Sorry for the late posting of this chapter as it is later then I expected. In this chapter I have tried to follow the thread of the previous chapter in terms of layout and story.
It see's the return of Slamaria, the introduction to new humans and demons, discovering Slamaria's and Batherox's powers and Simon's cunning. Hope you enjoy this chapter.
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As the car sped away from the mansion everything was quite within the car. They spent the 3 hours journey back to Wolverhampton with the only sound coming from the car was when Simon asked Samantha where she was staying only to find that she lived just down the road from where Simon lived.
While Samantha got out of the car in the house where she lived Simon told her "If ever you need help come and see me at my home here in Wolverhampton." Where he got a yes my lord from Samantha.
Meanwhile at the Mansion
Cara was busy sorting through all the investments that Simon wanted nothing to do with preparing them for the opening of the stock market the coming Friday when Terra came into Simons office where Cara was.
"Terra what's up?" Cara asked not looking up from her work until the very last file had been set up for the stock market.
"There is a problem." Terra began telling Cara.
"What!! Is it a minor problem or a big one?" Cara asked after trying to regain her composure.
"Big one as one of the Mutant Spawn with an experimental gene according to Nefra has gotten loose and bit a demon which has resulted in a gross, hideous transformation where he has gone into a berserker rage." Terra explained the situation to Cara so that she could be aware of this.
"That is a big problem. Did Nefra say how it is spread?" Cara asked Terra.
"Yeah he did. It is spread through physical contact a bite, a kiss however the host chooses. I have already got every demon looking for the infected demon with strict instructions not to let it get close to them and if they see it to kill it with extreme prejudice." Terra informed Cara of what she told the other demons.
"Good but we better hunt as well as we don't want any other demons to get infected. Come Terra lets hunt." Cara said to Terra who looked thrilled to hunt once again as both demons left the office to hunt for this infected demon.
Back in Wolverhampton
Unaware of this development at the mansion Simon was busy preparing for his day at college. He didn't know what to expect with a powerful demon by his side, Simon's main concern was that Madison didn't kill anyone.
That could wait for the next day and what a day it was for Simon the first day being the new demon lord also with how many new demons he managed to get on his side. As Simon and Madison went to sleep in Simons bed both exhausted after the day they had but none more so then Simon who had his first day in the demon world.
At the Mansion
None of the demons so far had found the infected demon but while the other demons searched Skye, Cara and Terra went to see Nefra to learn more about this gene. On their way down to see Nefra, Cara thought about how Skye had become a part of Cara and Terra's search party.
They found Skye while she was fighting the infected demon moments after Terra left her to get Cara. They both managed to track the demon down largely thanks to Terra's heightened senses and tracking ability.
When both Terra and Cara reached Skye she managed to get away from the creature which by this point after only an hour after being exposure to the gene now resembled a bigger version of the creature out of the doctor who episode Hide then a demon but still had the reddish glow. This told them that it was once a wrath demon but without the ability of flight which was a relief for Skye.
After Skye told Cara and Terra what had happened Cara decided to go and see Nefra to learn more about the gene that had transformed the wrath demon into something new. She told Terra and Skye of this sudden change in the direction they were going to try and stop the infected demon. When Terra asked Cara "Why are we heading down to see that fucker Nefra?"
"So we can learn more about this gene that has turned Tristans which is now Simons best fighter besides you Terra. In seeing Nefra we will gain the information and if anyone can be done to reverse the damage done or if it will burn itself out over time." Was all that Cara said to Terra no matter how Terra felt about this she couldn't argue with Cara's logic.
After Cara finished thinking how Skye had joined them they reached the entrance of the arenas and Nefra's lab. As the three demons approached the door the runes glowed red just like before and opened. Unlike before there was no noise coming from any of the tunnels only the one where Nefra's lab was all three demons recognised that it was Nefra's voice. As the trio approached Nefra's lab he turned to face them clear signs of disgust upon his face that he managed to lose one of his specimens.
"I know why you have come" Nefra said breaking the tension.
"Do you? Then tell us why we have come." Cara said trying to keep the anger from her voice.
"To learn about the strand that has affected the demon." Nefra replied.
"Indeed then tell use and we are not up for your lies Nefra, you will survive if you tell us everything. If you don't tell us everything you know then we will kill you."
"You won't kill me your pride is too high not to disobey Lord Warner."
"That is true but Terra's anger is high and if me and Skye turned a blind eye for a minute then that's enough time for her to kill you. Isn't that right Terra?"
"Fuck yeah" Terra replied to Cara's question. Her voice dripping with anger as she couldn't wait to tear this worthless creature a part especially since he let a mutant spawn infect a demon who was now on a rampage through the mansion.
"Ok well what do you want to know?" Nefra said not wanting to get ripped to pieces by Terra.
"How do we track the creature down?" Cara said to Nefra.
"You don't as it has nothing to hone in on as it gives off no life force. It will find you."
"How do we stop it?"
"You have to burn it using the eternal flame that demons give off."
"Who does it go after?"
"The demon lord or lady."
"Lord Warner is nowhere near here as he had business elsewhere in the UK."
"Then the infected demon would have left the mansion unless it has chosen to seek out something close to Lord Warner."
"Then we must go."
With that Cara, Terra and Skye left Nefra's lab to get to the infected demon before it went after the mansion where the humans were as the only two woman there are both special to Simon. Cara knew the relation to both humans regarding Simon and she thought that the infected demon would go after them. Cara filled both Terra and Skye in on this so both of Cara's companions were up to speed on the situation. Skye then said her thoughts about this just as they were walking out of the area just as the door closed behind them.
"Cara hope you don't mind me speaking out of tune but what if the infected demon doesn't know about the humans and there relation to Lord Warner as only those close to the Lord Warner knew about this you, Terra, Lady Ivy and me. What if he is seeking us out as we are the only thing that all the demons know about is that you and Terra are his closest demons." Skye said to Cara.
"Makes more sense Skye than in that case we go and get the Eternals." Cara said to Skye.
"What are the Eternals?" Skye asked Cara.
"The Eternals are demons that burn anything with the eternal flame that we demons make. They are demons that are unheard of in the human world as most of our powers have been recorded in holy scriptures such as the Bible Lust, Wrath, Gluttony, Pride, Envy and so on have all been witnessed by those who wrote the Bible and other holy scriptures. The Eternals however are demons born from Evolution and science as are we it's just unfortunate that some of our types got seen to end up in religious scriptures."
"So what demons are the Eternals?" Terra and Skye asked Cara in unison.
"They are a type of flame demon that can make the transition between human form, demon form and flame form. Although there main sphere of purpose was at one point was wrath but they abandoned that as they are demons that get there source of power from inflicting torture onto others. If we can get to them before the infected demon gets to us then we can stop it before it infects other demons then we will seriously be in trouble."
"Shall we split up then to get to them." Skye asked.
"No if the infected demon is tracking us then he would more than likely attack us if we split up as we are easier to take down. Whereas if we stick together then we make it harder for it to get us." Cara told Terra and Skye.
"We better get going with everything as it can track us the longer we stay here." Cara said.
With that they all headed down to the vaults where the Eternals chose to reside within the eternal flame that continually burned with the first room of the vaults but little did they know that lurking in the shadows was the infected demon. As the trio walked unaware of what was following them they reached the vaults door which was at the end of a long corridor where no modern day lights were as the corridor was filled with lit torches as all the torches burned away Terra heard a noise coming from behind.
Unfortunately Terra with her heightened senses only heard the noise which she could accurately place as being the sounds of feet shuffling on the concrete floors. Cara was in the middle of unlocking the vaults door to access the flame where the Eternals were. "Hurry up Cara as the demon has found us!" Terra shouted at Cara as for Terra this was exciting but mainly terrifying as she had never encountered anything like this before. Both Skye and Cara turned around in time to see the creature step out of the shadows and into the light of the torches.
