Suddenly, Alex’s hand grabs and squeezes Samyaza’s throat. Samyaza pushes against him as his feet begin lifting off the ground. Alex continues to squeeze until he has lifted Samyaza straight into the air. Pulling him close into his face, Alex’s black onyx orbs glare into Samyaza’s pleading eyes. “Go tell your boss I’m ready.”
With that, Alex throws Samyaza across the field and he lands on his back, skidding across the grass. Balam raises his brows, appearing impressed. He turns away from Alex and rips through the air, leaving black smoke in his wake. Alex looks over to where Samyaza lies on the ground. Samyaza growls at him, then rips through the air, leaving a black mark across the earth in his wake.
Seething, Alex begins walking, leaving blackened footprints with each step. Black leather pants form on his body, as does a black fitted t-shirt. Black leather boots cover his feet. Throwing his arms out, his wings pull into his body, which is now covered by a long black duster. The blackness of his eyes begins to fade as the icy blue irises reappear, save for a black outlining circle.
The earth absorbs the blood of the former angel, blood red roses erupting, covering the ground as far as he can see. Taking a step forward, a hot wind blows and his duster moves against his body. Bending over, he picks one and stands, bringing it to his nose and inhaling the deadly scent. Suddenly, the rose turns to ash in his hand. Letting it fall back to the earth, he looks out over the field and all the flowers begin to wither in a contagion of death.
Closing his eyes, Alex’s body starts to vibrate, then lifts into the air. He hurtled through time and space like a rip current. Hues of red and black surround his body; the bright sunshine of the earth disappears and darkness surrounds him. The colors are changing, encircling him as he travels. The air current thickens and the need for breathing begins to lessen. He stops breathing as the demonic lungs inside him take over. His eyes morph from icy blue-back to black onyx as he flies through Hell.
Landing on the ground, he looks up at his surroundings. The red landscape burns; a serpent flies through the sky and an enormous pit holds souls that scream in pain and torment for eternity. “Lust,” he whispers to himself, turns on his heel, and heads toward where he suspects he will find Lisa.
The caverns emit the foul stench of death, and the walls boil with lava. Screams of souls being endlessly tortured fills the air. Closing his eyes, Alex hones in on his new abilities as a demon to locate Lisa. Picturing her in his mind, images appear of her hanging naked near a pit of lost souls while being tortured by Lucifer.
Opening his eyes, he takes off in a sprint across the land, coming out onto a ledge overlooking a moat of lava. Walking towards the center of it, Alex looks at his surroundings as blood-curdling screams fill the air. Bodies fall through the sky and land in the moat. The ground begins to erupt as a wall pushes out of the floor, blocking Alex from moving any further. The gray wall of stone has three doors inlaid on it.
“You know, they always know what we are thinking when we are down here.” Alex turns quickly, and a female demon is standing next to him. The serpents coming out of her head lash out towards him, forcing him to take a step back. Her snakes are like small daggers. Her teeth are all sharp and jagged, her tongue glides across her bottom lip. Her white skin is a contrast to the darkness of Hell.
“Yeah, I figured that with the wall and doors here,” Alex says as his eyes look her over, never having seen anything like her before.
The female demon steps closer to Alex and her sharp-clawed hand moves over his chest, opening his duster and slicing through his t-shirt. “She’s not worth it. She fucked her way down here. Let them fuck her for eternity.”
“NO!” Alex snarls and his black orbs glow. His black leathered wings erupt from his back. “Leave me!” The female demon hisses at Alex, then turns her back to him, ripping through the air.
Turning back towards the doors, he begins examining them, the wings on his back stretching outwards. The first door portrays the symbol of turning back time. It has three arrows; one pointing up, while the other two point left and right. The bottom of the shape displays two teardrops. This door would allow Alex to turn the clock back in time. There’s a chance he could go back and keep Lisa from ever signing that contract with Samuel, but he knows that it’s not likely.
The second portrays the symbol of Nagas…legs like a snake, the upper chest and arms of a man, and the head of a cobra. The Nagas would allow Alex and Lisa, if he can find her, to become reincarnated on earth. Moving through the door of Nagas, Alex and Lisa would be taken from Hell and become reborn as new souls. He knows that there’s a great possibility they would never find one another again.