Free Major Demons by Randall Morris

everything he was ever given and he deserved to be a major demon. I just wish he was still around to…”
    Gangrene trailed off. He fought hard to not let the tears flow. He needed to be strong for Raven and Lilith. Leech had entrusted their safety to him and he couldn’t break down. Raven put her head on his shoulder and gave him a hug.
    “Once we’re back in Hell, we need to contact Shadow and let him know what happened. If there’s someone on this Earth who can kill Azazel, it’s Shadow. We need to get to Hell first before any of that though. I promised Leech I would keep everyone safe and that’s what I’m going to do.”
    Lilith stood.
    “Alright. I’ll teleport all of us back to Hell. Grab my shoulders and we’ll get out of here.”
    Right as they were about to go, they saw a crow land at Lilith’s feet and change into Muan.
    “That actually saves us a lot of time. Muan, you need to let Shadow know that Leech is dead. He took on Azazel and…”
    “Oh… he knows. He’s furious.”
    Gangrene saw Shadow’s armies following Muan.
    “Shadow doesn’t want to be a major demon anymore. He turned his forces over to me. I’m taking them back to Hell to give command of his armies to Murmur. Then I’m coming back to help him. He’s going after Azazel and Abaddon. Actually, I saw you guys and I’m hoping you can do me a favor. I want to get back to Shadow. Only Sarah is with him right now. I’m afraid his anger is going to drive him to do something stupid and I need to make sure he has adequate backup. I don’t want his armies and I don’t want to be a major demon either.”
    Muan saw the scythe in Gangrene’s hand.
    “Leech named you as his successor?”
    “He did. Right before he…”
    Gangrene trailed off.
    “Then take command of Shadow’s armies. They know you and they respect you from back when you and I led them. Return to Hell as a major demon.”
    Gangrene nodded. He turned to Shadow’s former armies.
    “Muan needs to get back to Shadow. I will take command from this point on. Does anyone have a problem with that?”
    No one objected. They remembered Gangrene and were willing to fight for him.

CHAPTER 14
     
    “So you never told me. How did Gabriel take it when you told him and the rest of the angels to take off and go back to Heaven?”
    “Not very well considering I was the one who convinced them to come down here in the first place.”
    “And we still have no idea where the other two Archangels are?”
    “I imagine they’ve went back to Heaven, too. If they heard that Gabriel left, I really doubt they would have been interested enough to stay down here.”
    “So before we go hunting Azazel and Abaddon, we need to learn to fight together. Which means we need to trust each other. I’m offering an answer to any of your questions. In return, I’d like the same. Then we hunt nephilim until our fighting styles merge. I won’t lie; I keep feeling like you should hang back and let me do the fighting and I know you don’t like that…”
    “I won’t accept it, either…”
    “…but it’s how I feel right now. I don’t want to watch you die. No more death while I’m up here. So I’m opening up my past. Now that I actually know all of it, I think you’re entitled to know anything about me you think could be helpful.”
    “And you want me to return the favor afterwards?”
    “Yes. That’s how we’ll trust each other.”
    Sarah thought for a moment and asked her first question.
    “I’ve always wondered how many powers you have. Will you list them for me?”
    “Well… there’s ice. That’s apparently inherited. I have limited mind reading and hallucination inducing abilities. Neither of them were strong enough to work on Bumalin, or that entire encounter would have gone a lot smoother. I can replicate myself and control the copies. I have lots of insignificant minor demon powers like the ability to counter the powers of other demons and some angels, the ability to see