We hit the ground running when we returned to Avernus. There were 8 of the younger children. A party could only have 6 members. I decided to split it down the middle for them. Spark would lead Tack, Teck, Blondie and Sorrath. The team Blaze led included Tock, Tuck, Goldie and Manny. Myself along with Nymorin, Kyle, Myles, Jalgros and Zannormin was one. Grulilan and Zaranarax paired up as well. Jalgros and Zannormin were rivals, but a bit of an understanding was reached as they lived and travelled together. They did not like my parenting style. Both agreed that I was raising the children to be weak. When they came to me about it, I said "If you think so, you should have children together and you can raise the offspring as you see fit." They looked at each other. It did not surprise me when they went off in the evening to fuck. I kept the children away to give them their privacy. I already knew that neither would be as satisfied if they were not fucking me. Pleasure helped, but it was not needed for breeding. Since we had that huge teleportation circle, we decided to stay in the area.
After staying around for a week, more devils started to come our way. We might have been gone for 3 months, but that was only a few days here in Avernus. Several pit fiends came to take control of the teleportation circle. A huge mandate to stop all portals and means of entering lower levels was enacted. This came from the top of the hierarchy. Asmodeus ruled the lowest layer of Hell. There was a need to comply and show that it was not going to be used to jump to lower planes of Hell. I rolled my eyes and complied. I told them all about where it would go. "That may be the case for now, slut, but all you'd need is a circle on a lower level to connect to. This is now the property of Zariel." the pit fiend said. Zariel was the current archduchess of Avernus, the ruler of this layer. I did not trust her with it. "I will just erase it now." I said as I scratched out a big section with my foot. Having devils march through Heath's house would be bad. "You tampered with Zariel's property, whore! Prepare to die!" one of them said. We had to kill them. Word about this could not get out. But it did get out.
Fleeing further south, we made it a week before a pit fiend swooped down from the sky in front of us. I was not expecting it so I flinched. "You lot are to follow me. Bel will judge you for service." he said. That was something. I was stunned. Being brought before Bel sounded dicey. I pulled everyone into a huddle into a huddle. "What should we do?" I asked. "What do you mean? We have to go. Bel has summoned us!" Jalgros snapped. It was rare that Zannormin agreed with him, but that was exactly what she did. If that was the case. we had to go. We were then marched towards the Bronze Citadel. That was where Bel was stationed. Hearing more about him, Bel was a duke of Avernus. He ruled before Zariel was appointed. Now, Bel was a general under her. Some of his underlings served her now. Others reported to him still. We had a choice here. We defied Zariel's authority. Being under Bel's protection would be great for our survival. It would also be a burden. Bel would control what we did from that point forward. It was a forced march of 12 weeks. We had no breaks. So very boring.
