Penelope turned her head to lok at damien as he crouched down. She stared blankly at him as he spoke and slowly blinked as he finished. before she knew it though her head was pounding with her fathers echoed laughetr at the prince. her hands went up quickly to her ears and gripped at her hair.
"Sotp being loud!" she muttered at her father before she was told to put her hand on Damien and and force a small amount of the acess energy she was reciving and create a small link that would block out any un wanted listeners.

Penelope heaved a small sigh as Damien went to his thron and sat down. She felt rather releaved to hand off some of that excess power her father had been force feeding her.

"My lord i present Prince Damien of Hell!" Penelope said silently to her father.

"I see, It seemes i am indeed usefull to those of Hell!" Methos stated with a smirk as he could begin to see Damien through the link. "State your business Boy!" Methos stated alredy knwoing what Damien wanted, but he wasnted to here the urgency and pleeding in his voice.

" Don't be offput, Lord Methos is actually very kind.....to most!" Penelope siad as her father shot a look at her. She only smirked and bowed her head being as polite as possible.

Methos looked down upon Damien, he wasnt going to answer just yet.
"The most deadly of wepons is that with a deceving blade!" he simply stated as he turned his head bordly.

"yes but the sweetes of people do not make for deadly wrpons!" penelop stated in defence for damien. This ganed a mental slap from her father,causing the girl to lower heslf to one knee as she held her stomach in pain.

"I do not ask for your foolish comments Daughter!" Methos grawled at the now coughing princess. "i dont denie you wouldent allow her to fight, but i understand you would train her to understand how to successfully (msp) kill any angels." he stated. "And in any case i care not weather you produce an hear, you seem unequipt to rule over any type of empire!" Methos said with a small wave of his hand as if dismissing the thought all together.

"So what....say you t-...to his request My lord!?" Penelope asked as she began to regain her composure, still holding her stomich. "Will you allow Miss.SIkura to be a demon or will you let happiness and possible friendship between nations die!?" She asked with a little ammount of venum in her tone.

"A bit persistant are we not Daughter!?" Meoths asked matching her tone. "Perhaps i shall think on it!" he said as he sat lazily, glaring at his unruly child. "Your too much like your mother daughter!" he scoweled.

"then you should be use to it!" Penelope said with a small huff as she crossed her arms and turned away from her father. "Anyways what say you!?" She asked again glancing over her shoulder at her father.

"I say, come back tomarrow!" he said being rather to the point. "By that time i will have thought of small guidlines!" He stated before standing. "Un like your father un not feeling generous!" he stated before approching penelope and glaring down upon her.

"I thought you were the lord of compassion and hope!" penelope said not looking up at her father.
"I can be, just now i am not in the mood to be, sides your mother is in need of me!" He stated before turning to Demien. "Your answer will come tomarow at 7am...please keep in ear shot of my beautiful and only daughter." He stated before breaking the link as quickly as he had made it.

((Weeew, long post))

(Sorry all I wasn't on at all yesterday. I had changed my day of volunteering this week to yesterday and by the time I got home I was exhausted. :sweat: My body isn't use to the hours of 6 a.m. - 9 p.m. anymore since I haven't done it for quite a few months. :sweat: It seems that this one is a rather long post as well. :sweat: Lol the other one doesn't look so bad now does it? XD)

Lucifer's laughter still echoed at Talon's squirming though soon he decided to give pity to the bat demon as he sent a quick mental message to him. 'I suppose you're right on that. I shouldn't torment you too much there so as to receive my 'reward' from you...' he chuckled through the mental link, knowing full well that his son could still hear him now and not feeling to concerned by it, and calmly had the fire surrounding Talon's contract engulf and return it to its rightful place. He glanced down to see that a guard had hesitantly entered the throne room. "What is it? I am currently busy here so speak quickly" he boomed down, glaring at the poor shaking guard. The guard quickly relayed the request that Alana had made and awaited his Lord's decision. "Very well" he said waving off the guard to dismiss him and relay to Alana he would see her. The guard promptly left and dashed back to the fallen woman, saying that their Lord would see her.

The Lord then caught the mental thought of why it was he wished to have Methos's opinion. 'It's not a matter of his opinion boy. That human you're infatuated with is more on the angelic side and her love for you has made her more so. Therefore I haven't the power to cancel out that without completely destroying the girl in the process. All those of angelic essence and potential are not under my rule but Methos and thus given his protection from my power, as all demonic and potential demonic beings are protected under mine from his. That, and that alone is the only reason you require the 'Lord' of Heaven's blessing and permission so that he may withdraw his power and protection from her. It's as simple as that' he explained rather calmly, and for his son quietly though it was a rather large headache for Talon who could hear him as clearly and easily as Damian could hear his father when he spoke to the bat demon, before the mental link with Methos was also established in his son's head.

As the Lord too felt the link of Methos with his son, after all it was his son and heir's mind that he too was connected to, a low growling noise could vaguely be heard from the Lord of Hell. He couldn't hear Penelope's voice however, merely the comments from Methos, though he was watching from his throne below at the events and could tell from the Heir of Heaven's suffering she was the one he was scolding. He couldn't help but let out a rather loud and bellowing laughter, causing the bat demon who had managed to compose himself and start to stand be sent to the floor in pain once more, as the Lord of Heaven mentioned that he was typically generous. 'Generous? If he were generous he wouldn't cast angels out of Heaven for simply disagreeing with him and refusing to serve creatures lower than them. All angels were once considered his children, and still in a sense are since he is the one that creates them, and see how easily he had thrown them away? Hell has become so full of fallen that anymore and our entire army could cover the entire surface of the Earth, leaving no space for anything to poke through!' he laughed, referring of course to his own fall thousands of years ago and the fact that their army had still been growing before Methos finally put a stop to creating more fallen, as the numbers had almost reached double their original size since their last battle.

Cerberus meanwhile had let out a rather loud bark erupt from one of the mouths as Amalia had mentioned him liking her to the priestess in what could have been seen as agreement, whether it was the case or not though was unknown as his words weren't exactly composed of coherent words but barks. He had just been about to lick the angel once more, with another head, when he suddenly felt a small presence leaning against his massive side. All three heads, plus the snake head of his tail, turned to see the Princess, a fallen, and the Prince there. Quietly he let out a growl, uncertain if they meant harm to his master, himself, or the angel he head licked, and causing his body to vibrate slightly.

The growl quieted however, though not entirely going away, as Amalia went and spoke with the fallen as she offered what appeared to be a wet cloth. The massive beast's eight eyes, tail included, towards Damian in uncertainty, especially when Penelope began slapping Zeak as he attempted to lift her. He watched though as his demonic master soon lifted the angel and growled out a warning, mostly towards the angel as he wouldn't tolerate it if she treated his master as she had the fallen, and watched like a hawk stalking its prey as she was carried and placed on the throne.

After a few moments however his snake tail uncoiled itself and gently moved and coiled around Amalia protectively as one of the massive heads lowered, though eyes still trained on Penelope for any sign of intended harm to his master, and whined quietly. The three headed mutt knew not what was going on and that of course made him nervous, like any other dog would be when something they didn't understand was occurring. His glance also drifted for a moment to his proclaimed chew toy Talon, and at seeing his 'toy' in apparent pain also worried him. After all he wasn't hurting his 'toy', not that he ever thought he was, even at Talon's screams and looks of pain when he pounced, chewed and bit him as he figured the expressions of pain as signs of playing, though he knew when the bat demon went down without him being the cause that he was in some form of pain.

When the contract had been returned, Talon had taken a few moments to compose himself. He had managed to tell Lucifer something to him mentally that ceased his torments for the time being. Now though he knew he needed to get away from the ball and its occupants as his anger had truly reached its peak. He couldn't believe that the Prince would go to his father and attempt to mess with his bargain. At the moment he knew he needed some way to calm himself down, as he knew if he didn't a massacre of his causing would come about, and had been quickly calculating the nearest town from here that he could destroy, along with its inhabitants. He had managed to locate one that wouldn't take too incredibly long for him to reach, even without the option of flying. He had started to stand intending to quickly leave and make his way towards it, he would have gone to Alana instead and calm himself down by being with her but he had felt her presence vanish and figured she had possibly gone to Hell for some reason or another, and though it concerned him greatly there wasn't much he could do as going to Hell would entitle him to fulfill his end of his bargain which he was prolonging as long as possible, when he was suddenly realized from his Lord's words that he had also established a mental link with Damian and was also conversing with the Lord of Heaven.

Before he had a chance to finish standing or possibly wonder why he was once more sent to the ground in pain from the Lord's laughter. Even through his pain he could hear Lucifer's words as he spoke of the unfairness Methos had caused upon him and others. This of course hit fairly close to home with Talon, as he had been cast out from Heaven for virtually the same reasons, minus the uproar about serving those deemed weaker. This of course caused the bat winged demon to naturally agree with the Lord of Hell of just how ungenerous the Lord of Heaven truly was, despite his pain that was being inflicted upon him by Lucifer.

Alana walked into the throne room after the guard. She stood in front of the devil with a straight face. She bowed slowly and stood up.

"I am sorry for bothering you Lord Lucifer. I have come to see if you need anything of me. I apologize for failing my previous assignment of making sure your son behaved. I understand that punishment will befall me for this failing and I hope that it will be over quickly although that is up to you."

She stood there silently wondering if Talon was alright and if the devil indeed knew about the plans that Damian had made. She would never betray him but she knew that if the devil saw fit she just might suffer mightily for her slim part in it.

Lucifer daftly waved in a form of dismissal. "Relax you are not going to be punished. Besides Talon has already formed a bargain with me that will ensure your safety and technical happiness anyways, despite your failure and of your involvement of the plan that bat demon had proposed that would allow my son to spend times of love with that human, to where I cannot get involved or influence. At the moment the only thing required of you is simply to be at the ball and assist in upholding the treaty that has been made" he said rather coolly.

Suddenly a slight smirk spread across his face. "You know you missed quite the reaction from Talon when he was informed by Damian of him creating an heir with you. Quite upset that one was...in fact his reaction almost cost him his life at the hands of my own son. It has also gone so far that, that bat demon is now refusing to be apart of his own plan in an attempt to prevent such a copulation to occurring. That knowledge seemed to hurt him quite badly mentally and emotionally. Of course I'm sure you're aware that Talon has an affinity for pain...so long as it's physical pain and only to a certain extent" he said with a chuckle as he placed a cheek in the palm of one clawed head, propping it up.

"Now that I think of it as well my son almost killed the bat winged demon when he enticed Cerberus to 'play' with him. Naturally I'm sure you perhaps know how heavy that dog's weight can be under just on paw. At one point he commanded that mutt to lay down while he had Talon pinned and then added his own weight. Needless to say if that bat winged demon hadn't have acted he would be dead and in Hell carrying out his half of the bargain now...The funnier part to me was that my son was fully aware and accepting of his death. He didn't even make an effort to cease the demon's suffering but increased it...Quite the friend isn't he?" he asked coolly as his smirk remained. He knew fully well that he couldn't interfere with the plan Talon had proposed to both Alana and Damian, he had already said as much and had indeed made in known that he had been fully aware of it, however it only required a few unwilling key players to destroy it.

His attention then turned to his son as he received more mental communications with him. His smirk turned to a frown as his son mentioned going to Heaven to speak with Methos. 'I advise you not to go to Heaven, at least not yet. It is only 11:00 p.m. at the moment so you still have a ways to wait. Do not act rashly as your digressions could very well cost our chances of invading and taking over, which I will not allow' he warned.

Alana didnt make any noise as she listened to what he had to say. She flinched when he mentioned Talon. She got a worried look on her face. She had to know where Talon was. She was starting to worry.

"Where is Talon at this moment? I need to speak with him."

She hoped he wouldnt notice her reaction.

Lucifer had indeed noticed the worried look on her face. "Oh he still up at the ball and currently in the ballroom as we speak. He appears to be getting acquainted with the floor..." the Lord said bellowing out his laughter once more as he brought about what looked to be a giant eyeball with the wave of one hand. The eyeball looked at Alana and seemed to blink before the pupil began to swirl and morph until the eye now reflected the scene at the ball. It showed both the once more collapsed and in pain Talon on a section of the floor as well as the indifferent Damian on his designated throne. It was clear that the bat winged demon had once more made an attempt to stand as he had managed this time to fall only to his knees with his body bent over so that his forehead rested against the cool marble floor in an attempt to get rid of his headache that was coming on from Lucifer's laughter.

Cerberus seemed to calm slightly at the angel's reassuring words, though he still quietly whined. He saw out of the corner of one sets of eyes his 'toy' once more attempt to rise and fall once more in pain. His gazes remained trained upon his master and the angel he had carried. His head that had lowered gave a small and quiet bark.

Alanas face turned red. She growled loudly.

"What are you doing to him? What did he do wrong? Why are you hurting him so much?"

She was so angry she was yelling and she began to transform. Her tail grew in and her eyes turned red. She grew horns.

"Stop it and if its Damian make him stop it now."

She had no idea what he had done. She knew there had to be a way to fix it. seeing the pain he was in was causing her chest to hurt. She just wanted it to stop. SHe would do anything to make it stop.

"My dear the only thing I did was merely laugh. His mind and mine have a mental connection at the moment. As for Damian what my son does in terms of his 'Second' is entirely in his realm. I cannot make exceptions for anyone, even Talon. Besides he has already harmed the demon far worse than any way that I could. It is perhaps this mental pain he feels that is keeping him from turning that ballroom into a massacre. His anger still boils within him and has reached a peak. If you wish for the pain my son has inflicted upon him to end then that is something you'd have to speak with him about" Lucifer said with another bellowed fit of laughter. The bat winged demon reflected in the eye squirmed in pain from his position.

Alana growled and took flight. She went back to her portal she made and went back to the place where the party was. She ran into the ballroom and went to Talon. She bent down on the ground with him and gave him a hug. She was still halfway in transformation and getting madder by the second. She looked at Damian and roared at him.

"What have you done to him? He was your friend and you betrayed him. How could you?"

She looked back at Talon.

"Whats wrong? Tell me so I can help."

Penelope heaved a grate sigh before turning her head towards Damien. She had heard his comment about the time and only shrugged.
"my mother is with child, i would assume she is giving birth by now."She explained before standing and fixing her dress. "That would be half the reson he left such a delay in his terms!" A grinn spred across her face. "You should know he is very much concitering allowing this to happen.....Im very happy for you!" She said a smile still beaming on her face. "By the way, Thank you for taking some of that energy off my back, it was rather trublesome!" she said streching a bit before turning to Zeak. Her whole attitude and mood had changes dramatically.

"Y-yes my lady!?" Zeak asked a little surprised at her sudden recovery. "
"Zeak i havent been able to dance with you all night and its bothered me to no end!" Penelope stated as she smiled up at the man.
"Your mor excited about the birth of your new little brother arnt you!?" Zeak asked slightly dissapointed at her enthusasm.
"Of course!" Penelope replied giggling slightly. Penelope looked at the prince as he addressed her. "Alright, I will do my up most to completly convince him!" She said with a smile before she turned back to zeak.

(What Lucifer said was out loud rather than mental correct? The only thing that was both was his laughter. Therefore anything said in Hell between Alana and Lucifer would be those two. :sweat:)

'And it is that attitude that proves you are still unfit to rule. Either that or you've forgotten the simple fact of what this thing known as 'friendship' truly means. I know full well he would have returned to me, as he would have no choice. The simple fact is that you would allow him to die. It was you that told Cerberus to lay down and it was you who had chose to tell him in such a way his life was essentially meaningless to you. Talon is a proud demon who finds dying as a show of weakness. By allowing him to die in front of such was a rather large blow to him, however that was not what apparently angered him or at least not just that. Why it is you are bringing these things before me I do not know. I am not the one who needs convincing of anything. I clearly saw all that transpired down here' he said rather calmly, and knowing full well the bat demon could hear him.

He let out another fit of laughter as Damian claimed he knew not of the arrangement. 'Don't make me laugh. Before you stormed in here Talon had specifically told you he had made a bargain with me. In fact after you and the Princess had created the rough draft of the treaty in the room after your return with Janen had had mentioned making a bargain with me. It is of you're own fault you did not ask him of the conditions' he said laughing still. Again he hadn't mentioned what had truly angered the demon, although now this clearly would add onto it.

Talon could suddenly feel Alana near him through his pain and her arms around him as well as her words. "At this point...nothing...What's done has been done..." he said as calmly as he could and masking the evident pain he felt. The bat winged demon could also fully hear Damian's words and managed to lift his head enough to send him a seething glare at the Prince. "You are the one...acting as a child...Mark my words...you shall regret this...and your decisions..." his said as his tone seemed to reflect hatred, an emotion one would never associate with Talon when speaking or dealing with Damian.

Still in her demon form Alana was getting angrier. She couldnt figure out what had happened. No one was telling her anything. Its like everyone was talking behind her back and she would never figure out what they were saying. Something had happened and it was making her so mad she couldnt even think straight.

"Talon What did you do? What happened and whats going to happen. I cant do anything if I dont know whats going on."

She stood up and shouted loudly "WHY WONT ANYONE TELL ME ANYTHING?"

(oh ok..kinda confusing with this tuf...my bad)

Damien hadn't heard anything Talon had said but did hear his father. Then if that is not why he is upset, than what is? Don't tell me he's pulling a Zeak! Once He and Sikura were alone in the room he locked the door so no one would intrude on them. He sat down on a chair next to the bed.

He sighed as he looked at her. "It seems Talon no longer wishes to take part in this charade but I will find a demon I can trust who would be willing to do such a thing. Perhaps I could ask that Zeak fellow since he seem more loyal to the Princess than anything else and you are almost as angelic as her and he would treat you right." He looked hurt a bit but he would have his goal of having her as his or die trying.

(Lol understandable. When the double quotation marks are used by Lucifer then he is speaking allowed and those with mental links cannot hear him. When he uses the single quotation mark then Talon and Damian can hear him.)

Lucifer thought calmly on how exactly to have his son see his error. 'Tell me what would you feel first if another told you that they were going to try and bare child with that human you fawn over? If they essentially said that they would be taking something that only you should have in having such intimacy with her and making her out to essentially be no better than a common whore you feel no real love for? Someone who flat out told you that they didn't love the human, but merely they just wanted to have a baby and so chose her? Now what would you feel if that person was someone whom you had trusted to no end? Someone you would least expect to say such things or even think such things? Now if that someone also happened to be the Prince of Hell that would automatically entitle their loved one to become essentially a Queen of Hell for all time. There would be no chance that the one who you loved and loved you in return to be together, least they be deemed a traitor to Hell and wind up not only getting themselves put into a life of misery and torture, but risk giving the same life to their loved one since she too would be deemed a traitor. That is what you had thrown at him, and I believe that is the main cause of his fury' the Lord of Hell explained rather calmly. All in all he would have preferred Talon to suffer abuse that would merely drive his loyalty away from his son and unto him more, but he knew that such a thing would impose upon his contract that he had made with the bat winged demon in possibly meddling with the happiness of Alana and possibly Damian depending upon how much the friendship was truly valued with him and whether or not it would truly affect him, or if the bat winged demon was merely a 'tool' as Damian had accused the Lord of Hell of seeing him as.

Talon was slightly relieved that Lucifer had chosen to skip the laughter this time and had slowly started to raise his upper half. He winced slightly as Alana shouted making his already throbbing head throb more. "Please...not so loud..." he said quietly, as both his blue and golden eye went to Alana.

Alana bent down over Talon with a frown. She had to do something. If she just sat here something bad would happen to him. There is no reason for him to have to endure such pain. Damian was an idiot. He didnt care about his friends just himself. She had to find a way to end this.

She kissed Talon on his forehead and pulled him into her lap and began to massage his temples hopeing it would help while she figured out what to do.

"What happened Talon? What did you promise him? I need to know this."