As she left, her demon partner was pulled along.

And as they left, she heard him muttered.

"Hmph. Stupid Azazel." he mumbled.

"So powerful... goody-goody... not a proper demon..." he mumbled further.

"Should be ME in that position..." he grumbled even further.

"Thinks HE'S so great..."

"..............." there was an extended silence from her companion as she said that.

"Well.... yeah..." he admitted.

"But... still. It's... it's nice to be in the good books with the boss..." he muttered.

"I leave Hell, it's a bad thing. HE leaves Hell, it's no big deal!" he suddenly exclaimed.

"Why is Azazel so special!? Huh!?" he asked her.

"We're both demons, and that's all we are!"

".....hm." the demon muttered.

"Yeah. I guess so." he said.

"S'why I like you, kid." he then said to her. "You don't give a shit." he commented.

"If something doesn't involve you, you can't be assed about it." he went on.

"I wish more humans were like you." he then added.

When she checked for her keys... she found them. They were there.

Her demon companion hadn't taken them.

-An unspecified amount of time later-

Azazel just sighed, as he grabbed his keys.

"Aedan!" he called out.

"I need to head out, and I don't know how long I'll be gone!" he said further.

"It's time for me to feed the dog!" he added, knowing she'd know what he was talking about.

Azazel nodded to himself in response, before opening up a hell portal where he was standing

He then sighed, and jumped down into it, falling through a few different 'tunnels', before landing in a hellscape... right in front of what looked to be a monstrous cave.

"Right." he muttered.

He then brought his fingers to his mouth, and let loose with a hard whistle... a whistle that was heard by not only the resident of the cave... but by another individual within.

".....eh?" Azazel muttered, looking at what he'd been searching for.

There was a large 3-headed puppy there. Now, granted, it was larger than most large dog breeds... easily bigger than a Great Dane... but it was still a black puppy with 3 heads.

"Cerb?" he asked.

"What are you doing taking a form like THAT?" he asked further, before making his way closer towards the canine. The canine still didn't move, though.

"......." Azazel when then silent, before looking around, his eyes piercing through the darkness.

"Hello?" he called out lightly. "Is... someone else here?" he asked.

Azazel was silent for a moment.

"Huh?" he asked.

"Alyssa?" he addressed her, before going to the sides of the cavern and activating some long-forgotten wall-torches, illuminating the cave in a faint light... but enough that she could now see.

"What in the name of the Bringers are you doing here?" he asked her.

"HOW are you even here?"

Again, Azazel was silent, as he looked around.

"Hm." he muttered.

"Here." he said, getting closer towards her.

"If you stick close to me, the effects of this realm should be toned down. Not by much, but you should feel SOME improvement." he told her.

"Where's your tagalong?" he asked, referring to her own demon companion.

"Pulled down here?" Azazel asked.

"They... you shouldn't have been able to have been pulled down." he said.

"Unless..." he then mumbled, thinking for a moment.

"Hm." he muttered.

"Well, as I said, if you cling to me, you'll manage to keep your sanity a little more intact." he told her.

"But I suppose it's lucky you ended up landing HERE, of all places." he said further.

"Looks like the boss's pet's taken to acting like a guardian for you."

"Still, it's lucky you ended up HERE." Azazel responded.

"Hmmmm." he mumbled.

"There are VERY few sets of circumstances that end up with a human being dragged down here." he went on.

"Any idea how long you've been here?" he asked her.

"Or... rather, do you know what time it was before you were dragged down here?" he then clarified.

"Time kiiiiinda doesn't function normally down here." he muttered, as one of the three canine heads bumps its nose against Aly's hand.