by Eric Vall
“Where did the submissive chick go?” Todd asked from behind me.
“Oh, I’m sure Sister Ira is long gone,” Sia answered. “It doesn’t matter, as our promise was to let her go.”
“You know, if I was into demons--” the imp started.
“I’m not even going to let you finish that,” Cupi’s voice cut him off.
I continued to hold my spell for about six or seven more minutes as I pretended to be mortified by the accident.
The entire time, I could see people staying at the motel either peeking out their window with morbid curiosity or trying in vain to pull the debris off the man. When I finally let up, they looked shocked that the rubble could finally be moved.
They cleared the pile off the blond cultist, and one of the guests started to give him mouth-to-mouth.
“He’s not coming back from that,” I said grimly and then turned back to my friends. “Come on guys, let’s grab our stuff and get out of here before the cops arrive. It’s gonna be hard to explain all the broken stuff in our room.”
“And all the cult shit they’ll find in that guy’s room,” Todd added.
I nodded. “Thankfully, we’re far enough out in the middle of nowhere that it’s going to take a while for the police to get out here.”
“You did use an alias, correct?” Sia questioned.
“Of course,” I confirmed with a wink. “Although I think I need to start using a different name. People are going to start turning away Marcus Pearson after all the crazy shit that follows him.”
“You could always go with ‘Big Dick Johnson,’” Todd’s voice suggested. “That’s my go-to.”
“I don’t--”
“Or Sexdragon69,” Todd added. “That’s my gamer tag.”
“Todd--”
“Oh, I’ve got it!” he cackled. “Michael Hunt, but you always go by the name ‘Mike.’”
“Mike Hunt?” Libidine asked curiously. “What’s so funny about Mike Hunt?”
“You tell me, sister!” Todd cackled furiously.
“If we’re through with the comedy routine, we need to get going.” Sia shook her head and laughed. “We still have a long drive ahead of us.”
As we walked back into the room of the motel, I couldn’t help but think back to Ira. If all the other succubi in the Circle of Sin were as tough as her, we were gonna have our work cut out for us.
Chapter 13
“I’m discovering more and more by the minute why these girls love to be around you, Jacob,” Sia’s voice cooed from the back seat of our Jeep. “It seems like there is never a single dull moment when in your company.”
“That’s nothing new for us, is it, Jakey?” Todd giggled. “We were the life of the party long before we went all demonic and red.”
“If by ‘life of the party,’ you mean ‘always working and barely having enough to live off,’ then sure,” I answered before I let out a chuckle.
“Don’t be so modest, bro.” Todd puffed at his joint. “Once you let go of everything and realize just how awesome you are, life gets ten times better. That’s how I’ve always lived my life. One quarter mile at a time.”
“Pretty sure Vin Diesel said that in Fast and Furious,” I pointed out.
“He got it from me,” Todd said with a knowing smile.
“Remember how you were donating plasma to pay the rent,” I reminded him.
“Meh, who needs plasma?” He shrugged and blew a mouthful of smoke out the window. “I made it work, and I had fun doing it. That’s all that matters in life.”
“The Tao of Todd.” I shook my head back and forth and laughed. “We should write a book about it someday.”
“Bro, I’m not sure if the world is ready for that,” the imp said with a grin.
We had made a hasty exit from the cheap motel. Without even stopping to think, we had grabbed our few belongings and tossed them into the back of the Jeep before we peeled out of the place. As we hit the road, I looked in my rear-view mirror and noticed a couple of squad cars off in the distance. We’d left right in the nick of time.
A little while later, I looked at the clock on the dashboard and rubbed my eyes.
“Have we really been on the road for six hours?” I couldn’t believe it had been that long since we’d left the motel.
“Time flies when you’re having fun,” Libidine purred. “And how much more fun could you ask for than being in a car with three beautiful women?”
“And your best friend in the whole world,” Todd added.
I chuckled. “But Todd, you’ve been baked this whole time.”
The imp placed his small hand over his heart. “Guilty as charged.”
“And you three have been sleeping for most of the trip.” I glared playfully back at the three succubi. “I have had some quality bonding time with Todd’s mix CD, though.”
“Still bummed that Shadow doesn’t have a tape player,” the imp said sadly.
“What can I say?” Cupi tried to bring us back on topic. “You take a lot out of us.”
“I have a thought.” I looked at the Jeep’s built-in GPS. “We’re less than two hours away from San Francisco right now, and I’m really fucking tired of driving. How about we stop off somewhere, take a little break, and try to unwind?”
“Brrroooo!” Todd started jumping up and down in the seat beside me. “We should totally go to Disneyland! You can’t come to California and not to go Disneyland!”
“What is that?” Libidine asked excitedly. “It sounds fun.”
“It’s only the happiest place on Earth!” the imp explained. “They have all these cool rides and incredible food and shit. But the best part is, you can meet all the cartoon characters you idolized as a kid!”
“So it’s a religious place where you go to worship your idols?” Sia asked in an unconvinced tone.
“Nonono, Strawberry Shortcake.” Todd snickered. “It’s a fucking theme park, and one of the best ones in the world!”
“I hate to put a damper on your parade,” I said as I glanced over at the imp, “but Anaheim is all the way back by LA.”
“Wha-- We missed it?” Todd hung his head in disappointment.
Libidine reached up and patted the sad imp between his horns. “Maybe we can go the next time we’re out there. Surely there will be more demons to kill in that area.”
“Oh, there are hundreds according to that list of ours.” I chuckled as I fiddled with the GPS. “Say… We’re right by Santa Cruz. How about we hit up the Beach Boardwalk?”
“Does it have roller coasters?” Todd perked up.
“It’s got roller coasters, hot dog vendors, a beach, an arcade--”
“Say no more.” Todd placed his tiny hand over my mouth. “We’re totally going.”
“What do you say, guys?” I asked the women in the back.
“If it has a beach, I’m in.” Cupi smiled.
“I want to ride the rollercoaster!” Libidine added.
“What about you, Sia?” I locked eyes with the redhead through the mirror.
“I am not very familiar with any of the things you mentioned.” She shrugged. “But if Todd is excited, then of course I want to go.”
“Have I mentioned you’re my favorite?” Todd voiced with longing to the madame.
We drove for a few miles more until we came up to an exit labeled “Beach Boardwalk,” and then I turned our jet-black Jeep off the highway. As we got closer to our destination, the surrounding area started to appear less like your typical California town and became more like a quaint little tourist town. There were nice-looking shops on every street, but they felt much more “mom & pop” than something like downtown LA or Phoenix.
Finally, I pulled Shadow into a small parking lot a few blocks from the boardwalk. We drove around the lot at least four times, but there was not a single empty spot to be found.
“Well, shit,” I huffed as I began to circle once more. “This is the cheapest lot around.”
“Can’t you just
teleport one of the cars away and take their spot?” Superbia asked.
I sighed. “I could, but that’s not exactly the right thing to do.”
“Come now, Jacob.” The redhead chuckled. “It’s fun to be bad every now and again. Isn’t it, girls?”
“What about that one?” Todd pointed to a silver Corvette that was catty-cornered between the edges of two parking spaces. “He’s taking up two spaces with all his shit, and there’s a ticket on his window. Whoever’s car that is has long overstayed their welcome.”
“You’d be doing the local law enforcement a favor,” Cupi added her two cents into the conversation.
“Yeah,” Todd nodded in agreement. “If you don’t do something, they’re gonna have to pay for a tow truck to come and haul it out, the owner will get super shitty with the management, and then the place will get a bad review. We don’t want that, do we?”
He had a point. Whoever drove this car seemed like a douche.
“I guess you’re right.” I chuckled and stopped the vehicle just behind the silver corvette. “Is anybody watching?”
“Bro, this is California,” Todd reassured me. “You could walk around in a hockey mask with a chainsaw, and people probably wouldn’t even say a word. If worse comes to worst, we can just claim we’re street magicians or some shit like that.”
I closed my eyes and thought about what the owner of this car must have been like in real life. He drove a fancy car, didn’t care to respect the space of others, and refused to even come back and check on his meter. I could just picture them out there, lounging on the beach, thinking that the rules didn’t apply to them and how there would be no repercussions for their actions.
Both of my hands lit up with a brilliant emerald fire, and I indicated for Todd to roll down his window. The second the glass pane was out of my way, I clapped my hands together and blasted the corvette with my Hellfire.
The dancing flames reflected off the car’s shiny body as it engulfed the vehicle. It floated a few inches off the ground, and then I snapped my fingers and sent it onto the sidewalk just outside the perimeter of the parking lot.
My stomach dropped a bit, but moving the sports car a few dozen feet had been way easier than transporting Shadow almost a quarter of a mile.
“Hey look, there are two spaces right there!” Todd cackled and then turned invisible.
I pulled Shadow into the now open spot, and the five of us hopped out onto the pavement. Then I took note of the number at the front of our space as I plunked a few bills into the meter.
“What do you want to do first?” I asked happily.
“I want to hit the beach!” Cupi exclaimed.
“That sounds very pleasant,” Sia agreed.
“The beach it is, then.” I finished punching the numbers and then turned to face my friends. “But if we’re going to do that, we need to buy you guys some swimsuits.”
“Swimsuits?” Sia looked horrified. “Why can’t we just take off our clothes and get in the water?”
I raised my finger to start to explain, but Cupiditas cut me off.
“I can explain this one.” The blonde rolled her eyes. “As you may already know, humans are prudes. They don’t want you to be naked unless you’re ‘in private.’”
“But why on Earth would you want to wear clothing if you’re just going to get it wet?” Sia couldn’t wrap her mind around the concept.
“I know,” Libidine pouted. “It’s terrible that we can’t just get naked whenever we want. We’ve got it, we may as well flaunt it!”
“I know it’s a bummer, but it’s how things work here.” I shrugged. “Although I think the bikinis they sell here are skimpier than what you’re wearing right now, Sia.”
“Wonderful!” the redhead bubbled.
“Hey Jakey,” Todd said as he tugged on my pant leg. “Since I’m already au naturale and invisible, I think I’m just gonna go hit the beach by myself.”
“Just don’t get into too much trouble.” I pointed my finger in the general direction of Todd’s voice.
“Moi?” The imp sounded hurt. “Get into trouble? Never!”
Todd let out a mischievous giggle as he ran toward the beach, and miniature hoofprints appeared in the sand behind him.
The succubi and I began to walk down the boardwalk, and the girls marveled at all the sounds and sights. Not far from where we parked was a small shop that carried all sorts of beach attire and novelties.
“This looks like as good a place as any,” I said as I opened the door for the girls.
The inside of the store seemed to be designed in the modern chic style, with lots of dark grays, whites, and hardwood floors. The store wasn’t very full. A few surfer-looking dudes with black shirts and name tags were folding clothes at the racks, and a few bikini and trunk-clad tourists walked around chatting as they looked at products.
I pointed back at the wall of swimwear, and I could see the succubi’s eyes light up.
“You can pick out whichever one you want.” I smiled. “Robert Quinn’s treat.”
All three of the women squealed with glee and then dashed back to browse the bikinis.
As I walked back to meet them, a pair of swim trunks caught my eye. There, on the rack, was a pair of red shorts that were covered with tiny faces of the devil.
This was too good to pass up.
I momentarily stopped to leaf through the rack and find my size, but then I continued back to where the succubi were headed. When I found the girls, they each had an armful of swimsuits. It didn’t look like there was any rhyme or reason to what they were picking out, but I could tell that they were going after the teeniest, skimpiest outfits they could find.
I wouldn’t have it any other way.
“Now remember--” I started to explain.
“Yeah, yeah,” Cupi said with a wave of her hand. “We’ll be sure to use the dressing rooms.”
The succubi stood around holding up different swimsuits to their bodies for another ten minutes or so, and I started to think back to when my exes used to force me to go shopping with them. Only this time was different. Instead of wanting to slit my wrists or go home to play video games, I watched these women with bated breath. They were all so beautiful, and so happy to be alive. I wouldn’t have minded if they tried on every bathing suit in the entire store.
Once the girls had narrowed it down to a handful of outfits, they ran off into the changing rooms to try on their selections.
Sia was the first one to emerge from the dressing rooms, and my jaw nearly hit the floor when I saw what she had picked out.
The redheaded madame wore a two piece orange bikini that left nothing to the imagination. Her top was made up of two pieces of fabric that couldn’t have been more than a few inches wide, and the very edges of her pinkish areolas poked out from behind them. The teeny tiny top was held up by a piece of string that wrapped around her delicate neck and then around her petite chest.
“Do you like it?” she purred when she saw me standing there speechless. “I could give you a little twirl if you’d like.”
I couldn’t find the words to say what I wanted, so I simply nodded at the succubus.
Sia turned around, and I realized that her bottoms were just as skimpy as her top. Her crotch was completely covered by the orange fabric, but it did little to conceal her tight ass. The back of her swimsuit was so thin that it almost looked like she was wearing a thong, and I couldn’t help but ogle at the redhead.
“It’s quite fitting, isn’t it?” She giggled.
“If you like hers, then you’re definitely going to love mine,” Cupiditas cooed as she stepped out of the dressing room.
She wasn’t wrong.
Cupi wore a pure white bandeau top with a matching bikini bottom. Though her suit wasn’t quite as skimpy as Sia’s, I knew that once she was wet, the color would leave nothing to the imagination. Even now, her perky nipples poked out from beneath the fabric, begging to be freed.
“Still going w
ith the colors of the Divine?” the madame clicked her tongue. “I thought I had got you away from all that.”
“I just like the colors.” The blonde shrugged and then looked down hungrily. “It looks like Jacob does, too.”
“Yep.” I couldn’t even think straight at this point.
“Lucky for you, I saved the best for last!” Libidine’s voice called out happily.
The curvy succubus stepped out into the main area of the store and bounced around happily. Unlike her sisters, she wore a one-piece bathing suit, but this was like no one-piece I’d ever seen. The crotch of the suit was only an inch or two thick, and Liby’s lips threatened to fall out from beneath the black fabric. Her breasts were held in place by two straps that were just thick enough to cover her nipples, but the rest of her massive breasts were out there for the whole world to see.
“I know it’s a little more modest than I’d like,” she said with a disappointed tone, “but it’s the only one that would hold these puppies. All the two-pieces kept falling off.”
“It looks fantastic.” I grinned as I stared at the three sexy women in front of me.
“So, what did you pick out?” the curvy succubus asked excitedly. “Hopefully something with longer legs.”
“I’m glad you asked,” I chuckled and held up the devil-shorts for them to see. “I got a pair of trunks with your boss’ face on them.”
“Wow.” Cupi shook her head as the smile faded from her face.
All three of the succubi showed looks of disapproval at my fashion choice.
“What’s wrong?” I questioned. “I thought it’d be funny.”
Sia sighed. “That’s a horrible, racist caricature of our species.”
“You’ve seen one demon and you’ve seen them all, I guess,” Cupi huffed. “Look at this guy. Is this what everybody thinks of us?”
“Guys,” I said as I tried to calm them down, “this looks awfully similar to Azazel and Todd. I just thought--”
“That every single demon looks exactly the same?” The blonde woman crossed her arms and shot me a disapproving glare. “You’re just digging yourself deeper and deeper.”
