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Steffen was doing all he could to stop himself from laughing out loud as he arrived at the gates of heaven. It was sickeninly bright and cheery, hardly a place any respectable demon would go... It made the lord sick to think he had once stooped as low as to be involved with one of the winged vermin of the skies.
" Hello my pretties... Why do you not leave those gates behind and come play?" He taunted at the group of snivvling apprentince angels, each one as pathetic as the next.
" Don't think the gates will protect you form me.. I can destroy them at my whim." he stated, walking slowly forward to the shining gates that separated him from the heavenly realm. Each step forward made the stone in his breast pocket pulsate faster and faster, made it's energy increase and the pain that he was ever feeling grow heavier and heavier. The evil grin he had worn was now a grimace, his fangs bared as he nearly shouted now.
" Are the Angels frightened of one Host of hell? Are you afraid to see if you can banish me from your barrier?"
A crisp voice cut through the air, as accusing as the eyes that now gazed at him. " Be not afraid children, He can not enter into our sacred realm, else unimagineable pain will befall him. He is as powerless as the howling wind to a mountain."

Steffen recognized the angel who spoke, a strong willed woman that had been involved with the 'trial' of his former heavely partner. He sneared.
"Are you calling my bluff Viviana? Surley you would know just how powerful I am... You would know how I can persuade-"

The Angelic woman cut him off in mid sentence. " I will hear no more from you at our gates. What you are is a monser, and Forgiveness is great in the sight of god for his angels." She narrowed glistneing eyes, folding her wings over her shouldres lightly " The one you seek will have nothing more to do with you and your reatched race." The group of fledgling angels seemd to gather some courage and stood thier ground around the angel Viviana. Stefen scowled, cluthing his fists, saying " I am not interested in Her, If given the change I would rip her to shreds myself... But for mow my appetite msut be taken care of else where."

" Not with my angels, beast" Vivian stated flatley. He laughed replying " There is nothing you can do to stop me. I will have one, one way or another..." The conversation was over there, Steffen could no longer bear to be so close to the heavenly gates bearing his burden, and so quickly left to the very edge of the heavenly realm. It would take time for one of the angels to grow curious... one of them to show which winged brat he was looking for this time. He could wait, the dark lord was used to waiting for his prey.

Haucon gave Holly a quizzical look as he dug in his pocket for his key. "Thanks." he said smiling. "I think the same about you..." He led the way up the stairs and paused briefly at the door, once again muttering under his breath and pushing on the door. Once again it rippled and then opened. He stepped through and held the door for Holly, Liam, and the newly named Lucky.

"We're back!" he called to Dream and Kihaku, setting the food on the counter. "I'm going to go check on Leila, maybe she'll eat with us if she's awake." he said optimistically. "Liam, try the milk in the fridge for Lucky, or maybe he'll eat some take out..." he said with a laugh, making his way to his bedroom.

Haucon opened the door and stepped into the darkness, closing the door behind himself, and leaving the lights off. The room felt hot and sticky, and he immediately felt like he had a fever. He crouched down beside the bed and ran a hand over Leila's hair. "Hey." he whispered gently touching her shoulder. "I'm back...you ok?"

When the others returned, Kihaku remained on the couch. Her face somewhat blank, she was distracted with her own thoughts as she toyed with the necklace. She focused, however, as Dream mentioned her memory loss to Holly, and smiled at the girl warmly.

Haucon grabbed Leila's elbow and steadied her. "Hey, take it slow ok?" he said gently. "I went to get some food, everybody's here if you want some. I'm sorry I left you here..." he said trailing off. He kissed her forehead and smiled in the dark. "C'mon, let's go eat. I mean..." he coughed and offered his arm to her like a gentleman, smiling "M'lady, I'd be honored if you'd grace us with your presence."

A worried look crossed Haucon's face. "Yeah, that'd be ok." he said flipping on the light, and feeling sheepish. "Here sit down, are you alright?" he asked. "I'll bring you a plate, we got kimchi, spicy beef and broccoli, general Tsao's...I don't remember what else, but what'll you have?" he asked, still looking a little worried.

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Violet shook her head.
"I can't, at least...not on their own ground. Most likely the light would blind me." she replied, as he'd left she'd let out a soft sigh, she'd forgotten how talking to other demons could be so stressful. Stretching out her huge dark wings she jumped from the roof of the building, falling into a steep glide before flying straight up into the sky to try and find some of the good on the earth.

Haucon smiled. "Yeah, just before you fell asleep. Her name's Kihaku. I don't know too much about her. Are you alright?" he asked seriously. "Here." he said turning the light off again. "Sorry about that, love..." he explained. "Kim chi is like pickled cabbage, but it's really spicy. I'll go grab you a plate alright?" he said and leaned down to kiss her forehead.

He stood up again. "Sorry about the room, I didn't realize I'd have company, so it's a bit of a mess..." he said apologetically as he left to join the others around the food.

"Leila's still a bit tired, so I'm going to get her a plate of food, and she'll eat in there." Haucon said explaining to the others. He began to pile food on a plate and pulled a heap of chopsticks and forks from a drawer in the counter. "Here guys." he said dumping them on the counter.

Leila slowly lowered herself back to the mattress and whispered a 'thanks' as he closed the door. She draped her arm across her closed eyes, thinking again about the nightmare she just had.
What if things had gone badly? What if the others.....?
She squeezed her lids tightly, trying to force the images out of her head if everything hadn't happened as they did. Would she have died? Would Haucon be alone or move..on...? Would Liam have hurt the others? She quickly turned onto her side and slammed her fist against the ground, hating the thoughts she was having.