Azazel walk through the halls as he comes to the surgical bay. Walking on “one day….. .one day I will have you fixed…or have you dead.” He told him. “Not to worry worm. Soon I will fix all your mistakes and I will have bloody. ” he cackled. He then goes to grab Wagner throat and pick him up. Slams him into the table “so Wagner….care to explain the eye to me?” He grinned as he went to strap him in, couldn’t have him squirming.

Between the ache of being dragged by his hair and the persistent burning on on his face his eye was still watering. “Yes, sir.” He would’ve nodded if not for being dragged by his hair. He smiled harder at the mention of Bloody with genuine discomfort. He grunted as he was slammed onto the table, sparks at the edge of his vision for a sec when his head hit the table. “Yes, sir.” He nodded weakly, explaining as he was strapped in, “That is the result of integrating the Ouroboros particle into myself. My regeneration cycle is a bit different.”

Azazel tilt his head ” if you wanted to be an experiment, you know the choice was there.” He told him.

He stare at Wagner ” what did you do…I want the truth. Bloody broke in here. Why? ” he ask. “The camera feed gone, what do you say to that and how?” He ask him. Move to go grab some tools. He push a table over to where Wagner was “I’m going to get my answers one way or another. I always get what I want.”

He resisted the urge to make a quip about the regeneration being life insurance, instead just nodding at his words. “I spotted him on the cameras. While you were in my office I had one of the shapeshifters posing as interns sabotage the server with all the footage on it while you were in the office and trying to find out what was going on. Because I spotted Bloody in the camera.” He said in a flat monotone. “Because I didn’t want you to have him. I cornered him, planned to weaken him enough to slip him out of the building and back to his manor.” He was careful to weave in more truth than falsehood. “Bloody came for 24.” as Azazel push the table to Wagner, he said “Yes, sir. As is should be.” glancing at the tools with a tense smile.

Azazel listen and says “I’m finding it hard to believe. Though I did find those shapeshifters as intern, I just don’t see you being that smart.” He would grab the scapel and carefully cut at Wagners arm. Not even too deep, he was wanting to skin the arm. “Just how did you weaken him? If I remember I was told 24 had a bloody body.” He looks to Wagners face. “I want you to tell me why he came for 24.” Smirking

He grit his jaw, smiling hard as Azazel began to cut the skin from his arm. “Smart no, desperate, yes… if I were smart you never would’ve found out.” he says and went on to explain “I.. used a curse on him first. Necrosis. Hit him in the eye with it after I disoriented him reminding him that I was the one who turned him. How I did it.” Answering with complete honesty now. He swallowed, at least the fresh pain in his arm was a distraction from the constant burn of his face and neck. “Then I cut his throat with a scalpel.” and then why Azazel questions why bloody came for 24 “They are lovers.” Wagner answered.

Azazel rolled his eyes “which is why I said you’re not smart.” He start pulling the flesh back. To expose the muscle. Azazel growled “you what? You….you selfish worm.” He grab Wagners neck “he was…he was so close to beauty and you ruined it. You selfish rotten child.” He then grinned wide “I wonder if Virus will give your little baby to me. Im sure he wants it gone after what you did. Then again maybe I could scar him….make it look like you did it.” He had such s sadistic smile “I bet the angel could really damage and scar him.” He then closed his eyes as Wagner answers his quetion “you knew……and still tried to keep such from me.” He snarled some.

Wagner sucked in a hiss of breath he didn’t need through clenched teeth as the skin was peeled back. He winced as Azazel grabbed his neck, “It was a reminder…. Why he should stay Bloody.” He rasped out. He looked especially fearful at Azazel’s words about Virus, a genuine shiver of fear running up his spine at Azazel’s words. He nodded as Azazel closed his eyes and snarled, looking completely broken and defeafed.

Azazel shook his head “Don’t insult me. You ruined him. You made him ugly on purpose. Knowing I wanted him. Or maybe you were hoping to be twins.” Azazel moved and radios “INTERN!…In Wagners office is a metal brief case bring it to me.” He then moves back to Wagner “I’m going to make you suffer.”

Wagner wanted to make a smart remark that not everything he did was with the demon in mind, he held his tongue though. A broken man didn’t bark back. “Maybe so… maybe I wanted him to be as ugly as I am.” He answered in a broken whisper instead.

“Y-yes sir!” An intern nervously replied.

After Wagner heard the intern answer Azazel demand, he looked at him with terror in his eye as he came back over.

Azazel tried to think ” no matter….I am sure I can dissect that fledglings of yours mind and figure out his blood abilities and make a creature from it. Maybe I’ll add parts of his brain.” He grinned. “You know…theres been someone unscathed in this.” He said as he starts cutting at wagner stomach. “7-2 …..i think I’ll rip his head open and see that mind of his.”

“I-I’m sure you can, sir…” He said dejected. There wasn’t much he could do to stop Azazel if he wanted to. If it weren’t for Virus and Gears he’d be screwed, so he acted like he was. “Who.. n-ngh sir?” He grated out as Azazel cut at his stomach. He looked even more broken at his words about 7-2, passing a warning onto Gears of the demons possible intentions. “If that is your wish, sir.” He whimpered.

Azazel would peel back his flesh and then carefully cuts the muscle, but he was going for string by string. ” I’ll fix your stupid mistake. Wagner I want the truth. Why did you try to murder your fledgling? What is sooo special about this one?” He would wait for that intern “you know 7-2 in the reports you said he can assimilate any tech right?”

Wagner could feel each strand of muscle as it was severed, the muscles twitching involuntarily now and then. He tried to think, Virus had asked him a similar question and he’d answered in the moment. What was it about Stahs? He barely knew himself, or perhaps didn’t want to admit the truth. “I desire him… I have from the moment I layed eyes on him. I want him. Covet him. I tried to kill him, because I’d rather kill him myself than let you have him.” He answered numbly. Wagner heard Azazel then go on to ask about Gears.”Correct, sir…” He whispered.

Azazel nods as he stop a moment looking at Wagner eye “you covet him….it must stung to see 24 have him. To lose him cause you can’t love you can’t feel. To know you are never good enough for anyone.” His voice sweet. “7-2 mind could be great to make a computer from.Lock it down so it obeys” he ponders.

It was true. He seethed that 24 had him on top of escaping the lab. “It does…. I want him so much,” he gazed up at Azazel with a mix of pain and fear, “but he will never want me… I can’t.. can’t feel..” He bluffed brokenly at his words. “I’m not good enough. Never good enough.” He shuddered at his words about Gears. “If that is your wish it will be done…”

Azazel tilt his head “that last phrase why does it feel familiar.” He say. “Its the mantra Virus chants.” Snapping his fingers.” While I love to hear what I want. I ask for truth.” He told him. “You almost had me, till that mantra.” He told him. He then nods ” mhmm that is right, what I wish I get…..where is that damn intern.” He hissed.

He looked at him fearfully at his words, he wanted truth. Oh he’d give him what he wanted. “Fine… I hate you.. so much.” He did actually tear up a little at that with genuine frustration. “If I wasn’t so busy trying to keep Bloody away from you I could MAKE him love me!” He yelled up at him in impotent rage before setting back, his eye twitching a little.

“H-here sir!” The intern scrambled to Azazel’s side a moment later, holding out the briefcase.

Azazel watched wagner as he spoke and arch a brow. He leans down and says “you went after a guy who desperately wanted love…who probably would have worshipped you. Abandoned him and then think you have ground to be jealous. Adorable. You literally have no concept of emotions. No wonder you broke Virus. Hold him back. I could bring Virus true potential out, even Stahs, and 24. ” he smiled. He then turns and grabs the brief case “About time. Leave.” He then sets the brief case and opens it. He pulls out a vial of clear liquid. He grab gloves and puts them on. “I always wonder….will holy water kill you? Well you cannot die now so lets see.” He reach to grab wagners jaw to pull it open.

“You’ve never understood! There is a method to the madness! He would not have become what he is if I did not leave him to flourish on his own! He owes me for all that he is! He would be nothing without me!” He growled, he might actually be nuts but in his head it made perfect sense. “You… you take everything I have!!!”

The intern bolted from the surgical wing as soon as they were dismissed.

He looked to the vial as he pulled it out. Oh God. This was going to hurt. If he’d thought the angel’s cum burned this wasn’t going to be pleasant. He opened his mouth, lest Azazel break his jaw.

Azazel shook his head “You did nothing. He became everything without you. He never needed you and now he knows he never will. You lost your chance.” He told him. “And you lost it to 24.” He laughed. Azazel pops the top off and pours half into Wagners mouth “swallow ‘ he say clamping a hand over Wagner mouth to ensure he doesn’t try to spit it out.

“He wouldn’t even exist right now without me! No, I could still make him love me!” He yelled back. “And now you’re going to take them as well… you took Virus and 7-2 from me!” It burned the second it touched his mouth, then Azazel’s gloved hand was clamped over his mouth. He made a muffled screaming noise as it scorched his mouth, struggling a moment with his eye wide before he swallowed it down. It burned all the way down and kept burning.

Azazel nods “You belong to me, you can only have what I allow you to have.” He said with sooo much joy. Azazel held tight till he was sure he swallowed and let go. “how is it?” Before he pour a little on the stomach wound he made. “Lets clean you up, ya?” He cackled.

He’d never hated anyone more the than he did Azazel. The pain was blinding, like he was being eaten from the inside out. He opened his mouth as though to answer but all that came up was a thick steaming froth of near boiling blood and sloughed off tissue. A gurgling sound escaping him as Azazel poured a little on the stomach wound.

Azazel laughed as he watched “I’d kill to see Stahs face when you said you were the sir, oh I bet he hates you. Then you scarred him. If not possibly killed him. You know if 24 doesn’t know what to do…..” he trailed. “But man if he survives a reminder of why he hates you. Why he will always hate you. Damn. Taking pages out of my book.” He gasp.” I’m rubbing off on you.” He said proudly.

As the slurry ran down the sides, of his already stinging face it burned even more. He wished he was a younger vampire for the fact this would’ve killed him by now, but he still persisted, squirming in agony in the straps as he listened to his words.

Azazel watched and pulls his tablet to document “I bet if I played right. I could easily sway Stahs to my side. I am sure he gladly follow, just to hurt you. You make things so easy at timed Wagner.” Shaking his head, he jot down every reaction Wagner gave.

Wagner made a gurgled whimpering sound, the holy water on his stomach burning a hole through his abdominal tissue. He twitched in his restraints, loathing his words, shaking his head no.

Azazel laughed “oh but I could. You made it possible. I can offer 24 on olive branch. He hates you and so does Stahs. Oh I could make them mine.” He grined wide snd stroke Wagner face. “Poor Stahs…you mangled him and for what? I’m still going to get my way. I thought he was a lost cause till you manage to bring bloody back out….thank you.”

His fingers curled against the metal, furious at his words because he believed them. He knew how Azazel could take a person, break them, twist them into exactly what he wanted. It would be so easy to turn their hate to make them his allies. He gurgled something that might’ve been another “I hate you” at Azazel.

Azazel chuckled as he watched” you are delicious at times.” He told him. Grabbing his radio “Intern call the homebase and tell them to new orders. I do not want the manor burned….I want or no…I wish to speak with them. I have an offer.” He stared at Wagner “that they would love to hear.”

Wagner glared through tears at Azazel, the demon had said he would make him suffer and he was very much succeeding. Knowing what he was planning on doing with Stahs and 24 was even worse than the holy water.

“Right away, sir. Do you want me to forward you their phone numbers and other records to your tablet, sir?” The intern asked.

Azazel would tap a finger on the back of the radio thinking, staring wagner down “you really needed to ask that? OF COURSE FORWARD IT TO MY TABLET!” He sighs and leans close to Wagner face “so hard to have competent interns these days.”

“Y-yes, sir! A-apologies, sir.” The harried intern responded.

He was quivering with rage as Azazel leaned close. A moment later a pinging sound would alert that the files were transferred.

Azazel smiled and would pull up his tablet. “How much fun we are having.” He open the files to read them over. While he did that, he went ahead and sent assignments and notes to email his boss. “Oh Wagner you had potential at one point….now you are just pathetic.”

Wagner snarled at him through the mess in his mouth as he watched him peruse the files. At the remark to him he couldn’t restrain himself, trying to spit his bloody mouthful at the demon.

Azazel closed his eyes as blood hit his face “so good to know you have that fire still. “He grins “it will be great to snuff out with Stahs help.”

Wagner growled, he wanted to sink his fangs into the demon. Tear him apart bite by bite. To chew the smug grin off his face. “N-ne..ver.” He managed to rasp with his scorched vocal chords.

Azazel laughed “So cute, but sweet Wagner….you should know by now you can not win.” He grinned and went to grab a cloth and wipe his face

Wagner opened his mouth in what would’ve been a scream of rage but only came out as a bubbling yelling sound, like someone screaming underwater. He wiggled in the straps before sagging again.

Azazel pets wagners head “I think I will leave you to your thoughts.” He state and walks out of the room

Wagner shuddered at his touch, reaching desperately for Virus and Gears to alert them as Azazel left the room.