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Chapter 8 - Chapter 8: Deal Of A Soulless

Louie and Lee once again reluctantly follow Precious but keep their eyes out for anything suspicious. They keep following Precious but stop as she enters the hotel bar, they both exchange a confused and reluctant look.

Precious sits down at a empty table in the corner of the bar. A Waiter walks up to the Precious with a menu and leans down towards Precious. Precious whispers something to the Waiter who nods and quickly walks off, she patiently waits for Louie and Lee to join her.

Louie and Lee carefully enter the bar, they keep their hands close to their gun holders as they walk towards Precious, scouting the bar with their eyes. Louie and Lee stop infront of Precious's table, they stare at Precious with caution in their eyes.

Precious stares back at both Louie and Lee with a mischievous smile, she seems to be enjoying this, she says in a soothing tone "come on, you aren't gonna stand there the entire time?"

Louie and Lee keep staring a few seconds, not trusting her, they notice there is only one chair opposite to Precious.

Lee sits down at that empty chair and stares down Precious, he doesn't trust her and has his hand on his lap near his gun holder.

Louie looks around and sees an empty seat at another table right next to theirs, he grabs the empty seat and drags it across to their table next to Lee, he sits down on the chair and is a bit relaxed and calmer than Lee.

The same Waiter from earlier walks over to Precious with a cocktail, he sets the cocktail down on the table infront of her.

Precious still has her attention on Louie and Lee, she says to the Waiter "thank you."

The Waiter nods and turns to Louie and Lee, He looks at them silently with almost a judgy look.

Louie and Lee stare back at the Waiter, confused, they then realize that he's probably waiting for them to order.

Louie says to the Waiter in a calm tone "I'm fine, I won't have anything."

Lee replies right after Louie and says to the waiter "I'm alright, nothing for me."

The Waiter turns around and then walks away without saying a word.

Louie and Lee don't pay too much attention to the Waiter, they look back at Precious.

Precious gently grabs the glass of cocktail and lifts it up, she says in a calm tone "I'm a big fan of you two."

Louie and Lee get confused by her statement, they don't understand what she meant by 'fan'.

Louie frowns and asks with a confused look in his eyes "what do you mean?"

Precious takes a sip of her cocktail and stares Louie down with her seductive eyes, she says with a calm tone "you two have made quite the name for yourself. Bold of you two to go up against the angel from hell."

Lee scoffs and says in a serious tone "we know what we are doing and we are well prepared for it, but do you understand what you are doing currently and are you prepared for the consequences?"

Precious smirks at Lee's comment and sees both him and Louie stare her down with every intent of hurting her, it doesn't make her scared as she casually takes another sip of her cocktail, she says still relaxed and calm "calm down, handsome. I'm just here to present you two an offering."

Lee fake chuckles and says in a sarcastic tone "unfortunately you missed the Satanist convention. Try next year"

Precious chuckles, she says "not to the devil but to you two."

Louie scoffs and says in a mocking tone "what can you even offer us?"

Precious takes another sip of her cocktail and lifts her other hand to reveal her holding the watches with only 7 hours that Louie and Lee were wearing but lost it in between their battles against demons. Those watches are special.

Louie and Lee's eyes widen in shock.

Lee, shocked, he demands in an aggressive tone "where did you find those?"

Louie, shocked, he remains quiet, he begins to grow more cautious of Precious.

Precious smiles, she says in a teasing way "I have my ways and I know my people."

she puts the watches down on the table and slides them to Louie and Lee.

Their each respective watch stop infront of Louie and Lee, it's like the watches recognized their owners.

Precious takes a sip then sets her drink down on the table, she says with a smile on her face "now, was my offering accepted?"

Louie and Lee pick up their watch, accepting the 'offering', they wear their watches and feel complete.

Lee is a bit startled by what had happened, confused, he asks "you snitched us out to the demons and now you are giving us an 'offering', why?"

Precious smiles and says "sorry about that, I had to get you to come here somehow, to give you back what's rightfully yours."

Louie scoffs and says with a serious tone "by putting demons on us?"

Precious still has a smile on her face, she replies in a calm tone "I needed you two to slow down, you would've drove past and missed such a beautiful place. This hotel has a great view."

Louie demands in an aggressive tone "stop the bullshit, what the fuck do you want?"

Precious sighs and says with a calm tone "well, now that you have asked, there is something."

She has a mischievous look in her eyes and says with a calm tone "I need to meet the big man, father of all."

Louie Mockingly chuckles, he says in a sarcastic tone "God? I know a secret way that you can use to talk to him, praying, have you tried it?"

Lee is curious of her request, he asks "and what do you need from him?"

Louie glances at Lee like 'seriously?!', he can't believe he is showing interest for such stupid requests.

Precious clears her throat and says to Lee in a calm tone "a soul."

Louie look back at Precious with confusion and says "soul?"

Precious nods, she looks a bit hesitant and says "I want a soul and just for me but for all of us."

Lee leans in, a bit more calmer, he asks "what makes you think you don't?"

Precious is a bit taken back that Lee actually seems interested in her request, she says remaining calm "becuase i know it's an illusion, I can feel it, I may be able to think that I have control but I can feel the emptiness."

Louie sighs, frustrated, he says to Precious "that means you are are one ridiculous creatures. Ever thought maybe you weren't supposed to be having a soul?" He doesn't hold back, there was too much going on for him to care about feelings.

Precious is not hurt by Louie's statement becuase she had been told worst things by the demons and had grown numb to it, she is more likely to get caught off guard by kindness.

Lee is a bit annoyed by Louie's answer but he knows it could be true and Louie is more experienced than him, he chooses to ignore Louie and focus on Precious, he says with a bit more sympathy "do you know for sure, are you one hundred percent certain?"

Louie gets annoyed, he knows this is a waste of time and says to Precious "listen, we aren't going to be your direct line to talk to God, we are angels not a motherfucking phone booth. Also, I'm not forgetting that you nearly got us killed."

Lee becomes frustrated with Louie and asks him "could I speak to you for a moment?"

Lee stands up and walks to the side where Precious can't hear them.

Louie, still mad, he stands up and walks over to Lee, He stands next to him and says while keeping his voice down "you can't be serious about this bitch? She is trying to trick us. remember what Andrew said, they are good at giving right answers, nothing stops her from lying to us."

Lee sighs, he is frustrated by Louie and says while keeping his voice down "first of all, screw Andrew, he is a demon. Also, this doesn't seem like a lie, I've been around my fair share and know when someone is lying to me."

Louie chuckles and asks in a mocking tone "is this what happened at the night of the screw up, site 36?"

Lee frowns, he clearly is still haunted by the mistakes from his past, he says in a frustrated tone "we fucking went over this, I have changed."

Louie scoffs and says in a furious tone "well clearly you haven't. this is Rick's teachings and it costed you before but it's not gonna cost you anything now because you are with me and I'm smart enough to tell when something is a bad idea, you are smart enough to listen to me. So, don't be a dumbass."

Louie and Lee both stare eachother down, the tension rises between them, they look like they were on the verge of having an all out brawl.

"hello there, Precious." says Andrew in his usual calm tone.

Louie and Lee turn their heads to the table and see Andrew sitting across from Precious.

Andrew and Precious both sit across from eachother, it's like the master and the student, both of them have a smile on their face but behind their smile is resentment and hate toward the other.

Louie and Lee walk to a empty table next to Andrew and Precious, they sit down opposite to eachother on the chairs and listen to what Andrew and Precious are saying, they can feel the resentment that Andrew and Precious have for one and the other.

The Waiter from earlier comes up to the table, he has a blank expression as usual, he stands next to Andrew and stares at him.

Andrew looks up to his left side and sees the Waiter's face, Andrew has got a amused look on his face upon seeing the Waiter and says "I wondered what happened to you, Saraya was really upset when she lost her little kit."

The name 'Saraya' makes the Waiter's eye twitches, he can't hide that he despises Andrew and has history with demons.

Precious sees that the Waiter is losing his cool, she says to the Waiter in a soothing voice "it's okay, Manny."

Andrew chuckles at the name and says to Manny in a almost mocking tone "is that what they are calling you now? Too bad it isn't real."

Precious gets annoyed at that comment but sits there trying not to lose her cool, she says to Manny "he doesn't seem to be in the mood to order. you can go."

Manny, trying to contain his rage, quickly turns around and walks away, not even wasting a second to be there and try to endure Andrew for even a second longer.

Andrew looks back at Precious, with a amused smile on his face, he says in his calm tone "you look good."

"Thank you." Precious replies keeping up her fake smile.

Andrew chuckles and says in a cocky tone "my color choices looks good on you."

Precious's smile fades away and she says in a sarcastic tone "really? I thought it looked bland."

Andrew's smile fades away as their act slowly begins to crumble, he says in an calm tone "Still going by the name I gave you?"

Precious clenches her jaw and says trying to stay calm "I chose to go by that name."

Andrew clears his throat and leans in, he says while staring Precious in the eyes "we both know that's not true."

The comment stings Precious and she takes a deep frustrated breath but then she notices a bruise on Andrew's nose, she smirks and asks in a sarcastic tone "Fell in down the stairs or did 'The Manager' got punched?"

Andrew leans back, he realizes she noticed the bruise and says sarcastically "a misunderstanding happened."

Precious chuckles and says in a mocking tone "either way it's quite an embarrasment."

Andrew scoffs, now he is losing his cool, he tries to remain calm and says "you win some, you lose some, like you did with me."

Precious smiles for a second and says with a calm tone "I guess, you can say it was luck."

Andrew looks around cautiously.

Louie and Lee tense up as they see Andrew look around, they feel something is about to happen and it's not good.

Andrew looks back at Precious and says while keeping his voice down "I don't feel that's all. I'm not questioning your capabilities but I feel that it wasn't just you or so called now 'manny'."

Precious raises one eyebrow and says with a calm tone "I don't know what you are talking about. Does old age now effect demons too? Sad."

A sadistic grin forms on Andrew's face as he realizes her intentions, he quickly contains himself and says in an calm tone "but what convinced the others to follow in your path, what was so grand that it made your kind overcome our little 'training'? I get it, it is a soul."

Precious's eyes widen in shock, she stares down Andrew with nothing but hate, she isn't even trying to hide it anymore.

Andrew is amused seeing her angry and says in a serious tone "you very well know that I'm not a liar, I use loopholes but I don't lie, so trust me when I say this clear and no loopholes, you will never have get a soul, God won't give it to you and the angels won't give you what you want."

Lee begins to feel bad for Precious, he tries to interfere and says to Andrew "that's enough."

Andrew ignores Lee and keeps his focus on Precious, he speaks with no remorse "you will never get what you want becuase you are too far lost."

A devious smile forms on his face as he finishes his sentence.

Lee gets annoyed, he is about to stand up and intervene physically but Louie stops him by grabbing his arm, he looks at Louie with shock.

Louie shakes his head, signaling Lee to not intervene, his eyes are glued to Andrew and Precious and says to Lee while keeping his voice down "you can't, it is their choice to believe."

Lee almost wanna go against Louie's words and help Precious and comfort her but he knows that an angel is not suppose to intervene in situations like this, he reluctantly sits back down as Louie slowly let's go of his arm.

Precious clinches her fist and says to Andrew in a aggressive tone "you are a cruel and evil son of a bitch."

Andrew chuckles and says in a sadistic way "is this what I get for showing you the Truth about life? If not for me, your kind would've been still floating in nothingness."

Precious scoffs and says in a furious tone "you have used that excuse already, it isn't gonna work on us again, demon."

She looks at Louie and Lee with a the last glimmer of hope, deciding her next move carefully, she tears up and asks Lee in a desperate tone "can you change us?"

Lee stares Precious in the eyes and sees that there is nothing to be changed, he says with sympathy "there is nothing to be done."

The last glimmer hope dies for Precious, she had been threw alot for this one thing and even the angels have refused her. She wipes her tears and looks back at Andrew.

The 'costumers' and the 'staff' in the bar stop whatever they were doing and turn to look at where Louie, Lee, Andrew and Precious were sitting.

Louie and Lee notice the sudden change of demeanor from everyone in the bar, they become paranoid and put their hand on their gun holder, ready to for anything.

Andrew stands up and says with a cocky tone "you can't kill us."

Precious looks up at Andrew with a defeated look and says "neither can you."

Andrew chuckles and slightly leans in, he says in a mocking tone "but you are too deep into believing that you will be dead."

Tish! A champagne bottle is throw at Andrew's head, the glass shatters on his head and it hurts him, he falls to his knees and yells "fuck!"

A cut opens on the side of his head and he begins to bleed.