A Devil's Journey

A Strange Night Part 2

I had been asleep for a while, maybe a couple of hours. I felt pretty groggy still, so it couldn't have been long. I had this odd suspicion that someone was watching me, but felt nervous to open my eyes. I finally mustered the courage, coming face to face with Samael. I let out a small squeal of surprise as I quickly jumped up and sat down instead, clutching my blanket to my chest. Immediately realizing I was still mostly naked underneath and internally cursing myself for wanting to still sleep this way. Blushing hard and watching him as he roared laughing at my reaction.

"Oh God I wondered how long it would take you to wake up. You're very clearly in tune with the energies around you" he chuckled, finally calming down as I found myself confused all over again.

"What are you doing out?" I asked coldly. Vincent was the one I enjoyed talking to, Samael was a demon after all so I didn't trust him. Samael's eyebrow raised at my tone, smirking at my reaction.

"Demons don't need sleep, we are superior beings" he said nonchalantly. He very clearly believed what he was saying. "So most nights I come out to stretch and enjoy myself, since he rarely lets me out during the day".

I pondered this. I couldn't blame Vincent for not letting him out though, especially when somewhere populated. Who knew what he could do. "I mean, can you really blame him? You are a demon after-all and you would attract quite a bit of attention with how you look". He looked horribly offended by my words.

"A demon? You make me sound like some common piece of garbage". Yea, he was pissed off. "I am the one dubbed Lucifer by you pathetic humans".

Lucifer? As in... "the devil" I whispered. He grinned again, that devilish grin suddenly making way too much sense.

"In the flesh.... so to speak. This is close to my true form, but I can't have my full form until Vincent relinquishes control to me" he sat next to me. A little close for comfort considering I was still nude under this blanket. But he didn't need to know that.

"Why is the devil stuck inside a humans body in the first place? Don't you have a realm called Hell to run?" I was feeling bold, may as well ask more questions. The look on his face made me wish I hadn't though.

"I was running Hell before my Chief commander poisoned me and sent me to this wretched place" he spat out with hatred. "He weakened me and placed me inside of this human... he knew he couldn't kill me in my true form, but if he could attack before I fully awakened in this human he would have a chance. He had to wait for me to surface though as if he killed my human before I did, I could jump bodies.

I nodded at everything he was saying, not sure what much of it meant. "So on Vincent's 18th birthday when you awakened..." I trailed off and he closed his eyes and nodded, almost looking sad.

"My commander and his minions showed up at that exact moment in hope of taking me out before I had a chance to react. They weren't counting on the fact that even though I hadn't awakened, I had been aware for those 18 years and knew exactly what was coming. I turned and killed all of his minions. He slipped out while I was busy dealing with them, sensing that I was not going to go down. But he destroyed any possible trust I could have built with Vincent, murdering his family before he disappeared. When Vincent woke up, it was a complete bloodbath. The demons disappeared as they perished, so there was no evidence of anything other than me."

I was surprised at his honesty. I could tell he was being honest for whatever reason. I reached down and grabbed his hand "you need to tell him this".

He chuckled and snatched his hand back, clearly not good at doing sentimental. "I don't need anything from anyone, including you" he snapped back at me. "I simply couldn't sleep and was looking for something to entertain me". He looked me up and down and I realized when I had reached out to him my blanket had fallen slightly, revealing my bare shoulders. He licked his lips and I quickly lifted my blanket back up, suddenly feeling vulnerable.

"I-I don't have much in the way of entertainment" I stuttered, his eyes had not left my body and I could feel myself getting wet under his gaze.

He smiled at my words, leaning in closer to me, forcing me to lean backwards so as not to let him touch me. He came closer and closer until he was hovering over me and I was on my back, my face flushed and my heart beating erratically. He reached his hand up and traced down my cheek to my chin, lifting it towards him, our lips barely apart now. "I have all the entertainment I need right here" he stated seductively.

I fought to come to my senses, part of me desperately wishing he would kiss me, but scared to let him. I needed more information and I wanted to hear these things from Vincent, not Samael. I gulped and put my hand on his chest, pushing him backwards. He looked amused, but followed my lead, allowing me to sit back up and put a bit of space between us.

"No woman has ever resisted me before" he said, still looking amused at me. I shook my head to clear it, watching him carefully.

"No woman... as in you've done this before?" I pondered. This made him laugh again.

"Oh hunny, so long as we are in a town with people I have to keep myself entertained all night somehow". Oh good, so I was just his latest conquest. That knowledge helped me shake the last of the desire nagging at my core.

"So you're what... a player? Only into one night stands?" I thought about it a moment and had another striking realization "oh god... Vincent has no idea that you're doing this does he?"

He nodded to all of it "Vincent doesn't have any access to what I do or see. My body changes when it's me, so there are no traces left behind either". I was floored. I didn't even want to know how many times this had occurred.

"Is that just the way it is... or is that because you choose not to show him?" he paused at my accusation, giving me a quizzical look.

"Man you are smarter than you look" okay ouch, that hurt my pride a bit "he doesn't need to know what I do, it would probably be too traumatizing for his little human head to handle". He clearly didn't think much of us humans, but if he was going to share Vincent's body, they should share everything.

"Don't you think it's a little unfair to make that decision for him? Considering he has the freaking devil in him you could try to think about it from his point of view. Maybe he would actually trust you more if you shared" I said, determined to get through to him.

He looked as if he was actually pondering what I said, his chin resting in his hand for a moment before looking back to me. "Fine, but if you wake up to a mess of a human being in the morning it's your own fault" he stated and jumped up, nearly making me jump as well. He walked over to the bed and sat down sighing.

"Mess of a human... wait, what are you going to do?" I was worried now. Me and my big mouth.

He chuckled at my sudden change in attitude "well he's got some serious catching up to do if I'm going to share everything, so I will let him rest and show him everything in his dreams". I must have looked shocked so he continued "he's basically doing the equivalent of dreaming right now anyway, I will just relinquish control and allow him to see everything".

I was surprised at all of this, but glad to see I made some sort of impression. I smiled his way and nodded "it will be the right thing... I'm sure of it". I wasn't so sure, the last thing I needed was to wake up to a crazy person, but I will figure it out.

He crawled back into bed and sighed "you had better be right you incredibly strange human... or next time you are mine for sure". I blushed at the last comment, laying back down and thinking about it. Goodness knows how many women he had bedded, but I oddly craved him anyway. It was probably just Vincent I was interested in and was confused by this extra being. Oh well, I will figure it out in the morning.

"Good night Samael" he looked back at me one more time, clearly not used to any sort of kindness in this form.

"Good night... Trinity" he responded before he laid down as well and we both fell back asleep.