THIRTEEN: Chaos

Dove's POV

Here I'm... waiting for Leviathan to show up— standing under the bridge near the flowing river. He's taking forever to show up. We were supposed to meet around 9 pm, and it's a quarter past 9 now, and he's still not here. But then again, it's Leviathan's old habit to show up late.

It's been 3 days since what happened between me and Vinter. Dylan kept asking me about Vinter's busted bottom lip even though he knew what happened— that guy sure knows how to get on my nerves sometimes. Well, he's still adorable though and I'm sure Vinter told him about what happened cause there's no way he won't let his best friend know about it. Tristan seemed chill mostly, often telling Dylan not to bother me or let me and Vinter solve our problems ourselves.

Vinter is being an ass by not letting me work on their new song. He's not allowing me to listen to the music he composed for the song. Without the beats, I won't be able to write the song. Charles said he would do something about it, but knowing Vinter, it'll take forever to convince him.

I haven't heard from Twilight after that day. I know he said he's planning something for our first date. I wonder what he's planning. I would have called him but I didn't want to seem desperate— even though I'm the most impatient woman to be born on this planet. I guess I'll hear from him soon.

"Standing near the river like that... don't tell me you haven't gotten rid of your suicidal thoughts, Chaos," I heard Leviathan's deep voice from behind me. I turned around grinning. Dishevelled brunette hair, Blue eyes—right eye with no pupil; he's blind in one eye. He said he was born with a disability. Yes! That's my Leviathan right there smiling warmly at me.

"Levy!" I yelled as I ran and jumped on him making him stumble and chuckle at the same time.

"I missed you," I mumbled burying my head in the crook of his neck.

"I know, I missed you too, my Chaos," he said hugging me tightly. He doesn't know this, but Leviathan is like a mentor to me. Not that I would ever admit this on his face, but he's the only one I look up to. I wish to become someone like him someday.

Leviathan is not the most perfect man; he has his flaws. But what makes him great is the fact that he has already accepted his flaws, he knows about his flaws and not many can do that. I have learned great things from this man.

To outsiders, it might look like I have a romantic bond with Leviathan, but he's rather like a father figure to me.

"I thought you were going to ditch me and not show up here," I said as I pulled away from the hug.

"Sorry baby, you know how Mammon gets when it comes to you. He wasn't letting me off early," Leviathan said. I smirked. Mammon and I have been rivals from the beginning, especially for Leviathan's attention. Like me, Mammon looks up to Leviathan too and that has caused constant bickering and clashing between us.

Also, another cause of rivalry is the position of the youngest in the group, which is me. Mammon was initially the youngest, but when I came in, I happened to be younger than him which made me the youngest. Not that I'm officially a part of 'the sins' but still the members do treat me like I'm part of it.

"He's still a brat, I see," I rolled my eyes.

"Don't say that, I know you love him and he loves you," Leviathan teased.

"Yeah right," I remarked in a sarcastic tone.

"So, how's everyone doing, Levy?" I asked. He paused for a minute as he took my hand in his and led me towards a place where we can sit. There was a giant rock near a tree, he helped me climb up the rock and we sat there comfortably. Did I ever mention it? Leviathan is a gentleman.

"They are alright, Belphegor is still annoying as ever and the rest are fine. Bel misses you more than anyone though," he explained. I smiled. I know Belphegor must be missing his partner in crime. We always used to prank Beelzebub back at the juvenile centre. Beelzebub is lowkey scary when he's angry.

"And Lucifer?" I asked. I know what he's going to reply to that, he's going to say 'you know how he is; he will never let his emotion take over him. It's hard to tell what he feels' bullshit.

"You know it's hard to tell what he feels, Chaos. I still don't know what he feels about you," Leviathan said. Well, that was a bit different sentence from what I thought of, but well it still explains the same thing.

"I want to meet, Lucifer," I blurted out as I stared at Leviathan.

"No," he said. I glared at him.

"Why?" I asked.

"Because I said so."

"But it's important, Levy," I whined.

"You think he'll welcome you with open arms if I suddenly take you to our hideout?" He said. "He'll most likely kill you without hesitation. No one's allowed to visit that place except the 7 sins."

"Then call him here," I demanded.

"Dove, let me make this clear. I promised to help you in whatever you want, Lucifer or any other sins aren't obliged to do so. They owe you nothing," Leviathan stated.

"The help I need with, you alone won't be enough Levy. Rest of the sins are needed too," I said. "I will pay you, let me hire you like a professional."

"You think our work is a joke?" He retorted.

"You never take me seriously, do you? You and Bel always treat me like a child, do you think I'm fucking joking?" I hissed as my frown deepened. This is pissing me off. As I said, I'm a very impatient woman and I'm not the same Dove that I used to be in the Juvenile centre. I'm literally in my mid-twenties for crying out loud. How long does this man intend to treat me like I'm someone who's going to get ruined by Lucifer if I get involved with 'the sins' too much?

Lucifer, Leviathan and Satan are of the same age as Vinter. They are 5 years older than me. Then comes Belphegor and Beelzebub who are 4 years older than me, then Asmodeus who's 3 years older than me and lastly Mammon who's a year older.

I don't know anything about their past, except the fact that they all had a reason to come into the criminal world. They all have some tragic past which I'm unaware of. Lucifer made it clear right from the beginning, that the only condition he had for letting me stay close to them I am not allowed to ask any of them about their real identity or past.

Because Leviathan prefers keeping me away from the rest of 'the sins', I haven't met them since I got released from the Juvenile centre. I don't like going against Leviathan because I respect him way too much. But this time I need all of their help.

"You always say Lucifer won't like it and Lucifer won't allow it," I said. "But, be honest with me, Levy. It's you who just don't trust Lucifer cause after all he knows everything about all 6 of you while you know nothing about him."

Leviathan's eyes widened at my statement. He must be wondering if I was able to read him like an open book. Well, I just copied his ability to read and judge people like this.

"What? Surprised?" I asked with a smirk.

"I see..." he paused. "You have been following me too like Mammon. You always had this bad habit of copying people."

"I wasn't called 'freak' in the past for no reason, Levy," I mumbled.

"And a narcissistic genius in the present," he commented. I let out a dry laugh.

"What's the job?" He asked. My eyes sparkled.

"You are agreeing to it?!" I asked.

"Not to meet Lucifer, not yet. But I'll decide after you tell me what the job is," he said. I sighed as I nodded.

"I want you guys to help me escape a prisoner," I said. "Remember Micah's mother?"

"Yeah... and you want our help in escaping a real prisoner who has committed a crime? You do realize that our job is to assassinate those people who are criminals right?" He asked. "What makes you think Lucifer would agree to this?"

"Because my dear Levy. I am offering you guys' money to assassinate that woman after I get useful information from her. Think about it Levy, I'm giving you this job to assassinate a woman who has sinned 'envy'," I explained. "She killed her husband out of envy, didn't she?"

Leviathan stared at me for a minute as he blinked with wide eyes.

"You are slyer than you were back then, Chaos. Belphegor naming you 'Chaos' makes a lot of sense," Leviathan said. A proud grin appeared on my face. Belphegor named me 'Chaos' when we became friends cause he thinks inside my head there is a lot of chaos which is true— sometimes my thoughts are too jumbled for me to understand as well.

"So, what do you think, Levy? Will Lucifer help?" I asked. He sighed as he got up from his seat.

He got down from the rock and stared at me for a minute.

"Fine, since the condition and deal seems good enough to me, I'll take you to our hideout. But, on one condition," he said.

"What?" I asked.

"Talk to Lucifer to the point without blabbering bullshit like you always do," he scolded.

"Mean!" I yelled. "I don't blabber bullshit! He's my friend I have to ask-"

"You know it better than anyone, baby. Lucifer does not make friends. He made it clear long back we 6 are his brothers and rest are the people he uses from time to time..." Leviathan stated. "I'm sure if he's keeping you around its cause, you make Asmodeus happy with your antics."

I scoffed, as much as I wanted to deny what Leviathan said, he's right. Even I felt like the reason Lucifer let me have any sort of relationship with the rest of 'the sins', is cause of Asmodeus.

I remember how that depressed guy laughed for the first time in years because of me back then. I sure have an amusing personality if I can make someone like Asmodeus laugh.

"Come on, Chaos. Let's go," Leviathan said as he offered me his hand which I took gladly.

He led me towards his car. A very expensive car to be exact.

"Wow!" I exclaimed as I stared at his expensive car. "I should become an assassin too if I get to drive such cars!"

"You are rich! You think I don't know how much people pay you just to write one song?" Leviathan commented as we got inside his car. I narrowed my eyes at him.

"How do you know?" I asked with narrowed eyes. Is Belphegor stalking me or something?

"Bel has access to all your bank accounts and details, baby," Leviathan said with a smirk. I smacked his shoulder.

"Stalkers! You guys are stalkers!" I smacked him more.

"You know he's just keeping an eye to keep you safe," he said rolling his eyes as we drove towards the destination.

Little something about Belphegor, he's a genius hacker who can hack into any computer system.

Each sin has a specific role and the one who handles it all is Lucifer. The man of mysteries, that's what I would call him. Meeting him is always exciting— I can feel the blood rush and excitement in my nerves.