not know, but it was strange. Guilt maybe? Her? I highly doubt it, for it was a feeling, I personally no longer felt myself.

Her eyes slowly turned to Samael. "You would do well to silence yourself or we will remove you."

Strangely, Samael went silent. Was this another clue? My glance shifted between them. Knowing the sort of man he was, the only way for him to go silent could only mean that there must be a far greater difference in power here. But how much?

I was not able to gauge anything, nor could I ask those behind me to appear weak. Ash? If she was here, she would be able to tell. In the end, your pointless goal to save those people had no merit. It would have shifted them from one hell to the next, although what did become of you? It was almost as if you disappeared off the radar.