A lone figure sat upon the park bench watching the crowds of human’s go by in a blur of action but he was completely invisible to them.
Even the people who now beside him had no idea that he was there and even if he coughed or moved in the slightest way, they still wouldn’t notice him.
“I suppose this my punishment for disobeying the big guy but I really don’t understand these clay-like forms he has created”, the man muttered to himself.
The man then began to think about how he, Lucifer, had to watch these human’s as the big man hadn’t really given him any sound advice before he was cast out.
Just then a shooting pain developed in his eyes and he shut them rapidly to make the pain go away but instantly reopened them and his vision had changed.
He could see the human’s pass him in a sea of red but he could also see their names and that was all because the vision soon passed and everything returned back to normal.
“Well, that was different,” Lucifer said to himself before continuing, “What am I supposed to do with these human’s names? I have no powers remember”.
Lucifer then walked away from the park, reminding himself that he had only been in the mortal realm for a week and this was the first time this vision had come.
‘Am I getting stronger?’ he wondered silently, ‘Am I getting my powers back on my own?’ He couldn’t be sure about that but he soon vanished into the distance and returned back to his new realm.
The next day, he was urged by some mysterious force back to the park again to watch the human’s pass, he had been here since the early hours of dawn trying to get the vision to come back without success.
He then tired a different tactic, he remembered from yesterday that his last thought was about being cast out, focusing on that he cast his mind back to that day.
Soon the pain in his eyes returned but this time he didn’t fit it instead he focused on the intense pain and opened his eyes slowly to adjust to the different view.
The same red vision appeared but this time he could see the human’s sins, Lucifer gasped as some sins were highlighted in bold to indicate that was their most dominant sin.
He studied one in particular, his name was Paul Summer’s, he guessed that he was in his early thirties and he noticed that his sins were floating around in mid-air.
Lust, Greed and Envy were all there but what caught his eye was the bold Wrath which hung close to him like a fly drawn to food. This was curious to him as the man didn’t seem the type to get angry but maybe his jealously was fuelling the wrath.
“So, this is what you want me to do, find the sinners of your creation and give them a loving home, I think I can do that”, Lucifer said as he blinked to get rid of the vision which he had now named ‘The Devil’s Eye’ and he set of towards Hell.
Over the next few days and weeks Lucifer wrote people’s names into a black notepad which had been sent down to him due to his new position.
Over that time, he had gained the ability to appear to the sinner’s and he sent them to Hell but no-one else took notice of him. He also noticed some sinner’s names were brown which meant they were somewhere in-between Heaven and Hell, one these occasion’s he asked what he must do and depending on the person’s redemption or sinning, they could be cast either way.
However, there was one small draw back, he could only take so many sinner’s otherwise the balance would be in his favour and the big guy upstairs didn’t want that and so decided to make up for the loss by creating more humans.
Today he was approaching his limit of sinners which in his eyes was a nice round number of ten and he needed one more to complete the set.
Scanning the crowd with ‘the Devil’s eye’, he saw a numerous amount of sinner’s for the picking but he then noticed someone strange.
Despite the sea of red, this woman had a light blue aura and he could only read her name if he squinted his eyes a little.
‘A pure human’, he wondered, ‘I didn’t think there was any but is she an angel? Does she have the same ability as me?’
Suddenly, pain went through his eyes and he shut them instantaneously but as he struggled against this wave of pain, he could hear a booming voice inside his head telling him; “YOU SHALL NOT HARM THE INNOCENT!”
When he reopened his eyes a view moments later, his vision was back to normal and he wondered what the voice meant by innocent, it was clear from his point of view that none of these humans were innocent, he felt strangely tired after that surge of pain.
So, with the last amount of effort he had left, he returned to his vision of red to write down the last name that he needed and went back to Hell to mull over a plan.
“YOU SHALL NOT HARM THE INNOCENT!” that voice continued to haunt Lucifer as he punished the sinners and looked for more.
The problem was that every time he was looking for the sinners, he kept seeing the innocent woman and he couldn’t stop wondering if the man upstairs had a special plan for her and just left the rest to rot.
Time passed quickly in the mortal realm as Lucifer continued to do his job of tending to the sinners and making Hell more comfortable for them.
Weeks turned into months and months turned into years and he still kept on seeing her until one day, something changed.
Upon the park bench, gazing through the vision of red which he had grown accustomed to by now and he was writing the sinners names without enjoyment and once more he saw her but she appeared to be different.
The light blue aura continued to flux and was becoming brown, this is what Lucifer had come to call Limbo.
He had seen it once before when one of his sinners were taken to Heaven because during his time in Hell, he had repented and the same, it seemed happened in Heaven as a human who Lucifer gave to them had sinned and was sent to him for safe keeping.
Now, as he looked at her, he wondered what to do, “Do I take her to my realm or does she belong to you?” Lucifer asked aloud.
The minutes ticked by as Lucifer waited for a reply and finally a voice answered; “Do what you like, she is a traitor like you… I’ve no interest in her now”.
Suddenly, the brown turned into red like the others and he could see that her name was Lilith but there was no second name.
He had heard that Lilith was made to protect these humans but he gathered that she must have got cast out after everyone had declared that he was dead, he then added her name to the list and he would save her till last.
Today, Lucifer wasn’t at his usual spot in the park, today he was waiting for Lilith to meet him in a side street he had managed to find and he didn’t have to wait long.
Lilith walked towards him looking more beautiful than he remembered and he realised that Lilith would be a great asset to him, if she decided she was going to join him in Hell.
“I thought you were dead”, Lilith said as she stopped a few paces away from where Lucifer stood.
“Everyone thought that Lil but I’ve been here all this time”, Lucifer answered hoping that she didn’t mind the abbreviation of her name.
“I gather, you know why I am here”, Lucifer said hesitantly.
“Well, I don’t think Heaven will let me back in so yes, I know why you are here but I want to make a proposition”, Lilith answered calmly.
Lucifer paused for a moment; he was going to make his own proposition to her but he decided to let it slide and wondered what she had to offer, so he said; “What kind of proposition?”
“Saying only one person knows you’re here and the rest think your dead, I will lay claim to Hell as it’s queen and rightful ruler in your stead, I will take you role of finding sinners and casting them into Hell and I will rule with you but if I am to be queen, then I need your powers”, Lilith answered honestly wondering what Lucifer’s reaction would be.
Lucifer stood for a moment contemplating the offer, it made sense to keep up the pretence that he dead and for someone to take over his role but the question was, was he willing to give her all of his powers so that he could keep his house in order?
“I will agree, on one condition”, Lucifer answered.
“Might I ask, what is this one condition is?” Lilith replied, unsure of what Lucifer was now thinking.
Lucifer then walked towards her though he could see that she was afraid of the power that he possessed, he stopped when his head was touching hers and gazed directly into her eyes.
“I want you to be mine and mine alone”, Lucifer replied softly and kissed Lilith on the lips, and he was surprised that she didn’t push him away, instead she returned his kiss.
After they broke the kiss, Lucifer said, “Come my queen, we have a domain to run” and they walked towards Hell, hand in hand.
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