Chapter 31: Longing

I awoke to a soft voice calling, "Bonnie, wake up love.". Opening my eyes, I caught those red eyes staring back at me. I wondered why I had no dreams again. There was always something when I went to sleep. "My name's not Bonnie." I replied in a groggy state beginning to sit up. Lucifer rose from the bed teasing, "You still have training Mia. You must be prepared to keep yourself safe.". I threw my head back, disputing leaving the bed and let out an audible groan. Before I fell back onto the bed, Lucifer was to me and threw me over his shoulder. "Put me down!" I yelled repeatedly but he only responded, "You must be able to stay safe Mia. Don't fight me on it.". "Fine, just let me walk." I caved. Lucifer set me down a laugh escaping him before he led us through the bedroom door. We went back to the now golden door leading to the void where we joined Lillith, B, and Seli. "I expect she fares ace Lillith after your training." Lucifer declared to Lillith. She nodded to Lucifer and he left the four of us in the void. After he departed Lillith began explaining, "Seli and B, you are only here to spectate. Please do not interrupt.". Seli and B both acknowledged her and she continued speaking, "Mia, Hell is very political and to understand the politics, you must understand the history." I nodded in understanding when a whiteboard appeared and she began to explain everything from the beginning. Lilith explained Lucifer's fall was not over him wanting to take God's place but over making Eve off limits to him. She went on to explain that everyone always misinterprets the texts as Lucifer loving Lillith and they never felt that way towards each other. Lilith had always loved Adam and Adam her. Many others fell with Lucifer because they defended Lucifer's love for Eve. She listed off those who fell with him and went into a brief history of them. Moloch being among one of them. Moloch was a fearsome beast from the way Lilith described him. "After he was cast out, he started his own religion that ran on child sacrifice. The pagans loved him." Lilith excitedly praised. Next was Asmodeus. "We've met Asmodeus." B chimed in. "You have? When?" Lilith asked. B replied, "We went to Eros and fed.". She pondered for a moment before responding "Do not interrupt again." she declared. B seemed to shrink away and Lillith went through Asmodeus' history as a lust demon. The angel had so many different names, it began to make my head spin. Asmodeus had his hands in any basket that contained love or sex. "I guess I will forewarn you on Sathanas since he will be training you later today." Lilith declared, a hint of anxiety present in her voice. "Why are you worried about telling me about him?" I questioned. Lilith rang her hands and then went into Sathanas' history during the fall and after. Sathanas was the demon of wrath otherwise known in Christian religion as Satan. He was tasked by God during his angelic duties to carry the punishments on the humans. "He is cruel Mia. Be very careful." was all Lillith said, ending the brief conversation on him. "Beezlebub, you have already met." Lilith said calmly. "The red guy in the hall?" I asked and she nodded. "Beezlebub, Lucifer, and Sathanas are very close. Over the years, many believed them all to be the same person. Beezlebub is a demon of gluttony, always wanting more. The only other names he has been given were Baal and Belial. For a millennia, people portrayed Beezlebub as Lucifer and still do today. It is a sore subject for Lucifer because he is very proud of his looks." Lilith stated. I giggled thinking of Lucifer stewing in his own anger for being portrayed as a red man with horns for all this time. A small knock on the door interrupted us and Lucifer stepped through calling towards me, "Mia, time for defensive training. Please come.". I got up and made my way over to him, waving bye to everyone for the time being. Following Lucifer down the hall, we came back to the stone room. Looking around, the room had shifted somehow and the stones set differently. One wall was covered completely with metal weapons, some as big as I was. Lamia, Mika'il, and Horde stepped through the door while I was looking around at the plethora of swords and axes. "Weak" Horde rasped. "Why are weapons weak?" I asked him. "Weapons should only be an enhancement of the body's power." Horde declared. As I went to reply, a fearsome creature emerged from the stone. Porcelain white skin cloaked a large frame and four black wings extended out from his body. 4 large black horns sat on top of long black hair that gave way to a gruff face with eyes that glowed yellow. I looked at Mika'il for comfort but a look of worry etched his face. Lamia pushed me forwards teasingly, "Go get 'em rockstar.". I looked back at her, "I'm gonna die. He's huge!" I replied anxiously. "You'll be fine. He'll be slow." Horde said flatly with an unimpressed look on his face. An ear shattering roar took over the room and we all covered our ears. He took a step towards me and looked down at me. In a voice that sounded like it was made up of hundreds he thundered, "You are but a meek vessel. Surely you are not Lucifer's betrothed.". He began laughing when Lucifer stepped forward, "Sathanas you dull bloke, don't insult me.". The being rolled his eyes before taking a step back and pointing at me, teasing, "Take your best shot." he called and two more arms unfurled from his body. My knees began shaking as I stepped forward and took a defensive stance. I looked back at Lamia who had a smile plastered over her. She mouthed, "knees" to me and I turned back to look at his knees. I questioned myself wondering what his knees had to do with anything. Sathanas roared again and began running towards me. I brought my four marks forth and rolled my shoulders letting my wings unfurl from my back, the pain nowhere to be found. Sathanas halted for a split moment, seeming to be taken aback by my wings but was quickly running back towards me. He swung his first down at me and I easily avoided the confrontation. He was big but moved slower than me. He took flight above me and pulled his legs together before he dropped suddenly aiming for me. I barely jumped out of the way and his legs left a huge hole in the ground. Seeing me avoid his hits, he flew to the wall grabbing a large scythe and went airborne again. He was slow on the ground but in the air, he was faster than most, using his wings to his advantage. I avoided all of his hits and started getting cocky. I began flying around him, continuously tapping his shoulder and getting him to look the opposite way of where I was. He had a blind spot where his four wings met and I kept myself there for the most part. I would pop out and flick his ear, and then dart back to that spot. I was able to flick his ear 3 times before he dropped suddenly and was underneath me before I could react. He grabbed my ankle, throwing me to the floor with a huge amount of strength. I threw my arms forwards as I hit, feeling the stone give way and my arms burn. Right before I stopped it sounded like lightning had struck where I had landed and I opened my eyes finding that my arms were bloodied. My hip warmed and a light cascaded all around me in the deep hole he had created using me as his shovel. I was shocked to find that I wasn't dead or broken. I stood up, brushing my hands off and looked up out of the hole to find that he was already hovering above me readying his next attack. I shot up from the hole feeling that cold sensation overtake my wings and the warm sensation overtake my limbs. I gritted my teeth right before reaching him knowing that feral feeling was not far behind this. I bypassed him as he went to swing at me and spun, outstretching my wings and cutting him on his upper arm in the process. He roared going to grab me again when the feral feeling came and I jumped on his shoulders wrapping my legs around his neck. All four of his arms pawed at me trying to remove me from him when I gave into the feral feeling reaching for his mouth with mine. As soon as I went to kiss him, his porcelain skin vanished and two blood crimson eyes oozing anger sat between me and Sathanas. My body went limp and before I knew what I had done, I was lip locked with Lucifer being pulled away quickly from Sathanas. I tried to pull away but Lucifer had already glued his hand to the back of my head with no intent of letting go. We fluttered above the ground where he kept his lips to mine as the feral feeling went away and a new feeling took its place. An overwhelming tingling sensation overtook my senses and I leaned into it. Silken lips caressed mine smoothly and I felt an arm wrap around my lower back. A moan escaped from me smothered by his mouth and Lucifer's tongue dipped in mine playing for a split. I felt my heartbeat start to throb between my legs with longing, when my feet touched the floor and I was released. Meeting a crowd of eyes, I felt my cheeks warm and darted from the room into the hallway running for his bedroom.