he last war I fought lasted ten thousand years. "
"And you lost. "
"That was to God. Do you think youre God, little man?" said Lucifer. "I can wait, you see. You can win a thousand victories and I can wait. Time itself can burn out and the universe can collapse in on itself, and I can still wait. And in the last second at the last moment of existence, when even gods and angels must perish, I will find you and slit your throat. And the last thing youll see before the nothingness takes you will be my face smiling in victory. "
Shrike saw the demons coming for her down the stairs. She screamed at them. When they tried to grab her, she hacked to them with her sword, but she was too badly injured to crawl away.
"What a silver tongue you have. But none of it will happen if I kill you first," said Xero. He raised his arms and waves of black lightning blasted down at Lucifer, along the way vaporizing the demons hed sent for Shrike, just as one triumphantly held up the key hed pried from her side. The key went skittering across the floor, leaving a tracery of blood, and came to rest at Lucifers feet. Lucifer placed his right foot on top of the key. Xero bellowed in anger.
Shrike ducked and pressed herself beneath the bolts. Lucifer didnt move. He appeared to know when something was coming and simply raised his right hand, letting the lightning flow into him and out his left hand, right back at Xero. The stairs exploded around the general, but he kept throwing the bolts, pushing Lucifer back, only to be pushed back himself.
It was too much, Spyder thought. Xero couldnt be bribed. Maybe Lucifer could wait for the end of time, but Shrike couldnt. Fuck this dime store Heaven and Xero. Fuck Madame Cinders.
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