In the pit...

Another body was thrown with such force that the bars nearly bent, even with the meat and bones breaking on impact. The blood sprayed thick and high into the air, and the child had barely moved. The pair observing could have sworn they hadn't even seen her move, other than when she started she had been by the back of the cell, when she was done, she was perched on her bed, staring up at them. With a flick of pale wrist, the demon that had been against the bars convulsed heavily, and a bright, white light began to crack through scales, breaks in flesh, and eyes. The light so intense those observing had to shield their own eyes.

"Another one, dead."

?The joys of raising a female child, away from her parents. Do you think she suspects??

?Have you heard her mention them??

?No, but I assume, with her father?s blood, and from what we know of her mother...the child will be powerful.?

?Will be powerful?" The taller, more muscular of the pair actually laughed then. "What is she now, if not powerful? You mean that she will become even more powerful." He leaned over and stared down at her, as if studying her. "The child has said only two words during her time here, well that I?d heard her speak.?

?What did she say? She?s said nothing to me, no matter what I?ve put her through.? He was proud that he hadn't been killed by a mere child, no matter the blood of The Destroyer flowing through her veins or not. If given the chance, he would kill her, and prove them all wrong, but curiosity was his weakness.

?Truth and Spade.?

?What??

A shrug of muscular, onyx black shoulders, ?That?s what she spoke. Quietly, and with reverence. Some sort of importance to her.?

?She?s killed three so far, and her power grows.?

?Even more with those two words.?

One clawed hand moved to rub absently at the gleaming black eyes, while they peered down upon the dark haired female. ?Has he found The Son??
?No, and I would not ask that if you even think he?s within ear shot.?

?I thought he heard all in the pit.?

?If that were true, you?d be dead...?

Suddenly, without warning, and no time to scream, the smaller of the two burst into the flames of a thousand years of suffering and torment, scarring the rock floor on which he had been standing.

The other turned to face the man that joined him. Dressed in a dark suit, with red tie and kerchief, he smiled when the demon bowed subserviently. ?Master, I...?

?Silence,? The word wasn?t spoken, but it was heard plainly. ?If you are asked again, The Son walks the Earth again, using what he learned from us. He can kill us, and be hidden from us, all the while walking among the humans.? The Destroyer walked to observe the child, who stared back up at him with tourmaline eyes, the eyes of her mother, with the hatred of her father. ?My own grandchild hates me as much as my son.?

?You can deceive her.?

?It matters not, what meat I wear,? He said with disgust as he turned from the cell. ?She sees me as I am, my true form.?

?And she still faces you with hatred?? The demon shifted from one foot to another, looking from the cell, to his leader in shock. ?She?s not scared of you?? asked in disbelief.

?That child, my granddaughter, will either destroy us or make us more powerful than ever.?