I reach for the door handle and as I approach my target, a voice quietly echoes through the hall behind me. I know that voice and that’s exactly who I’m after. I wait, biding my time and watch as Frida rounds the corner. I can’t help the sly grin that crosses my face when she looks up and terror washes over hers.
Her expression screams, ‘How the hell is he here right now? And fuck, I’m screwed’. Before she can make a sound, I lunge at her, striking her head and knocking her out.
Throwing her over my shoulder, I quickly make my way back to the portal just as trumpets ring out.
Fuck they know we’re here.
Rounding the corner to the hall that leads back to the portal, I notice the Knights are pinned down and between us there are about fifty angels. We make eye contact as I throw Frida over the angels to them.
Shifting while their focus is still on the Knights, I thrust my claws into the back of the closest angel, crushing his heart in my hand. Feeling the blood run down my arm invigorates and excites me. Ripping my claws from him, I slash,dismember and gnaw my way through five more before their gurgling screams alert the rest to my presence.
“Who’s next?” I growl at the remaining angels, licking the blood from my maw, savoring it. They rush me and I do the same, wildly slashing at the first few and decapitating them. I bite down on the throat of some others, ripping them out and swallowing them whole, reveling in their terror and fear that I’m causing.
“Are you done having fun? We need to get back before the Archangels show up,” Abaddon shouts, waiting for me, as I’m ripping an angel in half above my head, so his blood and innards cover my matted fur.
I snap out of my lustful bliss. She’s right, we don’t have much time.
Dashing through the remaining angels, I kill as many as I can before reaching the helpless Knights at the gate.
I reach my hand out into the portal, opening it.
“I see you brought us a new plaything, hopefully it lasts longer than the last one did,” Lilith says with a bit of excitement in her voice, as she passes through the portal.
The Knights throw their captured angels through, following behind her.
Grabbing Frida off the blood-soaked floor, I sprint through the portal and we are met in Purgatory by reinforcements from Hell. Passing through Heaven’s gates and into the valley, we look over hundreds of thousands of demons and creatures. The Knights of Hell are already hauling the prisoners off as I approach.
“What the hell do you have that for?” Beelzebub asks, referring to Frida.
“Unfinished business, I didnt ask for your fucking help,so get the fuck out of my way before I fucking destroy you,” I snap, walking past that worthless piece of shit.
Behind me I can hear the clashing of swords, claws and teeth filling me full of excitement again, but I know that I need to get back.
“You're lucky that Lucifer has plans for you, otherwise I would relish in your screams as I enjoy ripping the flesh from your bones,” Beelzebub snapped back.
Forcing our way through the swarm of demons heading to Hell’s gate, I hear a voice I don’t recognize, shouting something, and like a bullet it pierces through the overwhelming noise generated by the legions of Hell.
“Frida!!!!!!” it roars. Looking back I lock eyes with this Evander and can’t help the grin that crosses my face as I step through the gates of Hell, taking his woman with me.
EVANDER
“You have come a long way in only a month of training with me, but you still have a lot to learn,” Michael says approvingly.
Leaping toward him, off in the distance trumpets sound. Not knowing what that is I continue my attack and notice that when Michael hears them he immediately turns and his stoic demeanor changes.
He becomes visibly concerned. I stop because the trumpets slightly remind me of being deployed and the siren going off for an incoming attack.
“Michael what is that, it sounds like a…”
“Get to the portal now,” Michael commands everyone.
Looking around I see Achilles, Lucius and Perseus are here,but where is Frida? We all take off toward the portal to see what’s going on.
“Lucius, please tell me those trumpets don’t mean we are getting attacked?” I ask as we run through the halls toward the portal.
“That’s exactly what that means,” he responds with bated breath. On the way we pass the dorms. I stop, throwing Frida’s door open.
“Frida… Frida you here?” I shout with concern in my voice. I wait, watching the trees to see if she will appear.
