Chapter 7

Silence, nothing but silence was spoken or even uttered for what seemed like hours. After my shocking revelation to the Princesses about who and what I am, they all just stare at me with frozen expressions. I sighed as I deactivated my flames and furled my wings and looked down. I knew they would be spooked but I didn’t expect them to be so scared they’d be stuck in place.

“I guess this was to be expected,” I said, “I took a gamble when deciding to reveal my status to you all and it appears I lost. If you all wish for me to leave so I won’t be a threat to your subjects, then I shall do so now…”

I turned around while pulling over my hood again and put my hands in my jacket pockets. I began to walk away with a heavy sigh since they’re now to fearful of me for words. I guess not even The Devil’s Hand is worthy of be trusted by the rulers of Equestria, even in these times of war. I was about to push open the doors of the throne room when I heard something appear behind me and grab my arm. I turned my head to look over my shoulder and I saw Twilight look up with me with a sad frown.

“Why are you leaving, Lock?” She asks.

“Why shouldn’t I?” I counter, “You and the others are obviously scared of me and want nothing to do with me so I’ll just set up camp somewhere else. I’ll still fight to continue freeing your world but I think it’s best for everyone if I stay far away from you and anyone else.”

“Why would you think we would be afraid of you?” She asks. I turn around to face her and remove my hands from my pockets. I again spread my wings again and stare into her eyes as she was startled by them.

“Twilight,” I said, “you have only been a Princess for what, a few months? Even before your ascension, you and your friends have faced your fair share of dangers such as Nightmare Moon, Discord, Queen Chrysalis, King Sombra, and even your most recent enemy Tirek. Each of these enemies you probably felt fear while facing them but you did so anyway and came out victorious. You did so because you believed in the power of friendship and prevailed.”

“But them,” I said while gesturing to the other Princesses who were still looking at me cautiously, “they have been around longer than you and have faced the same dangers. Only they faced these dangers alone and depended on themselves without anyone else to aid them.”

“But what does that have to do with you?” She asks.

“It has everything to do with me. Even before I came here, I was not a kind man. I have committed sins probably just as bad as Dainn during my days as a soldier before I became The Devil’s Hand. I knew there was a special spot in the pits of Hell for a tortured soul like mine. I thought that if I saved this world I would be redeemed for my transgressions and be spared, only all I’m doing now is drenching my hands more in blood than they already were. So like them, it’s best if I too face these dangers on my own while you and the others remain safe,” I said.

“But you’re only doing these things to help us aren’t you? Besides you can’t let your past haunt you forever,” Twilight defends.

“Can you really say that honestly? When you barely know a thing about me?” I ask a while leaning forward to look deeper in her eyes. I remove my hood again so she can see mine and she stares back at me.

“Look at my eyes, Twilight, can you notice something?” I ask.

“What?” She asks.

“One of them is a fake, I lost it during one of my tours. I’d tell you how I lost it but it’d just be waste of breath over bad memories that should stay buried. The point is, ever since I lost my eye, I’ve been seeing my past in one eye and, and the present in the other. I believed what I saw was not all of reality…” I said.

“How can you tell me this when you just said I don’t know anything about you?” Twilight asks.

“I’m telling you this because I don’t want you or anyone else to get tied up in the cluster of mistakes and sins that is my past, I’m a lost soul, Twilight. You aren’t, they aren’t, your friends aren’t, and I doubt even your brother was. This world is literally going through hell and will continue to go through hell as long as the Caribou are around. Do you understand what I’m trying to tell you?”

“No! No I don’t understand!” She shouts while stepping away from me, “Everything was so peaceful and fun, I worked so hard under Celestia’s guidance and shared so many lessons of friendship I had with my friends, only for it to all burn away when these stupid Caribou came and took everything!” She yells while starting to cry, “I thought I was going to be tortured, raped, and live like a slave for the rest of my life just like most of all the other females are along with my friends. Then you came along and saved us and you even helped free my home, Ponyville. Now all of a sudden, just because you’re some evil being who serves the Devil as his Hand you’re just gonna say goodbye and be on your own from now on?! Because you believe you’re beyond redemption?!” She shouts.

“It’s because I am-“

SLAP

I’m cut off by Twilight slapping me across the face causing the Princesses to gasp a bit. I turn my head slowly back to Twilight and she’s glaring at me as tears stream down her face.

“Then why did you come here?” She asks, “If you believe you’re so evil, that nothing you do will ever make up for what you’ve done, why did you even come here in the first place?! Why did you save us from the Caribou that night?! Why did you even give a damn about us to even bother?! WHY DID YOU PROMISE MY BROTHER BEFORE HE DIED THAT YOU WOULD FIGHT TO RECLAIM THIS WORLDS HAPPINESS SO MY NIECE COULD SMILE AGAIN?!?” She screams.

I was at a loss for words, nothing I could possibly say would make sense after what I’ve been told. Sure I was angry at what the Caribou did and are still doing, but I came here just to assess the situation but just acted out of hatred and anger without any other thought. All the claims I made as The Devil’s Hand honestly felt unreal to me. Is it because of the new darkness within my soul that caused me to say these things? Perhaps it’s because my soul is linked to Lucifer’s that I’m becoming more demonic than I thought. But still, am I here to free this world? Or am I just venting out my frustrations I’ve been bottling up?

“I…I don’t know…” I mutter.

“Well I do,” Twilight said, “you came to help because you new you had to help. You saved us because you knew it was the right thing to do. It’s as you said, Dainn and his Caribou committed unforgivable sins against the one you serve and that means you’re going to enact judgement on all of them right?”

“Do you even know what I’m referring to when I say that?” I ask and she shakes her head. “Well then allow me to be brutality honest with you, it means I will most likely wipe out the Caribou race. The same fate is shared with any other males who betrayed they’re kingdoms for their own selfish desires. Do you get it Twilight?” I said as I step towards her, “I’m going to drench my hands in more blood than I ever thought possible. Does that sound like something someone who’s trying to redeem himself would do? Do you still think I’m not evil?”

Twilight stands her ground and she now spreads her own wings wide to stop my advance. She and I stare at each other meanwhile the others can only stare at our confrontation.

“If you truly believe that you are what you say, that you don’t believe there’s any light left in your soul, then you may leave right now. But know this, Dimitri Lockdrom, if you leave this castle, even this very throne room, then you must never return to Canterot. You will not even be allowed to stay in Ponyville since my castle is still there. You may continue your conquest of justice against the Caribou, but it will have nothing to do with us if you’re so sure you’ll corrupt our souls with your presence,” Twilight proclaims.

I then slowly raise my hands in front of her as I activate my flames on my wings covering them the same cinders as before.

“You would go so far as to risk making an enemy out of me by forcing me out of the city and even Ponyville just to prove a point? So you could what, be my friend?” I ask demonically.

Twilight’s body shudders at my intimidating tone but takes a breath to compose herself. Very slowly and with trembling hands, she takes both my hands with hers and steps towards me.

“It’s my duty as the Princess of Friendship to spread the magic of friendship as much as I can. But sometimes even the magic of friendship isn’t enough to stop something like the Caribou. You say you will drench your hands in blood? Fine then, just know that I won’t think of you any differently than I do now,” she said.

“You would also take the hands of a soulless mass murderer? Your hands will also becomes stained with their blood if you still choose to accept me,” I warn.

“I still believe in friendship, that will never change even now or after all this is over. But I’m a Princess now, along with my teacher and sister-in-law, so I’m willing to become friends with even the Devil himself if it means putting an end to this nightmare. If the price is to stain my hands in blood as well, then so be it. You don’t have to be alone in this fight, Lock, you’ll have my support whatever you do from here on,” Twilight said.

“You and anyone else who stands by you may soon regret those words,” I said.

“Maybe, but at this point I’d say it’s worth it if it means my niece can smile again,” she said while glancing behind her to the sleeping foal.

Realizing how much the invasion and Shining’s passing as changed Twilight surprised me. She was ready to accept the fact that I was willing to commit mass genocide against the Caribou if it meant freeing the world from their tyranny.

“And what say the rest of you?” I ask as I glance up to the other Princesses, “Your fellow Princess is willing to cross a line to ensure peace once again across Equestria. But what say you all?”

Celestia and the others look at each other with worried looks but they walk towards us and Twilight releases my hands and turns to face them and I cancel my flames and furled my wings again.

“Twilight, you do realize what you’re doing don’t you? He’s somepony who serves the darkest being known in existence,” Celestia said.

“I agree, Twilight, he even confessed to attempting to commit genocide,” Luna said.

“So what?” Twilight said, “We’ve all seen what the Caribou have done, they don’t care about us or anypony else but themselves. Shinning gave his life to keep us all safe. Even before he passed he could also see that Lock is not a threat to anypony who didn’t deserve it. But do you honestly think we would have made it as far as we thought we would if we escaped? You all think Lock is evil for what he is and who he serves but he hasn’t done anything to any of us since he arrived. He even spared the stallions who were brainwashed because he believed they could be redeemed and freed from the Caribou’s control. The only ones he’s gone against are the Caribou and the Caribou alone. Besides, I would like to believe he is a necessary evil.”

Celestia and Luna both look at each other with worry but Cadence walks up to me with a stern frown. We both stare at each other for a moment and she looks down at her sleeping daughter.

“Her first word was “dada”,” she said sadly, “that’s the last thing my husband heard before he passed. Flurry will grow up without a father and will only know him through the stories told about him.” She looks up to me with tears in her eyes. “Can you truly keep your promise to Shinning and free this world?” She asks.

“Even if it means accepting the amount of violence I shall inflict on them? There may be a slim chance I won’t have to kill all the Caribou even if I continue to take their lives but it’s for the sake of you and everyone else understanding the gravity of things,” I answer.

“The Caribou took my husband from me and my daughter, but it is your mission to fight the Caribou. Wether you choose to kill them all or spare some in then end means little to me. So long as you keep your promise to Shinning then that is enough for me,” Cadence said.

“I aim to,” I answer.

“Good, then you also have my support, Lock,” Cadence said as she stands beside me.

Celestia and Luna both walk up to me with their arms crossed under her chests and stare at me nervously.

“Has this ever happened to you before? Fighting a battle against an enemy who aims to take all that is precious to you?” Celestia asks.

“More than I’d like to admit…” I said.

“How did you cope?” Luna asks.

“To be honest I didn’t, I’m still at war with myself,” I said, “but that doesn’t mean I’m gonna stop fighting for what’s right.”

“Very well, Lock, your words were harsh and highly concerning but they were also true and needed to be heard. So I too shall choose to support you, especially since there might be a possibility some of the Caribou can be spared without resorting to genocide,” Celestia said.

“If sister will support you then so shall I,” Luna said, “personally I wish to see the Caribou suffer as much as possible, Dainn especially, but I also hope not all of them should be wiped out.”

“No promises, but I thank you all for your support,” I nod, “I also should thank you, Twilight.”

“Me?” She asks while turning to face me.

“Yes, you are first willing to accept the gravity of the situation that affects you and the rest of the world. In doing so you were able to accept me and convince me that I shouldn’t discourage myself so soon for doing what needs to be done in this war. I thank you for giving me confidence in myself and reassuring me that I’m not as lost of a soul as I thought,” I said with a smile.

Twilight blushes at my kind words and smiles warmly at me and nods.

“I believe in you, Lock, you will always be my friend now and always,” she said. I nod and glance at the window and see it’s almost time to turn in for the day.

“If you would all excuse me, I will return to my quarters for the night,” I said with a curt nod. They nod back and I glance at Twilight as I turn around and I give her a playful wink while smirking. I hear her wings twitch a bit as I face the door and I chuckle and open it, only for all of Twilights friends to come tumbling through on top of each other.

“It seems you have some explaining to do since this conversation wasn’t as private as we hoped,” I said as I walked away from the group.

Boss, I think.

“Yes?” he appears next to me.

We need to talk.

“Indeed,” he agrees as we head to my guest room.

I enter my guest room and take off my jacket and shirt and toss it on the nightstand next to my bed. I enter the bathroom and look in the mirror to look at myself. My hair tossed around yet still styled normally and I even started growing a beard due to the peach fuzz along my jaw and cheeks. I stare into my soulless looking eyes and I try to find the light Twilight had seen but I couldn’t see anything which made me sigh.

I look down at my bare torso and the tribal brands that covered both my arms. I run my hand along the marks and I can still feel the warmth from them like I had just been branded yesterday. Thanks to my years in the army, I had very well developed muscles since they put me through a daily workout routine. I sigh again and take off my pants and toss of my shoes to step in the shower. As I step in I look back at the mirror and see the one scar that was the cause of my discharge.

A large 5 inch wide scar that went down from the back of my right shoulder all the way to the left of my hip. It’s as if someone took a slice at my back with a huge blade almost cutting me in half, it even showed no matter how I tried to cover it with my wings. I glared at the grotesque scar and stepped in the shower to wash myself and scrub my wings. As I stand in the falling hot water of the shower, I start to think about the things Twilight said to me. She seemed to be the less fazed about what I am more than the other ponies even before I revealed myself. I even remember after Shinning passed away she would always smile and wave to me whenever I saw her throughout the castle and I simply nodded to her in response. Perhaps it was as she said that Shinning could see through my violent nature and saw something bright within the dark.

Her words were so genuine and kind despite her broken tone. It’s as if she truly cared for me as she does for her friends despite not even knowing me for a month. I’ve never experienced anyone care for me that much with that level of compassion in a while. Not since…Joshua…

“She’s an interesting one, that’s for sure,” I said to myself.

“Indeed, truly an interesting one.”

I open my eyes and see the silhouette of Lucifer from the other side of the curtain.

“Something you wanna say?” I ask.

“Maybe, depends on how your heart feels,” He said.

“My heart? What, you mean Twilight?” I ask.

“She’s a sweet mare, even you already know this,” Lucifer said.

“Stop…just don’t. I don’t deserve any of that,” I sigh as I turn off the water.

“I’m just saying if you’d like you-“

“I said drop it…” I sneer.

“Very well, I shall be outside,” Lucifer said and disappears.

“I don’t deserve it at all…” I mutter sadly.

I step out of the shower and use my flames to dry myself and my wings since they can conveniently be used to do so but now the room is filled with steam. I reach over to put back on my boxers and and pants and step out of the bathroom when I open the door. I comb my hair with my fingers as I walk out and the steam escapes out the room with me. I hear a gasp making me stop in my tracks and I open my eyes.

To my unexpected surprise, there sitting on the side of the bed was Rarity of all ponies. She was starring at me wide eyed as I stared back at her while my exposed chest was on display for her to see. She was blushing so much her fur seemed to turn almost as pink as Pinkie Pie. I chuckle and shake my head as I cross my arms and use my wings to cover my body.

“I take it you aren’t familiar with the act of knocking?” I ask.

“Oh my…um I mean-!” She stammers.

“Relax, I was in the shower so it makes sense why I didn’t hear even if you did knock so you’re ok,” I said waving my hand dismissively.

I walk over to the nightstand and grab my undershirt and put it on and uncovered myself from my wings. I raised my arms and stretched getting a few satisfying pops here and there after having a nice relaxing shower. I then feel eyes on me and look over my shoulder and see Rarity still stare at me with a dazed look.

“You gonna gawk at me all night or are you gonna tell me why you’re here?” I deadpan crossing my arms.

“Oh! I’m so terribly sorry, Mr. Lockdrom,” she said while standing up and fixing her mane, “it’s just, well, I was wondering if you wouldn’t mind if I measured you…?”

“Measure me? Like for what, clothes or something?” I wonder while turning around.

“Yes, I noticed while you were staying here you seemed to have been wearing the same attire every day. Do you not have any other clothes with you?” She asks. I glance over to my jacket and notice it’s a little rugged looking due to the battle damage it took during my fights.

“Guess I didn’t, I suppose you can but do you mind if you please make it quick? I’m a bit tired after today’s events,” I said.

“Oh of course, please step forward,” she said as she pulls out a measuring tape.

I nod and I step forward and hold my arms out and she begins measuring my torso. As she was measuring me, I noticed she was still blushing but she was glancing at my arms more often than usual.

“Something on your mind, Miss Rarity?” I ask.

“Oh, well I was just admiring your…interesting cutie marks. I didn’t know they could go beyond from just the shoulder for you humans,” she said as she measures my right arm.

“Hate to break it to you, Miss Rarity, but these ain’t cutie marks,” I said making her look up at me surprised.

“Really?” She asks.

“Nope, fun fact about us humans, we don’t get them,” I said.

“Then, what are these?” She asks.

“They’re brands,” I said making her gasp and drop her measuring tape.

“Brands?! You mean to say these are burns?!” She shrieks gesturing to my arms.

“I’m afraid so, they’re not just any brands, they’re also what signify my title,” I said.

“You’re referring to…The Devil’s Hand?” Rarity asks nervously as she picks back up her tape.

“I take it Twilight told you about our conversation?” I ask she nods and sighs as she finishes up.

“She didn’t say much about what specifically you and the Princesses spoke about but she gave my friends and I a rough explanation,” she said as she finishes measuring my other arm.

“And?” I ask and she looks up.

“Pardon?”

“What do you think of me now? Are you afraid of me?” I ask hesitantly.

“I will admit, the thought of you…killing in mass amounts makes me a tad nervous,” Rarity said as she rolls up her tape.

A “tad” she says, I chuckle to myself.

“But Twilight reassured us you shall bring no harm to us whatsoever so I choose to believe her. Besides you do seem like a proper gentlestalion,” Rarity said with a warm smile.

“I try to be,” I shrug, “so have you gotten all the proper measurements?” I ask.

“Yes of course, thank you for allowing me to measure you. I’ll have some proper clothes made for you as soon as I’m able,” she said as she walked to the door, “Oh and Mr. Lockdrom?” She said before walking out the door.

“What’s up?” I ask.

“Thank you again for freeing Ponyville, I look forward to being back in my boutique as soon as this whole fiasco ends,” Rarity said with a curt nod.

“It’s not a problem, Miss Rarity, and you can just call me Lock if you wish,” I said.

“Very well, Lock, and you may just call me Rarity,” she said as she waved goodbye and shut the door. I chuckled and sat on the end of my bead sighed in content.

“It’s about time she left, I was almost ready to cause a poltergeist so she could run out screeching,” Lucifer said as he appeared in front of me.

“Then why didn’t you?” I ask.

“I suppose it was so you could add another one of them to your list,” He said with a sly grin under his hood.

“List? What’re you-Oh would you shut up! It’s not like that and it won’t be any time soon!” I snap.

“Very well, no need to get snippy all of a sudden,” He chuckles while waving his hand.

“So…” I said.

“So?” Lucifer repeats.

“Are you gonna start explaining or what?” I said.

“I suppose I should,” he sighs, “do you want the full detailed version or just the important parts?”

“How long is the the full detailed version?” I ask.

“You won’t get any sleep tonight,” Lucifer answers.

“Then the important parts please,” I said as I leaned back.

“You want a drink for the story?” Lucifer offers as he pulls out a familiar bottle from his coat.

“You kept it all this time?” I ask as he hands it to me.

“I told you I would keep it for you, remember who you’re taking to Dimitri,” Lucifer said.

“Yeah, yeah, so about what Kol said before you shish kebabed him. He mentioned the Overlords name, Lust was it? As in one of the 7 sins Lust?” I said as I took a swig from my scotch.

“I’m afraid what he said was the truth, as much as I wish it wasn’t,” Lucifer sneers.

“Wait, you mean Lust actually a real living thing?” I said.

“Him and the rest of the Sins, yes. They’re demons who used to serve me in Hell. Back on Earth, your history has a great many well known names who have either done great things and hailed in history books or there were some who were tyrants and conquerers. Such examples include Alexander the Great, Napoleon Bonaparte, Genghis and Kublai Khan, Adolf Hitler, and Louis XVI along with a great many other names I can list,” Lucifer explains.

“So what, are you saying they were all possessed by the Sins?” I ask.

“More like they took the forms as humans and posed as either their close advisors, relatives, or loyal soldiers. In these forms, they whispered their dark sinful thoughts causing them to do the things people read about back on Earth. It also just wasn’t great rulers or conquerors as I’ve listed, even men and women of great minds fell victim to their whispers,” Lucifer said.

“Are you serious? Are you telling me, for example, Da Vinci didn’t draw the Mona Lisa for Giocondo?” I ask.

“Oh he did, Sloth just had him procrastinate a bunch. Why do you think it took Da Vinci so long to finish the thing until shortly before his death? A man like Da Vinci could have easily finished it for Giocondo before he went to a France. Sloth was the one who whispered in Salaì’s ear to distract Da Vinci,”

“But that wasn’t mentioned in any book I’ve read, how is that possible?” I ask.

“Need I remind you that Da Vinci destroyed most of his works and personal journals. He may have had his own reasons for doing so but it was because of Sloth why he always took so long on any project he worked on,” Lucifer said.

“And the other Sins have been doing stuff like this throughout history?” I ask and he nods, “Why would you allow them to do such things?” I accuse.

“I didn’t, the Sins simply gave them all a little push. You humans were the ones who are to blame for your own desires and actions. Another example is that woman Helen of Troy, why do you think those fools King Menelaus and Prince Paris went to war over the poor girl? It was all Envy’s idea which he found to be quite amusing,” Lucifer said.

“You’re saying they’re also responsible for starting wars?!” I shout in shock.

“Yes, which brings us to the main point of their betrayal against me. I had allowed them to have free roam of the human race since all the humans did was indulge in their own sins. However there were two times when the Sins went too far against the human race, The World Wars,” Lucifer said.

“No fucking way…they also caused The World Wars?” I ask in disbelief.

“A revolution here and a small war there are one thing, influencing a single human or group of humans with their power is another, but when they decided to get foolish and involve the entire Earth that is when they crossed a line. I personally took matters into my own hands and used my own influence to thwart their plans in the First World War. I was about to enact punishment on the lot of them but they remained in the human world and hid there. It wasn’t until the Second World War that I had enough of their destructive tendencies and possessed a few humans here and there so I could find them
and drag each and every one of them back to Hell,” Lucifer said.

“What would’ve happened if you didn’t stop them?” I ask as I take another swig.

“They would’ve destroyed the world,” he said making me choke on my drink.

“cough cough cough What?! They could do that?!” I ask between breaths.

“Indeed, you don’t really want to know how close the world was to being destroyed due to all those bombs those fools were dropping everywhere. If given enough of a push to the right humans, they wouldn’t have stopped until all of the very air you breath would be poisoned. Perhaps not even that but maybe another assassination of an important world leader like those Black Hand assassins did with that Ferdinand fellow. Not just millions would have died but perhaps billons,” Lucifer said.

“Jeezus…” I mutter before taking a bigger swig.

“After rounding up the Sins, I sentenced them to the 7 Rings of Hell so they could monitor any dead souls who sinned enough to enter their domain. However they seemed to have escaped and found their way here,” Lucifer said.

“Wait, how could they be here if they were running around on my world? This is a different world after all,” I question.

“It’s because all worlds are tied to the same Hell. As for how they’re here I’m starting to wonder that as well. All I can think of is Dainn is the culprit,” Lucifer guesses.

“Dainn? Why would the Sins go to him?” I wonder.

“Perhaps it wasn’t they who went to him but Dainn who went to the Sins. He must’ve somehow been in contact with them without my knowledge which explains why he was able to avoid me for so long. The Sins passed on some of their knowledge to him and he was able to uses forbidden rituals to sap the life out of others to lengthen his own. It also explains how he was able to conquer these lands so easily in the first place. One ritual, one blasphemous and unholy ritual that allowed Dainn to pay who knows what price to the Sins so they could physically possess 7 of his followers allowing them to become his Overlords,” Lucifer said.

“I can only imagine what price that fucker payed to get the sins to align with him…” I growl, “Although I’m not sure if I want to know.”

“Whatever it was you can be sure not even the 7 Sins will be enough to prevent my wrath upon him,” Lucifer said in a dark tone.

“So we know how he was able to take these lands so easily and it’s obvious what I have to do to truly free everyone but there’s one thing I don’t get,” I said.

“What might that be?” Lucifer asks.

“Why? Why go through all this trouble, risk going against you, aligning with the 7 Sins of all beings, just to prove that males are superior? It’s just stupid if you think about it,” I complain.

“Since when do tyrants need a valid reason to conquer all they see?” Lucifer asks.

I remain silent since I had no answer to give so I just downed another big gulp of my scotch. Lucifer sighs and walks to the window and gazed up at the night sky.

“The Sins may have aligned with Dainn but I know them all too well. They’re here for an ulterior motive and are using Dainn to do it. So I suppose you have a busy schedule to keep, my faithful Hand,” Lucifer said.

“Yeah, guess the only questions now is when do I begin and where?” I ask while cracking my neck and standing up.

“As soon as you are able, Dimitri. For now you must rest since today has been quite the eventful and insightful for you,” Lucifer suggests.

“Yeah I guess,” I sigh and lay back down on my bed.

“I am glad I chose you as my Hand, Dimitri. You and I are going to do great things together,” Lucifer said as he fades away.

“Here’s hoping, Boss, here’s hoping…” I said as my eyes droop and I let sleep take over.

Author's Note

Oh jeez, Lock’s got his work cut out for him. Also, do I detect a blooming relationship somewhere? Thanks for reading as always!

~WurkyWilk has left the building…