An Angels And Demons Saga adventure.
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My day had been going pretty well so far. The contractors had just put the finishing touches on the repairs to my cabin and were finally gone.
Once they'd left, I'd spent a few hours weaving some protective spells around it. After all, despite how secluded the cabin was, a She-Demon could never be too cautious. Any drunken teens looking for a place to party or, worse yet, thieves hunting for plunder, would now wander right past as if it weren't even there.
What's that, you say? Ah, I see I've confused you already. Perhaps a brief introduction is in order.
Greetings and salutations. My name is Cozbi. I'm a Demon from Hell. I go by other names sometimes, but that's the one I'm most known for. I used to be a human woman once, thousands of years ago. Long story short: I was murdered, woke up in Hell, where I was recruited by the Dark Lord Asmodeus to become a Vengeance Demon. Millenia later I fell in love with a human named Emily while on assignment to corrupt her soul. I wound up disobeying my orders, turning against my boss, and going on the run.
Asmodeus later killed Emily during my attempt to lure him into a trap at the behest of Lucy Morningstar (you might know her better as Satan,) but with the help of some supernatural friends from both Heaven and Hell, we wound up defeating the Dark Lord (blowing a huge hole in the side of my cabin in the process,) and my dead girlfriend was reborn as an Angel Of Justice.
There, all caught up. Moving on...
Speaking of my angelic paramour, Emily was off on some Justice Angel training course for the next several days. Probably learning how to distribute alms to the poor or something. She always did have a soft spot for the homeless and underprivileged, even before she'd become an emissary for Heaven.
Annej, our little redheaded Succubus friend, was also busy, off doing... well, whatever it is she gets up to. She's very quiet, keeps to herself a lot, although she's been coming out of her shell lately.
So that left me, all alone. Bored, restless, and frankly quite horny. Never a good combo.
I was just about to head inside, take a long, hot bubble bath, followed by a very long solo session with my Hitachi. As much as I still despise most of humanity sometimes, I gotta give them credit for the advancement in sex toy technology.
Then I spotted him.
At first I thought he was simply a shadow, but as I focused my preternatural vision, I could clearly make out his humanesque silhouette against the contrast of the sun, now setting in the horizon beyond him. It cast him in an almost unearthly glow.
Being around Emily had certainly mellowed me out over time, and so I decided against simply incinerating him. Still, I can't abide trespassers.
"Ahem!" I called out. "This is private property! Didn't you see the signs? I'm going to ask you one time, very nicely, to go away. Trust me when I tell you I will not be asking twice."
No response. He simply sat there by the edge of the pond, back to me, fishing pole in hand, a line in the still water. If he'd heard me at all, he showed no sign.
As a mystical being, I could have snuck up on him quietly, but I saw no point in that. Big as he appeared to be from a distance, I feared no mortal. And so I stomped angrily across the newly cultivated grass, (it had been scorched by the same fireball that had destroyed half my cabin,) determined to make this intruder regret ignoring me.
It wasn't until I got closer that my supernatural senses went off. And by off, I mean completely haywire. Like those sirens back in the 50's that used to warn people to "Duck, and cover!" as if that would have made any difference.
I wanted to find a desk myself, hell, ANYTHING to hide under. Something about this guy scared the demonic piss out of me, and I'm not a gal who frightens easily.
Every instinct told me to run. But before I could, he spoke. "Nice evening, isn't it? Come, sit a spell, watch the sunset with me."
It's not that I felt compelled to acquiesce. It's simply that, deep within my core, I knew: If this being, whatever he truly was, wanted to hurt me, to end me, nothing I could do or say would stop him. And while I have a stubborn streak in me, I am no fool, either.
And so I sat. The sand was still warm, despite the lateness of the day. A light breeze blew through the willows, and somewhere off in the distance a crow cawed, but otherwise there was silence.
Steeling myself, I turned to face him. He appeared ageless, at once both young and handsome, old and rugged. His head was completely hairless, his skin dark as the coming night.
His outfit was pure Americana: Plaid chambray shirt, unbuttoned over a pure white wife beater tee-shirt that barely contained his rippling pectorals.
Pale khaki shorts with multiple pockets adorned his lower region. Long muscular legs crossed each other lotus style, white flecks of sand standing out clearly on his ebony skin. His feet, oddly enough, were bare.
He was breathtakingly beautiful. I was suddenly craving my Magic Wand again. Or, better yet, this gorgeous beast of a man pinning me down and pounding me ruthlessly.
"Who... who are you?" I managed not to drool as I spoke.
For the first time since I'd sat down, he turned to contemplate me with his dark, soulful eyes. He offered a half happy, half sad smile. "To be honest? I'm not quite sure anymore. I've gone by so many different names, different identities, that I've forgotten which one is the real me. But as I recall, your Dark Mistress, Lucy Morningstar, used to call me Al."
At this point I need to make something clear so that you fully understand the gravity of the situation I found myself in: While supernatural beings such as myself often mimic human physical functions, we don't NEED to do these things. For instance, we don't physically need to eat, but we can. We also do not need to go to the bathroom, although we can also simulate those functions if we wish.
So when I tell you that I involuntarily peed myself upon hearing his name, you might just understand my terror.
"Al? You mean Alpha? As in... GOD???"
"God?" His large round face twisted in puzzlement, as if the term was somehow unfamiliar. "Yes, that's what they used to call me. God."
Shifting his fishing pole to his left, he extended his right. His huge hand engulfed mine as I reflexively accepted it. "I'm not very fond of that title lately. In fact I'd prefer not to hear it ever again. No, Alpha will do just fine, I suppose. Although please, not Al, either. Lucy used to drive me crazy with that."
I felt like I was on an emotional rollercoaster, and I had a sudden flashback to the hormonal whirlwind that was my first menstruation, many long ages ago when I was still just a mortal girl.
Alpha seemed friendly enough. But if he recognized me, or recalled my involvement in a particular traumatic incident, he certainly showed no signs. Yet I was of course terrified that he was here for just that reason; to punish me for my meddling.