Of scarves and cities

An AU (alternater universe) version of A.E.D, if Heaven and Hell had a Civil War. Doesn't he look spiffy? He's been pulled from his original job as a soul-stealer to help out in the war effort, and is now a recon scout and part time assassin

Guess who his new Commander is? I love torturing my characters for some reason. Poor A.E.D.

Sort of dedicated to because she told me "YOU SHOULD DRAW HIM WITH A SCARF" and i was all "Wow, thats a good idea!" which got my creative juices flowing and voila!

I know love this pic, because it has a nify bg And the pic surprisingly didnt take that long either, max 2 days. ANd yes, A.E.D's bang was intentionally left 'see through' because i wanted you to be able to see his facial expression.

------------The Story-----------------

‘Damn civil war,’ A.E.D scowled to himself as he walked through the large ornate doors and into the office, ‘as soon as this thing is over, no matter which side wins, I am still going to have a freakingly huge backlog of wandering souls to chase after. Lovely.’

He made his way over to a large desk near a window, quirking a brow as he glanced at the lavish bed residing in the far corner of the room. His new Commander must be a dedicated one, if they were sleeping in the same room they worked in. A.E.D actually had no idea who his new Commander was, The Council had deemed it unimportant to tell him when they had had him transferred, but they had been kind enough to inform him that it was a Council member, and it was a male.

Better to be polite and tread with caution then.

The green skinned Demon stared at the back of his new Commander’s large chair. “Sir?”

"A.E.D! So nice to see you!" A disturbingly familiar voice issued from the chair as it's occupant swung it around to face him. A.E.D balked.

"Oh hell no."

Lust grinned at him predatorily, "That's no way to talk to your superior, sweetheart. Hey, where do you think you'e going?"

"Somewhere far away from you." A.E.D called over his shoulder as he made his way back to the door and consequent freedom from Lust. That is, until the door slammed shut in his face before he could reach said freedom. A.E.D jiggled the handle only to find that it was locked. How classic.

"Don't even think of shadow-melding out of here until I give you permission," Lust sing-songed from behind, "The rest of The Council has given me command of this division and that means you too darling. Unless you want to question their decisions?"

A.E.D growled. Bastard knew he wouldn't question the others in The Council. He spun on his heel to face the ever leering Lust and folded his arms. "Give me my gear and assignment so i can bloody well go then."

"Thought you'd never ask." Lust placed a bundle of clothing on his desk and beckoned A.E.D over to take them. "Here's your new uniform. Looks like The Council have assigned you to be a recon scout and part time assassin. Lucky you, you're going to look utterly delicious."

A.E.D ignored the last remark as he picked up the uniform. "Right, fantastic, bye."

"You can change over there," Lust smirked gleefully at the incredulous look his new charge was giving him. This was just too much fun. "Come now, hury up. I still have to give you your first assignment, and we dont want to keep The Council waiting now do we?"

"Bastard." A.E.D stalked behind the dressing screen near the bed and proceeded to change, "this fucking thing better not be see through Lust, or I will kill you."

Lust chuckled, too busy watching the shadow A.E.D reflected onto the screen. A.E.D stepped out from behind it and glared at him, tucking his pants into his boots, before flicking one end of the red scarf around his neck over his shoulder.

"Question. What the hell is the scarf for?"

"Apparently that's your new weapon as an assassin, and on that note your new assignment is to infiltrate the HQ of Heaven and kill off their high rankers."

"I'm supposed to kill them...with a scarf. Why can't I just use the Soul Scythe?"

"Demon weapons can be detected in Heaven darling. So far the only things they have trouble locking on to is shadow-melding, which is how you're going to get in. You have to get dirty and strangle them with the scarf. It's more...quiet and inconspicuous."

"Yes, because a bright red scarf is soooo not going to attract any attention whatsoever."

"You're problem not mine." Lust licked his lips as A.E.D glared at him.

"Great, well if thats it i cant stand being in your presence any longer." A.E.D turned to go when a sudden hand on his shoulder stopped him. "What."

"When you're finished i want you to report back to me straight away," Lust chuckled sinisterly into A.E.D's ear, "we have business to start, i believe."

"Hand off me now." A.E.D ground out from between clenched teeth. Lust let go with laugh as A.E.D hurried to the now unlocked door.

This civil war was going to be an absolute pain.

------------End Story-----------------

A.E.D + Art (c) me [*Darqx]

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