Eliza's apartment was in a mess. It seemed as if someone was here looking for something. More documents and papers covered the floor, beds flipped over, drawers left open, a total disaster. Eliza was worried and weary from working at the lab facility for most of the time.

She didn't really spend much of her time home because she was always working and I don't think Laura had somewhere else to live but surely I would be wrong to suggest that. So I left that thought and kept it to myself.

"You guys want something to eat?" Laura asked.

The room was silent. Marie and Donny looked at me waiting for a response and I nodded to indicate that they were allowed to respond back. "Yeah but I don't think you might something in the fridge," Donny said.

The apartment Eliza lives in is a spacious one with two bedrooms, a living room and right next to it was the kitchen. The windows were floor to ceiling windows and there was a balcony outside. I can not lie it was lavish for a researcher like her. Maybe she earned a lot for her research. That reminds me.

"Eliza, what do you plan on doing with your research?" I asked her.

"I don't know yet I hadn't planned ahead on what I am going with it," she said.

"Wait what?" Donny, Marie and Laura asked in unison shocked.

"What if someone gets ahold of your research and sells it or use it in any way that may be used for planning attacks against everyone in the world not just this city? What do you think that research may be used for in the wrong hands?" I asked Eliza.

"Captain I understand your concern, however this research has nothing to do with weapons of mass destruction or creating elaborate plans to enslave or conduct mass murders around the world. It's all about the dimensional gate and how it kind of operated in a sense. It didn't do much and we tried a lot to recreate its activity, to build up our own dimensional gate or to destroy the dimensional gate. None of what had tried succeeded because the dimensional gate uses power far greater than we can create here and you haven't contributed much since you have knowledge and you could power the damn thing before it got destroyed, Captain. You know I am speaking of the fucking facility."

"I had nothing to do with the facility's self-destruct sequence being initiated. So you cannot blame that incident on me nor my team if that's what you're thinking Eliza."

"Wait, let us have a say in this Captain. We can also voice out our own opinions." Marie said.

"I believe they are correct in that regard brother. You cannot fight their battles for them and as leader you should know that." Tarius voiced.

"Yeah I know that. Fine, Eliza if you have no malicious intent with the research fine you can keep it and use it anyhow you want however, even though he is absent, General Mynde has to know about your use of it."

"You can't tell me to do whatever the fuck I can and cannot do Captain. You and I aren't in that kind of relationship, not that it matters."

"What the fuck was going on between you two?" Laura asked.

The room fell silent and an uneasy atmosphere became more and more suffocating after that question was asked. Eliza didn't say anything and left the apartment to go and scavenge for any food that could've been left in grocery stores or supermarkets without giving a response. Everyone stared at me expectantly awaiting an answer but remained silent.

Seeing my silence they didn't try to pry in to my privacy and tried to hold their own conversations. Donny and Marie obviously were speaking to each other, Laura sat alone and Tarius and I were by the floor to ceiling windows.

"Have you had relations with a human?" he asked me.

"Of course not however our acquaintanceship had put us in weird situations, ones she felt uncomfortable which mortified thus is the reason why she couldn't speak about it."

"Hmm, interesting."

"Don't get any ideas,"

"I have none to begin with,"

"I hope that is the case as of now,"

Tarius looked away from toward everyone in the room and set his gaze back on me. "Veronica is coming to," he said. I looked over at her body on the sofa we set her down in. Her eyes were moving side to side under her eyelids, her fingers twitched a bit, then she moved her hands slightly before she opened her eyes.

She had awoken after a few hours after I had fought her when she was corrupted. She slowly sat up on the sofa and looked around the room. She was confused as to where she was and who were surrounding her. She rose from the sofa and moved away from the living room terrified, then she questioned us on who we were and where she was.

"Veronica calm down," I told her but she didn't listen. She noticed what she was wearing and ripped it off of her revealing her petite naked body in all of its glory. Her breasts hung naturally and were perky, her hips were not very wide but it was distinct enough to notice that it was larger than her waist.

The angel didn't know what to do afterward and I got closer to her trying not to make the situation worse than it was. In addition to that, she is strong so I didn't want any of us to be fighting. Though she was reluctant to do so, she succumb to it and listened to me.

Donny brought a towel from Eliza's bathroom and I used it to cover her. "Veronica, do you remember what happened a few hours ago?" I asked. She shook her head as she showed that she had no recollection of what had happened.

"I was with my allies and we were ambushed by demons in battle. I was captured by the demons while they killed the others and taken to a dungeon. They tried to give demonic powers but I refused. Afterward they stripped me of my armour, and tortured me for what seemed like many days and nights. They raped me and used my body for all their maniacal pleasures. It was too much for me, it was a fate far worse than death. Then one day a demon came to the dungeon and offered me more than what those other ones offered, freedom but it was at a price which was to fully submit to him. I took his offer and everything went dark."

"You became corrupted by a demon who offered you salvation in return for your submission to him? Doesn't that sound like your father?"

"It does and he surely did, knowing him."

"I don't follow what the fuck is going. An angel as yourself got treated that way and you accepted a fucking offer from a demon from countless others. How many dicks scrambled your fucking brain to just with whatever appealing offer is given to you? At that point you became a fuck toy for those demons, a fucking angelic whore," Laura said.

"That's enough Laura! It's not like she had a choice." I retorted.

"No fucking choice! Don't be hilarious Captain. She was being dicked down and she enjoyed it getting her holes stretched out by what a few hundred demons. If she fought them don't you think she could've fought her way out?"

"Okay, Laura what the fuck is going on with you? Ever since we met you, you haven't necessarily been nice. First you shot our Captain, then you foul mouth him just because you can and now this. You're being a lot bitchy by the second. Why don't you get in her-,"

"Marie that's enough," I cut her off.

"This bitch needs to be taught a fucking lesson and you're being too fucking lenient on her bitchy tiny ass!"

"Marie, calm down. Captain doesn't need this right now," Donny told her.

The quarrelling went on for a while, I looked back at Veronica who remained silent watching everything unfold. I looked back at Tarius as well who seemed to be perplexed with what was happening. It didn't get better from there and Marie was right I had taken it a bit easy on Laura and for good reason if you remember. Eliza had said enough to make me see where Laura was coming from but I had to speak up on this.

"Everyone shut up!" I commanded and the room went silent.

"I get it you are fed up with each other but that's not how we are gonna operate. I am not going to be fucking around right now but you guys have been content with me till this point except for you Laura. You have been quite contempt with me for whatever reason you have that doesn't give you that 'bitchy mood' card.

"Veronica has been through a lot same as you however you haven't been through the same trauma she went through. When demons decide to use your body they don't give two fucks of how you are and who you are. I have seen it happen more than I needed to. I have been so fucking lenient on your ungrateful little ass because Eliza gave me a little background info on you.

"But it looks like you have mistaken my pity for you as weakness or something you can try to walk over. If you wanna fuck around me best be prepared to find out what I can do to you. Don't give me any shit you have left in your head and I don't think Eliza would appreciate half the shit you have done when she isn't around."

No sounds or noises were made, only persistent gazes that I had felt set on me.

I let out some of my frustration and it shut her up. She was upset and said nothing else though she went in to Eliza bedroom and did whatever she did in there. But I did hear inaudible weeping from the bedroom.

"Captain don't you think you went overboard?" Donny asked.

"Yeah, Cap. That was a little too much." Marie said.

"I would like to thank you for defending me but I will side with your team. What had said to her was excessive and didn't account for her feelings." Veronica added.

I looked at everyone in the room and they were right about my actions, everyone said what they felt was necessary to be said, except for Tarius who didn't say a thing. I sighed and decided to go speak with her.

In the bedroom that had a queen sized bed covered with an amazing pattern filled bedding, beside the bed were side tables with lamps on either side, the room also had a large walk-in closet to the left and a bathroom to the right while the bed was in the middle by the wall opposite the entrance. Laura was to the left of the room crying in a corner by Eliza's work desk.

"Laura," I spoke out.

"Leave me the fuck alone, you asshole," she retorted.

"Laura, look… what I said back there was wrong of me to bring up and I am sorry for what I said to you. If you want me to go right now I will leave with my team and Veronica giving what you had asked for."

"Why don't you go already? I was fine without you guys around us."

"Hey, I am back! I managed to get something for you guys to eat." Eliza announced.

"Looks like Eliza is back,"

"I don't give a fuck!"

"Look Laura. *sigh* you gotta eat something at least. This is the last I bring this up but you have to do this Eliza at least. Even if you hate me don't let it blind you to what you think you can do. Look, if you still don't want me around just say it."

Laura didn't respond. She wiped her tears away, got up from the chair she set on by the work desk and walked up to me. "Fine, Captain. You're lucky I did want to eat or else I wouldn't have left her room." She said and proceeded to the living room.

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