Chapter 23 - 22

5:23 PM

same day

London, St James park

the children played by grand fountains as adults cuddled in the grass, ducks gracefully swim across the surface of the glistening lake as they were generously fed bread of pedestrians who cared to adore such small innocent creatures but even such creatures are terrifying. for example, male ducks during their mating season will mate with a female duck by force, she will have to go through the torment and brutality of this, in fact, sometimes a female will lose their lives if not their eyes or feathers but past this, in an isolated bench in the grand park sat an angel and a demon.

"so what can we do about her, we can't tell her what she is or that we are two interstellar beings from heaven and hell" "we actually might be able to if you think about it" "oh god Crocell, im trying to protect the child not throw her into flames, we cant possibly tell the poor dear" "and how poor is she?" the demon groaned, Raguel slapped his arm "she is the daughter of satan Crocell, living in the human world, she could feel like an outsider or even worse, a god, telling her could lead to two different and dangerous paths" "oh boy here we go" the demon miracle himself a bottle of whiskey to hopefully get him through his lesson on 'human phycology' " since Roxanne was raised in the human world, her mind works just like a human which means if she was to ever find out about being the daughter of the devil, it will either be a good thing for her or a bad thing, based on what I have seen in humans, when a person has found out they are more than everyone else, they will work hard to be the hero the world needs, a leader, a thrid eye to everyone like a superhero, something awful happens to them and then they pledge to only use their powers for good but then their are villains, when a person finds out that they are more than everyone, they will use their powers to control the world, harm others and even hurt them selves so either Roxanne will choose to be good and help others, or she will become like her father and hurt others or she will harm herself "

"*hic* got it, don't tell *hic* kid about being born the *hic*-" "oh god Crocell your drunk, sober up a bit at least" "fine," he said drunkenly before having his drink magically go back into the bottle "okay so from what you told me, dont tell her anything" "exactly, and then we will just shape her into becoming a normal human" "can we do that?" "of course we can, a demon and an angel both working together, it will be perfect, before her birthday she will be normal" just then, their watches began to buzz at the same time "time to go to quarters huh?" asked the demon "I'm afraid so, good luck," the angel said before disappearing.

Crocell made it to hell just in time before Alex could go toward the large door which satan was behind "hey Alex, i need to talk to you" "uh sure, what it is" "look, me and angel are going to work on Roxanne-" Alex slapped his mouth shut, his eyes wandered around the various demons who stared at them, Alex made a low growl at them, they all turned away with nothing more "not so loud, wait till im done with this meeting, we will talk more later", he said as he released Crocell and walked toward the large wooden doors once again "HAIL SATAN!" shouted the guards who stood watch for the doors "hail satan" Alex said meekly "I'm for another meeting" "we know" the guards then continued to open the doors for the demon who entered willingly.

Satan sat in a large velvet chair in the for of a human this time, his finest bottle of champagne sat in front of him along with two large glasses "oh Alex, come in and take a seat" before Alex could decline, the doors were slammed shut behind him so he cautiously made his way next to his master "yes sir" he said with his chest puffed out "come on, sit down, today we are just going to chat, you know, take a day off" he said grabbing Alex's wrist and forcing him down into the seat which was surprisingly comfortable, the devil popped the bottle and poured him and Alex a glass "ice?" question the demon before having a bucket of ice come out o thin air "yes please, thank you sir" said Alex, he was handed his drink before satan slammed into his chair, the two sat quietly and drank their champagne "you know Alex, well I should use your real name. you know morselak, I appreciate you looking after Roxanne for me, I know she can be a pest-" "not at all sir, she is actually quiet the understanding person and calm in some of the most difficult situations" " I know morselak, which is why I brought you here, I see how you two work together, how you look at each other, its obvious" Alex crooked his brow "where are you getting at this sir?" he growled, the devil scoffed, he took another sip of his beverage then placed the glass on the table, he then grabbed Alex by his throat and threw him on top of the table "you do anything to her, or even tell her anything, I will break your neck" his grip on Alex tightened "you are nothing more than her servant, soon the hell hound will rise and take your place as her 'best friend', once she rises to meet the four horsemen of chaos, the five of them shall bid the humans good bye and thus war will rain between heaven and hell, we will, of course, be victiourus, my daughter shall then take over the world and what ever humans are left, she will make me a proud father, imagine her ontop of a throne of bones with her dog close at her side as she waves her hand in the air to give her people are shall I say demons control of the upper ground to kill every last human alive!!" he cackled, Alex laid there, in pain and in disbelief "so your sedning her a hell hound?!, SIr do you realize how dangerous they are" The devil glared down at him "of course i know, that is why they are the most loyal creatures in all of hell, I will send my daugter one for her protection and for you replacement but one last thing, before I let you breath again morselak" Alex looked helplessly at his master, satan leaned down to his ear "she will never see you again once the hounds arrives, she will forget about you...and throw you away" he whispered before letting Alex go, Alex scurried up and dashed toward the door like a scared puppy, the devil watched him run out of the room and grinned "for a child of mine, she needs to have better taste in men" he then picked up the bottle of champagne and threw it at the wall.

Alex walked through the halls to the escalators before he was met by Crocell who had asked him to have dinner with him at the nearby human restaurant "but it's been years since I have used my human form" "oh come on lad, it can't be that bad" "no it's just that it been a while since I have actually wanted to do it, Roxanne never really liked it so I just kinda lost touch" "can you just do it one more time, for me old friend, please" "fine" growled the demon "I will meet you at your house around 8 PM" the two then walked upon the escalator to the human realm.

Roxanne was walking to mason's house with her backpack full of brownies, she knew they were his favorite and she wanted to make sure he was okay, his mother greeted her with the occasional hello and "its so nice to see you" before she was able to go to his room, she knocked on the door but felt as if there was someone watching her, it was strange but she did her best to ignore it. Mason let her in "hey Roxy, sorry I haven't been at school lately, I know you need me to keep tabs on certain people but I just can't do it this week" "hey bud, it's alright, in fact I got you a little something to make you feel better" she said as she opened her backpack "you shouldn't have said mason, adored by all of the brownies "yup, I got your favorite" she then dumped the contents out onto his bed, he smiled at her "thanks Roxy" he said before pulling a box from under his bed "the fat guy snack box" Roxanne asked "yup, you never know when your gonna get hungry so its best to keep one of these around" they laughed "I also got some of your assignments from yesterday, I couldn't get today because I was out with my mom getting groceries" "hey, we all need food, even the slimmest of us" "you calling me fat?" "if the cholesterol fits" "why you" she then proceeded to throw a pillow at him, he caught it and threw it back at her "I DECLARE A PILLOW WAR MY GOOD MAN!!" shouted Roxanne in a British tone "WAR HAS BEEN ACCEPTED!!!" shouted Mason in a red neck accent before pillows began to fly, their afternoon consisted of flying pillows and feathered clothes, the two simply acted like children until 7 that night.

8:00 PM

chantair de Cristo

"so how was your meeting with the boss, I guess it went well" Crocell took a large gulp of his red wine as Alex ate some of the breadsticks, his human form was out and most of the women couldn't help but stare longingly at his strong facial features "well it was actually terrifying" "why, what happened?" "well when I had entered his office, he told me to sit down and have a drink with him, I thought it was unnerving from the beginning but then he went on about-" "sounds like you had a rough day, sorry to interrupt" "no no, its okay I'm used to it" he said with a shrug "so anyway, me and angel are thinking about how we're going to have personal access with her, any ideas" "well I mean you could apply for being a school counselor and then talk to her from there" Crocell looked at him confounded "I never thought of that" "that's sad, even for you Crocell" Alex chuckled before taking another drink of his wine before the dread of him and satans encounter interrupted "what's the wrong lad, something in the wine" "no it's just me, thinking about what the master said" "you know there is something that being a demon has taught me" "what?" "you don't take shit from no one" "but-" "buts are for shitting, no for eating shit, that would be gross" just then their food had come out, Alex got pasta with an enormous meatball in the middle while Crocell got a chocolate crepe "I know that I said the meatballs were huge but this is just ridiculous" "that's why I ordered the crepe, they're me and Raguels's favorite" "man you sure do talk about Raguel~ a lot don't you" Alex said with a wicked smirk "and what do you mean by that?" snarled Crocell "nothin, just statin obvious"...