Alyssa's 'Vacation' from (and to) Hell

"Where... where ARE they!?" he exclaimed, as he checked his pockets again for the 5th time... only to not find what he was looking for. Again.

"Damn it!" he cursed loudly, as he felt the panic starting to rise within him.

He was Azazel. A demon from hell. But not your typical demon. Even though he was considered to be an upper mid-tier demon in terms of abilities and power, he hated the stigma that came with being a demon, and didn't like what he was 'supposed' to do, as such. As a result, he was an unofficial 'outcast' from Hell, but was still on good terms with a number of entities down there... notably, Elizabeth Xeccan, the head honcho. The Devil, herself. Hence why he could come and go as he pleased between Earth and Hell... for the most part.

But right now, he was panicking. He had lost something extremely important, and needed to find what he had lost.

"Where did I have them last?" he asked himself. "Come on, Azazel, think! THINK!" he ordered himself, his voice rising with each syllable.

Meanwhile, in another part of the Unit HQ, but relatively close to Azazel, a young female was making her way down one of the corridors of the building, when she suddenly heard someone close to her chuckling to themselves... and she swore she also heard the slight sound of something metallic jangling.

"Meh-heh-heh-heh." the one close to her chuckles.

"Priceless." he mumbled to himself under his breath, though the female managed to JUST hear him.

The demon was silent when she asked her questions.

"Nothing." he replied.

"On all of those." he said further.

"Seriously, I didn't do anything." he went on, looking off in another direction.

"...and what jingle?" he asked her, fidgeting a little and seemingly thinking about something.

"Let's just get what you need to get done, done. Don't you have a date with that corpse-talking fella?" he asked, referring to Levi, and trying to change the subject.

Her demon partner froze for a moment.

"Whaaaaat?" he asked.

"Me? Take your keys?" he asked her. "I only did that the ONE time." he said. She then continued to look at him in silence, while he grew a bit uneasy.

"Ok, that other time. And that other OTHER time. And maybe that incident where-look, I don't have them!" he quickly protested, growing more and more flustered.

"Look, see!?" he then finally said, producing a set of keys she'd never seen before.

"Not your keys!"

"Hey!" the demon exclaimed.

"None of your business!" he told her.

"Come on, hand 'em-" he started to say, before they both heard Azazel not too far away.

"Come ON! Where!?" he exclaimed.

"They couldn't have just disappeared!"

".........." the demon was silent.

"Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm." he mumbled.

"All right. I won't lie to you." he said.

And that was ALL that he said.

He had now gone silent, and seemed to be staring off into the distance.

Azazel stopped what he was doing for a moment, and looked at her.

"Alyssa?" he muttered, before sighing.

"What is it?" he asked, walking towards her.

"Kiiiiinda in the middle of a crisis here." he said when he approached her.

"But what is it? What's up?" he asked.

At this point, her demon companion was now out of sight... as he always seemed to be when Azazel was around.

Azazel was silent for a moment, before breathing a HUGE sigh of relief.

"Ohhh thank Emelie." he said.

"These keys... wow." he mumbled, before shaking his head.

"...also, I guess I shouldn't be surprised." he then muttered. "If I'd known you were here, I might have actually come to find you to ask." he admitted.

"Regardless, THANK YOU." he repeated.

"Elizabeth would have sent me back to nothingness if she found out I'd misplaced the keys to the pet supply vault." he said.

"Huh?" Azazel muttered.

"Oh." he said, before sighing.

"Right." he mumbled, shrugging. "Ah-kay, whatever then." he said.

"This is a house key, this is mail key, this is for my locker here at the Unit..." he listed off. "...and this is... uh... well..." he mumbled further, and then sighed again.

"The rest are for my other job, as the caretaker of Elizabeth's pet." he finished.

"CERBERUS!?" Aly's demon exclaimed, coming out of hiding, suddenly.

Her demon went silent, and Azazel nodded.

"Yeah." Azazel replied.

"Cerberus. The Hound of Hades. The Tri-skulled Canine." he said further.

"Why are YOU the caretaker!?" Aly's demon partner exclaimed.

"Because, in the boss's words, I'm 'too goody-goody to NOT do a good job and try and shift their loyalties'." Azazel mumbled.

"Hah!" the other demon laughed.

"Yeah, makes sense." he said.

Azazel just sighed in response.

"Yeah, you do that." he said.

"Thanks for the help." he told her.

"And YOU..." he then said, looking at the demon, who recoiled in fear. "...next time you decide to swipe my keys, I'll make sure the boss knows." he said.

"Wh... wh-why are those keys even on your normal key ring!?" the demon exclaimed in response, trying to shift away from what he'd done.

"Because nobody'd think to look for them there." Azazel smirked.