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1vAll Part I
🕑 Added 2016-06-22 07:17:32 +0000 UTC It was a dreary night, yetthe sky was painted red as if it was about to rain blood. Under the
red sky stood a desolate city filled with several modern buildings,
but some were looking as if they were built by the devil himself.
This was Hell City and it was surrounded by a mountainous wasteland.
If one looked closer, they'd notice that several of the city's
inhabitants were in the sky. There was a hulking fellow with pale
green skin drifting in the sky, his catlike, red eyes were firmly
glued to the ground as his petite human wife took comfort in his
arms. They were both watching a battle down below in the wasteland
known as the city streets.
There were still several
civilians on the ground attempting to escape the turmoil that began
once a glowing blue figure met with a glowing red figure. Everybody
recognized the blue figure as Lord Azul, the tyrannical King of Hell
City. There was no mistaking his pale blue skin, rough goatee,
brick-house physique and his dreaded hair, tied back while the rest
of his dreads slithered down his shoulders. Absolutely nobody
recognized the glowing red figure. His name is Joaquin Joseph. He
stood at a towering 6 foot 3, had long, brown hair, tan skin, dark
eyebrows, one eye jet black and the other a catlike red. His physique
rivaled that of Lord Azul, but hadn't quite matched up in appearance
as Lord Azul was older and of a much thicker species. See, Joaquin
was a mere human standing against a Demonic King. To understand why,
the hands of time must turn back to before the seeds of this battle
were planted.
14 years prior, on a
similar night in a somewhat rundown house in the city, an adult,
Hispanic male was bidding farewell to his demonic wife. She wore her
hair tied up in a bun, but let her bangs flow down her full face. Her
eyes bright orange, her skin pale blue while her lips were a slightly
darker shade of blue. At the corner of her eyes were curved lines
known as her demonic markings. Every demon inherits these markings
from a previous generation. The man wore his hair slicked back and
sported a thin mustache combined with an elegant goatee.
“I'll try not to be gone
for too long, my dear. The good King says it's an in-and-out job,”
he declared to his wife as he laid a hand gently on her shoulder.
She couldn't help, but worry
despite his assurance, “Paolo, isn't there any way you could
postpone? I'm sure Lord Azul would understand. After all, you and him
were childhood friends, so I'm certain he could cut you some slack?”
Paolo furrowed his brow and
softly leaned his forehead onto hers, “Cora, I promise that I won't
be gone long. Besides, you have the children to keep you company.”
As soon as Paolo stated
that, he noticed in the corner of his eye that his young son,
Joaquin, had been standing on the other side of the wall and
eavesdropped on his father's conversation with his stepmother. The
father motioned for his son to come over and the boy did as asked,
only to be stopped by his father's hand placed gently on his head as
he ruffled his hair.
“Joaquin, while I'm gone,
you're the man of the house. Make sure you take care of your
stepmother and your little sister, ok?” asked Paolo with a gentle
smile, “Dad needs to go to work.”
Young Joaquin simply nodded
and replied, “Yeah, dad, don't worry about us. I'll take care of
Cora and Clara.”
Paolo immediately looked
over at Cora, who had a saddened look on her face. Little Joaquin
still hadn't taken to calling Cora “Mom” yet despite her and
Paolo being together for years and having a child together. Still,
she was appreciative that he, at the very least, respected her enough
to address her as Cora instead of “Weird Demon Lady” as he did
when they first met. Paolo lifted his hand from his son's head,
walked over to Cora, kissed her goodbye and left out the front door.
As Joaquin and Cora watched Paolo leave, they were unaware that this
was going to be the last time they would see him for a very long
time.
Comments
Union Jack
Ok
JokerBro
He was part of the sea of people in the air and on the ground that were watching the fight. He was there to establish that there are people other than Jojo and his friends in Hell City.
Union Jack
Well then why did you write him in the story?
JokerBro
Just some guy. He's not important.
Union Jack
This is sad! But who is the hulking pale green skin fellow with the human wife?
