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It finally dawned on her.
“Leech took on Azazel and his army alone. What happened to him?”
Gangrene slowly exhaled.
“I’m sorry, Lilith. Leech is dead. A day after we left, I circled back. Leech took out the nephilim army and injured Azazel but there’s some pretty clear evidence that…”
“We have to go back. I want to see.”
Raven shook her head.
“It’s terrible, sis. You don’t want to see it.”
“I need to. Everyone touch my shoulders and we’ll teleport back.”
Gangrene and Raven did as requested. When they reached the spot, Lilith fell on her knees and started to cry. Raven nudged Gangrene and he ran towards the cross to retrieve Leech’s head. Raven put her free arm around Lilith.
Gangrene grabbed a sack from his belt, knocked down the cross, and placed Leech’s head in the sack. The sack started to glow a light green. He also retrieved Leech’s guns and axe and returned everything to Lilith. Lilith opened the sack.
“Why are his eyes still glowing?”
“He drained an entire nephilim army before he exploded. I imagine there’s some residual power in there. I mean I know he had already given me my scythe, but I imagine he could have taken on Shadow or Abaddon shortly before he went nuclear.”
Raven removed her arm from Lilith and elbowed Gangrene hard in the ribs.
“Ow.”
“Be sensitive. I don’t want to hear you say nuclear again.”
Lilith attached Leech’s guns around her waist and his axe to her back. She took Lucia back from Raven.
“We’re done. I’m not doing this anymore. We’re going back to Hell. Jess can help me see him again.”
“The armies abandoned us, sis. We don’t have much say in Hell anymore.”
Lilith held up her scythe.
“I’ll trade this for one more chance to see Leech. After that… I want to go somewhere and die.”
Raven started to cry and Gangrene shook his head.
“It’ll pass, Lilith. Don’t say things like that.”
“It hurts too much, Gangrene. I can’t do this anymore.”
“Think of the baby. She needs you… and Leech gave his life to save the two of you.”
“And what do I tell her when she grows up? That her father was killed and I know who did it but I’m too weak to avenge him? She’d be better off without me.”
“Shadow will kill Azazel. Trust me. As soon as he finds out what happened to Leech, he’ll be all over it. He’ll cut Azazel into little, bite-sized pieces. I agree that we’re done up here though. Let’s get back to Hell.”
Lilith reacted angrily to hearing Shadow’s name.
“Where the hell was Shadow? Why didn’t he show up and save us? Why didn’t he try to warn Leech that he shouldn’t take on Azazel alone?”
Gangrene shifted uncomfortably.
“Lilith, I’ve known both Shadow and Leech for a while. I imagine they talked about what to do in case Azazel attacked. That’s why Leech knew to rig his scythe so Azazel couldn’t take it away from him. I don’t think Shadow intended that to be anything more than a way for Leech to keep his scythe though. Shadow wouldn’t have told Leech to take him on. Shadow would have told Leech to run away. Now that being the case, I also think I know how Leech would have taken that advice. He would have ignored it if he didn’t see a way out. He saw our armies turn and run and knew that eventually, no matter how fast all of us got away, Azazel would find us again and kill all of us. So he did what he could. He killed Azazel’s armies and injured him to the point that he can’t teleport all over looking for us. Honestly, I’d be surprised if that motherfucker Azazel isn’t dead. Leech was an absolute beast in the end. Every bit the powerful major demon I respected.”
Lilith and Raven both started to cry. Gangrene started to regret his speech.
“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to upset either of you. I just… needed to say it for myself. I’ll never regret leaving Shadow to follow Leech. Leech was a badass to the very end. He had to fight for
“Leech took on Azazel and his army alone. What happened to him?”
Gangrene slowly exhaled.
“I’m sorry, Lilith. Leech is dead. A day after we left, I circled back. Leech took out the nephilim army and injured Azazel but there’s some pretty clear evidence that…”
“We have to go back. I want to see.”
Raven shook her head.
“It’s terrible, sis. You don’t want to see it.”
“I need to. Everyone touch my shoulders and we’ll teleport back.”
Gangrene and Raven did as requested. When they reached the spot, Lilith fell on her knees and started to cry. Raven nudged Gangrene and he ran towards the cross to retrieve Leech’s head. Raven put her free arm around Lilith.
Gangrene grabbed a sack from his belt, knocked down the cross, and placed Leech’s head in the sack. The sack started to glow a light green. He also retrieved Leech’s guns and axe and returned everything to Lilith. Lilith opened the sack.
“Why are his eyes still glowing?”
“He drained an entire nephilim army before he exploded. I imagine there’s some residual power in there. I mean I know he had already given me my scythe, but I imagine he could have taken on Shadow or Abaddon shortly before he went nuclear.”
Raven removed her arm from Lilith and elbowed Gangrene hard in the ribs.
“Ow.”
“Be sensitive. I don’t want to hear you say nuclear again.”
Lilith attached Leech’s guns around her waist and his axe to her back. She took Lucia back from Raven.
“We’re done. I’m not doing this anymore. We’re going back to Hell. Jess can help me see him again.”
“The armies abandoned us, sis. We don’t have much say in Hell anymore.”
Lilith held up her scythe.
“I’ll trade this for one more chance to see Leech. After that… I want to go somewhere and die.”
Raven started to cry and Gangrene shook his head.
“It’ll pass, Lilith. Don’t say things like that.”
“It hurts too much, Gangrene. I can’t do this anymore.”
“Think of the baby. She needs you… and Leech gave his life to save the two of you.”
“And what do I tell her when she grows up? That her father was killed and I know who did it but I’m too weak to avenge him? She’d be better off without me.”
“Shadow will kill Azazel. Trust me. As soon as he finds out what happened to Leech, he’ll be all over it. He’ll cut Azazel into little, bite-sized pieces. I agree that we’re done up here though. Let’s get back to Hell.”
Lilith reacted angrily to hearing Shadow’s name.
“Where the hell was Shadow? Why didn’t he show up and save us? Why didn’t he try to warn Leech that he shouldn’t take on Azazel alone?”
Gangrene shifted uncomfortably.
“Lilith, I’ve known both Shadow and Leech for a while. I imagine they talked about what to do in case Azazel attacked. That’s why Leech knew to rig his scythe so Azazel couldn’t take it away from him. I don’t think Shadow intended that to be anything more than a way for Leech to keep his scythe though. Shadow wouldn’t have told Leech to take him on. Shadow would have told Leech to run away. Now that being the case, I also think I know how Leech would have taken that advice. He would have ignored it if he didn’t see a way out. He saw our armies turn and run and knew that eventually, no matter how fast all of us got away, Azazel would find us again and kill all of us. So he did what he could. He killed Azazel’s armies and injured him to the point that he can’t teleport all over looking for us. Honestly, I’d be surprised if that motherfucker Azazel isn’t dead. Leech was an absolute beast in the end. Every bit the powerful major demon I respected.”
Lilith and Raven both started to cry. Gangrene started to regret his speech.
“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to upset either of you. I just… needed to say it for myself. I’ll never regret leaving Shadow to follow Leech. Leech was a badass to the very end. He had to fight for
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