Lies

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Felix hurried down the staircase hoping that Tracy and the rest where coming behind him. As he came down his eyes met with that of someone totally unexpected.

"What?!" He shouted unknowingly.

"Huh?" The person replied giggling.

It took Felix a few seconds to regain his composure. 

"I'm sorry, I meant what are you doing here? - what a pleasant surprise." He said with a shy smile.

"Well, I've actually closed From work, and I decided to grab a couple of drinks before heading home wards." Felicia, the weird girl who had Sold Coffee and Burger to Felix earlier that day replied eagerly.

"Do you have a few minutes to spare?" She asked further.

Felix sighed as he looked around the hotel as though he was searching for someone, then he walked to where she was and sat beside her.

"Well I just have a few seconds to spare until my friends come down, we where actually going to head out." He said smiling.

"Okay that's cool, do you stay here with your friends or you just came to spend one or two nights?." Felicia asked.

Felix paused briefly as he found the question that she had asked a little bit strange - how could someone he just met want to know this much about him so soon, it took him almost a century in hell to know that Luciana was single - well, he paused on his thoughts.

Having stayed on earth for so long, he had almost gotten used to humans and their sporadic approached towards the affairs of life.

"Well, we actually own the place." He said, then he wanted to take a bottle of champagne, momentarily he remembered that he was in a haste so he took an already opened Brandy and turned into two glasses, he took one of the glasses and gave the other to Felicia.

"Wow, you own the place.." Felicia said giggling. 

"But then earlier today, you told me that you were new in town. So it either means that you where lying to me then or you are lying now." She added.

 "Oh shit." Felix cursed. He had made the mistake because his mind was distracted.  He look out side and saw that the sun had already begun to set. He could not help but wonder what was delaying Tracy and the rest, he needed them to save him from further embarrassment.

"Well my bad. I lied then, because I did not really know you." Felix said forcing a smile while trying to play cool.

"And now you do?" Felicia asked with a smirk.

Felix rolled his eyes towards the staircase area and was relieved to see Tracy coming down with Linder and Joe. "Gosh, it's about time." He muttered to himself.

Then he turned to Felicia. "Ah.. those are my friends, perhaps we would continue this conversation some other time, for now I have to join them." He said winking, as he went to meet Tracy and the rest.

Felicia just kept smiling at him, until they walked out of the hotel bar.

"Gosh that was close, what took you guys so long?" Felix asked as they walked out of the hotel.

"We had to decide for ourselves if we where together with you on this plan or not." Tracy said giggling.

Felix hissed. "You don't even have a choice, he replied."

"Well that's by the way, who was that cute damsel at the bar?" Joe asked.

"No one." Felix replied twitching.

"No one? I saw the way you stared at each other till we walked out of the hotel's bar - you don't stare at no one like that." Linder added.

Felix laughed. "Trust me it's no one, just some weird girl." He replied as they walked into the bush path and sped towards Africa.

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"Are you sure we really have to do this?" Divina asked the three people present in the tent with her. Luciana had told everyone about the what she told Josh on their way from the stream earlier in the day - that they needed to search for Lucifer.

"Yes that is the only option we have left, we can't just sit here idly. And besides even if we don't search for him, who ever won the war would still find us one way or another." Luciana added, hoping that she had convinced them to start the whole process already.

It was getting dark and. The sun had already set for a while now. They had been in the tent alone since morning discussing and arguing about the whole issue.

Several members of the community had come to the tent to ask if everything was okay. And they where all given the same answer - that all was fine.

The neighbours had also done good by bringing their break fast and lunch into the tent for them to eat and gain enough strength for the day. They where already preparing dinner and Luciana wanted all these to be done with before dinner was served.

Earlier in the day, Divina had brought up the idea of gathering the whole community and showing them who they really were, incase things went South. But  Luciana had argued that it was way too soon and that things had not gone bad yet. She said the villagers where not yet ready for the knowledge of their true identity.

Sia sighed. "Can we start now please?" She asked.

She had supported Luciana immediately she  told them about the ritual that could be performed to know Lucifer's whereabouts. She was even mad at Luciana for not bringing up the issue early enough.

Divina sighed. "Alright guys - here goes; the ritual is going to attract every celestial in every part of the universe where I concentrate the search on. I'm going to concentrate the search, on earth firstly - then Hell - then the golden City. Is that cool with everyone?" She asked.

They all nodded in agreement.

"Cool." Divina Saïd as she gathered some sticks around, poured some particles of sand on and around the sticks, then she lit a match.

Everyone stared in awe wondering how she was going to light a Sandy wood - well she was a witch, anything was possible.

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