Vanishing

Nicholas was numb to Angelica's confession. He couldn't say a word, he only stared at her with his parted lips. Angelica smiled because

"Nich?" Angelica nicknamed him and Nicholas jolted. What was that? Holy Mountains!!!

"Hey!" Angelica softly slapped his cheek and Nicholas regained his senses. He hawkishly cleared his throat as he laid back on the bed facing his back at her. Angelica sighed but innerly she was happy and she couldn't fathom why. Perhaps, because she isn't with her parents and in that boring palace.

Lucifer appeared in the underground Kingdom when it was already midnight. He majestically walked through the corridor as he continually pulled his hair. His brain was scattered and disrupted. He couldn't think straight and his gaze averted from one point to another.

"How are you feeling?" Lucifer was stunned to see Raven in his room. He halted in his track as he gave Raven a murderous glare. Raven chucked lightly but then his eyes glazed with seriousness and firmness.

"Shouldn't you be planning on how to use that little prey of yours? Your time on human land is expiring" Raven walked closer to him not losing hold of his gaze. His dark inky hair poured down his face as his eyes turned red while looking at Lucifer. Lucifer couldn't feel anything less. He knew that what he was saying was the truth. He needs to use Angelica before his time is up but how will he use her? The girl has no glimpse of the danger she's about to encounter and the girl naively trusts him so much.

"What's all this!!! When do I start having sympathy for anyone? Angelica, what the hell have you done to me?" Lucifer threw himself on the floor as he used his hands to clap his head. Raven was stunned by Lucifer's reaction and attitude. Everyone knew Lucifer as a wicked and merciless creature but what the hell is going on? Raven couldn't say a word, he unsympathetically looked at Lucifer. He had warned him several times but he wouldn't listen. This is what he gets for his disobedience.

Lucifer couldn't say a word, he looked at the floor as if he was studying something that no one can see only him. Confusion and Irritation were plunged into him. Lucifer looked weak and terrifying and Raven didn't bother himself. He just stood there like a statue, looking at the trouble-minded guy.

"Raven? I want to speak with the Demon Priestess. Bring her here for me!!" Lucifer gathered some strength as he roughly lifted himself from the red rug. Raven raised a brow as he stare at Lucifer but Lucifer didn't dash his glance.

"What for?" Raven slowly asked. He wasn't sure if he should ask or not because of Lucifer's sudden behavior. Lucifer faced him as his eyeballs weren't losing contact with him.

"Don't ask me and just obey my orders!!" Lucifer said stridently and Raven gulped hard. He silently left Lucifer's presence in search of the Demon Priestess. Lucifer went to his extravagant bed and sat on it. His thoughts were rumbling in his head.

"Your majesty" The Demon Priestess bowed before Lucifer who was not in his right mind. Lucifer's gaze drifted to her as he vigorously stare at the old Demon. The woman bowed and Raven was standing beside her.

"Speak!!" Lucifer said shortly. His stare the both of them was filled with acrimony. His glare could kill someone if they kept on seeing his mysterious face. The duo bowed to prevent eye contact with him.

"I don't understand, Your Majesty" The Demon Priestess shivered as she spoke the Lucifer.

"Just tell me whatever you've seen in the prophecy. Anything!!!" Lucifer growled. The Demon Priestess trembled. She had never been caught up in a devastating situation ever. What has come over him? Holy Smoke!!!

"Your vanishing!!" The priestess barely said. She couldn't predict Lucifer's reaction to what she said. Lucifer looked stunned at what the Priestess said. There's no denying that, he too couldn't sense it.

"And why is that? Why Vanishing? Who's gonna Vanish?" Lucifer ranted as he paced back and forth. He couldn't let his anger on the fragile old Demon. He wanted to ease this anger boiling in him. He wanted to cool it down.

"An... Angelica will be the reason for your vanishing. I can only see both of your death but I don't know how. I hypothesize that you should kill her before anything gets out of hand" The demon Priestess summoned courage as he explained everything to him. She somewhat thought that it would ease Lucifer's anger but she was wrong. His anger topped a million times more. Lucifer blew the wall hard and it crumble. His room is destroyed as the roofing and pillars crumble. Raven instantly saved the poor demon from death. Lucifer roared out loudly.

"What's with you, Lucifer? If you can't kill her, I can do it for you. I will do anything to make sure that you don't vanish from this earth" Raven voiced out but worries filled his voice. His voice cracked a bit as he stare at the troubled Lucifer. He bit his lower lip as he stare at the guy who was a bit injured.

"Don't lay a hand on her. I will kill her and do whatever I want with her myself. No one! I mean No one, should dare lay a finger on her" Lucifer ordered with a stern and threatening voice and Raven looked confused.

"Do you have feelings for her?" Raven asked in curiosity and Lucifer chuckled. Even if he wasn't in the mood to laugh or joke around, the question made him smile. He remembered Angelica's confession to him.

"You won't know what I'm feeling except you go close to her. Her mysteriousness makes powerful creatures like me, weak. She has turned me into something else. She has ruined my life and I can't let her succeed." Lucifer's eyes became watery.

"Prepare the ritual. I want to use her to reincarnate the dead demons. " Lucifer said and then he disappeared away from his sight. Raven's head was bent downwards. He couldn't walk or say anything. He robbed his face with his palm as he looked disturbed.

Lucifer appeared in the small apartment where he is residing with Angelica. He silently walked into the room and Angelica was still asleep. He took a peak at her. His hands gently landed on her cheek. He gently tucked some strands of her white hair behind her ear. He studied her as her intensely stared at her.