While Isael and Amanda talked about the possible plan to save Elisabeta while angel eat the reaper's work; our dear Demonio walked around the hospital more bored than usual, since he didn't have a human who's trust he must gain and an angel to irritate. So, the cat walked throughout the whole hospital; through every entrance and exit, through every hallway and corner, and through every room watching the suffering and faked happiness of every doctor, nurse and sick patient through his golden eyes. That is until he found something that peaked his chaotic interest in a very peculiar room.

The room with the white walls, the wooden coffee table with the magazines about how to be a good parent, the soft padded chairs with the lost souls that will become killers, or better yet, disposers, for good or evil in the end of the day, and the wooden door with posters about the ills of pregnancy. This very peculiar room was the waiting room for the abortions. Each and every person is here by their own will or by the will of others with more power. Since, what our demon is watching is the sad reality of the world we leave in.

The cat jumped to the coffee table with the grace of a hunter, to be witness of each and every case before him. There were three cases for him to witness, each one more interesting and peculiar for Demonio. From left to right, the first peculiarity was of a young call girl that had gone through the abortion process many times before. The second peculiarity looked familiar to our cat, for she was the young 14-year-old girl that appeared in the news for being a rape victim of her own eldest cousin; the girl was accompanied by her mother, who was filling up the forms to abort and destroy the hated creature that her daughter was cursed with.

The third peculiar case was of two sisters. This case was interesting for our cat since they were the only ones that were discussing about the idea that was in everyone's mind, the abortion of a "living" being.

"Don't do this Esther." said a young black-haired young woman with an North American accent, the sisters were Americans from New York that came to the Island to take some vacations with the family. But Esther, the youngest of the sisters and the black sheep of the family, got pregnant in one her weekend parties a few weeks before the family vacation and well this is what happened "God is the only person that can give and take life."

"Emily, don't bring your God into things that are not of importance to him." said Esther, a beautiful young blond of 22 years, while she started filling all of the necessary paperwork to get the fetus out of her quickly as possible... "Who would have thought a one night stand with the man that saved me would cause me so much pain?"

"Esther please, that baby is of your own flesh and blood; don't create a miscarriage. Father and mother will not hate you because you are pregnant, they would be happy since they will become grandparents. Please don't do this." the young woman pleaded.

"Y-you truly have a bit of humor inside of that serious exterior." said the now laughing Esther, trying her best to act unaffected by her sisters words "I don't want to scrub it off because of fear that our parents will hate me because I'm pregnant; I will do it because I don't wish to have a disgusting and horrendous creature growing inside me that will damage my figure." she lied, she's always been good at lying about how she feels, about what she can do.

"You're going to abort your own child because of your stupid beauty." said the now furious Emily.

"Beauty is not something stupid Emily; you should now this by experience." the black sheep said remembering all of the suitors she has robbed from her dear big sister, the family's saint. "They were cruel to her, so I made them leave."

"If it has to come to this, I will do it." the young woman said to herself but then looked at her sister with determination "When your baby is born I want to adopt it."

"What did you just say?" said the surprised sister releasing the paperwork, letting it fall to the ground.

"You heard me, I wish to adopt my niece or nephew and you don't have to pay a thing." she said determination.

"As long as he doesn't find out." She then smiled at her religious sister "Well alright, " said the now greedily happy Esther "let's go to the summer mansion and make the official procedures for the contract." she took her sister's hand and pulled her out of the waiting room.

The demon being witness of the occurred reacted scratching his head and saying:

"Humans are truly a very peculiar race." saying that, the cat jumped down to the floor and started walking towards Elisabeta's room, since it was already time for her to be in her room.

When the cat was about to enter the room, he saw Susana and her husband, Federico, with Dr.Winchester, scared of the news that will change their lives forever.

"I have bad news, the cancer has spread to a big part of her organs: the lungs, the heart, the stomach and a great part of her intestines. She doesn't have much time, five hours tops. The other doctors and I have tried everything possible to save her, but... we have elongated her life as much as possible since the day you brought Elisabeta here seven years ago." Dr.Winchester always hated these kind of days, the days when he must destroy all hope the parents had so they can know the truth. "Sorry, but there's nothing else we can do, but wait for death to take her away."

"No, please, not my baby." Susana being held by her husband; screamed with agony, with tears in her eyes knowing she will lose her only child "Not my baby."

Hearing this, Demonio ran to Elisabeta's room and took human form. The demon with long black pirate hair, and eyes of pure gold; sat in his dear friend's bed and held her hand all the delicacy he could muster and kissed it. The young girl reacted opening her eyes and smiling.

"What is it, Demonio?" said the girl with a smile on her lips "Are you getting soft and caring with me?"

"My Elisabeta," said the demon with a false sorrowful smile that never lies "always telling the truth till the bitter end."

"Demonio, everything hurts, it hurts so much."

"I know, beautiful." he said as he caressed her cheek with the back of his fingers "I can make the pain go away forever."

"How?"

"It's a little complicated," he will do anything to make her pain go away, to see her truly smile again, to gain her trust and take her with him to end the oldest war. "you need to make a contract with me, so you can become my familiar." People say demons aren't capable of love; because they aren't human they are evil creatures that have no emotions. But our dear Demonio wants Elisabeta to be happy, to live a life without sorrow, to have everything she needs to live a comfortable life... it just must be on his side of the line that divides the celestial from the infernal, that is her price to pay to get it all, that is the demon's priority. He needs to give her all that and more; he needs her in the light-bringer's side.

Don't you think that's love?

"I'm not going to turn into a cat, am I?"

"No beautiful, you're going to obtain supernatural powers which I'm going to help you control. The most important thing is that you will never get sick; you will live a long life and you will be with me, your friend."

"What about Isael?"

"He...he will still be your friend, but it's going to take time for him get used to the circumstances. But he will always love you, he will always forgive you, his mission."

"But, but where will we go and what about my parents, what will happen to them?"

"We will go wherever you wish to go at any time, and don't worry about your parents. We can visit them all the times you want to, the important thing is that your pained face disappears forever."

"Sounds awesome," she said with little strength "but how do we finalize this contract, do I need to sign something."

"These types of contracts are finalized with a kiss or the people that are forming the contract make a small cut on the palm of their hand and joined them so the blood can mix."

"The kiss sounds a lot better now." she said sarcastically, then blushed since Demonio was going to be her first kiss.

"Yes truly the kiss is better." said the smiling demon, but he then noticed Elisabeta was crying and he dried her tears with his fingers. "What's wrong, why are you crying? Is it that you don't want my help?"

"No... I-I'm scared, I don't know why but I am."

"It's only normal to be scared, you are going to enter a world unknown to you; but don't worry, I am going to be with you all the way."

"You promise you're going to be with me till the end."

"I promise, that whatever happens tonight and the nights to come, I will always be with you."

"Good, but before we finish this contract I want to ask you something."

"What do you wish to ask me?"

"What's your real name?" the thing is Demonio wasn't the demon's real name, that name was given to him by Elisabeta the first time they met. His real name was a secret Elisabeta wanted to uncover, a secret the angel ignored.

The demon smiled when he heard the question, he got closer to Elisabeta and murmured the answer to her question in her ear. The answer you will never now. Then, the demon positioned one of his hands on the young maiden's cheek and the other on the back of her neck; he was finally going to kiss her, he was going to seal the contract that was going to save Elisabeta and tie her fate to the light forever.

But, fate had other plans for the girl with the face of pain.

"NO!" screamed Isael, as other voices echoed his words, when he saw what was about to happen. Hearing this, the demon stopped his movement, stood from the bed and turned to look at the angel standing at the entrance of the room.

"Isael, this is the only way to save her. I need to do it and I will no matter what you say."

"That isn't the only way." said the infuriated angel "I won't stand by as you turn her into an accursed demon like you!" he then took the demon by the neck, exited the room by crashing through the window and taking the golden eyed demon to the hospital's rear garden to accomplish his plan to safe Elisabeta.

But in his fury, he did not hear the screams of protest coming from Elisabeta watching her dearest friends fight while she is about to die.