Chapter 4 : Calm before the storm

Rogue snapped his eyes open, he looked around his room trying to place yesterday's events together. Was it a dream? He thought to himself, but it couldn't be right? Afterall I remember everything to the latter. Rogue thought, his head began to get dizzy as he continued down the memory lane.

“For your first question, no it wasn't a dream. Everything that had happened yesterday was real” Lucifer's voice interrupted his train of thoughts, she was wearing one of his buggy shirts and she was standing next to the door with a smile.

Rogue's first thought in mind was his mother. “Moth..” He said turning his head only to see Lucifer instead of his mother, it took a few seconds for Rogue to realize who she was and upon doing so he quickly jumped out of the bed hiding behind it. “You... What do you want in my house? and where is my mother? ” Rogue asked still not appearing from his hiding place.

Lucifer chuckled at his childish ethics and made her way to the bed, sitting down she decided to tease him a bit. “ You said I was so pretty and wanted to be with me” She said amidst her giggles watching Rogue's eyes become wide as saucers. However her giggles instantly faded as she came to his second question.

“It's better if you read this yourself” Lucifer articulated handing Rogue the note she found earlier when she went to the kitchen to make them something to eat. Rogue hesitantly took hold of the note and unfolded it, his eyes danced over the content. By the end of the letter, he was a mess, tears were streaming down his face. Lucifer stood up and walked to Rogue wrapping her arms around him to comfort him.

“Ever since Escliffe began his reincarnation cycle, the host's mothers always ended up sick and all died. This is because the potent power of Escliffe himself is a poison to the mother and it eats their bodies away, Since many of the doctors don't know this, they classify it as Cancer... ” Lucifer articulated revealing the secret behind the mysterious cancer Rogue's mother had suddenly contracted.

“.. Unlike what they think, there's actually a cure for this and we are the only ones capable of doing that” She continued her speech, by now Rogues loud caterwaul's were merely stuffled sobs but he was listening attentively to Lucifer.

“T-there I-is one?” Rogue stuttered a bit, his eyes looking at Lucifer hopefully. So far he only had his mother left to trust, as the woman he thought he knew was merely after him for his power, the power forced upon him by an unknown entity.

Lucifer heeding the sobs of Rogue, she smiled and nodded once more. “First we need to get to the hospital she still has 3 days or so to live” Lucifer articulated loosening her grip on Rogue ending their little moment, She stood up to her feet and smiled again. “ Come down, breakfast is already done” she spoke as she exited the room.

Rogue had his pyrrhonism about Lucifer, but he banished the thoughts to the back of his head and stood up from the floor, made his way to the door and he too exited his room. His feet pattering on the oak wood as he descended down to the living room. 

His eyes widened at the amount of food that was on the table. “Um, you do know it's the two of us here. So why that many food?” Rogue catechized Lucifer, who sheeply grinned rubbing the back of her head. 

“The thing is, I didn't know your favourite food so I decided to make everything I know in hopes one of your favourites is among them” Lucifer replied taking her sit next to the vacant chain which she assumed was the chair Rogue's mother usually sat on. 

Rogue shook his head and he too sat down on his chair which was on the opposite side of the table, the duo began to dig into their food. As they were eating Rogue remembered something. “Skyla said something about A curse, what is it about?” Rogue asked clearly confused by everything.

Lucifer took a deep breathe, contemplating whether to tell him or not, but she figured that he'll find out eventually for it was inevitable. “ You see, Escliffe wasn't a devil per say. He was a primordial deity, However he fell in love with me a devil. His father Chronos, the primordial deity of time didn't approve of us and Escliffe ended up fighting his own father for his beliefs... ” Lucifer began her tale.

Rogue paid attention to her, even stopping his chewing to listen closer and gain more information about this. “ However Chronos proved to be stronger than Escliffe and he banished him from heaven giving him a curse. Chronosis curse, the curse allows each of us to be able to tell what the other is feeling, tell if one of us is in danger. But the downside is that if one of us gets hurt our strength get reduced” She uttered once more.

“I'm cursed to not die no matter how much I try, He's cursed to always run out of time.” Lucifer concluded her brief detailing on the chronosis curse they were under. So is there a possible solution to this? Run out of time? Rogue questioned himself, as he continued to eat.

“This is really good by the way” Rogue complimented, Lucifer offered a small thanks behind her breath. Minutes later the duo were already done with eating, and were helping one another do the dishes.

“ What are you going to do now? Go back to the underworld?” Rogue broke the tranquil silence between the two of them, curious on Lucifer's next plan of action.

Lucifer only shook her head. “ Not yet, my people and the races I governed decided to overthrow me and select a new queen. But what I'm going to do now is teach you how to fight using your power.” Lucifer replied placing the plates in the cabinet with the aid of her tail.

“And why am I supposed to learn how to fight?” Rogue asked, handing Lucifer the plates from the sink after he sluiced the plates. Lucifer sweatdropped at his question and released a frustrated sigh.

“ Now that you've awakened your power, the world will become your enemy. There are many people who were seeking your power and now that it has manifested again, they'll stop at nothing to attain it for themselves” She answered truthfully, placing the last of the plates in the cabinets and closed the cabinet doors.

Rogue's mouth formed an O shape showing that he understood what she meant, “ we should go to the hospital now. We need to help my mother as soon as possible” Rogue asseverated, heading to his room to wear comfortable clothing instead of what he wore the day prior.

Lucifer only shook her head at his denseness, but decided to take pleasure in his suffering once he realized he had wings folded on his back, after the several hours she had been with him, she found him interesting. “3..2..1” Lucifer articulated to herself

“YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME” Rogue vociferated, as he realized that his shirt could not fit him due to the wings protruding from his back, Impatiently he stepped on the floor descending down the stairs wearing his pants and shoes, his shirt clutched in his hand. “Why didn't you tell me about this?” Rogue questioned her pointing at the wings on his back.

Lucifer gave a nonchalant shrug, but grinning at that. “ I told you, you need to learn how to use your powers but you were busy asking why. Anyways to make them disappear just imagine them gone” She replied, standing fixing the hems of the shirt making sure the shirt covered her thighs and clothing beneath.

Rogue closed his eyes and focused on the wings, imagining them gone, the wings would retreat into his epidermis till they were nonexistent.

 Lucifer was dumbfounded at what she saw, her eyes were half lidded by the eyelids as a smile played on her face. ‘He is a fast learner isn't he well then ’ she thought of how she would exploit this trait of his.

“ Before we get ahead of ourselves. I have to tell you something, to lift the pernicious on your mother, we need to find the heart of a snow dragon. A special plant that blooms under the full moon and a toad that lives in the swamp” Lucifer articulated, gaining Rogue's attention.

Rogue who was in the process of wearing his shirt turned to look at Lucifer, his mouth gaping as his auditory sense assimilated her words. “ We don't have dragons and anyways where will we find them? Not to mention who would fight it?” Rogue asked Lucifer wondering if she had lost her mind or not.

“ Dont worry about the details. I know a place not far from here, it is a connection to this world to the others.” Lucifer smirked at Rogue mischievously, and the duo geared up to partake a journey to save Seraphine