Chapter 48: THE SEAL

The Prince of demon made a palace in earth,

High and mighty, with gems and gold's worth,

The contestants piled up, all tied and still sleeping,

From the drug he provided, not one managed leaving.

Before morning though, he thought of doing something lovely,

So he head to his room, putting down his coat, standing mighty,

But when his fingers touched, the bare skin of the virgin lady,

A bright light suddenly appeared, "A force field? This isn't funny!"

Lucifer went very mad when he felt a zap in his fingers-

The moment he dared to undress her, the pain was still there, to think it'd last longer,

The woman was still sleeping, the drug barely leaving,

But he felt pissed to the core, things like this...surely didn't happened before.

His duke, Haborym quickly came to his aid,

But when he saw his wrathful eyes, though fierce he felt afraid,

"What had made your face like that dear Lord?

I could fetch you a new maiden if you're somehow bored,"

The Ruler of Hell didn't oppose the idea presented,

"I like that, although I apologize if ever my anger I wrongfully vented,"

Haborym bowed down and happily smiled,

"My duty's to serve you, to protect and provide,"

The other demon left the room,

As the Lucifer contemplates if he'd leave her to doom,

But before he could decide his beloved brother Asmodeus arrived,

"Dear Lord, what did happen? Wait, is she still alive?"

Lucifer gave a hateful frown,

and turned to him, as his head looked down,

"Feed her to the monsters, or take her with you,

From now on, to her, your acts will be free to do,"

Asmodeus felt smitten the moment he took a peek,

"Not as pretty, but alright, yet she looks frail and a bit weak,"

Asmodeus gently carried her and Lucifer then closed the door,

"My Lord thank you for the offer, I hope tomorrow, there's something more."

...

But when he arrived he felt like he had been lied,

There's a seal latched unto her, oh how much it hurt his pride,

The copper haired demon felt insulted,

"How dare Lucifer! What kind of man-tsk! He knew this isn't what I wanted!"

The demon of lust felt like burning the place,

"I prepared myself for this! Oh what an absolute waste!"

Until he heard her body shift from his bed,

That sudden fantasies played out on his head.

The demon looked at the poor feeble woman,

"Already so hungry, how weak are such humans,"

He tried to grope her but the field appeared again,

"A child of heavens? Yet not saved from pain,"

"Funny how God protects you, from sinner like I,

When he cannot even save you, from hunger,

Funny how, you would try and reach for him,

When in the end, you'd suffer, and finally...die,"

The woman suddenly opens her eyes,

And that gave the demon watching her a sudden surprise,

She have brown eyes as dark as soil,

Although the field preventing him from intimately touching her, made his blood boil.

"Can you speak?" Asmodeus asked in a serious tone,

"Who are you?" The woman asked, then Asmo left a groan,

"You could barely even speak, you surely need something to eat,

What do you want? Bread? Fruits? or minces of meat?"

The woman felt surprised, who is this man? Acting so nice?

Yet the seal in her wrist kept glowing rapidly,

This man before her, shouldn't be trusted so casually.

"Lucifer gave you to me, so do as I please,

His savage battle's about to start, I spared you, from a certain casualty,

But if you make me regret my choice, to the dome you will fall,

If you failed the game with the humans,

to the pit of zombies, your precious body be mawled."

The statement left the woman in complete horror,

She had just certainly dreamed about this before,

Yet it felt real this time, and so she quickly agreed,

Asmodeus smiles sweetly, pinching her cheek,

"If only the seal, I be able to rid."

...

Ken woke up, his head feeling like it's buried with needles,

But the moment he opened his eyes, he had never felt so little,

He groaned in pain, wanting nothing more to do with such freedle,

What horror should come! Could the wild thumping of his heart, ever be settled!

He looked to his sides, but his friends he couldn't dare find,

And when he looked above, his screams he could no longer keep inside,

Hundreds of winged creatures, were watching them from below,

Merely expectators, they're like rice grains as they, the hungry crows.

He tried to pray, but the noise broke his focus,

He can't even comprehend, where he is in such a confusing locus!

He tried to call for Mar, for Stacy, Robert and Isabelle,

But if ever they did respond, he couldn't and won't ever be able to tell.

Tied from behind, he felt hopeless than before,

His back touching the filthy wall, was now arched differently and quite sore,

He cried feeling pitiful of himself and the others,

Trying to escape, would be out of the box, just a dumb bother.

A demon with long sweeping hair, as white as the clouds,

Waved with pride, smiling at the tired crowd,

"Azazel's the name!" He yelled clear and loud,

"So let's start with introducing the game, a thing I helped create, so as you can see, I'm very proud,"

The wind blew hard and it felt like calamity,

But when it stopped, they were already free from their cuffs, so tied tightly,

Ken quickly stood up, although his legs were still a bit shaky,

And he waited patiently, as the Prince Azazel, continued explaining such a well-waited ceremony.

In the center of the enourmous dome, a large box appeared out of nowhere,

"Don't open it, you'd be killed if you dare,"

Azazel said strictly, as he began with his tell,

"Your names will be drawn out, first two would fight to death..."