Chapter Two
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Chapter Two
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From the way the two acted towards each other, it was easy to assume they were siblings but Mikaela was confused by why one was a demon and the other an angel.
Mikaela asked Elizabeth, “What’s the deal with the two of you?”
The angel informed him of their tale, “Long ago before this planet, even before the gods themselves, there was chaos. From that chaos came a Light. The Light was a being simply known as The Primordial. The Primordial knew that if the universe it envisioned were to exist it needed to spawn offspring.” The angel paused.
The demon continued, “He tore himself apart to produce his offspring, from his heart came the god Ajax, from his Brain the goddess Melia, and from his eyes the god Aiolos. These gods controlled the primal forces of the universe. Ajax controlled Earth, Melia controlled Water, and Aiolos controlled Air. Together they created our world which they named Pandora. The gods Ajax and Melia had a child who they named Thanatos. While Ajax, Melia, & Thanatos were off being happy. Aiolos was alone.” He said.
Then the two started talking in unison, which was obviously creepy.
“Eventually his sorrow that stemmed from his despair turned into wrath. He abandoned his family to go on his own. He eventually found an unholy site known as the Underdeath. The fiendish energy from this location warped his body turning him into a demonic recreation of his former self, bent on destroying his family. Fueled by his rage, he continued to rampage until he came across a young man. This young man was named Ezra and was the target of Thanatos’ affections. Ezra knew that if he didn’t act fast he would be killed.” The demon stopped and started eating the candy that was brought to the table. The angel glared at the server, but said nothing, opting to face-palm, and continue the story.
“Anyway, Ezra sold his soul to Thanatos in exchange for saving him. Thanatos managed to banish his uncle back to the Underdeath. Because Ezra sold his soul to Thanatos, he became Thanatos’s favorite servant. Eventually, Ezra started to return Thanatos’ feelings and after many millenniums they had two children whom they named Damian and Elizabeth.“
“When we were born, we were both angels but eventually he met a demon, this demon perverted his morals when it came to the truth, justice, and beauty. Eventually, he started to rebel and was cast down from heaven. Then he became the demon lord of the thirteenth layer. He, unlike Aiolos, bears no ill will towards our family.” she paused, gesturing to Damian to continue.
“That is why I am treated well among celestial’s and horribly among my own people." Damian finished the story with a tone of sadness unusual for him.
“Wait, if they were male then how did they have kids?” Mikaela asked.
“Don’t try to explain gods,” said a girl who hadn’t spoken up until then. She’s magic with her wand and spellbook, “Hi, I’m Karen,” she introduced herself.
“Pleasure to make your acquaintance,” Mikaela responded.
Mikaela then asked with a hint of superiority, “So, why is everyone here, gathered at this inn?”
The lich snapped back, “You know why we are here. You called this meeting.”
Mikaela responded angrily, “No, I did not. I don't know why you may think that but you are clearly mistaken.”
“Sorry,” the lich apologized, “Different meeting.”
She refused to clarify.
Goliath replied, “Lunch.”
“I thought we were just going to gossip like usual.” said the Necronomicon, who up until that moment had been making dirty jokes.
“Well, anyway who called us here if you haven’t? No one else ever calls a meeting.” asked the Necronomicon with more than just a hint of dryness in her voice.
“I did,” said the larger of the two demons.
The demon was tall, easily as tall as the Goliath, with dirty blonde hair and brown eyes. Just his mere presence made both of the brothers blush. He was attractive even by the rigid elven beauty standards they were raised with.
“Of course you did,” said Damian with a slightly mocking tone, “But why did you?”
The lich suddenly spoke up and answered for the larger demon, “He called it because of all the Chaos in the Underdeath. While you were busy chasing after all the men on earth he was being slightly more productive.”
Damian replied, “Girl, chill. You need to get a hobby.”
The lich looked confused, “I have one. It’s looking into the future and knowing everyone's personal business, so I can use it as blackmail.”
“You just got ten times more creepy,” Damian responded, obviously going through all the things he had done that she could know about and use against him. He shuddered.
“Thank you.” The lich said with a nod and then stood in the back of the room, watching everyone with her ominous, glowing blue eyes intently.
Mikaela was very confused because of all the arguments but asked, “Why are we supposed to help you? You’ve not done anything to make us want to help.”
The larger demon yelled, “Because if you don’t I will personally kill each and every last one of you.”
Everyone jumped back at that comment. Except for the lich, she just laughed.
“You could try,” She said with a smirk and he blushed, “However, I could. Easily. So I suggest you do as he says.”
Damian shoved the lich away angrily as the larger demon started talking again.
“S'éloigner de lui” he growled at her, with a murderous but lovestruck look in his eyes. The lich raised an eyebrow at him but said nothing.
From the background, the elf yelled, “That’s gay.”
The Goliath responded, “Like your mom.”
“Well anyway, I need your help because as a Demon Lord I personally can’t attend too. You will need to eliminate the king of the dark elves.”
When Mikaela heard the demons last words he burst into tears. He would have to kill his father. He looked over to Cain. Mikaela did not see his brother’s emotions change at the words of the demon. Mikaela wiped his eyes with the front of his tunic, trying to be strong like his brother.
“Why are you crying, Mikaela? Your dad killed your mom. The only reason you are here and not there about to be slaughtered by me is that you thought he would kill you too, when he realized Cain was gone.” The lich said uninterested making Mikaela stare at her in shock.
“H-how…” Mikaela started but stopped when he saw her shaking her head disapprovingly.
Damian whispered in his ear mockingly, “Oh no, you have to kill your own father, whatever will you do~?” The angel slapped him when she heard the comment. “Owie~ That hurt,” he complained.
She apologized for him, “Sorry, he always feels the need to sow discord.”
Damian spoke to the larger demon, “If you can’t directly interfere Asher, then how can we?” he pointed to himself and Elizabeth.
Asher responded, “You can’t, but you can aid them at least.”
Damian asked, “Why should we help you help them. You are just as able to help them as we are.”
Asher responded, “I am too busy to meddle in such matters,” The lich snorted at this, but didn’t say anything. Asher frowned, then continued. “Besides I’ll let you have your greatest desire.” When he heard the last word Damian immediately blushed and impulsively responded without checking with Elizabeth.
“We'll do it!!” He said, and Elizabeth smacked him with her shoe on the back of the head. She glared at him.
“What have we said about answering questions regarding both of us without checking with me first? You know you can be impulsive.”
Damian whimpered, “Ow, stop hitting me with your shoe.” Elizabeth turned to Asher.
“We’ll do it.” She told him.