A Demon's Love

Going Away

Chapter Three

GOING AWAY

Alas waited in the tree until night fall, he could hear the flapping wings of his kind still searching for him, he thought it wise to quietly escape out of the tree, so his presence may not be detected. Slowly he tip toe out of the tree, a little sound travels fast to the ears of his kind. Moving slowly would get him caught and moving fast would get him caught, he as to hurry in making a decision, for his kind were paying more attention to the movements of the night. He then remembers he has an ability which only the royal seeds have. The invisibility of kings. With it he can walk out of the compound to search for someone he can save, that he may return to Julia, he hasn’t felt much home as he have felt within the hours he have stayed with Julia and her grandmother. In the speed of the wind he moves out of the compound, he turns his face up to the sky seeing In shock his kind were flying after him, he wondered if his invisibility is actually making him invisible, for if it were , he won’t be chased after. He stops running that he may confirm if his invisibility of kings are still entitled to him. Shocked he was by seeing Marcus flying down to him, Alas steps back as Marcus approaches him.

Marcus: Did you think we won’t see you?

Alas: But how? My invisibility was turned on.

Marcus: (laughs) What makes you think it would have work when you have turned your back on your kind, including your father.

Alas: I didn’t turn away from my kind, only away from my father.

Marcus: You are such an ingrate, do you know how many of our kind wish to be in the position of power that you are in now? But you decided to sweep it away to dwell among mortals.

Alas: Kingship have never been my destiny, father chooses to neglect what I want and so I choose to neglect the throne of my father.

Marcus: You choose to do so at the cause of your kind life?

Alas: What are you talking about?

Marcus: How foolish you are thinking to every action there is no reaction. Troy whom have serve you faithfully for eighteen years is dead.

Alas: Don’t tell me Lord Israel killed him.

Marcus: Now you call him Lord Israel?, you better return home if you don’t want him to burn this world you have step your legs upon.

Alas: He won’t do that.

Marcus: How naive you are?, the destruction of this world will be place on your shoulder if you do not come home.

Alas lifts his head to the sky seeing hundreds of his kind hanging in the air waiting like servants for instructions to be carried out. He looks at the eyes of Marcus, his eyeballs were different, not like that of his but that of his father, a burning coal of fire. In his mind he thought of how wicked Marcus would be if he sits on the throne.

Alas: Tell Lord Israel I will be home.

Marcus: That we shall do lest any more of us dies by your actions.

Marcus flies off with their kind back to the darkness. Sadly Alas tries hard not to believe Marcus about the destruction of the world if he doesn’t return home, He knew Marcus as cunning as he could be speaks the truth of what would be the outcome of this world. Not long ago have he felt free now shall he then return to the place he had called home all his life while growing up. He decided to see Julia and her sister Tara before living for he could recall his absence during the day touched them emotionally. First he have to save a life to say goodbye, for his good deed is the purifier of his soul, taking away the darkness and filling him with light.

Alas spread his dark wings ascending up to the sky, from the dark clouds of the night he stare down the surface of the earth, looking for who is in their weakest moment, like a predator he search for who he can rescue that his eyeballs may see the light of day. He sees three men breaking into a man house, he looks closely at them, seeing the energy of evil existing out of their body polluting the air, this kind ends up in the underworld, sadly he waited for the right moment to help so it may be counted as an act of good. Seeing the man being robbed in the middle of the night, he flew with his wings descending down on them like lightning. Without letting anyone see his eyes, he breaks the weapons of the three men, in fear for their lives they flee for they knew not the strange being that flew in to be an hero. Alas wings faces the man and his children as his eyes faces the earth. Little Lily walks to the figure Alas the man whom had saved them. Just like Tara, She touches his wings, place her hand in his hand, with a smile she says. “Thank you Angel”, her family falls on their kneels to show gratitude towards him for they knew such a divine intervention would keep evil away from their door, Alas flies up, staying in the air wondering why will the little girl call him an Angel, doesn’t she know the difference between light from darkness?, he draws out his sword to see if his eyeballs are blue again, happy he is knowing doing good takes out the horror in his eyes.

At the break of day, Alas stood before the closed door of Julia grandmother house, Julia unaware Alas stands outside waiting for the door to be opened, opens the door only to see Alas standing outside, overwhelmed with joy she runs to embrace him tightly, Alas feels the warmness of her breast pressed against his chest, tempted he was to hold her by her waist, slowly he moves his hand about touching the back of her waist only for Julia to pull off from him.

Julia: Where did you run off to ?

Excited she was to see him, she couldn’t wait to burst the bubbles of she knowing he is an Angel.

Alas: I went to

Hardly could he answer that question for he fears lying to her might turn his eyes red again in it’s horror.

Julia: I know where you went to.

She says excitedly for in her heart she have always wanted to see how those who lives in the heaven are like, now she thinks she knows, for his humbleness resembles the stories of Angels being told by her mother before she died.

Alas: Where did I go to ?

As Julia opens her mouth to speaks, Tara runs out in excitement, hugging Alas, she later hits him after hugging him with annoyance for his disappearance.

Tara: Don’t leave like that ever again, you got I and my sister worried.

Alas countenance changes, he barely have a heart, he could have cried if he had one, all he had was the telling of his mood through his face.

Alas: Tara I can’t keep that promise.

Julia hearing Alas says such knew he was saying his goodbye, quickly she remembers him of her wanting him to stay few more days.

Julia: Please stay some days with us before you go.

Alas: It will mean a lot to me if I can stay with you for a full season but I have to return home.

Sadly Tara had to let go, she hold his hand one last time with a drop of tear rolling down her cheek, Julia with sadness stood there unable to move or talk, her heart was beating slowly for the very first guy she have ever truly like is leaving them. Alas walks away with the intention of giving his father Lord Israel a piece of his mind.

Alas turns invisible so he may spread his wings to fly, while flying into the darkness, he is shocked to see Marcus waiting in the gates of darkness alongside other demons. Shocked Alas was for he thought Marcus would have delivered his message to his father before he gets there.

Marcus: Here you are finally, can we now go?

Alas: You have been waiting here for me? But why?

Marcus: I am not going to end up like Troy because you choose to do what pleases you.

Alas: Be reminded that I am your lord.

Marcus: A lord that have no regard for his duty towards the order of the underworld. You should be called a servant.

Alas: Silence, if not that you are a chief warrior to the Castle, your head will be among the heads my father Lord Israel have kept as trophies.

Marcus: I fear not you none your father. He may be Lord but I am more of a warrior that have slain many creatures your father barely can slain.

Alas: You find strength in your words but you are as weak as the hair in my head. What do you think Lord Israel would do to you , if I tell him of your words.

Marcus: Words not proven can not be use as a weapon against the one who owns it.

Alas: So smart yet full of evil like my father.

Marcus: Well said, however I must say you are the bravest to go against the instructions of the lord of darkness. There have been no one born out of kings who have gone contrary to his father needs for their son. You have shown braveness, it will be fun watching you die by his hand.

Alas: Am happy we see eye to eye in this. Now can we go to the underworld?

Marcus suddenly shows interest in Alas strong will to go against his father, unknown to him Alas knew the thoughts of his heart is to rule the kingdom, how funny but real it is, their kind whom seems to have the coal of fire are often evil than others. Though he fears what Marcus would do when his father life circle comes to an end yet he cared not about that for where his soul desire to be was back in the world he was leaving to go meet with his father.

Getting to his father throne who in his impatience waited for him, he falls to bow on his kneels , Lord Israel rises from the throne, pulled him with his telekinesis and smack him in his face.

Lord Israel: How dare you defy my instructions and run off to the outside world.

Alas: I am not sorry Father, I have told you many times how I wish to live in the outside world.

Lord Israel: Your kind belongs here, not in the outside world. Don’t you know you are not to set your feet in the outside world unless be it mandatory?, I am disappointed in you son of my seed.

Alas: Let it displease you father that I only came here because of Marcus words that you would destroy the outside world.

Prince Israel: So right is he, why have you chosen not to be like I lord Israel, Marcus would make a better king than you if you refuse to learn.

Alas: Make him king father, I wish not to be your son anymore, cast me out of this world, for I belong to the outside world.

Lord Israel: It is obvious you have drank the wine of madness.

Lord Israel calls on his guards to throw Alas in the dungeon until his madness is cured. Alas is thrown inside the pits filled with snakes. Never have he liked this creatures that crawls with their stomach, he blows out fire from his mouth trying to consume them but they are fire resistant. They crawl on his body as he screams in his fear for snakes.

He screams louder each seconds, so terrified was Alas, he have never been this close to snakes, never have he visited the dungeon, he had no idea it is filled with thousands of snake, he struggles to get out banging the gates of his cell so hard to be heard. Lord Israel laughs hearing the screams of his son.

Lord Israel: That would teach him to obey his father.

Marcus hearing about the imprisonment of Prince Alas, rush in to see him, he laughs as he sees fear in the eyes of Alas.

Alas: Stop laughing and get me out of this place.

Marcus: Get you out of this place?, No I can’t defy your father besides the cell looks good for you.

Alas: Why are you here if not to help me out.

Marcus: To see the almighty that have fallen.

Alas: Be a brother and get me out, I will make sure you rule this kingdom.

Marcus: Why should I? , As for ruling the kingdom I know I can without your help.

Alas holds in his anger for he knew at that moment the intention of Marcus was to mock him, he have never liked Marcus from the day life came to his dead body, making him what he hate.

Marcus: You are a demon act like a demon and stop screaming as this mortals do.

Marcus walks away smiling for he believes Alas in cell is an opportunity to reign beside his father. Alas unable to control the terrifying moment’s of each snake crawling on his body, spread his wings and flaps it continuously to prevent the snakes from getting closer to him.

Joe: Will you stop blowing your windy wings , you are reminding me of the outside world, how cool the wind feels on my skin.

Alas: Who are you ?

Joe: A prisoner just like you.

Alas: How long have you been in here?

Joe: Long enough to want death the second time.

Alas: Are this crawling beast in your cell?

Joe: Oh you mean this snakes, with time they will be your companion as they are now to me.

Alas: This place have really gotten to you.

Joe: Aren’t you the son of the Lord of this hell am in?

Alas: unfortunately I am.

Joe: I heard all that b***h said to you, listen to me, you got a chance to get out of here, don’t screw it up.

Alas: I am bound to this place just as you are.

Joe: No you are not bound, you are a free man, all you have to do is give in to your father need. Then you will be free.

Alas: I don’t want to be like him.

Joe: Who said you should be like him, be better than him, probably enough to get me out of this place.

Alas: Are you saying this so I can release you of your torture.

Joe: I have accepted my fate the very moment I died and found myself in this place.

Alas have never been this touched by the words of a man, instead of him to run curses on him, he chooses to show concern towards him.

Alas: No one deserves to be here, not even you.

Joe: I deserve to be here but you don’t, I was never a good person while I was in the world, hearing how that b***h talked to you made me see you have the heart of light.

At his words Alas recalls when he did good his eyes became blue but evil makes his eyes red. Growing up his father had only thought him the ways of evil, he has somehow learned the ways of good, staying in this dungeon would only make his evil grow, he desired to break free and return back to the outside world.

Alas: What is your name?

Joe: My name is Joe.

Alas: Joe, am grateful to you for talking to me respectfully without cursing me due to my relationship with my father.

Joe: I am glad I could finally do some good. Now I wish to be free from here by death. Do me that favor by ending my existence for I have lost track of time in this place.

Alas hearing his wish broke down for the first time as tears rolls out of his eyes, he shut his eyes to meditate on his powers, looking for the very light Joe believe is in him. Gradually he glows shining bright like the sun, the heat coming out of his brightness consumed the snakes in his cell, he stood up and touches the bars of his cell, the bars of his cells dries out completely, making it easy to break free, Joe looked at Alas with amazement that he took his advice the other way round. Alas turns to see Joe the man who had spoken to him, he sees snake covering his body leaving only his head, he blows out the very power of light energy glowing all over him on his cell which burnt all the snakes.

Joe: Thank you but it wasn’t necessary for your kind will bring more snakes.

Alas: Your Soul is free.

Unknown to Alas of what he meant by the words that came out of his mouth, he saw Joe glowing bright as he was swallowed by the light. Scared he became for he thought he had killed a dead man twice. He walks pass the guards of the dungeon, he floats In the air to his father throne without the need of his wings, for the light that proceed out of his body is powerful enough to lift him in the air.

Lord Israel: What is the meaning of this? When have you become one of they that lives above?

Alas had no idea of what his father speak of, for only twice have he come out to see the outside world, he only knew of his kind and not any other kind, for the very first time he saw fear in his father eyes, his eyes read a lot of fear that he thought he had towards him due to his glowing.

Alas: I am going above to be among them.

Lord Israel: Never you return back here if you go above, you belong right here with me.

Alas: I belong with my new family.

Lord Israel then knew his son had done good in the outside world which would make him worthy to live above the earth which his son barely understood, for none of their kind are to utter the world Heaven. He grew in anger for the people that had made his son become more soft. Though he was not much of a soft demon while he lives in the underworld, he blamed it on his mother whom he had killed the second time with the sword of the dead for teaching him the ways of the righteous, a prisoner who is cast down to his kingdom due to her love for a married man not her husband , him falling in love with her was a mistake, pouring his seed in her during love making became a curse to his path, he thought within himself he should have killed his son if only he knew his son will become this kind of being. Alas stood in the air wondering about the suddenly silence of his father Lord Israel. He took it as his way of leaving him. To the outside world he went as Lord Israel quietly watched him leave.