From a Different Angle

A Small Trip to A New contract

Lucifer and I walked into the hotel, and even on the lobby I could hear both males and females moaning as if they were attempting to make a porno into an ear r**e joke. We both looked at each other unsure if this was the sort of place we wanted to spend the night in but we silently agreed to just go through with it since we had nowhere else to go.

"Welcome to the Best Fantasy, how may I help you Gentleman today?"

Asked the man at the front desk, or at least I believed it was biologically a male to be quite honest. I am not sure if it was either

"Hello there, we want to book a room. Do you have anything where it can possibly be more quiet?"

It gave us a little smirk, as if it was fantasizing about the two of us doing the deed in a quiet room away from the rest of the sinners in this place

"Oh I see, little passionate night in a forbidden city? Oh don't worry, I have a good room where you two can go at it, we even provide lighting and other props to set the mood if you wish"

Lucifer gave a confused and defeated look as he sighed, I couldn't help but laugh as It spoke about how he thought we were together

"No you misunderstand, we are not together at all. Simply partners in a growing business and we have no other place to go to."

Lucifer quickly spoke while I was busy trying to stop myself from laughing, the red haired humanoid figure gave a rather disappointed look at us then shrugged as if we just denied it a long wanted fan-fic

"Say what you want, I still say you two would look very cute in bed together"

I could feel Lucifer pull out a gun, but instead he pulled out his wallet and card with a semi annoyed look

"Just give us a room please, the most quiet you can get"

He said as it took his card, swiped it then gave us a room key with weird symbols on it.

"Your room is the furthest in the back to the left, can't miss it. It should be relatively quiet, if you change your mind about what you wanna do tonight the-"

Lucifer gave no chance to let him finish that sentence before taking my arm and dragging me to our room

"You could have at least denied that we were together you absolute asshole!"

He yelled at me as we made our way to our room, which was not in bad shape despite the sort of activities that take place here. The lighting was set to switch around between a pretty pink and a low red, there was only one bed which was covered in a white veil, the bed itself had red sheets and heart pillows with all sorts of messages written on them that would not be appropriate to say in public. After that the bathroom was normal with white tile, and there was a mini snack station with a microwave, coffee machine and phone to call the front.

"I am gonna assume that this place was made for couples that wanted a passionate night as the person said at the front, well you are the one with the number to the agency so I am gonna lay down because although I am healed I am suddenly getting a light crash. Do not even think of doing anything weird, I thought I knew who you were based on files but I am wrong and I don't want to wake up with something up my ass"

He said as he threw himself to the bed then yawned as he laid down, he flipped all the pillows to not show any words then used them to lay down in a more comfortable position.

I pulled out my phone and looked around for a place to make the call, and to my luck there was a balcony that I could use. I walked over and closed the door behind to not disturb Lucifer from his rest, I pulled out the card I was given this morning then punched in the numbers hesitantly, I knew we needed the money but a part of me wanted to live life how I have been. Carefree and away from any and all responsibilities, the money we may get from a job could get us that lonely mansion where we will go undisturbed but what is there to assure that. I did not wish to be tied down to responsibilities that I never wanted, just like in the beginning. As my mind raced with several thoughts that I could barely keep up with I realized something that was far different than what my past has been. For once I had a choice, I did not have to do any of what I was doing unless I wanted to do so there was no greater being over me trying to force me to do anything, it was up to me and nobody else to make that decision. I looked at the numbers ready to be dialed in my phone then made my decision to do as I wished, and my wish was to go forward with this path. The phone rang once, then twice, three times...

"Good evening there, this is the boy I met at the bar earlier isn't it? I knew you would call back sooner or later"

To be honest it puzzled me for a second. She knew it was me, either that or she has been answering every phone call with that same speech this whole day which would be awkward

"Y-yeah, it's me. I wanted to talk about joining your company, I believe I have a certain set of skills that could go a very long way regarding the business you run. I also have made a partner who is as skilled as I am and could run ops just as dangerous"

I said as confidently as I could over the phone, even if I knew how to fight there was parts of missions I lacked on where Lucifer could pick up such as stealth, politics or even just basic strategy

"Oh no darling, I knew you have that within you. I am assuming you are still staying on the same planet we met, I will pick you up in the ship parking next to the bar at around nine in the morning. Get some rest, we have lots to discuss tomorrow."

She said as if I already had been part of the company long ago, then again if she was expecting me to call back maybe she did know who I was from the very beginning

"Y-yeah, I will see you then, Star"

I responded back trying my best to not let my thoughts get the best of me in front of her, any sort of weakness in this business could be exploited

"Oh that name is just an alias, call me Scarlet the Red Queen. See you then, Gabriel"

She gently whispered into the phone then hanged up. The way she said my name made every single part of my body run cold, she knew from the very beginning who I was but did not do a thing. It could mean a severe amount of things from a simple lucky guess she made, to her having a much bigger plan for me. However the more I thought about it, the more I became calm about the situation as I realized that if she knows about me then it means she knows I could destroy her existence if I really wanted to which means that she wants me alive. For how long I would have to find out one way or the other.