After staring into each other's eyes for what seemed like an eternity, Cinder finally spoke.
"Cinder."
Cinder couldn't understand why he indulged in this weird conversation; this feeling was overwhelming him.
With infatuation in her eyes, Victoria responded.
"What a beautiful name."Moving her pale hand to Cinder's cheek.
"I don't know why I feel this deep longing for you, but I don't mind this feeling."
Cinder's emotions were about to burst from the seams; his hand shakily but steadily moved to cusp Victoria's cheek. Cinder was no longer in control of himself anymore; this feeling was driving his actions now. With his mind in disarray, Cinder failed to notice Lucifer walking over with a strange but familiar look in his red eyes, bloodlust.
Cinder's mind was plunged into chaos, not understanding why his emotions had such a hold on him. What happened to him? Wasn't he only after power, to save his little brother? If so, what the hell was he doing getting caught up in the moment with some girl he's never met before? Why was his heart racing in anticipation like never before? Why, why, why, Cinder kept asking himself, knowing he wouldn't get any type of answer.
Now with their right hand on each other's cheek, Victoria started to get slowly closer to Cinder, mere inches away from touching lips, that was until a swift punch came at them from behind Cinder.
Not being able to react in time, Cinder and Victoria both were sent flying across the room before rolling with each other in their arms, coming to a complete stop. After helping each other up like old friends, Cinder quickly assessed the situation, not noticing that he was still holding hands with Victoria unconsciously.
After punching Cinder and Victoria away, Lucifer started walking over to Alina.
***
"So it's true, Lucifer is a failure." Said Chris with disappointment within his eyes.
"Yes, ever since we administered the second dosage of divine, Lucifer's already degrading intellect took a turn for the worse." Natalie said while watching Lucifer rampaging.
"If you knew Lucifer was already in such a state, why bring him to our facility?" Asked Nick with curiosity written across his covered face.
"Hope? I guess this was my last option to salvage the situation, but alas, this was also a failure in the end. At least Lucifer can help further develop Adam, Eve, and Lilith, so in the end, he wasn't a complete waste." Natalie's gazed at the once goofy happy-go-lucky boy she tortured with experiments. She would never see that hopeful smile again, a tear ran down her cheek, but this tear went unnoticed by the others.
***
Unable to dodge in time, Alina was hurled across the room. Witnessing this, Cinder did everything he could to regain control of his emotional body.
'I can help for a price hehehehe.'
The voice finally appeared again after so long, maybe because the voice didn't need to intervene anymore; it saw no reason to communicate until now, at least.
'Name it; I can't move my body.'
'Oh, don't worry, I already took my payment since I knew you would say yes, hehehehehe.'
After some more diabolical laughter, Cinder's eyes started to glow blood red once more with hunger, hatred, and endless bloodlust. Now free from those useless emotions, Cinder teleported across the room; at least, it seemed that way to others.
Reappearing behind Lucifer, Cinder tried to do his old but trusty move, aka putting his hand through his opponent's chest cavity, only to be thwarted by a backward kick from Lucifer. Quickly dodging and backing away, Cinder started chuckling with amusement riddled within his eyes.
"Oh, so this one still has some intelligence." Cinder went in again with a sinister smile, only this time he wasn't alone. Both Alina and Victoria with similar expressions as Cinder joined in as well.
This should be a piece of cake with the three of them, but reality did not live up to expectations. Lucifer screamed and squirmed; his body started changing before their eyes, from a 6.6-foot young man to a 9-foot abomination with horns and wings like the devil.
***
"Well, this is unexpected." Chris said with some amusement.
"Yes, very unexpected; it would seem the demon blood has wholly taken over now, but this won't last long." Natalie said with a tinge of sadness within her voice.
"It would seem Lucifer's body is destroying itself at an even faster rate than before." Nick said while readjusting his white mask.
***
"Huh, so demons do exist." Cinder, Alina, and Victoria said in unison before looking at each other with grins on their faces.
Refocusing on their opponent, Alina and Victoria went for the demon's legs while Cinder went for the head, almost as if they could communicate without the need for sounds.
Kicking the monster's knee caps and bringing the beast to its knees, Cinder followed up with a nice kick to the monster's head, which forced the beast to face plant on the floor. All three of them quickly went for the demon's neck and swiftly severed his head from its body.
Luckily they killed Lucifer before the transformation could finish; otherwise, they wouldn't know the outcome. Demons were to be feared if books and stories served them right.
Gaining control over their bodies once again, Cinder, Victoria, and Alina all sat down to gather their thoughts.
The first to speak was Alina. "So, what was wrong with him?"
"I don't know, I only met troy once before today, and if memory serves me well, that was four years ago." Victoria said with little to no emotion in her voice.
Detecting no deceit within her voice, Alina dropped the subject.
"Oh, I forgot to introduce myself; my name is Alina."
"Nice to meet you, Alina." Victoria said with a smile.
"Likewise." Alina said, returning a smile.
Feeling the repulsion feeling subsiding, Alina grew more curious about Victoria; unlike Cinder, at least she would talk with her.
"How long have you been a test subject?" Alina asked with curiosity in her voice.
*****
Bonus Chapters
25 power stones = 1 Bonus Chapter
50 power stones = 2 Bonus Chapters
100 power stones = 4 Bonus Chapters
Hope you enjoyed it.
From your author RogueErebus.