lilith didn't have a good sleep. if she was in france she'd clock herself for sleeping late, but last night was a nightmare
no, it couldn't have been a nightmare because it was definitely real
what happened last night anyway? oh right, the intruders. then what happened next? the initiation
her worst fear, worst nightmare, and worst enemy
the devil
"devil?" she whispers, realizing that she couldn't hear or feel them. it was a nightmare, it was just a nightmare, so why could she hear the devil?
"d-devil?" she repeats, but louder. she struggles out of bed and rushes to her vanity table, she was wearing only her bralette and jeans, both clothing materials drenched in blood
she stares at herself in the mirror and sees that her brown eyes were now blood red, similar to what she looked like when she became the devil. her hair was extremely messy, and just like the rest of her body, was bloody
"devil? t-this isn't funny!" she exclaims, clutching the sides of her vanity table "devil!" she yells out
"devil! please no... this can't be happening. last night never happened! where are you?!" lilith was going insane every second she couldn't feel the devil, she couldn't even sense their presence
they've stayed with each other for years, and as much as lilith likes to say how much she hates the devil, or wishes that they'd stay away from her, they've become a part of her and now lilith can't find a reason to be calm now that they are separated
"i'm sorry!" she whispers, falling on her carpet weakly, no tears. and she felt horrible for not mourning the loss of a dear friend
"i'm getting a drink" lilith mutters to herself, as she stands up and walks out of her room. but then she stops, suddenly realizing that her siblings might notice the blood making an ombre affect on her hair and clothes
"bathroom first i guess"
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as soon as lilith reached the bathroom and locked the door behind her, she takes one look at herself in the mirror and realized she looked horrible
since when had she ever felt embarrassed to be herself? she was lilith hargreeves, a multi millionaire fashion designer. the devil
she hurriedly opens the bathroom drawer and takes out a pair of scissors and glances at it before staring at her reflection
how the hell was she able to go on with her hair basically suffocating her? since when has her hair ever suffocated her to begin with?
"i never knew that i hated it like this" she whispers, before snipping a strand of her hair, she watches it slowly fall down the floor. lilith smiles a little "well, until now of course"
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lilith would be lying if she said she wasn't worried for klaus. she hadn't seen him since last night's invasion and eve since last night's initiation, she really needed a hug from her favorite pansexual druggie
besides, when she was forced to watch an old memory of ben's death, she wondered if klaus had been keeping a secret, a secret that could be the key to lilith getting the closure she had been needing for a while
so there she was, standing in front of klaus' room. she was nervous of course, if klaus could indeed see ben, what should she ask him first?
so much catching up to do and so many words to say
she knocks gently on klaus' door and waits silently for him. she stands there for a while before getting impatient and entering his room
"klaus?" she calls out as she enters the room, but she is only met with both silence and a messy room. she could've sworn mom had cleaned everything, but then again with klaus back he might've just messed his room up again
but oddly enough, his room was a little too messy for her liking
"maybe he went out?" she asks herself, before she walks out of the room, deciding to check back later
lilith walks through the the academy's hall in silence and the chronic feeling of emptiness eating her inside, without the devil to talk to lilith just felt like nothing. but she had to move on from last night's events, because one night wasn't forever
as lilith walks through the hallways, she hears a quiet rumble from five's room which was about three rooms away, had her senses evolved since the initiation? lilith decided that that she was more curious about the rumbling in five's room, she needed to ask her older/younger brother some questions about his whereabouts on the night of the invasion
but before she could take any step further, she sees diego enter five's room looking tense. lilith being the curious devil she was, decided to slip herself into the situation
she leans on five's doorway beside diego and sees that pogo was sitting on five's bed and luther was rummaging through five's things
"a little bit too early for snooping, isn't it luther?" lilith asks, all eyes land on her and luther surprisingly doesn't snap back "lilith" he simply answers standing up
"did you cut your hair?" diego asks, observing her now short wavy hair, his tone seemed to be confused and she couldn't blame him, it has been a day since the intruders and lilith just decides to cut her hair all of the sudden
her reason for doing so wasn't at all reasonable. she didn't know how to explain that her hair was suffocating her
lilith hums as confirmation and turns back to luther "anyway, what are you doing?" she asks, luther only gives her a sad look, but upon glancing at diego his sad expression turns to stoic in an instant "wanna tell me what you're doing here?"
diego doesn't meet luther's eyes as he says "looking for five"
luther simply scoffs as he returns to rummaging through five's drawers "let me guess, you're gonna save the day" "it's what i do" diego replies before childishly continuing with "asshole"
"really? last i checked, you mopped floors" luther says without looking at diego. lilith stands there awkwardly between the two, unsure if she should intervene or not
"and what do you do?" diego challenges, at that luther finally looks him in the eye. lilith leans straighter against the doorway, now more interested in the conversation than she had been earlier
"sit. on the moon for four years, waiting for orders?"
"boys, this won't help us find five" pogo says, and lilith nods in agreement, but still doesn't do anything in an attempt to stop them, more curious on what was going to happen next
"keep on being a loyal soldier after everything out father did to you"
"what? you mean save my life?"
"no, i mean..." diego trails off, and lilith coughs awkwardly as she watches luther and diego approach each other dangerously
"turn you into a monster"
lilith jumps in shock as luther delivers a powerful punch to the wardrobe next to diego, leaving behind a huge hole. this doesn't faze diego though, who only chuckles at luther's action, seemingly amused that he got the reaction he wanted from him
"can't hide it anymore, champ" lilith notices that luther was getting angrier and angrier by the second, so she swoops in between them before anything else happened
lilith groans and pushes the two of them away from each other "you two are grown ass men, and yet you're making me feel like a baby sitter teaching kids how to share more than a beat cop trying to stop a bar fight" her brothers give her a look mixed with hurt and anger at the statement, but luther was still angry
"he had a difficult decision to make, and he made it" luther spat, but liltih shakes her head at his statement "luther, we aren't thirteen anymore. it's about time you grew up"
she didn't need to look at diego to know that she took the words right out of hid mouth, and she didn't need telepathy to know that luther was still pissed
luther glares at her "that's what leaders do, by the way" "he sent you on that mission, all alone. almost got you killed" lilith groans and shakes her head, realizing that the chances of these two ever being mature and growing a pair were as good as dead
"yeah, well at least he was there" luther spat and judging from his tone the statement was not only directed at diego but at lilith as well
"where were you? where were the both of you?" lilith opend her mouth to say something but no words came out. she shuts it close and continues to listen to luther vent "you and everyone else in this family?"
"you walked out" lilith scoffs and chuckles at luther's words "and thank christ that i did" diego replies for her
"or i would have ended up just like you" ok well half for her, that one was all diego
"let me ask you a question. when you watch one of these nature shows...does it turn you on?" diego mocks
lilith waits for the devil to make some sort of sarcastic reply until she remembers last night
so instead she glares at diego and smacks his chest "ok wow, real mature diego!" she exclaims
"so what? is he just an animal to you too now diego?" luther asks, pointing at pogo, diego tenses and glares at luther alongside lilith who stared at him with her jaw dropped "luther!"
"enough!" pogo exclaims standing up from five's bed to scold the two "this house was attacked, we barely got out with our lives. and grace..." as pogo trails off, lilith looks at him strangely
"what? what about mom?" she asks, and she could feel both of her brothers watching her carefully in pity. but lilith wasn't one for pity
pogo gives her a sad look and shakes his head. lilith lets out a shaky breath but manages to look calm and collected, she shakes her head "shit" she mutters
"your brother is missing" pogo continues, making lilith look back at him "and this is how you rise to the occasion?"
even though pogo's words need not apply to her, she felt guilty in some sort of way as he said that "take your nonsense elsewhere. now!" pogo orders, his authoritative tone taking over
luther and diego whisper quick apologies to pogo as they walk out of five's room. lilith nods at pogo who smiles at her gently before she follows her two brothers out the room
"well that went well" lilith mutters, but she doesn't get a reply from any of her brothers "so what do we do next?" she asks, luther and diego stop to look at her
"we?" they both ask at the same time, lilith nods her head and crosses her arms "yes. i'm going with you guys whether you like it or not, i need answers too"
"lilith, we can go by ourselves. we got this" luther says, and to lilith's surprise diego grunts in agreement. she smirks "we have a missing brother, a dead mother and roughed up house. it'll keep getting worse with the two of you teaming up without adult supervision"
diego shoots her a glare "what's that supposed to mean?"
"i'll rephrase; knowing that the both of you will be more focused on one upping each other than actually making any sort of progress with finding our brother, i'm coming with you to make sure you two won't be butting heads every few seconds" she states, giving the two of them a very challenging look
luther and diego glance at each other and nod, lilith smiles knowing exactly what that meant "let's go!" she squeals in excitement before running downstairs
SORRY FOR THE SHORT CHAPTER BUT I'VE BEEN REALLY BUSY BC WE HAD HOLY WEEK AND THE AMOUNT OF IRONY WAS SO PAINFUL
YOU KNOW, CAUSE I'M WRITING A STORY ABOUT THE DEVIL WHEN I'M CATHOLIC
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