Though he was continually advised against it, Malachi accepted Satan's request for a spar.
As a result, the guys' night moved from the Man-Cave back home, to the decrepit colosseum where the original king of wrath lays his head at night.
No one could remember who's idea it was to start placing bets, but at some point the men brought out a folding table and started piling it with their best items or keepsakes.
The only one who didn't participate was Belphegor. The guys all agreed that he didn't have anything good to put in, so he wasn't allowed to place a bet.
He was silently cheering Absalom on, hoping that the rabisu would rob their friends blind of everything they had.
In the midst of their gambling, there was suddenly a change on the battlefield.
Malachi entered a strange state where his body became eerily similar to Nyx's.
It was completely made of shadow, with only stars and nebulas within itself. The head of a monstrous tiger had replaced his handsome mug, and four sentient serpents swung from behind his back.
It was an interesting look.
Abaddon was anxious to see how Malachi would fair against the man who was basically harm given flesh.
But before he got to watch anything, he felt his phone buzz inside of his pocket.
Checking the message, he felt his heart sink and his anxiety soar.
We need to talk.
He would have shit himself if he still had bowels.
"Be back. Tape this for me."
Asmodeus raised a brow. "We're not in front of a..."
The former demon lord's words fell on empty ears as Abaddon teleported away without staying to hear them.
"It's fine, I know what he meant." Darius pulled out his phone and started recording.
Murmurs unconsciously slipped past his mouth as he watched the fight get underway.
"Come on, kid... Help your new Uncle Darius get his hands on some of these bastards' best shit..!"
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Abaddon reappeared in his bedroom back home. Just for good measure, he brought a bottle of wine and roses.
"Whatever you think I did... I didn't do it."
Lillian was sitting on the bed- sandwiched between Erica and Sif.
The girls had their hair up in scrunchies and they were all wearing either oversized shirts that just happened to be his, or bathrobes.
To their credit, the girls were able to maintain their composure for atleast a little bit.
But once one of them cracked, they all did. And soon they were falling all over each other giggling.
"I told you he would come quickly!"
"Aww, look at how cute he is. I think we scared him."
"The flowers were a very sweet gesture, hon... Have you actually done something and we don't know about it?"
The look on Abaddon's face bordered between exhaustion and deeply, deeply held relief.
"So... You didn't actually need to talk about anything then."
Lillian held out her arms and made a helpless expression. "We just needed you... We missed you."
Abaddon almost felt every bit of his willpower crumble as he dropped the wine and flowers on the ottoman and got into bed with them.
Erica quietly called for the rest of the girls, who were either scattered around the house or out in one of the cities of Tehom.
They didn't have to wait for more than five seconds before they started appearing in the room one by one.
Even though she was about to undergo a very big moment, Lillian somehow still found the time to make jokes.
"You're all behaving like you're worried about me. Since when do any of you come into our room quietly..?"
The girls smiled wryly as the room began to fill up with the faces of loved ones.
"Don't make fun of us right now... Let's get you taken care of first." Valerie smiled. (She was the most guilty of coming into the bedroom with her volume set to max.)
One by one, the group all circled the bed while Abaddon remained at Lillian's side,
It was funny, he had long stopped feeling pain, but with the way Lillian was crushing his hand right now, he almost felt like wincing.
"Alright, my love, we're all here now. Anything that you want to say before we begin?" Abaddon asked.
"Umm..." Lillian looked down at her stomach and then back up at everyone's faces.
"Please don't stare too much..?"
"Denied." Everyone said at once.
"Bitches.."
With Lillian finally resolving herself, everyone locked hands as she prepared to start pushing.
"I-I want to have another baby!"
Several jaws fell open as everyone turned to stare at Erica, who was covering her own mouth in shock.
"I... I-I'm sorry, I know we agreed that this would be the last one, but I just-" Explore new worlds at mvl
Lisa squeezed her hand. "Hey, hey, hey. It's alright, love. No one is upset with you."
"Let's talk about that after we get this little one out first, alright?" Lailah smiled.
Erica nodded her head shyly.
With everyone focused on Lillian once again, the birth could finally get underway.
- 1 Minute And Thirty Seconds Later...
"...That was easier than I thought it would be. Some of you made me feel like it would be much harder."
Lillian was holding a healthy, freshly wiped down, adorable baby girl. Exactly 7 pounds and 7 ounces of pure joy and affection.
Tatiana felt a vein bulge in her forehead. "You got lucky. The twins nearly split me in half."
Sif: "Thrudd weighed more than twice this little one. And you didn't have to worry about her horns poking you on the way out."
And just that quickly, the group was somehow back to normal.
Audrina: "Hey, this means we can have sex again tonight, right? And I can start back sleeping naked again?"
Bekka: "Okay, I know this might feel a little out of place, but is anyone else just a little bit hungry?"
Abaddon chuckled as he kissed Lillian on the forehead and rested his temple against hers. "You did so well."
Lillian gushed adorably.
This nice family moment was suddenly halted when there was suddenly a series of hard knocks at the bedroom door.
Abaddon's blood ran cold when he heard Nyx's serial-killer voice come from just outside the room.
"Abaddon... May I speak to you for just a moment,
friend?"