{Victoria}

"Do you really think this is a good idea?" I asked Walter. We were standing in front of his parents house and he was getting ready to knock on the door when I stopped him.

He looked at me. "Yeah I think this is a good idea. My parents have been wanting to see you for a while now." He rolled his eyes. "Of course, now I know they're not my real parents. We just have to act like they are."

He knocked on the door and when it opened Walter's "parents" greeted Walter with a bear hug.

Mrs. Hawkins was crying as she held Walter in her arms. "My baby's come home!"

"Thanks, Mom, you can let go now," Walter said as he struggled to get out of her hold.

I covered my mouth to stifle a laugh. Without Mr. Hawkins pulled me into a hug and said, "You must be Walter's girlfriend! It's so nice to meet you!"

He let go of me and I said, "Uh, yeah nice to meet you. My name is Victoria."

Mrs. Hawkins stopped crying and let Walter go. She looked at me with surprise. "Victoria? As in, Victoria Lee? The popular artist Victoria Lee? I remember you!"

I raised an eyebrow. "Oh?"

"Yes, yes come in you two and let's sit down and have a nice little chat," Mrs. Hawkins said.

We were escorted into the living room.

"So, would you guys like coffee or water?" Mrs. Hawkins asked.

"Water, for me thank you," I said.

Walter decided to have coffee with two sugars in it.

Once everyone was situated I asked, "Mrs. Hawkins, you said you remember me? Did you see a picture of me in a news article or something?"

Mrs. Hawkins shook her head. "I remember you, remember you. The last time I saw you we were celebrating your sixth birthday. Walter was seven at that and his sister was a toddler. I always thought you and Walter would make a cute couple one day. Oh, I got the picture to prove it and a home video!"

"Mom!" Walter gasped, "Seriously?"

"Walter, it's fine. I'm actually curious to see this video and picture your mother has of me," I said.

Mr. Hawkins nodded. "I'll go get it!"

He left the room and returned shortly with a picture and a USB port.

"This was originally on a VHS tape but I had it reformatted for a USB port so we could watch it on a computer instead," Mr. Hawkins said.

"Smart," Walter complimented.

Mr. Hawkins smiled. "Thanks."

He brought over a laptop and turned it on. Once it turned on he plugged in the USB port and clicked on a file titled: Victoria Lee's Birthday!

The video started playing and it showed six year old me sitting at the kitchen table looking bored out of my mind.

"Mom! I wanna go play!" I whined.

"No, it's time to get your cake and open your presents," Delilah said.

I looked like I was getting ready to say something when Issac (the person I thought was my real father) came through the door with a huge two layer cake in his hands. There was a crowd of other people that I didn't recognize walking behind him singing, "Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday Victoria! Happy birthday to you!"

Instead of being happy about the cake I looked annoyed for some reason. I saw my eyes turn red for a split second and then the power went out. It came back on as soon as it went out.

A couple of people in the room cried out in fear and that was when the video ended.

I blinked. "Wait a minute, I know I'm crazy but can you rewind to about five minutes before the power went out?"

Mr. Hawkins nodded. "Sure."

He did as I told him and his eyes went wide. "Is it just me or did your eyes turn red for a split second before the power went out?"

I shook my head. "No, I saw it too."

"Fuck!" Mrs. Hawkins cursed.

I looked at her. "What, what's wrong?"

Mrs and Mr Hawkins exchanged a look and Mr. Hawkins sighed, "You wanna tell them or should I?"

"I'll tell them," Mrs. Hawkins said.

Walter narrowed his eyes. "Tell us what?"

"Remember when you asked me if you were adopted?" Mr. Hawkins said.

Walter nodded. "Yeah, you always told me no that I wasn't adopted." He shook his head in dismay and scoffed, "Figures that you lied. Considering I met my real father finally."

Mrs. Hawkins breathed, "Alastor…"

"It's about time he made his move!" Mr. Hawkins grumbled.

"Michael!" Mrs. Hawkins snarled. "Seriously? We raised Walter, he is our son, blood or not."

Mr. Hawkins snorted. "Sure, sure whatever you say. It's not like I don't love Walter like he's my own son, because I do love him but I didn't agree with the others kidnapping him because he's Victoria's mate. That is the dumbest reason to kidnap a child and you know it!"

Mrs. Hawkins argued, "But it had to be done! There was no other way that we'd be able to keep her on Earth without him!"

"Would guys stop talking about us like we're not here?" Walter snapped. "That's rude! Especially with who you're talking about!"

Mrs. Hawkins gasped, "Walter, show some respect! I might not be your real mother but I raised you!"

"Fuck your goddamn respect!" Walter yelled. "You showed the ultimate disrespect when you kidnapped me from my crib!"

"Oh boy," I said. I grabbed Walter's arm and rubbed his hand gently trying to calm him down. "Walter please, let's talk to them about this calmly." I looked at Mrs. Hawkins. "Does Delilah know about what I am?"

Mrs. Hawkins shook her head. "From what I know of, no she doesn't. Only those who were involved in the summoning know. Delilah wasn't involved, hell she wasn't even your vessel or Walter's vessel. Issac knew though, by the way how is he?"

"He's dead, he's been dead for over a decade now," I said. I shook my head. "Let's not change the subject here. So you guys, know what we are and you know we met our real parents now. And in case you're wondering, yes I did get my wings and Walter has his."

Mr. Hawkins whistled, "Wow, I wish I could see them. Humans can't see what a demon looks like unless they're dead. I bet your wings look magnificent!"

"Okay, so you know what I am, you know I've been to Hell. And now I've been sent back to Earth for a very specific reason. I'm looking for my box," I said.

Mr. Hawkins sighed, "Yeah, we know. But we don't know where it is. We were only involved in your summoning and that was it. There are so many other people involved in this."

Then I realized something. "Shit. That means my father will be coming after you guys! And more than likely you'll be killed."

Mrs. Hawkins nodded. "I know. Honestly, I thought it was going to come sooner than what it did."

"But you haven't been killed yet-" I said.

Walter cut me off, "No. they stole from Hell and not just any demon, they stole from Royalty. I have half a mind to alert Satan of these people's whereabouts. But since you guys did raise me and you treated me well growing up, I'll ask Alastor to show you mercy while he's overseeing your punishment."

Mrs. Hawkins stood up and hugged Walter. "Thank you son!"

Walter cringed. "Um, thanks… Mom…"

Little did we know that would be the last time Walter would ever call Mrs. Hawkins mother because the very next day, Satan came for them and their house was set on fire.

***

{Walter}

I wasn't surprised when Satan came for the people that I called my parents. What I was surprised about was that I didn't feel any pain or sympathy at their funerals. I wondered if it was because I knew they were in Hell so they still existed just not in this world.

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My sister put a hand on my shoulder and gave it a reassuring squeeze. "It's okay Walter, God needed more angels, they're in Heaven now."

I bit the inside of my cheek to keep myself from laughing. If only she knew what type of people her parents were. "Um, yes everything will be fine. That much I know Milly. And I know they would want you to continue to live your life the way you want to live it."

She nodded and walked off.

"The poor thing has no idea, does she?" I heard Alastor say.

I shook my head. "Nope. Not a clue and apparently, there's more people that are involved in this than we realize."

"Don't you worry about that, I'm waaay ahead of you. Just worry about helping Victoria find her box because you don't need to worry about anything else," Alastor said.

"Yeah, because I quit my job as a caretaker in general so I don't have to worry about that. I got Victoria's service dog back from Jenny. The poor dog missed Victoria so much," I said.

"Yep, and don't worry about finances and stuff like that. I got it covered for you," Alastor said.

"Sure," I said. "Thanks Dad."

Alastor gave me a nod and disappeared.

***

After my "parents" funeral Frank insisted that Victoria and I stay with him. Mostly because he felt guilty that we got "kidnapped" and he didn't feel too good with us staying at Victoria's house for fear that the kidnappers might come back for us. The poor guy means well but he doesn't know the whole picture and he doesn't need to know the whole picture.

Ben would come over from time to time to check and see if we needed anything but for the most part we've been fine on our own. After a week or two of staying at Frank's house Victoria began to grow restless.

I would often see her pacing back and forth in our room. Today was no different. I came back from walking Cody to find her pacing again.

"What's wrong this time?" I asked.

Victoria sighed, "I need to go back home and not back to Hell not that home but the house that I have home. It's my place, I bought it and that's where I'm going to live. You and I both know that the 'kidnappers' won't come back. Either way I'm going home whether Frank likes it or not because this overprotectiveness is driving me bonkers!"

I chuckled. "He can't help it! Hell, when people hear about your story and what you've put up with they would want to protect you. That's how I felt when I first met you."

"I'm serious Walter," Victoria said. "I'm going back to my house. You can stay here if you want but I'm going back."

I shook my head. "I'm not letting you go back there alone. I'm going with you of course."

"Okay I'm going to go talk to him now," Victoria said. She walked out of the room as fast as she could.

I laughed because it looked like she was walking as if her pants were on fire.

***

{Victoria}

I walked to Frank's office that he had in his house for when he works from home. I just wanted to talk to him as soon as possible because I really wanted to get out of the house and get started on my mission to get my box.

As I got closer I heard moaning and I knew what that was about. I stopped short when I heard someone call out Frank's name when they climaxed.

On second thought, I'll just come back later… I thought. I turned around and started to leave when I heard someone call out to me and I stopped.

"Ms. Lee, I didn't realize you were here," a man said. The man was one of Frank's bodyguards, his name was Leon.

"Oh, um Leon, I was coming to talk to Frank about something but I can see he's busy so I'll come back later," I said.

Leon chuckled, "I think he's almost done."

Right on cue, the head maid Quinn came out of the office with her clothes wrinkled and a smile on her face. I smiled at her and silently cheered her on to win Frank's heart. I felt that Frank deserved better than Delilah anyway. Even though Quinn was the head maid.

At least he's fucking the maid and not looking at me. Of course I have a feeling since Ben is now my servant… I thought. I shook my head to get rid of the negative feelings. Just because Ben is my servant doesn't mean we'd get together like that. No thank you.

Leon cleared his throat, "I've notified Mr. Randal of your presence. You can go in now."

I went up to the door and knocked. "Come in!"

I entered the room and Frank made a motion to sit down across from him at his desk.

"So, what's going on?" Frank asked.

"Um, I want to go home," I said. "It's been great staying here and all…"

Frank raised an eyebrow. "Are you sure? I mean what if the kidnappers come back?"

I shook my head. "Even if they do come back I can't be living on the edge all the time. That's why I have my mental health issues as it is."

"I see," Frank said. "Well, if you insist on going back then I can send a couple of my bodyguards to watch the house."

I was going to argue with Frank about that. but I decided it wasn't worth it so I kept my mouth shut. I sighed, "Fine. I just want to go home. I mean thank you for everything you've done for me and all but um…"

He chuckled. "It's fine. I understand and honestly, you're too nice for your own good. Just say what's on your mind and if it hurts someone's feelings then so be it. I didn't get to be the business tycoon that I am today without hurting a few feelings along the way. Hell, I've lost friends over business deals before. It happens."

I nodded. "Okay, um I'll work on that. And I do mean it when I say thank you for everything."

Frank rolled his eyes. "Seriously? You're acting as if this is the last time I'll see you. So when are you planning on leaving?"

"Tomorrow would be good for me," I said.

After that I went back to my room that I shared with Walter and we packed our stuff.

***

{Alastor}

Ever since Walter got kidnapped from his crib along with Victoria I had been set on tracking the people involved in the kidnapping down. Satan and Cathy on the other hand, had sent out a search party to find Victoria and Walter. When they did find them it was too late. Victoria and Walter had been transferred to human vessels and been turned into humans.

So we had to watch them grow up from the sidelines. While Satan was busy gathering the necessary materials to summon Victoria and Walter to get them back home, I was busy collecting the humans who had a hand in the kidnapping.

My list of people involved in the kidnapping just seems to keep getting longer and longer. I just added four more people to the list. This time I tracked them down to where they resided and they lived in a small town where everybody knows everybody. Here's the kicker, turns out the town leader was involved. I asked for an audience with him and he agreed to it.

Since I am the third strongest demon in Hell I can detect what attacks a human might try in order to "kill" me while I'm on Earth. You can't really kill a demon if someone attacks a demon, it'll just get sent back to Hell. There are other attacks that a demon can get trapped on Earth with, but the stronger the demon is the easier it will be for the demon to get out of the attack.

I'm confident but every time I deal with humans I'm always on high alert.

As I went into the town leader's house I was escorted into the living room. The man's name was Lucas and he took a seat on the recliner next to the couch.

"So you want some sort of information from me?" Lucas asked.

"Not information, more like confirmation of something that I found out," I said.

He tilted his head. "Oh? Like what?"

"Do you know who the rulers of Hell are?" I asked.

He laughed, "Straight to the point huh? Yeah I know, Satan and Cathy. Why? Are you looking for them? I can summon one of them for you if you want?"

I scoffed, "No, I don't need that. I'm a close friend of theirs because I've summoned them plenty of times before."

He stopped laughing and narrowed his eyes. "Then what do you need from me?"

"I don't know if you know the story of Satan's child being kidnapped when she was two?" I questioned. "Her mate was kidnapped as well."

Lucas stood up abruptly. "I know where this is leading but I'm afraid I can't-"

I laughed a wicked laugh as I started changing into my demon form. "No, don't get to say you can't because you can and you just gave me what I'm looking for."

"Al… Alastor?" Lucas stuttered.

"I'm so glad you recognize me, who else is in your group?" I said.

"I'm not giving you that information! Over my dead body! I wouldn't give you that information even in the afterlife!" Lucas declared.

"You wouldn't give me the information you say?" I said with a sinister smile on my face. "Not even if I killed your family? Because I will do that and I'll kill them slowly, so very slowly…"

"You wouldn't dare!" Lucas snarled. "They haven't done anything to you! You are Royalty! At least fight fair."

I snorted. "Seriously? You humans never fight fair so don't fucking lecture me about how to fight someone. You use traps, you use Angelic weapons to 'kill' a demon and yet you talk about fighting fair?"

I started building up my power a little bit in my eyes as I stared straight into Lucas's soul and he stopped dead in his tracks. He started shaking in fear. "N-no! No, don't!"

"Are you going to give me the names now?" I asked.

He shook his head rapidly. "No, just stop doing what you're doing!"

"Aww, that's cute!" I laughed, "You really think you can order the third strongest demon in Hell around."

"I am loyal to the Fifth," Lucas declared.

I smiled a sinister smile. I knew about the Fifth. The Fifth is an organized religion that claims to worship Satan as their God. But if they really worshiped Satan then they wouldn't have conspired to kidnap their God's daughter.

Before I could look deeper into Lucas's soul, he screamed, "Karma!"

I paused. "Huh?"

"Speak to Karma, she's the one who started everything and that's the only thing I'm saying!" Lucas said.

"That stupid bitch!" I growled.

Karma is an immortal being much like demons but her power level is right up with Satan and the ruler of Heaven L's power. She is called the Keeper of the Universe. She mostly deals with bringing humans to justice and teaching them lessons by sometimes having their actions come back to bite them in the butt. Not to mention she sometimes uses demons to teach humans a lesson.

Although her lessons don't really yield much results except for entertainment for her for the most part. She must be really bored in order to stir the pot this time by getting Satan's daughter involved with this.

"Thank you, you dumb human but you've just added over a hundred people to my list. It's a shame that they decided to steal from their God. I have no idea what Karma wants with Pandora but I'm going to find out," I said. "As for you, you'll die right now and tonight when the rest of your family comes home to find your dead body, they will die too."

"Nooo!" Lucas screamed. "Please have mercy on my family! They have nothing to do with this!"

Another good thing about being the third strongest demon in Hell is that I have the power to detect when a human is lying. Of course I'm so powerful that I can spot a lie from a mile away. Sure enough, I was able to see that Lucas was lying. I chuckled, "Nice try human! I will see you in Hell. And I'm going to have so much fun punishing you."

After I killed Lucas, I waited for his family to come home later that night. I didn't hesitate to kill them. Once I took care of that I used my brooch that I use for communication and connected it to Karma's realm.

She answered my call instantly. "Alastor my dear! It's about fucking time I got your attention! It's almost our tenth wedding anniversary and you haven't been home ever since our wedding day!"

"Is that why you urged the humans to kidnap my son and Satan's daughter?" I snarled.

I married Karma over a decade ago but I only slept with her one time and wasn't satisfied with her. She is my seventh wife. In Hell you can have as many wives as you want. Satan has more than one wife and he sleeps with his servants just like any other person in the Royal Family does. Cathy sleeps with her husbands and servants. But that's a story for another day.

"What? I was bored!" Karma whined.

I rolled my eyes. "Of course you were. You know what, I'm coming home and you and I have a lot to talk about!"

I cut the call before she could answer and teleported back to Hell.