A Last Cry For Help

Derrick sat in a cabin not too far from the crater with the demons as they tried to ease Pride's predicament . He was sitting by one of the windows with his head in his hands, and had been for almost five hours now, but with every attempt they made only ended up making things worse.

The demons didn't know what to do at this point either. They had spent hours trying to think of ways to get him back, without success. "I'll call Alastair, she'll know what to do." Greed said as he rushed out of the cabin to the car to get supplies. Derrick came in to the room not so long after as he stared sadly at Pride's quickly decaying body. "How is he?"

"He's dying."

"But there has to be something we can do-" Before Greed could finish, he felt a presence behind him and turned around to see one of the other demons. It was Alastair. "Let me see him." She said as they paved way for her to meet Pride. "Hey champ, how are you?" She asked as she touched Pride's right hand. "Mhm." was all Pride could muster as it took every muscle in his body to barely nod his head. "It's just gonna be a little while longer." Alastair tried to console him.

The moment that Derrick saw Alastair he felt a little ray of hope shine down on him. "Alastair surely is a powerful demon, she could rid him of this... thing." Derrick said as he let out a small smile. "Leave us." Alastair said without looking back at the others. They nodded before retreating from the room. An hour passed in silence. Then another hour.

Suddenly the door burst open causing everyone inside to look over. Alastaircame out with a morose look. "I'm sorry, but there's not much I can do for him." Alastair said with a glum look on her face. "The corruption is too much, way too much for me to handle." Everyone bowed their heads lamenting except Derrick, Derrick was filled with rage. His hands trembled like he had been out in the cold. "That's just bullshit!" Derrick screamed out loud startling everyone around him.

"All Alastair could do was give Derrick a sympathetic look. "You can't just leave Pride in a state like that! There has to be something you can do!" Derrick shouted again with tears filling in his eyes. "I don't have any idea what could help." Alastair said shaking her head. "Please Alastair, anything please!" Derrick said on his knees. Alastair kneeled down to his level and grabbed him into a hug. "If I may, why don't you go home and get some sleep? There is nothing you can do right now." Alastair said as she wiped away a stray tear. "Don't touch me!" Derrick said smacking Alastair's hand. "I'm not giving up! Never!" Derrick said as he stormed out of the room. "I'll go get him." "No, let him walk this one off." Greed said interrupting Lust as he tried to go after Derrick.

When Derrick reached the crater he sat down and rested his head on his palms, letting all of the anger flow from his body. When he finally managed to calm himself down he looked up to the stars. "It isn't fair! I never got to keep a family of my own and now that I manage to get one together you do this to me? Nah! You're most definitely wrong for that. And I won't let you take them away! You better pray I don't get my hands on that Lance before you because if I do..." Derrick paused before he screamed, emitting a wave of energy from his body. Surprised at what he did, he looked around to see the demons including Alastair approaching him. "Derrick! What did you do?" Alastair questioned as they drew nearer. "Nothing! I didn't mean it I swear." Derrick said in a panicked state.

Alastair approached him and placed a hand on his shoulder. "No No, we actually need that, Pride seemed to recover as the wave of energy passed him." She explaimed "Think you could do it again?" She asked. The others followed suit as well, except for Greed who stayed back to watch over Pride. "I don't know... I guess I could try." Derrick said as he teleported to the cabin where Pride lay. "God I hope this works. He said as he focused intently on the emotions that prompted the energy emission. Memories of different kinds began flooding his mind, from his fight with Kyle, to Vanessa cheating with Micah to Michael deserting them. His skin boiled as his hair slightly began to rise up, his eyes gave a faint yellow glow as his breathing could be heard by everyone present in the room. "Yo Derrick, slow down." Envy said as he tried to touch Derrick. "No! Don't touch me, I got... this." Derrick said as he became overwhelmed by the burst of energy. "Here... Goes... Nothing!!!" Derrick screamed as he concentrated harder than ever as be released an energy wave so strong it knocked everyone unconscious. Derrick and the others woke up fifteen minute later as they each groaned painfully. "What happened?! Did it work?!" Greed yelled as he stood up slowly. "Whoa, you guys alright?" Greed asked as he noticed how weak the rest were.

"Yeah... We're good." Alastair said as she got up. "What happened here?" A familiar voice said, stopping everyone dead in their tracks. "Pride!!!" Derrick said as he ran towards him to give him a hug. Pride smiled at Derrick as he hugged him back tightly. "How'd you do it?" He asked quietly as they pulled away. "Let's call it a last cry for help." Derrick said as he chuckled. The rest of the group laughed along with Derrick before turning back to Pride as the latter started walking out of the cabin. "Where are you going?" Greed asked in concern. "We gotta get Michael to help us. While he held me by the neck I managed to tap into his head." Pride explained as he put his hoodie back over his head. "And?" Lust asked expectantly. "He plans to go against Lucifer, alone. Michael wants the apocalypse to happen." Pride said as everyone stared at him in disbelief.

"Michael is crazy, there's no way he would do something like that. Especially with the world at stake." Greed said. "He does have his angel, I mean the brawn of Michaelcombined with Gabriel, Raphael and Balthazar should be enough to end Lucifer." Alastair said. "This is nuts! I understand that he can stop him but the frigging world is at stake man! Imagine the kinda force that could be released from their brawl. Earth would be gone in seconds." Sloth said as Gluttony nodded in agreement. "That's not all, when Derrick brought me back he didn't bring me alone. He brought an old friend too." Pride said as he looked at the crater from the cabin, a figure could be seen standing emanating a faint orange glow. "There's no way." Sloth said with visible shock on his face. "Could it be?" Envy and Lust echoed together. Derrick stared outside as he observed the figure coming closer. "Wrath's back." He said as he went outside .

As Wrath walked in front of the cabin, all attention was suddenly drawn onto him. "Welcome back, big brother." Greed said with a small smile as he gave Wrath a tight hug. "Hello." Was all Wrath replied as he walked up to Derrick staring daggers at him. "You're a lot stronger than I thought." Wrath said as he eyed his hand. "I'm guessing you know your true identity as the demon prince now correct?" Wrath asked Derrick, "Yes sir." Derrick said respectfully. Wrath gave him an odd look. "Why'd you come here?" He asked. "I'm here to save the earth." Derrick answered with complete conviction. "Save the earth? By fighting the devil himself?" Wrath let out a short dry laugh. "Well then, how exactly do we bag him, master?" Wrath said as he let out a sly grin.

"Simple, I send him to hell." Derrick replied. Wrath let out a scoff. "You really have no idea who you're up against I see." Wrath said as a slight hint of disappointment showed itself in his expression. "I've known Lucifer since the beginning of time! He's an no mere demon, that's someone you wouldn't dare mess with!" Wrath argued.

"So what? If we lose, I can't die and you guys get to go home. It's a win win if you ask me." Derrick said with confidence. Wrath smirked., impressed by his confidence. Derrick surely wasn't the same boy he me t six months ago. "Fine, let's do it. Come one guys, I think I know something about the Lance's location. We don't have all day so I suggest we get moving." Wrath stated as he walked away. "You betcha!" Greed said cheerfully as they all went to the car as they drove into the night.