Beautiful Monster

Hunt For The Spy

Evelyn turned and now took in Leviathan’s appearance. She was wearing a short once beautiful dress that Evelyn assumed was previously green but now was so drenched in blood that its color was almost indistinguishable except for a few dry spots. The sword she carried was drenched in blood, just like Asmodeus, and there was blood splattered along her arms and on her face.

“I was on my way here when I ran into some trouble that I had to take care of.” Leviathan said.

“That doesn’t quite tell me how you got so bloody.” Asmodeus said.

“I took care of the trouble by ripping their heads off.” She said, shrugging.

“Ahh that explains it.” Asmodeus said. “How much trouble did you run into?”

“Not much, about twenty or so. I believe they had already sent their main force here, and they also weren’t expecting us to be so prepared so they lost a lot of men just penetrating our defenses.” Leviathan said.

“But penetrate them they did.” Asmodeus said, running a hand through his hair. “Let’s go find the other.” He told Leviathan.

“They’re probably in the meeting room.” Leviathan said.

Asmodeus nodded and then walked over and picked up Evelyn. “We don’t have time to waste.” He told her, using his free hand to press her against his body.

Evelyn nodded. “Okay.” She said.

Just as Asmodeus and Leviathan were about to move they heard the sound of lots of people running in towards them. Evelyn felt Asmodeus’s whole tense as they came closer.

“They’re ours.” Leviathan said, still facing the direction that the sounds of running were coming from. Asmodeus relaxed.

As the sounds of running feet reached a crescendo a group of men came around the corner running at full speed. When they first caught a glimpse of Asmodeus and Leviathan they came to a stop and brought up their swords, but once they realized who it was they were looking at they lowered them.

“Lucifer sent us.” One of the men told them.

Asmodeus nodded. “Proceed.” He told them as he and Leviathan started to walk around the group. As they got halfway past the crowd Asmodeus paused. “Kill them all.” Hr ordered and then resumed walking.

The men all nodded and ran into the ballroom. When the last man had disappeared into the ballroom Asmodeus and Leviathan moved at an impossible speed, they moved so fast that the walls started to blur before Evelyn’s eyes until they didn’t and Asmodeus and Leviathan came to a dead stop before the meeting room doors where yells could be heard along with the sound of breaking furniture.

Asmodeus put Evelyn down and then, after a moment of just staring at the door, they walked through the doors to the sight of at least fifty soldiers cowering in the face of Satan and Lucifer’s anger.

“How dare they.” Satan said, pacing the floor in front of a long wooden table and steeping over wooden splinters of things that had endured hits fits of rage, with Lucifer, who to Evelyn may have been more terrifying of the two, at his side.

Lucifer wasn’t pacing, instead he was standing perfectly still, with the most finely honed rage burning in his eyes, rage so pure it dyed the air crimson. Evelyn moved closer into Asmodeus’s side and he put an arm around her and he gave her a reassuring squeeze on the shoulder.

Satan continued to pace when Lucifer leaned forward, placing his hand on the table, and staring at the soldiers, who shifted uncomfortably under the intensity of his gaze.

“Find me that spy.” He told them softly. “I don’t care what you have to do to find him, just do it and bring him to me.”

Satan’s face contorted in anger. “That fucking spy.” He snarled, hitting the table and sending it flying into the wall, it broke apart into small pieces on impact. “Go find him now.” He told the soldiers who were all too happy to leave and literary tripped over themselves in their hurry to escape their presence.

“Now what are we going to do?” Beelzebub asked Satan and Lucifer from over in the corner of the room.

“What else, kill every damn rebel who had the audacity to infiltrate our halls.” Satan said, picking up a sword that was buried under all the wooden debris and walking out of the room, but not before destroying the room doors that were in his path.

“And I would suggest you all do the same.” Lucifer told them before following Satan out of the room.

“Now what do we do?” Evelyn asked softly.

“Now we go get you your weapon and then get you to a safe place.” Asmodeus said.

“And where would that be?” Evelyn asked.

Asmodeus sighed. “I haven’t the faintest idea.” He told her.