138 You have demons on your fast dial!? (2/2)

\”Please don't hurt me!\” Tory covered his face with his arms and his glasses fell to the floor.

\”Mary-Ann how many times do I have to tell you? We don't murder people at school. I just called here to mingle with the other students. Go on then, pip pip\” Mary looked around the room. Linri couldn't see her face but she seemed to be nervous. She walked next to Brie who was standing next to Jaime.

\”Soooo do you torture people a lot?\”

\”Eek!\” Brie let out a little yelp before hiding behind Linri. Mary lowered her head. She looked sad. Wait? Did he just sympathise with an old demon? Curse this world for its skewed sense of humour that made him sympathise with the goddamn Bloody Mary!

\”Anyway Principal Richard. I called you here for a different reason\”

\”Call me Richard\”

\”Okay. Old Pervert Richard I called you here because of this. You see this guy here is her older brother. He made a pact with Baal for power. Baal demanded the blood of his family. He killed everyone except her. He came here to kill her and complete the pact. I caught him. Now I want to summon Baal to prove him that he didn't need to kill them and instead just offer their blood. You with me so far?\” Richard inspected Tory up and down.

\”And you called me because?\”

\”To make sure that nothing goes wrong and we don't accidentally summon it here and cause a schoolwide massacre. You are the darkness elemental right? You should be good at this stuff no?\”

\”Yeah sure\”

\”Yeah sure? Wait wait wait! I know I am the one who asked for it but aren't you supposed to be a responsible teacher and discourage us from doing something like that\”

Richard started to laugh so hard that his eyes teared up.

\”Oh, man! Nice joke. Exactly what part of me seems responsible. You are definitely Lyra's son. You both have the same sense of humour\” said Richard while wiping the tears of his face.

\”Anyway just give me a second. I need to find Baal number\” said Richard while searching his phone.

\”Here it is. Ann if you please?\” said Richard and Mary-Ann created a mirror on the wall.

\”Hang on a minute. You have Baal's number on your phone?\”

\”Yeah, don't you? Most of the residents of hell and I are tight. Even Ann here agreed to attend the school just because I asked her to. She is a glass demon you see\” explained Richard and Mary-Ann nodded her head.

The mirror slowly turned dark, then the image of a hellscape covered in flames appeared. Soon a demon was seen. He had the typical look of a devil. He was wearing a suit and two giant horns were protruding from his head.

\”Hey Big B how are ya?\”

\”Why did you call Richard? I still have souls to torture. If it is about the poker night I told you I won't be coming as long as that disgusting Beelzebub attends. He cheats so blatantly but when you say it he just rages and flips the table\”

\”No no no it's not about that. Also, I totally agree with you on that part. Even Asmodai agrees that he is too toxic but we can't do anything. You know that he is the brother-in-law of Paimon and he is the one hosting it. We can't just not invite him\”

\”Principal?\” Mary-Ann reminded from the side about the purpose of their call.

\”Oh, right. Anyway we called you about a pact you made with this little kid\” said Richard while lifting Tory who was about to pass out again.

Baal's eyes constricted. His hatred for the Alkatraz family was too deep. He didn't want to remember the day when he was their slave.

\”Look Richard even for you I can't cancel the renege on our contract. You know what they did to me!\” Baal shouted while clutching the arm of the throne.

\”Nope, we are here to conclude the pact. Here\” said Richard and draw blood from Brie and Tory with spikes that materialised from darkness. Then he sent the two drops of blood to the mirror.

\”This should suffice no?\” Baal had an ugly expression on his face.

\”No! I want them dead!\” screamed Baal. The flames behind roared.

\”You might want them dead but that wasn't the deal. The deal was offering their blood not killing them\” said Linri. Richard patted him on the head.

\”What he said\”

Baal was breathing heavily. Then his expression eased.

\”Fine but you can't ask me for a favour anymore Richard\” then he shot something from his hand and it travelled through the mirror to hit Tory on the forehead. A blood-red pentagram materialised on his forehead with ancient runes and slowly faded.

\”Kid, if you dare to summon me one more time you will be dead\” said Baal before cutting off the call.