4.5 Stakes Declared - Crusaders II

5.                    The river banks of the Rhine River.

On the house boat floating on the river, a lavish dinner was served for two person. The host; a man of taste and substance held onto the glass of red wine. He ad it added with extra ingredients to make it very reddish, but a delight to the taste bud. If there was a Bloody Mary in the cocktail menu, then this ranked as Blood of Mary in the wine list.

The awaited guest arrived, and dressed in a dark shade of red low cut gown, escorted by two burly looking demons in the guise of man. She stepped into the boat house and smiled.

"You looked radiant, Lilith." The host greet her as he pours her a glass of the wine he was sampling. She took his offer and had her first sip of it.

"Royal blood? I am impressed." Lilith gracefully sweep herself across the narrow confines of the houseboat. "Surely, you taste in ........wine would had make you more delicate in the selection of the dining surrounding."

"Lilith, if you are complaining about my simple houseboat, let me assure you it has sentimental values." Lucifer the host offer a chair for his guest at the dining table. "Its..."

"Pray do tell. It must be your first romantic tryst and you lost the cherry tag on your name." Lilith interjected. "I lost mine on the wild plains in Georgia. Or was it Ukraine. I can't recall actually. Who does when they are fragging like bitches?"

"I was going to said it belong to my purchase when I decided to use investments to reflect my lifestyle." Lucifer laughed. "I was an investment banker then in the 1920's. Who else can engineer the collapse of a market so wide?"

"Gloating won't get you into my panty, darling." Lilith replied. "I ain't having any one anyway."

They both laughed.

"Lilith, the Crusaders are back in the services." Lucifer sounded stern when he mentioned the word.

"The Crusaders have been around for some time. They win some and we lose more, but never the major partners are affected. Why are you overly concerned? The ones that mattered were the ones who defeated Baal then. But they are long gone. Missing in limbo."

"No, Lilith. They are back. All four of them; their descendants are renewing their oath to fight evil." Lucifer raised his cup. "Gerald Black, Micheal of Moor, Baron Helmut and the Squire. May you guide your disciples well."

"It can't be. They were missing for years. Surely your intel are wrong." Lilith stood up. "You were there too. They are too..........relentless in their pursuit. But why now?"

"I planned it. I got the other Princes to revolt on me. I want them to push the world to the brink of doom. Then I would be its savior. I would be the King of the World. You may reign at my side." Lucifer took another sip.

"The Crusaders would stop you. Like how they did on Baal." Lilith cautioned him.

"True, but they would defeat the other Princes leaving me only the surviving last Prince of Darkness. And soon to be King of Darkness." Lucifer laughed out loud. "Would you rule with me, my Queen?"

Lilith smiled at him.