The Seven Princes of Hell

Chapter 2

Lucia's point of view

"Lucia, are you okay?" a guy asked as I opened my eyes.

"Ugh" I groaned cause my back aches like hell when I tried to get up on the bed.

"Relax, you have so many injuries so rest for a while"

I examined my whole body and saw how many bruises, bandages, and cuts I have.

What in the goddamn happened?

"Who on earth are you?" I asked him while looking around the room.

"Huh?" he scratched his chin and laughed. "Did you get your head bump?"

Probably.

"Just answer"

He laughed hard and raised his hands in the air. "Relax, it's me Cloud"

Cloud? I don't remember having a friend named Cloud, maybe he's just a random stranger I once met.

"Where am I?"

He grinned and answered.

"Hell"

"Cloud, what happened?" I asked the man who's touching his face while closing the door where Lucia is.

"HAHAHA the Colonel has gone wild once again"

"What happened?"

"She collapsed earlier and forgot her memories again, fortunately, we immediately got her back here on the headquarters" he answered while scratching his chin.

I let out a deep breath while looking at him.

"It's better if you put on some headgear first HAHAHA" then he saluted.

...

Lucia's point of view

I just can't believe that bastard answered hell while I'm asking him seriously. But come to think of it, there's a 50 percent chance that this is a prank. Just where the heck am I? Where's Angelique? I have to see her. I wanna know what's going on here.

"Lucia"

And who is this again?

A man wearing all black like some sort of soldier opened the door and came in, his face seems a little worried while looking at me.

"What's going on? where am I and how about Angelique?"

"Pardon my intrusion Colonel, just relax and everything will be fine" he replied.

As if.

But-

Did I hear it right?

"Colonel?" I confusedly asked. "What do you mean?"

He let out a deep sigh and stared.

"I am Dark, the lieutenant commander of Devil Corps. It's fine, this is not the first time you have lost your memory. To be honest, this is the third time around but don't worry you'll regain your memories soon"

Lieutenant? Corps?

"You mean I am the Colonel of what-you-so-called Devil Corps?"

He nodded as a response.

Something's not a hundred percent right.

"Where's Angelique?"

He crossed his arms and stared at me like he's thinking who the hell am I talking about.

"Is she one of our colleagues?"

"She's my friend"

Dark paused and brushed his hair using his fingers.

"You don't have any sort of friends here Colonel, you should calm down first and we'll talk about this later-"

"No thanks"

I decided to stand up and get my ass out of this room. Enough with the prank. I'll definitely kill Angelique nor Phoenix later when I see them, but first I have to get out of here as soon as possible because I can feel my nerves aching.

"Colonel, calm down"

I ignored him and quickly left the room. When I got out, I took a look around the whole area. This isn't a modern facility, and everything is quite old-fashioned.

"Excuse me" I saw the guy named Cloud in the hallway so I immediately approached him.

"Colonel!" he seemed a bit shocked, he saluted and covered his face with his hands.

I felt sorry because I punched him earlier, but part of me said he deserved it anyway.

"Where's the exit here?" I asked.

He slowly points to the left-wing of the facility, I thanked him and quickly walked my way in that direction.

"Colonel!" I heard Dark's voice at my back calling me but ignored him once again.

They should stop with the Colonel endearment already, I'm not some sort of warrior who's capable of fighting and killing. Well, I do hope I can kill my two friends right now but whatever.

I walk faster and finally saw the light on the outside. I'm finally gonna get out of this place.

"Colonel, wait!"

As I opened the door, a wind quickly rushed and blew my hair away from my face.

I took a glance on the outside and saw a terrifying scene I've never seen my entire life.

"Lucia!"

I swallowed the lump on my throat as I heard Dark's voice calling me again.

"Where the hell am I?"

I can't look away at the series of dead bodies in front of me, they are all wearing the same clothes as mine as if they are fallen soldiers sent to a battlefield. And it's not just that, I saw how different the sky is. It's not shining nor dark, it's actually dim. As if there is no hundred percent life in this place.

No freedom, only death.

"300 of them died today" Dark stated. "Lost souls are becoming out of control, one of these days, we might lose"

"Dark" He glanced at me as I said his name. "Where are we? Explain everything to me. Now"

"This place is the headquarters," Dark said while touring me around. "We plan everything in here, our weapons are here. Everything we need in battle is here" he continued.

"Devil Corps? What is it?" I asked.

"Well, its an alliance, we protect the Underworld or should I say the City for the lost soul's invasion"

"Lost souls?"

"It's a type of dead soul, they might be delivered from hell or heaven after death as a human but instead of going into the rightful place where they should be, they crossed the path of darkness. And with that, they can turn into a demon and if we don't eliminate them they will destroy everything"

"Wait-wait. Demon? Then what are we? Why Devil Corps?"

"Because we are Devils. Demons and Devils are different, we tend to protect hell while those demons destroy middle earth, heaven and so this place" Dark brushed his hair using his fingers.

Middle earth? So humans still exist! But as a matter of fact, on earth devils and demons had no difference.

"Im a devil? Am I immortal?"

"In this place no but we have a very long lifespan, we are only scary creatures because of those humans. They can't kill devils and demons because they don't have the weapons nor strength to defeat us" Dark continued. "The Devil Corps is just a small alliance, you, me, and the other officers are founding it. But aside from us, Devil's army also exist"

That's a hundred percent sure way more powerful than a Corps.

"Where are they?" I asked.

Dark shrugged his shoulders.

"Who knows"

-

"Death" Igneous suddenly appeared with blood on his hands so I turned around not wanting to see it. "Why did you call me?"

"Can't you wipe that blood away?!"

He chuckled and snapped his fingers quickly.

"So.. now what?"

"The bride," I said turned at him, and grinned.

"She's finally reborn"