Layla is a necromancer, she has very little control of the power and when she comes in contact with a dead body one of two things happens: it may come back to life but if she doesnât send it back to being dead after a minute someone else has to die instead which is why she more prefers the second method, when she touches a body the spirit possesses her and she blacks out but they take over for a temporary amount of time (max of about three minutes) before the spirit is forced from her body usually this is why she needs someone else with her so that the can talk to people or she leaves a pen and paper with questions on it just in case so that they can write down the answers to as many questions as possible. Layla uses this to help her solve murders or to get evidence against certain incidents depending on what she is investigating at the time. When she isnât being a private detective, she is a bartender at the club that Cecelia owns since every club needs a bartender and she does spend enough time with the supernatural as it is, plus itâs a great place to blow off some steam and pick up people. Layla has had this ability for as long as she can remember and frankly finds it tedious and annoying even if it is useful in her investigations   Â
Vlad stared at the tincture before he downed it gagging. According to every doctor he had the worlds worst case of Anemia. He took his steak rarer than most would and his canines were far more prominent than others but that was fine. His skin burned easier in the sun that was fine too! He didnât have a job outside so he could avoid that. Life was good, he made decent pay enough to cover expenses and a bit to put away for the rainy day or when his health bill was too much. Fruit helped.... that was the part the doctors couldnât explain, why the fruit alleviated the symptoms. He had always been pale and stick like, but he figured he just couldnât keep on weight.
Sometimes he had nightmares, ones that passed through his mind and stayed in the far back. Visions of himself soaked in blood, the bodies so many bodies, the smell of fire, brimstone and everything laid to waste. A firey crown perched over his head and a cry of anguish from his lips as he sat back upon a twisted throne and looked on at his work before him. Made for a good DnD plot.
His service dog was an enormous fluffball named Cerberus, though he didnât start out so big, what had once been a five pound fluff had become a hundred thirty pound mass of muscle and fluff. Cerberus was a very protective dog and while he says that he saved Cerberus it was the other way around. He still thinks it was a dream, there was no way that the dogâs mouth unhinged and swallowed a gun.
Days passed the same, either working at the Bar, tending his bees, or playing video games till the crack of dawn pierced his red-eyed gaze. He attended the local university and was making his way in getting a doctorate in History. Having been praised for his writing and essays. The most common was, âyou must have lived there in a past life!!!â He chuckled but honestly his dreams were rather vivid of things he shouldnât know. He specifically had latched onto history of Eastern Europe.
Vlad currently was shaking a martini up at his job, dressed like a bard he acted as bartender. For a twenty dollar tip one could have him sing from a choice of songs that were provided on a easel next to the jar. Songs like âWhat is Love?â, to âCareless Whisperâ, all the way to âBad Romanceâ. It was a busy night and the sounds of rolling dice filled the air.
"let him sleep for a little bit, poor kid has had a weird day" Layla said looking over to Fabian and ruffling the kids hair while he was sleeping before she stood up
"alright, I'm going to go check out some of Ava's wards and erase the ones I don't agree with so we don't run into any more fruit bats stick in the yard"
Vlad stared at the tincture before he downed it gagging. According to every doctor he had the worlds worst case of Anemia. He took his steak rarer than most would and his canines were far more prominent than others but that was fine. His skin burned easier in the sun that was fine too! He didnât have a job outside so he could avoid that. Life was good, he made decent pay enough to cover expenses and a bit to put away for the rainy day or when his health bill was too much. Fruit helped.... that was the part the doctors couldnât explain, why the fruit alleviated the symptoms. He had always been pale and stick like, but he figured he just couldnât keep on weight.
Sometimes he had nightmares, ones that passed through his mind and stayed in the far back. Visions of himself soaked in blood, the bodies so many bodies, the smell of fire, brimstone and everything laid to waste. A firey crown perched over his head and a cry of anguish from his lips as he sat back upon a twisted throne and looked on at his work before him. Made for a good DnD plot.
His service dog was an enormous fluffball named Cerberus, though he didnât start out so big, what had once been a five pound fluff had become a hundred thirty pound mass of muscle and fluff. Cerberus was a very protective dog and while he says that he saved Cerberus it was the other way around. He still thinks it was a dream, there was no way that the dogâs mouth unhinged and swallowed a gun.
Days passed the same, either working at the Bar, tending his bees, or playing video games till the crack of dawn pierced his red-eyed gaze. He attended the local university and was making his way in getting a doctorate in History. Having been praised for his writing and essays. The most common was, âyou must have lived there in a past life!!!â He chuckled but honestly his dreams were rather vivid of things he shouldnât know. He specifically had latched onto history of Eastern Europe.
Vlad currently was shaking a martini up at his job, dressed like a bard he acted as bartender. For a twenty dollar tip one could have him sing from a choice of songs that were provided on a easel next to the jar. Songs like âWhat is Love?â, to âCareless Whisperâ, all the way to âBad Romanceâ. It was a busy night and the sounds of rolling dice filled the air.
Fabian gave up his struggle and pouted a bit he still didn't quite believe him, adoption? He'd known Vlad for an hour there was no way someone just found a kid and adopted them on the spot that didn't even happen in movies. Besides what if he didn't want to be adopted?
"I barely know you, how do you think you could be my dad?" Fabian asked him there wasn't as much accusation in his tone this time more morbid curiosity than anything
"you'll regret it once you get to know me or you'll ignore me like carmilla does."
"you know there isn't even a police report out on this kid?" Layla asked coming in wearing power rangers PJs she looked up pulling her headphones off
âI donât but, I donât think you should be left to the adoption agency either, youâre a vampire, there isnât a supernatural adoption agency. Most donât know how to care for a vampire child. I am a vampire who was once a vampire child.â Vlad looked up and his heart just broke. âThen there is no way in hell I am letting her take him. Fabian, you donât have to be adopted by me but at least consider it? You wonât go back to her if I do, I can assure you that. If I donât it will be harder if not impossible to keep you from her. CPS only does so much and with how wealthy she is she could pay the courts to be in her favor.â This was a lot to say to a little kid. âI know I only just met you but, I want to keep you safe.â
"you could apply to be his foster parent" Layla pointed out to him "it'll look better on the application for adoption when the time comes as well, a social worker will be assigned to the case to keep a closer eye on him and carmilla plus you'll get to keep him" Layla said as she sat on the couch that was once his hiding place as Fabian definitely seemed sick to his stomach he was more than a little overwhelmed because if everything happening far to fast
Fabian sat on the floor and pulled his knees to his chest as he covered his ears and shut his eyes tight which had Layla putting her things down
"ok panicking isn't good" Layla said as fabian started crying and trying to calm himself down
"I'll get him some water and maybe w blanket, you try to ground him so he doesn't freak, find some meditation videos on your phone" Layla said to him before she left vaguely reminiscing of Vlad doing similarly when he was a child as well
Vlad did as she said and showed Fabian, he hadnât meant to overwhelm the child. He was always the one who was quick on the draw and never thought of how things needed to take time he wasnât going to adopt that day as it was. But he was having Will look into the legal side of things after all strange boy who is a vampire found on the streets. He wouldnât make it if he was left to his own devices. As for Carmilla he hoped he never met her. âFabian, Iâm sorry. Here watch this.â He held the video where the boy could see it.
Fabian peaked out and saw the videos with pretty music and jelly fish a moment later Layla came back and wrapped him in the blanket she found, it was so soft and squishy Layla out her arms around him and squeezed him tight remembering comforting Vlad in a similar way when they were younger. Fabian listened and slowly calmed down until he was almost asleep his head slumping over to rest on vlad
"better?" Layla asked Fabian nodded
"good when you're ready we can all talk this over one step at a time ok?" Layla asked looking between both Vlad and Fabian
Vlad nodded, ârest ok?â He smiled. Nothing was going to get done right away these things had to take time and in the mean time they would make sure he was cared for and safe. he hadnât meant for it to seem so sudden and to confuse him, let alone overwhelm him.
âYeah you know me sis I get way to excited and latch onto ideas before giving them time to breathe.â Vlad chuckled. âI didnât mean for him to think I would adopt him today or even any time soon more like see what needed to be done for him because clearly he isnât and hasnât been taken care of by his current guardian.â
Vlad stared at the tincture before he downed it gagging. According to every doctor he had the worlds worst case of Anemia. He took his steak rarer than most would and his canines were far more prominent than others but that was fine. His skin burned easier in the sun that was fine too! He didnât have a job outside so he could avoid that. Life was good, he made decent pay enough to cover expenses and a bit to put away for the rainy day or when his health bill was too much. Fruit helped.... that was the part the doctors couldnât explain, why the fruit alleviated the symptoms. He had always been pale and stick like, but he figured he just couldnât keep on weight.
Sometimes he had nightmares, ones that passed through his mind and stayed in the far back. Visions of himself soaked in blood, the bodies so many bodies, the smell of fire, brimstone and everything laid to waste. A firey crown perched over his head and a cry of anguish from his lips as he sat back upon a twisted throne and looked on at his work before him. Made for a good DnD plot.
His service dog was an enormous fluffball named Cerberus, though he didnât start out so big, what had once been a five pound fluff had become a hundred thirty pound mass of muscle and fluff. Cerberus was a very protective dog and while he says that he saved Cerberus it was the other way around. He still thinks it was a dream, there was no way that the dogâs mouth unhinged and swallowed a gun.
Days passed the same, either working at the Bar, tending his bees, or playing video games till the crack of dawn pierced his red-eyed gaze. He attended the local university and was making his way in getting a doctorate in History. Having been praised for his writing and essays. The most common was, âyou must have lived there in a past life!!!â He chuckled but honestly his dreams were rather vivid of things he shouldnât know. He specifically had latched onto history of Eastern Europe.
Vlad currently was shaking a martini up at his job, dressed like a bard he acted as bartender. For a twenty dollar tip one could have him sing from a choice of songs that were provided on a easel next to the jar. Songs like âWhat is Love?â, to âCareless Whisperâ, all the way to âBad Romanceâ. It was a busy night and the sounds of rolling dice filled the air.
Everyone had gone their separate ways, Julius had taken honey home and almost instantly crashed on her couch while she fed Cody and made sure he was okay as well when she got the text she looked at her phone and smiled softly
{I'd love to but are you sure you want to? You seemed to have enough of demons and hell is just be fuel to the fire}
She wanted to give him the chance to back out, in case there was any chance of him doing this out of obligations
Vlad stared at the tincture before he downed it gagging. According to every doctor he had the worlds worst case of Anemia. He took his steak rarer than most would and his canines were far more prominent than others but that was fine. His skin burned easier in the sun that was fine too! He didnât have a job outside so he could avoid that. Life was good, he made decent pay enough to cover expenses and a bit to put away for the rainy day or when his health bill was too much. Fruit helped.... that was the part the doctors couldnât explain, why the fruit alleviated the symptoms. He had always been pale and stick like, but he figured he just couldnât keep on weight.
Sometimes he had nightmares, ones that passed through his mind and stayed in the far back. Visions of himself soaked in blood, the bodies so many bodies, the smell of fire, brimstone and everything laid to waste. A firey crown perched over his head and a cry of anguish from his lips as he sat back upon a twisted throne and looked on at his work before him. Made for a good DnD plot.
His service dog was an enormous fluffball named Cerberus, though he didnât start out so big, what had once been a five pound fluff had become a hundred thirty pound mass of muscle and fluff. Cerberus was a very protective dog and while he says that he saved Cerberus it was the other way around. He still thinks it was a dream, there was no way that the dogâs mouth unhinged and swallowed a gun.
Days passed the same, either working at the Bar, tending his bees, or playing video games till the crack of dawn pierced his red-eyed gaze. He attended the local university and was making his way in getting a doctorate in History. Having been praised for his writing and essays. The most common was, âyou must have lived there in a past life!!!â He chuckled but honestly his dreams were rather vivid of things he shouldnât know. He specifically had latched onto history of Eastern Europe.
Vlad currently was shaking a martini up at his job, dressed like a bard he acted as bartender. For a twenty dollar tip one could have him sing from a choice of songs that were provided on a easel next to the jar. Songs like âWhat is Love?â, to âCareless Whisperâ, all the way to âBad Romanceâ. It was a busy night and the sounds of rolling dice filled the air.
"do you want me to get you out of the mirror?" Julius asked him with a scowl as Angela just looked like hurt
"got it!" Layla said as the lock clicked and she untangled Julius from the chains and Julius sighed rolling his shoulders for a moment before he reached into the mirror and yanked Vlad out
"thank you,now to kill that bastard for touching my mirror! You don't mess with the mirror of fate!"
âThank you!â Vlad hugged Julius. âOk but first how do I switch back to my body?â Vlad asked. âI donât want to be old! Gross Lucifer! I want to be me!â He reached for Mjolnir and the hammer came to him.
"ask the necromancer" Julius said looking at Layla again, Layla quirked a brow
"sorry unless you have someone hiding from the law that you need found I'm all out of tricks"
"well technically I'd you're a necromancer and Lucifers body is technically dead you should be able to swap their souls back" Angela said shrugged"it's simple necromancy Layla frowned
"so grab them at the same time and hope he doesn't possess me too?"
Nikki nodded she wanted this to be over it had been a very long day
"when this is over I'm holing up in Angela's kitchen and eating all the sweets" Nikki said shaking her head "then I'm going to buy a giant tub of ice cream and cuddle.my boyfriend and my girlfriend while I eat it and watch Disney"
Vlad nodded, âand I am going to just never leave my neat tidy life again or wish for adventure I have had a life full of it in a two day period. Possibly three I lost track.â Vlad skidded to a stop catching his younger self. âNow Layla!â
Layla ran ahead and grabbed ahold of each if them the energy of the two most powerful beings and for a moment felt like the air left her lungs and when she was sure it was done she let go and fell to her knees all of her energy gone with the transformation
Vlad punched Lucifer hard in the face as Mjolnir flew to him, âget the fuck away from my family and friends you fucking ass hat!â He slammed the hammer into him sending him flying back pinning him. Vlad began punching him the wall behind becoming imprinted with Luciâs shape.
Lucifer tried to move the hammer keeping him in place.
âYou arenât going anywhere,â Vlad looked to Julius, âcan you seal him in a mirror?â He asked mid-punch.
"waited way to long for this" Julius said as the mirror glowed a faint purple in his hand and he took a dagger pricking Lucifers finger and snapping the compact closed on it only for the Man to vanish as it clicked Julius shook it for a moment enjoying the rattling he heard before he turned to nikki
"you may want to ductape this shut and throw it in the nearest ocean"
âNo we keep it close under lock and key, if we know where it is it canât be found by anyone else or used against us when we least expect it.â Vlad turned to Honey. âPardon.â He pulled her close and dipped her low kissing her deeply then pulled away. âNow for me to seal that bloody portal and end this madness.â He walked towards the basement where he could seal it mjolnir in hand.
He stopped by Layla, âyou did good big sister. Now let me make sure it wasnât in vain.â He pressed a hand to her head in a loving way before continuing on.
Layla looked at Nikki and they shared a worried look before following closely after him Angela took honey and headed back outside hoping to find a healer the demon was looked worse for ware and Julius quickly followed to make sure honey was safe
"don't do things like that you act like the self righteous hero who is going to sacrifice himself to save everyone else" Layla said glaring at him
"and you're not doing that" Nikki said in a time that meant no room for arguing with them
Layla grabbed him and practically threw him on the ground
"no" she said glaring as her temper rose she even went as far as pointing her sword at his throat
"You will do that because YOU aren't going anywhere, we're either in this all together coming out or not at all." Layla said glaring at him she dared him to argue with her
Vlad looked at her, âI have never sealed a portal let alone a demon portal. I donât know what it will take. I wonât lose you or Nikki again. I canât you two are the best things that have happened to me in this family I know that family is what you choose, but of the ones I had no choice you two are the best. I love you both, but every moment more we stall the higher the chance I might not make it. Please trust me,â Vlad pleaded. âTrust me to make it back alive.â
Vlad looked at them, âthe world will burn if I lose you both in this.â
âThen it sounds like either way theyâre going with you.â Ezra said having come in, âsorry demons are dead outside and there was no word on the inside. Had to make sure that you were all alright. Also you three are like the Tri-force so it will be easier to deal with the three than just the one.â
"we're coming. Stop being the hero and be our brother. Because in this case we will literally follow you into the depths of hell if we have too" Nikki told him Layla nodded a bit she still didn't dare move knowing Vlad may try to abandon them
Vlad sighed, âfine.â He just didnât want them getting hurt or seeing them hurt anymore. Seeing anyone hurt. âNow let me up. We need to end this. Before it canât be ended.â He reached up for Layla and Nikkiâs hands.
"you try to run and I'll smash that mirror and figure out how to close hell on my own" Layla told him lowering her sword and taking his hand Nikki took his other one and helped him up before she hurried to Ezra and kissed his cheek
"thank you" she said softly before she returned to her brother and sister
Vlad walked with his sisters to the opening the rim of the portal glowed red and ominous eldritch and abyssal symbols glowed in the ground. âRight well, maybe we should think about it being closed does that work?â He asked them.
âPortals are such finicky things, you canât just erase random symbols.â Callista said walking up to them. âYou two on each side then Vlad in the center of the portal. Iâll take the opposite side of him. Then join hands to each other. Then we raise our hands to the portal then back down as fast as possible it should snap closed the symbols will stop glowing and all of this will be done.â Vlad nodded and took his sisterâs hands as he took position.
Nikki and Layla did as told getting in position and wondered where the heck callista had appeared from but honesty today had been an insane day and nothing should surprise them at this point
Callista brought up her arms Vlad doing the same as he held to his sisterâs hands.
âAll magic is willpower you have to will the portal closed. You three are more than capable. I am merely here for guidance.â
Vlad thought of the portal closing, dissipating, unable to hurt anyone else with its presence. The portal began to flicker then grow smaller as they brought their arms down. It tried to fight but it soon was closed.
Layla pictured the hole shrinking and closing until it was to small to even be seen where no one would remember it and Nikki pictured it closing and disappearing leaving them all in love and happiness the ability to move past all of this.
When it was done Nikki opened her eyes and amiled
"yay we did it! We're awesome!" Nikki said hugging Vlad and then dragging Layla into it
Hades smiled and nodded kissing kit lovingly as Raphael finished up healing him the arch angels were glad to not have to have to much intervention this time.
"please wait for your blasphemy until you're I'm your bedroom" Raphael teased looking between them with a smile
"there are some unstable buildings and sharp objects around wouldn't want you getting hurt"
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Nikki laughed as Ezra hugged her and Carina soon joined them. Honey was next as she was helped over by Julius both looked a little worse for ware, fighting the devil tended to do that.
"all's well that ends well I guess" Julius said as he helped set honey down honey used the all for balance she had t even gotten to a healer yet but she smiled relief seeing Vlad
Vlad stared at the tincture before he downed it gagging. According to every doctor he had the worlds worst case of Anemia. He took his steak rarer than most would and his canines were far more prominent than others but that was fine. His skin burned easier in the sun that was fine too! He didnât have a job outside so he could avoid that. Life was good, he made decent pay enough to cover expenses and a bit to put away for the rainy day or when his health bill was too much. Fruit helped.... that was the part the doctors couldnât explain, why the fruit alleviated the symptoms. He had always been pale and stick like, but he figured he just couldnât keep on weight.
Sometimes he had nightmares, ones that passed through his mind and stayed in the far back. Visions of himself soaked in blood, the bodies so many bodies, the smell of fire, brimstone and everything laid to waste. A firey crown perched over his head and a cry of anguish from his lips as he sat back upon a twisted throne and looked on at his work before him. Made for a good DnD plot.
His service dog was an enormous fluffball named Cerberus, though he didnât start out so big, what had once been a five pound fluff had become a hundred thirty pound mass of muscle and fluff. Cerberus was a very protective dog and while he says that he saved Cerberus it was the other way around. He still thinks it was a dream, there was no way that the dogâs mouth unhinged and swallowed a gun.
Days passed the same, either working at the Bar, tending his bees, or playing video games till the crack of dawn pierced his red-eyed gaze. He attended the local university and was making his way in getting a doctorate in History. Having been praised for his writing and essays. The most common was, âyou must have lived there in a past life!!!â He chuckled but honestly his dreams were rather vivid of things he shouldnât know. He specifically had latched onto history of Eastern Europe.
Vlad currently was shaking a martini up at his job, dressed like a bard he acted as bartender. For a twenty dollar tip one could have him sing from a choice of songs that were provided on a easel next to the jar. Songs like âWhat is Love?â, to âCareless Whisperâ, all the way to âBad Romanceâ. It was a busy night and the sounds of rolling dice filled the air.
"do you want me to get you out of the mirror?" Julius asked him with a scowl as Angela just looked like hurt
"got it!" Layla said as the lock clicked and she untangled Julius from the chains and Julius sighed rolling his shoulders for a moment before he reached into the mirror and yanked Vlad out
"thank you,now to kill that bastard for touching my mirror! You don't mess with the mirror of fate!"
âThank you!â Vlad hugged Julius. âOk but first how do I switch back to my body?â Vlad asked. âI donât want to be old! Gross Lucifer! I want to be me!â He reached for Mjolnir and the hammer came to him.
"ask the necromancer" Julius said looking at Layla again, Layla quirked a brow
"sorry unless you have someone hiding from the law that you need found I'm all out of tricks"
"well technically I'd you're a necromancer and Lucifers body is technically dead you should be able to swap their souls back" Angela said shrugged"it's simple necromancy Layla frowned
"so grab them at the same time and hope he doesn't possess me too?"
Nikki nodded she wanted this to be over it had been a very long day
"when this is over I'm holing up in Angela's kitchen and eating all the sweets" Nikki said shaking her head "then I'm going to buy a giant tub of ice cream and cuddle.my boyfriend and my girlfriend while I eat it and watch Disney"
Vlad nodded, âand I am going to just never leave my neat tidy life again or wish for adventure I have had a life full of it in a two day period. Possibly three I lost track.â Vlad skidded to a stop catching his younger self. âNow Layla!â
Layla ran ahead and grabbed ahold of each if them the energy of the two most powerful beings and for a moment felt like the air left her lungs and when she was sure it was done she let go and fell to her knees all of her energy gone with the transformation
Vlad punched Lucifer hard in the face as Mjolnir flew to him, âget the fuck away from my family and friends you fucking ass hat!â He slammed the hammer into him sending him flying back pinning him. Vlad began punching him the wall behind becoming imprinted with Luciâs shape.
Lucifer tried to move the hammer keeping him in place.
âYou arenât going anywhere,â Vlad looked to Julius, âcan you seal him in a mirror?â He asked mid-punch.
"waited way to long for this" Julius said as the mirror glowed a faint purple in his hand and he took a dagger pricking Lucifers finger and snapping the compact closed on it only for the Man to vanish as it clicked Julius shook it for a moment enjoying the rattling he heard before he turned to nikki
"you may want to ductape this shut and throw it in the nearest ocean"
âNo we keep it close under lock and key, if we know where it is it canât be found by anyone else or used against us when we least expect it.â Vlad turned to Honey. âPardon.â He pulled her close and dipped her low kissing her deeply then pulled away. âNow for me to seal that bloody portal and end this madness.â He walked towards the basement where he could seal it mjolnir in hand.
He stopped by Layla, âyou did good big sister. Now let me make sure it wasnât in vain.â He pressed a hand to her head in a loving way before continuing on.
Layla looked at Nikki and they shared a worried look before following closely after him Angela took honey and headed back outside hoping to find a healer the demon was looked worse for ware and Julius quickly followed to make sure honey was safe
"don't do things like that you act like the self righteous hero who is going to sacrifice himself to save everyone else" Layla said glaring at him
"and you're not doing that" Nikki said in a time that meant no room for arguing with them
Layla grabbed him and practically threw him on the ground
"no" she said glaring as her temper rose she even went as far as pointing her sword at his throat
"You will do that because YOU aren't going anywhere, we're either in this all together coming out or not at all." Layla said glaring at him she dared him to argue with her
Vlad looked at her, âI have never sealed a portal let alone a demon portal. I donât know what it will take. I wonât lose you or Nikki again. I canât you two are the best things that have happened to me in this family I know that family is what you choose, but of the ones I had no choice you two are the best. I love you both, but every moment more we stall the higher the chance I might not make it. Please trust me,â Vlad pleaded. âTrust me to make it back alive.â
Vlad looked at them, âthe world will burn if I lose you both in this.â
âThen it sounds like either way theyâre going with you.â Ezra said having come in, âsorry demons are dead outside and there was no word on the inside. Had to make sure that you were all alright. Also you three are like the Tri-force so it will be easier to deal with the three than just the one.â
"we're coming. Stop being the hero and be our brother. Because in this case we will literally follow you into the depths of hell if we have too" Nikki told him Layla nodded a bit she still didn't dare move knowing Vlad may try to abandon them
Vlad sighed, âfine.â He just didnât want them getting hurt or seeing them hurt anymore. Seeing anyone hurt. âNow let me up. We need to end this. Before it canât be ended.â He reached up for Layla and Nikkiâs hands.
"you try to run and I'll smash that mirror and figure out how to close hell on my own" Layla told him lowering her sword and taking his hand Nikki took his other one and helped him up before she hurried to Ezra and kissed his cheek
"thank you" she said softly before she returned to her brother and sister
Vlad walked with his sisters to the opening the rim of the portal glowed red and ominous eldritch and abyssal symbols glowed in the ground. âRight well, maybe we should think about it being closed does that work?â He asked them.
âPortals are such finicky things, you canât just erase random symbols.â Callista said walking up to them. âYou two on each side then Vlad in the center of the portal. Iâll take the opposite side of him. Then join hands to each other. Then we raise our hands to the portal then back down as fast as possible it should snap closed the symbols will stop glowing and all of this will be done.â Vlad nodded and took his sisterâs hands as he took position.
Nikki and Layla did as told getting in position and wondered where the heck callista had appeared from but honesty today had been an insane day and nothing should surprise them at this point
Callista brought up her arms Vlad doing the same as he held to his sisterâs hands.
âAll magic is willpower you have to will the portal closed. You three are more than capable. I am merely here for guidance.â
Vlad thought of the portal closing, dissipating, unable to hurt anyone else with its presence. The portal began to flicker then grow smaller as they brought their arms down. It tried to fight but it soon was closed.
Layla pictured the hole shrinking and closing until it was to small to even be seen where no one would remember it and Nikki pictured it closing and disappearing leaving them all in love and happiness the ability to move past all of this.
When it was done Nikki opened her eyes and amiled
"yay we did it! We're awesome!" Nikki said hugging Vlad and then dragging Layla into it
Vlad stared at the tincture before he downed it gagging. According to every doctor he had the worlds worst case of Anemia. He took his steak rarer than most would and his canines were far more prominent than others but that was fine. His skin burned easier in the sun that was fine too! He didnât have a job outside so he could avoid that. Life was good, he made decent pay enough to cover expenses and a bit to put away for the rainy day or when his health bill was too much. Fruit helped.... that was the part the doctors couldnât explain, why the fruit alleviated the symptoms. He had always been pale and stick like, but he figured he just couldnât keep on weight.
Sometimes he had nightmares, ones that passed through his mind and stayed in the far back. Visions of himself soaked in blood, the bodies so many bodies, the smell of fire, brimstone and everything laid to waste. A firey crown perched over his head and a cry of anguish from his lips as he sat back upon a twisted throne and looked on at his work before him. Made for a good DnD plot.
His service dog was an enormous fluffball named Cerberus, though he didnât start out so big, what had once been a five pound fluff had become a hundred thirty pound mass of muscle and fluff. Cerberus was a very protective dog and while he says that he saved Cerberus it was the other way around. He still thinks it was a dream, there was no way that the dogâs mouth unhinged and swallowed a gun.
Days passed the same, either working at the Bar, tending his bees, or playing video games till the crack of dawn pierced his red-eyed gaze. He attended the local university and was making his way in getting a doctorate in History. Having been praised for his writing and essays. The most common was, âyou must have lived there in a past life!!!â He chuckled but honestly his dreams were rather vivid of things he shouldnât know. He specifically had latched onto history of Eastern Europe.
Vlad currently was shaking a martini up at his job, dressed like a bard he acted as bartender. For a twenty dollar tip one could have him sing from a choice of songs that were provided on a easel next to the jar. Songs like âWhat is Love?â, to âCareless Whisperâ, all the way to âBad Romanceâ. It was a busy night and the sounds of rolling dice filled the air.
"do you want me to get you out of the mirror?" Julius asked him with a scowl as Angela just looked like hurt
"got it!" Layla said as the lock clicked and she untangled Julius from the chains and Julius sighed rolling his shoulders for a moment before he reached into the mirror and yanked Vlad out
"thank you,now to kill that bastard for touching my mirror! You don't mess with the mirror of fate!"
âThank you!â Vlad hugged Julius. âOk but first how do I switch back to my body?â Vlad asked. âI donât want to be old! Gross Lucifer! I want to be me!â He reached for Mjolnir and the hammer came to him.
"ask the necromancer" Julius said looking at Layla again, Layla quirked a brow
"sorry unless you have someone hiding from the law that you need found I'm all out of tricks"
"well technically I'd you're a necromancer and Lucifers body is technically dead you should be able to swap their souls back" Angela said shrugged"it's simple necromancy Layla frowned
"so grab them at the same time and hope he doesn't possess me too?"
Nikki nodded she wanted this to be over it had been a very long day
"when this is over I'm holing up in Angela's kitchen and eating all the sweets" Nikki said shaking her head "then I'm going to buy a giant tub of ice cream and cuddle.my boyfriend and my girlfriend while I eat it and watch Disney"
Vlad nodded, âand I am going to just never leave my neat tidy life again or wish for adventure I have had a life full of it in a two day period. Possibly three I lost track.â Vlad skidded to a stop catching his younger self. âNow Layla!â
Layla ran ahead and grabbed ahold of each if them the energy of the two most powerful beings and for a moment felt like the air left her lungs and when she was sure it was done she let go and fell to her knees all of her energy gone with the transformation
Vlad punched Lucifer hard in the face as Mjolnir flew to him, âget the fuck away from my family and friends you fucking ass hat!â He slammed the hammer into him sending him flying back pinning him. Vlad began punching him the wall behind becoming imprinted with Luciâs shape.
Lucifer tried to move the hammer keeping him in place.
âYou arenât going anywhere,â Vlad looked to Julius, âcan you seal him in a mirror?â He asked mid-punch.
"waited way to long for this" Julius said as the mirror glowed a faint purple in his hand and he took a dagger pricking Lucifers finger and snapping the compact closed on it only for the Man to vanish as it clicked Julius shook it for a moment enjoying the rattling he heard before he turned to nikki
"you may want to ductape this shut and throw it in the nearest ocean"
âNo we keep it close under lock and key, if we know where it is it canât be found by anyone else or used against us when we least expect it.â Vlad turned to Honey. âPardon.â He pulled her close and dipped her low kissing her deeply then pulled away. âNow for me to seal that bloody portal and end this madness.â He walked towards the basement where he could seal it mjolnir in hand.
He stopped by Layla, âyou did good big sister. Now let me make sure it wasnât in vain.â He pressed a hand to her head in a loving way before continuing on.
Layla looked at Nikki and they shared a worried look before following closely after him Angela took honey and headed back outside hoping to find a healer the demon was looked worse for ware and Julius quickly followed to make sure honey was safe
"don't do things like that you act like the self righteous hero who is going to sacrifice himself to save everyone else" Layla said glaring at him
"and you're not doing that" Nikki said in a time that meant no room for arguing with them
Layla grabbed him and practically threw him on the ground
"no" she said glaring as her temper rose she even went as far as pointing her sword at his throat
"You will do that because YOU aren't going anywhere, we're either in this all together coming out or not at all." Layla said glaring at him she dared him to argue with her
Vlad looked at her, âI have never sealed a portal let alone a demon portal. I donât know what it will take. I wonât lose you or Nikki again. I canât you two are the best things that have happened to me in this family I know that family is what you choose, but of the ones I had no choice you two are the best. I love you both, but every moment more we stall the higher the chance I might not make it. Please trust me,â Vlad pleaded. âTrust me to make it back alive.â
Vlad looked at them, âthe world will burn if I lose you both in this.â
âThen it sounds like either way theyâre going with you.â Ezra said having come in, âsorry demons are dead outside and there was no word on the inside. Had to make sure that you were all alright. Also you three are like the Tri-force so it will be easier to deal with the three than just the one.â
"we're coming. Stop being the hero and be our brother. Because in this case we will literally follow you into the depths of hell if we have too" Nikki told him Layla nodded a bit she still didn't dare move knowing Vlad may try to abandon them
Vlad sighed, âfine.â He just didnât want them getting hurt or seeing them hurt anymore. Seeing anyone hurt. âNow let me up. We need to end this. Before it canât be ended.â He reached up for Layla and Nikkiâs hands.
"you try to run and I'll smash that mirror and figure out how to close hell on my own" Layla told him lowering her sword and taking his hand Nikki took his other one and helped him up before she hurried to Ezra and kissed his cheek
"thank you" she said softly before she returned to her brother and sister
Vlad stared at the tincture before he downed it gagging. According to every doctor he had the worlds worst case of Anemia. He took his steak rarer than most would and his canines were far more prominent than others but that was fine. His skin burned easier in the sun that was fine too! He didnât have a job outside so he could avoid that. Life was good, he made decent pay enough to cover expenses and a bit to put away for the rainy day or when his health bill was too much. Fruit helped.... that was the part the doctors couldnât explain, why the fruit alleviated the symptoms. He had always been pale and stick like, but he figured he just couldnât keep on weight.
Sometimes he had nightmares, ones that passed through his mind and stayed in the far back. Visions of himself soaked in blood, the bodies so many bodies, the smell of fire, brimstone and everything laid to waste. A firey crown perched over his head and a cry of anguish from his lips as he sat back upon a twisted throne and looked on at his work before him. Made for a good DnD plot.
His service dog was an enormous fluffball named Cerberus, though he didnât start out so big, what had once been a five pound fluff had become a hundred thirty pound mass of muscle and fluff. Cerberus was a very protective dog and while he says that he saved Cerberus it was the other way around. He still thinks it was a dream, there was no way that the dogâs mouth unhinged and swallowed a gun.
Days passed the same, either working at the Bar, tending his bees, or playing video games till the crack of dawn pierced his red-eyed gaze. He attended the local university and was making his way in getting a doctorate in History. Having been praised for his writing and essays. The most common was, âyou must have lived there in a past life!!!â He chuckled but honestly his dreams were rather vivid of things he shouldnât know. He specifically had latched onto history of Eastern Europe.
Vlad currently was shaking a martini up at his job, dressed like a bard he acted as bartender. For a twenty dollar tip one could have him sing from a choice of songs that were provided on a easel next to the jar. Songs like âWhat is Love?â, to âCareless Whisperâ, all the way to âBad Romanceâ. It was a busy night and the sounds of rolling dice filled the air.
"do you want me to get you out of the mirror?" Julius asked him with a scowl as Angela just looked like hurt
"got it!" Layla said as the lock clicked and she untangled Julius from the chains and Julius sighed rolling his shoulders for a moment before he reached into the mirror and yanked Vlad out
"thank you,now to kill that bastard for touching my mirror! You don't mess with the mirror of fate!"
âThank you!â Vlad hugged Julius. âOk but first how do I switch back to my body?â Vlad asked. âI donât want to be old! Gross Lucifer! I want to be me!â He reached for Mjolnir and the hammer came to him.
"ask the necromancer" Julius said looking at Layla again, Layla quirked a brow
"sorry unless you have someone hiding from the law that you need found I'm all out of tricks"
"well technically I'd you're a necromancer and Lucifers body is technically dead you should be able to swap their souls back" Angela said shrugged"it's simple necromancy Layla frowned
"so grab them at the same time and hope he doesn't possess me too?"
Nikki nodded she wanted this to be over it had been a very long day
"when this is over I'm holing up in Angela's kitchen and eating all the sweets" Nikki said shaking her head "then I'm going to buy a giant tub of ice cream and cuddle.my boyfriend and my girlfriend while I eat it and watch Disney"
Vlad nodded, âand I am going to just never leave my neat tidy life again or wish for adventure I have had a life full of it in a two day period. Possibly three I lost track.â Vlad skidded to a stop catching his younger self. âNow Layla!â
Layla ran ahead and grabbed ahold of each if them the energy of the two most powerful beings and for a moment felt like the air left her lungs and when she was sure it was done she let go and fell to her knees all of her energy gone with the transformation
Vlad punched Lucifer hard in the face as Mjolnir flew to him, âget the fuck away from my family and friends you fucking ass hat!â He slammed the hammer into him sending him flying back pinning him. Vlad began punching him the wall behind becoming imprinted with Luciâs shape.
Lucifer tried to move the hammer keeping him in place.
âYou arenât going anywhere,â Vlad looked to Julius, âcan you seal him in a mirror?â He asked mid-punch.
"waited way to long for this" Julius said as the mirror glowed a faint purple in his hand and he took a dagger pricking Lucifers finger and snapping the compact closed on it only for the Man to vanish as it clicked Julius shook it for a moment enjoying the rattling he heard before he turned to nikki
"you may want to ductape this shut and throw it in the nearest ocean"
âNo we keep it close under lock and key, if we know where it is it canât be found by anyone else or used against us when we least expect it.â Vlad turned to Honey. âPardon.â He pulled her close and dipped her low kissing her deeply then pulled away. âNow for me to seal that bloody portal and end this madness.â He walked towards the basement where he could seal it mjolnir in hand.
He stopped by Layla, âyou did good big sister. Now let me make sure it wasnât in vain.â He pressed a hand to her head in a loving way before continuing on.
Layla looked at Nikki and they shared a worried look before following closely after him Angela took honey and headed back outside hoping to find a healer the demon was looked worse for ware and Julius quickly followed to make sure honey was safe
"don't do things like that you act like the self righteous hero who is going to sacrifice himself to save everyone else" Layla said glaring at him
"and you're not doing that" Nikki said in a time that meant no room for arguing with them
Layla grabbed him and practically threw him on the ground
"no" she said glaring as her temper rose she even went as far as pointing her sword at his throat
"You will do that because YOU aren't going anywhere, we're either in this all together coming out or not at all." Layla said glaring at him she dared him to argue with her
Vlad looked at her, âI have never sealed a portal let alone a demon portal. I donât know what it will take. I wonât lose you or Nikki again. I canât you two are the best things that have happened to me in this family I know that family is what you choose, but of the ones I had no choice you two are the best. I love you both, but every moment more we stall the higher the chance I might not make it. Please trust me,â Vlad pleaded. âTrust me to make it back alive.â
Vlad looked at them, âthe world will burn if I lose you both in this.â
âThen it sounds like either way theyâre going with you.â Ezra said having come in, âsorry demons are dead outside and there was no word on the inside. Had to make sure that you were all alright. Also you three are like the Tri-force so it will be easier to deal with the three than just the one.â
"we're coming. Stop being the hero and be our brother. Because in this case we will literally follow you into the depths of hell if we have too" Nikki told him Layla nodded a bit she still didn't dare move knowing Vlad may try to abandon them
Vlad stared at the tincture before he downed it gagging. According to every doctor he had the worlds worst case of Anemia. He took his steak rarer than most would and his canines were far more prominent than others but that was fine. His skin burned easier in the sun that was fine too! He didnât have a job outside so he could avoid that. Life was good, he made decent pay enough to cover expenses and a bit to put away for the rainy day or when his health bill was too much. Fruit helped.... that was the part the doctors couldnât explain, why the fruit alleviated the symptoms. He had always been pale and stick like, but he figured he just couldnât keep on weight.
Sometimes he had nightmares, ones that passed through his mind and stayed in the far back. Visions of himself soaked in blood, the bodies so many bodies, the smell of fire, brimstone and everything laid to waste. A firey crown perched over his head and a cry of anguish from his lips as he sat back upon a twisted throne and looked on at his work before him. Made for a good DnD plot.
His service dog was an enormous fluffball named Cerberus, though he didnât start out so big, what had once been a five pound fluff had become a hundred thirty pound mass of muscle and fluff. Cerberus was a very protective dog and while he says that he saved Cerberus it was the other way around. He still thinks it was a dream, there was no way that the dogâs mouth unhinged and swallowed a gun.
Days passed the same, either working at the Bar, tending his bees, or playing video games till the crack of dawn pierced his red-eyed gaze. He attended the local university and was making his way in getting a doctorate in History. Having been praised for his writing and essays. The most common was, âyou must have lived there in a past life!!!â He chuckled but honestly his dreams were rather vivid of things he shouldnât know. He specifically had latched onto history of Eastern Europe.
Vlad currently was shaking a martini up at his job, dressed like a bard he acted as bartender. For a twenty dollar tip one could have him sing from a choice of songs that were provided on a easel next to the jar. Songs like âWhat is Love?â, to âCareless Whisperâ, all the way to âBad Romanceâ. It was a busy night and the sounds of rolling dice filled the air.
"do you want me to get you out of the mirror?" Julius asked him with a scowl as Angela just looked like hurt
"got it!" Layla said as the lock clicked and she untangled Julius from the chains and Julius sighed rolling his shoulders for a moment before he reached into the mirror and yanked Vlad out
"thank you,now to kill that bastard for touching my mirror! You don't mess with the mirror of fate!"
âThank you!â Vlad hugged Julius. âOk but first how do I switch back to my body?â Vlad asked. âI donât want to be old! Gross Lucifer! I want to be me!â He reached for Mjolnir and the hammer came to him.
"ask the necromancer" Julius said looking at Layla again, Layla quirked a brow
"sorry unless you have someone hiding from the law that you need found I'm all out of tricks"
"well technically I'd you're a necromancer and Lucifers body is technically dead you should be able to swap their souls back" Angela said shrugged"it's simple necromancy Layla frowned
"so grab them at the same time and hope he doesn't possess me too?"
Nikki nodded she wanted this to be over it had been a very long day
"when this is over I'm holing up in Angela's kitchen and eating all the sweets" Nikki said shaking her head "then I'm going to buy a giant tub of ice cream and cuddle.my boyfriend and my girlfriend while I eat it and watch Disney"
Vlad nodded, âand I am going to just never leave my neat tidy life again or wish for adventure I have had a life full of it in a two day period. Possibly three I lost track.â Vlad skidded to a stop catching his younger self. âNow Layla!â
Layla ran ahead and grabbed ahold of each if them the energy of the two most powerful beings and for a moment felt like the air left her lungs and when she was sure it was done she let go and fell to her knees all of her energy gone with the transformation
Vlad punched Lucifer hard in the face as Mjolnir flew to him, âget the fuck away from my family and friends you fucking ass hat!â He slammed the hammer into him sending him flying back pinning him. Vlad began punching him the wall behind becoming imprinted with Luciâs shape.
Lucifer tried to move the hammer keeping him in place.
âYou arenât going anywhere,â Vlad looked to Julius, âcan you seal him in a mirror?â He asked mid-punch.
"waited way to long for this" Julius said as the mirror glowed a faint purple in his hand and he took a dagger pricking Lucifers finger and snapping the compact closed on it only for the Man to vanish as it clicked Julius shook it for a moment enjoying the rattling he heard before he turned to nikki
"you may want to ductape this shut and throw it in the nearest ocean"
âNo we keep it close under lock and key, if we know where it is it canât be found by anyone else or used against us when we least expect it.â Vlad turned to Honey. âPardon.â He pulled her close and dipped her low kissing her deeply then pulled away. âNow for me to seal that bloody portal and end this madness.â He walked towards the basement where he could seal it mjolnir in hand.
He stopped by Layla, âyou did good big sister. Now let me make sure it wasnât in vain.â He pressed a hand to her head in a loving way before continuing on.
Layla looked at Nikki and they shared a worried look before following closely after him Angela took honey and headed back outside hoping to find a healer the demon was looked worse for ware and Julius quickly followed to make sure honey was safe
"don't do things like that you act like the self righteous hero who is going to sacrifice himself to save everyone else" Layla said glaring at him
"and you're not doing that" Nikki said in a time that meant no room for arguing with them
Layla grabbed him and practically threw him on the ground
"no" she said glaring as her temper rose she even went as far as pointing her sword at his throat
"You will do that because YOU aren't going anywhere, we're either in this all together coming out or not at all." Layla said glaring at him she dared him to argue with her
Vlad looked at her, âI have never sealed a portal let alone a demon portal. I donât know what it will take. I wonât lose you or Nikki again. I canât you two are the best things that have happened to me in this family I know that family is what you choose, but of the ones I had no choice you two are the best. I love you both, but every moment more we stall the higher the chance I might not make it. Please trust me,â Vlad pleaded. âTrust me to make it back alive.â
Vlad stared at the tincture before he downed it gagging. According to every doctor he had the worlds worst case of Anemia. He took his steak rarer than most would and his canines were far more prominent than others but that was fine. His skin burned easier in the sun that was fine too! He didnât have a job outside so he could avoid that. Life was good, he made decent pay enough to cover expenses and a bit to put away for the rainy day or when his health bill was too much. Fruit helped.... that was the part the doctors couldnât explain, why the fruit alleviated the symptoms. He had always been pale and stick like, but he figured he just couldnât keep on weight.
Sometimes he had nightmares, ones that passed through his mind and stayed in the far back. Visions of himself soaked in blood, the bodies so many bodies, the smell of fire, brimstone and everything laid to waste. A firey crown perched over his head and a cry of anguish from his lips as he sat back upon a twisted throne and looked on at his work before him. Made for a good DnD plot.
His service dog was an enormous fluffball named Cerberus, though he didnât start out so big, what had once been a five pound fluff had become a hundred thirty pound mass of muscle and fluff. Cerberus was a very protective dog and while he says that he saved Cerberus it was the other way around. He still thinks it was a dream, there was no way that the dogâs mouth unhinged and swallowed a gun.
Days passed the same, either working at the Bar, tending his bees, or playing video games till the crack of dawn pierced his red-eyed gaze. He attended the local university and was making his way in getting a doctorate in History. Having been praised for his writing and essays. The most common was, âyou must have lived there in a past life!!!â He chuckled but honestly his dreams were rather vivid of things he shouldnât know. He specifically had latched onto history of Eastern Europe.
Vlad currently was shaking a martini up at his job, dressed like a bard he acted as bartender. For a twenty dollar tip one could have him sing from a choice of songs that were provided on a easel next to the jar. Songs like âWhat is Love?â, to âCareless Whisperâ, all the way to âBad Romanceâ. It was a busy night and the sounds of rolling dice filled the air.
"do you want me to get you out of the mirror?" Julius asked him with a scowl as Angela just looked like hurt
"got it!" Layla said as the lock clicked and she untangled Julius from the chains and Julius sighed rolling his shoulders for a moment before he reached into the mirror and yanked Vlad out
"thank you,now to kill that bastard for touching my mirror! You don't mess with the mirror of fate!"
âThank you!â Vlad hugged Julius. âOk but first how do I switch back to my body?â Vlad asked. âI donât want to be old! Gross Lucifer! I want to be me!â He reached for Mjolnir and the hammer came to him.
"ask the necromancer" Julius said looking at Layla again, Layla quirked a brow
"sorry unless you have someone hiding from the law that you need found I'm all out of tricks"
"well technically I'd you're a necromancer and Lucifers body is technically dead you should be able to swap their souls back" Angela said shrugged"it's simple necromancy Layla frowned
"so grab them at the same time and hope he doesn't possess me too?"
Nikki nodded she wanted this to be over it had been a very long day
"when this is over I'm holing up in Angela's kitchen and eating all the sweets" Nikki said shaking her head "then I'm going to buy a giant tub of ice cream and cuddle.my boyfriend and my girlfriend while I eat it and watch Disney"
Vlad nodded, âand I am going to just never leave my neat tidy life again or wish for adventure I have had a life full of it in a two day period. Possibly three I lost track.â Vlad skidded to a stop catching his younger self. âNow Layla!â
Layla ran ahead and grabbed ahold of each if them the energy of the two most powerful beings and for a moment felt like the air left her lungs and when she was sure it was done she let go and fell to her knees all of her energy gone with the transformation
Vlad punched Lucifer hard in the face as Mjolnir flew to him, âget the fuck away from my family and friends you fucking ass hat!â He slammed the hammer into him sending him flying back pinning him. Vlad began punching him the wall behind becoming imprinted with Luciâs shape.
Lucifer tried to move the hammer keeping him in place.
âYou arenât going anywhere,â Vlad looked to Julius, âcan you seal him in a mirror?â He asked mid-punch.
"waited way to long for this" Julius said as the mirror glowed a faint purple in his hand and he took a dagger pricking Lucifers finger and snapping the compact closed on it only for the Man to vanish as it clicked Julius shook it for a moment enjoying the rattling he heard before he turned to nikki
"you may want to ductape this shut and throw it in the nearest ocean"
âNo we keep it close under lock and key, if we know where it is it canât be found by anyone else or used against us when we least expect it.â Vlad turned to Honey. âPardon.â He pulled her close and dipped her low kissing her deeply then pulled away. âNow for me to seal that bloody portal and end this madness.â He walked towards the basement where he could seal it mjolnir in hand.
He stopped by Layla, âyou did good big sister. Now let me make sure it wasnât in vain.â He pressed a hand to her head in a loving way before continuing on.
Layla looked at Nikki and they shared a worried look before following closely after him Angela took honey and headed back outside hoping to find a healer the demon was looked worse for ware and Julius quickly followed to make sure honey was safe
"don't do things like that you act like the self righteous hero who is going to sacrifice himself to save everyone else" Layla said glaring at him
"and you're not doing that" Nikki said in a time that meant no room for arguing with them
Layla grabbed him and practically threw him on the ground
"no" she said glaring as her temper rose she even went as far as pointing her sword at his throat
"You will do that because YOU aren't going anywhere, we're either in this all together coming out or not at all." Layla said glaring at him she dared him to argue with her
Vlad stared at the tincture before he downed it gagging. According to every doctor he had the worlds worst case of Anemia. He took his steak rarer than most would and his canines were far more prominent than others but that was fine. His skin burned easier in the sun that was fine too! He didnât have a job outside so he could avoid that. Life was good, he made decent pay enough to cover expenses and a bit to put away for the rainy day or when his health bill was too much. Fruit helped.... that was the part the doctors couldnât explain, why the fruit alleviated the symptoms. He had always been pale and stick like, but he figured he just couldnât keep on weight.
Sometimes he had nightmares, ones that passed through his mind and stayed in the far back. Visions of himself soaked in blood, the bodies so many bodies, the smell of fire, brimstone and everything laid to waste. A firey crown perched over his head and a cry of anguish from his lips as he sat back upon a twisted throne and looked on at his work before him. Made for a good DnD plot.
His service dog was an enormous fluffball named Cerberus, though he didnât start out so big, what had once been a five pound fluff had become a hundred thirty pound mass of muscle and fluff. Cerberus was a very protective dog and while he says that he saved Cerberus it was the other way around. He still thinks it was a dream, there was no way that the dogâs mouth unhinged and swallowed a gun.
Days passed the same, either working at the Bar, tending his bees, or playing video games till the crack of dawn pierced his red-eyed gaze. He attended the local university and was making his way in getting a doctorate in History. Having been praised for his writing and essays. The most common was, âyou must have lived there in a past life!!!â He chuckled but honestly his dreams were rather vivid of things he shouldnât know. He specifically had latched onto history of Eastern Europe.
Vlad currently was shaking a martini up at his job, dressed like a bard he acted as bartender. For a twenty dollar tip one could have him sing from a choice of songs that were provided on a easel next to the jar. Songs like âWhat is Love?â, to âCareless Whisperâ, all the way to âBad Romanceâ. It was a busy night and the sounds of rolling dice filled the air.
"do you want me to get you out of the mirror?" Julius asked him with a scowl as Angela just looked like hurt
"got it!" Layla said as the lock clicked and she untangled Julius from the chains and Julius sighed rolling his shoulders for a moment before he reached into the mirror and yanked Vlad out
"thank you,now to kill that bastard for touching my mirror! You don't mess with the mirror of fate!"
âThank you!â Vlad hugged Julius. âOk but first how do I switch back to my body?â Vlad asked. âI donât want to be old! Gross Lucifer! I want to be me!â He reached for Mjolnir and the hammer came to him.
"ask the necromancer" Julius said looking at Layla again, Layla quirked a brow
"sorry unless you have someone hiding from the law that you need found I'm all out of tricks"
"well technically I'd you're a necromancer and Lucifers body is technically dead you should be able to swap their souls back" Angela said shrugged"it's simple necromancy Layla frowned
"so grab them at the same time and hope he doesn't possess me too?"
Nikki nodded she wanted this to be over it had been a very long day
"when this is over I'm holing up in Angela's kitchen and eating all the sweets" Nikki said shaking her head "then I'm going to buy a giant tub of ice cream and cuddle.my boyfriend and my girlfriend while I eat it and watch Disney"
Vlad nodded, âand I am going to just never leave my neat tidy life again or wish for adventure I have had a life full of it in a two day period. Possibly three I lost track.â Vlad skidded to a stop catching his younger self. âNow Layla!â
Layla ran ahead and grabbed ahold of each if them the energy of the two most powerful beings and for a moment felt like the air left her lungs and when she was sure it was done she let go and fell to her knees all of her energy gone with the transformation
Vlad punched Lucifer hard in the face as Mjolnir flew to him, âget the fuck away from my family and friends you fucking ass hat!â He slammed the hammer into him sending him flying back pinning him. Vlad began punching him the wall behind becoming imprinted with Luciâs shape.
Lucifer tried to move the hammer keeping him in place.
âYou arenât going anywhere,â Vlad looked to Julius, âcan you seal him in a mirror?â He asked mid-punch.
"waited way to long for this" Julius said as the mirror glowed a faint purple in his hand and he took a dagger pricking Lucifers finger and snapping the compact closed on it only for the Man to vanish as it clicked Julius shook it for a moment enjoying the rattling he heard before he turned to nikki
"you may want to ductape this shut and throw it in the nearest ocean"
âNo we keep it close under lock and key, if we know where it is it canât be found by anyone else or used against us when we least expect it.â Vlad turned to Honey. âPardon.â He pulled her close and dipped her low kissing her deeply then pulled away. âNow for me to seal that bloody portal and end this madness.â He walked towards the basement where he could seal it mjolnir in hand.
He stopped by Layla, âyou did good big sister. Now let me make sure it wasnât in vain.â He pressed a hand to her head in a loving way before continuing on.
Layla looked at Nikki and they shared a worried look before following closely after him Angela took honey and headed back outside hoping to find a healer the demon was looked worse for ware and Julius quickly followed to make sure honey was safe
"don't do things like that you act like the self righteous hero who is going to sacrifice himself to save everyone else" Layla said glaring at him
"and you're not doing that" Nikki said in a time that meant no room for arguing with them
Vlad stared at the tincture before he downed it gagging. According to every doctor he had the worlds worst case of Anemia. He took his steak rarer than most would and his canines were far more prominent than others but that was fine. His skin burned easier in the sun that was fine too! He didnât have a job outside so he could avoid that. Life was good, he made decent pay enough to cover expenses and a bit to put away for the rainy day or when his health bill was too much. Fruit helped.... that was the part the doctors couldnât explain, why the fruit alleviated the symptoms. He had always been pale and stick like, but he figured he just couldnât keep on weight.
Sometimes he had nightmares, ones that passed through his mind and stayed in the far back. Visions of himself soaked in blood, the bodies so many bodies, the smell of fire, brimstone and everything laid to waste. A firey crown perched over his head and a cry of anguish from his lips as he sat back upon a twisted throne and looked on at his work before him. Made for a good DnD plot.
His service dog was an enormous fluffball named Cerberus, though he didnât start out so big, what had once been a five pound fluff had become a hundred thirty pound mass of muscle and fluff. Cerberus was a very protective dog and while he says that he saved Cerberus it was the other way around. He still thinks it was a dream, there was no way that the dogâs mouth unhinged and swallowed a gun.
Days passed the same, either working at the Bar, tending his bees, or playing video games till the crack of dawn pierced his red-eyed gaze. He attended the local university and was making his way in getting a doctorate in History. Having been praised for his writing and essays. The most common was, âyou must have lived there in a past life!!!â He chuckled but honestly his dreams were rather vivid of things he shouldnât know. He specifically had latched onto history of Eastern Europe.
Vlad currently was shaking a martini up at his job, dressed like a bard he acted as bartender. For a twenty dollar tip one could have him sing from a choice of songs that were provided on a easel next to the jar. Songs like âWhat is Love?â, to âCareless Whisperâ, all the way to âBad Romanceâ. It was a busy night and the sounds of rolling dice filled the air.
"do you want me to get you out of the mirror?" Julius asked him with a scowl as Angela just looked like hurt
"got it!" Layla said as the lock clicked and she untangled Julius from the chains and Julius sighed rolling his shoulders for a moment before he reached into the mirror and yanked Vlad out
"thank you,now to kill that bastard for touching my mirror! You don't mess with the mirror of fate!"
âThank you!â Vlad hugged Julius. âOk but first how do I switch back to my body?â Vlad asked. âI donât want to be old! Gross Lucifer! I want to be me!â He reached for Mjolnir and the hammer came to him.
"ask the necromancer" Julius said looking at Layla again, Layla quirked a brow
"sorry unless you have someone hiding from the law that you need found I'm all out of tricks"
"well technically I'd you're a necromancer and Lucifers body is technically dead you should be able to swap their souls back" Angela said shrugged"it's simple necromancy Layla frowned
"so grab them at the same time and hope he doesn't possess me too?"
Nikki nodded she wanted this to be over it had been a very long day
"when this is over I'm holing up in Angela's kitchen and eating all the sweets" Nikki said shaking her head "then I'm going to buy a giant tub of ice cream and cuddle.my boyfriend and my girlfriend while I eat it and watch Disney"
Vlad nodded, âand I am going to just never leave my neat tidy life again or wish for adventure I have had a life full of it in a two day period. Possibly three I lost track.â Vlad skidded to a stop catching his younger self. âNow Layla!â
Layla ran ahead and grabbed ahold of each if them the energy of the two most powerful beings and for a moment felt like the air left her lungs and when she was sure it was done she let go and fell to her knees all of her energy gone with the transformation
Everyone was mad and looking for her, they didnât get the story or else they would have murdered their queen too, hell the way the dad acted they probably would have thrown him in there as well but that wasnât his focus right now.
The focus was Daria, the poor girl was practically shaking as they hurried through the dark night and he was guiding her as best he could, they had no light but he could see still demon eyes were wonderful that way. He just had to get her to Hades right? Hades always knew what to do and despite everything he was good with dealing with kids and crossing boarders would somewhat keep her safe right?
Julius lead Daria around a root so she wouldnât trip before he could see light through the trees, not far up ahead a few small candles still flickered in the windows and he smiled as they got closer and Julius knocked loudly in the doors and looked at Daria she was still frightened and probably in shock it had been far to long of an adventure of them running and he actually felt bad for the kid. First murder,her entire country out to kill her for itâŠ.yeah it was a mess for a teenager to have to deal with.when the door opened Julius smiled
âforgive me for the interruption I know itâs late but my companion and I request lodgings for the night and uhâŠ.â Julius figured out how to out this,Hades was the boogeyman he couldnât pull that card yet
Fabian pouted a bit very obviously not wanting to get dressed, he never understood why you had to chane your sleep clothes and your play clothes. but Fabian did as he was told, he sat at the coffee table with a spoon and did start eating, it was tasty human food was always tasty but it was kind of hard when he knew his tummy was craving something else. But Honey was nice and had brougth them lunch
Fabian did immediately perk up when Vlad returned and brought him the box, exactly what he needed and he took it thanking vlad before he took the straw and practically drained it dry in an instant.
Honey finished her salad before she turned to vlad
âCrowley and Aziraphale might meet us at the park, I guess Crowleyâs sister just got back from their camping trip as well? Didnât know every supernatural parent in the city knew each other but good to know and I guess they want to spend some time with her since sheâs been out with michael and the other kiddos campingâ Honey explained Fabian brightened considerably
âSomething tells me that Jane and Will along with the twins who were on that trip will be there. Maybe even Felicity. We could meet back here and have a pizza dinner? Would you like that Fabian?â Vlad drained the contents of his box before finishing his wrap. âThank you again Honey.â He said.
Fabian was now trying to eat his chowder as quickly as possibleÂ
âhey donât eat to fast your stomach will get upset.â Honey warned him Fabian nodded a little bit and slowed down but the idea of finally getting to play with his friends again was exciting
"are we out if strawberries?" Fabian asked him wondering if they had some sliced up ones in the fridge
"yes but Nikki is making chocolate fondue after dinner and needs them" Layla called from the island in the kitchen where she was still in her PJs but researching on the computer people for her latest investigation
Arlene smiled excitedly as she finished the retro video game mural on the ceiling of one of her rooms that wasn't open to the public yet, the geek cafe was doing great since opening a month and a half ago and as business began picking up she started preparing other rooms in the cafe for opening. This would be the new arcade room, at the moment she had all of her retro arcade games in the tabletop room but that and the cafe with the boardgame tables were the only open rooms, she did have a lot of land outback for LARPing events that she was still working on, she was excited that soon her Lazar tag room would be finished as well and she could open up a star wars larp in there with troopers. That was going to be a blast!
Arlene heard the bell to the shop door and climbed down off the ladder and dropped the brush in it's tray
"just a second!" She called as she pulled off her smock and headed to the front. Once behind the counter she started Washing her hands
"welcome to dreams and drinks nerd cafe, what can I get for you?" She asked also pulling her hair back
"can I recommend our Mario cupcakes and Totoro cookies?"
âIâll leave that to a judgement call. Donât forget to tell Vlad he enjoys being involved in those things and hopefully has picked up something about fashion from honey
âHe dresses comfortably, nothing wrong with that, besides he looks good as a hipster he can actually pull it off. He has the face for it, he almost makes it runway worthy. Though to be fair he really looks in his element when dressed as a bard at work.â
"either way someone will have to cover for you so make sure he isn't doing anything that night plus then he can tease you as well and hopefully you can strum up some business for her and vice versa" Layla advised him
"learn more about her nerd interests and you'll never run out of things to talk about"
âVlad has it, he has manned the bar, and it means my end group wonât meet for a session. It is a slow night as it is.â Godwin nodded, âI will, I want too how else to better cater possible future outfits to her interests and find similar ones.â
"dress for your interests not hers. This isn't going to be like a devestating break up because you find out she's a trekkie right?" Layla asked him curious as she headed back for the kitchen she wanted her coffee
âYou will pry my blue Federation uniform from my cold dead hands.â He told her. âI hope that all will go well.â He chuckled. âI mean it is in a few days. Just gonna be jittery till then.â
"maybe you should start looking into what to do after, maybe find somewhere else to go for dessert so you don't have her family supervising the entire date" Layla suggested to him as she leaned back in her chair a bit
"or think about potential second dates if you think it'll get that far"
Arlene smiled excitedly as she finished the retro video game mural on the ceiling of one of her rooms that wasn't open to the public yet, the geek cafe was doing great since opening a month and a half ago and as business began picking up she started preparing other rooms in the cafe for opening. This would be the new arcade room, at the moment she had all of her retro arcade games in the tabletop room but that and the cafe with the boardgame tables were the only open rooms, she did have a lot of land outback for LARPing events that she was still working on, she was excited that soon her Lazar tag room would be finished as well and she could open up a star wars larp in there with troopers. That was going to be a blast!
Arlene heard the bell to the shop door and climbed down off the ladder and dropped the brush in it's tray
"just a second!" She called as she pulled off her smock and headed to the front. Once behind the counter she started Washing her hands
"welcome to dreams and drinks nerd cafe, what can I get for you?" She asked also pulling her hair back
"can I recommend our Mario cupcakes and Totoro cookies?"
âIâll leave that to a judgement call. Donât forget to tell Vlad he enjoys being involved in those things and hopefully has picked up something about fashion from honey
âHe dresses comfortably, nothing wrong with that, besides he looks good as a hipster he can actually pull it off. He has the face for it, he almost makes it runway worthy. Though to be fair he really looks in his element when dressed as a bard at work.â
"either way someone will have to cover for you so make sure he isn't doing anything that night plus then he can tease you as well and hopefully you can strum up some business for her and vice versa" Layla advised him
"learn more about her nerd interests and you'll never run out of things to talk about"
âVlad has it, he has manned the bar, and it means my end group wonât meet for a session. It is a slow night as it is.â Godwin nodded, âI will, I want too how else to better cater possible future outfits to her interests and find similar ones.â
"dress for your interests not hers. This isn't going to be like a devestating break up because you find out she's a trekkie right?" Layla asked him curious as she headed back for the kitchen she wanted her coffee
âYou will pry my blue Federation uniform from my cold dead hands.â He told her. âI hope that all will go well.â He chuckled. âI mean it is in a few days. Just gonna be jittery till then.â
"maybe you should start looking into what to do after, maybe find somewhere else to go for dessert so you don't have her family supervising the entire date" Layla suggested to him as she leaned back in her chair a bit
"or think about potential second dates if you think it'll get that far"
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