The next morning...

Carmen was in the living room standing above Gabriel who was sleeping on the couch for the time being.

Carmen-Gabriel!

Gabriel-Huh?What?

Carmen-Are you still sleeping? Come on!

Gabriel-What's going on? Did something happen?

Carmen-You have to get up.

Gabriel-I thought I had a day off today...

Carmen-You do, that's why you have to get up.

Gabriel-I don't have to do anything.

Kevin-Gabriel!

Gabriel-Oh shit.Yes, doc?

Kevin-Get up, it's already noon.

Gabriel-So what?

Kevin-You are going to get Carmen shopping.

Gabriel-What?

Kevin-I thought it would be nice for you and Carmen to get some fresh air and go to the city.

Gabriel-I thought I had a day off.

Kevin-This is not work.

Gabriel-Nothing I do is. I don't get paid for it, so it's not "work".

Mak-Stop crying moron. I have to do the dishes for two whole days.

Gabriel-Serves you right. You sold his phone.

Mak-You threw his gun out!

Gabriel-We are way past that.

Kevin-No we are not!

Gabriel-Sorry about that.

Kevin-If you are really sorry, take Carmen out, she never had the chance to go out and enjoy herself.

Gabriel-Fine, fine.Carmen.

Carmen-Yes.

Gabriel-Do you want to go out for a walk?

Carmen-Yeah...(I'd love to)

Gabriel-You will have to do something for me then.

Carmen-Anything!

Gabriel-A nice cup of coffee.

Carmen-Right away.

Gabriel-Oh!Slap Mak while at it.

Carmen-Why?

Gabriel-He will do something stupid, I'm sure.

So, Gabriel had his coffee with Carmen, they got ready, Carmen spent almost an hour to get ready because she wanted to look cute. Gabriel just put on a shirt and jeans, he waited for Carmen to get ready as he asked Kevin...

Gabriel-Hey doc?

Kevin-Yes?

Gabriel-I am waiting for some cash.

Kevin-Why do you want me to give you money?

Gabriel-Why do you want me to take Carmen out?

Kevin-Sure.

Carmen-Sorry for the waiting, I'm ready!

Kevin-You look wonderful Carmen.

Carmen-Thank you doctor.....

Gabriel-So...

Carmen-What do you think Gabriel?

Gabriel-You look nice...

Carmen-Nice huh...?

Gabriel-Come on let's go.

Carmen-See you later guys.

Kevin-Have fun.

Mak-That's not fair.

Kevin-You do the dishes.

Gabriel and Carmen left the house...

Mak-I already did.

Kevin-Go clean the living room.

Mak-Why the fuc..?

Kevin-YOU SOLD MY PHONE!

Mak-Alright.

Meanwhile...

Carmen-Where are we going?

Gabriel-Where do you want to go?

Carmen-I want to go to the mall.

Gabriel-Sure.

Carmen forced Gabriel to join her to almost every shop at the mall, clothing stores, accessory stands and many more stores that girls like to shop from, obviously Gabriel was bored about all this. Time was passing by and after

Carmen finished shopping she proposed that they should get some coffee at a nearby cafe, they sat down and placed their order. While waiting for their order someone approached them and said...

Stranger-Woah?Who are you, gorgeous?

Carmen-Me?

Stranger-Of course I am talking to you baby.How about you and I go to sit over there?

Carmen-I am here with someone as you can see...

Stranger-You are her boyfriend?

Gabriel-No.

Stranger-What's the problem then? Leave this loser and come with me girl.

Gabriel-(Loser?)Now that I think about it, I am.

Stranger-Huh!?

Gabriel-Turn around and take your ass back to your cave!

Stranger-What was that ashole?

Gabriel-Did I stutter?

Stranger-Now you pissed me off!

The man tried to hit Gabriel in the face. Gabriel grabbed his hand without even getting up from his seat. He spun his arm and punched him lightly on the chest,obviously, the other guy felt a very strong hit from Gabriel and

he started running.

Gabriel-What a moron.

Carmen-Thank you Gabriel. (That was so cool!)

Gabriel-Don't worry, I don't like guys like him much.

Carmen-Mak told me you had a rough time before going with Kevin.

Gabriel-That bastard doesn't know to keep his mouth shut.

Carmen-I can relate to that.

Gabriel-How?

Carmen-I didn't have anyone close to me because I was different.

Gabriel-You may be right.

Carmen-I know how it feels to be bullied by guys like him.

Gabriel-I was bullied because of my appearance. How can someone treat bad a cute girl like you?

Carmen-You think I'm cute?

Gabriel-Well...yeah...I guess.

Carmen-Thank you.

Carmen obviously wanted to hear that from Gabriel, despite the fact that she hasn't spent any time with him Carmen admired Gabriel for what he has done so far, the stories that Mak told her about Gabriel made her like him,

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she might have had feelings about him. Gabriel obviously wasn't aware of that, even if he was, there is only one girl that Gabriel wanted, this girl was Helen. He didn't have the chance to see her again after everything that happened

the last months. Gabriel's feelings started to decay after the transformation he went through while fighting Warren. Whatever that thing was, it slowly tried to get control over his body. Gabriel lied to Mak and Kevin about training,

he has spent most of the time trying to suppress that power. He knew that he couldn't control it, he knew it was dangerous and that the next time it happened, he might not be able to return to his original self...

Waiter-Your order.

Carmen-Thank you.

Gabriel-Yeah...

After both of them finished their coffee, Carmen asked for something to eat.Gabriel, of course, had to go along.

Carmen-How about this restaurant?

Gabriel-Seems good enough.

Carmen-Let's go.

They got in the restaurant and placed their order to the waiter, the place seemed very expensive but Gabriel didn't care, after all, it was Kevin's money, not his. The place was full, it was quiet despite the number of people inside,

everyone was eating and talking quietly to one another. After a couple of minutes, the waiter came by with their food, Gabriel remembered that he never came to this place while he stayed at the orphanage since he had no money,

he felt the need to ask the waiter about it and learn their whereabouts...

Gabriel-Can I ask you something?

Waiter-Of course sir.

Gabriel-Do you happen to know anything about the orphanage in this town?

Waiter-The place might shut down sir.

Gabriel-What!?Why?

Waiter-The priest that run the orphanage died.

Gabriel-Father Johnathan?

Waiter-Yes sir.He died yesterday.

Gabriel-What!?How?

Waiter-You see,f. Johnathan received a call about three days ago, someone wanted him to perform an exorcism on a child...

Gabriel-An exorcism?

Waiter-Yes, people say that it went terrible, many people died and one of them was the priest, they say that the child is still locked in the bedroom, apparently the exorcism failed and everyone inside the room died painfully.

Gabriel-Anything else?

Waiter-I heard that the child is now feeling better.

Gabriel-So the exorcism worked.

Waiter-Maybe it did, the only sure thing is that the orphanage now will probably have to shut down since there is no one else to run the place.

Gabriel-I can't believe it. How can an exorcism result in someone's death?

Waiter-I have no idea, sir. The only thing I heard is that the child would whisper one sentence

Gabriel-What?

Waiter-"Marbas is here".No idea what that means.

Gabriel-MARBAS!?

Carmen-I am so sorry Gabriel.

Waiter-Did you know the priest sir?

Gabriel-We are going back Carmen, here, keep the change.

Waiter-Thank you sir, you didn't touch your food though.

Gabriel-That's none of your fucking business!

Waiter-Ok.

Gabriel took Carmen and stormed out of the restaurant, he went back to Kevin's house and shouted...

Gabriel-Mak!Where the fuck are you?

Mak-What's going on?

Gabriel-Marbas killed f.Johnathan.

Mak-The priest from your orphanage?

Gabriel-Yes.I am going to kill this thing with my own hands.

Mak-That's what she meant that her master would get revenge.

Gabriel-I don't care about that, how can I find that fucker?

Mak-Demons live in hell you know.

Carmen-You can't go after him, it's not smart to seek revenge at this point.

Gabriel-Shut up!You want to do something useful for a change?Use that search engine of yours and find me that ashole Munderic!

Mak-Don't talk to Carmen like that, she didn't do anything wrong.

Carmen-I will try.

Mak-You don't even know if this warlock will help you.

Gabriel-He will. If he doesn't, I will take his head and shove it up his ass.

Mak-You can't go there Gabriel, you are blinded by your rage now.

Gabriel-What do you want me to do? Sit here and drink coffee with you while this abomination kills every person I care for!?

Mak-Fuck!I will come with you.

Gabriel-What's going on? Still searching?

Carmen-I found him.

Gabriel-Where is he?

Carmen-Inside a cave, he is in England.

Gabriel-Get your ass up goblin, we are going back!

Gabriel lost his mind after he heard that Marbas is behind f. Johnathan's death, he wants to find Munderic and force him to take him to Marbas, Gabriel wants to kill him, in order to do that he needs to travel to hell of all places, as

crazy as this sounds, Gabriel is full of rage at the moment and he doesn't care about anything else but revenge, a new journey awaits Gabriel and one thing is for sure, it won't be an easy task...