The P.O.E. & a Gateway in the Basement

Chapter Nine

Balthazar sits upon his chair gazing into the closet that holds his small orb which contains all the souls that he has collected from all of the people that he has killed recently.

"Forgive me for bothering you, master. But I have untidiness to inform you of." The class-B demon fears for his life. His master displeases unfortunate news.

"If it's about the destruction at the United States eastern headquarters of the Protectors of Earth... don't even open your mouth. I'm disgraced by how many minions I lost and they did nothing to further my objectives." Balthazar slams the closet door shut and sits back into his chair, now gazing into this puny messenger that stands before him.

"It's worse than you can imagine, master. An agent that works for the Protectors of Earth has infiltrated the library. Legion & Lilith demand your audience immediately."

"That is just what I don't need right now is to be blamed for something that clearly isn't my fault. But either way I order you and it doesn't matter what you have to do or who you have to kill! I want those books back! If you don't get them back I will cause you more horror than Lucifer will put onto me if those books aren't put back before too long. Trust me it's on everybody's best interest if you get this one job done." A doorway appears in the middle of the wall. They all exit through the door and then once it's closed it disappears.

"It shall be done, master." Another door appears on the opposite wall of where they just came out of. Balthazar gets greeted by a couple of master demons standing guard.

"Is Legion or Lilith inside?" It figures that upper management gets powerful master demons to guard them. But what does he get... class-B demons & zombies. They could not stop anybody if they wanted to. If a skilled intruder enters into his personal Hell undetected, they would easily get through his hired help and take him out of existence.

"Yes and they are waiting for you." The two guards step aside so Balthazar can enter the doorway. Once inside the room he sees Legion & Lilith sitting comfortably upon their seats in the middle of the room and both of their chairs are set on either side of a much larger chair than sits in the middle.

"Welcome Balthazar. I have uncomfortable things to discuss with you." Legion begins.

"I heard from one of my class-B demons that a field agent made it out of our library with three books that he should not have." Balthazar quickly comments. He gazes into Lilith's gorgeous blue eyes. Every master demon wants to take Lilith away from Lucifer. But her priorities remain with her creator.

"Yes he did. Now I want you to do whatever you have to do to retrieve those three books before they translate them and figure out a way to use them against us."

"Do I have your authority to use any resources I can to accomplish this mission?"

"Just about... there are certain things that Lucifer doesn't allow me to use. Our livelihood is depending on those three books and its recovery. If you fail this mission we will do whatever it takes to make your eternity a living Hell." Legion finishes with Balthazar. He grabs Lilith's hand with his own; raises them both up into the air and the door that Balthazar entered is now visible.

"Yes master. I will do whatever I must to make sure that this mission is accomplished." Balthazar exits the door with a new plan. It does not matter who he has to kill. Just as long as he brings the three books back and places them in their correct position on the shelves. He will have to get back to his other plan some other time.

Rebecca enters the headmaster's office where he is sitting behind his desk waiting for her.

"Rebecca it is so nice for me to see you this morning. I hear that Nick has found something very important to our cause."