Chapter Six: Till Death Do Us Part. Pt 2

"Where in the fucking Hell are they!?"

"Aren't you being a bit too literal there??"

"Did I ask you for your opinion?! Why aren't you out there looking for them?!"

"Because it wasn't my fucking job you asshole!!" She yelled as she threw a tape dispenser at his head.

"Well it is now!! So get to work!!" He shouted destroying the tape dispenser before it collided with his head.

"Frickin 'jerk...I don't get paid enough for this..." She then walked out of the building and scanned the areas for Leo and Rachel.

"Yeah and Hell isn't really all that bad, we live our live based upon our own vision of freedo-"

"Where the Hell have you been!?"

"I was just-"

"I don't give a crap!! We are on an urgent mission!!"

"I don't see why hell you care about some stupid mission!! Can't you just enjoy the life you have!?"

"You frickin- If this mission fails we all fucking die!! And I don't expect you to wanna die right, now do you!?"

"N-no.. look, I'm sorry.. okay..?"

He then took a deep breath and waved us off. I was scared at first that he was gonna try killing me but then again it's not like I could really die in this state...Doesn't mean I can't feel the painful, pain of it all.

"Rachel... he said that if your mission fails you all die, but I was wondering how would that work.. if you are already dead..?"

"Well, we don't really die, it's more like we stop existing if that makes any sense."

"Yeah, it doesn't." Just then Dranko appeared from behind.

"What she was trying to say is that Hell and Heaven are like a second chance at life and if you screw this one up, you die and go into a void where your body tenses up to where it feels as if you feel nothing but you're really feeling everything all at once. And it's painful as crap. "

"Okay that makes more sense.. But how exactly do you know that.."

"Because unfortunately I've been there once before.."

"But what does Diablo have to do with all of this again..??"

"Leo, I understand how you feel, Diablo is a great guy and a friend to you, but he will be the downfall to Heaven and to Hell."

"But-"

"There you guys are!!" She then looked at Drako with a deathly glace. "They were here this whole goddamn time!?"

"This is not the time."

"It's never the right time with your bullshit." She said putting a dum-dum in her mouth.

"Steph, please calm down.." Rachel tried to sooth her as she sighed and looked away.

"But why do you have to go after Diablo, if you leave him alone maybe nothing will happ-"

"Leo...God is the one going after Diablo, he's gonna use him to destroy Hell so that he can control your world in his own manner. If we don't kill Diablo we die and you lose your world."

"And why does Diablo have to pay for it?!"

"Because he's the child of Hell's first fallen angel!!"

"Because God wants to get rid of Hell."

"And he's basically a prophet child. Like Percy Jackson, Harry Potter, or Luke Skywalker."

"Why? And what..?"

"Because he hates us. He hates all people that don't follow his rules, his vision of what life should be seen as."

"And what does this have to do with me?"

"You're basically worthless to us, just a bait to lure your friends out."

"Leo is not worthle-"

"And once that happens, we kill them."

"We could also just kill you either way to lure them out."

"I'll help!! I-I'll help.."

"Heh. Guess dimwit here had a change of heart."

"Can you all just stop?"

"Yeah, yeah."

It felt terrible to say I was gonna help them, but if I didn't they would've killed me. I had a plan laid out though, if I could lure them out, I could create a small distraction for them, causing them to focus on it and then I could run off with Diablo and Addy. And maybe things could go back to normal.. Slightly at least.

I sat on the edge of the balcony watching the night sky, hopefully waiting for something to pop up in my head, an idea, anything, something to get me away from here.

But being here was nice.. Except for the trio who wanna kill me and my friends..

Hell, in a certain sense, was nice. Peaceful. Brilliant.

There weren't any rules against the 'human' mortality, and these beings were able to express themselves the way they wanted too. From my stance I truly couldn't see why 'God' would hate Hell for this. He must be a total douchebag to be honest.

"What are you thinking about, Leo??" Rachel came out and rested her head on the railing of the balcony.

"Nothing.. Just wanting to go back home."

"Lame-o."

"Yeah yeah."

"Come on, let's go out again."

"I'd rather not."

"I wasn't asking." She then dragged me all the way to some sort of restaurant. The scenery of the food stop was nice, and aesthetic.

"What is this place?" I asked out of curiosity.

"Just one of the best places in our world!! Anyways, what would you like?"

"You wanna know what I would really like..."

"Yeah."

"To go back home."

"You know what you should've stayed back in the house with Steph and Drako."

"Yeah I should have." Though I really wished I was back home with my friends, living my normal average life. At least I knew that I would see them again after I betrayed these dipshits.

"Ugh. I'll just get you some chicken nuggets or something."

"Why don't you just make that a kids meal while you're at it."

"Will you shut up!!" She yelled, causing everyone to stare in silence.

. . .

"Leo?" We were now sitting in one of the booths.

"Yeah..?" I answered carefully not to cause another scene.

"What do you want to do with your life?"

"You know I've never thought about that before, but if I had to choose I'd want to become a baseball player."

"Why?"

"Because it's what my uncle wanted to be but he never got to. So I thought maybe If I became one he'd be proud of me."

"That's childish."

"Well it means more to me cause he was like a father to me." It was far past midnight now as we began walking back to the others.

"Come on. Let's go."

"Where?"

"Just come on."

"You know I don't feel safe going somewhere I don't know with a person who wants to kill my friends."

"Leo!" I could tell she was getting mad again.

"Fine." We then went back to the bridge that was over the river. We then sat down off the railing.

"This is nice."

"Definitely." I said sarcastically.

"Oh, come on Leo, can you just try to enjoy this?"

I looked into the water the same way I did when I had first arrived yet this time it felt different. This time I saw more life in it than before. The water flowed so peacefully and it felt right at home with the surrounding scenery

"How old are you?"

"Sixteen. Why?"

"Just wanted to know."

"Why do you hang out with Stephine and Drako, and why do you agree with the plan to kill Diablo..?"

"I don't."

"Exact- wait what?"

"I'm just not that kind of person.. I don't like to see others get hurt or have to suffer?"

"Why?"

"What do you mean why? Would you like it if you and I were in swapped positions, and you were forced to help kill my friends."

"Well knowing who your friends are I would be more than happy!!" I said with a taunting laugh.

"Leo, I'm being serious." She then looked down into the water as I felt a sense of guilt rush over me. Knowing who Drako and Stephanie are, I knew I would be happy to have ended their lives because they were gonna end my friends lives.

But the same could be said if Rachel was in my position too.

"I'm sorry.. I understand how you feel now. And yeah, I wouldn't enjoy it as much as you do." She then looked at me and gave a slight smile.

"When I was kid, I lived in an abusive household. I was beaten and constantly yelled at for everything I had done. It wouldn't matter what I had done, but it would always seem to cause some sort of trouble."

"I'm sorry.."

"It's okay at least I don't live there anymore.. But just being in that environment changed me, I never felt a true emotion, and everyday it seemed like a circus act. Till one day I couldn't take it anymore, I climbed to the roof of our apartment story. And standing up there felt graceful, it felt that all my problems were gonna come to an end."

"Rachel..."

"I then walked to the edge as my mother ran after me. And I still remember everything she said to me, Rachel, step away from the ledge you disgrace of daughter!! You do as I tell you!! I smiled at her once more and I let go of the world.. My last words were, I loved you mama, and she replied wishing that she never had to give birth to me." Her eyes were filled with tears as she stared into the sky, but even though she was hurt and dying on the inside, she smiled, and it was one of the prettiest smiles I ever seen in my life.