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Pearl cocked back her bow, hopping to stop Scott from this madness heh calling the kettle black aren’t we?~. Maybe she could convince him that they deserve to live, that they never have to see each other again if it meant he’d let the two of them survive.
“Y’know Pearl… You deserve this more…” Scott muttered.
“Uh, w-what do you mean?” She asked warily.
“No because in the same way, Tilly death do us part Pearl!” Scott said.
“What— Wait!” She said, bewildered, as Scott lit the TNT beneath him.
“Tilly death do us part Pearl!” Scott yelled as the TNT exploded.
Pearl felt her body getting heavier and more sleepy. She briefly felt Tilly curl around her slowly dying body. ‘Deserved this, huh, Scott? Everyone leaving her except for Loyal little Tilly?’
“Hmm You truly are interesting! You will be perfect Entertainment!”
To say that Pearl was surprised that she woke up at all let alone in what she assumes is somewhere in Heaven was an understatement. This had to be a mistake!
“Hello child!” A being made of pure light, blinding white and gold wrapped around the being to form a humanoid figure but the two pairs of eyes were floating on each side of the being’s face.
“Why am I here in what I assume is Heaven, when I know I don’t belong here at all!” She said as politely as she could in her confused state.
“Well Child, I am god, and you are here because I am bored, you serve as entertainment!” God said.
“That still does not explain why I’m in Heaven.” She stated.
“Simple! I will let you into Heaven on the condition that you be entertaining!” God said.
Well that was a strange request but she honestly didn’t want to be in Heaven without earning it. Maybe she could convince him that she should just go to Hell.
“Oh, child, it’s not up for discussion. You will be my entertainment… but I will let you do anything you want in Heaven without risk of Falling unless you need it for entertainment. This includes satisfying your endless BloodLust by you being an Exorcist Angel and even on winners If you want.” God said factually.
Pearl thought for a moment. Then a single question popped into her brain…
“What does an Exorcist Angel entail?” She asked.
“Well Exorcist Angels are a new type of Angel that I have assigned to be Heaven’s military. Lead by the First man, Adam, to lower the population of Hell.” God explained.
Pearl sighed.
“Alright when do I start?” She said.
“Well! Right after I give you a make over!” God exclaimed.
Before Pearl could even comprehend what he meant by ‘make over’, a blinding white light encompassed her and she felt weird and weightless except for her back, that felt heavier.
When the light lifted from her eyes, she was given a mirror to inspect her new form. The first major difference was that her hair was now silvery-white and short, barley framing her face, instead of being light brown and coming down to her shoulders. Next, was the fact that her eyes weren’t scarlet with violet crescent moon pupils and were replaced by a solid gold colour with black slit pupils. Lastly, her grey wolf hybrid traits were no longer there and in their place were two massive black and white wings and a black halo.
“Heh I don’t look half bad!” She murmured excited.
“You can change back whenever you need for Entertainment.” God informed.
“So Adam, this is your new Lieutenant, try not to make her rage and quit.” God said sternly.
“Alright, yeah, yeah…” Adam said while slurping on a drink. For some reason she sensed something similar to her in him.
After God left Adam looked at her and said “So what’s your name?”
“Pearl, sir!” She said while saluting.
“Nah that’s not badass enough name for you… Oh! I know! Your new name is Lute!” Adam said with the excitement of a child.
“Of course, sir, thank you for the new name!” Lute said, smiling.
Later, just before bed, Lute walked around around the bedrooms to find her room, when she heard crying coming from Adam’s room. She even smelled the sadness from a few doors away.
Against her better judgment (she just didn’t want Like Scott and leave an obvious cry for help) she knocked on the door and asked to come in.
After a moment she heard a muffled voice call her in. She gently opened the door and closed it softly behind her. She slowly walked over to Adam and took in his state.
And…
Well… he looked like he’d hastily pulled himself together into a somewhat presentable person. His mask was clearly pulled over his face in a rush. His clothes/robes were stained with tear marks. His wings were disheveled and some golden feathers were on the ground.
“Sir,… are you okay?” She asked with tender care.
Adam looked at her for a long time, he seemed to be searching for something, but she couldn’t keep the concern for him hidden. When He seemed to find it genuine, he looked away and cast his eyes to the floor.
“I am… not a good person… I don’t deserve to be in Heaven” he mumbled as he curled into himself.
“Why do you think that, Sir?” She asked surprisingly curious.
“Do you know the story of Eden?” Adam asked.
“Not entirely… I know the main parts, like God created the first man and woman, told them not to eat the forbidden fruit then Lucifer tempted the woman into eating it and then the woman forced the man into eating it as well causing them both to be cast out of Eden.” She said honestly.
“Well actually there was a woman before that who was also my wife but she left me for Lucifer… same as the woman in the story…” Adam sighed.
So he was abandoned by everyone he cared about as well…
“Well I can somewhat relate to that feeling, Sir.” She said earnestly.
“You can…?” He said. Surprised.
“Yeah because of ‘that’ happening to you, God decided to assign people ‘Soulmates’ where you and your Soulmate experience each other’s physical pain and we had three lives, green was peaceful, yellow was slightly aggressive and red was bloodthirsty. I was trying to get resources and allies for my Soulmate and he took that personally… declaring that I was cheating on him and that he was now SoulBound to another girl… then my ally said it was my fault that our Soulmate left us for each other, and soon enough no one wanted to be around me…” She rambled and she suddenly she felt tears drop.
Then she was wrapped in a tight hug. Adam was hugging her. Muttering things like ‘it’s okay’. Something moved in her chest. A feeling she doesn’t think she’s ever felt.
“How about this, we stick together since we both know what it feels like to be abandoned!” Adam said.
“That’ll be nice but before I agree, can I show you something…?” She said nervously.
“Sure!” He said giving her a thumbs up.
Just like that, her appearance dropped to reveal her real hair, eyes and animal traits. She had subconsciously closed her eyes after looking Adam in the eye and curled into herself.
Then she felt a hand stroking her hair and her tail immediately started wagging as she leaned into the touch. She looked up to see Adam smiling without his mask on… it was so beautiful and genuine, not like the one when she had first met him literally hours before.
(She decided that she would kill ANYONE who dared make him uncomfortable or upset, she would do anything to see him smile.)
It was decided right then and there that no matter what happened, they would stay together.
And with that decision, a Deal was made.