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Humanity always had their own idea on the Devil's looks. Currently, he was a tall man with red hair, a black suit with red stripes, and a red tie. His skin pale and his eyes charcoal black with a red iris. An three sets of wings flowed from his back. One made of Black Oily Feathers. One as wings on a bat. And the Final were boney white. Previously, he would make his form a minotaur like beast with a bloodied butcher's cleaver, Greek mythology there, a serpent in a garden, Christianity, or an eater of hearts, Egyptian. But they never realized that all his forms were real. More or less, he chose those forms to manifest as when he visited their world. It was a big flip of the bird at his creator, who left his creation to these new "gods". Frankly, he cared less about them than he did his own father. The only problem was the new rules they set up. First, none of us can interact with large numbers of mortals at a time. Second, they need a medium in the mortal world to interact with anything. And third, there is a limit to their abilities in the mortal world, along with a limited amount of time they can spend. All in all, they really limited his actions and pissed him off.
So he bit his time. He made deals with mortals by speaking through the demons he sent to Earth. He blessed monsters with power. And he kept a close eye on the movements of the gods. Especially one. Riga El Menuhyut. Their "Craftsmen". From what his hell spawn had gathered, he bestowed his "All-Seeing-Eyes" on a new human being. Lucifer spat on the floor of his black marble castle when he heard that. And he felt anger when he found out the child's use of the eyes. Finding the names of some random bat like creatures? Switching some random people's sight and perception? These eyes had been bestowed upon kings! There power wasn't even limited to vision! He had the "pleasure" of having one of his Acolytes take the creation of the corpse of a Witness. Most recognize his name, Dr. Gamimotz. His Acolyte found so much behind the eyes, and still never scratched the surface of it. Even then, the person went MAD from the knowledge he gained. Mad enough to break ties with his master. Although, Lucifer smiled when he found his former disciple at the gate of hell, broken and beaten. He sent him to have needles pierce his head from every angle for all eternity as his reward. Now, he was currently reading the reports on Leonardo Watch, the current witness. His goals at least seem tied to uncovering the secrets of the eyes. He appears to be trying to find a way to return his sister's sight. And just like that, the devil smiled with his sharp teeth. And so he got up and looked upon his kingdom...
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Meanwhile, Leonardo was currently gagged and tied in the back of a car. It's probably best to start in the beginning of this situation. Originally, he was working a nightshift at his job, pizza delivery, when he ended up getting hit by a black armored van on the road. In what seemed like an instant, his eyes were covered, his arms and legs were cuffed, and his mouth was taped. All right before he was tossed in the back seat. From what he could hear, his assailants were 4 people. Unfortunately, it seemed as if he had a concussion. He tried to see through the blindfold, but was met with a backlash from his eyes followed by a sharp pain. He thought to himself, "No way can this situation get worse". And as if the god's laughed at him, he felt a sharp and warm pain in his back, followed by cold metal and a fluid flowing into him. As he felt his mind fade, Leo could only wish for someone to find him.
When he woke up, he was chained to a wall. In what seemed like a dungeon. The assholes took his shirt off for some god damn unknown reason. The cuffs on his wrists were tight and felt like they were cutting into his skin. And a putrid smell of iron filled this room. It didn't feel like long before 2 men with what seemed like gas masks stitched to their faces came into the room. Leo couldn't help but think he'd seen them somewhere before. One was holding a pistol in his hands and stood by the door. The other one brought a cart into the room, covered by a black velvet cloth. He went and stepped in front of Leo's face and stared at him before speaking. "Witness. You hold a special tool in your skull. One capable of infinite wealth if in the right hands." The man walked to the cart he brought in, sliding his hand over the cloth. "In normal circumstances, I would have killed you and just ripped them from your skull. But from the information gathered from a former colleague, rest his soul, requires that you offer consent so that they eyes come out without damage to itself."
The man gripped the cloth and removed it, revealing a set of blades and tools that made Leo's face turn pale. He pulled out a compartment in the cart, revealing the same tools that were on the top, but made of a black steel. He picked a curved blade up first. "We'll first start with these. They give people the pain of the real deal without leaving damage on their bodies." He walked toward Leonardo once more. "Unless you'd like to give your consent to the procedure now and save us all the trouble." Leo spat in his gas-masked face. The eyes were important not just to his sister and him, but to Libra too. He's saved lives with them, and he sure as hell wasn't planning on giving it to them. Plus, it was only a matter of time before Klaus and the others found him. He then felt a sharp pain in the right side of his chest. Looking down, he saw the black blade pierce him as the man slowly twisted it in him. Leo gasped for breath from the pain. The man then slowly pulled out the blade, before plunging it straight back into his chest again. He then quickly pulled the blade out, and Leo saw what he meant. There was no wound or blood, and the pain disappeared as soon as the blade left his body. The man spoke again, "For the next few days, we'll go through every tool, and then one random one from the top. Until you give your consent to the procedure." He then grabbed a triangular black blade with what seemed like thorns in it, before plunging into Leo. First in his elbows and joints before going into his hands. And just like the other weapon, it left no wound when pulled out and no lasting pain. It felt like hours to Leo as the man finished by carving into Leo's shoulder with a scalpel. The two men left the room as a masked nurse came in and bandaged Leo's shoulder. In his mind, he only thought that he just had to last until helped arrive. But he prayed it was soon.
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Three days had passed. No one had come yet. Leo know had bandaged wrists with his shoulder. As the nurse was bandaging him, he couldn't but cry. Nevertheless, he was still hopeful for the rescue by his friends.
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Five days had passed now. Leo had bandaged over the top of his hands. He still kept a glimmer of hope in him before passing out. It was the first peaceful bit of rest he had without the pain.
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Eight days now. Leo found himself close to giving consent to his eyes before steeling himself again. They removed the bandages over his shoulder. There wasn't much scaring on it. The gas-masked man was precise.
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Nine days? Maybe Ten? Leo was losing count a bit. He found himself having thoughts. Whenever the man left, he found himself smiling at the thought of tearing him apart by his own hands, before feeling scared by the thought.
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Twelve days? Thirteen? Leo noticed a new tool in the man's cart. He soon found out it was a branding iron. His face turned pale as he prayed that any of his friends would come.
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Day...
Why does this happen to me...
Please...
Anyone...
Anything...
Help...
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The masked man came today with blow torch. And this time, what Leo was starting to dread started to come to life. The man started to blow torch the branding iron as he sat in front of him. And he made Leo watch as he slowly heated the end of it. "You know kid, your the first person to last this long. I bet though that your thinking that your friends will come save you." He got up and walked in front of Leo. "We spread rumors, fake intel, and lied to most of our members about where your being kept. So far, your friends have hit a bunch of dummy targets. It's be a VERY long time before they come here." And just like that, Leo broke. His face filled with despair as his thoughts withered and the men in the room laughed at his misfortune. The one in front of him lifted the branding iron and slowly aimed at Leo's collarbone, as if he was playing pool. The last thing Leo felt was the burning sensations as the man marked him with what would he would later find to be a pentagram. But for now, the searing pain stung into Leo as he cried out and screamed. And suddenly, the men disappeared and were replaced with a strange humanoid like being in the center of the room. He had 3 sets of wings, wore a black suit, and stood with a sharp-toothed smile in front of Leo.
"Good Day Mister Watch", the man said. Leo only stared him blankly. The smell of burnt flesh filled the room. "I must say, they have treated you so poorly." Leo couldn't help but think this seemed familiar. And he was right. It was the same as when Riga El Menuhyut appeared and gave him these CURSED eyes in the first place. The man swiped his hand and the shackles chaining Leo to the wall opened as he fell to his knees. "Apologies, my powers are limited here without a medium." He walked to Leo before grabbing his face. Leo gritted his teeth and looked at him with a rebellious expression. "What the hell do you gods want now?" The man was taken aback for a moment before laughing. He made a gesture as if he was wiping a tear off his eyes. "I must say witness, I do like that expression on your face. Reminds me of myself a very VERY long time ago. Apologies, but I am not one of those balls of crap you call gods. Which is good news for you as I have come to help." Leo spat blood in front of the man. "You wanna help? Then how about killing the assholes who did this to me?" The man just stared at him with red eyes. "Im afraid it doesn't work like that. For me, I have a different set of rules since I can't interact with things directly." He then grabbed both of Leo's hands and he helped him up. "But I can give you the power." Leo stared at him blankly and opened his eyes. In a separate vision, the man was covered in light. In the other, a red crimson aura covered his body, except the black eyes. And finally, his name showed and only did Leo start to smile and cry. "Of course the only cosmic being to help me would happen to be the Devil himself." He grinned. "Please, call me Lucifer."
Leo took his hands back as he straightened himself up and looked the literal devil in the eye. "You said you could help me, right? What did you mean?" Lucifer held his hand out and a small needle stuck out. "A Deal. In exchange for the power I give you, I want a few things. It'll be an equivalent exchange. First, one of your eyes." Leo stepped back and looked at him as a feeling of anger went through him. "Why does everyone want these stupid things?! I'd love it if someone suffered with it!" Lucifer looked at him. "Second, you'll become my medium in the mortal world. That means you'll have the power to make the people torturing you suffer as much as you want while I'll have a say so up here." Leo nodded. At least he'll have something to make sure anyone who tries to get to him suffers. "And third, while I have one of your eyes, you will have one of mine. This is just a sign of our bargain, but you'll see soon enough that'll become more of a blessing than those eyes. In exchange for all of that, I'll also add a bonus. How does your sister's sight and ability to walk sound?" And then Leo's face turned to awe at him. He didn't even think as he grabbed the devil's hand and squeezed as the small needle went through it. Lucifer smiled as he closed on of his eyes, and opened it again to reveal the All-Seeing-Eye.
Leo felt a sting in his eye before he found himself chained to the wall, the branding iron on his collarbone. Except for one thing, there was no pain. The gas-masked man looked at him as Leo slowly smiled and opened his eyes. The Left All-Seeing-Eye that Lucifer let Leo keep had turned red with with symbols black and cracking like lightning. And the right eye was Creviced like a dragons. And the screams that filled that room didn't belong to Leo this time.
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Klaus was tired, along with most of the Libra members. They had been searching for Leo for days. They found nothing. No traces of him anywhere. The only thing they know was he was kidnapped by one of the most notorious and oldest beyondian gang groups. There were two things that made them all speechless that day. One was a call from Leo's sister that her sight had returned and that she was able to walk. Klaus and everyone was speechless. The other was from Daniel Law stating that they found Leo in a warehouse. Along with the bodies of the kidnappers. Leo was transferred to the Phantom Ward hospital. But was he the same as they had last seen him?
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End of Chapter 1...